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Lloyds of Berth and of Rhagad, the Lloyds of Pentref Cuhelyn, and Hugh ab William of Plas Ieuaf, whose only daughter and heiress, Jane, married John Lloyd of Tref Geiriog, are likewise descended from Adda ab Awr of Trevor. And 4, Meurig, who had lands in Trevor. He was ancestor of David ab Ieuan ab Iorwerth, abbot of Valle Crucis, and bishop of St. Asaph from A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1503.

Bleddyn, the eldest son of Tudor ab Rhys Sais, was lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, and Maelor Isaf. He married Agnes, daughter of Llewelyn ab Idnerth ab Meredydd Hen, lord of Buallt, descended from Elystan Glodrydd, Prince of Fferlis; and was succeeded by his eldest son, Owain, lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, and Maelor Isaf. He married Eva, daughter and heiress of Madog Goch, lord of Mawddwy and Caereinion, an illegitimate son of Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Upper Powys, by whom he had issue five sons,-1, Iorwerth Hen, his successor; 2, Owain Fychan, ancestor of the Dymocks of Penley Hall; 3, Thomas, ancestor of the Pennants of Downing and Penrhyn Castle; 4, Cynwrig; and 5, Rhiryd.

Iorwerth Hen, lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, and Maelor Isaf, married Angharad, the eldest of the four daughters and coheiresses of Gruffydd the third son of Meilir Eyton, lord of Eyton or Eutyn. Ermine, a lion rampant azure. Her mother was Angharad, daughter and heiress of Llewelyn ab Meurig ab Caradog ab Iestyn ab Gwgant, Prince of Glamorgan. Gules, three chevronells argent. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

Iorwerth Fychan, lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, Maelor Isaf. He married Catherine, daughter of Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, and relict of Meredydd of Rhiwfabon, second son of Madog ab Gruffydd Maelor, Prince of Powys Fadog. Gruffydd ab Llewelyn bore quarterly, gules and or, four lions rampant countercharged. By this lady Iorwerth Fychan had issue four sons,-1, Iorwerth Foel, his successor; 2, Tudor; 3, Cynwrig; and 4, Rhys.

Iorwerth Foel was lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, and Maelor Saesneg. He was living in A.D. 1313. Roger Mortimer, lord of Chirk, gave lands to Iorwerth Foel ab Iorwerth Fychan, son and heir of Iorwerth Hen, on payment of a rent of £20 sterling per annum. The following persons were witnesses to the grant: Ieuaf ab Adda, lord of Trevor; Llewelyn his son; Owain ab Gruffydd Foel, the Lord Hwfa, his brother; Llewelyn ab Cynwrig ab Osbern; Madog ab Cynwrig Foel. The seal of Roger Mortimer was attached to the deed; and around the coat of arms this inscription, SIGILLUM MORTUO MARI. The lands granted were in Gwern Ospin and Pen y Clawdd."

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Iorwerth Foel married Gwladys, daughter and coheiress of Iorwerth ab Gruffydd ab Heilin of Y Fron Goch (now called Celynog, in Mochnant), ab Meurig ab Ieuan ab Adda ab Cynfrig ab Pasgen ab Gwyn ab Gruffydd, lord of Cegidfa and Deuddwr. 1, sable, three horses' heads erased argent; 2, argent, a chevron inter three Cornish choughs with ermine in their beaks sable. The mother of Gwladys was Alice, daughter of Hwfa ab Iorwerth ab Gruffydd ab Ieuaf ab Niniaf ab Cynwrig ab Rhiwallon. Gules, two lions passant argent, for Iorwerth ab Gruffydd. By this lady Iorwerth had issue

five sons:

1. Madog Lloyd of Bryn Cunallt, lord of Chirk, who married Margaret, daughter of Llewelyn ab Ieuaf ab Adda ab Awr of Trevor, and bore the arms of Tudor Trevor in a border gules. He was ancestor of John Wynn Jones of Bryn Cunallt, who sold that estate to Sir Edward Trevor; the Wynns of Eiarth in Llanfair

1 Of Cors y Gedol.

2 Roger Mortimer got possession of the lordship of Chirk in 1282, and died a prisoner in the Tower of London, 3rd of August, 1336. A full account of the family will be given in the course of this history.

Cae Cyriog MS.

4 Add. MS. 9864.

5 John Wynn Jones married Catherine, daughter of Richard ab Rhydderch, ab David of Myfyrian in Mon, by whom he had two

Dyffryn Clwyd; the Lloyds of Leaton Knolls; and the Maurices of Clocaenog.

2. Gruffydd of Maelor Saesneg. He married Gwerfyl, daughter and coheiress of Madog ab Meredydd. ab Llewelyn Fychan ab Llewelyn ab Owain Fychan ab Owain, lord of Mechain Isgoed, second son of Madog ab Meredydd, Prince of Powys Fadog (argent, a lion rampant sable in a border indented gules); by whom he had issue seven sons: 1, Madog Lloyd of Isgoed in Maelor Saesneg, who was ancestor of the Lloyds of Tal y Wern, the Lloyds of Willington, and the Lloyds of Bryn Halchdyn in the parish of Hanmer, who are now represented by the Lords Kenyon of Gredington and the Chevalier Lloyd of Clochfaen, K.S.G. 2. Llewelyn Ddu of Abertanad, of whose descendants an account has been already given. 3. David. 4. Madog Ddu. 5. Iorwerth Foel. 6. Morgan Goch. 7. Goronwy Ddu of Abertanad.1

3. Morgan ab Iorwerth Foel of Maelor Saesneg, who was ancestor of the Youngs of Bryn Iorcyn, now represented by Colonel Rowley Conway of Bodrhyddan and Bryn Iorcyn, and the Youngs of West Ram in Lincolnshire, and the Youngs of Croxton, in the parish of Hanmer.2

