Welsh Journals

Oct. 2, 1895. BYE-GONES. 183 OCTOBER 2, 1895. NOTES. BURIED IRON.—In Clun it is believed that if a person buried or hid in the earth iron, or any implement of iron, his spirit would return to that place and haunt it to the great terror of the living. An aged farmer near Bettws always strictly commanded his servants never to leave any iron on the fields,lest it should be forgotten, and find in the earth a resting place, and by and by produce a spirit. The Rev W. M. Roberts, late Vicar of Bettws, gave me this informa¬ tion, which I think worthy of a place in Bye- Gones. E.O. LUDLOW LOYAL SOCIETY-On Monday, April 12, 1793, I find a sermon on " The Bless¬ ings of Civil Liberty and Social Order" was preached by the Rev A. Rudd, M.A., vicar of Delbury, Salop, in the Ludlow Parish Church, before James Mosely, M.D., chairman, and the Ludlow Loyal Society. The period was the time of the troubles in France, and it would be interesting to know if there were similar bodies in the local towns, and what were their objects. W.M. CORRESPONDENCE OF EDWARD LLOYD OF LLANFORDA, OSWESTRY. Continued (Sept. 18, 1895).— To Mr Baldwin or Mr Harrys Jan. ye 24th 1676. Honrd. S'r. 1 have sent this porre Smith, to be obligd. to you for yr advice, weh must be but slender, if accord¬ ing to his fee & 'tis noe marvaile (such has ye violence of his Enemys been). His case stands (as he informs me he can prove) thus. The Smiths in Oswaldestry pretend a com¬ pany, but are none, for they have had noe com- Eosition, since this Charter was alterd, as others ave, & one of ye pretended wardens is a Quaker, & never tooke any Oath; one amongst ye rest, knowing yt ye bearer owd some mony, de¬ sires liberty of ye Company to sue him, & he onely desird it upon condition yt suit should be in their names, but at his cost & charges, declaring he would be revenged on ye bearer, soe he obtaind leave & sued him, taking out ye ticket at his own charges & in ye name of ye wardens who did not know ye ticket was soe taken out, this declara¬ tion they have given agst him, which I presume is not good; for first they are noe Company & if they were, I presume every warden is to be upon his oath, but this is referd to yr judgment whilst I take leave to subscribe my selfe Your very humble sert. E.LL. Honest Tom. July ye 27th, 77. I am now at Epsom, endeavouring to get my health, and I find myself something better, & I hope to receive great benefit by it. I intend for London tomorrow & shal bee mindf ull of your con¬ cerns, & send ym you next week down. I admire why Frank Lloyd does not write for hee has omitted ye answering of either two or 3 L'res, as wil be made apear by my Coppies & his L'res, I should have been glad to have heard whether I have any fruit or no, as also how the Onions in every place Came forward; wt cherries, goose¬ berries, Rasberries, Currance & Quinces are like to bee. You will inclosed find a receit, wh if you please you are desired to see don.....I was in good hopes ye wilderness might have been finished ere this.....As for ye Motto's if I find them requisit, they shall be inserted, but as yet 1 do not understand why there should bee a necessity for them. As to yt of ye flower pott if you think fitt you may write my Motto as followeth Dyn a feddwl, Duw a ran; Man pur- foses, Qod disposes ; Homo propohis,Deusdisponit. think they should bee writt in Gold, but yt is referrd to yor design, I do not hear how ye tyeth of Trevirclawdd is disposdof & whether Uoynmaen tyeth may be sett. I orderd when ye houses are fittd wth hay yt ye remoter fields have their hay stakd cordd and hedgd. The Company p'sent you wth their services & so doth Yor reall friend to serve you E.LI. Greate Soule, To Mr Dd. Morris of Penybont. (1) March 26 [1676] I find yr prophetick spiritt has given you yt title wch fortune confirms, and I yt have been always a trouble to you must now continue it. I heare you are shortly to receave 2200 lb.: my in¬ digency makes me yr petioner for 120 lb, for which you shall have a mortgage of Pentreshanel house wch cost my Grandmother 500 lb & 2 fields ad- joyng to it 51b a yeare, as alsoe fr yr further security viz. interest in ye tithe of Trevarcloth for 2 lives, wch is 6 lb a yeare, wch I hope you will think suficient. I must allsoe here put you in minde of another prophetick humour of yrs wch was before you went to London, yt before yt day twelvemonth you doubted not be in a capacity of lending me 200 lb or 3001b if occasion were, and therefore I doubt not of yr kindnes in this and to be plaine with you, my busines is just ye same in London as yrs was, but if you have occasion for a repayment, you may have it within 6 months, by which time 1 shal be forced to provide money And if my designe which I have reason to believe will not, does faile, I must sell to my former purchaser 80 lb a yeare, and yr mortgage shall be taken up, wh remaines of ye same I borrowd from you, you shall deduct for this, and this favour shal be ac¬ knowledged to be as great as any could be done at ye psent to Your friend & kinsman E. Li,. J. P.-J. ( To be continued.) (1) In Philip Henry's Diary the following occurs :— " 1678, March 20. This day Mr David Morrice of Penna- bont J.P. in Montgom. & Denb. was drowned in Tannat near his own house, being on horseback and in ye day¬ time & not drunk ; not found quickly. When found, much bruised, his horse had thrown him in the water—hee had been very bitter towards dissenters and severe in fining them. He was indited last Assize at Denbigh by his fellow Justices for knavery in converting ye poor's part of ye fine to his owd use. It is not long since hee said as I hear, that he would mend his course of life, but did not —Diary of Philip Henry, p. 274.