Welsh Journals

whilst Methodist preachers apparently preached fairly regularly at Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd and at a place called Glan-y-gors near Nantanog. It was to these latter places, I submit, that William Jones of Trefollwyn took John Wesley on that Sunday. afternoon in March, 1748. I am deeply grateful to Mr. J. Idwal Jones, B.Sc., Headmaster of the Modern School, Rhos, for the excellent map which accompanies this note.-G.T.R. 8. Trwydded Edmund Evans i Bret/ethu. — Trwy garedigrwydd Mr. R. E. Hughes, M.A., Pwllheli, gorwyr i Edmund Evans, cefais olwg ar drwydded Edmund Evans i bregethu'r efengyl. Ym mis Tachwedd 1819, fel y gwelir, y cafodd ei drwydded, er ei fod wedi dechrau pregethu er mis Chwefror 1818, (Bathafarn, i. 43). Dyma gopi o'r drwydded I John Edwards Esquire one of his majesty's Justices of the peace for the county of Merioneth Do hereby certify that Edmund Evans of Coedtybach in the parish of Llandeckwyn in the said county Farmer did this day appear before me and did make and take and subscribe the several Oaths and Declaration specified in an Act made in the fifty second year of the reign of King George the third Intitled An Act to repeal certain Acts and amend other acts relating to religious worship and Assemblies and persons teaching or preaching therein Witness my hand this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen Jno. Edwards." -G.T.R. 9. A History of the Order of St. John of Jerusalein in Wales and on the Welsh Border. This book, written by Dr. William Rees, Professor of History at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, was published recently by The Venerable Order of the Hosptial of St. John of Jerusalem. It is illustrated with pictures of churches and places associated with the Order, contains useful maps, and runs to 131 pp. Copies may be obtained from booksellers or from the Priory for Wales, Priory House, 4 Cathedral Road, Cardiff. Price-to members and connections of the Order 12s. 6d. (postage Is. extra), to the general public 15s. plus postage.