324 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



an annual falary of forty marks paid at the 

 Exchequer of Caernarvon at two different 

 payments.* 



In the reign of the fame monarch, it ap- 

 pears alfo to have been pofTefled by Gil- 

 bert, Count of Gloucefter ; for in May 

 1283, whilft at this place, he made an 

 agreement with that prince for marriage 

 with one of his daughters. -f- 



Meredydd ap Jevan, an anceftor of the 

 Wynnes of Gwedir, in the reign of Henry 

 VII. purchafed the leafe of this Caftle and 

 the inclofures belonging to it, from the 

 executors of Sir Ralph Berkenet - 3 it having 

 been excepted among the places granted 

 by Richard III. and refumed by his fuc- 

 ceflbr. Before that time Hoel, ap Evan, 

 ap Rhys Gethin, a noted outlaw, refided 

 here. As foon as it came into pofTeflion 

 of Meredydd, he removed his habitation 



* Pennant, II. 145. t Rymer's Fcedcra, II. 244. 



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