510 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



" now a late reedified, whereby hathe 

 * c been a parke. Great mines of the 

 " waulle yet apere, ad veftigia of iiii gates, 

 " thus called, Kedewen gate, Cherbury 

 '* gate, Arthur's gate, and Kerry gate. 

 *' In the waulle yet remayne broken tour- 

 " ets, of the which the white tower is 

 " the moft notable." 



Henry III. granted by charter, that the 

 borough of Montgomery mould have, 

 amongfl others, the privileges of a free 

 borough. The town is governed by two 

 bailiffs, and twelve burgefles, or common- 

 council men. It fends one member to 

 Parliament, who is elected by the burgefies, 

 and returned by the bailiffs ; Llanydloes, 

 Welm pool, and Llanfyllin, were for- 

 merly contributory, but they are now ex- 

 eluded from any mare In the election.* 



* Camden's Britannia, II. 780. and Willis's 

 Notitia Pad. III. 78. and part II. o. quoted Pen- 

 nant's Tour, II. 373. 



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