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and obtained leave from the arclibisliop to place 

 their plate and most valuable effects in the castle 

 for security ; and each person had an inventory 

 of what he brought there. About a year after, 

 Sir John Owen of Clenennau, who was a colonel 

 in the king's service, prevailed upon prince Ru- 

 pert to appoint him commander of the castle, not- 

 withstanding that his grace had the king's warrant 

 to hold possession, until the money expended on 

 the fortifications should be repaid : the prince him- 

 self had also agreed to this arrangement, and had 

 even commanded by his letters that all officers by 

 land and sea should assist the archbishop in mak- 

 ing the place as strong as possible. Sir John, 

 however, surprised it, and entered it by force ; 

 upon which captain James Martin was sent to the 

 king at Oxford with the following remonstrance 

 from the archbishop; 



1. " Upon the ninth of May, 1645, Sir J. Owen 

 governour of Conway, about seven of the clock 

 in the evening, before the night-guard was sent 

 into the castle, the possession whereof was placed 

 by the king in the archbishop of York, and his 

 assigns, upon great and valuable considerations 

 l)y his gracious Letters, and under his Majesty's 



