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History of the Parish of Llanyblodwel. By Mr Isaac Watkin. Vol. XXXIV. iii. Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating To Montgomeryshire And Its Borders. Issued by the Powys-land Club for the use of its members. Vol. XXXIVi Printed for the Club by Woodall, Minshall, Thomas and Co., Caxton Press. 1907. |
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HISTORY
OF THE PARISH OF LLANYBLODWEL.
By
Mr. ISAAC WATKIN. I.
Name. The name is derived from Llan, an inclosure,
as in per-llan {orchard), cor-lan (sheep fold), a sacred inclosure, the
precincts ot a monastery or a church, and signified a church with its
suiToundings long before the formation of parishes ; and Btodwel, the meaning
of which is uncertain. Kyffin, in Golud yr Oes, refers to a tradition that
the name originated from a great massacie which took place nsar tlie site of
Blodwel Hall, when a number of the bodies of the slain were cast into a well
near, and the water, thereby, became so discoloured that the name Blood-well
was given to it.^ The well referred to remains to this day. In the Domesday
Record the place is called Bodowanham. The termination ham is, probably, the
Saxon " home," and Archdeacon Thomas, ni his History of the Diocese
of St. Afiaph, thinks that another part of the word — owan, indicates y-wauib
(a fiat marshy tract), as In Porthy- waun, and that Llanyblodwaun was an
earlier form of the name of the place, or else that the latter half wanham is
a corruption of Vechan to distinguish it from Modnorvawr. Accoi-ding to the Joseph
Mon-is MSS., it received its name from Wennan (or Gwen), son of Sir Meiric de
Powys, a descendant of Tudor ' This
spot wiia, undoubtedly, the scene of many blowJy conflicts during the period
of occupation by the Romans, who, to defend the rich mines iu the hill close
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HISTORY OF THE PARTSH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. Trevor (tenth century), who held the lordslup of the district,
and to whom, jointly with his brother Goronwy (or Wrenoc), King John, in the
second year of bis reign, by deed, dated at Condover, August, 1200, gi'anted
the Lordship of Whittington, of which, Fulk Fitz Warine had been temporarily
deprived. In the Norwich Taxation of 1253, it is given as " Ecc'a de Blodvel."
In the Escheat Roll, 56 Henry III. (1272), it is written Bodowanhan, which
may be read B6d-y- weniian, that is, the residence of Wennan, and to have, by
the indifference or carelessness of English copyists and writers in the
matter of Welsh names, become Llan-y-bod-wennan, Llan-j'-blodwan, and finally
Llan- yblodwel, as now written. By a deed of A.D. 1272, which states that
" Blodowanan, Clanoi'daffe, Bren, and Blodnorvawr " (supposed by
Eyton, in hia Hiftorif of Shropshire, to be Blodwel, Glanyrafon, Bryn and
Cefnblodwel) were in the Walcheila of Oswestry and involved a territory
nearly equivalent to the present parish (Thomas's Historic of the Diocese oj
St. Asaph). In a deed of one of the Fitz Alans, dated in the time of Henry
VI. (1422), it is called Blodwall Vawre Villata, that IS, the Vill of Great
Blodwel, and in the pedigrees of the ancient families of the [mrish some are
mentioned as living in Blodwel Fechan (lesser Blodwel). Whether, however, the
name "Blodwel" be Saxon, from "hlood" and "
wold" where a battle has been fought between the Mercians and the Welsh,
or from the Welsh " Jiloden," i.e., fiowers, from the warm and
sunny aspect of the parish, Dukes, in his Aittiipiiiie^s of Shropshire,
leaves it to the decision of etymologists, Saxon and Britisli, to settle ;
but the best suggestion to my mind is " Blaid-wal," i.e., a
division line, boundary between two peoples, or wall of contention, as given
in Willis's Survey of St. Asaph (1719), from the fact that Offa's Dyke runs
iurther into the marches here than in any other part of its course. As most
parishes in Wales and tlie Border Counties were named after the saint to whom
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HISTORY OF THE I'AIIISH
OF LLANYBLOUWEL. 3 dedicated at its foundation, this parish is frequently
described as Uanfifianffel St. Michael's, and more fully
Llanfihangel-ym-nilodwel. II. Situation. According to a map showing the
ancient divisions of Wales, preparetl by Dr. Owen Pughe in 1788 and published
in Warrington's History f.f Wahs, and a Description of Wales, by Sir John
Price, 1559, edited by Humphrey Llwyd, and printed in Dr. David Powel's
Histone of Cambria, 1584, that part of Llany- blodwel parish whicli lies
north of the river Tanat appears in the Cantref of Croesoswallt (Oswestry),
in the province of Powys Fadog ; and the other part south of the Tanat, in
the Commot of Mechain-is-y-coed, in Cantref y Fernwy, in the pi-oviuce of
Powys Wenwyn- wyn ; all in the kingdom of Mathialal. To this kingdom belonged
the country of Powys and the land Ixjtween the rivers Wye and Severn, which
part had upon the south and west Brycheiniog, with the rivers Wye and Tywy,
upon the north Gwynedd, and upon the east the Marches of Wales, stretching
from Chester to the Wye, above Hereford. At another time (1264) a direct line
from Holt, Denbighshire, to Pengwern (Shrewsbury) was suggested. Tlie
division of Wales, for political and administrative purposes, into caiitrefs
and cwmwds, or commots— " Twelve manors and two hamlets there are in a
cwmwd, the two hamlets ought to Ix; to answer to the necessity of the
K'mg."— WtLsh Laws — is mentioned by some writers as having been carried
out by Dyfiiwal Moelmud, who flourished in the sixtli century, for the system
was considered ancient in the days ot'Hywel Dda (930). A cantref which
comprised 2,5G0 acres, "no more no less" {Welsh Laivs), and was
ruled Ijy a suboidinate territorial chief, is popularly supposed to he
similar to the Eiiglisli hundred, a collection of one hundred trefs (derived
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLAMYBLODWEL. townships {^Report of Welsh Land Commission). The EngUsh
hundred, in the first instance granted by the King to particular persons, is
a division introduced about the time of Edgar (A.D. 950), and into Wales by
the Statute of Rhuddlan, 1284 ; counties, bai-onies, or lordships being
divisions of the feudal period, but the date of the formation of a parish ae
an ecclesiastical division cannot be ascertained, for in the early ages of
Christianity in this country parishes were unknown. Camden maintained that
parishes were formed by Archbishop Honorius about the year 630, before which
it is said that the Clergy lived in community, but as a civil area it
appeai-s to have been introduced A.D. 970. As the hundred of Oswestry, which
comprised a part of Llanyblodwel, was not joined to the County of Salop until
the 27th year of the reign of Henry VIII. (1536), it may be concluded that
this parish, which still retains its Welsh place-names, was reckoned to be in
Wales. As to the township of Abertanat, it was coupled with, and tieated as
part of, the Welsh county of Meriouetb. In a Mandate issued 24 May, 1297 (25
Edward I.), and given to the Goodmen and whole com- munity of that county
(with other Welsh places), to give credence to John de Havering, Justice of
North Wales, and William de Cycons, Constable of the Castle of Aberconeway,
appointed to give them instructions touching their sei-vice with the King
beyond seas ; and again, in a Commission of Oyer and Terminer (15 June, 1299),
to William de Mortuo Mari and WdUam de Deen, touctiing trespass committed
upon Roger Trum- wyne and loan his wife, by Ha" isia late the wife of
Griffin de la Pole, in the land of Powys {Calendar of Patent Itolh); and in
the KaJendars of (hiynedd, com- piled by the late Mr. Ed. Breese, it is
stated that, anterior to 34 and 35 Henry VIII. (1543) it was taken and
reputed to be and used as a parcel of the County of Merioneth ; but by an Act
passed in that yeai', it was united to, annexed and made parcel of the County
of Salop (Bye-Gunes, July 1887,), and in 1549 was trana-
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HISTORY OF THE FAHISU OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 5 feried from the lordship of Penllyn in Merioneth, with which
it had been held as a portion of the ancient patrimony of Rhirid Flaidd, to
the lordship of Oswes- try. ^ The parish is sitiiated about ! 69 miles north
west from London, and 18 from the county town of Shrews- bury, in the extreme
north western part of the County of Salop, and, according to modern
arrangements, is in the Western or Oswestry Division of the County for
Parliamentary pui-poses and in the Hundred and Petty Sessional Division and
Poor Law Union and Highway and Sanitary District of Oswestry. It is abutted
on the north side by the parish of Oswestry and part of Llansilin, on the
west by Llansilin and Llangedwyn in Denbighshire, on the south by
LlansantfFraid in Mont- gomeryshire, and on the east by Llanymynech and
Oswestry in Shropshire. Along the west and south sides runs the boundaiy
between Shropshire in England and the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery in
Wales, the latter commencing at the confluence of the Cynllaith with the
Tanat, near Penybont-llanerch- enn-ys. III. Makokial. A Manor (probably from
Latin, manere, to stay or dwell) seems to have been a district of ground held
by a lord or chief person, who kept in bis own hands, in dominio or demesne,
so much land as he needed, the residue l>eing uncultivated and held in
common by tlie lord and his tenants. The Lord of the Manor held jurisdiction
over the tenants, and established a court lor collecting his dues, redressing
misdemeanors and settling disputes. The Court was presided over by the lord or
his steward (Maer), and records of the pro- ceedings were kept, but there do
not apjiear to be any such in existence relating to the Manor of Dujrarts, in
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%ISTOKY OF TBE PAWSH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. are situated. This manor forms part of tlie Barony of Powys.
The province of Powys was at one time the chief possession of the Princes of
Powys, and is very ancient, for a reference thereto in the authentic memorial
on the Pillar of Eliseg, near Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen, goes so far
back as the sixth cen- tury. The niscription runs *" This is the Etise^
who recovered his inheritance of Povosia after the death of Cattell by force
out of the power of the Angles by his sword .... fire." ' At the death
of Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales, iti 877, the kingdom was divided between Ins
three sons, the principality of Powys falling to the share of Merfvii, •and
one of his successoi'S was Bleddyn ab Cvniyn 1060.2 In 1068, " Meredith
and Ithel, sonnes ot Gniffyth ap Llewelyn (Bleddyn's half brother), raised a
great power ' (jwciirhiftii Gwynedd'u Ilittori/ of SelaltyH. ^ The devolutioii
from Bleddyn will be more easily followed with the help of the following
sketch pedigree : — !"""■"■!' 1 I Rhiwttllon. - Bleddjn^. ... I Gruffydd ap Ltewelyn=f=
>[ere<iith nji Bledilj'n Rhirid Flaidd Gwrgcneu ap Collwyn
Annestu-rltliel, Lord of Brj-n, Meredyth. i»riri-in!ii, Lord Genln^Ie«-f
Gwalchuuii s of I'ciillvn, { Mpilir jure uviirfs. | Trtfeilir Eitiicm iL]i
Gwukhmoi. , =f Collwjn ap Moreiddig. _ 1. , . , d. of Cynfyii Hirdref, Lord
of Kevin. D,g,l,.,.dDy |
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 7 against Blethynand Rywalhon, Kings of North Wales, and met
with them at a place called Mechain, where after a long fight there were
slain upon the one part Ithel, and upon the other part Rywalhon, and Mere-
dith put to flight whome Blethyn pursued so straight- lie, that he starved
for cold and hunger ufjon tlie mountains, and so Blethyn the son ot Cynfyn
remained the onlie King of Powys and North Wales." — (Powel). Bleddyo ab
Cynfjn l»b cwys Ei hull biocdd hen Bowys Rhj-8 Cain. His ensign was the Lion
of Powys. — " The ruddy Lion ramping, in gold." In Lloyd's Histoi-y
of Pouys Fadog it is stated that the township of Bryn formed part of the
inheri- tance of Ithel, who was called lord of the Bryn, He married Annesta,
daughter of Cynfyn, and sister of Bleddyn, Prince of Powys. By this lady
Ithel had issue, a son, Ednowain, who bore ai'gcni three wolves, courant in
pale sable, armed and langued tjideg, collared of the field. He succeeded to
the lordship of Bryn with " Llanfihangel y Pennant," and married
Generys, daughter of Rhys Sais, lord of Chirk and Oswestry (1070), fourth
from Tudor Trevor, a great chieftain living in the tenth century. (.ine of
Edncwain's daughters, named Genliedles, married Gwalchmai ah Meilir of
TrevelHr in Cwmwd Malldraeth (son of Mabon ab larddwr ab Mon ab Tegerin, who
was descendefl from Cunedda Wledig, King of ?»'orth Wales), by whom she was
the mother of Einion ab Gwalchmai. Gwrgeneu, a son of the said Ednowain, and
chief of the fourteenth noble tribe of Gwynedd, and who succeeded him in the
lordship, married Generys, daughter of Bleddyn, and from his wife's
half-brother, Meredydd ab Bleddyn, he obtained the lordship of Penllyn,
comprising some parishes around Bala, which then was a tief of the Prmces of
Powys. By his wife, Generys, he had issue, Rhirid Ftaidd, who lived about the
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HISTORY OF TBE PARISH OP
LLANVBLODWEL. He tcKjk his surname from his maternal ancestor, " Y
Blaidd KhmlJ," or the Bloody Wolf of Gest in Pen- moi-fa, and succeeded
his father, G«'rgenau, in the lordship of Penllyn, His character is thus
described by the Bard Cynddelw : " I have a friendly wolf that stands by
me to crush the insulting foe. It is not the forest wolf, scattering the
harmless flock, but the wolf of the field of battle, albeit at times he is
mild and generous." A poem in honour of Hhirid Flaidd, lord of Penllyn :
Kyndelw ae cant y ririd vleit ex. p. altnd et pliuat : — Miie ym ^leit am car
om caffael wrlhaw Ym wrthep arcbauael Nyd bleit coed coll yr auael Namwyn
bleit maes moessawc bael Cleddjf clod wasgar a wisgaf ar glun nvg uy llun
al's Uassar Cleddyf cloynneu hygar Cleddyf Rind Uleit viae ngar Priodawr
Pennant pennaf vchelwr uchelwyr uodrydaf Nyd y uleit preit y prydaf Namyn y
vleit glyw y glewhaf (Lloyd's History ofPowys Fadog, i. 326 ) In addition to
the Btyn it appears that Pennant Melan^ell in Mechain-is-y-coed, Glyn In
Powysland, the Eleven Towns, in the lordship of Oswestry and Eifionydd in Cantref
Dunodig were portions of Rhirid's outlying properties. He was ancestor of the
Myddel- tons of Chirk Castle and other noted Welsh families, and dwelt at a
place called Nueddau Gleision in the township of Rhiwaedog, near Bala, and as
Pennant Melangell Church received a contribution of tithe called " Degwm
cyrch march -y- Person " (oats for the Parson's horse) from the township
of Bryn, its connec- tion with the church of this parish, by the representa-
tion of the bare on the carved screen, and fragments oi sepulchral stone now
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OP
LLASYBLODWEL. 9 Rhirid's sister mairied CoUwyn ab Moreiddig, and had issue, a
son, Gwrgenau ab CoUwyn, who became lord of Bryn, and married a daughter of
Cynfyn Hiifhef, lord of Nevin. In the middle oi the 1 Gth century David ab
Meredydd ab Gruffydd ab Jenkyn Pen of Pentre Sianyd (or Pentre Siencyn) bad
the lordship, which was about tliat time transferred to the lordsliip of
Oswestry, in which tlie two other townships of Llyuclys and Blodwel were
situated. This lordship (Oswestry) was Iield by tlie Pitzalans from 1114 to
1580, the first members having been nominated by Henry I. Sheriff of
Shropshire and lord of Oswestry in right of shrievalty. The male
rej^esentative of this feudal family became extinct in 1580, and from then
till 1590 the lordship was held by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, eldest son
of Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfolk, by Mary, daugliter and heir of Henry Fitz-
alan. Earl of Aiundel. For thirteen years afterwards it WEis in the bands of
the Crown. 1603-24 King James I. granted by letters patent " The
Lordship Manor and Castle of Oswestrie to Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, who
in 1624 sold all that lordship Manor and Castle of Oswestrie, alias Oswester,
and the Manors of Dupaits and Trayne and the Kectory of the Church to Dame
Elizabeth Craven, late wife of Sir William Craven, Kt., late Alderman of
London." Her son Sir William Craven was created Baron Craven 162G,
Viscount and Earl 1663. He died 1697 unmarried, and devised the lordship to
his freat-nephew. Sir William Herbert, second Mai-quis of 'owis. (The Records
of the Corporation of Oaxveatry). At the death of the third Duke of Powis in
1748 the title became extinct, and the barony passed to his rela- tive, Loi-d
Herbert of Chirbuiy, who, the same year, was made Earl of Powis. His only son
died unmarried in 1801, and the barony came to his daughter. Lady Henrietta
Antonia Herbert, the wife of Edward Lora Clive, who in 1804 was created Earl
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HISTORY OF THK PARISH OF
I.LANYBLODWEL. present Earl, the lord of the manor, who is able to trace his
descent from the royal tribe of Bleddyn ab Cynfyn beforementioned. On Mynydd
y Bryn the three manors, Duparts, belonging to the representatives of the
house of Powys, Cynllaith yr larll, part of the Chirk Castle estate, and
Cynllaith Uwain, belonging to the Llangedwyn estate, all meet at a point
marked by a huge stone called " Bwrdd y tri Arglwydd," which name,
says Gwallter Mechain, creates a supposition that the three lords once met
and dined on the monument.' The divers commons and waste lands of the manor
at Nantmawr, Cefnblodwel and Mynydd-y-Bryn were allotted under an Awaid,
dated September, 1808, and those at Crickheath in Marcb, 1811. The township
of Abertanat comprises the manor of Plas-yn-Dinas, in Llanfechain. IV.
Extent. The Parish comprises four townships, the eastern g)rtion being
Llynclys, the western Biyn, the northern lodwel, and the soutliern Abertanat.
An out-lj'ing portion of Blodwel township, known as Cefnymaes, and containing
about 322 acres, is situate near Rhydycroesau in the same county. The area,
according to the Poor Bate Assessments ■ (roads excluded), and
the gross and rateable value, are as follows : — .„, val™ in 454 39U 30ne
Annu^ £ s. 442 2 865 514 597 i8.tn. £ 3. 2810 10 3184 5 1456 10 1483 ID
N-«lu« in Ll™cl;s .. Blodwel Bryn . Abertanat ... 593 3 30 1«77 39 uu 2 \r.
1081 3 10 £ s. I02H 14 201)1 1 1134 19 12.17 £ B. 17fiO 10 2142 1292 10 1324
5 Tot»l« ... 4467 1 i") ■i41H 2 ;i430 14 8934 l.'i 6819 5
c 9id., 18-.>l, 3e., 18:19, Is. 3j<t., and 1900, 1 It was really tho
place whcru the three lorda used to meet to discuss aiid compose points of
difference. The iminc occurs in other places similarly Mitiutte-l, e.i/., in
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. U The total area (including roads, water, &c.), given in
the Ordnance Survey is 4808 '908 acres, A church was built {but wlien and by
whom there is not anything now known) on the boundary line of the parish at
Moi-ton, In Browne Willis' Sun-ey of St. Asaph it is stated that "
Mortyn Chapel, endowed by Mrs. Bridgeman, is in this parish." As the
structure stood on the Iwundary of two parishes Llanyblodwel and Oswestry,
the entries of baptisms perfor-med therein were for many years made in the
llegisters of both these parishes, with a note added : " Performed in
Morton Chapel." The population of this extreme part being situate at
such a distance from the Parish Church, the district, with a portion of the
parish of Oswestry lying con- tiguous thereto, was, on an application of the
iicclesi- astical Commissioners for England to the Privy Council on 16th
April, 1861, formed into a Con- solidated Chapclry for all ecclesiastical
purposes, and assigned to the consecrated Church at Morton, the boundary
being defined in the following manner : — " All that portion of the
Parish of Llanyblodwel, in the County of Salop and Diocese of St. Asaph,
wherein the present Incumbent of such parish now possesses the exclusive cure
of souls, which is comprised within that portion of the township of Llynclys
which ia situate to the east of an imaginary Hue extending along the middle
of the high road leading from Oswe«try to Welshpool.'' The detached portion
of Blodwel township situate at Cefnymaes has also been assigned to
Rhydycroesau for the like purposes. The piincipal landowners are : — Earl of
Bradford ; Earl of Powis ; Lawton Parry Hamer, Esq., Glanyr- afon Estate ;
Colonel Boniior; Mrs. Leslie, Abertanat Estate ; Stewart Jennings, Esq. ;
Captain Parker Leighton ; II. Lloyd Kenyoii, Esq. ; O. O. Openshaw, Esq.; and
the Kepresentatives of Mr. Robert Owen.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. V. Geological (By Mr. E D. Nichoolson). The greater part of the
parish is covered by the Silurian rocks, mostly of the denomination called
the Bala beds, which are made up of shalely beds of soft- stone with hard
stone intermixed. The beds extend from immediately under the limestone of
Portbywami and Whitehaven northward into Denbighshire There are several
examples of the soft rock around Nantmawr, especially in the cutting by the
Incline bridge leading to Tanat Rock and the shale, if carefully examined,
will be found to contain a large quantity of fossils. There are several very
fine exposures of the carboni- ferous limestone, extending from the end of
Llany- mynech Hill along Ciickheath and Llynclys Hills, Whitehaven,
Porthywaun, Nantmawr (Moelydd), and for many miles northward, the thickness
of the strata being generally estimated at from four to five hundred feet.
These series, here, are not found, as is usual, on the red sandstone, but
abut unconformably on the before mentioned Bala beds. Doubtless, during the
period of formation of the maiine limestone the Bala beds formed a rocky
shore to the sea, in which the limestone was de[)osited. The limestone of
this district is remarkably pure, and has been used fi-oni earliest days for
smelting and chemical purposes where great purity is es.sential. On the
eastern side of the parish the millstone giit lies in its proper position
upon the carl)oniferons lime- stone. It extends from near Ty Coch, Llynclys,
Sweeney, and many miles northward following the carboniferous limestone. It
is buried near Llynclj's by several feet of drifl gravel, but the series can
be closely seen on Sweeney Mountain, and in the old cuttings and quarries on
what was formerly the branch railway from Porthywaun to Coedygoe Pits. Some
of the beds, which are composed of red and white sandstone, make very good
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HISTORY OF THE PAKISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 13 were largely used in the construction of bridges and
buildings on the Cambrian Kailways. Morton Church is a good example of a
building made therewith. Some examples of the igneous rocks are also to be
found, notably the Llanddfl quarry, which is a green trappffian ash. Close
to, but just outside the northern boundary, and abutting against the
limestone on the Moelydd, is another gieen stone, which is generally desci
ibed as felspathic trap. There is a large mass of igneous rock, which is
composed of both felspathic and trappfean ash, extending a little on the west
of Bryn to Mynydd-y-bryn. These stones are of a dark green colour, and of a
very hard nature. In earlier times the carboniferous limestone, undoubtedly,
extended much further west, although none at present can be seen, but there
are remains of old limekilns which have evidently been placed near some patch
or oiitlier of the limestone on the top of the last mentioned green trap rock
near Ty Gwyn in Bryn. There are large masses of tlrifb, formed by glacial and
water action, which are composed of the remnants of the rocks having their
situation in the upper portion of the Tanat Valley. The main road to Oswestry
from Porthywaun gate to near Bwlchygwynt, Treflach, is made upon this drift.
Of alluvial drifts the river Tanat shews, during its course through the
parish, many good examples. There are no metalliferous mines at present
worked in the parish, but manj' years ago there was a mine for copper near
Brynyfedwen in Aliertanat, but with what success it was worked, there is no
record. Coal was also excavated for on land south of Blotlwel Hall, but
evidently geological knowledge must have been absent. There are several old
mines tliat have been worked for lead and sulphate of zinc (commonly called
black jack) on Crickheath Hill, and in the limestone on Llynclys, Crlckheath
and Llanymynech hills traces of every common mineral, such as copper, lead,
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LLANYBLODWEL. kc, may be found, but not in sufficient quantities to ensure
their l>eing worked with financial success. It may be added that at the
extensive quarries at Porthywaun stones are raised and despatched into tlie
iron districts for fluxing piirposes, and recently a bed has been discovered
from which Dolomite may be manufactured, and machinery is now being fitted up
for the pui-pose. Some of the stones are also used for macadamising main
roads and metaUing paths, and a large quantity are burnt into lime here and
at Nant- mawr. The stones at Llanddii quarry are made into setts for paving
cartways and street crossings, and stones are also crushed for roads and
walks, and the very fine material is moulded i'nto gate posts, lintels, sills
and troughs. The surface, except in the vale of the Tanat, and at Porthywaun,
is undulated and picturesque. Of the scenery, Hume, in his Museum EiiropfBum,
writes :— Persons desiroiis of gratifying their sight would do well and
wisely to ascend from tlie mouth of the Ogo (on Llanymynech Hill) up to the
ri()ges (the boiindarj' of Llanyblodwel parish), immediately over Blodwel
Hall, where suddenly find in jj; themselves on the precipitous rocks of
Blodwel, a scene of absolute sublimity and beauty opens at once on the
astonished and delighted gaze, perhaps unparalled, certainly unsurpassed, in all
Wales. The summits of innumerable mountains are seen at once rising in every
variety of ridge, the distant in softest azure, and tlie nearest in the most
brilliant verdure, with haiigin;^ woods, tortile meiidows. and the bright
rivers Fyrnwy and Tanat uniting in the valley below, and sweeping their sunny
waters to join the Severn under the abrupt and bold rocks of the magnificent
Brciddin, and at a considerable distance when enlightened by the sun the
glistening water of Pistyll Rhaiadr nmy be seen. Turning towards Erigland, a
perfect contrast is presented in the flat, fertile and expansive plain of
Shropshire, richly wooded and profuse in luxuriant vegetation, termmated by
the noble Wrekm and the faint feeble outline of the very distant hills of
Cheshire and SUiffordshire. The graceful lake of Llynclys, the fine and
venerable tower of Oswestry Church, and in the distance the column and
elegant spires of Shrewsbury. The scene all round may be safely averred to be
one timt the dullest mind cannot view without
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LLANYBLODWEL. ] 5 excitement, nor the finest without rapturous and hiijhly
increased elevation.' VI. Roads. During the time tlie Romans occupied this
country, which terminated in the year 409, they worked perseverlngly in
making great loads radiating to various parts of the island, with stations at
the various intersections. The local roads led from Rutuiiium (Rowtoii, near
Shrewsbury) to a branch ' of the southern WatHng Street, leading to Mons
Heriri (Tomen y Mur, near Tanybwlch, Merioneth), and Segontium (Carnarvon),
and the Via Devaua or the road leading from Nidum (Neath) to Deva (Chester),
and the station described by Antoninus and Ptolemy as being at the
intersection of these roads was named Medolianum ; but the exact site of it
has not been discovered. Camden says the name signifies a place in a valley
" that is seated media inter lanas " — betwixt brooks or small
rivers (Cynddelw in Gvlud yr Oes), and according to some writers, the spot is
believed to be at the junction of the Cynllaith with the Tanat at
Penybont-llanerch-emrys, Gwallter Mechain in Camh. Briton (1820), says :— Sir
Richard Colt Hoare, Bart., in preparing the splendid Edition of Giraldus
Gambrensis's Topography of Wales — not satisfied with the conclusion and
surmises of Leiand. Camden, &c., who had placed Medolianum according to
their respective fancies, some at Meifod. some at Llanfyllin, some at
Drayton, and others in a point between the two places, where, according to a
mathematical hypothesis, the southern Watling Street and the Via Devana
should have crossed each other — became i>ersuaded upon well grounded
reasons that the lost Roman Station lav considerably more northward than
either Meifod or Llanfyllin. Directed by this opinion he made three
successive journeys from Stour Head to the Vale ot Tanat, ' I have heard it
stated tiiat the Rev. Robert WiIbod Evaas of Llwynygroea. afterwards
Arclideacon of Westnioreland, drew his inspiration for tlie Jtectury of'
Valehead from the bt'autiful view of tJie LUnvblodn-el Vallev from
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LLANYBLoDWEL. which he explored attentively and anxiously, but without
success. This brought Sir Richard to the dernier resort of concluding that
the rapid Tanat had in the course of a^es destroved every vestige of the
station. The Editors of the Beauties of England and Wales could not be
satisfied with such a disappointment; ihoy therefore cut the gordian knot,
which Sir Ricliard had so anxiously, though unsuccessfully endeavoured to
untie. They cried " Ecce Medolianum " at Ponybont near the junction
of the Cyullaith ivith the Tanat, This is the spot tixed upon in the bodv of
the work, but in the map of the stations, fcc., prefixed, Medolianum is not
put down at Penybonl, Imt at Clawdd Coch, several miles to the south-cast in
the Montgomeryshire portion of Llany- mjTiech. The late learned Rev. Peter
Roberts had viewed this spot, and would fain insist in conversation that it
was the identical spot where Medolianum quartered the lemons of ambitious
Rome. 1 am not aware that he ever committed his opinion to paper ; however
the Editors of the Beautien caught the flying report, I had myself some years
before been rather san^ine on the subject and in consequence of preconceived
ideas, hastened to Clawdd C6ch full of expectations, ^^^len I arrived, I
found, fortunately, a team in the field ploughing, and the farmer declared he
had seen the piece ploughed and harrowed occasionally for upwards of forty
years past, but had never seen or heard of any Roman relics, coins, bricks or
utensils, the indispensible accompaniments of Roman Stations. The site, it
must be confessed, is .very promising when viewed at a distance from some
adjacent eminence, being such as might be imagined to have caught the
attention of a Roman engineer, as it is on the most eligible line of road
from Rutunium to Milltir Gferrig, Truniysarn and Caergai, on a table land
elevation near the angle of" junction of the Tanat and the Fyrnwy. Some
Welsh Chieftam had built a mansion near the spot called Carreg Hwva Castle,
which was demolished about the beginning of the thirteenth century, and being
apparently built of wood, though in the country of stone and marble, not the
least vestige of the building, not a cinder now remains, a foss to guard the
most accessible approach on the oast being the only index left. From these
data I am led to conclude that Medolianum is still among the teme incognita;.
