30 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



Edward II. but on her difgrace it fell to 

 the crown.* 



In 1336, Edward III. granted it, along 

 with the ftewardmip of Chefter, to Wil- 

 liam de Montacute Earl of Salifbury;-)- in 

 whofe family it continued till the year 1400, 

 when his great nephew, John Earl of Sa- 

 lifoury, was beheaded by the townfmen of 

 Cirencefter, after attempting an infurrec- 

 tion in favour of his depofed mafter, Ri- 

 chard II. Salifbury had, prior to this 

 event, granted his eftates in fee to Thomas 

 Montague, Dean of Sarum, Lodowick de 

 Clifford, John Venour, and Richard Hert- 

 combe, and their heirs : but after his at- 

 tainder, by a<ft of parliament, in the 7th 

 Henry IV. they became forfeited to the 

 king. 



* Gibf. Camd.688. Dugdale's Baronage, I. 527* 

 t Dugdale's Baronage, I. 646. 



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