Llangar, whose line ended in coheiresses; and 2, Madog. Elissau bore argent, a lion rampant sable in a border or. (Lewys Dwnn, ii, p. 219.)

Madog of Cryniarth in Edeyrnion, the second son of Elissau, was one of the pledges for Howel ab Gruffydd of Maesmor, Lord of Rûg, 24 Edward III. He married and had issue, one son and seven daughters, co-heirs to their brother:-1, Llewelyn ab Madog, who became Bishop of St. Asaph in 1357, and died in 1375; 1, Gwenhwyvar, ux. Goronwy Llwyd ab Y Penwyn of Melai (gules, three boar's heads erased in pale argent); 2, Myvanwy; 3, Mali; 4, Nesta, ux. Ieuan of Caer Einion (who bore argent, a lion rampant and canton sable), son of Ieuan Voel Vrych ab Iorwerth Vychan ab Iorwerth Voel of Mynydd Mawr, ab Madog Vychan ab Madog ab Urian of Maen Gwynedd, ab Eginir ab Lles ab Idnerth Benvras, Lord of Maesbrwg; 5, Margaret, ux. Ithel ab Gwrgeneu Vychan ab Gwrgeneu Llwyd ab Madog ab Rhirid Vlaidd of Rhiwaedog, Lord of Penllyn (vert, a chevron inter three wolf's heads erased argent); 6, Eva, ux. Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Cynwrig of Cors y Gedol (ermine, a saltier gules, a crescent or for difference); 7, Angharad, ux. Madog ab Gruffydd Vyrgoch of Neuadd Wen in the parish of Llanervyl in Powys Wenwynwyn, ab Einion ab Ednyved ab Sulien ab Caradog ab Collwyn ab Y Llyr Craff ab Meredydd ab Cynan of Neuadd Wen, Lord of Rhiw Hiraeth, Llysyn, and Coed Talog (quarterly, gules and argent, four lions passant gardant counterchanged).

Names of the Barons of Edeyrnion who did homage to the eldest son of Edward III, 17 Edward III (1343). Rhys ab Madog.

Gruffydd ab David Elissau.

Madog ab Elissau, Baron of Llangar.

Y Teg Vadog. (See "Vaerdrev in Llandrillo.") Owain ab David ab Gruffydd, fourth Baron of Cymer. The Abbots of Valle Crucis, Strata Marcella, Gruffydd de Glyndordo, and the Barons of Aber Tanad, did not come to take the oath of allegiance.

PLAS YN DOL EDEYRN, IN THE PARISH OF CORWEN.

(Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 253.)

Madog ab Tudor ab Cynwrig ab David ab Rhys ab Edvyd ab Enathan ab Iasseth ab Carwed ab Marchudd, Lord of Uwchdulas, who bore gules, a Saracen's head erased ppr., wreathed or and sable.

Robin. Lowry, d. and heiress of Tudor ab Gruffydd Vychan, Lord of Gwyddelwern. She married secondly, Gruffydd ab Einion ab Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Cynwrig ab Osbern Fitzgerald of Cors y Gedol. Elissau, her second son by her second husband, succeeded to the lordship of Gwyddelwern.1

David. Lowry, d. of David ab Rhys ab Ieuan ab Llewelyn Ddu ab David ab Gruffydd ab Iorwerth ab Owain Brogyntyn. Her mother was Mabli, sister of David ab Ieuan ab Einion, Constable of Harlech Castle.

David Lloyd.

Richard
Lloyd.

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Lowry, d. of Rhys ab Howel ab Madog ab Ieuan ab Einion of Abercun, in the parish of Llanystundwy in Evionydd; descended from Collwyn ab Tangno, Lord of Evionydd. Sable, a chev. inter three fleurs-de-lys argent.

Lowry, d. of David ab Meredydd ab Howel of Llanycil y Bala, ab Tudor ab Goronwy ab Gruffydd ab Madog ab Iorwerth ab Madog ab Rhirid Flaidd, Lord of Penllyn. Vert, a chev. inter three wolf's heads erased argent.

1 Cae Cyriog MS. Elissau became possessed of Allt Llwyn Dragon, now called Plâs yn Yale, by right of his wife Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Jencyn of Plâs yn Ial, one of the sons of Ieuan ab Llewelyn ab Gruffydd Lloyd ab Llewelyn ab Ynyr of Bodidris in Ial.

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Gruffydd Catharine, d. of Rhys Vaughan of Cors y Gedol, Esq. Ermine, a Vychan. | saltier gules, a crescent or for difference.

Piers Margaret, d. of Ellis Price of Plâs Iolyn, Esq., LL.D., Lord of the Lloyd. Manor of Yspytty Ieuan. Gules, a lion rampt. argent, holding in its paws a rose of the second, leaves and stem ppr.

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This comot or lordship contains the parishes of Llangwm and Bettws Gwervyl Goch, and parts of the parishes of Corwen,' or, perhaps, more probably Caer Wen or Caer Wern, and Cerrig or Caer y Drudion, the townships of Llysan and Cysyllog in the parish of Llanvihangel, Glyn Myvyr, and the township of Gwern Howel, which is extra-parochial.