Still, the copper mines on Llanymynech Hill being worked by the Itomans,
vrhere there are still traces of fortification, it is more than probable that
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LLANYBLODWEL. 17 thence led to Clawdd Coch, indeed, the paved lane is still
called the " Sam;" but everything else, save the strong northern
bank and fosse and the faint outline of the camp, has long been destroyed.
The main road leading from Llangedwyn to Shrewsbury runs the entire length of
the parish, and is intersected at Llynclys by another from Llanymynech to
Oswestry, and at Porthywaun by one from Llansantffraid via Treflach to the
same town. The road leading to and joining the London and Holyhead road near
West Felton must be very ancient, for the latter existed so far back as Saxon
times, and many of the roads branching from it or intersecting it were foimed
soon afterwards. The Rev. Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) "riting in 1813
of roads on the borders states :^" Fifty years ago there were compai-a-
tively but few miles of travelable roads within the whole district. Coal for
fuel and lime for manure could not he carrietl in quantities to any gi-eat
distance." Ill 29 George II. ( 1 75(i) the roads from Llanymynech to
Oswestry, and from Llangedwyn through Penyhont and Llynclys to Oswestry were
declared to be " in a ruinous condition and incommodious for travellers
and carriages," and powers were sought for and granted, for " amending,
widening and keeping in repair" such roads. The Act of 1750 was
continued with powers altered and enlarged by an Act of 2nd George III.
(1762); and in 28 George III. (1788), the roads leading fiom Porthywaun to
Sweeney Mountain and from Llynclys to Maesbury were declared to be in like
condition as tlie afxjve, and " could not be effectually amended and
kept in I'epair by the ordinary course of law." For the maintenance of
the first mentioned road, and for carrying out the necessary repaii^s to
those leading towards Sweeney and Maesbury and for the construction of roads
from Oswestry over Treflach to Porthywaun, and by Nantmawr to Glanyrafon
(with other roads in the Counties of Salop. Denbigh and Montgomery) under the
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trustees were apijointed, the qualification for whom was " that he shall
in his own right or in the right of his wife be in the actual possession or
receipt of the rents and profits of lands, tenements and hereditaments of the
clear yearly value of Forty pounds above reprizes, or possessed of a personal
estate to the amount or value of eight hundred pounds, or hereditaments of
the clear year!}' value of one hundred pounds." Those appointed from
this parish were Messrs. Thomas Jennings, Sweeney, John Jones, Cefnblodwel,
and John Williams, Llanyblodwel. The necessary funds for carrying out the
pui-jioses of the Act were obtained by the trustees bori-owing money on the
credit of the tolls to be charged for the use of the roads, the tolls fixed
by this Act being : — - For every liorsc or other beast drawing any Coach,
Chariot, Landau, Uerliu, Chaise, Calash, Hearse, Chair, Waggon, Wain, Wheel
Car, Cart, Tumbril, Car, Drag or Slwlge, tne sum of four pence. For every
horse or other beast laden or unladen, and not drawing, the sum of one penny.
For every drove of oxen, cows or neat cattle the sum of Ten pence per score,
and so in proportion lor any less number. And ior every dro\e of cjvlves,
hogs, sheep or lambs, the sum of five pence per score, and so in proportion
for any less nunibor. Such tolls were to be paid twice between Knockin and
Llanrhaiadr, twice between Welshpool and Oswes- try, and twice between
Oswestry and Llanfyllin, the penalty for evasion being "for every such
offence to forfeit any sum not exceeding five pounds nor less than twenty
shillings, whereof one moiety shall be paid to the informer or informers, aud
the other moiety to the Treasurer to the said trustees." Gates and
dwellings for collectors were erected at Llynclys and Porthywaun ; and at
Glanyrafon for the road leading over Cefnblodwel. In 18 1 3 an Act was passed
for the purpose "of more effectually repairing, widening, altermg,
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PAniSfl OP LLANVBLODWfeL. 19 road from Meifod, through Llansantffraid over
Rhyd- Meredith Bridge to Porthy waun, and over Llanyblodwel Bridge to
Brynygroes. In the list of Trusteesappointed to carry out the work are the
names of the Rev. James Donne and Messrs. T. Netherton Parker aud Lawton
Parry, and in 1834 the name of Mr. David Hainer of Glanyrafon was inserted.
The terms and powere of the several Acts were from time to time extended and
enlarged, and other powei-s and provisions granted by the authority of
Parliament ; but the Trusts ceased about twenty years ago, when tolls were
abolished, and the maintenance of the roads was taken over by the county
authorities. The main roads were gi'eatly im- proved under the powers of the
Turnpike Acts, but most of the pariah roads retain theii originality of form,
ascending steep hills in an almost straight line, but the whole of tbem are
now well cared foi- under the manage- ment of the District Council. The road
through Penybont, Nantmawr and Treflach was the principal way by which the
inhabitants of Llanfyllin and vicinity travelled to Oswestry about 80 years
ago, but this and other i-oads have been much relieved by the opening of
railways. VII. Railways. The Cambrian Railways Main Line from Whitchurch to
Aberystwyth passes through Llynclys, where there is a passenger station. The
first sod of the Oswestry and Welshpool Section was cut at Welslipool on
August 4tn, 1857, and the line was opened for passenger traffic fi-om
Oswestry as far as Pool Quay on May Ist, 1860. The engine used was named
" Glansevem," and the first train left Oswestry Station at 9 15
a.m. Persons living in Abertanat Township are within easy reach of a station,
under the same company, at Llansantffi-aid. The Potteries or Shropshire
Railway from Shrewsbury has its terminus at Nantmawr, and as long as the line
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LLAKVBLODWEL. to Slire^vabury a few yeai-s ago, there was a passeuger station
at Llanyblodwel, Tlie pait from Llanymynech to Naiitmawr is now worked by
t)ie Cambrian Kailways Company for the purpose of conveying lime and
minei-als from the latter place and Llanddlj, and bring- ing coal and
building materials to a wharf at Llaiiy- blodwel, such right being granted to
them by the Shropshire liailways Company for 99 years, from July, 1900. There
is also a branch line constructed in 18G3, belonging to and worked by the
Cambrian Railways Company, from Llynclys to the lime quaiTies at Porthywaun,
and irom the latter there is a tramway in connection with the Shropshire
Union Canal near Llynclys, for the carriage of stone ; but all facilities
will be superseded by the Tanat Light Railway trom Llynclys to Llangynog. The
ceremony of cutting the first sod took place in a field near Porthywaun
School on September 12th, 1899, and was performed by the Countess of Powis,
other sods being afterwaids cut by Mrs. Leslie, Bryn Tanat ; Mrs. Stanley
Leighton, Mrs. Humphreys-Owen, Mra. Herbert Roberts, Mrs. Pryce Jones, Mrs.
C, E. Williams, Mrs. J. Parry Jones, Mrs. W. H. Thomas and Mrs. A. J.
Collins. The line starts from a point just below tlie Nut Tree faim,
Llynclys, in tliis parish, and at a short distance there- from follows the
course of the Tanat to Llangynog, and has passenger stations at Porthywaun,
Llanyblodwel and Penybont. It was formally opened for passenger traffic by
the Dowager Lady Williams- Wynu at Porthywaun on Tuesday, the 5th of January,
1904. VIII, Postal Faciuties. The postal and Telegraph arrangements are in
connection with Oswestry, sub-offices being at Llynclys and Llanyblodwel,
with several depots for the sale of stamps, and four letter-receiving boxes
on the main road from Llynclys to Penyl)ont, Lettei-s arrive from Oswestry by
mail an<l foot, and are delivered early. The only telegrnph office is at
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the parish op llany^lodwet,. 21 inhabitants of the soutli and western
district are within easy reach oi' offices at Llansantfiraid, Llangedwyn and
Llansilin. IX. Population. The population according to the census of ! 841
was: — Townshipe. Males. Femalea. ^h^u^'' Blodwel ... 194 190 . 87 Llynclys
... 136 139 55 Bryn ... ... 108 92 37 Abertanat ... 49 53 18 487 --..^ 474
197 — ■■■■■■■..487 *"™ Total 961 And when the
last census was taken in 1901 the total number was 781. X. Language, From a
speech on " Powysland," delivered by Professor Rhys, it appears
that the early language of this part of the country was "
Goidelic," or a language akin to Irish, and that it was followed by the
"Welsh," which was brought in by the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices,
wlio occupied the district previous to the entry of the Romans A.D. 50. Of
couree, that was a very early form of the Welsh, but it has developed during
the many centuries into that used or understood in the present day by the
majority of the parishioners^ and was, until recently, the language of the
hearth and home. The following, written by Gwallter Mechain, about a
neighbouring border parish, may have been applicable to this also : — There
is scarce an inhabitant here who is not able with the greatest ea^c and
indifference to fipcak both English and Welsh. The Welsh langui^,'c being
still spoken on the continos of Offa's Dyko is a proof of its permanency,
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LLANYELODWEL. tutal extinction. Some advocates for the abolition of the Welsh
toiigue are vain enough to prognosticate a uetu' approaching day when it will
bo numberea among the dead. They see some few families upon the border and
alwut a dozen innkeepers on the post roads who speak English only, bnt there
arc thousands and ten of tbonsands in the wilds of Wales who have learned the
langnage of their parents and of their country, as naturally and as
innocently as they sucked their mother's breasts or breathed the common air,
and have neither opportunity nor inclination to learn any other tongue. That
the Welsh commit such egregious blunders in endeavour- ing to speak English
so as to uso the feminine pronoun hrr instead of the first person singular /,
is false without the least foundation. They commit, it ia true, just as many
blunders in speaking English a.s the English themselves would - do in
speaking French or Irish, l>efore they were taught, and no more. This mode
of burltss<juiu<j tlie Welsh originated in the ridicule with which the
Saxon victors illiberally treated their conquered vassals, and which is still
carried on in spite ot reason and liberality by the folly and ignorance of
the descendants ot our insulting foes. By folly and ignorance it may be
repeated, for the insult now never occurs save from the mouth of the rudast
Goth, or the pen of the paltry pamphleteer or common ballivdmonger. But
during the hundred years since then, 1795, many changes have taken place ;
Elementary Schools having been established in almost every hamlet along the
border, so that the English language now predominates, but Welsh continues to
be taught exclusively in two of the Sunday Schools (Cefnyblodwel and
Llynclys), and used daily in a (aw houses. The older people in Porthywaun and
district east of the parish still use a dialect akin to, or rather part of
the Shropshire Folk- Lore, as " Weear bistee gween " (where are you
going to), but this may become extinct in a generation or two. XL Industbies.
Quite two-thirds of the parish are purely agricul- tural. Some idea of the
farm-houses may be formed from a record of the Window Tax, collected in 1758,
which recently appeared in Bye-Gones. The collector was Evan Thomas, amount
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LLANYBLODWEL. 23 1758, £1 88. 6d. ; new duty, £1 2s. Od. ; total of all duty,
£G 2s. 6d. Windows with stone lintels inscribed cheese room, dairy, &c.,
were exempt. This was a duty which was imposed in 1695, and abolislied in
1851, when the Inhabited House Duty was introduced. There are some farms of
con.siderable size, one bein*; rated to the poor to over £400, two over £300,
and thirteen over .£100, with a number of othei-s which may be worked by a
tenant and his family. Owing to a prolonged period of depression, attributed
to bad seasons, fall in the price of produce, increased cost of labour, and
in some cases, it may be, to inferior and unskilful farming, there is a
decline in the extent of arable land, and on many of the holdings only what
is absolutely necessary is cultivated, the farmer turning liis attention to
the more profitable branch of stock- breeding and dairying, for which purpose
much of what was formerly arable ground has been laid down into permanent
pasture. To meet the modern ideas of fanning the large timber built and
sti-aw thatched barns and bays, now useless for what they were originally
intended, are fast giving place to ranges of brick and slated buildings, and
iron roofed Dutch iKiins for the storage of the produce; and improvement is
noticeable in the dwelling accommodation. Many of the small holdings in the
neighbourhood of Poi-thywaun, Llynclys and Nantmawr, were formed out of open
ground about the beginning of the last (nineteenth) century, and cottages
erected thereon by quarrymen and others, by arrangement with the Lord of the
Manor, and as the dwellings were mostly constructed of inferior material,
several of them are becoming decayed, others are uninhabited and in ruins, a
few re- S laced by cottages of superior type, and the remain- er, as also
some compact farm buildings, have been consolidated. During the eighteenth
and the earlier part of the last century theie resided in the parish persons
bearing such surnames as Arthur, Blayney, Bottrell, Bowdler, Bradley, Burnet,
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LLANVBL<jDWEL. Butler, Byewatei-, Cadwalladr, ChalHnor, Cheshire, Clayton,
Clemson, Dagger, Daniel, Dodd, Faixloe, Feltus, Footman, Gabriel, Gould,
Green, Harris, Hayward, Hopkins. Hoskins, Jager, James, Jebb, Jenkins,
Jennings, Kilner, Kynaston, Lodowick, Manning, Marpole, Meredith, MilUngton,
Nunnerley, Payne, Potham, Poulter, Radcliffe, Sadler, Saunders, Savage,
Sheffield, Sides, Simon, Skellorn, Storer, Tauat, Thompson, Trevor, Turner,
Wilson, Windsor, all of which are now extinct as far as relates to this ■arish. A further comparison of the Ratepayers' List lor 1839, with
that for 1900, shows that of 156 names on the former, only 37 were
represented on the latter, either by direct descent or relationship ; many of
the old families having died out, and others having niigrate<l elsewhere
in search of employment. XII. Rivers and Lake. The river Tanat, which rises
in the parish of Pennant Melangell, flows thi-ough Llangedwyn, entei-s ttiis
parish at the confluence of the Cynllaith (humidity, moisture), near
Peiivbont, and ninds through for about four miles, until it mixes with the
tyrnvvy below Abertanat, on the borders of Llansant- ffraid and Llanymynech
parishes. It is crossed by two bridges, the one in the village being a
handsome stone structure, consisting ot a large central arch and a smaller
one on each side. It is only wide enough for a single vehicle to pass over,
and at both sides are o}>enings, standing out on the buttresses, for foot
passengers to turn into. On the lower side thereof is a tablet stating that
This bridfifc was erected with stone at ye charge of the Hundred of Oswestry.
Anno. Dom. 17I0. Its predeces.sor was, no doubt, of timber, for the record of
a bridge here goes so far back as 1684. The present bridge was one of those
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LLAKYBLODWEL. 25 Hundred, under the Act 22 Henry VHI., cap. 5 (1530), the
process being to indict the inhabitants of the Hundred and move the Court of
Quarter Sessions to impose on them a fine equal to the expenditure requited.
Several such onlers in respect of this bridge were from time to time made,
and in the published abstract of the Rolls and Orders made by the Court of
Quai-ter Sessions for Shropshire, 1709 — 1800, are the following ; — 1709.
Easter Sessions. Assessment of £80 on the townships o Oawestry Hundred for
repairs of Llanyblodwel Bridge. 1710. January Sessions. Further assessment of
£50 upon the Townships in the Hundred of Oswestry for the repairs of
Llanyblodwel Bridge. 174.5, January Sessions. Assessment of £20 upon the
Town- ships in the Hundred of Oswestry for the repairs of Llanyblodwel
Bridge. M' Thomas Edwards of Blodwel and M' Evan Tnomas of Abbertannot appointed
Treasurers and Overseers of the work, 1770. January Sessions. Lianyblodwell
Bridge and 300 yards of roaa at each end to oe repaired by the Hundred of
Oswestry for £50 under the direction of the Bev^ M' Thomas Trevor, the Rev^
M'' Williams, and the Rer* Richard Maurice, 1772. July Sessions. Llanyblodwel
Bridge. Balance of £23 4 7 remaining after work done, to be expended in
repair of Pentrepant Bridge. 1784. .luly sessions. Present, by the Coiistable
of Llanyblod- wel Bridge damaged by a flood. The most recent ordei-s were in
1882 and 1898, and the entry "Journey to Oswestry to pay the bridge
money " appears frequently in the old accounts of the parish. To put an
end to such a cumbersome proceeding, the County Council has recently taken
over the responsi- bility of its maintenance The second bridge, carrying the
main road from Porthywaun to Llansantffraid^ stands about half-a- raile
below, and is called Pont-rhyd- Meredith (the bridge of Meredith's ford), and
was rebuilt in 1809. The small brook from Nantmawr enters the Tanat here. D
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PARISH OF LLANYBLODWEr.. The bridge at Nantmawr was erected in 1788, and
rebuilt in 1844. Accortiiug to the Kecords of the Court of Quarter Sessions
for Shropshire, 1709 — 1800, it appears that a bridge over the Cynllaith, in
the township of Bryn, was also repairable by the Hundred. The only bridge now
in that township is at Penybont-llanerch-Emrys, and carries the main load
over the Cynllaith ; but the one here referred to must have been over the
Cynllaith, or a tributary, on the main road to Llansilin. The entries are —
1748. April Ses.sions. Pontypentre bridge, Oswestry hundred. Rate of £4 for
repairs. M' Thomas Evans of Bryn Llanablodwell appointed treasurer and
overseer. 1762. January Sessions. Present, by Pryce Maurico Esq of
Pontypentro bridge BJodwel parish, repairable by Oswestry HundrecL
Pontypentre bridge (over Cunleth) to be repaired by the Huudreil of Oswestry,
at the cost of £5 and upwards undor the dire<;tion of Richard Owen of
Bryn. 1772. July Sessions. Present, by Constable of Cynllaith Bridge
reiwirable jointly by County of Denbigh and Hundred of Oswestry. 1786.
Present, by Constable of Penybont Bridge, in the Town- ship of Bryn, Parish
of Llanyblodwei, as too narrow for carriages to pass over without great
danger, and upon times river is inipas-sable. The Nantgoch stream and river
Cynllaith are of service to the occupiers of the western district. At
Llynclys, close to the railway station, is a lake, covering an area of 6a.
3r. 33p, (Ordnance Survey). The name Llynclys is Welsh, and has two meanings,
accoi-d- ing to its etymology, from Uyn (lake), clys (inclosure), or from
llync {submerged or sunken), Uys {palace); the former, however, is the
correct one. It is exceedingly deep, and, in some places, falls almost
pei-pendicularly within three or four feet of the margin. Some years ago a
nnnilier of railway trucks fell in, and they still remain there. There are a
number of traditions as to its origin. Some people believe that " it has
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LLANYBLODWEL. 27 clear, and tlie surface smooth, the tower of a palace may be
seen in it at a great depth. This, no one can dispute, " but
unfortunately," as Mr. Askew Roberts puts it in his first edition of the
Gossiping Guide to tVales, " there never appears to have been a day on
record when the water was clear enough." But super- stitious as the
people of Llynclys may be, Hulbeit, in his History of the County of Salop
(1837), says — Their faith is not moro oxtravaeant than our distant
Aberystwyth neighbours who assert that ruins and remains of the sixteen
cities belonging to Seithenyn the Drunkard can yet be discerned through ttio
green waves of Cardigan Bay. Of the legends, a contributor to Bt/e-Goiies
{January, 1874) gives the following as related to him :— A gentleman and his
family had invited their friends to a feast and ball. The tiddler having had
occasion to leave the Hall (Liya), on his return found, to his dismay, that
where the hall had been was now one sheet of water and his fiddle floating in
the niidiile of the pool. It was also said that when the summer had partly
dried up the water, the chimneys beams and other parts of the hall were
visible. There is also another tradition to this effect — That the lord and
lady of the Hall (Llys) wore proverbial for their cruelty and want of charity
to the poor. That on one occasion an old woman being refused alms, cursed the
lady, adding with loud voice " Daw dial, daw " (Vengeance will
come, it will), and thrico was this woe repeated. The lady inquiring as to
when this punishment should come upon her was answered by the beggar, "
Yn amscr eich plant, oich wyrion, a'ch gorwyrion, eich seynydd a'ch
gorseynydd " (in the time of your descendants of the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth d^rees). The lady ridiculed this prognostication,
saying she should not even see her descendants of the third degree, and
therefore it was folly to speak of the fifth, but so it did happen for all
that, for as the lord and lady, with their children, and children's children
to the fifth generation, were all seated at a great feast, the earth opened
its mouth, and the hall (Llys) and all its occupants were swallowed up, and
nothing rcmams to mark the spot saving tho pool (llyn) called from that dire
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. And in " Observations of the Antient .... Towne ... of
Oswestrie and things remarkable in and neare the same," quoted in
Lloyd's History of Poivys Fadog, it is stated that — About twoe miles of
Oswestrie w'tbio the p'rshe, there is a pooIe called Ihynclis, of w'ch poole
Humffrey Lloyd reporteth thus: — Germau Altisiodorensis pr'cbed some time
there against the Pelagian horesie. The kinge wherof, as is there r^d,
because hee refused to heare that good man, hy the secrett and terrible
iudgmeut of God, with his pallace and all his househould was swallowed up
into the bowelles of the earth. Quo in loco non procul ab Oswaldia Est SU^nu'
mcogaitie p' funditatis Ihyncilis id est vora^o palatii in hunc diem dictum.
In that place not far from Osv/estrie is nowe a standinge water of an imknown
depth called Ihynclis, that ia, the devouringc of the Pallaec. The preacher
referred to was St. Germanus (St. Garmon), Bishop of Auxene, who was sent
over by the Gallican Chmcn to help the Britons in the fifth century to refute
the teaching of Pelagius (or Morgan, a Welshman), who promulgated certain
opinions concerning original sin contrary to the teaching of those of the
univei-sal church, and the king mentioned in the legend is believed to be
Benlli Gawr. Humphrey Llwyd wrote in 1570 {Brev. of Brit., p. 69), and there
is a reference to a catastrophe in an early ninth century work, but the
details differ from the foregmng. Mr. John F. Dovaston, of the Nursery, ^Vest
Felton, in a Ballad (stated to have been hastily written, to amuse a fishing
party, with wliom he was spending the day on the pool), published in 18U, has
given a more humoTOUB account of its origin. It is written in the Ingoldsby
style, and is amusing. He brings both the Ogof on Llanymynech Hill, and
Croeswylan near Oswestry, into the story, but it is too long to quote, and is
of no historical value. He finishes thus: — And quaffing the gliuss wc pray
that each lass May each constant lover bless ; And may guests that would
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWET.. 29 XIII. Places of Interest, Offa's Dyke [Clawdd Offa), a
defensive rarapart, extending from the Bristol Channel between the mouths of
the Severn and the Wye, to Treyddin, in Flintshire, a distance of about 140
miles, enters the parish near Trefiach, where it is about 30 feet wide at the
base, and 10 feet high, and takes its course southward, in the direction of
Llanymynech. Offa was a Saxon king, who reigned from 757 to 795. The fii-st
record of the Dyke is by Asser, a monk of St. Davids, about 900. In Brut
Aherpergwm it is related that in " 765 of the age of Christ, the lands
of Mercia were laid waste by the Welsh, and they prevailed against the Saxons
and plundered it greatly, wherefore Offa, King of Mercia, built the great
Dyke, called Offa's Dyke, as a boundary between the land of the Welsh and
Mercia, and it still continues." In BnU y Saeson it is recorded that
" In 783, this summer the Welsh devastated the kingdom of Offa, and then
OfTa caused a Dyke to be made as a boundary between him and the Welsh, so
that he might more easily oppose the assaults of his enemies, and this is
called Offa's Dyke to this day." In the ninth century, according to
Bever, Monk of Westminster, Edgar made a law that it should be present death
for the Welsh to pass over the ditch, and in the eleventh century, Harold,
son of Godwin, made a further law that any Briton soever who thenceforth
should be found with a weapon on the east side of Offa's Dyke should have his
right hand struck off by the officers of the land. The Dyke is distinct and
traceable in several places. Proceeding through Porthywaun along the brow or
summit of Blodwel rocks to a place called Bwlchmawr (the Great Pass), where
there is a Camp adjoining it, and thence onward over the western end to the
village of Llanymynech. In its passage southward it goes a considerable
distance mto the Marches, which is the name given to the Border-land between
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LLANYBrX)DWEL. County of Salop formed a principal portion. William the
Conquerer gave his baions the power to provide for themselves by making such
conquests in Wales as they were aole, and this led to the institution of
Marcher- Icrdshipa, of which Oswestry, that included Llanyblodwel, formed
one. In the reign of Henry VIIL. Wales was formally annexed to England, but
the Marcher-Lordship were not entirely alxilished until the reign of William
III. Catherall, in his History of Oswestry, gives the tenure by which the
Marcher- Loi-dships were held, viz. : — That in ease of war. the Lords should
send to the arniy a certain number of their vassals, that they should
garrison their respective eastles and keep the Welsh m subjection. Id return
for these services the LorJs had an arbitrary and despotic power in thoir own
Domains, they had the power of life and death in their respective courts, in
all cases except those of hurh treason : In every frontier manor a gallows
was erected. If any Welshman passed the boundary line lixed between the two
countries ho was immediately seized and hanged. Every town witliin the
Marches had a horseman, armed with a spear, who was maintained for the
express purpose of taldn|r those offenders. If any Englishman was caught on
the Welsh side of the line he sunored a similar fate. The Welsh considered
everything that tliey could steal from their English neighbours a lawful
prize. XIV. Ancient Houses and Families. (Authorities; Yoike's Royal Tribes
of Walea, Dwnn's Visitatio7is, Llyfr Silin, Lloyd's History of Pmvyx Fadog,
Archa/ologia Cambrerms, Cambro- Briton, and the Mo7Ugomeryshire Collections).
