24 HISTORY OF 



constable of" the castle for the time being sliould 

 be mayor, and assigning it considerable privileges. 

 William Sikun was first appointed to that office.^ 

 The following is a translation of the charter grant- 

 ed at the time, and the original is inserted in the 

 Appendix. 



" THE KING — To archbishops, &c. greeting, 

 — Know ye. That we will and grant for us and 

 our heirs, that our town of Aberconwey become a 

 free borough, and our men of the same town free 

 burgesses; and that the constable of our castle of 

 Aberconwey for the time being be mayor of the 

 same borough, sworn as well to us as to the same 

 burgesses, who first having taken the oath to pre- 

 serve our rights shall swear to the said burgesses 

 upon the holy evangelists of God, that he will 

 preserve the same liberties to the said burgesses 

 by us granted, and faithfully perform that, which 

 to the office of mayor may belong in the same bo- 

 rough. Also we grant that the said burgesses 

 yearly choose from amongst themselves on the 

 feast of Saint Michael, two fit and sufficient bai- 

 liffs, and to such their constable as well as mayor 



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