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The parish of Llangwm contains the townships of 1, Tre'r Llan; 2, Moelvre; 3, Penyved; 4, Dwgarth; 5, Rhos y Maen Brych; 6, Trev Llys Dinmael; 7, Nant Helog; and 8, Cefn Cymmer, and contains 10,578

acres.

There are several places of great antiquity in this parish, viz., Llys Dinmael, an ancient building which takes its names from Mael, a petty prince who, according to tradition, resided in it; Caer Dial and Castell Erw Dinmael, opposite Cwm Mein, in Llanfor, and Byrn yr Hyddod, a little higher up, are also in this parish.

The parish of Bettws Gwervyl Goch, which lies in the 2 Pennant's Tour, vol. i, p. 278.

1 Carlisle's Dict.

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manor of Cevn y Post, contains the township of Pen y Craig, and receives its name from Gwervyl Goch, who lies buried in the church. This lady was the daughter of Cynan, one of the sons of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, who reigned from A.D. 1137 to A.D. 1169, and wife of Iarddwr ab Mor ab Tegerin ab Eulan ab Greddyv ab Cwnnws Ddu ab Cullin Ynad ab Peredur Teirnoedd ab Meilir Eryr Gwyr y Gorsedd, descended from Cunedda Wledig, King of Gwynedd. This parish contains 1,757 acres 3 r. 25 p. There were two other chieftains in Gwynedd who bore the name of Iarddur, viz., Iarddur ab Dyvnaint, and Iarddur ab Cynddelw of Penrhyn, Lord of Llechwedd Isav.

The parish of Cerrig, or Caer y Drudion, contains the townships of-1, Tre'r Llan; 2, Trev Llaethwryd; 3, Tre'r Foel; 4, Tre'r Cwm; 5, Trev Clust y Blaidd ; 6, Tre'r Parc; 7, Tir Abbad Uchav; and 8, Trev Havod Maidd.

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There are several farms and places in this parish. which bear unusual names, such as Carreg y Blaidd and Creigiau Bleiddiau, which show that these localities were once the favourite resort of wolves. Other uncommon names to be met with here are Ffrydd Gistvaen, Rhos Chwarenva, Cae'r Groes, Maenllwyd, Y Garreglwyd, Y Garreg Corva, and Nant y Crogwr.

The township of Tir Abbad Uchav is in the manor of Hiraethog, in the cantref of Ystrad, in the principality of Gwynedd, and was granted, together with the township of Tir Abbad Isav, in the parish of Pentrev Voelas, in Hiraethog, the lands of Voelas and Cyrniogau, and other large estates, to the Cistercian Abbey of Conwy, by Prince Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, by charter dated 7th January 1198.

The first founder of the church of Cerrig y Drudion was a priest, "Evanus Patricius, Animarum Confessor”, in A.D. 1440. It was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, and the festival is kept July 22. It was afterwards

1 Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 17.

repaired and augmented in 1503, in the time of Henry VII, when John Robin was rector.1

The deanery of Dinmael contains the parishes of Llangwm, Llanvihangel Glyn Myvyr, Bettws Gwervyl Goch, and Cerrig, or Caer y Drudion.2

There are three ancient mansions in the parish of Llangwm in this lordship-Maesmor, Y Ddwyvaen, and Garth Meilio. This last house, with the manor of Cevn y Post and large estates belonging to it, was long the property of the Wynns, who were descended from Trahaiarn Goch of Emlyn, who bore argent, six bees ppr. 3, 2, 1.

The river Alwen, which flows through Dinmael, rises in Llyn Alwen, in the Hiraethog mountains, passes between Caer Ddunod and Craig Bron Banawg, which is 1,656 feet above the level of the sea, and after passing by Llanvihangel Glyn Myvyr, Cevn y Post, Dol y Gynlas, and Bettws Gwervyl Goch, receives the Geirw at Glyn Diffwys, and then empties itself into the Dee at Aber Alwen, a little to the west of Rug. Cadair Dinmael, whose summit is 1,549 feet above the level of the sea, lies between Bettws Gwervyl Goch and the river Geirw.

Six miles from Corwen, on the road to Capel Curig, is Pont Glyn Diffwys. This pont, or bridge, stands at the head of a woody glen, with projecting rocks almost obscured by the surrounding foliage. It consists of a single arch thrown over the rugged bed of the precipitous river, where, among immense masses of rock, the stream foams most furiously. The cataract is not very high, but situated near the bridge, where its white foam, dashing among dark opposite rocks, with pendant foliage on each side, form a scene of great beauty. The bridge stands upon two nearly perpendicular rocks of about sixty feet high from the bed of the river below, and the whole scenery is very grand.

In the year 993 a battle was fought at Llangwm in Dinmael, between Maredydd ab Hywel Dda, Prince of 1 Willis's Survey of St. Asaph.

2 Pope Nicholas's Taxation, A.D. 1291.