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remained affixed to them, which had been 

 made for the purpofe of mooring (hips or 

 boats.* 



Sir William Pickmore, a Gafcon knight, 

 was appointed by Edward I. the firft go- 

 vernor.-f 



It was given by Henry IV. very foon 

 after he had obtained the crown, to Henry 

 Percy, Earl of Northumberland, for life, 

 in reward no doubt for the fervices he had 

 done him in the reign of his predeceffor, 

 Richard II. J 



A manufcript in the Harleian collec- 

 tion^ records that Richard III. in the firfl 

 year of his reign, granted to Sir Richard 

 Huddleftone, Knight, the conftablefhip 

 and captainmip of the caflle and town of 



* Pennant's Tour, II. 243. t Ibid. 244. 



Dugdale's Baronage, I. 278. 

 Marked N". 433 ; it is quoted in Grofe's An- 

 tiquities. 



Beaumaris. 



