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variety of fantastic figures. The ragged staves are 



the badges of Robert Dudley, the earl of Leicester- 



This house was built by Robert Wynne, son of 



John Wynne ab Meredydh, of Gwydir, and uncle 



to Sir John Wynne, Bart, the historian. He was 



sheriff for the countv of Caernarvon in 1591, and 



he died in 1598 ; he left a son Thomas, whose son 



Robert was deputy-mayor of Conwy, and he lies 



buried in the chancel under an arched monument: 

 he died in November, 1664. The marriage of his 



daughter Elen with Robert Wynne, of Bodysgall- 



en, Esq. conveyed Plas mawr to that family. 



Exactly opposite to the college window, two 

 new houses are built in a garden, which has always 

 gone by the name of Plas porter, and there were in 

 it w ithin a few years, remains of an old house which 

 bore the same name; it probably was the residence 

 of the chief porter of the castle. Another old 

 house, opposite to which the new chapel of the 

 Wesleyan method ists is built, is to be noticed as 

 being the place of the birth of Archbishop Williams; 

 when he retired to Conwy in his declining years, 

 he probably enlarged it, as in one of the rooms 

 above the fire-place are his initials, I. Y. with the 

 cross keys, and tlie date 1642. 