4. Ednyfed Gam of Llys Pengwern in Nanheudwy. He married Gwladys, daughter and coheiress of Llewelyn ab Madog ab Einion of Ial ab Rhiryd ab Madog ab Meredydd ab Uchtryd ab Edwyn ab Goronwy, Prince of Tegeingl, by whom he had issue six sons: 1, Llewelyn of Halchdyn in Maelor Saesneg, ancestor of the Lloyds of Halchdyn. 2, Iorwerth Ddu of Llys Pengwern, ancestor of the Lords Mostyn; Sir Piers

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daughters, coheiresses. Margaret, another daughter of Richard ab Rhydderch, married John Trevor of the township of Bryn Cunallt, by whom she was mother of Sir Edward Trevor. (Harl. MS. 4181.) 1 Harl. MS. 4181.

2 The parish of Hanmer contains six townships, viz. Hanmer, Bettisfield, Bronington, Ty Broughton, Willington, and Halchdyn. 3 The Cae Cyriog MSS. state that Llewelyn was the youngest son of Ednyfed Gam. The Harl. MS. 4181 says that he was the eldest

son.

Mostyn of Talacre in Tegeingl, Bart.; Mostyn, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, and Mostyn of Segrwyd; the Edwardses of Plas Newydd, Cefn y Wern, and Plas is y Clawdd in the parish of Chirk; the Hugheses of Pen Nant y Belan in the parish of Rhiwfabon, now represented by the Chevalier Lloyd of Clochfaen, K.S.G.;1 and Thomas Taylor Griffith of Cae Cyriog and Pen Nant y Belan, Esq. 3. David, ancestor of the Trevors of Yr Hob, Plas Teg, Bryn Cunallt, Pentref Cynwrig, Bodynfol, and Trefalun; now represented by the Griffiths of that place, and W. Trevor Parkins, Esq., of Alun Cottage, the Rhossett, near Wrexham. 4. Ieuan, ancestor of the Joneses of Westyn Rhyn, and Edward ab John, ab Edward of Ty'n y Celyn in the parish of St. Martin. 5. Meredydd, fourth in descent from whom was William ab Rheinallt, ab David, ab Gruffydd of Careg Hwfa, whose daughter and heiress, Margaret, married Robert Lloyd of Bryngwyn, Esq.; and 6, Gruffydd, ancestor of the Pughs of Llanymyneich.

5. Ieuan of Llanfechain.

The pedigrees of the families descended from Tudor Trevor will be given in the account of each parish in which their estates lie, in the course of this history. The other families of ancient descent, who had lands in Nanheudwy, were the Owens of Tref Geiriog, who were descended from Llewelyn Eurdorchog, lord of Ial; the Lloyds of Llangollen Fechan; and the Edwardses of

Phoebe, the second daughter and coheiress of Thomas Hughes of Pen Nant y Belan, married David Lloyd of Llangollen, second son of Edward Lloyd of Trevor, son and heir of John Lloyd of Trevor, Esq., who died in A.D. 1686, ab Edward Lloyd ab Edward Lloyd ab John ab Madog ab Edward ab Gruffydd, second son of Adda ab Howel ab Ieuaf ab Adda ab Awr of Trevor.

2 David Lloyd of Llangollen Fechan, who was aged twenty-six in 1645, was the son of Evan Lloyd ab David Lloyd ab Roger of Llangollen Fechan, son of William ab David ab Rhys ab Howel, who was one of the sons of Y Dai of Hirnant in Mechain uwch Coed, the son of Madog Llwyd ab David Fain ab David Welw ab David ab Madog Heddwch of Rhiwlas, son of Meilir ab Tangwel ab Tudor ab Ithel ab Idris ab Llewelyn Eudorchog, lord of Ial and Ystrad Alun. (Harl. MS. 1972.)

Glyn and Crogen Iddon,' now represented by the heirs of the late Price Jones of Rhyl, Esq., M.D.

J. Y. W. LLOYD, K.S.G.

(To be continued.)

NOTES UPON SOME RADNORSHIRE CHURCHES.

THE following remarks are offered as a trifling contribution towards the ecclesiology of a county which has hitherto been but little explored.

Radnorshire churches are as a rule of very simple type, the earlier builders had to deal with a district with no freestone quarries, and in many parts of the county very indifferently supplied with building stone; we therefore find none of that wealth of ornamental stonework which richer and more favoured counties possess, but we see that they made up for the absence of freestone by ornamenting their churches with excellent specimens of woodwork, which doubtless were the work of native artists. Throughout the county fragments of roofs, screens, and seats, remain to testify how determined they were to ornament their churches; and in a district where good oak was plentiful and good stone was scarce, the carpenter and wood carver were the art workmen whose aid was invoked for decorative purposes.

The result is seen in the long low simple buildings we have left to us, rudely built in rubble masonry, and

1 The Edwardses of Glyn and Crogen Iddon were descended from Cynwrig, one of the sons of Ieuan ab Gruffydd ab Madog Ddu of Copa'r Goleuni in Tegeingl, who bore argent, five pales sable, and was the son of Rhiryd ab Llewelyn ab Owain ab Edwyn, Prince of Tegeingl. This family became possessed of the manor of Yspytty Ieuan by the marriage of Robert Edwards of Hendref Brys and Gallt y Celyn, in Yspytty, with Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Ellis Price of Plas Iolyn, lord of Yspytty Ieuan, son of Thomas Price ab Thomas Price ab y Dr. Ellis Price, LL.D., of Plas Iolyn.

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