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Tion of his father's property, the Lord-* 

 fhip of Bromfield and Yale in which the 

 Holt ftands ; the caftle of Dinas Bran, 

 and the reverfioh of Maelor Saefneg, 

 after his mother's death) to John, Earl 

 of Warren ; and of the Other, who was 

 to have Chirk and Nan-lieudwy, to Ro- 

 ger Mortimer, fon of Lord Mortimer 

 of Wigmore. The villainous guar- 

 dians confpiring to free themfelves from 

 their charge, and to get pofieflion of the 

 Eftates of their wards, caufed both of 

 the unfortunate children to be drowned 

 under Holt Bridge.* This barbarity 

 inftead of being puniflied, was moft un* 

 juftly rewarded by Edward I. for he 

 confirmed to Warren, the caftle of Di- 

 na's Bran, with the Lordihip of Brom- 

 field and Yale, and to Mortimer, that 

 bf Chirk.-f They immediately began 

 to fecure their poiTe (lions, by ere6ling 



* Pennant, I. 217. f Ayloffc's Rytuli Walli4, p. Si. 



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