Welsh Journals

JUNE, 1878. THE CAMBR'AN REMEMBRANCER. 63 Byr, I am persuaded to coma thanee hetlnr, I shuld find myself in a new world, the disposition of our countrymen bein^ somewhat different from all othsrs. They are a crafty kind of peoph; and th.s much I have already found in their natures, that th3y baare an intern vl h ate to such as rn.ike them¬ selves strangers unto them. "For my sister, Moore, you have g:van her due comendatiou; aed for myself, though by yr munes I might perchance come to the choy^e of many rare, and it may be soma as pleasing beauty s, yet I baleva I co ild scarce find one soe fitt ff >r nne in divers respects, her being fromlnrch 1 Ihood brought up in this couutry, an I the long expectation of a match b twene us hath bred in our tenants an I fronds more love towards her than the many merits of a stranger could ever deserve. Our niture and disposition aro known to each other; aid b33des the reciprocal Love that is hitwune us, it was a thing desired so much by my ffather, that it is mentioned in his last will. Shee is no stranger to my estate; and shee is well Versel in the language, which is a great m wines to continue in our hearts the love of our country. Ffor her porcion, tl e LI Moore hath promised the payment of .£3,000, a | art thereof by tne b giningeof M chaelmass terme: t> confirm; when promise h9 hath left order w;th the Lord of Mount Morris to pass securtie theraof upon conference with my utikell, Syr Thomas Middleton, whom I shall not faile, if I may [with my utmost] pleas o, according^ t.» your own advice. "As touch ng my wardship, I am much bound unto my unkdl Tymothy for his cares and for his frev.mtion of troubles, that iff some others tooko it, might bo put unto in proving myself no ward; b it thus much I am assured of, I pay no respecte of homage, nor was there anye of my ancestors found war Is, or anye liveries sue I out upon the death of anye of thaui. I shall, Qod w.lling, with all possible spede wait upon you at Berth Llwyd. Inthemeane time, wishing you mirthe and health a, I rest your assured loving nephew to coram ind, "Thomas Salisbuhyb. " Llewenny, August the 14th, 1632." R.A. QUERIES. Llwtndtt, Merionethshire.—I have seen an •Id dee 1 in which this place is mentioned, but there is no reference to it in any Topographical Dictionary that I have met with. Can any of your readers tell me where to find it't Gopynwr. 0DD8AVD EVDS. Tarn II anmkr Family.—It is as well to attach the record of Margaret Hanmer, as given by Mr Pen¬ nant, to the accounts you have already published of this distinguished family. She was daughter of Sir David Hanmer, one of the justices of the King's Bench, so appointed by Richard II. in 1333, and knighted in 1387. She married the cele¬ brated Owen Glon.ower, and Mr Pennant says :— " Her nupt als were previous to her father's promo¬ tion ; for it is certain that some of the daughters were married, and his sons frown to men's estate be¬ fore Glyudwr appeared in arms in tha year 1400." I conclude from Mr Pennant's account, that they had five daughters, all married as follows:— 1. I-iab3l, to Ad ia ap Iorwerth Ddu. 2. El z ibeth, to Sir John Scadamore, of Ewyas, Herefordshire. 3 Janet, to John Crofts, of Croft Castle, Hereford¬ shire. 4. Jane, to Lord Gray d3 Ruthin. 5. Margaret, to Roger Mornmgton, of Morning- ton, Herefordshire, Aa oil bar J sanj thus of Margaret Hanmer:— " A gwraig o'r gwragedd, Gwyun y myd, o'r Gwin a'i medd, Merch eglur, 11m marchawgly w. Uridol, hael, o reiol ry w, A'i bla.it a ddeuant bob ddau N/thod teg o bennaethau." There were sons, it is said, who followed Owen into the battle field, and Mr Pennantadd-i," It is probable that most of them fell gloriously in battle." That is, of course, mere guass; for one woull naturally suppose that their i*ames at least might have come dowu to us. W. H. St. Dyfnocj's Wri.l, Ruthin;—Hera is an account of another of the saintly wells which are to be met with in North Wales, and to which, in days of yore, numerous pilgrims wended their way w.th full con¬ fidence that its waters would cleanse them from all nnourt.es. It is near filth*n, in Denb ^hshire :— " At the small village of St. Fynnon St. Dyfnog, a curious inscription is over a door,— "'Near this place, within a vault, There is such liquour fix'd. You'll Bay that vv.it.jr, h '(>*. ail m tit, Were never batter mix'.l,'"—] invites the 'weary-way wanderer* to partake of the good things within. This inclined us to be batter acquainted With the author of this extraordinary stanza; and we entreated the landlord to be our director to the mich-astaemed well of St. Dyfnog. Passing through the churchyard, and from thence through the passage of an alms-house, we reached a plantation of trees, with a broad gravel walk, almost concealed from day's garish Lgiit by the thick foliage. This brought us to the fountain, enclosed in an angular wall, which forms a bath of consider¬ able size; and ao ---------------------■-----------"'far retired Among the winding,* of a woody vale. By solitude and deep surrounding shades, But more by bashful modesty, concefti'd,'" that the 'lovely young Lavinia' m'ght here plunge into the flood, secure from the intrusion of Palemoa Many wonderful qualities are attr.buted to this fountain; but it is more particularly celebrated for the cure of the rheumatism: the water has no pecu 1 ar taste. R.A. Owyndt, Awolrmy.--There have keen many learned argument* upon the true meaning of the