What is believed to have been the principal residence, is now known as "
Hen Fryn," wherein some of the Biddulph ' family resided, to whom the
lands below and skirting Nantgocb stream once belonged. 1 Bobcrt Biddulph of
I^Klbnry married Charlotte iilyddelton, heiress of Chirk Castle, i»
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LLANYBLODWBL. 31 The premiaciS were for many years' afterwards let as a farm
house, and subsequently as a workman's dwelling, but getting into an unsafe
condition, the fabric was recently cleared away, and two cottages now staml
on the site. The Glanyrafon Estate now forms the greater part of the
township, and on it, in the beginning of the last century, a fine mansion was
erected by the then owner, Mr. Lawton Parry,' on an elevated site overlooking
the River Tanat at Glanyrafon. Mr. Parry lived at the Oldport,'' near
Oswestry, and was High Sheriif of Montgormeryshire in 1 795, one of the
Bailiffs of Welsh- pool m 1796, elected a burgess, and subsequentW' S laced
on the Town Council of Oswestry in 1 800, made [ayor of that cown in 1802,
and promoted to be Lieutenant in the Oswestry Rangers (Yeomanry Cavalry) in
1803. There is an entry in the Account Book kept by the " Ladies of
Llangollen," " 1800 June 22 Mrs Parry of Oldirorts' set't w'h a
cream cheese from her. Is." In the Camhrv-Briton the death is announced
of " Lawton Parry Esq of Glanrafon in the County of Denbigh on Jan 23.
1820 " (Recordv of the Corporation of Oswestry), and he was succeeded by
his sister, Miss Margaret Parr}', who, being the last of the family, left the
property at her death in 1827, to Mr. John Hamer, son of Mr. David Hamer of
The Weeg, in the County of Montgomeiy, by bis wife, Mary (Lloyd), of
Glanyrafon. Mrs. Hamer died upon the birth of her first child, Oct. 19th,
1824, in her 27th year, and was buried at Llanyblodwel, her husband being
appointed fuardian and trustee to the son. Miss Parry was uried with her
mother and sister in the north transept of St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury,
where a monumental tablet bears the following inscription : — • One of the
Parrjs of Ceunaut, in Meifod, married the heireaa of the Lawtous or Laytons
of Plas Isa, now the Ffemi, in the same parish. * Oldport belonged to Mrs.
Edwarda of Talgarth. — See Hon. Mn. Bulkelej-Oweo's //iiUn-ff of Stialtr/n,
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. In this Transept Are interred the bodies of Martha Parry Relict
of Jenkin Parrv. of Main, in the parish of Meifod, Esquire. &nd dauffhter
of Robert Povel, of Lloran Isa, in the County of Denbigh, Esquire. who died
on the seventh day of December MDCCLXIII. Also of Martha Parry daughter of
the above Jenkin and Martha Parry who died on the fourth day of May MDCOLXI
Aged forty years. And of her Sister Margaret Parry of Glan-yr-afon Hall, in
the Parish of Llanyblodwel, in this County who died on the first day of
August MDCCCXXVII Aged 71 years. In Grateful rememberance of whom this
monument is erected by John Hamer Mr. David Hamer for some years (1836 —
1845) waa co-master with Mi-. Perry of Gravel Hill, of a pack of hounds
called the Tanat Side Harriers, and his son, Mr. John Hamer, had the same
pack, for a shoii: time, some years afterwards, and they were kept by him in
some kennels which he built at Glanyrafon. Mr. David Hamer died on the 2nd
January, 1864, aged 69 yeai-s, and was buried at Llanyblodwel, and Mr. John
Hamer died on the Slst March, 1878, and was buried in the same grave as his
father. He was succeeded by his son, Captain John Parry Hamer, who
considerably improved the estate by the acquisition, through purchase, of
intermixed and adjoining landa He died April 4th, 1901, aged 54, and was
succeeded by his eldest son, Mr. John Lawton Parry Hamer, B.A., who had
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HT8T0RT OF THE PARISH OF
LLANTBLODWEL. 33 ABERTANAT From Aber (the confluence or the joining of two
rivers) and Tanat, the name of the river w hich flows through the grounds,
and falls into tlie Vymwy close by. The old mansion stood close to the river,
at the back of the present farm dwelling-house, and about fifty yards from
the garden wall. The last portion of it was cleared away some thirty years
ago, but a stable and coach-house still remain. It is a great pity that no
picture is known to exist of this ancient seat, which in its palmy days must
have been of moi-e than ordinary importance ; for the family that owned it
was of princely descent and connected, in successive generations, by marriage
with the leading houses of the country, as will be seen from the following
pedigree and devolution from the grand- son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn of Powya
downwards : — Mftredytlcl, son of Howel, a natural son of Maredydd ab
Bleddyn, Prince of Powya, married Angharad, daughter of Gruffydd ab Howel ah
Cynan. or she was daughter of Idwaf of Penmaen, a son of Gniffydd ab Cynan,
King of Gwynedd, and had issue Rhys ab Maredydd. Rhys ab ilaredydd married
and had is.suc Maredydd ab Rhys, Maredydd ab Rhys married and had issue
Maredydd Fychan of Ahertanat. Maredydd Fychan of Abertanat married Lleuci,
daugliter of Hwfa ab lorwerth of Hafodywoni, Wrexham, and had is.suc — 1,
Howel Goch ; 2, Eduyfcd; 3, Cynwrig; 4, Eva. who married Madog ab Samwel ab
Cadafael yr Ynad, Lord of Cydewaiii. Hywel Goch of Abertauat married Mali,
daughter of GoroiiTv ab lorwerth ab Howel ah Morciddii; ab Sanddcf Hiirdd,
Lord of Llai, and had issue— 1, Lleuci ; 2, Catherine. co-heiress, who
married lorwerth Fychan ah lorwerth Foel of Mynydd Mawr, descended from lorwerth
Bcnfras, Lord of Maeabrwg, Lleuci, co-heiress of Abertanat, married Madog
Goch ab leuan ab Cyhclyn of Lloran Ui-haf, dcsf«nded from Eiiiion Efell, Lord
of Cynllaith (sou of Miuioc, the la.st Priiiec of United Powys. and who
reside<l at Llwynymaen.and died 11!)6). K[ad(^ ab Maredydd of Jlechain, ab
Llewelyn Fyohaii ab Llewel^Ti ab Owain Fychan ab Owain, Lord of Slcehainis-
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
IJ<A N YBLODWEI^. vcoed, second son of Madog ab Maredydd, Prince of l*owvs
Fadop, married and had issue Gwerfyl, heiress of BloJwel and Abertanat. Owain
Fychan (mentioned above) was presented by his father with the Barony of
Mechainiscoed, formerly one of the three cwiiiwds of the Cantref y Fyrnwy. to
which the part cf Llanyblodwcl, south of River Tanat belonged, and it
remained in r*o-ssion of his descendants till the conquest of Wales Edward
I., by whom it was wrested from its then lord, LlewohTi Fvchan, and on May
20th, 1282, bestowed on Roger Mortuiier, but Marodj'dd, son and heir of
Llewelyn, managed to retain a very considerable portion of his lands in the
townships of Blodwel and Abertanat. Gwerivl, heiress of Abertanat and
Blodwel, married GrufTydd of JUaelor Saesneg, second son of lorwcrth Foel,'
Lord of Chirk and Maelor, and had issue — 1, Llewelyn Ddii ; 2, Goronwy Ddu
of Trcflodwel. Llewelyn Ddu of Abertanat marrie<l the daughter of Madog
Fychan ab Rhirid ab Owain ab Bleddyn ah Tudor ab Rnys Sais. and had issue —
1, Maredydd : 2, Angharad, who married Sir David Hanmer, Knight, who was made
Cliief Justice of England in 1383; 3, Margaret, who nmrrie<l Goronwy ab
Tudor ab Da\'id ab Rhirid ab -Jonas of Pciiley; 4, Annest or Agnes, who married
Jcnkyn- ab Madog ab Philip Kymiston of Stocks. Maredydd* of Blodwel and
Abertanat, who lived at the latter flaco, married Angharad, daughter of
Gruffydd ab orwerth ab Goronwy of Mortyn and Llai, and had issue — 1, Madog;
2, Jenkvn ab Mare<lydd; 3, Angharad, who married David ab t>avid ab
Miulog Ddu; 4, Gwenllian, who married Madog ab Iciian ab lorwerth. Madog of
Blodwel and Alwrtanat married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Jenkyn Decaf
ab Madog Ddu ab Gnilf\'dd ab lorwerth Fychan ab lorwerth ab leuaf ab Myniaf
ab Cynwrig ab Rhiwallon, and had issue Gwerfyl, surnamed Hael, (tne Generous
or Bountiful). 1 lorwerth Foel was one of the Honiagers to Kdward I,, English
Prince of Wales, 1301, for Imids hi Maelor Sacsncg cjtUed "Ycrward Voil
ap Yerward Vaghau."— F.B.O. " Jenkhi or John Kjiiastoii was Steward
of Maelor Saesneg, 29 Sept., 22 Richard II.— F.B.O. * Was witness in a grant
of mcssuane in Wortheubury to David Holbeche, 29 Sept., 22 Richairl II.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 35 Gwerfyl Hael, heiress of Abertanat and Blodwel, married
firstly Khys ab David ab Hywel of Maesraor Dinmael, Lord of Kfig, and a
descendant of Owain Brogyntyn ; secondly, Gruffydd (party per fess Sable and
Argent, a lion rampant counterc hanged), third son of leuan Fyehan of Moel-
iwrch ab lenan Gethin (terrible) ab Madog Cyffin ab Mrtdog Goeh of Lloran
Uchaf, ab Icuan ab Cynelin ab RbuTi ab Eiiiioii Efell of Llwynymaen, Lord of
Cynllaith, ab Madog ab Meredydd ab Blcddyii, Prince of Powys, slain in 1073,
by Tibot, daughter ot Einion ab Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Oyiiwrig of
(jorsygedol, and had issue — 1, Uavid Lhvyd, npon wlioni the estate was
settle<l; 2, Hywol ab Gruffydd (ancestor of the Powells of Park in
Whittington) ; 3, Alice, who married Rcignallt of Garth in Ct^idfia, third
son of Sir Griffith Fychan (or Vaughan). Kuijjht Banneret, of Agincourt, and
capturer of Lord Cobham. leuan Fychaii, the father of Gruffydd, the husband
of Gwerfyl Hael, held on lease the Office of Raglot of Abertanat at
Michaelmas, 1400. Gwerfyl was so great in charity and other noble and
excellent qualities that she was given the title of Hael, i.e., liberal or
bountiful. She died in the fifteenth century, and was buried in the chancel
of the Parish Church. In her lifetime she was a favourite of the bai-ds, who
in those days had their rounds to go at different times of the year, when
they were hospitably entertained at the halls of the wealthy, in return for
which they sang their patrons praise, and after the death of Gwerfyl, a
number of these poets wrote verses recording her goodness, one of them
beginning thus :— Xext to Gwerfyl of Gwerfa, and Gwerfyl the Good, Stands
Gwerfyl of Blodwel in prudence and blood. Lewis Glyn Cothi, a contemporary
poet, wrote her elegy, describing the general lamentation that existed in
consequence of her death, and that such was the excellency of her character that
she was deserving of being canonized and of pilgrimage being made to her
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWKL. the Abbot of Valle Crucis, who died in 1503, wrote the
following elegy in her honour : — Murumad Gweryl Verch Madog. Mia drwg a fu
'Mhowys draw, Mawrth oedd, Duw'n amorth iddaw ; Mis a rocs kis ar was kill.
Mis a mawrlis am Werful, Mis hiraoth am y seren. Mis Mawrth niae eissie um
Wenn, Mawrth oed<l yn kymortli iddi, Mawrth yn dwyn ymborthiant i ; Mawr
yw dwyn yn jmro Dauad, Mamaelh well na mam a tbad, Mwya' wylaw Yraaelawr,
Mynediad llenad i'r Ilawr ; Difai'r aetb i du Fair weu, Duodd wybr dydd o'i
ddeuben ; Dydd kwyn a diwodd kanu, Du fam y gwragedd da fii, Dwyn Gweurul dan
y garreg, Darfod oes y dyrfa dcg, Diwedd gwragodd goreugwyr, Diwres haul
daiar a syrr ; Y dref kyn oered a'r la, Ar gyiair Kareg hwfe. Mil a wyla mal
Alos, Mewn llawer grudd mae'n Uai'r gwres ; Gwae'r llu am y wraig o'r Uya,
Gwerfyl won, gwae'r FOl Ynys, Gofal adfyd gwae Flodfol, Gaiaf iw'r haf ar ei
hoi ; Nid elw Inth i Dal y bent, l)w3-n nag irlwjTi na gerlont. Oeb fi ! wedi
niereb Fadawg, Cbware rbos ni chair y rbawg : Och Dduw ! OS i cbiddio oedd,
cbladdwyd yn iach wloddoodd, Am giddio hon mae gwaedd hir, A'i cbywyddau ni
cbiddir. Er bod Mair a'r bywyd mau, A Duw yn torri'rciontiriau, 1 g*r, a i
chlcrwr, a'i chlod, A'l tbcimab ni tbur amod.
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HIEtTORY OF THE PARISH
OP LLANYBLODWEL. 37 gorweddodd gwawr euddun, Ynghor Mihangel fyiig hun ;
Mihangel a'r gwayw metyn, A bwysft drwg a da dyn ; Pan bwyser i naelder hj,
Pawb a rydd bybyr weddi. Ni roe'r saint ar oriau'r Sul, Yr yago'r a roes
Gweurul. Mao'r iloer gida Mair a'i Uu, Am y foes, yniro lesu ; Y Bedd,
Heiniao'i hanedd hi, A lanwed o haelloni ; thelir pwyth i hacHon, Taler i
haelder i hoii. An elegy on Gwerfyl the daughter of Modoc. Ad evil mnnth in
far Pow)'3 Was March, God helped it not : A month that inflicted a blow on
her bereaved servant A sad sore month for Gwerfyl's sake. In the month of
March I long for the lair one ; Tis a month of mourning for the Star. To her.
indeed, March brought comfort The March that bore my support away. Sad was it
to carry off, m Tanat's land, A foster mother better than mother or father,
"Very great was the wailing in Maelor At the passing of the moon
underground — Blameless indeed she entered the house of blessed Mary, But the
firmament was darkened from mom till eve, A day of lamentation and an end to
song. Truly it was a judgment of good wives When Gwervyl was laid under the
tombstone — The life of the fair host of attendants ceased, An end befitting
the wives of noble men Tho sun, the earth, the stars lost their warmth, Cold
as ice was the manor house In front of Carre" Hova. Thousands weep, like
Alice, On many a cheek the glow has paled. Alas ! the multitude, — for the
Lady of the Hall, Fair Gwerfyl ; alas, the Honey Isle.' ' Britain.
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HISTORY of THE PARISH OF
LLANVBLODWEL. Care and distress, alas, for Blodwel — After her the very
summer has turned to winter Bootless evermore to bring to Talybont Garlands
of flpwers or twined wrojvths ! Alas for me ! that Madoc'a daughter's gone.
No longer will there be the joyous banquets ' O God, that she should be
hlildea from our sight — And she is buried ! Farewell to feasts ! For her
hiding loud and long is the lamentation. But her poems shall not fall mto
oblivion. Though Mary hath what was my life And God has snapped the
marriage-tie, * Her husband, her bard, her praise, Her three Sons will keep
their pledge — Though the bright dawn of our desire Lies in S'. Michael's
choir, S' Michael with his golden lance Will weigh the good and the evil in
men. And when her bountifulness is weighed Every one will offer an earnest
prayer. No saiuta, in the Sunday " Hours," was wont to give So
largo an alms as Gwerfyl gave And for her bounty, with Mary and her host. Our
moon is now in the home of Jesus. The very ^ravo, in which her body rests Is
tilled with bountifulness — And if ever munificence receives a reward Her
munitieence will be repaid to her. D.RT. . David Llwyd, son of Gruftydd and
Qwerfy! Hael, having Adopted the name of Llwyd, which continued for three
fenerations, married Catherine, daughter of Maredydd ap enan ah Mai-eUydd of
Celyneunau, ab Howcl ab David ab Gruflydd ab Caradog ab Thomas iib Kodoric ab
Owain Gwynedd, and hatl issue — 1, leuan Llwyd ; 2, Robert Llwyd, Lewis Glyn
Cothi spoke thus of this David Llwyd : — Yr hwn a geisio da'n rhad, Aed hwnw
i Abertanad. ' "Chwarc rhos" may be au allusion to "the
custom, in fljmpoBiock mcotings, to wear cimplets of roses about thoir
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 39 Wliosocver aeeketh a free gift To Abertanat let him go. And
the following poem in praise of this David was composed by the same bard and
translated by Howel W. Lloyd, Esq. The bard t>egins by declaring that he
will lose no opportunity of frequenting the house of David, " the father
of Abertanat," who together with bis mother Gwerfyl, has won his heart :
— The gifts of Gruffydd (his father) were munificent, and Gworfyl Has made
herself a name liko that of Non, the mother of St. David. He has had losses,
but David will compensate him for them. Ho is the Goshawk of Powys Fadog, the
Gwalchmai of Maclawr, A Briton of iihistrious ancestry, \vno.se deeds are
chronicled by hia neighbours. Though he knew but his mother-tongue, the
defect Nee«I not hinder his advancement, as the man of one speech Stir» not
the envy of others, and is often jjifted with a double amount of
understanding — The English loi-ds will respect his bravery despite his
ignorance of their language. Like Sir Peregrine, ho will be feared throughout
the Marches, With his huge lance and .iteed. If a host from Brittany, headed
by a tawny Lion," cross the water, It will crumble to pieces at the
rebuke of David, whose thigh is like Llyr's, His fiinie like that of the
ancient warriors, his nock as powerful as Geraint's, His whole frame gigantic
and muscular as a lion's or grisly wolfs. Wrongdoers ho will put down ; but
his wine will flow for the weak. Hia weight alone is as gooil as an income to
us, or a heap of money distributed. If an apple tree in full blossom will
maintain a man, Ho is one that will mainbiin a thousand, nay to me he is a
whole orchard. As gore eoni])ared with sweet apples are some countries to
minstrels, 1 Henry,|E^rl of Ilichmond, Afterwards Henry VH. n,s,t,.,.dDi. 40 |
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OP
LLANYBIa^DWEL. Gwerh-l's apple is uniaiUng in its sweetness, unlike the
sourness of others. Like a eriffin is Gniffydd's apple. It is gathered from
an excellent stock. Icuan Llwyd, son of the aforasaid David Llwyd, married
firstly, Margaret or Maude, daughter and heiress of David LI wyd. Lord of
half the township of Broniarth, ab leuan ab Gruffydd ab Madog ab Gwenwis, and
had issue one son, feuan Llwyd Fynhan ; secondly, Alice, daughter of
Catlwaladr of Maasmawr, ab sir Gruffydd Fychan, Knight Banneret, and had
is.sue one son, John Tanat {of Brocton). Icuan LIv.yd Fychan married
Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Thorncs of Shelvock, Salop, and Jane, his wife,
daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston of Hordley, Knt., ab Gruffydd Kjnaston of
Stocks, and had issue — I, Thomas Tanat (Tanat taken from name of river near
their seat at Al>ertanat) ; 2, Geoffery Tanat. The latter married Maude,
daughter of Gruffydd ab David ab Owain ab David Llwyd of Halclidyn in
Deuddwr. Thomas Tanat married Catherine, daughter of Matthew Goch of Newtown
Hall, ab Thomas ab Rhys ab David Llwyd, and had issue — 1, Rhys Tanat; 2,
Thomas Tanat, who married the daughter and heiress of Thomas ab Owain of
Xeucdd Wen ; 3, Robert Tanat ; 4, Gruffydd Tanat ; 5. Margaret Tanat ; 6,
Anne Tanat, who married Edward ab David Llwyd ab Thomas Llwyd ab David Llwyd.
Rhys Tanat married firstly, Margaret, daughter of Edward Kyna.ston of
Hordley, by whom he had issue one son, Edward, ancestor of the Tanats of
Bro.'tton ; secondly, Mary, daujihter of Thomas Williams of Wollaston, by
whom he had issue — 1, Thomas Tanat; 2. Catherine Tanat, who married Edward
Onslow of Onslow. Thomas Tanat married Margaret, daughter of Rj^er Kynaston of
Hordley. ab Edward ab Humphrey of I^'naston. and had issue— 1, Rhys Tanat ;
2, Roger tanat ; 3, David ; 4. ; 5, Margaret, who married Humphrey WjTin ; 6,
Catherine, who married Robert Thomas of Sychtyii ; 7, Mary ; 8, Anne. Rhys
Tanat of Abertanat, and lord of part of the manor of Broniarth, 1043, married
Mai^ret, daughter of John Owen of Celynennau and Porkington (father of Sir
John Owen, one of the staunchest Royalists in North Wales), and had issuo —
1, Thomas Tanat, who married , and had issue three children, all of whom died
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LLANYBLODWEL. 41 Owain (OweiiJ Taiiat; 3, Ellin, died 28 Oct., 1670, and
buried on aamo day m hor mother ; 4, Aiary, who married Sir Evan LIo_v<l
of Bodidris, Bart. ; 5, Penelope, who married Richard Lance of Cornwall, and
was buried at Selatt^-n, 8 May, 1671: «he left a It^ifaey of £4 a year to the
poor of that parisli ; fi, Siis.si\nna. The above Rhys Tanat died on tho 5'*'
Sept', 1661, in the 53rd year of his a,'»c, and was buried at Llanyblodwel.
Tho direct male line of this (Tanat) family terminated with Owain, above
mentioned, the twenty-third in succession, who died 18"' Nov', 1868, and
was buried at Llanyblodwel. Margaret, the wife of the above named Rhya Tanat
died 2i) Oct', 1C70, and was buried at Llanyblodwel at the same time as her
daughter Ellin. Susanna, the youngest daughter of Rhys Tanat, and heireso of
Abertanat, married Colonel Sydney Godolphin, auditor of North Wales, and had
issue — 1, Tanat or Francia Godolphin, who died of a fever in Flanders,
belore he was of age ; 2, Margaret, Lady of Broniarth ; 3, Mary ; 4,
Penelope, who married firstly, Francis Hoblin, secondly. Sir Wm. Prendergast,
Bart. ; 5, Ellin ; 6, Frances. The Godolphins wore an ancient Cornish family.
"John de Godolphin was living about the time of the Norman Conquest, and
amoii<rst his feudal possessions, he was lord of the manor of Godolphin
and resided there."' The above named Hussanna Godolphin died
lO"" Feby., 1766, and was buried at Llanyblodwel. Three of tho
daughters died unmarried. Margaret, the oldest, and last surviving died at
Abertanat, where most of her time was spent, 5'" Oetr., 1766, ^ed 90,
and was laid to rest at Llanyblodwel on the lO'l" of the same month,
leaving her fortune to her sister Mary's children, Francis, 2"^ Baron
Godolphin, and Jl rs. Owen of Porkington. In the Raster is an entry by which
Vicar Worthington gave her on 3"* April, 1736, " A seat on the
.skreen on ye south side of ye Communion table." It is stated in
Bye-Goves (1877) that " her funeral was attended by as many old women,
dressed in white flannel gowns as she was years of age," and it wa.s
said " that her ghost, attire<l in black silk, sitting on tho Cootiau
duon stile, with her littlo pot dos close by her, just as she used to bo when
alive, was, though dead, the terror of every passer by after night
fall," She was a great bonefiiotress to the town of Oswestry, and by '
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANVBLODWBL. <leed (lilted 2"'^ March, 1748, gave a certain
messiii^e with its appurttinanccs to tlic use of the Vicar of O-swcsLry,
provided he should live there. These premises were exchanged in 1823 for
others in Upi)er Brook Street, known as " The Old Viean^e," whore
the Curates now reside. Mary Godolphin married Henry Godolpliin, D.D., Dean
of Su Paula and Provost of Eton, and had issue— 1, Henry (died 17221 ; 2.
Francis (2nd and last Barou Godolphin) ; 3. Mary. Mary (Jodolphin married (in
1730) William Owen, the eldest surviving son and heir of Sir Robert Owen of
Bragyntyn, and had issue — ^1, Robert Godolphin Owen ; 2, Mary Owen; 3,
Francis (killed by a fall from his horse) ; 4, Margaret. Mary Owen of
Brogyntyn married William Ormsby of Willow Brook, t'o. Sligo. Issue — Mary
Jane Ormsby. Mary Jane Ormsby, heiress of BrOj^ntyn, married William Gore,
Esq., who took the mime of Ormsby-Gore, was M.P, for County of Salop. Their
son, Johu Ralph Ormsby- Gore of Brotjyiityn, first Lord Harlech, and brother
of the late (second) Lord Harlech, was the right and lineal descendant, but
Robert Godolphin Owen, son of Mary Godolphin and William Owen of Brogyntyu,
by the disgraceful act of giving vent to his joy at his brother Francis'
premature death, and dancing upori his grave, sayinw, " Here stands the
heir to the Godolphius," so offended his uncle, Francis, the second and
last Lord Godolphin, the then owner, that he was by him disinherited, and the
Abortanat Estate passed by will to Lonl Francis Osl)orne, second son of his
Grace the Duko of Leeds (Hintury of Sehtttifn), whose descendant, a, Diiko of
Leeds, disposed of it, about 18(i2, to Mrs. Perry,' widow of William Perry,
Esq., of Shrewsbury, who since 1H40 had rented a portion of the property
lying in LlansaiitfFraid parish, then known as "Gravel Hill,' but
afterwards changeil to " Bryn Tanat." Upon the death of Mrs. Perry
the estate passed to her daughter, Mrs Ijeslio of Bryn "Tunat, the wife
of Henry Leslie, Esq., the eminent mu.sician, who wti's High Sheriff, for
Montgomeryshire, 1SS!>. Mr. Leslie devoted the best years of his hfe with
1 Mrs. Perry wiis the eldest di»ij;liter nf the Kev. John Kyton, Vicar of
Wclliu^rtoii, and Anna Maria I'lmvdcii, liia wife; ouc of her brotherj w.is
Uolicrt William Eyton, the learned author of the Anli-jviiiea of
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LLANYBLODWEL. 43 extraordinftry success to maintaiuing and enhancing the
glories of English choral music. In 18.55 ho founded the iainoiis ehoir that
bore his name, which in 1S78 carried off the first prize in the International
Choral t'ompetition at the Paris Exhibition, The choir in its palmy days was
reckoned to be the finest in the world. In 1880 he founded the Oswestry
School of Music, which did so much for the advancement of music in that town
anil the surrounding villages. He composed a number of fine madrigals and
part-songs, his trio " O Memory " being immensely i)opular. He died
on Feb. 5th. 189C. and was buried at Llanyblodwel, His widow t-till survives
him, and continues to Hve at Bryntiinat. Of their sons, -lohn (the eldest)
was a Major in the Artillery, William is a niemlKsr of Lloyds, Charles a
shipping agent, and David is iu the 1st Shropshire Infantry : their only
daughter Rose is married to Mr. Norman llobinson. BLODWEL {? BRY>l).
