416 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



Sir Richard Herbert, brother to the 

 Earl, who had commanded the English 

 army during the fiege, interceded with the 

 king for the life of the Britim hero Dafydd 

 ap Ifan ap Einion. The king at firft re- 

 fufed, but Sir Richard told him plainly, 

 <* That his highnefs might take his life 



" inftead 



Camden's Britannia, II. 538. Carte's Hiftory of 

 England, II. 775. Wynne's Memoirs of the Gwy- 

 dir Family, 398. Vaughan's Sketch of the^Hiftory 

 of Merionethfhire, Camb. Reg. I. 191. Camden 

 fays, the road over which the Englifh foldiers 

 inarched, is to this day called Lie Herbert, The 

 names of the valiant defenders of this fortrefs were 

 as follows: 



Dafydd, ap Jevan, ap Einion. 



Gruff. Vychan, ap Jevan ap Einion. 



Siankyn, ap Jorwerth ap Einion. 



Gr. ap Jevan ap Einion. 



Tho. ap Jevan ap Einion, 



John Hanmer. 



Dafydd ap Jevan ap Owen o Bowis, 



Rhinalt, 



