BULKELEY OF BRYNDDU. (Aberdunant MSS.) Sir Richard Bulkeley of Baron Hill, co. Anglesey, Knt. Arthur Bulkeley of Coedan and Brynddû. Jane, sole heiress of Brynddû, and d. of Rhys ab William ab Rhys ab Gwilym of Coedan Clogwrog Uchav; descended from Iarddur. See p. 252, and vol. iv, p. 82. Richard Bulkeley. Elen, married, first, Owain Williams of Carreg Vechan; 2nd, David Lloyd, Parson of Llanvechell 3rd, John Price of Tremadoc. Arthur Bulkeley of Beaumaris. ; William Bulkeley, Mary, heiress of Brynddû. Captain Fortunatus Wright of Liverpool. ob. s. p. Anne, heiress of Brynddû. William Hughes of Plâs Gôch, Esq. See vol. v, p. 315. V BRYNDDU. (Aberdunant MSS.) Hwlkyn ab Ieuan ab Bleddyn ab Cynwrig ab Cadwgan ab Llywarch Vychan ab Llywarch Goch ab Llywarch Holbwrch, Lord of Meriadog and Rhos, one of the Fifteen Noble Tribes. Ednyved of Brynddû. Mallt, d. of Hwlkyn ab Howel of Prysaddved. See vol. v. a | a Rhys ab Ednyved of Bryn- Lleicu, d. and co-heir of Maredydd ab Llyddû. welyn. Maredydd ab Rhys Elen, d. of Llywelyn ab Tudor ab Gwilym, and sister of Brynddû. of William Llechog, who sold Bodewryd. Llywelyn ab Maredydd of Brynddû. Hugh ab Llywelyn of Brynddû. Elizabeth, co-heir, had Brynddû. Howel. Annes, d. of John ab Owain ab Meurig of Llanvaethlu in Anglesey, younger brother of Owain ab Meurig ab Llywelyn of Bodsilin and Bodeon, ancestor of the Owens of Orilton and Bodeon, Barts., ab Hwlkin of Bodeon, in the parish of Llanveirian, in Cwmwd Malldraeth, ab Hwlkin ab Howel ab Iorwerth ab Gruff. ydd ab Iorwerth ab Maredydd of Prysaddved, ab Mathusalem ab Hwsva ab Cynddelw of Prysaddved. Rhys ab William ab Ellen, co-heir, had Bodowyr. She married, 1st, John Lewys of Chwaen Wen; and 2nd, Sir William Maurice of Cleneneu, Knt. Jane, sole heiress of Brynddû. = Arthur Bulkeley ab Sir Richard Bulkeley of Baron Hill. See p. 250. LLANGYSTENIN. This church is dedicated to Cystennyn, the son of Cynvor, who was elected to the royal dignity by the Britons about A.D. 390. In Pope Nicholas's Taxation in A.D. 1291, it is called a chapel to Abergele; it is now a rectory attached to the bishopric. In the church there are some fragments of finely painted glass; the first figure in the east window represents the resurrection of the Saviour, and the other St. George vanquishing the dragon, in complete armour on a horse richly caparisoned; the human figure is tolerably perfect, but a portion only of the horse remains. In the adjoining window are four figures in good preservation; the first is St. Michael holding a balance, at one end of which is represented a sinner, and at the other his sins, with the devil pulling underneath to make it preponderate; the second is a bishop in his pontificals, with mitre and crosier, and rings on his fingers, with the imperfect inscription NICOLAU; the next figure is St. Peter, with SANCME PETRUS beneath; the fourth is a female, with the inscription SANCTA KATHERINA. EGLWYS RHOS. The parish church is prettily situated in a flat, not far from Bryn Maelgwn, a precipitous rock clothed with wood; it is in a very neat condition, being adorned with a painted window and a handsomely carved font, by the liberality of the late Miss Frances Mostyn of Bodysgallen. There had been a painted window here at a much earlier period, the gift of Hywel ab Tudor of Mostyn, according to what Mr. Pennant could collect from the imperfect inscription. The fragments have been carefully preserved, and placed in the new window; one consists of the figure of a man kneeling at a table, and dressed in a herald's mantle with the arms of Englefield,-Argent, a cross engrailed sable between four Cornish choughs; beneath are the words, FILI DEI IESU MISERERE MI; and in the next compartment, HOOLT ARMIGERI QUI HEC; and in the adjoining window is the figure of a saint, which is a part of the original window. The south transept belongs to Gloddaith, below which is the burialplace of the family; and the north to Marl. The parish is divided into the townships of Penrhyn, Gloddaith, Verm, Cwm, Bryniau, Penclas, Trev