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was married to Sir Peter Mutton, chief justice of 

 INorth Wales : he died in 1637, and was buried at 

 Henllan. The chief mansion houses in this parish 

 are Bryneisteddfod, a residence of the Rev. H. 

 Chambres Jones, archdeacon of Essex ; and Hen- 

 drewaelod, the seat of Robert Williams, Esq. the 

 representative of the respectable family of the 

 J Joyds of Llangystenin. 



LLANDRILLO YN RHOS. 



On the summit of Bryn euryn, in this pa- 

 rish, was Llys Maelgwn Gwynedd, where he re- 

 sided before he removed to Dyganwy: there 

 still remain evidences of an early fortification 

 here ; on the south side the rock is cut precipi- 

 tously, similarly to Dyganwy hill, and the re- 

 mains of a rampart on the other side are discern- 

 ible : within the area there is a circle of thirteen 

 yards in diameter, and three graves, fifteen yards 

 long by seven wide. The valley on the south is 

 cnWed NantSempp; a name supposed to be derived 

 from a Roman general, possibly Sempronius; that 

 the Romans have visited this neighbourhood is cor- 

 roborated by a silver coin of Hadrian, lately dug 

 up in a field here; Leg. HADRIANVS AVG- 

 VSTVS. Rev. TRANQVILLITAS AVG 



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