160 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



When and by whom this damage was re- 

 paired, or how foon afterwards the caftle 

 was retaken by the Englifh, is not mentioned 

 in any of the accounts that I have feen. 



The firft perfon whom I find appointed 

 by Edward to be the governor, was John de 

 Havering, with a falary of two hundred 

 marks, for which he was obliged to main- 

 tain constantly, befides his own family, 

 eighty men, fifteen of whom were to be 

 crofs -bowmen, one chaplain, one furgeon, 

 and one fmith; the reft were to do the 

 duty of keepers of the gates, centinels, and 

 other neceflary offices. 



In 1289, Adam de Wetenhall was ap- 

 pointed to the fame important office. The 

 eftablifhment for the town and caftle was 

 as follows. The conftable of the caftle had 

 fometimes fixty, and at other times only 

 forty pounds per annum. The captain of 

 the town 12. 3-r. 4^. for his annual fee; 

 but this office was fometimes annexed to 



the 