Maredydd ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys, married Hunedd, daughter of Eunydd ap
Gwernwy, Lord of Uytfryn Olwyd, Trefelyn and Greaford, and had issue,
Gruftydd, Lord of Cyfeiliog. Gruffydd, Lord of Cyfeiliog, married firstly and
had issue — 1. Owain Cyfeiliog, Prince of Upper Powys, who died 1197;
secondly, Joanna or Erwedd, daughter of lago, son of Gruffydd ah Oynan, King
of Gwynedd, and had issue— 1. Meurig, who married the daughter of GruSVdd
Carno, son of Hywel ab leuaf. Lord of Ai'wystli, and had issue Caswallon, who
married Elen, daughter of Llewelyn ab Owain ab Maredydd ab Gmflydd ab yr
Ai^lwydd Rh^s, Prince of South \VaIes. 2. Rhirid Foel of lijoclwel. Rhirid
Foel of Ulodwel married Jane, daughter and heiress of Icuan of IJ]o<lwcl,
second sou of liowel of Main, an illegitimate son of Maredytld ab Bleddyn,
Prince of Powys, and had issue — 1, leuan Llwyd of filodwol; 2. Madog ; 3.
lorwertli. leuan Llwyd of Blodwel married and had issue — 1. Madog of Blodwel
; 2, David. Madog of Blodwel marrieil and had is.sue John Bach of Blodwel.
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HISTORY Of THE t-AMSH Of
LLANYBLODWEL. John Blodwei married and had issue Richard Blodwcl. Riotutrd
Blodivel married Margari;t, datii;liter of Gruffydd ah Hywel ap Maredydd ab
Tudor of Main in Meifod, and had issue John Blodwei, John Blodwcl married
firstly Secondly Mary, daiif^hter and coheiress of David Llwyd ab Thomas of
Bodlith, Llansihn, and had issue Richard Blodwei. Richard Blodwei of Blodwei
married Prudence, daughter of Sir Rc^cr Kynaston of Hordley, Knt., and
Mai^aret fais wife, daughter of John Owen Vaiighan of Llwydiarth. A member of
this family, John de Blodwei, born about 1380, and a native of this parish,
was in 1418 installed Dean of St. Asaph. In nis old age he held the valuable
Kectory of Balsliam, near Cambridge, where he died 13 April, 1462, in which
church there is a Brass recording his virtues. The inscription, which is in
Latin, beginning — Egregius Doctor qui hoc submarmore pausat, John Blodweil
longo tempore caicus erat. Hie residens vetulus decor Ecclesije bonus hospes
Cui Deus Hospitium sit requiesqne Deus. Qui obiit 13 die Mensis Aprihs A.D.
1462. Cui Deus jetcrnam dot miserans. Requiem. Browne WiUia'a St Asaph, i.
168. adds that he received a foreign education, having, in his early days,
studied the Law at Bologna and retired to practise at Rome, but wbetbei the
Civil or the Canon Law it is difficult to determine. The following {from
Bye-Gones, Sept. 30, 1885) is a translation of the inscription quoted above
:— This auncyent Gierke of grcte renowno, yt slepeth here belowei John
Blodwei hyghte, long time was blynde, gj'f yee y* trouth wolde knowe. Right
dere was hee to Holye Churclie, moste passinge iranke to gueste, God of his
grace in Heaven's bryghtc day him graunte eternall reste. Whyche dee^ssyd
y" thirteenth daye of Aprill, the yere of our Lordo 1462. Crist giva him
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llakyblodW£l. 45 Wales at the firste did give mee birthe, Bolofpift Inwe mee
tau^hto, Itomo y* prftctiso of y' lawc, y' city famed, I son^hte. Frerid,
thys thy pompe is lanoure. Yea I trust in my goode fiiTiie. Wealtho, ranko,
strengths, beautye, what boe they ? A sho^owe and a name. What is the flower
of ]yfe ? Mrate bricfc : ail flesho, Hee sayth, is grasse, Man wotteth not
lyf a endys, yet hoe letty th lyfe to pa^se. What if liys fate poiiro honours
downs f Yet this he tindyth styli, That, save y* love of God, no goode but
hutli its taste of ill. Whonie praye of eharitye to take thya deado into Hys
grace, And uial thyselfe niaye never come into the like sad case. That yee
may learno for them y' lyve God's lawe is still ye same, So here hys ashes
lye to daye that ysster-murn was flame. BLODWEL, BY THE CHURCH. Dfivid ab
John ab Gutto, alias Gruffydd ab Jenkin ab John ab Gniffydd ab leuan Fychan
ab leuan of Abertanat ab Goronwy Ddii of Treflodwol, who lived at Abertanat,
the seventh son of Gruffydd of Maelor Saesneg, the second son of lorworth
Foei, Lord of Chirk, married Lowri, daughter and heiress of John Llwyd ab
leuan Llwyd of Abertanat, and had issue Gruffydd ab David, Gruffydd ab David
of Treflodwel married tirstly Lowri, daughter and heiress of Reginald ab
]^avid Llwyd ab Robert ab Maredydd Llwyd ab Gruftydd ab Meirig Llwyd nl
Llwyn- yraaen, and had issue — 1. John ab Gruffydd ; 2. Margaret, who married
John Tanat ab John Hen ; 3 Robert ab Gruffydd, who married the daughter of
Rhys ab forwerth of Llansilin. Secondly, Catherine, daughter of Etlward of
Blodwel, and had issue Maud (1602). John ab Gruffydd of Treflodwel, by the
church, married Anne, daughter of David ab Maredydd ab Jenkyn Pen of Pentre
Siencyn, Lord of Bryn. Her mother was Margaret, daughter of Maredydd ab Addaf
of Swydd y Drewen. Issue David ab John. David ab John married Anne, daughter
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46 HKflOBT OF TBfi PARKB
oF LLAUYfiLODWtet. BLODWEL HALL. John Tanat of Brocton, younger son of leuan
Llwyd ab David Llwyd of Abertanat, married Ellen, daughter of Humphrey
Kynaston, and had issue Edward Tanat. Edward Tanat married and had issue — 1.
Robert Tanat ; 2, Anne, who married Maurice AVynu ah LleweljTi of Moeliwrch,
Robert Tunat married GwenlJian, daughter of John ab William ab Jenkyn Goch,
and had issue — I, John Tanat; 2, Maurice Tanat who married Maud, daughter of
Thomas ab Owain ab Gruffydd ab Maurice an GrufFydd ab lorwerth of Eivionydd
(in 34 Elizabeth liverv was granted to this Maurice Tanat) ; 3, Richard ; 4,
Owain ; 5, Robert; 6 Humphrey. John Tanat married Catherine, daughter of John
Pryce, aod had issue^l, Jane Blodwel ; 2, Alice, who married William Wynne of
Moeliwrch, Llansilin. Jane Blodwel (heiress) married John Matthews of Hamage
Court, descended from Elystan Glodrhudd, and had issue — 1, Robert Matthews;
2, Maurice Matthews, who was Rector of Erbistock, 16(50, and married
Catherine, second daughter and co- heiress of -John Powell of Bodylltyn,
brother of Sir Thomas Powell of Plas-yn- horslli, Baronet. Jane, the wife of
John Matthews, was buried at Llanyblodwel, 5 Feby., 16M4. Robert Matthews of
Blodwel marned and had issue — Ursula. Ursula, heiress, married Sir John
Bridgeman, Knt., son of Sir John, and grandson of the Lord Keeper, Sir
Orlando, Bridgeman (born 1609, a lawyer of great eminence, liaving been
successively Lora Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal ; created a Baron in 1660).
This Sir John Bridgeman was ancestor of the Eari of Bradford, the present
owner of the Blodwel Estate. Lady Ursula died 31st January, 1719, and Sir
John on 21st July, 1747, and both were buried at Llanyblodwel. The mansion of
Blodwel stood under the west side of Llanymynech Hill, and waa approached by
a drive connected with the main road leading from Porthy waun to
LlaiisaiitfFraid, but where the connection was, it is now difficult to say.
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HISTORY OF TBE PARTSa OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 47 The chief entrance was about 200 yards west of the house,
and the two ornamental gate-pillars, on which were sculptured lions couchant,
are still standing. ■ From thence was a fine avenue
of trees, and the drive was paved with spar, some of which stones are now
being worked up to the surface by the roots of trees and shrubs growing
thereon. The site of the principal portion of the mansion is now a garden,
but the portion comprising the servants' apartments, was raised and converted
into a spacious farm-house. On the front thereof is a stone beaiing the
following inscription : — B I U. 1707 A few yards below the old entrance
gates is a large well approached by stone steps, which was, probably, used
for bathing, an it is found to be connected with the house by pipes for the
supply of liot and cold water. On the north side of the present garden there
stands an elaborately built summer-house, dated 1718, with the arms of Sir
John Bridgeman carved in freestone over the entrance. What were the stables
and men-servants' rooms are also standing, on the front of which are a couple
of stones marked respectively — S. M.' 1692 and B I. V. 1700 And 80 firmly
were these buildings constructed that when recently re-slated for the fourth
time, seven spars only required renewing ; but there is not any trace of the
dog keimels in the meadow below, where also was a large fish pool. ' Sinah
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48 HIOTORY OF THE PARISH
OF LLANYBLODWEL. The approach from the east was by way of the Pant, over
Llanymynech Hill, and down wiuit is now called The Gullet, and it is said
that an outward journey along this steep route was never attempted without
six horses being attaclied to the carriage. Since the death of Sir John
Bridgenian in 1747, the fn-euiises have been let as a farm, atid it is now
the argest in the parish, several holdings having been amalgamated and common
lands allotted during the tenure of Mr John Ward (grandfather of the present
tenant), who came there from Treflach Hall. The Llynclys and Morton sections
of the Bradford Estate, in this parish, were acquired thi-ough the marriage
of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Loid Keeper (before mentioned, and son of Dr.
Bndjfeman, Bishop of Chester), with Judith, daughter and co-heiress of John
Kynaston of Morton. XV. The Parish Church and its Exdowmexth. When the church
was first erected is not known, Lhin was a sacred Inclosure long before the
Christian era, for the Druids met there to worship in the open. Such sites
were afterwards adopted for the erection of sacred buildings, which were
mostly of wattle and clay, the fine stone edifices now seen being centuries
later. It is most probable that some of the early saints, with their
followers, dwelt liere under the protection of some chief, and on this
consecrated site, which is in the tuwnship of Blodwel, founded a church which
they dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. The Gwyl Mahiaiit (wake or
festival), commemorating the dedication, falls annually on the first Sunday
folio .vuig the tenth day of October, the St. Michael's day for that purpose
being taken as in the Old Style used in England previous to the adoption of
the <Tregonaii Calendar in 1751. At these Christian festivals services
were held in the church on the evening before the Saint's day, and from the
vigil, watching or waking, nisiti.cdDy
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OF LLANVBLODWBL. 49 which then took place, they were denominated toacan or
wakes ; and the ol)sei-vance of the festival was classed with such holy days
as Christmas, Easter, &c., and became one of the chief events of the
year. But the feast was, in the course of time, abused, for while some people
attended the church for devotion, others came for sports and diinking, and
that to such an extent that tlie festival in mimy places was put a stop to.
Great crowds used to resort to the villages to participate in tliese
celebrations, so that small traders and manufacturei-s came to offer their
wares, and it is said that many of the annual fairs that still take place
were thus firet established. For a brief interval previous to 1160 the
churchea of the district, now comprising the Hundred of Oswestry (of which
Llanyblodwel forms part), were in the diocese of Lichheld (or Chester, as it
was then often called), and the Bishops of that diocese confirmed grants,
&c., but in that year this, with the other churches in the hundred [with
the exception of West Felton, which still remains in Lichfield], were
re-transferred to St. Asaph, in which diocese it has remained (Eyton's
Shropshire). In the thirteenth century the advowson of the church was in the
patronage of the Fitzalans, afterwards Earls of Arundel and Lords of
Oswestry, from whom is descended to the present Duke of Norfolk, who retains
the title of Baron of Oswaldestre. In 1282 the King {Eld ward I.), as custos
of John Fitzalan's heir, presented William, son of > icholas Zouch, to the
vacant church, which was returned in the taxation of 1291 as Kectoria, £G ;
Dec, \'2s. ; Vicaria, £2 13s. 4d. non. Dec' In the Calendar of Patent Rolls,
preserved In his Majesty's Record Office, are the following entries : — 1377
(Rich. I.) July 20"" Wastminater. Presentation to John Stauern,
Chaplain, to the Church of Blodvoel in the ^ Thomas's UUlory of ilit Dioceu.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. Dioccao of St. Asaph, in the Ring's gift by reason of that
Bishopric being lately void and in the King's hands. 1377. Dec' 10"'.
Revocation of the presentation of John Stauern to the Church of Blodovoel in
the Diocese of St Asaph. 1357 Deif 12. Pardon at the Supphcation of William
(Spridlington) Bishop of St Asaph, of the trespajra and forfeiture incurred
by the acquisition in Mortmain oy Lewis [Llewelyn] the late Bishop witnout
licence of the advowson of the Cliurch of Blodevole from Richard Earl of
Arundel, who held it in chief and licence from him to hold the same according
to the form of its acquisition, and further that he may appropriate the
church and hold it in mortmain for finding a Chaplain to perform the mass of
St Mary daily in the Bishop's Chapel for the good estate of the King during
life, and for his soul soon after death, and for the souls of others,
according to the Bishop's ordinance. Aceordinff to the Valor Ecclesiasticus
of 1535 the Rectorial Tithes vi-ere leased under the Chapter Seal to one
levan for 408. a year, the Vicarial being returned at £7 12s., Dec. regi 158.
2^.' In the Terrier of 1749 it is stated that — The Glebe, tithes and other
profits of the Vicarage of Llanyblodwel, the benefit of the lease included,
are well worth communibus annis Eighty pounds. In the township of Abertannatt
all the small tithes, and one third of the hay arid com, wool and lamb,
belong to the Vicar, the other two parts being paid to the Rector and Vicar
of Llansantffrayd. In the township of Blodwell all the small tithes are paid
in kind to the Vicar, the great Tithes, viz hay and corn belong to the Bishop
of St. Asaph as Rector of this parish but are at preaont held by Lease by the
Vicar paying yearly the sum of Ten Pounds. N.B. There is a part of the
Township of Blodwell called Kefn-y-Maes at a distance of four or five miles
from any other part of the parish, surrounded by the several parishes of
Oswestry, Selattin and Llansilin, tne tithes of which go the same way as the
rest of the township. Part of the great Tithes belong to the Vicar, in lieu
of which when the Lease was in lay hands he was paid. ' Thoraaa'u Hittory of
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■m&TOKT of TSK tARlSB O* ILANYBLODWSL. 51 In the township of
Bryn, one moiety of the whole tithes great and small belong to the Vicar, the
other to the Rector and Vicar of Pennant. In this township there is a modus
for tithe hay each tenement paying a certain sum of money, some more, some
less, in lieu of it. The township of Llyncklis pays one moiety of the great
Tithes, viz. Hay and Corn, to the Vicar, the other to the Earl of Powis, two
thirds of the small tithes belong to the Vicar, the other third to the Vicar
of Oswestry. N B. No part of the Lactuals, Honey, or I^s in Llyncklis due to
Oswestry. Easter duties througoout the parish duo to the Vicar. The Clerk's
dues are shewn under that heading. The foregoing, together with the other
tithes in Llynclys, Bryn and Blodwel were valued under the Tithe Commutation
Act of 1836, by Mr John M. Ashdown, of Uppington, Salop, and those in
Abertanat by Messrs. David Hamer, of Glanyrafon, and Thomas Withy, of Golfa,
Welshpool, as follows : — To whom f^rMi TOKMHIFa. Bryn. UjlKljTL Abcrtaut
«odw^. Totah. wel Parish Clerk Rector of Pennanh Melangelt Vicar of Oswestry
... Earl of Bradford .. R.L1. Kenyon,Esqr. LatoStanley'Leigii ton, Bsqr. £ B.
d. 61 10 S3 I 10 2010 £ 9. d. 71 13 5 "6 20 10 15 10 7 6 £ 8. d. 12 ig n
38 17 5) 35 15 a U £ B. d. 203 35 1 10 Q ... £ 8.d. 316 6 6 i£t 16 C 4 7 6 20
10 5 29 10 IS 10 7 6 £ 1B5 10 131 10 e 1 S3 6 230 10 a 924 17 (-)f the £203
payable to the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners from Blodwel the sum of £32 Us.
3d. was in 1853 transfeired to the Rector of Khydycroesau ; and £70 58. to
augment the Vicarage of this parish as from 22nd Febi-uaiy, 1870. In 190:i a
further sum of £20 per annum was added ; and in 1904 an additional £40.
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HISTORY OY THB PARISH OV
LLANYRLOUWEL. The following ia the gross value of the Vicarage :- £ s. d.
Tilho Ufiit-fimrpe (four townshipfii ... 223 15 6 TIiIr' 111 iii-iliiiiL---'
ttMiisfcrml bv Ecclcs- i;Mi.:.lr..i..inl--i..l,.i- ..." ... 70 .-)
Cruios I'" '> Viaimj;o, icucmwils and lands ,5(iac.).., 128 10 In
1850 the Vicar transferred X15 Is. Od. ftom T. R. C. of Llyiiclys to Earl of
Bradford in exchange for 9a. Ir. 17p. ofland. 5a. 3r. 4p. of the above,
comprising house, garden and land in Blodwel, and usually occupied By the
Curate, was conveyed " to the use of the Vicar of Llanyblodwel for the
time being for ever," Under a deed of gift, by the Eev. John Parker, on
tjje 7tb August, 1858. Ihe living is in the patronage of the Bishop of th®
Diocese (St. Asaph) and in the Deanery of Oswestry, witb a population of 879.
Previous to the passing of the Local Govenment Act of 1894, under which
parochial business was taken over by the Parish Council, all matters were
transacted in vestry, and the respective masters of Blodwel School acted as
vestry and Parish Cleiks. The present Parish Clerk is the Itev. J. Melville
Jones of Gospel Oak, Mr. Edward Itoberts of Bridge House acting as deputy. In
a return made in 1747 it is stated that — The Clorlv's ihies nro ojic shoaf
of wheat, com, Oats and Barley, which arc paid him out of the Tithes from
every Farmer that turns out above five sheafs of the same grain; and these
under the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 were valued at .£4 78. 6d. a year.
The plan of the church takes the form of a double parallelogram, with three
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BISTORT or THE PAUISH Of
LLAliVfeLODWEL. hS portion of the western half of the north aisle was taken
to form a vestry, with schoolroom over, but the latter, although forming a
constituent part of the building, has no conmiuiiiciition with the church.
The fabric is of the fiftetiith century style, except the inner south door,
as also the font, whicli are Norman. The shape of the font is octagonal, with
a moulded band between the bowl and stem. The south windows aie dated 1847,
and south dormers 1850 and 1853. The porches on south and north sides are
dated respectively 1849 and 1851, with the initials J.P., the massive door on
the form«r bearing an inscription — RB: E.D: Wardens 1713. The initials R.B.
and E.D. are those of the wai-dens for the year, viz., Robert Bowen of
Llynclys, and Edward Davies of Bryn. Previous to 1849 the south porch was
approached by steps, from which there were again step* descending into the
church ; but in that year the whole were taken away, and the giound from
eastgate brought to Its present level. The inscription on the north door is —
E. RI : I. R 1753. Another inscription occurs upside down in the west waU of
the Porch— R. M: 1. B. Wardens 1717. These initials are also those of the
respective wardens, Edward M-orris, Abertanat, and John Roberts, Blodwel, and
Robert Michael, Llynclys, and John Burrows, Bryn. A beautifully carved
screen, extending the whole width of the church, divides the chancel from the
nave. It has square compartments, with tracery in the upper part of each, and
a doorway in centre. Along the top is a vine-pattern cornice, with
representations of the hare and otiier animals. The altar (made by the Rev.
John Parker from a copy of one seen in Italy) and rails and pulpit are also
elaborately carved, the latter occupying its present position in the south
wall since 1812. Tlie i-oof, bearing date 1847-48, is divided into panels,
decoi-ated with carved woodwork and n,s,t,.,.dDi. 20 20
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t'ARISB OP tLAtlYBLODWSL. ornamentally coloured, and on the walls are
beautifully illuminated texts. There are two galleries : the larger one on
the north side containing the organ, was erected by Thomas Davies, builder,
Tiefonen, from the plans and specifications prepared by Mr. Thomas Jones of
Chester, and is accounted for by the inscription on the front, which is as
follows :-— The accommodation in the Church was increased by the erection of
this Gallery in the year 1835, by which means 47 additional sittings were
obtained, and in consequence of a grant from the Incorporated Society for
Promoting the enlargement, building and repairing of Churches and Chapels,
the whole of them are hereoy declared free and unappropriated for ever. The
expenses incurred in the construction of this Gallery were defrayed by means
of the following subscriptions : — The Church Buiiding Society The Earl of Bradford
The Viscount Chve ... The Rev^ D' Donne David Hamer Esq {for a pew) W.'prSard
\^"":^ Wardens. James Donne, D.D., Vicar D, Davies, Curate The
other gallery, of smaller size, is in the west end of the nave. There are
sittings for about 300. Three of the windows are filled with stained glass,
two at the east end and one on the south side. Tlie first, at the east end of
north aisle, pictures the healing of the Centurion's servant, and the
confession of the Centurion at the Cross. The following is the inscription on
a brass tablet below it :— To the Glory of God and to the memory of John
Edwards Donne, Lieut, in the Bombay Engineers, who died of Cholera, caught
among his native workmen at Poena in the Deccan, in the East Indies, the
15'*" day of June 1851 ; Aged 23 years, this window has been put up by
hia father in humble gratitude to God for the precious loan of a life rich in
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LLANYBLODWEL. 55 The second, above the Communion Table, has the following
wrought in the painted glass : — James Donne D.D. born Fcbrnarv XIV MDCCLXIV.
Died January XXIII, MDCCCXLlV Alice, his second wife, born August XXVI
MDCCLXV, Died September XXIX, MDCraXLI. And the thii"d, on the south
side, repi-esents the Good Shepherd and Saint Michael the Archangel, and has
a brass tablet on which is engraved — To the Glory of God and in memory of
Elias Ow^en, M.A.. F.S.A., Vicar of this parish 1892—98; Diocesan Inspector
of Schools 1876—1892; author of "The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of
Clwyd," and " Welsh Folk- Lore," This window and tablet are
dedicated by his many friends in the Diocese. The walls are decorated with
handsome marble and other tablets to the memory of membei s of the principal
.families of the parish, and others having connection therewith. The
following are copies of the inscriptions thereon ; — Here lyeth the body of
Rees Tanat Esqvirc, who deceased ye 5'" of Sept' in ye yeare of Our Lord
God 1661 in ye SS"* yeare of his age. He married Margaret the daughter
of John Owen Esq. by whonio ho bad issue 5 sons and 6 daughters, whereof 6
survived him, 2 sons, Thomas and Owen, and 4 daughters Ellin, Mary, Penelope
and Susanna. Close to this wall lieth ye body of Owen Tanat the youngest son
of Rees Tauat of Abertanat Esq', being the last heir male of that ancient
family & ye twenty- third successively. Obiit ye 18 day of Nov, in ye
year of our Lord 1668 in ye IS"* year of his age. Ou ye right side of
Rees Tanat Esq", who is interr'd under ye Communion Table in ye burying
place of hia ancestors, lieth tho body of Margaret his wife, daughter of John
Owen I^q, and sister to the great Loyalist. Sir John Owen of Cleneney. She
departed this life Oct ye 29"' in the year of our Lord 1670.
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LLAKYBLuDWEL. Between the body of Marcaret Tanat and the body of Owen Tanat
lieth ye body of Ellin Tauat Spinster, eldest daufjhter of ye aforasnid Keos
Tanat Esq, by Mai^ret his wife. She died ye 28 day of October and was
iiiterr'd ye same day as her mother. Here Heth the body of Susanna Godolphin
youngest daughter of Rees Tanat, Esquire, Heiress of Abertanat, and ye lost
of ye family of Tiinats. She was married to Colonel Sydney Godolphin, Ksq',
Auditor of ye Priiicipnlity of Wales togetfier with ye eounti&s of
Lincoln, Xnttingham. Derby and Cha-ihiro. Also Auditor of Cofferers Ace' of
His .^lnjcsty'a Household and expenees of yc Buildings and provisions of ye
Royall Hospital! at Greenwich, and Governor of ye Islands and Garrison of
Sciily, by whom she had issue one son and five daughters viz: Tanat, Mai^ret,
Mary, Penelope, Ellin and Frances. Tanat Godolphin dy'd of a fever in
Flanders before he came of n.'^e having served near seven years under His
Majesty King William and made five campaigns and was as brave ana stout an
otHcer as any of his timo. Frances Godolphin dy'd a child, Mary married ye
Rev' D' Godolphin, Dean of St Pauls and Provost of Eton College. Penelope
married Francis Hoblin of Nantswiden in Cornwall, Esq", and since S'
William Pendarves of Pendarves in the same County. She was a prudent Woman a
good wife a tender mother and an exemplary Christian. She departed this life
ye lO'" of February 1728 Aged 76 years. Also Margaret Godolphin Obiit. 5
October 1766. Aged 90. Near this stone lieth the body of Prudence the wife of
Thomas Roe of Dolwen, who (lied on the third day of April in tlie Ht'tieth
yciir of her ago and in the year of Our Lord 17H.5. Also — Below this stone,
the said Thomas Roe wished to pose, who died on the 11'" day of July in
3 age and iti the year of Our Loi-d 1794. In memory of John, the second son
of Sir John Bridgeman, of Blodwell, Baronet, who departed this life ye 4 day
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HISTORY Of THE PARlSfl
OP LLANYBLODWEE. 57 Rogerus ^^athews de Blodwell Arraiger, vir Summa
probiLato et ingenuis raoribus Exornatus, Sinam filiam Watkini Kyffin de
Glaseoyd Arniigeri uxorem duxit, Ex qua biiiam Suscepit et Relitjuit Prolem
Robertum suavissimum juvenem Qui decinio nono ^tatis anno Correptus variolis
morti Occubiiit, et Ursulam jam Hjeredcm totius Patrimonii Quam Johannes
Bridgeman Baronettus sibi adjunxit connubio. Idem Kogerus, cujus mortalea
Kxiivisa Infra jacent sepultfis l^tam Ressurree- tionem in Adventu Christi
Prujstokntes, Pinm EfHavit animam die tertio Septembris Anno. Dom. 1673.
