80 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALKS. 



Item. His hat and cap. 



Item* His falchion. 



Item. His beft book. 



Item. His furplice. 



Item. His purfe and girdle. 



Item. His knife and gloves. 



Item. His fignet or ring of gold. 



Thefe were, by the intereft of Bifhop 

 Fleetwood, fet afide by aft of parliament, 

 and the living of Northop was annexed to 

 the bimopric in their ftead.* 



The tower of the cathedral commands a 

 mod extenfive profpedl: of the Vale of 

 Clwyd in every direction ; and it is by far 

 the beft fituation I could meet with for 

 feeing it to advantage. The River Clwyd, 

 from which the vale takes its name, is a 

 diminutive little ftream, that meanders along 

 it, fcarcely three yards over in the wideft 

 part. Its banks are low, and it is after 



* Willis's Survey, 280. 



flidden 



