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Crown. Whilst, however, the possessions of William de Braos were in the hands 

 of his brother Giles, Bishop of Hereford, as an act of retribution for the wrongs 

 done his ancestor, he caused Walter Vychan (now Vaughan) son of the original 

 proprietor, to be reinstated in a portion of the estate of Lower Elfael and the 

 Castle of Payne, subject of course to his superior lordship. This portion, includ- 

 ing Glasbury and the present estate of Maesllwch, remained in the family of 

 Vaughan until a recent period. Upon the male line becoming extinct the property 

 passed by marriage to Humphrey Howarth, of Calbalfa. From his son. Sir 

 Humprey Howarth, it passed to the family of Wilkins, now de Winton, with 

 whom it still remains. 



In the reign of Henry III. I find an important notice of Painscastle. 

 There was as usual an insurrection of the Welsh, and one Prince lilewellyn (it is 

 impossible to distinguish between them) burned the towns of Baldwin Maes- 

 Hyfedd (Radnor) and Aberbodni, and razed their castles to the ground ; another 

 account says Brecon, Hay, and Montgomery. It is probable also that he des- 

 troyed Painscastle (though it does not say so) for we read that Henry, to prevent 

 a repetition of this incursion, came into Wales, and (in 1231) " built the Castle of 

 Paen of stone and mortar most nobly, and garrisoned it amply with a number of 

 armed men." 



From this it would appear either that Painscastle had been destroyed as 

 we have said, or that it had been previously a fortress of a ruder and inferior 

 kind; or it might be that Henry added the "keep" to the earthen fortifications 

 existing before. 



The successor of Henry, the renowned Edward I., as is well known, com- 

 pleted the conquest of Wales. He, we are told, sent three armies into Wales, 

 one commanded by himself, the second by Roger Mortimer, and the third by Paine 

 (son of Patrick de Says) ; and Roger Mortimer had command of the King to 

 admit him into all his castles and garrisons. This Paine was doubtless a des- 

 cendent of the founder of the Castle. He was called the Conqueror of South 

 Wales, for at this time his success was so great that the Welsh sought peace, and 

 being thus victorious he became Governor of the Castles of Dumeron-Karekeny 

 and Llandevery. He died 1279, leaving a brother (Patrick) who died (1283) 

 leaving issue Maud, married to Henry of Lancaster, the King's nephew. His 

 mother married Hugh le Despenser. 



The surname of Cadurci or Cadwrcis, borne by the Fitzpaines, appears to 

 have become corrupted or varied to "Cha worth," and from another branch of 

 the family sprung the Chaworths of Notts— Lord Byron's Chaworths. 



That the family was one of the most distinguished of those Norman lords 

 who came over with the Conqueror is certain, as the name appears on the Roll of 

 Battle Abbey. 



In the year 1403, at the time of Owen Glendwr's rebellion. King Henry IV., 

 to secure the Welsh castles, committed those of Payne's Castle and Royl (Clyro) 

 to the custody of the Earl of Warwick. 



