I4S WREXHAM TO MOLD. 



In the firll: year of the fucceeding reign, thi5 

 caille and manor were granted to John de Crom- 

 well, on condition that at his own cxpence he fliould 

 repair the caftle *. — Some years afterward they were 

 given to fir John Stanley. 



I'he town of Hope received its firft charter from 

 Edward th6 Black Prince, in the year 135 1. By 

 this charter it is diretSled that the condable of the 

 .caille for the time beingr fliould alfo be the mavor, 

 and he was to choofe annually from the burgeffes 

 two perfons as bailiffs. — All the privileges which 

 the inhabitants enjoyed from this charter were after- 

 wards confirmed bv Richard II. — Caerp:wrle and 



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Hope, in conjunclion with Fhnt, Cacrwys, Rhydd- 

 ian, and Overton, fend a member to parliament!. 



Mold 



Is a fmall market town, confiding principally of one 

 ions: and wide ftrcet. 



The church is a neat building, ornamented all 

 round the too of the outfide walls with Q:othiG car- 

 vings of animals. The body was erected in the 

 reign of Heniy VII., but the tower is of more 

 modem date. The pillars in the interior are light 

 and elegant, and its vvhole appearance was exceed- 

 ingly neat. There is a good monument of Richard 

 Davies, efq. of IJanerch, who died in the year 1728. 



* Dugdale's BaronagC; if. 44. f P'ennant, i. 4^5. 



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