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other liaiid than your own, or such as you sluill 

 recommend." 



On the back of tliis letter, in accordance with 

 the king's promise, the archbishop has written; — 



" I Jo. archbishop of York, have assign'd my 

 Nephew Mr. Wil. Hooks, Esq. alderman of Con- 

 way, to have the custody of this castle, mentioned 

 in his Majesty's Letter under his Signet, until I 

 shall be repay'd the moneys, and money-worth 

 disbursed by me in the repair thereof, by virtue of 

 this Warrant. And in case of Mortality, I do as- 

 sign my Nephew Gryffith Williams to the same 

 effect. Jan. 2. 1643."' 



His grace was summoned some time after to 

 attend the king's council at Oxford, where he ar- 

 rived in January, 1644. Although subsequent 

 events fully proved the sagacity of his advice, he 

 could not prevail upon the king to adopt his plans, 

 and finding that he could be of greater advantage 

 in Wales, he returned to A hereon wy in the begin- 

 ning of spring. The inhabitants of the neighbour- 

 ing country, anxious about their property, solicited 



•> Life by Phillips, 288. 



