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Sep., 1875. BYE-GONES. 296 tion (and one of them was the first deputy mayor), so they, at least, were esteemed in some quarters, and thsy were in office when the memorial (see Dec. 9,1874), was forwarded to Bishop Barrow's successor. Another week I hope to give some of the * Exceptions' to the Decree of 1635, and a little more of the Decree itself. Jabco. EPITAPHS (Jan. 20, 1875.)—In Llanstephaa church, one or two handsome ancient monuments are to be found to the Lloyds of Lacques, who in time past did much for the parish. The monuments bear date 1746 and 1747, and are remarkable for their quaint inscriptions. One runs as follows:— Here lies the Reverend William Lloyd, In doeing good whoe was imployed, This makes his memory to be Precious to posterity Pious be was, peaceable and just, Which gives fragrancy to his dust. Patbetick preacher, faithful brother; He's gone, who'le show me such another. -Another monument, to the memory of Rhys Lloyd, who died in Jan. 1622, had this inscription :— Worn out with lingering sickness Heere I lie, My body rather whence My soul did flie, As out of prison leed To heaven's ioyes Make these sure, dear reader, All things else are toyes. "Disce quid es, quid Eris, Memor esto quod Morieris. Nascimur et moriamur." Nemo. CURRENT NOTES. We have the painful duty of recording the death of the "Rev. Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), Baptist minister, of Carnar¬ von, which occurred on Thursday, August 19. The de¬ ceased, who had been ailing for some time, was taken ill a few days ago at the residence of his wife's relatives, Garth Eryr, Llangedwyn, near Oswestry, where he had been preaching. The attack was of so serious a nature that it was found impossible to remove Mr Ellis to Carnarvon, and he lingered up to Thursday afternoon, when he expired. Mr Ellis was born at Llansilin in 1812, and was in his 64th year. €ynddelw's life had been one of constant, useful, and assiduous labour, both as a minister and a Welsh scholar. He was a minister of high standing, and one of the most popular with the Baptist denomination. He was a most fluent orator, and as a Welsh antiquarian he was a great authority in the Principality; in this capacity he was an occasional correspondent to Bye-gones in this paper. He was also classed amongst the best of the Welsh bards. In conjunction with others he had edited a great many books, and was himself the author of several works in Welsh litera¬ ture. Some of them are now being issued, whilst he had in Preparation a volume of his own poetical works, which he intended publishing under the name of " Mwyar Berwyn." CAMBRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The 30th annual meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association was opened on Monday night, August 16th, at Carmarthen, under the presidency of the Lord Bishop of St Juavid g. The General Committee met at half-past eight o clock at the Assembly Rooms, to receive the report, and ^the transaction of the usual routine business of the |«oc>ation. At nine o'clock a meeting of members and ^TOwdedT*8 held to the Asaembly-roonw> whica ware The Lord Bishop of the diocese having been announced to deliver an inaugural address, on the platform there was a large number of the county nobility and gentry. Lord Cawdor took the chair, in the absence of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. During the week a museum of an interesting kind was opened at the Assembly Rooms. The Bishop of St. David's exhibited a court sword formerly belonging to one of the Parrys of Denbighshire. The corporations of Denbigh, Cardigan, and other places lent their muniments, maces, swords, charters, seals, &c. Haverfordwest corporation sent Oliver Cromwell's letter directing the destruction of the castle. A prominent [feature'in the exhibition was the celebrated and historic Hirlas, or drinking horn, exhibited by Earl Cawdor, and preserved by him among his collec¬ tion of antiquities. The story of the Hirlas horn is roman¬ tic On the march of the Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII., from Milford to Shrewsbury, he was re¬ ceived and highly entertained at Llwyn Davydd in the parish of Llandyssilio-gogo, Cardiganshire, by the owner, Davydd ap Ieuan. History associates the natural daughter of Davydd ap Ieuan with the entertainment of the earl. After the hero of Bosworth had become King Henry VII, he made a present of this same Hirlas, or grey drinking horn, tipped and mounted on silver, to Davydd ap Ieuan. The chronicler of these facts adds that the following night the Earl of Richmond was received by Einon ap Davydd Llwyd, of Wern Newydd, in the parish of Llanarth, who tried to outdo Davydd ap Ieuan with the splendour of his hospitality, but he received no drinking horn from the earl when he became king. 4t Perhaps," adds the historian, "Einon an Davydd lacked in the one great essential—a young and beautiful daughter." Be this as it may, the Hirlas, or drinking horn, was sent by his majesty to Davydd ap Ieuan, and a very costly present it must have been in those days. It stands eight or nine inches high, being double that length, heavily mounted with silver, and is supported by the greyhound of the family and the dragon of Cadwaladr, in solid silver. In the time of the Civil Wars it was given to Richard, second Earl of Carbery, who commanded the district, and thus became deposited in Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, where it is still preserved bv the Earl of Cawdor. September 1, 1875. EPITAPH AT ABERYSTWYTH (Oct. 28,1374, Aug. 25,1875).— M.W.R. says the date on the Aston tombstone is 1787, so the Aberystwyth epitaph is only a copy of an older one. The same epitaph may also be seen at Claines, near Worcester. NOTES. WYNNSTAY BIRTHDAY ALE.—It is said that when the present Sir Watkin Wynn was born, 200 measures of malt were used for the beer brewed on the occasion, and that the whole was tapped when he came of age. Mr W. Martin, the cellarar (who had been forty-eight years at Wynnstay), and Sir Watkin, drank the first jug between them. The Martin family had been in the same service for nearly two centuries. Wbbxhamite. QUERIES. GUTO'R GLYN.—Does any copy exist of Guto'r Glyn's poem on Croes Oswallt ? An English translation of it appears on page 226 of Cathrall's History of Oswestry, and Mr Williams, in his Eminent Welshmen says that " about ninety of his poems are preserved in manuscript,'* but does not mention where. I should observe that the