^tatia sure 30. Hoc monumentum in niemoriam Optimi Mariti posuit superstcs
conjux. Cujus et ipsa Latus hie denuo aora quidem, claudit, nam dla, Geriuana
Viduic in Evangelio celebratiu quura Septcnniiim a Virginitatc Sua cum Viro
Vixerat, exinde Sola Rclicta Vere Vidua per Sexi^inta ot tres Annoa perseveravit
Deo Studium.et Pauperibns Operam navando Gran die va tandem Scpulchrum
ingressa est Sicut infertur Acervus Tritiei in tempore suo Quum cnini
nonaginta et duos aimos complevorat 28 die Auguisti Vita defuncta est A.!).
173(). Family motto underneath the foi-egoing : — "Kais y Goruchatiaeth
sydd o Dduw yn unig."' This monument was erected by S"^ John
Bridgeman Bar' in memory of his excellent Liwlv Ursula yo daughter and heir
of Ro^er Matthews of ulodwell Esq'. She was a person whose name may justly be
mentioned with honour for the virtues whicti ahincd in her whole
conversation. God had endued her with fine natural parts which she applied to
attain such accomplishments as might be usetul to her in her station. She was
aifeble and courteous and generally conversed with cheerfulness, tempered
with great modesty, meekness and prudence, and manned all her affairs with
dis- cretion. She well knew how to address and entertain persons of
distinction in decent manner and how to treat those of inferiour rank with
condescention and respect without lessening her own character. But her cnief
ornament was the regard she shew'd to religion, which she rightly understood
and made it her business to ' " Sock tlmb ExcelleocB which cotncth of
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58 flISTORY Ot THE
PARISH OP LLANYBLODWEL. practice. She had daily her statwl times of retirement
to seek the crace and favour of God and auijuaiut herself with his Holy Word.
She was constanly present at the prayers in her family and in her attendance
upon the public worship of God. She was exemplary, moved by the jjood
principles she had embraced and the great esteem she ha<l of the Litui^ of
the Church. The sense she had of religion also evidently appeared in her care
of several duties oelonf^ng to her according as she stood related. She was a
most dutiful daughter, an agreeable, loving and obedient wife, and the
welfare of her children .lay near her heart. She was civil to all who had
occasion to attend her, but received her friends with particular kindnes.s.
She was charitable in an eminent degree and a pattern of all good works. She
bore with great patience and submission tbc long weakness it pleasea God to
send her before he took her to himself, 31 Jan^ 1719 aged 48. Sir John
Bridgcman, Baronet, son of Sir John and grandson of the Lord Keeper Sir
Orlando, with the Estate and honour of his ancestors, Uiherited their virtue
and religion. Xone of these suffered in his possession. He was an ornament to
his generous descent, respected much for his birth and fortnne, more for his
own approved goodness. He was a friend to liberty and his country
unalterable, for he served their cause upon principle and wanted no other
motive to any good than a conscience of right. Few pci-sons have ever Ixscn
more valued in their life, few more missed at their death. His regard to his
Lady was exemplary, such as she who was worthy of all esteem and affection
deserved ; this tenderness for her increased his fondness tor those pledges
which she left him. He was plain in manner, easy of access ; an enemy to all
vice, injustice and oppression, courteous, hospitable, beloved. The poor
blessed his Habitation. He had an honesty of heart and simplicity of speech,
far preferable to the flash of wit and all the brilliancy of outward shew. In
him two excellent characters which are often thought incompatible were
conspicuously united, of a faithful and zealous friend to the Established
Church of this Kingdom, and of a no leas steady and zealous friend to the
present reigning family. His own family and closet were daily conscious of
his private devotion. In the Church of whicn he profc.s.se<l biniscH a
niemlier he constantly attended toall the othces of worship, and wasdiligent
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 59 as a sincere Christistn : As such doubt not he will be
finally rewarded at the ressureetion of the just by Our Lord and Saviour
Jesas Christ. Amen. Happy reader who ahalt have lived as he lived ! This
worthy Gentleman resided at Castle Broniwich in the County ot Warwick, where
he has left a inoniinient of his piety and goneronsity, in a beautiful
chapel, and a name enriched with goocl works. There ho died 21" dav of
July 1747 Aged 80 years. His remains are deposited in this Churcli, where
those of his Ijwly who was a!iuj,'hter and solo heiress of RoKcr Mathews of
Blodwel in this County Eso', by whom he had tive sons, Orlando, John, Roger,
Jolin and George; Orlando succeeded his father ; Roger, Doctor in Divinity,
Died Rector of Wiggan unmarried ; John the second son and George died young ;
and two daughters Ursula (married to Hugh Williams of Chester Esq) and
Judeth. As a token of tilial piety and gratitude this monument i.s erected to
the memory of her much honoured father by Judeth Bridgeman 1752. Francis
Cunlifle, fourth son of Sir Foster Cunliffe Bart of Acton in the County of
Denbigh, by Harriett his wife, born Feby HI, MDCCLXXXIX. Died Oct' XXVII,
MDCCCV. '"Blessed are tho pure in heart for they shall see God." In
Memory of Thomas Browne Fouikcs M.A. for 32 years Vicar of this parish, Died
31 March 1895 aged 79. "Therefore being justified by faith we have grace
with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ." — Romans v., 1. The services
in the church were until a few years ago conducted alternately in Welsh and
English. In the Account Book of the Sacramental OfFerings, it is recoided
that the communicants were in the [Good Friday 7 Year 1812 fe;^'^''^^'*? ?J
Whit-Sunday 15 (^Christmas 25 Welah. Knglish. 1835 October 4 ... ... 21 „ November
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LLANYBLODWEL. Welefa. English 1836 January 10"' ... 30 „ Feby 7'"
29 1847 Sop' 2 ... ... 40 ., Oct 3 ... 33 Now the English predominates, but a
Welsh Sei'mon is given every Sunday afternoon. A small organ, built about
1862, the cost of which was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions, stands in
the north gallery. Previous to its erection the singing was, according to
custom, accompanied by reed and string instruments, the necessary fittings —
r" reeds for the musick" and strings, and bonuses to some of the
performers, being defrayed out of the church rates, as was also the tuition
and entertainment of the Psalm Singers, which took the form of an annual
supper at the Horse Shoe Inn. The instrumentalists about fifty years ago were
William Jones, sexton (clarion ette); John Jones, Junr., Glanyrafon
(violoncello); Richard Pugh (clarionet), Thomas Hughes, Tynycoed (accordion),
and principal singers, M. A. Roberts, School House ; Maria Williams, Werngwta
; Esther Roberts, Porthywauu ; Mary Pryce, Porthywauu ; Edward Jones, Glyn ;
John Uavies, Penrhiw, with Matthew Roberts as conductor. Two of these are
still living- — Esther Roberts (Lloyd) and John Davies (of Jackson,
Minnesota), and the latter writes to say tliat the singing was remarkably
fine. He relates an incident that occurred soon after his admission. Mrs.
Thomas Hughes of Tynycoed, a much respected parishioner and an esteemed
member of the choir, died somewhat suddenly, and at the ail gladdfdigaeth (as
the memorial service was then called) on the Sunday morning following the
funeral, the minor tones of the requiem selected had barely been sounded,
when every chorister broke down except Mr. Davies, who was unacquainted with
the deceased, and he launched into the soprano and sang the hymn through
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LLANYBLODWEL. 61 Two of the instruments — violoncello and bassoon — are still
presei-ved on the premises, in a chest provided for the purpose by Mrs.
Lieslie. The singing keeps very efficient, the master or Blodwel School
acting as organist and choir master. Church Goods. In an Inventory of
Ctiuitih Goods, Temp. Edward VI. , printed in the T'l-aiixactiorut of the
Shropshiie Arcliae- ological Society, Vol. xiii., appears the following : —
Btodwall, 9 May 7 Edward VI. (A.D. 1553) Robert ap Thomas, Curate, Robert ap
David find Thomas Meredytn, Church Wardens, and Kryftyth ap Yevans. Two small
Bells [one chalice of silver is entered on the Inventory, but scored
through.] And further — A chalies of Syl'r W a paten ij belles of one
accordo. There are at present (1904) — 1 rin^on (silver 56oz.) 1 d"
(glass) 1 Paten (silver) 1 d» (plated) 1 d" (silver) 1 Chalice (silver)
1 d" (plated) Book entitled — A Discourse of the Offices for V of
November XXX of January and XXIX of May by Thomas Comber D.D. Bishop of Durham
Printed in 1690. The latter is referred to in an Inventory of Church
Pi-opei-ty by the Rev Randolph Parry, Vicar in 1749, and as there is a brass
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HISTORY or THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWKL. the cover, it must at one time have been chained in the
c}mi-ch. It was relx)Und in vellum A.D. 1844, at the ex]>en-ie ot'tlie
Rev. John Paiker. In the Inventory referred to were also Dr. Hammond's •'
Paraphrase and Annotations on ye New Testament, " Xourse's "
Homilies," Dr Comber on " ye Common Praver,"' " A serious
and friendly Addi-ess from a Minister to his Parish it mei-s," Mr. Worth
injjt on 's "Scheme of Heilemption ;" but they are omitted in
sub«e<^uent returns. There is no date on. any of the plate, tmt tlie
riaijon l>eai-s an inscription, " The gift ot tlie Honouied Mrs Siiia
Mathews of Blodwell Widdow to the Parish Church of Llany blodwell." The
chalice beai-s the Mathews' ci-est, and tiie inscription "Blodwall
Parish." and on the Paten and the chalice lid are the arms of Mathews
impaling Kyftin. An eight-day clock for the church and an altar cloth were
presented by the Rev. T. B. Foulkes in 1863. The surrounding gi-aveyard,
contains numerous tombs and monumental stones, many of which have l>een
defiiced by time, but among the legible are those To the saereil raemorv of
John Parker, Angust 13. 1800. He wivs 16 vcsirs Vicar of Blodwel. He
depi^-ted from us at 61 years old, but his work remains. Thomas Browne
Foulkes, M.A, Vicar, 1860—1892 ; died 1895. In loviiifi memorv of Henrv David
Leslie, Musician, of Bryn Tanat. Born I'lme IS"' 1822, Died Feby
5"" 1896. Sleep, for 'tis only sleep, and there -shall be new life
for thoe at duv. So sleep in Christ, until the restful night has pas.'jed
away. Here lycth y* body of Edward, thinl son of Robert Matthews of Blodwell,
Esquire, Deceased June ye 12"' 1715 aged 69. And to members of the
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LI-ANYBLODWEL. 63 Owen, Bryn ; Hughes, Tyiiycoed ; Davles, Blodwel ; Boweii,
Bryiiygroes; Lloyu, Carreghova ; Jones, Garth Uchaf; Edwaixls, Abeitaiiat
Hall; itobeits, Pant; Edwards, Penylx)iit Farm ; Wanl, Penybont Hall ;
Edwards, Cefii Abertaiiat; Williams, Penylxmt; Jehb, Ellis Jones, Portliywaun
; Davies, Penyhont Mill ; Priteliai'd, Cefii Abertanat ; Morris, Peuisa'rllan
; Whitfield, Abertaiiat Hall ; Davies, Garth Ucha ; Donne ; Morris, Ty Isivf
; Hughes, Bi-ynygi-oes ; Morris, Tynycoed ; Etlwanls, Tanat Hoiise ; Ward,
Blodwel Hall ; Gritfiths, Nut Tree ; Williams, Sweeney ; Moreton, Penybont;
CandUn, Dovaston ; Aubrey, Broom Hall. Henry Piiison Tozer Aubrey came to
Oswestry in 1811, in charge of the French prisoners. He married Mrs.
Griffiths Aubrey, and assumed as a surname, her maiden name Aubrey. He was
Mayor of Oswestry, 1822, and one of the permanent Magistrates of that Borough.
He died at Broom Hall, Sept. 30th, 1848. Aged G9. When Mr. Aubrey was Mayor,
William Doughty, a Primitive Methwlist Local Preacher from the Burland (oow
Nantwich) Circuit, sought to establish a branch of that oif-shoot of the
Wesleyan Methodists, at Oswestry. He was taken l>efore the Mayor, charged
with preaching in the streets, and was committed to the County Gaol for a
month. It need scarcely be said that nothing could have happened letter
calculated to help Mr. Doughty to attain his object. He came back to the town
and continued preaching, and in Oswestry he died. Mr. Aubrey, in several
ways, afterwards, showed bis appreciation of Mr. Dougbty's sterling character
{The Records of the Corporation ofOsivestfy). Mr. and Mrs, Aubrey spent a
poi-tion of each year at their farm, Cefn Blodwel, in this parish. Upon the
death of Mrs. Aubrey in 1873, the premises were acquired by the Earl of
Bradford. Near to the south poixiii is a small headstone with an inscription
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^AIJISH op LLANTBLObWBL. Mary Williams Died March lO"- 1845 Aged 100
years In the Register, the deceased is stated to be from " Porthywaen,
Llyaclys." Some additional buiying ground was given by the Earl of
Bradford, and consecrated in 1894. A couple of ancient stone coffins lie
outside and against the spire, and are said to have been discovered when
excavating for some of the walls. They are Norman in character, having a
place for the head chiselled out of the stone, and on one of them is a small
cross at the head and foot. For some years previous to the restoration of the
church one of them stood reared up on end Inside the south porch. The stone
lids belonging were, no doubt, broken in making the discovery. A number of
quaint tombstones, but possibly of high order when erected, stood at the east
end of the church, and as the inscriptions were entirely obliterated they
were carted away during the progress of the restoration of the church (about
1850). It was supposed they belonged to the old families of Blodwel Hall. In
a low wall near south porch and supporting the gi-aveyard, are two inscribed
fragments of a sepulchral slab, with the figure of a hare chased by a
greyhound, (the head of thelatter only appears). Such of the raised letters
as are perfect are m the fourteenth century style, and form the beginning of
an inscription " Hie jacet." The hare being represented on these
stones, and on chancel screen, connects the parish with that of Pennant
Melangell, Melangell being regarded as the patron saint of the Hare, as Saint
Michael is of the Geese. In the legend given by Mr. Pennant the Historian,
Melangell is stated to have been the daughter of an Irish monarch, who had
determined to marry her to a nobleman of his own court. The princess,
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
I.LANYBLODWEL. 65 from her father's dominions, and took refuge among the
hills at Pennant, Montgomeryshire, where stie lived for Hfteen yeai-s without
seeing the face of a man. Bi-ochwel Ysgythrog, Prince of Powys, being one
day, in 604, engaged in hare hunting, pursued his game until he came to a
great thicket, where he was amazed to find a virgin ot surprising beauty
engaged in deep devotion, with the hare he had been pursuing under her robe,
boldly facing the dogs, who had retired to a distance, howling,
notwithstanding all the efforts of the sportsman to make them seize their
prey. Even when the huntsman blew his horn it stuck to his lips. Brochwel
heard her story, and gave to God and her a piece of land to be a sanctuary to
all who fled there, and desired her to found an abbey on the spot. She, did
so, and died in a good old age. Her hard bed, " Gwely Melangell,"
is still shewn in the cleft of a rock. She was buried in the neighbouring
church of Pennant, which from her is distinguished by the addition of
Melangell. St. Monacella (the Latin form of Melangell), is, in consequence of
this incident, regarded as the patron of Hares, which are called in Welsh
" Wyn Melangell " {Monacella's lambs). As will be seen by the
schedule of tithes payable out of the parish, the Hector of Pennant receives
anapportionment of -£20 lOs. from the Bryn Township, in consideration of
seivJces performed (according to a note in the Pennant Terrier of 1636) in a
chapel at Penti-e In " Ti'e'r Bryn " (Thomas's History of the Dioceae).
The situation of this chapel Is very uncertain as no trace of it is left, but
about the year 1849 the stocks or roots of two exceedingly large yews were f
rubbed up in a field on the Tynewydd farm (Mr Wm. ones), and later, when
draining through a slightly elevated tract of ground in the same vicinity,
the soil ' had the appearance of having been disturbed before. The spot is
not far from the site of what is l)elieved to have been the principal house
in the township, now called Hen Fryn (see under Bryn). On another fann, 'sic
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OF
LLANVBLODWEL. now in the occupation of Mr. Richard Watkin, at the east end of
the township, there is also what appears to have been the site of such a
structure. The trunk of a large and old yew was removed from there some years
ago, and in the adjoining field, below the surface and parallel with the
fence pointing in the direction of where the yew stood, is the bed of a road;
so a little excavation may decide the question of its situation.' The belfry,
previous to 1855-6, was a small one with slated roof At this time an
octagonal spire of great height was designed by and {with the exception ot the
haulage, which was done by the fai'mers of the parish) erected at the sole
cost of the Vicar, the llev. John Parker, and it was his intention to have it
fitted up with three bells and a clock. Mi. Parker has left in a MS. at
Sweeney this account of it^ Tlie general outline of the spire is that of the
German Fribourg and the doinioal curvature, though of dilHcult and rare form,
is geometrically stronger than that of the straight- sided spire ...... In
the alternate arrangement of the windows the example of Sedgeberrow, a
Gloucestershire chui"ch, has been copied. The sairie distribution of
wmdows occurs in the Keep-tower of the Early English castle of Stokesay, Mr.
John Davies, who worked upon its erection, states that the free stone used
was brought from Sweeney and Shelvock. and afterwaids dressed bj' some Scotch
masons, under the superintendence of John Vaughan, and the woodwork and
scaffolding were under the direction of Thomas Jones, " carver," a
skilful mechanic, who had laljoured tor yeai-s at the Vicarage and upon the
[)ews and chancel of the church. A large and deep chamber was dug for the
foundation, 1 A MS. note by John Evans, dated ^fnrcli 30th, 1844, states that
" The Bryti Chapel stood in a field near to where the road from Mr.
Edward Jones of Bryn to Mr, Kilnei-'a crosses the lane. There is n yew tree
in the field and grave Htoiies have been dug up in drainiug the field. The
above luciitioiied field is the property of D. Hamer, Kw]."- Kti.
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LLANYBLOmVEL. 67 and about twenty feet above .it was built a strong platfonn
whereon the cement and rubble were mixed and cast below with great force,
each layer being left to harden before another was added, and after the whole
had become Hke a solid rock, commenced the building operations. The perilous
work of fixing the scaffolding and blocks throughout was done by George
Edwards, Cefn, who, before the completion, " struck " for higher
wages, and no steeplejack being within reach, his demand had to be granted.
The patterns for the stones in the peculiar bulge that exists from midway of
the structure were made by Thomas Jones, and wonderful to relate, not one of
the many workmen was injured during its erection. It contains but one bell,
which not only calls people to service, but here it is customary for it to be
rung after the service on Sunday morning. This, in some of the parishes in
Wales, is called " Y Gloeh Botes " or Broth Bell, and it is stated
its pui])ase was to let those who remained at home get the dinner ready, of
wliich the first course was poteN or a piggin of porridge. Accoi-ding to
Ehglmh Folk-Lt>re, "it is sometimes called the Pudding Bell, and is
rung in order to warn the cook that dinner time is near at hand." The
ringing is now done by the sexton, but formerly it was, no doubt, (mrt of the
clerk's duty, for which he received, the customary bell sheaf or ysguh y
gloch, and mention of tliis jiarticular dote is made in the Bryn Terrier. The
ai-chv.'ay, built of stone and biick, connecting the spire with west end of
the church bears the in- scription — -"From Lightning and Tempest, from
Earth- <piake.s and Fire, Good Lord deliver us." In addition to the
erection of tlie sjiire, Mr. Parker also -designed and Iwre the cost of the
chancel roof, porches, south windows and many other improvements, having, it
is believed, spent upwardsof £10,000 during his incumbency (1844— GO), and so
pohte was he that a poor man once said, " When I take my bill to Mr. fi8
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HISTORY OF THE PAHISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. Parker, he bows to me, and payS without a word, and in 80
courteous a manner as if / paid him a large account." The churchyard was
remarkable for some fine yew trees, but becoming dangerous from decay they
had to be cut down some forty years ago, except one standing near the eastern
entrance gate, which was lopped only. The residence of the Vicar stands on
the banks of the Tatiat, a short distance west of the church, and in a Return
made by the Rev. Randolph Parry, Vicar, in 1749, was described thus :— One
small house of brick and stone, coDttiiniug only two rooms on a floor, one a
kitchen filled with stones, about 16 feet in length, and ten in breadth, with
a room over it of the same dimensions, the other a parlour, about fifteen
feet sciunre, well boarded, plaistored and ceiled, with a room over it of
e([ual dimensions, two small Garrets, one small passjij][e and stair case,
with a passage answerable to it above stairs, and a small closet, one narrow
Isle or shoring on ye south side of ye house which is ii'zed for brewing and
baking; there is another Isle at the east end built by Mr. Worthington, late
Vicar, which is divided into two parts, one serves for a pantry, ye other for
a cellar. This new Isle is built with stone and well covered with slates, the
whole house besides is built with bricks and covered with slates. Also one
small bam and stable under ye same roof about fifteen yards in length and
five in breadth, built chiefly with timber, excepting the stable, which is
partly walled with stone, the whole is covered with straw. On ye south side
of the bam is a pitiful old .ihoring to put in three or four beasts, which
seems at first to have been built with old deojtyed timber, and the spars
which are only .smill oaler poles are now quite rotten. A new lesidence was
built In 1833, and suhsequently much improved, principally by the Rev, John
Parker. The premises, with the yards, gardens, pleasure grounds and drive,
cover an area of 4a. 2r. 9p. Lift f.f Vicars rvith Dates of Aiypointment.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 69 Vicars. Curates. 1562. John ab leuan. 1575. Thomas Vaughan.
1579. Peter Brereton, M,A. ; son of Thomai) Brereton, Rector of Llandrinio,
1557—1560; Vicar of Llandrillo in Edeimion, 1598—1604. 1629. Edward Tanat,
MA. Gwallter Meehain, in his Hiniory of LlanHilin, states that Ed- ward Tanat
wa.s ejected by the Parliament from this Vicar^e of St. Michael in Blodwel,
and collated to Llansilin by Bishop Griffith in 1661. 1662. David Kyffin,
U.A. 1668. Robert Niehtinyale, MA.; Vicar of Llan sun tff raid, 1672; Rector
of Llaiierfvl, 1675. 1072. Iiewis Lloyd; Vicar of Llan- santffraid, 1675.
1675. Evan Humphreys, M.A. ;"| Rector of Llanymvnech, . .i ti .
168G-17I3. Monument (*'"'"' ''"'''"°- there. J (Evan
Evans. 1713. William Powell. M.A.; Dean|john Jones. of St. Asaph, 1731. ]
Richard Lloyd. [Edward Vaughan. 1729. WiHiam Worthington, M.A. ; Vicar of
Ll&nrhaitidr, 1 745. A very learned and eminent theologian. 1747.
Randolph Parry, B.A.; VicarJ' Lewis Tnrner. of Gnilslield, 1755—69.
\l>.iniel Owen. 1753. David Lloyd, LL.B.; Canon] of St. Asaph, 1748.
Buried ' John Jones. at LI an sail iff raid, 25 March, (John Whitfield. 1761.
} 1761. John Williams, LL.B. 1790. DavidEvans. BuriedSOApriM 1798. He was of
Esgair-VOwen Williams. gcilio^, Mont. J
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HISTORY OF THE I'ARtSH
OF LLAXYBLODWEL. Vicars, Curatea, I" Wm. Wynn Owea. 1798. James Donne,
D.D. ; Master 1°^'^ "^fSf ' , of Oswestry bchool, 1796- - j^ j^^^^
^^'^•^- 1 John C. Phillips. i David Davies. /Thoraas Hughes. 1844. John
Parker.M.A., of Sweeney Lj' i 11 11 A .L c m . K- Jones. Hall. Author or The ■,-, xi . ,, ,„„, James Hughes. Pa«,n.jer,. 18,M. \^^^^^ ,^^^
I'^Richard Jones. Hugh Jones {now Hullaiid lioward). low. inomas jirown
rouiKos, w.a.: John Price. W. Watkins. Thomjia Jones (Tudno). l_John Allen
Jones. 1892. Elias Owen, M.A., F.S.A. ; Diocesan Inspector of Sehools.l 876—
1893; author of Old Stojif. CroKKpa of ihe V,det,fClu^!j<l WfhkFulk- Lore,
Ac. 1899. John Allen Jones, B.A. ; P.O. Llwvdiarth, 1802— 1899. Of Dr. Doime,
who was Vicar from 1798 to 1844, Mv. John Davies, who was a member of the
church choir, but now lives at Jackson, Minnesota, writes :— Tlie only time I
ever saw Dr. Donne must have been iu the early forties. A venerable looking
old patriarch, rather below nicuium size, to whom women courtesicd and men
dotted their hats, as they met him with his cane, and what surprised mo was
his rich vesture, which, with the exception of his white cravat and the largo
silver buckles of his snoes, was entirely black, even his knee brcedies, and
his hat was of tlio same shape as those worn by the Pilgrim Fathers of New
England. The Rev. John >*arker, who was uncle to the late Mr. Stanley Lelghton,
member of Parliament for the Western Division of the County, was the second
son of Rev. ELIAS OWEN, Vic
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HISTORY OF THE PAftrsH
OF LLASYBLODWEL. 71 Thomas Netherton Parker of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry (who
came of an old Worcestershire family), and was l)orn at Hattoii Grange, in
this county, in 1798. He took the degree of B.A. at (Jriel College, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1822, and became Curate of Morton, and in the following
year was admitted to Priest's Orders. From 1827 to his appointment to this
parish he held the living of Llanmerewig. He was a devoted a^lmirer of Gothic
architecture, which is testified by the work carried out hy him here, in the
tower and the interior of the chui-ch, in the ectiool and the teachers house,
and in the Vicarage house. " Si monuraentum quseris, circumspice."
LIST OF REGISTKRS AND DOCUMF.NTS IN TFIE CHAKOE OF THE VICAR. RegUtcrs. —
Vol. I., 1695—1756, Pai-chment, Bap- tisms, Marriages and Burials; contains
also Briefsaiid Churchyard Memoranda. Vol. H., 175G— 1808, Parchment, Bap-
tisms and Burials, with a List of Vicars from 1597—18(10. Vol. in., 1755 —
181!^, Paper, man-iages. Vol. IV., 1809—1812, Parchment, Bap- tisms and
Burials. Vol. v., 1813—1842, Baptisms. Vol. VI., 1813—1837, Marriages. Vol.
