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were by this ftatute entirely abolifhed. By this 

 ilatute alfo four new counties were made, Radnor- 

 fhire^ Brecknockfhire, Montgomeryfhire, and Den- 

 bighlliire. The marches became annexed partly to 

 England, and partly to thefe new counties of Wales. 

 The prefident and council of the marches were, 

 however, allowed to continue as before, and their 

 general court was holden at Ludlow. 



A ftatute, however, was pafled in the year 1689^ 

 the fecond of William III., after the death of the 

 earl of Macclesfield, the laft lord prefident, by which 

 the government of the entire principality was divided 

 between two peers of the realm, who had the titles 

 of lords lieutenant of North and South Wales. From 

 this period the marches were entirely abolifhed*. 



*" Cotton MSS. in tlte Britiih Mafeum ; Fite/Hus^ G. i- PM- 

 lips'» Shrcwfbury, note, p. 27. 



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