duced ; for in fome accounts, it was only 

 twenty- fix pounds thirteen fhillings and 

 fourpence, and in others fifty pounds; 

 which was fuppofed to be both for the Con* 

 ftable and the Captain of the Town. The 

 whole garrifon confifted of twenty foldiers, 

 whofe annual pay amounted to a hundred 

 and forty pounds.* 



In the year 1404, this caftle, along with 

 that of Aberyilwyth, in Cardiganmire, was 

 feized by the great, but ambitious Owen 

 Glyndwr, during his rebellion againfl Henry 

 IV. They were both retaken about four 

 years afterwards, by an army which the 

 king had difpatched into Wales, againft 

 that flurdy chieftain. -f- 



Margaret of Anjou, the fpirited queen of 

 Henry VI. after the king's defeat at North- 



* Ayloffe's Welfh Calender, p. 92. and Dodde- 

 ridge, p. 98, quoted in Pennant's Tour, II. 130. 

 t Carte's Hiflory of England II. 661 and 669. 



ampton* 