VII., 1813—1867, Buriars. Vol. VIII., 1843, Baptisms,] Vol. IX., 1837,
Marriages, [in use, Vol X., 1867, Burials, J Teii-ier-s (1734 in Vestry Book)
: — 1749, Parchment, and 1793, Parchment. Vesfry and Cfmrchicardcus Books. —
1709 — 1762; 1712—1776; 1762—1785; 1776—1791; 1794-1833; 1814—1823;
1827—1895; 1860— . . .? 1894—1898. lAsU of Ifpf/ister-s, — P/'ite and Fitpem
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HISTORV OP THE PARlSfl
OF LLAMYBLODWEL. Tithe Rent-Charge Awards : — Abertanat, 1838, 1843. Bryn and
Blodwell, 1839. Blodwell altered, 1859 and 1869. Llynclys, 1846. Exchange
between Lord Bradford and Vicar, 1850. Rectorial Tithe Apportionment. 2 Maps.
— Parish with Townships coloured. Blodwell Township, 3 (one coloured).
Cefnymaes, 2. 3. Plan of Llynclys Farm and Erw Bant. Vicarage.. — 4
Groundplans of House, Grounds, Stable, Land, 1815, 1848. Lease of 3a. Or.
31p. by Earl of Bradford, to Vicar Donne, 1843. Deed of Gift of Blodwel
Cottage by Vicar Parker, 1858. Compensation of ,£52 Is. Od. by Shrews- bury
and N. W. Railway. Gazettes. — 1861, re Morton Parish. 1871, re T. R. C
Exchange. 1904, Augmentation by Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Scko'ils- —
^Llanyblodwel, 1753, Aug. 24, in Vestry Room. Llanyblodwel, 185G, conveyance
of site of new school. Endowment by Miss Bridge- man, jjcjies Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. Porthywaen, 1838, lease of site for 99 years by Viscount
Clive, at 2/6 per annum. Plan of Old School. Charity— 1G57, copy of Will of
Ed ap Thomas of Sough ton . Letters and Papers in Bundles (unimportant).
Insurance Policies. — Church, in Alliance Office for .£3,500; Vicarage
Hou.se, Yorkshire Office for ,£900 ; Buildings, Yorkshire Office for .£100.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANTBLODWEL. 73 CHURCH WARDENS. 1690—1. David Redrop, John Lloyd. 1691 — 2.
Roger Skollorn. Blodwel ; Rob' Evana, Abertanat. 1692—3. John Jones, Kdward
Meredith. 1693—4. Edw-i Eager. Blodwel; W* Pierce Gen',Tu-yn-y-coed. 1694—5.
Rich" Davies, Edward ab Rondle. 1695 — 6. I )avid Jonos, Blodwel ; Evan
ab Andrew, Abertanat. 1696—7. Griffith Owen, Humphrey Joiie-s. 1697—8. Riehard
Hughes. John Rondle. 1698—9. -lohn Llovd, Saniuet Morris. 1699—1700.
Rich''" Storer, Abertanat; EdW ab Richard, Cefnymac9. 1700 — 1. Qabrial
Lloyd, Bryn ; John Jones. Llynelys. 1701—2. Edv^ ab Robert, Cefnyraaes;
Humphrey Bumell, Abertanat. 1702 — 3. John Hanmer, Bryn ; EdW pavies,
Llynelys. 1703—1. Edw^Skellom, Blodwel; John Williams, Abertanat. 1704 — 5.
Robert Ekiwards, David Jonea. 1705—6. Edw Davies, Blodwel; John Foulkes,
Abertanat. 1706 — 7. Arthur Bowen, Llynelys ; Rich'' Burrows, Bryn. 1707—8.
David Oliver, Blodwel ; Rob' Owen. Abertanat. 1708 — 9. Andrew Morris, Brvn ;
Tho' Price, Llynelys. 1709—1710. EdW Edwards, Blodwel; Lewis Parry,
Abertanat. 1710 — 1. David Pierce, Brvn ; The* Jenninjjs, Llynelys. 1711—2.
John Hayward, filodwel; Tho' Tannat, Abertanat. 1712^ — 3. Rob' Bowen,
Llynelys; Edw Daviea, Bryn. 1713—4. Rich"' Storer, Abertanat; Tho'
Hughes, Blodwel. 1714 — 5. Edw James, Bryn ; -loseph Harris, Llynelys. 1715 —
6. John .Morgan, Blodwel ; Peter -lones, Abertanat. 1716 — 7. Rob* Michael,
Llynelys ; John Burrows, Bryn. 1717 — 8. Humphrey Burnett, Blodwel; Rich.
Howeli, Abertanat. 1718 — 9. Daniel ab Edward, Llynelys ; The' Evans, Bryn.
1719— 1720— Tho* Smith, Aberttinat; Owen Owen, Blodwel. 1720—1. Henry Lloyd,
Bryn ; Tho' Daniel. Llynelys. 1721 — 2. Tho' Rogers, Abertanat ; John Lewis,
Bryn. 1722 — 3. David Davies. Bryn; Rich. Bowen, Llynclya. 1723 — 4. Rob'
Parry, Abertanat; Matthew Hughes, Llanddu. 1724 — 5. John Owens, Llynelys ;
Edw'* Saunders, Penybont. 1725 — 6. David Thomas Saltman. Blodwel ; John
Rogers, Garthisa. 1726 — 7. Rich. Davies, Bryn; Hugh Davies, Llynelys. 1727 —
8. Edw. Dagger, Blodwel; Rob' Jones Abertanat. 1728 — 9. Arthur Oliver,
Llynelys ; David Evans, Bryn. S. . ' n,s,t,.,.dDi. 74 |
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OP
LLANYBLODWEL. 1730. Tbo* Cadwaladr, Blodwel ; Tho" Cwnn. AbertenaL I,
Humphrey Thomas, Bryn ; Ed. Daniel, Llynclj'a. '2. Josepn Harris, Blodwel ;
Georpe t.'aink, AbertaiiaL S John 'ones, Bryn ; JcfFery Williams, Llynclys.
Meredith Morris, Abertanat ; Edw. Watkiu. Blodwel. Tho* Vdughan, Bryn; John
Prj'ce, Llynclys, Tho' Dodd, Abertanat ; Rich. Howell, Blodwel. .John Jones,
Bryn ; Geo. Maddox, Llynclys. John Jones. Blodwel ; Evan Richards, Abertanat
1738—9. Henry Lloyd. Bryn ; Joseph Harris Llynclys. 1739—1740. Rich--
Skellom, Blodwel; Tho" Edwards, Abertanat. The* Evans, Brvn; Edw.
Michael, Llynclys. John Hughes, ^Iddwel ; Evan Thomas, Abertanut. .'ohn
Morris. Bryn ; Rich' Jennings, Llynclys. John Oliver, BltKlwell ; Ed. Morris,
Abertanat. Tho* Evans, Brvn : Tho' Harris, Llynclys. Tho* Evans RoV Pi.rry,
Abertanat. Ellis Jones, Llynclys ; Rich** Owen. Bryn. Rob' Evans, Abertanat ;
Rich'' Kdwards, Blodwel. John Lloyd, Llynclvs ; Benjamin Vaughan, Bryn.
172!l- 1730—1. 1731— -^ 173-2 3. 1733—4. 1731—5. 1735—6. 1736—7. 1737—8.
1740—!. 1741—2. 1742—3. 1743—4. 1744—5, 1745-6. 1746—7. 1747—8. 1748- 1749 —
1750. John Hay ward, felodwel ; Rob' Jones, Abertanat. ■lohn Edwards, Bryn ; Hy
Humphreys, Llynclys. John Roberts, Blodwel ; Ed. Morris. Abertanat. W™
Richards. Bryn ; Rich" Davies, Llynclys. David Matthews, Blodwel; Edw.
Lewis, Abertanat. Jas. Humphreys, Llynclys ; David Tanat, Bryn. Thomas
Rogers, ThoTnas Morris. Thoina.s Rogers, Bryn ; Ellis Jones, Llynclys, 1757 —
8. Matthew Hughes, John Whitfield, Brynyfedwen. 1758—9. Ed*" Oliver,
Lljnelvs ; Rob' Oliver Bryn. 1759—1760. Tho- Edwards, 'Blodwel Hall ; Tho-
Wilson. 1760 — 1. Hy Humphreys, Llynclys; Ed. Owen, Bryn. 1761—2. Uavid
Jones, Ulodwel ; Robert Beddow. 1762—3. John Jones, Llynclys ; David Calcot.
1763 — 4. Hugh Skellom, Blodwel; Evan Thomas, Abertanat. Rich" Jennings,
Llynclys; Rich* Roberts, Bryn. 1750- 1751—2, 1752—3. 1753—4, 1754—5. 1755-
1756 1764—5. 1765-6- 1766-7 1767-8. 17()8- 'ohn Hughes. Blouwel ; John
Edwards, Abertanat. John Jones, Bryn ; Ellis Jones. Ltymclys. Roger Morris,
Blodwel ; John Prvee, Abertanat. John Jones, Bryn ; John Jones, Llynclys.
1769—1770. Lewis Edwards, Blodwel; Rees Morn.s, Abertanat, 177()_1. Edward
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OP
LLANYBLODWEL 75 1772—3. Husjh Skellorn, John Powell. 1773—4, Rich'' Watkin,
John Thomas. 1774^5. Hob' Edwards, Edw. Oliver. 1775—6. Tho' Phillips, Edw.
Morris, Glyn. 1776—7. Rich'' James, John Payne. 1777—8. W» Watkin, David
Marpole. 1778—9. Ditto The* Edwards. 1779— 1780— Sam' Ward, Hugh Uavies.
1780—1. Ed-" Footman, Lewis Edwards. 1781—2. Ward, Edw. Davies. 1782—3.
Ditto Hugh Davies, Bryn. 1783—4. Tho' Edwards, John Morris. 1784—5. John
Hu^fhes, Tho" Davies. 1785 — 6. Tho' Daviea, James Davies. 1786—7. Evan
Owen, John Evans, 1787—8. John Morris, Tho* Morris. 1788—9. Ward, Tho"
Ed«-ards. 1789—1790. W"' Wfttkin. -John Waril. 1790—1. John Thomas,
David Marpole. 1791—2. Edw. Footman. 1792—3 David Marpole, Tlio' Williams.
1793_4. John Morgan, EUis Jones. 1794 — 5. Ed. Davies, Thomas Morris. 1795—6.
John Evans, Edw. Kobarts. 1796 -7. Hugh Skellorn, John Morris. 1797_S. Rujfh
Davies. John Morrl.s. 1798—9. John Hnghes, Blodwel ; John Skellorn,
Abjrtanat. 1799—1800. David Skellorn. Brvn; Tho' Bottrell, Llymlys. 1800—1.
Rich. Hutches, Blodwef; Peter Morris, Garthuohaf. 1801—2. Ed. Llovd,
Llyntilys ; John Phillips, Bryn. 1802—3. Rich'J fhomas lohn Ward, Blodwel
Hall. 1803—4. Rich'' Watkin, Bryn. Edw' Jones, Llynclys. 1804 — ^5. Hugh
Skellom, Blodwel ; .iohn Mon-is, Abertanat. 1805 — 6. Tho' Jennings Llynclys;
Hugh Daviea, Bryn ; 1806—7. Tho' Morris, Blodwel; Hugh Skellom, Cjfn,
Abertanat. 1807 — 8. David Skellorn, Bryn ; Morris Owen, Blodwel. 1808 — 9.
Tho' Lee, Blodwel ; John Morris, Abertanat. 1809—1810. Edw. Lloyd, Llynclys;
Edw. Roberts. Bryj. 1810—1. Tho' Evans, Abertanat ; John Williams Biodwjl.
1811 — 2. Lawton Parir, Bryn ; Edw' Jones, Llynclys, 1812—3. Sam' Ratcliffo,
Blodwel ; Tho' Hughes. Abertiinit. 1813 — 4. Hugh Davios, Bryn ; Tho*
Jennings, Llynclyi. 1814 — 5. John Davies, Blodwel ; Edw. Morris, Blodwel.
1815 — 6. Tho' Davies, Bryn ; Samson Poulter, Llynclys. 76 |
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 1816 — 7. Ja» Davies, Abertanat : .lohn Jebb, Blodwel. 1817_8.
Rob' Howell, Llyncljs; W" Watkin, Bryn. 1818—9. John Edwards, Abertanat
; Ed. Morris, Tyiaa. 1819—1820. Tho» Evans, Llynclys ; Ed Roberts, Brynf
1820—1. John Jebb, Blodwel ; W"- Pritchard, Abertan-at. 1821 — 2. Ed.
Higginson, Llynelvs ; Hugh Davies, Bryn. 1822—3. Geo. By water, Blodwel; Tho»
EUia, Abertanat 1823—4. The Griffiths, Llynclys ; Edw" Jones, Bryn. 1824
— 5. Rich. Hughes, Blodwel ; Rob' Edwards, Abertanat 1826 — 6. Edw. Lawrence,
Llynclys; Rich" Phillips, Bryn. 1826 — 7. John Bromley, Llynclys ; Hugh
Hughes, Abertanat 1827 — 8. John Jebb, Blodwel ; John Savage, Abertanat.
1828—9. Ed. Morris, Blodwel ; David Hamer, Bryn. 1829—1830. W™ Ward, Blodwel
; John Roberta, Abertanat 1830—1. Ed. Ward, Blodwel ; W"- Watkin, Bryn.
1831 — 2. John Edwards, Abertanat; Ed. Roberta, tfryn. 1832—3. Ditto Ditto
Jas. Davies. Blodwel ; John Jones (Clawddl, Bryn. John Davies, Blodwel ;
Rich*' Kilner, Brvn. 6. Ricb-^ Hughes, Blodwel ; W™ Pritchard, 'Abertanat 7.
David Roberts, Blodwel ; The' Thomaa, AbertanaL 8. David Hamer, Bryn ; Ed.
Lawrence, Llynelvs. 9. Ed. Ward, Blodwel ; Rob' Edwards, Abertanat 1839 —
1840. John Edwards, Abertanat; Rich. Jones, Llynclys. 1840—1. Ditto Edw.
Morris, fyisaf. 1841—2. Ditto Ditto 1842—3 John Hughes, Tynyeoed, Bryn ;
Ditto 1843 — 4. Sam' Davies, Ponybont ; Maurice Ellis, Blodwel. 1844 — 5.
Rich. Kilner, Bryn ; John Jones, Garth. John Davies, Penisarllan ; Johti
Davies, Garthuchaf. Edward Ward John Hamer. William Lyon, Rich'' Edwards.
Kdw. Lawrence, Rob' Edwards. 1849—1850. Tho- Owen, Rich" Richards. 1850
— 1. Evan Thomas, James Davies. Rich. Williams, Rob* Hughes. David Roberts,
Rob' Williams. Tho" Peate, Rich" Morris. Ed. Morris, David Evans,
Tho' Parry, Tho* Morris. Sam' Lawrence, Rob' Roberts. Ed. Ward, W» Pritchard.
Edw^ Jones, John Pritchard. 0. Ditto Robert Edwards. John Davies, Geo. G.
Withy. 1833-4. 1834—5. 1835—6. 1836—7. 1837—8. 1838—9. 1845—6. 1846—7.
1847—8, 1848—9. 2. 1851 1852- 1853—4. 1864—5. 1855—6. 1856—7. 1857—8. 1858—9.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEI,. 77 1861—2. John Davies, Geo. W. Withy. 1862—3. Rich^ Richards.
Ditto 1863-4. Ditto Ditto 1864—6. Ditto Thomas Owen. 1865—6. Ditto Ditt«
1866—7. Richard Watkin, W" WhitSeld. 1867—8. Ditto Ditto 1868—9. Ditto
Ditto 1869—1870. Dilto Ditlo 1870—1. Sam' Lawrence, Ditto 1871—2. Arthur
Qriffiths, John Walter Ward. 1872—3. Ditto Ditto 1873—4. John Uaries, Edward
Williams. 1874—6. Ditto Ditto 1875—6. Ditto Ditto 1876—7. Ditto Ditto 1877—8.
A. Homfray. John Jebb Ellis 1878—9 Ditto Ditto 1879—1880. Ditto Ditto 1880—1.
Ditto Ditto 1881—2. A. Homfrav. John Jebb Ellis. 1882—3. Ditto " Ditto
1883—4. Ditto Richard Watkin. 1884—5. Ditto Ditto 1885—6. .lohn Walter Ward,
Rich'' Thomas. 1886—7. Ditto Ditto 1887—8. Ditto Ditto 1888—9. Ditto Richard
Watkin. 1889-1880. Ditto 1890—1. Ditto 1891—2. Ditto Richard Watkin 1892—3.
Ditto Ditto 1893—4. Ditto Ditto 1894—6. Ditto Ditto 1896—6. E. A. Whitliold,
John Jebb Ellis. 1896—7. Ditto Ditto 1897—8. Edward Morris. jggg 1900
1900_j90i. Ed." Whitfield, John Parry Hamer. XVI. — CBABITY. The only
charity is one of 26/- a year to the use of the poor, charged by the will of
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. of Soughton " {? Sychtyn), on lands, now forming part of
Tynycoed Farm, in the township of Bryn, and belonging to Captain John Parry
Hamer. The following is part' of the Will by which the bequest was made :■ — - In the name of God, Amen, ye thirtieth Day of
Octobere in ye yeare of Our Lord God One thousand six hundred liiftie seaven
I Edward ap Thomas of Soughton in ye P'she of Llansillin and Conntie of Suiop
Yeoman being sicke and weake in body yet of good and perfect memory^ praised
be God, do make and ordame this my lust Will and Testament in manner and form
following, yt is to say, lirst 1 commende my Soule unto ye care of ye
Allmiehtie God my Maker, trusting by the meritts and meuiation oi Jesus
Christ my Saviour and Redeemer to be made partaker of life evorlastinge, and
my bodie to be buried in Christian manner at ye parishe Church of
Llanymblodwel, and to the end y' my said buriall may be decent i do appoint
ye siime of six pounds to be employed on that occasion by my Executor
hereafter named, and further (five devise and bequeath unto ye poore of ye
severall parishes of Llansillin and Llftnymblodwel aforesaid ye sume of two
i)ounds and twelve shiihnga of lawful money of England yearly or ever to be
paide unto yo poore of ye said parishes in manner foUowinj^, and at the times
and dayes hereafter mentioned, that is to say, ye sume of thirteen shillings
to ye Poore cf ye Parishe of Llanymblodwel and ye like sume of thirteen
shillings to ye poore of ye Parishe of^ Llansillin, after my decease yearly
for ever at ye ffeaate of ye Nativitie of Christ, and ye like sume of
thirteen shillings to ye poore of ye Parishe of Llanymblodwel and also ye
like suiae of thirteen shillings more unto ye Poore of ye Parishe of
Llansillin after my decease for ever at ye ffeaste of ye Pentecost, in the
whole six and twenty shillings to ever)' Parishe for ever, the said severall
sumes of money to be payed by my heir WiUiam Roberts his heirs or assigns
yearly for ever at ye times and dayes aforesaid unto ye Slinister and Church
Wardens of ye aaide Parishes for ye time being from ye rents and proffitts
issuing and arisingo out of those severall parcelles of Lands hereafter given
and devised and named tor ye purpose, ye moneys to be distributed and divided
accordinge to ye discretion of ye Minister and Church Wardens aforesaid among
ye poore of ye said parishes from year to year for ever, and for ye true
payment of ye said moneys as aforesaid accordinge to my true meaiung and
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%ISTOWY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANyBIX)DWEL. 79 give and bequeath two parcelles of Lands situate lyinge and
being in Brjn in ye pariahe of LJanymblodwel known by ye names of Tir Koimon
and Tir Hirion in ye Coiintie of Salop to ye said use and purpose ahd ye said
Minister and Church Wardens to raise and receive the rents of ye said
parcelles of Lands for the Poore of ye said Parishes, and in default of .
paynient I do Iiereby (five powere and authorite to ye said Minister and
Church Wardens nf eaeh parishe to distraine upon yo premises and for want of
distress there to be found to enter and distraine until ye monies aforesaid
be fully satisfied and paide accordinpe to ye true meaning hereof, likewise I
do hereby give devise and bequeath all my messuages lands and tenements with
ye appurtenances situate lyinge and being at Bryn aforesaid in ye said
Countie of Salop except hereinbefore granted unto William Roberts of CricKCth
m ye Countie of Salop Husbandman to have and to hold ye said massuages except
nefore granted with all Wrightingas deeds and minutes thereunto belonginge
and apportainagc to ye said Wilham Roberts his heirs and assign for ever. The
distribution takes place yearly on Whit-Monday. Catherine, the daughter of
Thomas Tanat, of Aber- tanat, married a Robert Thomas, of Sychtyn (see uiider
Abertanat), probablv of the same family as the donor of this chaiity. XVII. —
NOTES AND EXTRACTS FROM PARISH BOOKS (By the kind permission of the Vicar),
AND FROM OTHER PAPERS From the Calendar of Proceedings of the Committee for
Compounding, preserved in the State Department of the Public Record Office.
l(i.50, August 22. Claimants on the Estate of Robert Matthews, Biodwall
Vechan, Salop. The Petition (missing) of Thomas Baker of Swiney, Salop, to
compound for an extent on Matthews' Estate, referred to Bi-ercton. l(i/)l,
May '2H. The County Committee report that they have sdized the Estate, the
discharge being- taken off' by the late County Coinniissicncin on an extent
for debt to Thomas Baker. l(i51.>1uno 11, Coinniittec for Compounding, to
the County Conunillco for Salop. Dirctious in cases — You are not allowed aTi
extent by ThfiiiiiLs I'jikcl' on the Kstato of Robert Matthovvs of Biodwall
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LI.ANYBLonWEL. 1651. June 11. Committee for Compounding forbid the allowing
of any extent without order from theniselves. 1652, May 2li. Thouias Baker
petitions that his late father, before the wars, lent money to Robert
Matthews, Blodwall, on a Bond of £KOO,on which petitioner. as Executor.got
Matthews' land extended by the then Sheriff' till the debt was paid, he wa«
interrupted bv the late County Committee, the premises being seizetl for
Matthews' delinquency, but pro^Hng his claim it was allowed by the kte County
Committee, yet the present County Committee have again disturbed him, begs
allowance of the extent, and a stay to the disturbance. 1652, May 2(i. County
Committee to certify and Brcreton to report. 1652, Dec. 14. Ursula, widow of
Rol>crt Matthews, and Robert his son and heir, a£ed ten, begs discharge of
Lands in Blodwall Vechan Ac, hold by her husband for hfe, with re- maiifder
to her for life, and their children, as settled upon her marriage in ]634,in
consideration of her jointure, also oi lands in Llantidinan, Blodwall &c.
settled on her husband with remainder to their eldest son. 1652, Dec. 14.
Referred to County Commissioners and Brereton. 1653, Jan. 19. She and her
children beg a speedy hearing of the report. She has nine small children and
her husband died much in debt. 1653, Jan. 19. To be heard in a fortnight; on
further report to be heard in a. week. 1653, March 26. Claim allowed unless
the County Commis- .sioncrs shew cause to the contrary. Ursula in the
meantime to prove that she has not released her interest in the Est^ite.
1653, Juno 21. Morris Matthew.^ (minister of Erbistock, County of Denbigh) begs
discharge of Blodwall Tithes, Salop, leased October, 1641, on his behalf by
the Bishop of St. Asapn for 21 yeiirs to Robert Matthew;-, deceased, his
brother, and now scquestored for his said brother's delinquency. 16.53, Juno
21. Referred to the Committee of Co. Sidop. 1653, August 4. I'etition that
lie cotdd not have any witnesses examined by the County Committee of Salop
because they ai-e in London. The protite of the Tithas for this year being in
dtinger, begs to be admitted tenant for the year, as there is no other person
who claims an interest therein. 1653, August 4. Allowed the Tithes for one
year. 16.54, Feb. 15. He complains that Griffith ah Thomas has disturbed
their order, and carried away the Tithe. 1654, Feb. 15. Order that he yield
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. Bi Mb. ISAAC WATKIN. (Continued Jrom page 80.) To the hoii'ble
the Cpm. for compounding— Humble Petic'on of Morris Matthews Mmister of ve
Gospell,— Hiimblv aheweth — Thiit about October 1041 the late B'pp of St.
ARaph demisqcl unto Robert Matthews Esq' yo'r Pet'rs late Brother dec'd, the
tythes of Blodwel in ye County of Salop for ye tearme of 21 veares in trust
neverthelesse for yo'r Pet'r. who had the form'r interest therein.— That of
late the sayd tythes have been seqd as pte of the Estate of the sayd Robert
Matthews. — That forasmuch as yo'r petr. is a person who adheared to ye late
Parleament and was alwaies active against the late Kinge and his party and
able to niako it appeare that the lease was made in trust for yo'r petr. as
aforesaid and yt it is the greatest part of his .suKsistence and livelyhood.—
-His humble suit unto yo'r honrs i.s that yor' hon'rs wUi be pleased either
to take off the sayd seqn. as touching the sayd tythes or el's to refeare the
i-eason coneeming the sa'd trust to yo'r committee of seq'ns, for ye sayd
County of Salop that they male eertifie yo'r hours of the truth thereof thjit
ho yo'r petr may be released accord- ing pivyd to vo'r Petr for a ycaro or
two accordingly. But they liveing tiwr remote from that place yo'r Petrs by
the appointment of ye sa'd sequoHtmtors let ye snuie tythes them- selves
an<l rec^ the rent for the same six or se\en yeares without interrup'eon.
Till about August, last one Maurice Matthews, clerke, brotlier of ye sayd Robert
Matthews (ye sayd Robert being deceased pr'tendmg some tytle to ye sayd
tythes though in truth ho nad none) cleared this tythe before your humble
petr and procured yo'r ord'r to the sub. com. of ye sayd Coimty ivhereby they
were required to set ye sayd tythes to him tor one ycare at ye same rent for
wh they before were sett alleaJlging that there was none could clayme any
tytle thereunto but himsclfe, and und'r cullor thereof had now sett ye same
tythes to ye inhabitants of Blodwell, he giving -some si^ourity to .save them
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LUVSYBLODWEL. likely to loose your augmenta'cons. — May it therefore please
yo'r honors to suspend yo'r former ord'r and to graunt to yo'r petrs such
amends as may make them to receive the sayd tythes or the protitts thereof
and ye arrears thereof due to tnem till ye said Mr. Matthews to Justice.— And
he shall ever pray — (signed) Morris Matthews — ff" June, 1653, Document
explaining what had become o/ the seiptestcred Tithet. Claimants on the
hastate of Robert Mntthew.s, Blodwel Feehan, Salop. To the hoiiblo the
Coniittec for Maiia^in<:; of Kstjit«s and Setiuestrations. — The hiimblo
poticbn of Kowltind N'evelt and Miiii-sterx of ye tJosjiull in the townc of
Oswestry in the t'ountv of Saloji— .show — That about 9 or 10 yearea last
pa.st one Robert Matthews of Blodwel in the sayd Co\inty, Esq" being
adjudi^ a<lelinq'. and his Estate seqd, he having amongst other thmgs a
lea.se of the tythes of Llan y Blodwell and Keven y Maes m ye sayd parish for
divers yeares then to come and yet unexpired, the Com'ittee for plund.ered
ministers by their or'dr bcai-eing date y* 3 of Jiarch 1646, a copy wheiyjof
is hereunto an'xetl, alloweil to yo'r Potr the sayti tythes or ye ycarely
rent of the same being about forty pounds p. anm. for ye increase of y'r
Petr's niauitenance and ye Vicarage of Oswestry aforesaid, being not worth above
30li a ycare wh sume yc sequestrators for ye sayd County eleare his tvtle
before vo'r honors and y'r [jetr. shall ev r prav. (sig^)'Rowlaiid Ne'vett 19
July 1054. 10.54, July 18. Tithes to remain in the Sequestrator's hands till
both parties make out their claims. 1654, Deer. 7. Enquiries to be made
whether monev was paid to the Bishop of St. Asaph for renewing the Leas*.
