MONTGOMERY TO WfLSH POOL. pi' 



lapxd, by marriage, with Joan the daughter of Edward 

 lord Powys : thefe remained in their defcendants till 

 the reign of Henry VIII., when the title became 

 extind. — 'The eftate went, by purchafe, to fir Ed« 

 ward Herbert, the fecond fon of WiUiam earl of 

 Pembroke, who died in the year 1594*. 



In October 1 644, Po\vi,s caftle was attacked and 

 taken for the parliament by fir Thomas Middleton. 

 Its owner, Percy lord Powys, was taken prifoner, 

 all his eflt^tes were fequeflered, and he was obliged 

 to compound for them. During the fiege the caftle 

 ^s faid to have received much damage in its outer 

 walls froni the enemy's cannon f, 



'• Pennant, ii. 378. Yorke, SS. f Whltelock, loS, 