hir, and Trev verry. Gloddaith and Bodysgallen are tithe free; the rest are impropriated, and now possessed by the Mostyn family, by purchase from the Owens of Bodsilin; the perpetual curacy is in the gift of the Bishop. On a raised tombstone in the north of the chancel is the following inscription: "Here lyeth the Body of Margaret Wynne, third daughter of Colonel Hugh Wynne of Bodysgallen (who at his own expense raised a Regiment of Foot for the service of King Charles the first & was a great sufferer for the Royal Cause) by Ellen his Wife, only Daughter of Richard Vaughan, Esq., of Cors y gedol. Margaret was born on the 9th of Nov'r 1657, Dy'd on the 21st & was buried on the 25th of January 1736-7. Here also do lie the Bodies of Hugh Wynne, born May 23rd & Bury'd May 24th 1686; of Griffith Wynne, born May 2nd 1687, & Buried January 1687-8; and of John Wynne, born August 18th and Buried Sep'r 2nd, 1688, the three eldest sons of Robert Wynne of Bodysgallen, Esq'r (son and heir of the said Coll. Hugh Wynne), by Ellen his wife, Daughter and heiress to Robert Wynne of Plas Mawr in the Town of Conway." In the churchyard, near the east wall of the south transept, are three tombstones, in memory of some of the Pughs of Penrhyn; the middle stone has the following inscription: "Nostra sub hoc sculpto pars est vilissima saxo "Robertus Pue de Penrhyn obiit xxIII Augusti Anno Domini 1650, Anno Ætatis suæ 60"; or thus in English: "Our basest part is under this carv'd stone, Its soul hath heaven by right, earth fleash and bone." The late Miss Frances Mostyn of Bodysgallen, whose memory will be long and deservedly revered for her extensive benevolence and Christian charity, hath founded a school here for boys and girls, which, in addition to a house, has an endowment of forty pounds a year for the master; it was opened on the fourth of June 1822. There are in this parish four mansion houses, which have belonged to families of influence and long standing, Penrhyn, Gloddaith, Bodysgallen, and Marl. Penrhyn was for several centuries the seat of the family of Pugh, the last of whom married the heiress of Coytmor, and having issue two daughters only, the name is now extinct. Robert Pugh of Penrhyn Creiddyn was Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1561. This family was descended from Ednyved Vychan, and his arms are carved in stone on the house. The more recent part of the house was built in 1590, according to the date above the fireplace, but the chief part at a much earlier period; for Leland observes in his Itinerary, "Place Penrine, an auncient stone house by Est North Est on the shore, belonging to Mr. Poel of Flintshire." At a short distance from the house is the family chapel, now desecrated into a stable; it is about twentyfive feet long by fifteen wide; the altar table of stone is recollected by several now living. By a grant of Pope Nicholas, three-fourths of the tithe of Penrhyn were attached to this chapel, and the same is now vested in the estate. The family for a long period after the reformation professed the Roman Catholic religion, and they kept a priest, who officiated in this chapel for themselves and a few Catholic neighbours. In connection with this circumstance is the following anecdote, which is current in the neighbourhood. It is said that a plot was formed here to put to death all the Protestants in Creiddyn, and for the accomplishment of this deed a body of men was to arrive at a certain time of the night. Previously to their coming, great preparations were made in preparing provisions; and a servant of Gloddaith, who paid his addresses to a woman in the service of the family, finding her engaged at an unseasonable hour, obtained by his urgent inquiries a knowledge of the conspiracy he immediately hastened home, and disclosed what he had heard to his master, who with the greatest despatch procured a troop of horse, and invested Penrhyn. This speedy intervention frustrated their designs, and some of the inmates |