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great learning ; and besides his knowledge ol the- 

 ology and the classics, he was well skilled in his 

 own language : he translated into Latin from the 

 Welsh, " Hanes Gruffydd ab Cynan; " the Life of 

 Gruffydd ab Cynan; which was preserved in the 

 library of Gwydir. 



When Edward L incorporated the town of 

 Aberconwy, he ordered in his charter that the 

 constable of the castle for the time being should 

 be the mayor of the town. But ever since the 

 year 1570, and even for some time previously, the 

 chief magistrate of the borough was called the 

 alderman, and was elected by his fellow buigesses 

 annually; it does not appear that the crown took 

 care to appoint a constable of the castle, for since 

 the above year 1570, the office has only been filled 

 five times. James I. granted by patent to Edward 

 Herbert and Richard Herbert, and tlie survivor 

 of them, the office of forester of Snow don, and 

 constable of the castle of Aberconwy. In 1649, 

 an order was made by the committee of state to 

 appoint colonel Carter constable or keeper of Con- 

 wy castle. In 1602, a grant was made of tlic 

 office of constable, or keeper of the castle, to Ed- 

 ward lord Herbert. None of these seem to have 