Matthews meanwhile to enjoy the tithes two months on security. 1655, Feby. 7.
Matthew's claim allowed with arrears from date of his petition. 1655, Feb.
27. Samuel KjTiaston pleads against Matthews, who on false pretence of Tithes
due has destraiiicd petitioner's tenants in Keven-v-maes, Oswestry parish,
and has taken their plough oxen which is contrary to law and foi-ced them to
give a bond of £4 for their release. 1655, May 22. Orders for release of the
bond, and the estate being discharged from sequestration the parties are left
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWBL. 149 ENTEIES OF BRIEFS. [''SoTereifni letters piitent
authorising a. collection lor a charitable purpose."— Hook's Church
Dictionary. Thev were abolished in 1828.] October (i, 1695. ('ollecltid for
>■* Warwick Brief y* sum of one pound and five
shillings. November 20, lt)95. Collccttsl towards v-" repairs of
Tower-Church y* sum of three shillings. Collected in y* parish _Chiir<'h
ot Llanymhlodwel March, 1696, for the use or Edward Davir.s of Maesbrook
(having a loss by tire) the «iim of 11* 6'' farthing. October 1" 1697.
Collected for y* Wolverhampton j* sum of seven shillings. April "2:1,
1699. (-'oUccted towaixis y relief of Distressed Palatines y* sum of three
pounds twelve shilUugs two pence half penny. John Llm.1 Uvardons. Haniticl
Morns \ Collected y' 6'" of May 1705 the sum of four shills. and
sixpence for y* relief of Dorset of Longdon a sufferer by fire A: B: Cur John
Williams i .„ , Fa^ardSkellorn}"'''"'™'^ Collected y* 23 of April
1706 towds j* rebuilding of Iniskilling in Ireland reduced to ashes by fire
and relieving of distressed inhabitants thereof the sum of two pounds five
pence Arthur Badam, Curate Robert Edwanls i ,,, , David Jones ( hardens.
Sept. T* 1707. Collected for y* Spilsby Brief two shills and six pence Arthur
Badam, Curate Arthur Bowen i ^,r , Bictard Burrows l^ardena Collected for y=
Little port in y^ Isle of Elys Brief y* sum of one shilling & sixpence
Collected upon Southams Brief the sum of five shills. in y« year 1707 Arthur
IWlam, Curate Arthur Bowen Richard Burrows Wardens. V, |
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150 H18TOBY OF THE
PARISH OF LLANyBLODWEL. Collected upon \* Brief for v" repairs of
Broslev Church two shilk 1707. " ' . / . Colleuted upon Shire lane Brief
two shill.s & six^-in-v. Collected upou North Marston Brief two shills.
1707. Collected upon Poioston (Pointon) Brief two shills. 1707. tioUeoted
upon Joseph Wakelins Brief one shill. sixpence 1707 Arthur Brntam. Curate
A-Bowen 'WardMi^i Richard Burrows i "'*"'cus. Collected upon
Dursley Church's Brief one shilling and five pence in y* joir 1707
(.'ollected upon y Woodhurst Brief one shilliiif; A three pence. 1707 Collected
niton v* Orford Church's Brief, one shilling & eiphl pence, in j* year
1707 Arthur Badnm, Curate Arthur Bowen i Rich. Burrows ) WardensL Collected
upon Wincanton Brief two shills A a pctinv in y year 1708 Collected upon y*
Brief for Great Yarfnouth one -shilling and nine pence In 1708 A. B., Curate
David OUver ) ,„ , Eobert Owen 1 *"''>■"' Collected upon
y« Brief for y* Straud loss by fire £17880 the sum of two shills & nine
pence in y* year 1708. Arthur Badam, Cu David Oliver i .,r . Robert Owon I
^"'■''™^ Collected upon y*
Brief for y* Coiniori Gate at Edinbuivh in North Britain lo&s by fire
£7962 the sum of two shills : & three pence in y" yew 1708. Ar:
Badam C. David Oliver ) Robt^ Owon f Wardens. Collected upon f Harlow Brief
loss by tire £2035 the sum one ahilling & eight pence in y year 1708 A.
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANTfiLODWEL. 151 Collected upon Holt Mftrchnad Brief lo«s by fire £11258
the sum of two shills : & six pence in y year 1708. A. Badam, Curate
D" Oliver iw„rJens Robt. Owen > hardens. Collected upon Market Kay»on
Brief loss by fire £1128 the Slim of one shilling & four pence in y* year
1708 A : B : Curate D" 0: R: O: ; Wardens. Collected upon y* Brief tor
S' Mary, Redeliffe Church in Bristol, damaged £441 f) the sum of two
shillings & six pence, y* vear 1709 Collected upon S Brief, loss by fire
£2463 the sum of two shills, in y* year 1709. A. Badam, ('urate Andrew Morris
i -.,, , . Thorn.., Price J*""!''" Collected upon y'^ Brief for
v' tlistrcssed Palatines the sum of seventeen shills in j" year 1709
Arthur Badam, Curate Andrew Morris i Thomas Price > Wardens. Collected
upon y" Llantyllin Brief)* sum of nine & twentio shills : & live
pence in y* year 1709 Arthur Ba^lam, Minister Andrew Morris ) ,„ , Thomas
Price ;W»"1"'^ Collected upon Xorth and Durant Brief loss by fire
£1613 one shill; and three pence, June 1710 (Jollccted upon y* Brief for
Ashton-Snpor-Mercey Church Damage £2710 two shillings nine pence. Collected
upon Cholport Bri : for S' Ch : Damf^^e £1521 one shin ; sixpence. Collected
upon Holt Marchnad Brief loss by tire £11258 two shills five pence Collected
upon Stockton Ch : Brief damage £2580 the sum of two shills. Arthur Badam
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HISTORY OF THE PARIBH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. Collected upon EEham Brief in Oxon loss by fire £1474 11"
6^ the sum of one shill : & eightpem-e y* 22'' of Ap. ]711. Collected
upon v* Twj-ford Briefless by fire £12(il & upwards the sum of one shill
; four pence y* 29'" Ap. 1711 Evan Humphreys, Minister Lewis PaiTv \
& ^Wardens. , Edw^ Edwards J Collected upon y* G' Marie's Church in
Colchest<^r demolished by y* late civil war damage fffl SS & upwanls,
three shills & six pence in y' year 1711 by Arthur Badam Curate Thomas
Jenninfjs 1 & > Wardens. David Pierce ) Collected upon y* Pavigham
Brief in Bedfonlshiro loss by fire £700 & upwanls the sum of one shilling
and 3 pence \-*^ 20"'' May 1711. A: Badam Cur ENTRIES TN REGISTERS
[Dating from 1695.] Burial, 1766. Evan Thomas of Abcrtaiiat was Interred July
24 Being an affectionate Husband An indulgent Parent A faithful Friend and a
tender Master. 1775. Elinor Grand-Daughter of Nel-Bwt was l«ip^ July 2 1781.
Mary Evans (alias Pwt) was buried August 25"" 1729. Burial.
Richai-d Canliii of the Parish of Kinnerlev- Yeoman, Feby 9'". (He left
a Guinea to the poor of tfie Parish) 1807. David Morris of the Township of
Blodivel die<l Dec' 28'" and was buried Dec' 30"' i^ed 82. This
man was a foundling, he' was found in a Basket upon Penybont bridge and was
nursed at the expenee of this parish. His parents have never been discovered
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLAXYBLODWEL. 153 1755. Rees Humphreys alias Apollo was buried the 21"
Sept' 1727. Burial. David Shion March y" 5. 1758. Abraham son of Aliee
Simon and Shdn y Merched (the reputed father) was baptized Oct 29 1782.
Matthew and Mark, twin children of Edward Evans of Llyncklys were baptized
August 27 1800. Burial Ann Lewis a poor Widow of Oefn Blodwell i^ed ninety
five, Nov 29 1802 Burial. Mary Powell of Nantmawr in Bryn, Grand- daughter of
Alice Evans (the Queen) age<l 11. May 11. 1801. Baptism. Elizabeth
daughter of Mary Jones Widow of Xant C;o<-h (The Mother is at leajst
fifty) The father is unknown. Mar U, 1802. Burial. Mai^ret wife of John Pryco
Labourer of the Parish of Llansaintnraid. She was relateif to the Maurices of
Lloraii and PenylJont. Agetl 85. Nov 24"*. 1803. BiiriftL Jane Lloyd of
the Township of Llynklys Feby 8"' aged 14. She fell into a limekiln last
July. Ftegular Medical attendance was calle<l in. She was doing well but a
Quaek was sent for, whose violent application stopped the Erogress of her
recovery. She lingered m great pain & at last ecame dropsical. 1804.
Ellis Jones oF the township of Llyncklys farmer and innkeeper at Perth ywaen
died April 14 in consequence of a fiill from his horse between Oswestry and
Porthywaen about one o'clock in the morning, and was burie<l the 17th
April. Aged U, Francis Kinloch Cunliffe, Diwl October 20, 1805. Died at
Oswestry School and interred in the vicar's vaidt. 1808. John Davies, of the
toivnship of Liysclys, mole catcher, died May 17 and was buried do. 2(^'^
aged (J5. He was killed by a fall down a lime rock at Porthywaen, Sl'mm.4ry
of Register. 1768-1777, iBaptized... 113 12P 243 24} inciiiaive I'Buriyd ...
57 78 135 13i 1778-1787 IBaptized . 121 121 242 21; ioclusiTe / Buried ... 64
86 1 50 15 1788-1799, inclusive, ^Baptized... 160 125 27.') ' 27A omitting
1791 j Buried 75 74 " 149 14^ nisiti.cdDy |
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154 HIBTOHY OF THE
PABISH OF LLANYBIJJDWEI^ Records of the CtiuRT of Qi'arter Sessions fob
Shropshire, 1709-1800. Coronei-'^ Inqiiests in th- Par'i>*h of
Ll.inyhhuiufl. 1703. Two men fell down and were brui-sed hy rippk-<
"t hai*\e.st cart, 1777. Man sonicwhivt iiitoxicatod witli liquor,
)>t-ciclfina".l'. tell into Tanat. 1784.. Man fell dowii the rock.
1790. Girl of two, at play on bank of Tanat, fell in, 1791. Girl of twelve,
leading fore horse of father's tean. horse made restive by liies, threw her,
and wheel went ov<-r her. 1793. Man died in a bam, in epileptic tit 1797.
Boy of live, trjing to get into wagon, fell off uii'ii : wheel. 1797. Man
fell over the rocks, ten yards deep. 1799. Man, lunatic, hanged himself.
IHOO. Man, unknown, found drowned in a pool, cause un- known. In the
overseers book for that vcar is an entry — *' Ph'k\ :'..r ale, attending the
corpse at Llynefys pool 1/6," LSTRIE.S IX wardens' AND OVERSEKRs' ACCOfXT
IIUOKS^ 1709. It. P for j= Captain's I/xlgings 00 O* i"' „ It. P^ for
niendnig his shoe.f and repair of Britches 00 Oi I" 1710 It wa.s ordered
at \'= Vestrj- y' none should bp relieved out of y Pari.sh Booke but those y'
wore \* Badges as is re- quired by Act of iWlianieut. „ It. P' for a yard of
reil tlannel to put Budges upm y* I'oor of J* Pari-sh ... 00 itft ]] „
P*" for Foxe HlwI , ... " IM) 02 "" „ „ P'' for
tliiitehing the stwple 00 02 (.«. „ P' lorne workc and for culoring the
Wethar Coek 00 O.") (m niti, fathering Mo.ss for y Churrh 4 n niH. It. ?■" towards Mary Monis the disorderd woman's diet. IH weeks at 1.
G. p.w. IJt i, „ P-" (irifhth Rii'li^ fur his whip-coitl — Discipline to
the alwivc s' M<)rris ... :* i, 1719. Mossing v" t.'hun^h und north
ehancol ... :i :> ,, 172-S. Mending" the Hor.se Block I .[ P^ the
slaters for mossing y* (Jhnrch ... 2 2" 172-1. P^ for three ibxes ... '
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OF
LIJINYBLODWEL. 155 1728. A Pole Cat 10 1 730. Killintr a Wikl eat 10 1732. To
Rob' Lloyd of Llansaintfraid for a wild catt 10 „ For another to John Lloyd 1
1 734. P" for kiUing a she Fox & 2 cubs 4 6 „ For killing two foxes more
5 P^ for kiUing a wild catt 10 1739. Exp. in sending Bosh Tinker on horse
back out of y" Parish 10 1742. P* for killing two old Foxea 5 P^ for
killing six young Foxes ... ... (j 1760. May y* 20. Whereas it was ^reed that
y sum of "flirty pounds one shilling should be assessed throughout y*
whole Parish for y* Relief of y* Poor for y" year 1749. 1752. Drink
allowd at Rich" Howel's Burial ... 16 1754. Fxamination and order to
move John y Merched ... ... ... ... 4 6 1756. Wid. Harris's levy and in her
illness ... 1 4 5 Her Coffin and grave 6 Carring the Bier 10 Shroud for Ditto
3 Drink allow'd at her burial... ... ... 3 1766. P* for Hemp for the benefit
of the Pa.rish lis „ P' for spinning the said Hemp ... ... 2 7 1756. Drink to
bury the stranger 16 1757. Washing, winding and weaving cloth ... 10 7 A
Journey to Llanrhaiadr to sell the cloth 1 Ditto to Oswestrv 1 Rec" for
38i yards of cloth at 7^ 14 6 1758. Agreed that the sum of Fourty one pounds
should be asse.sa'd on the Parish of Llanyblodwell for the Relief of the Poor
of the said Parish for the year 1758. 1758. Buring a child of Eliz"
Littlehalo's (vi^) — A shroud 1 10 Coffin for Ditto 3 Laj-ing the child out
... ... ... 010 Making the shroud 00 6 Minister's and Clark's ffees 3 4 Ale
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL. 1762. Declaration of " settlement :" — Shropshire —
The ExftiniriAtiou of John Jones now residt-iil in the Parish of
Llanyblodwell in the said County touchiii)j the' place of his last lejfal
settlement Who upon his Oath saith that he was bom in the Parish <rf
Abberbuiy in the County of Salop and that between four and five years ago he
was hired as a senant for one year to William Austin, ffai-raer in the
Township of Crigion in the Parish of Ahberbury and served such year
accoroinglv and hath not since served a whole year in any other place
w^Rt,sot"ver and ai the time of such his service with the said William
Austin he was a Batchelor. The mark of Sworn at Oswestry X the 18'" Day
July John Jones 1762 before us John Mytton Wm Roberts. 1763. Ale at Xmas by
Orders 2 1763. Two warrants on John Will' ace' ... ... 2 (' John Williams'
Oath 10 Copy of his Oath ti Order of Removal 4 fi Myself (Overseer) and 2
Horses moving John Williams ... ... ... ... 3 ti 1764. Rich Williams Coffin 3
d Drink at his burial \ \i Carring the Bier ... ... ... ... \\ For his shroud
... ... ... ... 1 li 1 763. Memomndum that it was ordei-ed and apoed this
a"'" day of Jlarch 1763 that the Chiu'ch Wardens and over- seers of
the Poor have power and our consent to appeal at the next Quarter' Sessions
against the onler ol removing Joseph Harris and Familv from the Parish of
Knockin to this Parish of Llanyblodwel. In witness whereof we have set our
hands the day and year above written J. Williams, Vicar David Jones * ,-ii. .
-nr j Thomas D.viea } """reh W«dena John Jones Hugh SkoUora
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HI8T0RT OF THE PARISH OP
LLANYBLODWEI* 157 Lewis Edwards Richard Owen David DavieH Thomas Edwards Hy
Humphreys 1766. Drink for Xmas Carols 5 1768. Drink for Xmas Carrols 5 1768.
P" for killing Widow Catt 10 1770. Treating the Psalm singei-s 5 6 1770.
Vcsti^ meeting 27'" March Agreed that the sum of one lihilling be paid
by the Parish Officers for kUHngayoung fox, ditto tor a he fox, and the sum
of two shillings and six pence for an old she fox. J. Williams, Vicar
HughSkellon . Rogor Morris Lewis Edwards ■John Hughes Benjamin
Vaughan Ri<'hai-d Owens David Davies David Calcot Edward Saunders John
Jones John Davies David Jones 177a Nursing Robin Benwyn's child 2 15 1773.
\cll Bwt to como to ye Dog Keimeland to bo maintained as another pauper 1776.
Rich'' Hoskin in his illness ' " For a Warrant and orders to move him
Three journeys to Oswestry on D" aoct Eipences there with him ... Paid
at Ellis Jones on his acct For 4- horses to move him &c, to Guilstield 8
Two men sending him &c. and expences ... 7 8 Copy of " Oi-der "
above referred to : — Shropukire. — To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Llanyblodwell in the said County and to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the the Poor of the Parish of Guiiafield in
the county of Montgomery and to each wnd every of them. ,,;. 138 |
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HISTORY OF THB PARISH OF
LLANYBLOUWEL. Upon the complniiit of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Llaiijblodwell afore-snid in the said Coimtv of Salop
unto us whose names are heretinto set and seals affixed, being two of his
Majestys Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Salop and one of
us of the Quorum, that Richard Hotchkiss and Man' his wife and their two
Children namely Thomas aged three years and William under one year old, nave
come to inhabit in the said parish of Llanyblotlwell not having gained a
legal settlement there nor produced any certiticate owning them to be settled
elsewhere, and that the said Rirliard Hotclikiss and Mary his wife and their
said two children are befome chargeable to the said parish of Llanyblodwell
We the said Justices upon due proof made thereof as well as upon the
examiniitiou of the sai(l Richard Hotchkiss upon oatD, as otherwise, and
likewise upon due consideration had of the premises, do adjudge the same to
be true, and we do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of them the
said Riohurtl Hotchiss and Mar\- his wife and their said two children is in
the said Parish of (iuilslield. We do therefore require you the said
Churchwardens and Ovei-soers of the Poor of the said Parish of Llanvblodwell
or some or one of vou to convey the said Richard llotchkiss and Mar\- his
wile and their said two children from and out of your said Parish of
Llanyblodwell to the said Parish of (.luilstield and them to deliver to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there or to some or one of them
together with this our Order, or a true Cony thereof And we do also hereby
retjuire vou the said Churrnwardeiis and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of GuilsHeld to receive and provide for them a» Inhabitants of your
pirish. — Given un<tcr our Hands and Seals the Eight day ot June in the
year of our Lord 1776. (Sig^) John Jones (ls) J. O. Venables (l 8) 1777,
Drink allow'd y* Carpenters & Plaisterer . . . 3 6 1777. Thomas Jones 3
Sending him on a Dray to Oswestry ... 2 6 1780. John y* Millar's Wife, shoes
& smock ... 6 2 1781. Forawildcatt ' 1 1782. Paid for y* Dial Post 7 (j
For earrmg two loads of free stones for y* Dial Post 14 6^ For engraving y*
Wardens names on y* ^ Dial Post 5 10 For Sxiug the Dial 4 6 D,g,l,.,.dDy |
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HISTORY OP THE PARISH OF
LLANVBLODWEL. 159 Inscription bs in 1900 r — " John Havwanl ( ..t j
Thomas i'flnattf^*"'^"^' MDCCXII. Soli Deo Gloria." 1784.
F" Mr Lloyd for an order to remove Bet Cheshire 4 6 1784. P for Wool for
Mary Howell to spin for the use of y* Poor. 3 pounds ... 8 3 Hemp ;) ponnds
... ... ... ., 6 P'' for spinning ... ... ... ... 3 6 1785. A Warrant—
ShropHkife. — To the Constable of Llynckli's and all other Constables within
the said f'ounty. Forasmuch as complaint hath been made before me Joseph
Venables, Clerk, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace m and for the
said County by the churehwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of
Llanvblodwell in the County afore- said, that Catherine Hujfhes hatli come to
inhabit in the said parish not having gained any local settlement therein nor
produced any certificate owning ner to l)e settled elsewhere and that the
said Catherine Hughes is likely to become chargeable to the said parish of
Llanvblodwell, these are therefore to reijuire you to bring the said
Catherine Hughes before me or some other of his Majesty's Justii^s of the
Peace for the said County to be examined concerning the place of her last
legal settlement, and to bo further dealt with according to law. Given under
my hand and seal the 4"' day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and 85. (Sigd.) J. D. Venables. (l .s) Examination of
and order for the removal of Catherine Hughes L — Shropshire (to wit). — The
Kxamiiiation of Catherine Hughe-i a vagabond taken on oath before mc one of
his Maje-sty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, the niuth
day of June in the year 1785, Who saith that she is the wife of Rc^er Hughes,
who in- formed her this Examinant that he had gained a settlement by service
in the Parish of Llansaintffraid in the County of Mont- gomery and to which
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANVBJXIDWEL. the year 1781 removed by nii order of two Justices as she
believes. The mark of X Catherine Uuqhes Taken at Oswestiy the day and vcar
above mentioned (Sig*) Roa Lloyd Shro/^sliirf (to wit).— To the Constable of
Llvnckli's in tht said County and to all other Constables whom it may conrem
to reeeive and convev, and to the churchwardens and overs^t-r' of the poor of
the farish of Llansaintfllraid in the Cownty "f Montgomer>- to
ref-eive and obey. Whereas the above named Catherine Hughes was this da>
apprehended in the Township aforesaid as a Vagabond, viz. wandering and
t)egging and upon the Examination of the s;iii person (whieh Examination is
hereunto prelixed) it appears that her legal settlement is in the Parish of
Llansaititflraid ir. the said County of Montgomery. The.se are thoi-efore to
require you the said Constable t'l convey the said Vi^frant to the Township
of Blodwell in thi- County of Salop thai being the first Township through
whi-li she ought to pa.ss in the direct wav to her said settlement aii-i to
deliver her to the Constable ol" the said Township, takiti|: his
Receipt. And the said Vagrant is to be ronveyed on in like manner to the
plaee of the legal settlement aforesaid there to bo delivered to some of the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor and to be by them provided for
according to Laf. And you the Churchwanlens and Overseers are retpared
t" receive the said Vagrant and to provide for her aforesaid. Given
inider my hand and Seal the day and year above written, (Sig^) Rob. Lloyp. (l
s> 1789. P for a Dog Whip 5 ?' for Ale at Ellis Jones ... . 2 »>
179(>. Xmas Carols 5 P" when the (.'hur<;h Box was broake ± (i
1792. P^ at y^ Rod Lion with the Parishioners ... 2 " 1794. P* for a Man
to his JIajestvs Navv cx- pen.ses&(-. to have uiroll'd ... " ... 31
10 (' 1795. Ale for the strange singers .5 1795. P* for the carriage of a Ham
of Bacon to London as a Present for Doctor Jones 6 1 1797. PJ for the
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HISTORY OF TBE PARISH OF
LLANVBLOUWEL. 161 1797. P" for the Bossooii— Subscriptions 2 14 6 Parish
funds 2 18 7— 5 13 1 1797. F" towards the Man for the Navy 16 3 A
journey to Shrewsbury to pay the money for the Navy & Expenses 12 6 1797.
The Church Lewn was assess'd then at 2^ per pound. 1798. The Churcn Lewn was
assess'd then at S** per pound. 1797. A journey to Oswestry with Ann Jenkins
causing her to sware hev settlement 1 6 Removing her to Llandrinio 2 C 1798.
Jouniov to Oswestry on ace' of Eliz"" Cheshire 2 To Oswestry for a
Warrant 2 Taking Elizabeth Cheshire to swear her settlement ... ... ... ... 2
Removing Do to her Parish ... ... 2 6 1800. At a meeting holden in the Parish
Church of Llanyblodwell on Easter Monday the 14 of April 1800 it was
iinanimunsly agreed bv the Parishioners then present that no Church Warden
should henceforth make any (;harge to the Parish for expenses incurred at any
Public House by hini. 1802. Journey to Osivest^' for two Sumnionstw to take
Jabez Lewis and AnnChcshire for refusing to pay the Poor Rates... 3 1806.
Candles for the Plygcn 6 « PJ for Reeds for r Bassoon 2 1809, Paid for
killing a" Fox 2 li 1811. F^ for a new Umbrella 10 6 1811. Sept 15. At a
Vestry held this day in the. Parish Church of Llanyblodwel of wThichdue
notice was given it was agreed that Pulpit, Desk and Clark's Seat shall be
reniov'd from their pre.^ient situation and placed in the Pa&sage fioni the
South East door. James Donne, Minister Lawton Parry i Church Tho* Evans Edw*
Jones i Wardena Rich" Thomas Thorn a.s Morris Tho' Hughes. ,,;. 162 |
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OP
LLANYBLODWEL. 1812. P'' for a letter from St Asaph 9 1813. Paid Mr Lacon for
Iron Chest 8 10 O Carriage of the Iron Chest 5 Ale for iintoading ditto ...
... ... 2 H „ Reeds for the Psalm singers (i O Journey with EHz'"
Grannen to Oswestr}- to swear her settlement ... ... 2 6 Two Journeys to
Oswastry for her order of Removal 5 Journey and expenses in removing
Eliz"' Granncr to Little Ness ... ... 7 6 1815. Paid for singing a
Christmas Carol ... 10 1816. Paid for repairing an umbrella 2 Paid for
killing a fox ... ... ... 5 1818. Mr Davies for teaching the Psalm singers
110 Psalm Singers Salary 33 1820. Roliev'd 2 Sailors by a regular Pjiss ... 2
1821. Reliov'd 8 sailors by a regular pass ... 8 1822. Psalm Singers Supper 3
3 1825. P^ for kilhng a fox 2 6 CHURCH YARD WALLS. 1716. Memorandum That upon
y 21" day of June 171G Llanybloclwel Churchyard's circiimferenee was
mea.sured by Mrs Marg' Godolphin and her steward Mr Edward Maurice, anil it
then appeared by the assistance of an old register Book w'herein there is a
certain number of yards a.ssigned every Towimhip to Repair, that Abertjvimat
Township beginning at East Gate Southward hath sixty one vanis, BrvTi Eighty
seven yanls, Blodwel ^ortv eight yards, Llyni.'kfys end* at the nortt side of
the above mention'd Gate sixty eight It is alledg'd tbot the Vicar must make
and repair y= (rate En'' EvAXs, Cur. Cum. multia alijs 1811. March 30. At a
Vestry held this day in the Parish Church of Llanyblodwel it was unanimously
agreed by us who have subscribed our names that the fences surrounding the
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OP
LLANTBLODWEL. 163 expence attending the repairs of the »ame shall be paid by
the respective Townships in any way the Inhabitants shall think proper among
themselves, according to the admeasurement which is containetl below and
which is copied from an old Register dated June 21" 1716 viz Aber-
tanant Township hath 61 yards to repair, Bryn Township hath 87 yards,
Llyncfclys 68 yards Blodwel 48, and that the Vicar of the said parish shall
make and repair the gate of the said Church yard. Sam' Steele Lawton Parry
Thomas Jenninga Edward Jones John Ward Thomas Moms Hugh Davies Sam' Ratclifi
Embedded in the south wall is a stone slab bearing the following inscription
:— The Gates and the Walls were erected in the year 1831, Reverend James
Donke, D-D., Vicar, John Edwards, Abertanat Hall, \rn. u j Edward Roberts.
