Pilgrymages stoode, which causeth that the same in most places be utterlie decayed. But in this Lordshippe the Tenauntes being Tenauntes at will were forced to occupie them with their Tenauntes and paie th' accustomed Rentes and by reason thei dwell neere the sea and sett ffisher men aworke, thei have some such innemates at this daye. Wherfore it is fitt thei shoulde be letten to those that are the presente Tenauntes of the principall landes, but no fynes to be rated for the value of such."

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The jury present that there was in the manor seate where a Myll hath bene with a watercourse thereunto belonging, and that the same Myll hath bene decayed tyme out of mynde." Also the surveyor found by record "that there hath bene a Passage which I learne did decaye by reason it was verie dangerous, being over a parte of Milforde verie brode in that place."

In the manor of Pill, William Tasker held a tenement containing a ploughland called Annabale Pill, under a lease for lives.

"The dwellinge howse1 beinge fower roomes on a floore and one lofte at the lower ende of the said howse, containing in all 21 coples covered with thatch and one little outstall adjoyneing to the Hall covered with slate."

There were several outbuildings all covered with thatch, and the annual value of the whole is nil.

The total rental of the Castle, Lordship, and Town of Haverfordwest is stated to be £111 18s. 74d.

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The outgoings are: the fee of £63 6s. 8d. yearly for life to Sir Edward Mansell, as seneschal of the lordships of "Haverforde and Rowse," by grant of Philip and Mary, in 1558, and of £6 13s. 4d. as chancellor and supervisor by the same grant. The surveyor notes, that as the office of chancellor is not in force, this fee can be saved after Sir Edward's death. The fee of Robert Acton, £6 12s. 4d., as constable of the Castle, and 30s. 10d. as jailer; as the Castle is

1 The old house of the De La Roches on Pill Rhodal; see Old Pembroke Families, p. 74.

2 Of Margam.

"utterly decayed," the surveyor thinks that these fees also may be saved after the life of the holder. Also, one Philip Morgan had for life "the office of customer and butler of the porte and creeke of Westhaverforde," with a yearly fee of 40s., and of bailiff of Haverdfordwest and Rowse," which officer collecteth ye casualties of this Lordshippe" with a yearly fee of 60s. 8d. The surveyor says, "which ffees I do not here reprise for there is no value of any of the said casualties in this survey."

Then follows a copy of the report of Davy and Canon as to their proceedings, which seem to have been conducted with much fairness. The tenants complain of their poverty by reason of the heriots, suit of court, collection of rents, and the "burthen of servauntes and children." The surveyors increased the rents by £13 13s. 5d.; they object to the system of taking fines on renewal of leases, and they add "it mai be that some which wolde putt ii or iii of these tenements into one and make dayries maie afforde to give greate ffines; but then shoulde the countrie be desolate of people, and the Queenes comoditie and service otherwise much hindered."

The document concludes with the regulations for the survey laid down by Lord Burghley, the Treasurer, and Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor.

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1 Lord High Treasurer, 1572-1598.

2 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1566-1589.

THE REMOVAL OF THE CROSS OF ILTYD AT LLANTWIT MAJOR, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

RY G. E. HALLIDAY, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A.

THE faculty for the reparation of the Parish Church at Llantwit Major included the setting-up of the

Fig. 1.-The Iltyd Cross, shored up preparatory to its removal.

pre-Norman stones in the western or old church. With one exception, this was complied with: the exception being the Iltyd Cross-shaft, said by tradition to be in situ.

The Rev. Mr. Vaughan, the late Vicar of Llantwit,

who, at the time of the restoration in 1889, was about ninety years of age, expressed a wish that, when he died, he should be buried by the Iltyd stone; and that the stone should not be removed to the church until after his death. This request was complied with; but, as the stone showed some fresh signs of fracture, the present Vicar, the Rev. Henry Morris, thought it

Fig. 2.-The Iltyd Cross, in process of removal.

advisable to accept the kind offer of Dr. Charles T. Vachell, J.P., to set up the stone, under cover, with the other pre-Norman remains (Fig. 4).

The Cross-shaft of Samson, commonly called the Iltyd Stone, measures 6 ft. from the ground-line upwards, and 4 ft. 2 ins. from the ground-line to the extreme base, which tapers from 12 ins. to 7 ins. in thickness (Fig. 5). The worked portion of the stone terminates

in a picker-line, about in. in breadth, a few inches below the ground-line-in fact, just under the turffor about 1 ft. 6 ins. to 2 ft. below this, there is every indication of the soil having been disturbed; small pieces of crockery and other miscellaneous débris were unearthed. Below this, however, the soil showed no indication of having been moved below the picker-line. There are no signs of either tooling or working in any form. It is simply a glacial boulder turned to account:

on one side the surface is rubbed quite smooth, and shows very distinct striations.

The accompanying photographs, taken by Mr. Guy Clarke and myself when compared with the measured sketch-will give a far better idea of the base than any written description (Figs. 3 and 5).

The cross-shaft stood from 3 ins. to 4 ins. above the limestone rock, which probably accounts for its having kept its upright position for so many centuries; but a further proof of the stone being in situ was: first, the