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From this time all North Wales became 

 fiibjecT: to the Parliament. 



William Prynne, the barrifter, for pub- 

 1 idling his book, called Hiftrio Maftyx, 

 was fentenced by the Court of Star Cham- 

 ber, in 1637, to pay a fine of five thou- 

 fand pounds, to lofe the remainder of his 

 ars, to be ftigmatized on both his cheeks 

 with an S for fchifmatic, and to be im- 

 prifoned in this cattle for the remainder 

 of his life.* The former part of his fen- 

 tence was feverely put in execution, but 

 after a fhort confinement he was reftored 

 to liberty, and held a feat in the Houfe of 

 Commons till his death. 



The property of the cattle is, at prefent, 

 in the crown, where it has been for near 

 a century. 1 It was formerly held by the 

 families of the Wynnes of Glynllivon, the 

 Wynnes of Gwydir, the Bulkeleys of 



* Whitelock, 26. 



M 2 Baron 



