Welsh Journals

April, 1879. BYE-GONES. 193 specimen from the Salopian Journal of Wednesday, May 2, 1798, "When the Mail Coach left town on Monday evening a rumour prevailed that an account had just been received of a second defeat of the Spanish Fleet, and the capture of three men of war." If anything happened to the Mail then there was no news for anybody, and it was by no means unusual to see an apology for delay. Thus a Shrewsbury paper of Dec. 2, 1801, had to explain that its usual "Postscript" which would have been dated Nov. 30, was not to hand, because the snow was so deep that the mail had not come in when they went to press. Rail¬ ways and Telegraphs have done much for the provincial press, although they have completely destroyed any prestige those formerly called " county papers" may have possessed ; for, thanks to a wise and liberal legislature, the removal of the Taxes on Knowledge has given most towns of importance newspapers of their own. J.?.R. APRIL 2, 1879. NOTES. OSWESTRY CORPORATION RECORDS. (Mar. 12, 1879.) ELECTION OF TOWN COUNCIL. Apud oswestre the viij° die Junij Anno R. R. Elizabeth &c xxiiij0 in their ellection howse of the said Towne Where by the book of constitution latelie assented into by the Right Honorable the Earle of Arundell xxvti p'rsons were to be appointed to be the Comon counsaille of the said T^wne to do that, that in the said boocke is for them appointed. It is nowe ordered and aggreed uppen, by the bailiffs and the whole burgesses of the said Towne that there shalbe no such comon counsaill made as in that book ys menc'oed But that A comon counsaill of xxvti burgesses shalbe made by the most voices of the whole burgesses comorrant* in the said Towne To the onlie entent their names may be ussed in xxvti ways ?......ffor the callinge of the ellection of suche burgesses as shalbe yereli ellected to be bailiffs and sergeants of the said Towne And the said ellection to be ussed in ev'ry thinge as is ussed in the Towne of Salop And the said com' counsaill to be ellected ev'ry vij yeres. Th. Evance ) unn„aa Rychard Will'ms }bailyffs John Edwards Rich lloid Hugh Yale Thomas lloyd Wyllyn Goughe Rychard Staney Davyd Edwards Rich'd Jones Thomas James Richard ap John ap M'redith John Trevor Dayid lloyd Drap'r Raine Hanmer Thomas laken John Morys 1583. RIGHTS OF BURGESSES. Also where one other article is sett down in the said booke authorising the bailiffs & com' counsaill to dis- franchyse a burgens of the said towne upon compt./ [com¬ plaint] The same article to be hensforth void/ and y't no burges be disfranchys'd hensforth in the said towne but by due order of lawe & as law permitteth and all the rest of the said booke to be of force. Also is agreed y't all burgesses to be hensforth made in the said towne, shalbe made by the most voices of the * Comorrant, i.e., living to the town. xxxx burgesses of the same for the tyme beinge for the price & after the rate at the lest of an order heretofore sett downe and subscribed by the right honorable the lord Lumley : & the then Bailiffs & burgess of the said towne. It'm yt no burgess nor town dweller here shall pay any fee for any acconfaction] to be by hym or them there com- enced. It'm where iiijc?. is allowed to the bailiffs for eu'y accon comenced or to be comenced in the s'd towne It is agreed y't the same shall be devid'd among the bailiffs & s'r'iants for the tyme being ov'r & besides the fees & dewties allready dew to the said s'r'iants. It'm y't all burgesses of thes'd towne if they geve cause to be comitted to ward in the said towne shalbe comitted to their free ward & to no other ward except it be in case of treason, murder, or felony. Th : Evance ) t> ■!,•#„ Ric. Will'ms 1 Baillffs' John Edwards Rich lloid Hugh yale Davyd Edwards. bailiffs' accounts. The accompt made upon the d'p'rture of my L : Com'ishioners in July or August, 1583. Re : before y't tyme for burgess's made ) Cclvi]li xs & sworne .......... ... ) Deducted thereof as folow'th by my L : Coun¬ saill & the 25 of the coem' counsaille / of the Counsaill / li. s. d. To my L of Arundell ...... lxvj 13 4 ToHughDutton......... xli. To T. Evance .........xxiiij?i. To Ric : Will'ms & Hugh Yale xxvli. To Gruff Kyffyn......... xls. ffor the charge of my L comiss'rs xixli. xiijs. ijd. Remainet' .........cxvli. js. ijd. RecVed by Mr. Baily lloyd and Mr. Baily Gough sithens the accompt aforesaid as folow'th (viz) li. s. d. ffurst of Mr. Banastr............xxiij vj viij Re of Je'n ap Edd glov'r for his burgeship xxxs. Re. of phelip lloid for his burgeship ... Is. There is due upon Jon. moris glov'r for h's burgeship ............ Is. Re. of W. Heilyn by Mr baily Goughe iij?i. vjs. viijd. QUERIES. YSTWYLL, YNYD, AND GARAWYS. — Will some of your philological readers kindly give the derivation and meaning of "Ystwyll" (Epiphany), "Ynyd" (Mawrth Ynyd=Shrove Tuesday), and " Garawys" (Lent)? Ieuan Glan Ystwyth. OWDL GADARN I RICHARD SION. — Mr. Rowland Jones, Bridge-street, Dolgelley, has in his pos¬ session a fragment of an old MS. book of poetry, which contains an awdl by Shon Tudyr, bearing the following heading :—"Owdl Gadarn i Richard Sio.a un o wyr y gard y frenhines Elizabeth." Who can this guardsman be ? It may be that one of the englynion in the awdl referred to mentions his home ; but what place is intended to be de¬ scribed by that name, if such it be ? This is the englyn re¬ ferred to:— . " Cawr or clas Gwinias Gwynedd—cryf Ewin Carw o fuellt orsedd trwy glod y teru ai gledd naw o Gowri n i gorwedd." ROBTN FrYCH. 30