ABliUCONWV. H') 



The old hall was erected in the reign oi" king 

 James I. and on a beam over the north window, 

 removed when the road was widened, was the in- 

 scription GOD SAVE THE KING JAMES, 

 1613. and over the fire place at present is ano- 

 ther, N.HOOKES ALDER 1613. Beneath the 

 hall was the heinous or town prison. Aberconwy 

 is now greatly decayed, in regard to the opulence 

 and number of families who formerly lived here, 

 but whose names are now extinct. The exclusive 

 advantages enjoyed by Englishmen from the time 

 of the first Edward for several centuries, brought 

 here a great number of adventurers, and the names 

 of almost all the inhabitants were extraneous; 

 such were Hookes, Stodart, Acton, Peicke, Brick- 

 dall, Maderer, Browne, Aldersley, Acley, Totte, 

 Lee, Byrches, Scherman, Robinson, Salysbre, 

 Barker, Mellers, Holland, and many others. The 

 last who bore any of these names was Owen 

 Holland of Plas isav, Esq. who died in 1795. 

 Hugh Peak, of Conwy, Esq. was sheriff for 

 Caernarvonshire in 1546, and 1552. Richard 

 Peak, of Conwy, Esq. was sherifi" in 1576. 

 William Hookes, of Conwy, Esq. in 1640. and 

 Edward Holland, Esq. in 1701. The consequence 

 of their privileges was, that the town enjoyed 