Bryn. |Churchwarden9. Further Notes on Some of the Vicabs. [From Foster's
Alumni Oxonienses, Golud yr Oes, Eminent Wehhmen. History of the Diocese,
&:c.] peter beereton, m.a., Was the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas
Brereton, B.A., Rector of Llandrinio, a descendant of Brereton of Borasham,
in the Manor of Is-y-coed, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Ithel ap
Gruifydd ap Pelyn of Nerquis. Appointed Vicar of this parish in 1579 and
preferred Rector of Llandrillo 1 594. He mari-ied Jane, daughter of Owen ap
John ap Howel Vychan of Llwydla^-th. One of this name was Vicar of Oswestry
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLArNYBLGDWEL. EDWARD TANAT M.A., Was the son of the Rev. GriflSth Tanat,
M.A. {Jesus College, Oxon., 1st July, 1581), of Glantanat, Vicar of
Llansantifraid in 1579. Matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, 16th April,
1628. Appointed Vicar of this parish in 1623 ard of Llansilin 1661, where he
died and was buried in 1667. DAVID KYFFIN, M.A., Was educated at Balliol
College, Oxfoid, where he took his degree of B.A. on 21st Octolier, 1624, and
M.A. 26th Jan, 162i»-30. Became Vicar of this parish in 1662. KOBERT
NIGHTINGALE, M.A. Matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, 22nd July, 1658,
took his degree of B.A. in 1661 and MA. at Cambridge in 1665. Appointed Vicar
of Pennant 1665, Vicar of this parish 1668, Vicar of Llansantffraid 1672 and
Rector of Llanerfyl in 1674. He was of Carreghofa. EVAN HUMPHREYS, M.A-,
(descended from Edwin of Tegeingl, Baron of Englefield, head of one of the
fifteen Tribes of North Wales! was the son of Humphrey Davies, of
Llanfihangel, Mont, by his wife Ann, daughter of Evan Moms ap Humphrey ap
Owen Fyclian of Llwydiarth. Matriculated at Balliol College, Oxfoi-d. 2;th
May, 1669. age c. 18; made B.A. in Marcl., 1672 ; incorjwrated at Cambridge,
168 1 ; M.A. from St. John's College, 1681, and re-incorporate<l at Oxford
the same year. Married — ■-■ daughter of John
Edwards, Doctor of Civil I^aw, son of William Edward, son of Edward ap Tudyr
of Penylan. Gwyddelwern. Appointed Vicar of this parish in 1675, and Hector
of Llanymynech 1686, at which place he died- On the north wall in the parish
church there is a brass plate bearing the following inscription :— M. + S.
Evftui Humplirevs A.M. Clorw'i. hiyiis erclesisv iiuuer Re(.'toris. Xcc non
adjucfutis ecclesia) <le Llanymblod- weU vicarii qvi diem clausit extremum
none die Deeembris .lEtatis sure LXIV, Annoqe domini MDCCXIII. WILLIAM WORTHINGTON. D.D. |
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LLA.NYBLODWEL. 165 WILLIAM POWELL, M.A., Was the son of John Powell of
Wrexham, and nephew of Bishop Fleetwood. He was educated at Eton and Jesus
College, Oxford, where he matriculated IGth March, 1684, aged 18 ; was Vicar
of this parish and Rector of Llanymynech 1713, and appointed Dean oi St.
Asaph and sinecure Rector of Hope in 1731. WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, D.D., Was the
son of Thomas Worthington, of Llanwnog, in the County of Montgomery. Educated
at the Oswestry Grammar School ; matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, 9th
May, 1722, aged 18 ; took his degree of B.A. 22iid February, 1725-6 ; M.A.
from St. John's College, Cambridge, Incorporated 14th July, 1730;
re-incorporated at Jesus College, Oxford,3rd July, 1 758, -and proceeded B.D.
and D.D. lOth July that year; was appointed by Bishop Hare to this parish in
1729. He subsequently held several important livings, including that of
Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant, where lie resided about 33 years. He was Prebendary
of Meifod in St. Asaph Cathedral and Chaplain to Bishop Drum- mond, on whose
translation to the see of York, Dr. Worthington was given a prebendal stall
in that Cathedral. He died, aged 74, unmarried, at Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant m
October 1778, and was buried tbei-e. He was exceedingly charitable and
benevolent, and wrote numerous books on theological subjects. RANDOLPH PARRY,
M.A., Was born at Osbaston, Kinnerley. Matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford,
17th March, 1725-fi, age 17, where he took his B.A. in 1729 and M.A. in 1751
; was Vicar of St. Martin's in 1745; Canon of St. Asaph 1746 ; Vicar of
Corwen 1747 ; but in the same year exchanged that appointment for
Llanyblodwel ; per- petual Curate of Morton 1753, and Vicar of GuilsHeld
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HISTORY OP THE PAK18H OF
LLAHTBLODWEL. Llanymynech, and was buried in the Parish Church there, where
there is a monument bearing this inscription : — Sacred to the memory of
Randolph Parry of Osbaston in the County of Salop A.M. Vicar of Giiilsfiefd
and one of tho Canons of St. Asaph. He died 21st March, 1769 aged GO. DAVID
EVANS (of Elegaergeiliog, Mont). On the floor of the chancel of Llanyblodwel
Church is a stone inscribed :— In Memory of the late Rev. David Evans, Vicar
of Llany- blodwel, who departed this life April 25th, 1798, aged 58. JAMBS
DONNE, D.D., Descended from a family of Dwn or Donne, 12th in descent from
the Welsh Prince Rhys ap Tewdwr, was born at Llanfihangel, Rhydithoii. Radnorshire,
on 14th February, 1764. He leceived the elements of learning from the Uev.
David Lloyd, Vicar of Llanbister, and from the Rev. William Whalley, Master
of the Grammar School, Kington, Herefordshire. Became a member of St. John's
College, Cambridge, in 1784, and took the degree of B.A. in 1788, M.A. in
1792 and D.D. by accumulation in 1825. On completing his residence at
Cambridge in 1788 he became usher in the school of the Rev Dr. Thomson at
Kennington, was ordained deacon, and became curate of Kington in 1790. and
received priest's orders in tiiK following year. In 1793 he married Caroline,
daughter of Mr, John Thomson, a merchant in Edinburgh, who died in 1796. In
1794 he became second master of King^ School, Chester, and also officiated as
Curate at Eccleston, , near that city. In February, 1796, he was appointed
Minor Canon of Chester Cathedial, and soon afceiwards succeeded to the
Mastership of the Grammar School at Oswestry, to which he was appointed by
Bishop Bagot of St. Asaph. In 1798 he was collate by the same Bishop to the
Vicarage of Llanyblodwel, and in the same year married his second wife Alice,
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANYBLODWEL 167 daughter of Mi. John Croxon, of Oswestry. He was Mayor of
Oswestry in 1805, and Deputy-Mayor for Sir Watkin W. Wynii, Bt, in 1832-3. He
continued Master of Oswestry School for 36 years, when he resigned from
advanced age, and in 1833 I'emoved to Llanyblodwel, where he had a short time
previously erected a vicaiage house. He died there 23ra January, 1844. A
handsome stained glass window was placed to his memory in the east end of the
church. THOS. BBOWN POULKES, M.A., Was the only son of Mr. John Foulkes of
Camo, High Sheriff oi Montgomeryshire in 1846, Justice of tne Peace for the
Counties of Montgomery and Merioneth, descended from tVie very ancient family
of Lloyd of Rhiwaedog and Plasyndref, Bala, and was horn on the 30th August
1816. He entered Queen's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree of B.A.
in 1840 and M.A. in 1 846 ; ordained deacon in I 840 and priest in 1843. He
married iOtti February, 1840, Mary, daughter of Mr. Faithful Thomas, a
distinguished antiquary of Chester; «as Curate of Knockin from 1843 to I860,
when he was appointed to succeed the Rev, John Parker as Vicar of this
parish. He resigned the living in 1892, and went to reside in Chester, where
he died 31st March, 1895, and was buried at Llanyblodwel, in which church
there is a brass tablet to his memory, the inscription thereon being recorded
on page 59. He will be remembered for his attachment to Evangelical
principles, and was as stated by one writer, " a fervent hater of
anything that he thought might lead to Puseyite practices." He always
exchanged his white surplice for a black gown before entering the pulpit.
ELIAS OWEN, M.A., F.S.A.j Born in 1833, was the son of Mr. James Owen, of
Ueytheur, Llansantffraid. He received his early education at the National
School, Llanidloes, and, having gained a Queen's Scholarship entered Culham .
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HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF
LLANVBLODWEL. Tiaiiung College for Teachers, where he obtained first class
honours ; was head master of Llanllechid National School, and whilst there
studied for his <legree, takinj^ his B.A. at Trinity College, Duhlin, in
1871, and 1VI.A. in 1878; oi-damed deacon by the Bishop of Bangor in 1871,
and priest in 1^72; appointed Curate of Llanwnog iu 1871, and of Holy
Trinity, Oswestry, in 1875 ; made Diocesan Inspector ot Schools for St. Asaph
in 1876 ; appointed Rector of Efenechtyd in 1881, and succeeded the Rev, T.
B. Foulkes as Vicar of this parish in 1892, which he held until his death in
1898. He delighted greatly in antiquarian researches, and in addition to the
works enumerated on page 55 he contributed numerous articles to the
Arclxeologia Cainhrpiisisf The Antiquary, Mu^ifgomeryshire CoUectiun.'^ (of
which he was for some timt^ joint editor), The Reluptary, and similar publica-
tions. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1890, and
arrangements were being made just at the time of his death (which was some-
what sudden) for conferring upon him the degree of LL D. (honoris causa) of
his old university. JOHN ALLEN JONES, B.A., The present vicar, was born in
1864, at New Quay, Cardiganshire ; educated at the Carmarthen Grammar School
and St. David's College, Lampeter, where he was an exhibitioner in 1883-6 ;
graduated B.A. in 1886 ; ordained deacon by Bishop Hughes at St Asaph in 1886
and priest in 1887 ; was Curate of Llanrwst with Canon (afterwards
Archdeacon) Hugh Jones from 1886 to 1888, when he took charge of Cefn, St.
Asaph, . for about six months, when he left for the Curacy of Llanyblodwel,
where he remained till 1892. In that year he was presented by Sir Watkin
Williams Wynn, Bart., to the living of Llwydiarth, which he held until 1899,
when the Bishop presented him to the living of this pai-ish. He has published
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LLA>nrBLODWKL. 169 was awai-ded the prize at the National Eisteddfod in
1905 for a Welsh tianslation of Herlteit Spencer's Essay on Education.
Nonconformity. Independe^ds or Congregatiinialiftts. A small meeting house
used to stand in a recess, near to what was formerly known as the Mouse Trap
Inn, but now a cottage dwelling, on the left side of the road leading from
Porthywaen to Treflach, and about 50 yards from the Old Toll House, but when
built and by whom the services were first conducted there is nothing on
record. The Rev. John Blodwel Griffiths, known as John Griffiths the
preacher, a native of Kinnerley, for some time connected with Carr's Lane
Chapel, Birmingham, and afterwards pastor of Dovaston, Domgay and Pant
Chapels, but residing in this parish and occupying a small farm in the valley
between Porthywaen and Nantmawr, appears to have ministered there in English,
John Davies of Porthywaen beina; the acting deacon at the same time. The
building fell into decay some sixty years ago, and meetings weie for a shore
time afterwards held at the house of William Tunley, who was a local
preacher, but the Primitive Methodists having commenced to worship in a house
near, the services were relinquished, and the members appear to have joined
the latter body. Mr. Grifliths died in 1865. Through the efibrts of Thomas
Davies of Penybont Mill and others, preacliing in Welsh was coninieneed in a
dwelling house at Nantmawr, called " White- house," occupied by
John Morris ; after going from house to house in that nelghtbourhood, Wiluam
Tanat of the Rock built a chapel in 1830, on a piece of land at Nantmawr,
which he leased from the Earl of Powis, and rented it to the members for £2 a
year. The formal opening took place on June 9th and 10th, 1831, the minister
m charge, Rev. Edward Davies, having previously named the building
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LLANYBLODWEL. Davies was a native of this parish, and was born in 178G. He Is
deserving of mention for the good service he rendered to religion in the early
days of the nineteenth century He was ordained at a place called "
Cutiau," in 1818, and for some years he laboured with acceptance in
Merionethshire. After that he preached at Nantmawr and Sychtyn, and other
neighbouring hamlets, but he was never eminent as a public speaker, although
an earnest und untiring worker, and " for his work's sake " he
seemed to lie respected and followed by many who had lieretofore been utterly
careless about spiritual matters (Border Cvuntiea Worthies). He died in 1843,
and a metal tablet to bis memory was fixed on the pulpit, which stood in
Symyrna, bearing the following inscription : — Sacred to the Memory of Rev.
EDWARD DAVIES, Minister of Symyrna Chapel. Ho died November 14th, 1843. Afjed
57. Owing to the inadequacy of the building Symyrna, a suitable site, nearly
opposite to the old chapel, but in the parish of Oswestry, was purchased in
1873, and on the 3rd August, 1875, the members left their meeting house in
this parish for the new edifice, built to accommodate •240, and costing (with
schoolroom below, a manse, school-house, fence walls, &c.) upwards of
.£3,000, the greater part of which was collected by the then pastor, Kev.
James Bowen. The services until about this date were entirely in Welsh, but
now a Welsh sermon is given every alternate Sunday onl)'. The present pastor
is the Rev. John Howell. The Primihre Methodi.^it.s. Commenced alx)ut sixty
years ago at the house of John and Jenny Gabriel, Porthywaen, in connection
with the ■ Oswestry Circuit, which
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LI.ANYBLODWEL. 171 Gabriels' successors allowed the services to be conducted
in the same house until the opening of the chapel in 1865, the site for which
was given by Mr. Francis Griffiths, gi-ocer. The chapel forms pai't of the
Llanymynech Circuit, of which the Rev. J. Holland is superintendent. Wedeyan
Methodiits. Their first meeting was conducted by Thoni:is Clayton of Glanyrafon,
at the house of Richard Roberts, Tai Cochion, Cefnblodwel, afterwards in a
cottage occtipied by Thomas Cadwaladr, neai- Ty Di-aw. Bryn, A piece of
ground at Cefnblodwel waa secured from Mr Watkin, the owner of Ty Draw, upon
which, in 1840, a small chapel was erected. Some additional land was
generously given by Mr. Watkins's successor, Mrs. Moreton, Penybont Mill
farm, in 1863, when the chapel wau re-built to accommodate about 220 persons.
Some additions and Internal improvements have subsequently been carried out.
The services (from the commence- ment) have been exclusively Welsh. The
surplus land belonging was formed into a graveyard, about six years ago. The
chapel is registered lor the solemniz- ation of matrimony. Through the
instrumentality of the Rev. Edward Humphreys (whose early days were spent at
Nantmawr, in this parish) and Mr Edward Evans of Llynclys, a small chapel for
the convenience of the members from Cefnblodwel and other Welsh people in the
neighbour- hood, was erected on part of Llynclys Hill, near the main road
leading nom Porthywaen to Llynclys. The chapel was opened on October 3rd,
1892, and the services here are also conducted in Welsh. Both places are now
under the care of the Rev. T, C. Roberts of Oswestry. XX. Schools. BLODWEL. The
first school, called the " Blodwel Charity School," stands over the
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PARISH OF LLANTBLODWEL- north aisle of tlie church, and according to an
inscription on a stone built into the west wall " was erected a.d,
1719." The master resided in an upper room until 1828, when, owing to
the roof having become dilapidated, he was put in residence at a cottage
standing close to the end of Llanyblodwel bridge, called " Bridge
House," wheie the teaching was also curried on during the alterations.
The .school building was re-roofed, and new windows put in to correspond with
those of the church. The master, however, remained at the cottage, and his
family are there to this day. As the buildmg was much too small for the wants
of the district, a new school, of an ornamental design, with a master's house
corresponding were erected in 1859, at a short distance east of the church,
at the sole cost of the Rev. John Parker, the Vicar, on land given by the
Earl of Bradfoi-d. Bv Dcod beiiriiig ilate 24'" August 1753 and made
between Judith Bridceiuiiii of the Parish of St Marjlcboiio in the County of
Middlesex Spinster the sur\-iviiitr acting ExcMitris of the last Will and
Testament of Sir John Bridgeman late <n" Castle Broiiiwi(;h in the
CoiiTity of Warwick Baronet deceased of the tirst part, Richiini Davies of
Llyneklis in the Parish of Llauyblodwoll in the County of Salop and William
Richanls of Brynii in the Parish of Llaiivbtodwell aforesaid the present
Churehwanieiis of the said Parish of Llauyblodwell and John Roberts of
Bloilwell and Edward Morri.s of AbbortJinnflt the present Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Llanyblod- well of the second iwrt and Sir Orlando
Bndgenmn of Castli- Bromwieh aforesaid Baronet : Henry Bridgom an
Es<|iiirc oklesi son of the said Sir Orkndo Bridffemaii, the Reverend
Randle Parry, Clerk, Minister of tbo said Parish of Llanyblodwell, John
Hayward of tiie Township of Llanyblodwell in the same Parish Sintlenian,
Thomas I']<lwards of the same place yeoman Joliii ughes of tile same place
vcoman Richard Jennings of Lh'ncklis aforesaiil veoinan and John Jones of
Brynn aforesaid yeoman of the third part, the .sum of one hundred pounds left
some vears previously by Mrs Sinah Matthews of Blodwcl (Mother of Dame Ursula
Bridgeman) and one hundred pounds from Sir John Bridgeman (th(!n deceased)
were augmented by a further sum of one hundred pounds by Judith Hiidgemaa
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LLANYBLODWEL. 173 ,t:!00 which was invested in South Sea Stock and conveyed
to Ehuso named in the second and third parts thereto upon trust (hat three
fourths of thcTntcrest or Dividends arising tnerefrom should be for ever
api)]icd to the better provision and support of an Knj'lish Sehoolnnister
otficiiiting for the time being m the School adjoining to the Parish Chureh
of Llanyblodwell for teaching of such Boys and Girls to rea<l inhabiting
within the said three tovmships of Llynekhs Brynn and Blotlwell, the number
of such children not at any time to exceed fifteen and wore to be nominated
bv the heir or heirs of Blodwell for the time being. The remaining one fourth
of the income from such investment to be employetl in and for the repairs and
support of the said School. In 18C8 the principal of £300 was invest^Jd in
(.'onsols to tlie value of £320 7/- by the Trustees of ( 'harit4ible Funds
an<l the income therefrom amounts to about Eight pounds a year. List of
Masters and MiMresses (Iricomjilete). Kichaid Williams, 1803. John Davies,
1807 — 1838. ' Stephens. John Evans, 183!). John Watkiii. William Roberts.
Richard Morris. William Hughes. Matthew Roberts, 1848—1862. Heniy Glascodine,
1862—1870. W. .J. Pickworth, 1870—1872. W. G. Bend, 1872-3. Richard Dudley.
Edward Rowland. Mary Trotter. (Miss) Lewis. William Davies. The old school
has been fitted up with a select library, and the members of the Village Club
meet therein for reading and games. FORTH YWAEN. To accommodate the children
of* the east end of the parish a spacious school, with a master's house ■ # in 10 60 50 36 10 f318 174 |
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LLANYBLODWEL. , attached, was erected at Porthywaen in 1839, on land leased
from the Earl of Powis for 99 years, at a rent of 28 6d. a year, the work
being carried out by Pugh of Meifod and Richard Owen, Nantmawr, at a cost of
£318, in addition to stones and lime given by Messrs. Lewis, Newill and
Williams, and one day's work each by several labourers. The expenditure was
defrayed by Subscriptions and donations Treasury Grant National Society Small
contributions, and large) deficit made good by Dr. Donnef In order to meet
the increased popiilation of the district and the requirements of the
Education Depart- ment, it was found necessary, during the incumbency of the
Rev. Elias Owen, to convert the master's house into class-rooms. Divine
Services have been held in this school since its erection, and a chancel was
added thereto in 1870. lAst of Masters. John Evans. John Howell, 1844—1884.
Francis John Davies. J. E. Mullett. Aubrey Thomas. William Davies. David Rees
Thomas. NANTMAWR. The children of this district, which is north-west of
Blodwel, receive their education since 187G in a British School, which stands
a few yards beyond the boundary line of the pai'ish in Trefonen, and is under
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LLANTBLODWEL. 175 XXI. Flora. The variety ot the soil of the parish affords
an exceedingly rich field for the Botanist, and the majority of the
following, aomewbat rare plants, grow plenteously : — Clematis Vitalba
(Traveller's Joy), Ranunculus Aquatilis (Water Crovrfoot), Ranunculus
Sceleratus (Celery Leaved Crowfoot), Nymphcea Alba (White Water Lily), Nupnar
Lutea (Yellow Water Lily) Rese<la Luteola (Dyer's Rocket), Geranium Phieum
(Dusky Crane's Bill), Geranium Pyrenaicum (Mountain Crane's Rill), (leuista
Trictoria (Dyer's Green Wee<l), Sedum Tclephium (Orpine), Coiiium
Maoulatum (Hemlock), Feniculum Vulgare (Fennel), Viburnum Opelus (Guelder
Rose), Galium Verum (Yellow Bedstraw), Centranthus Ruber (Red Spur Valerian),
Tn^opwon Pratensis (Yellow Goat's Beard), Erigei-on Acris (Blue Flea Bane).
Tanacetum Vulgare (Common Tansy), Inula Conysa (Ploughman's Spikenard),
Senecio A(iuaticus (Marsh R^ Wort) Cammnula Trachelium (Nettle-leaved Bell Flower),
Visica Minor (Lesser Perewinkle), Verbena Officinalis (Ver\'ain), Echium
Vulgare (Viper's Bugloss), Euphorbia Esigua (Dwarf Spurge), Cyno- glossum
Oflicinale (Houn<ls Tongue), Scirpus Lacustris (Lake Club-rugh),
Eriophorum Polystachyon (Cotton Grass), Carex Pulicaris (Flea Sedge>,
Carex Vulpina ((Jreat Sedge), Carex Divulsa (Grev Sedge), Carex Rigida (Rigid
Sedge), Carex Limosa (MuJ SwU^), Polypodium (Conmion Polypody). Las- trea
Filix-nias (Male Fern), Aspleuium Ruta-muraria (Wall Rue), Scolopendriuni
Vulgare (Hart's Tongue), Asplenium Adiantum- nigrum (Black Spleenwort),
Ptcris Aquilina (Bracken), Bleehnum Spicant (Hard Fern), Asplenium Tricho-
manes (Maidenhair Spleenwort), Ccteraeh Ofhcinariim (Scale Fern), Lastrea
Oi-eopteris (Mountain Buckler Fern), Athyrium Filix Fcomina (Lady Fern),
Bleebmira Borealo (Northern Hard Fern), Ophioglossum Vulgatum (Adder's
Tongue). Grrasses. — Found by the writer on one farm only (Blodwel HaU).
Phalaris Arundinacea (Reed Canary Grass), Anthoxanthum Odoratum (Sweet
Vernal), Phieum -Pratense (Timothy), Alo- pecums Pratensis (Meadow Foxth.il),
Alopecurus Gcniculatus (Floating Fox tail), Agroatis Vulgaris (Fine Bent
Grass), Agrostis Alba (Marsh Bent Grass), Arundo Phragmitus (Common Reed),
Aira Flexuoaa ( Wavedhair Grass), Aira C'arophyllea (Silver Hair Grass),
Avena Elatior (Oatlike Grass), Avena Flavescens (Yel- .Cooglc 176 |
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LLANTBLODWEL. low Oat Grass), Holcus Lanatus (Jloaclow Soft Gross), Holct^-
Mollis (Creeping Grass), Triodia Decumbens (Decumbent Heath Grass), Glyceria
Fluitaiis (Maiina Croup), Siilerochloa Distaii> (Reflexed Meadow Grass),
Poa Annua (Annual Mca^low Grassi. Poa Pratensis (Smooth Meadow GrassX Briza
Media (Quakiii;; Grass), Festuca PratcnsiH (Mea<low Feseuc), Tritieum
Repciu- (Siiuiteh), Loliuni Pciviiiio (Pcrrenial Rve Grass), Xarduf Strieta
(Small Jfatwrcd). Mclira Uniflora (VVood Melick Grassj DaiHylis Glonicrata ((Jockstbot),
Loncia Italicum (Italian Rye Grass!, Poii Pluitaiis (Floating Meadow Grass),
Molinia Ccjerultti (Purplo Melic Grassi, Lynosorns Cristatus (Crested
Foxtail). Bromus Arvcnais (FieKl Bromc Crrass), Biomus Mollis (Soft Brome
Grass), Bromua Asper (Hairj' Wood Brome Gra-ssi. Bromus Stcrilis (Soft Bromo
Grass), Festuca Diirnisoula {Hard Fescue), Catebrosa A<juatic«. (Water
Whorl Grass), Aim Ca}spitosa (Tufted Hair Grass), Festucjv Holiacea ( Darnel-
leaved Fescue). XXII. Present (l'900.) Representative in Pai'liament (Western
Divisioo of SInopshire) — Stanley Leighton, Esq.. M.A, F.S.A Sweeney Hall
Representative in County Council (the district comprising the united
j>arishes of Llanyblodwel, I-lanv- mynech, Knoekin, Kinnerley, Melverley
and Weist Felton)— Edward Broughall, Esq., Wykey House, Rnyton-XI-Towns.
District Councillor and Guardian — John Richards, Esq., J.P., Llynclys.
Parish Council. President — Mrs. Leslie, Bryn Tauat. Nine Members — [Mr- J W.
Ward, Blodwel Hall. Blodwel 1 „ Sampson Edwards, Porthywaen. Wai'd. ] „ .1.
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HISTORY OP THE l-ARISH
OP LLANYBLODWEL. 177 n,s,t,.,.dDi. 178
Bin-ORY OF THE PARISH OF LLANYBLODWEL. f„ John Pugh.Uvnclys Hill. Llynclys.
-| „ Thomas Jones, Llynclvs Hill. [ „ David Williams, Llynclys Hill.
Abertahat ( „ E. A. Whitfield, Abertanat Hall, and ] „ John Griffiths, Garth
Uchaf. Bryn. 1^ „ Wm. Jonea, Glanyrafon. Overseer.-!. Mr. Edwaitl Evans,
Llynclys. „ John Griffiths, Garth Uchaf. ,, Robert Jones, Biyu (Assistant
Overseer). CORRUJENDA. MoHUjiniwryshiyi- CuUe.-tiom, Vol. XXXIV. Part I. Page
9, last line, for "grandfather"' read "great-
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