Welsh Journals

412 BYE-GONES. July 4, 1900. 1875 he was presented to_ the vicarage ofLlansant- ffraid Glyn Ceiriog, and in 1891 to the vicarage of Llangerniew. He was appointed rural dean of Llanrwst in 1896. The Rev C. G. Neville Friederichs, B.A., incum¬ bent of Wroxall, Warwickshire, and honorary chaplain to the Earl of Camperdown, has been presented to the rectory of Eaton-under-Heywood, Shropshire. Mr Friederichs, who graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, was ordained by the Bishop of Hereford in 1890 to the curacy of Far Forest, Bewdley. From 1894 to 1895 he was chaplain at Biskra in Algeria, and in 1896 he was appointed incumbent of Wroxall.—June 6. The Rectory of Beaumaris, vacant by the death of the Rev J. Williams-Meyrick, has been offered by the patron, Sir R. H. Williams-Bulkeley, to the Rev Thomas Lloyd Kyffin, vicar of Llanfaes-cum- Penmon, by whom it has been accepted.—June 20. The Rev J. D. Jones, who has been vicar-choral of St. Asaph Cathedral since 1897, has been pre¬ sented by Sir R. H. Williams-Bulkeley to the vicarage of Llanfaes-cum-Penmon. Mr Jones was ordained by the Bishop of Bangor in 1895, and his first curacy was at Menai Bridge.—June 27. JUuY 4, 1900. NOTES. MONTGOMERYSHIRE HARPISTS.-The following list, prepared by the late Mr Nicholas Bennett of Glan-yr-afon, is copied from some of his MS. notes, purchased at the recent Glan-yr- afon library sale: — Blayney, and his son Richards, Daro- Arthur, Newtown. wen. Davies, Oliver, Bettws. John Roberts, New- Hughes, William, Llan- town. santffraid. Lloyd Roberts, Machyn- Hughes, Edward, Llan- lleth. santflraid. John Roberts (now at Humphreys, Henry, Builth.) Welshpool. Madoc Roberts. Bottrel, Richard, Llan- Ruben Roberts. idJoes. Albert Roberts. Rickets, John, Llan- John Ricards, 1800. idloes. Richd. Bottrell (blind) Evan Jones, Darowen. buried in the Baptist David Wood, Machyn- Burial Ground, Llan- lleth. idloes, 1837, aged 34. Evan Jones, Waun Oer. John Wilson (blind.) Jones, Cemme3. Evan Jones, The John Wilson, Llanidloes. Unicorn, Darowen Mary Richards, Daro- (blind.) wen. S. THE SHREWSBURY CORPORATION MANUSCRIPTS.—The 15th Report, Appendix, Part X., of the Historical Manuscripts Commis¬ sion, includes the manuscripts of the Shrewsbury Corporation, from which we purpose to make extracts. The Commission says :— The Corporation records of the ancient town of Shrewsbury have recently been the objects of unusual care and interest. For several years a local committee of clergy and laymen devoted themselves to the task of cleaning, sorting, and labelling an immense mass of papers which were found in utmost confusion and in most dirty condition, but which were then classified and placed in seventy-five tin boxes. Finally, a brief outline account of the work was printed, and Her Majesty's Historical Commissioners were invited to send an inspector to report upon the collection. The papers thus arranged come down to the year 1837, and, of course, include very many papers of ordinary character, quarter sessions proceedings, tax assessments, and the like, not requiring examination, except for purely local purposes. But the exceptionally valuable character of the earlier records is seen iu a series of gild-merchant rolls which begin in the time of King John, and in the bailiffs' accounts, beginning in that of Henry III., as well as in the series of Royal Charters and that of Subsidy Rolls. The registers of the pro¬ ceedings of the Corporation are unfortunately very imperfect; and for all that relates to the Civil War and Commonwealth period, which it was hoped would be found to be specially illustrated, there is a blank, the register being lost. A portion of the records, particularly the bailiffs' accounts to the commencement of the 17th century, were carefully searched and largely used by Messrs Owen and Blake way in their excellent History of Shrewsbury., published in two quarto volumes in 1825, and their numerous extracts have, to avoid repetition, lessened the number of those which otherwise might have been given below. In the Archaeologi¬ cal Journal for September, 1894, there is a paper giving a general description of the records, by Rev W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A. Ed. ALBRIGHTON PARISH REGISTERS.—I take the following from the Parish Magazine (of Albrighton near Wolverhampton):— " Zacheus the sonne of Nycholas Barney, mynister, was baptised the 14th daye of Julye 1594." " William Barney of Albrighton, mynister at Boningalle, householder, was buried the 18th day of February 1600." Frequent reference is made to the occupation of the wever, the corser, the button maker, the glover, and the webster. "The Register booke delieured up at my L'ds grace his vistation Arch bishopp of Canterburye the 24th of Julye 1605." [A statement like this occurs about every three years, but this is almost the only one where the Archbishop appears instead of the Bishop of the diocese.] "Leoneard Smallpiece of Pepperhill, gent., was buryed the 30th daye of March anno dm 1610." [Compare the curious slab and bust outside the chancel, south corner.] "John Talbott of Peperhill, esquire, was buryed the 30th daye of Januarye &° d'm' 1610." "John Stokes of Wedgburye, brydle-maker, being in some quarrelling manner killed, was buryed the 9th day of Julye 1619." "Izable Keanes of the park syde, wyddowe, diceased the 18th day of August, 1619, and was buryed in the hall orchard nere unto the Church wall upon the west side thereof the 20th day of