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BYE-GONES FOR 1882. NOTES, QUERIESi and REPLIES, on subjects interesting to Wales and the Borders, must be addressed to " Askew Roberts, Croeswylan, Oswestry." Real names and addresses must be given, in confidence, and MSS. must be written legibly, on one side of the paper only. OSWESTRY ADVERTIZER, JAN. 4, 1882. NOTES. OSWESTRY CORPORATION RECORDS. COKONATION OF QUEEN ANNE. The following is copied from the accounts kept by the Town Clerk of the period- Money layd out by me vpon the Coronation day by the order of M'r Mayor and Aldermen. April y'e 23th, 1702. li s d ffor Gunpowder ...............00 05 00 ffor5 Ordinaryes ...............00 05 00 ff or two Bottles of Wine ............00 03 04 ffor 6 bottles of wine...............00 12 00 To Mr Charles Lloyd for ale .........00 02 08 To widdow Tomkies for Ale .........00 15 00 two bottles of wine at the Crosse.........00 03 04 Wanting foure men contracted to the ordinary paid by me..................00 04 00 Paid Eleanor Griffiths widdow .........00 05 00 Sumtotall......02 15 04 Further expenses were incurred on theday of Proclamation, such as to "Elinor Griffith for Ale £2," and "Widdow Lloyd for wine 7s. 7d." There was also a guinea spent the same year for a " Barrell of Ale att the Thanksgiving day." Jabco. THE BROGYNTYN MANUSCRIPTS. In the last series of Bye-gones we gave several extracts from the MSS. preserved at Lord Harlech's residence, Brogyntyn, Oswestry. During the present year we hope to give another batch, and begin with the following letter from— William Brynkir to John Owen, Esq. Sir I have formerly written vnto yo'u by the post w'th direction to the postmaster at Conway, but cannot vnderstand that you have receyved any, the businesse not greate & the miscarage of soe much the less consequence. Mr. Meredith Price p'rsents his service vnto you & com'ends this inclosed paper to yo'r perusall. this l'tr I eendby Mr. Rowland Vaughan who promiseth to be care- full in convayinge it vnto you soe yt I am confident it will not miscary; I know you expect newes whereof I can give you noe particular account but in the generall. Tempora mutantur and all thinges are become new. the hopes of this p'resent parlament are greate but as yeath noe act is past, divers grievances are put in and it is sup¬ posed divers delinquents will suffer but all are at a stay vntill the greate buissnes of the church be settled and some grand offendors come to yeyr triall such as is the I'd livetinnant of Ireland (whose day assigned is the next Wednesday) & others, there is greate notice taken of papists and theyr wayes narrowly looked vnto ; I know you have hard of a com'ission the I'd of Worcester had the last som'er (to the w'ch the councell was of privie) for the same and other practices in theyr Catholicke cause, my I'd to¬ gether with S'r Percy Harbert are sent for to give accompt, the office of B'ps is like to continue notwithstandinge the petition of fif teene thousand Londoners and others who petic'oned agaynst the branch and roote thereof, but a select com'ittee apoynted to examine and find out those that are faultie (as is supposed most of them are) who shall not want condigne punishment; the iudges are now in play, iudge Barclay is allready accused of high treason and com'itted to the black rodd the rest will follow and I believe by this time doe wish they had provided shipps w'th theyre owne money and left the sub't alone and doe as my I'd finch did ; my brother James is well soe are the rest of our Carnarvonshire gent'; he is bound to appears when he is called on but the house is bussie about matters of greater weyght soe that the com'ittee to the w'ch that buissnes was referred sitts not this month as is supposed, the bearer is uppon gate soe that I am forced to make an end, what newes I shall hear I will acquaynt yo'u w'th it, & intreate this favour from you that yo'u will be¬ lieve me I truly am Yo'r faythfull cozen and trust Grayes Inne, servant February 14th (16401) Will: Brinkyr 1 pray yo'u p'sent my respects to my good Cozen Owen who shall hear from me w'th the first that cometh For the wo'ull his much honored Cozen John Owen of Clenenney by these d'd in Car .... QUERIES. POWIS CASTLE.—A catalogue of second-hand books in 1872 contains a book entitled "Powis Castle, or Anecdotes of an Ancient Family." Can any of your readers give any account of this book, and state where it was published? Queby. JOHN CAIN.—In the Catalogue of "Hengwrt MSS." at Peniarth, in Arch: Camb: 4th ser. 2, p. 119, is " 513 A large and valuable collection of Welsh poetry and pedigrees, mostly in the autograph of John Cain of Oswestry, the poet and genealogist." Who was this John Cain—a Welshman or a Shropshire man ? W. A.L.