daughter of Sir Peter Newton of Haethleigh, Knt., by whom he had five sons and seven daughters-1, John Lloyd, of whom presently; 2, Thomas Lloyd of Oswestry, who married Dowse, daughter of John Vaughan of Oswestry, by whom he had issue a son, John Lloyd; 3, Rowland Lloyd, the father of a son named John; 4, Robert Lloyd, who had two sons, Owain and Edward, and two daughters, Eleanor and Dorothy; and 5, Richard Lloyd, who married ..., daughter of Edward Trevor of Oswestry, by whom he had a daughter and heiress, ux. Hugh Maredydd of Oswestry. The seven daughters were-1, Dowse, ux. John Kyffin of Glasgoed in Cynllaith; 2, Margaret, ux. Maurice Lloyd ab Lewys Lloyd of Moelvré in Llansilin, ab David Lloyd of Bodlith; 3, Eleanor, ux. Richard Stanney Vychan of Oswestry, ab Richard Stanney; 4, Janet, ux. William Goch of Oswestry; 5, Jane, ux. Richard Blackway of Oswestry; 6, Catharine, ux. Richard Evans of Oswestry; and 7, ..., ux. Edward ab Rhys Wynn of Llan Dy Rllais (?). John Lloyd of Llanvorda, who was living in 1588, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston of Morton, Knt., ab Humphrey ab Sir Roger Kynaston, Knt. (ermine, a chief gules), by whom he had issue four sons 1. John Lloyd, of whom presently. II. Robert Lloyd of Plâs Newydd. III. Edward Lloyd of Havod y Garreg, who married daughter of Robert Muckleston. Iv. David Lloyd of Blaen y Ddol, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Davies of Valle Crucis Abbey (y Cneiviwr Glâs), son of David Vychan ab Madog ab Robert, of the parish of Rhiwabon, by whom he had a son, Hugh Lloyd. John Lloyd of Llanvorda married Mary-Lettice, daughter of George Caulfield of Oxfordshire, Judge of North Wales, and Baron Charlemont in Ireland, by whom he had issue a son and heir- Edward Lloyd of Llanvorda, a Colonel in the Royal Army. In 1643 he headed a force at Oswestry, strong enough to command that important place. He died February 13th, 1662, and was buried in the Llanvorda vault, with his ancestors, in the north aisle of Oswestry Church, with this inscription on a flat stone: "Temporibus diris pictas legique Deoque When all were out of countenance here lies.” He married Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Trevor of Bryn Cunallt, Knt. She died 15th December 1661, and was buried in the Llanvorda vault, with this inscription on a flat stone: "Who bore her sex with peril of her life, A loyal subject, and a loving wife; Her God and King restored, her heart ran o'er By this lady Edward Lloyd had three children, of whom the eldest son and heir was Edward Lloyd of Llanvorda, who sold his estate to the Right Hon. Sir William Williams of Glasgoed, Bart., in 1675. He died without legitimate issue, and was buried at Oswestry, March 3rd, 1662, but left a natural son, Edward Lloyd, the Welsh antiquary, whose mother was Bridget, daughter of ... Pryse of Glanvrid, or Ynys Grugog in Cardiganshire. He was entered in Jesus College, Oxford, October 31st, 1682, and was matriculated on the 17th of November following, being then (though he writes himself only eighteen) twenty-two years of age. He subsequently became Keeper of the Museum, and Superior Beadle in Divinity. He died at the Museum in 1709, and was buried in the church of St. Michael in Oxford, aged 49, which proves him to have been born in 1660.1 1 Owen's British Remains, 1777. THE BRYN. This township, which is situate in the parish of Llanvihangel ym Mlodwel, was the inheritance of Ithel, who was called Lord of the Bryn. He married Annesta, daughter of Cynvyn ab Gwrystan, and sister of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn ab Gwrystan, Prince of Powys. By this lady Ithel had issue a son, Ednowain ab Ithel, Lord of the Bryn, who bore argent, three wolves passant in pale sable, collared of the field. Other heralds state, however, that he bore argent, three greyhounds courant sable, collared of the field. He married Generys, daughter of Rhys Sais, Lord