Welsh Journals

288 BYE-GONES. Feb. 2, 1898. extensive estates, the deceased lady took an active interest, and when the time came for her to leave Brogyntvn in 1876 her removal was much re¬ gretted by the tenants, in whose improvements she constantly concerned herself. A permanent memorial of her solicitude for her poorer neigh¬ bours remains in the schoolroom and teacher's house, which she was mainly instrumental in building at Pantglas, in Selattyn parish, in 1861, a building which was enlarged in 1865. The funeral took place on Thursday, the remains being laid to rest in the peaceful churchyard of Hanmer. A contributor has supplied the follow¬ ing :—Lady Harlech was born on the 21st of July, 1826, and was therefore in her 72nd year at the time of her death. Her life, first at the Mount, and then at Brogyntyn, was devoted to the duties of her position, and she always showed great care for the welfare of the children on the estate. Before Pantglas School was built in 1861, she started a Sunday school in Edward liogers's cottage, in which she taught herself, and subse¬ quently she showed great interest in ihe Hengoed School. From her early years she was a devoted worker for the Church ; the first embroidered altar cloth in Oswestry Parish Church was W:>rk3d by her about 1861; and in later years she gave largely, and raised money for the re-building of Hanmer Parish Church after the fire of 1889; and to her exertions the parishioners owe one nf the side chapel carved screens and the fine organ. In other fields of activity those of our readers who remember the establishment of the Cottage Hospital in Castle-street, Oswestry, before the present building was erected, will remember for how much it was indebted to her untiring energy, and she, together with Lady Frances Lloyd and the Hon. Mrs Bulkeley-Owen, formed the first ladies' committee. With regard to the Tyrells, Lady Harlech's family, it may be stated that thev were lords of Poix in Picardy, and that Sir Walter Tirel, who is said to have shot William Rufus, was granted the Manor of Langham in Essex. The Tyrells enjoyed the honour of knighthood in a direct line for 600 years from the time they came to England, and thirteen of them are numbered among the Sheriffs of Essex and Herts. FEBRUARY % 1893. NOTES. E------, A WELSHMAN.—The following is from the "Life of Benjamin Jowetb" (Vol.2, p. 70):- Among the undergraduates staying at Malvern at this time was E-----, a Welshman, who had come to Balliol on his way from work in a stone quarry to orders as a Dissenting minister ; one of those men to whom religious feeling has become a reality more vivid than the realities of common life. When at work in the quarry, so he told me, he one day felt himself warned by a voice to remove from the place where he was standing, and no sooner had he stepped aside than a heavy stone fell upon the spot, which would certainly have killed him had he remained where he was. He regarded the voice as divine; he believed that a miracle had been wrought in his favour, and he resolved to devote to the service of God the powers which He had saved from destruction. He found means to come to College and, in spite of many difficulties, obtained a degree with distinction. Jowett loved to talk to him of his experiences and to hear his praises of Welsh pulpit oratory, of which he was very proud, main¬ taining that it was worth a Saxon's while to learn Welsh in order to hear the Welsh preachers. W.O. J. KYNASTON POWELL TO LORD KENYON. KENYON MSS. Continued (Dec. 16, 1S96). J. Kynaston Powell to Lord Ken yon. 1799, September 10. Hard wick.—" I have taken the liberty of enclosing the Curzon case. . . . I possess volumes of papers, now properly scheduled; but I do not wish to trouble your Lordship further than to request your opinion, whether there is ground for me to prosecute my claim to the barony in question. My grandfather was oppressed by Sir Robert Walpole, and by ill health. He petitioned in 1731. The petition, and the counter petition of the Curzons, were referred, as usual, to the Committee of Privileges. The Committee heard evidence, and then adjourned by order of the House—first from week to week, and then by fortnights, to the end of the session of Parliament. My grandfather did not renew the petition, and the Curzons could not, as their claim was in abeyance." The Same to the Same. 1799, September 18. Hardwick.—"I feel my¬ self highly obliged by the indulgence granted me of leaving the papers. By that, I do not wish to give any unreasonable trouble, but to request your Lordship's opinion, whether my claim appears to be such as to justify the prosecution of it—that is, that I may not throw away ray time, or, what is more valuable to me, my money, on a fruitless or wild scheme. Government will not, I trust, cast delays or obstacles in my way, as Sir Robert Walpole did against my grandfather. I shall ask them but for justice, and to allow me to stand on equal terms with my opponents (if I have any), so that alliance, wealth, and great connections, may not weigh down a country gentleman petitioning for what he conceives his birth-right." Ed. QUERIES. OSWESTRY CHARTER BY RICHARD II, 1398.—The following is a free translation of the first clause of this charter. What is the pre¬ cise function which the " two lawful and discreet men " were to fulfil ? We, by special grace, and for the advantage of the aforesaid town, and on the supplication of the Burgesses of the same town, grant for us and our heirs, to the same Burgesses and their heirs and the successors of the Burgesses in the same town, that in the same Borough they choose out from,the Burgesses two lawful and discreet men and pre¬ eminent for wisdom to guard the pleas of the Crown and other things which appertain to our