of Chirk, Maelor Saesneg, etc., by whom he had issue. One of his sons, named Gwrgeneu, was Lord of the Bryn; and one of his daughters, named Genhedles, married Gwalchmai ab Meilir of Treveilir in Cwmmwd Malldraeth,' son of Mabon ab Iarddur ab Mor ab Tegerin, who was descended from Cunedda Wledig, King of North Wales, by whom she was the mother of Einion ab Gwalchmai of Treveilir, a celebrated bard, who flourished from about A.D. 1170 to about A.D. 1220. Einion bore argent, three riding saddles sable, stirruped or. In the middle of the sixteenth century David ab Meredydd ab Gruffydd ab Ienkyn Pen, of Pentrev Sianyd or Pentrev Siencyn, was Lord of the Bryn.2 1 Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 16. 2 Ibid., vol. i, p. 281. THE ELEVEN TOWNS. The parish of West Felton is also in the lordship of Oswestry, as is likewise the parish of Rhwytyn, or Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, which contains the eleven townships of Old Ruyton, Cotton, Shelvog, Shottaton, Wykey, Eardiston, Tedsmore, Rednall, Haughton, Sutton, and Felton.1 These townships form the manor of the Eleven Towns, which formerly belonged to Rhiryd Vlaidd, Lord of Penllyn, Pennant Melangell, Glyn, and the Eleven Towns in Powys, and Eivionydd in Gwynedd. He bore vert, a chev. inter three wolf's heads erased argent, and was ancestor of the Vaughans of Llanuwchllyn and Glan Llyn, Lloyds of Y Ddwyvaen and of Glanhavon, and of Trevor Hall, and Lloyds of Llanddervel, Vaughan of Cevn Gwen, and Edwards of Trev Brysg in Llanuwchllyn, Owen of Cevn Trevlaeth in Llanystumdwy, Jones of Helygen in Tegeingl, Ellis of Coed y Cra, and the Middletons of Gwaenynog and Chirk Castle, who bore argent, on a bend vert, three wolf's heads erased argent, langued gules. Einion Greulawn, Lord of Cruccaith, in the lordship of Oswestry, was the son of Einion ab Rhiryd Vlaidd, and was ancestor of the Lloyds of Pentrev Aeron in the township of Oswestry. The parish of Kinnerley, which contains the town'Besides these townships, the parish of West Felton contains the townships of Sandford, Twyford, and part of Woolston. ships of Kinnerley, Argoed, Dovaston, Kynaston, Maesbrwg Uchav, Maesbrwg Isav, Edgerley, Tir y Coed, and Osbaston, is also in the lordship of Oswestry. KUNASTON. 2 This township formed part of the possessions of Iorwerth Goch, Lord of Mochnant (see Cantrev Rhaiadr). His eldest son, Sir Gruffydd, who was a Knight of Rhodes, succeeded to his estates in the parish of Kinnerley, and resided at Cae Howel in this parish. He was generally known by the name of "Y Marchog Gwyllt o Gae Howel" (the Wild Knight of Cae Howel), and married Mallt, daughter of Ieuan Goch ab Gruffydd Goch ab Gruffydd ab Rhys ab Rhydderch ab Rhys ab Cadivor ab Dyvnwal'; but according to others, Mallt was the daughter and sole heiress of Ieuan Goch ab Howel ab David ab Madog, by whom he was father of Gruffydd Vychan of Cae Howel, who married Agnes, daughter of Robert, Lord of Bulkeley in Cheshire (who was living in A.D. 1241), by a daughter of the Lord of Warrington; by whom he was father of Gruffydd Kunaston of Tregynvordd, Kunaston, Cae Howel, and Yr Ystog (Stoke) near Ellesmere, who married Gwen, daughter and co-heiress of Iorwerth ab Gruffydd ab Heilyn ab Meurig ab Ieuan ab Adda Goch ab Cynwrig of Y Vron Goch (now called Celynog) in Mochnant, son of Pasgen ab Gwyn ab Gryffudd, Lord of Cegidva; by whom he had a son, Philip Kynaston of Yr Ystog, who married Gwervyl, daughter and sole heiress of Roger Vychan, second son of Sir Roger de Powys, Knight of Rhodes and Lord of Whittington; by whom he had issue three sons-1, Madog Kynaston, who was the progenitor of the various branches of the Kynaston family; 2, Ieuan; 3, Morgan, who had Cae Howel; and a daughter, Angharad, the wife of Ieuav ab Madog ab Cadwgan Ddu ab Cadwgan Goch ab Y Gwion ab Hwva ab Ithel Velyn, Lord of Ial.3 1 Harl. MS. 2299. 2 Lewys Dunn, vol. i, p. 326. 3 Cae Cyriog MS. |