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Queen, however, to allay thefe difputes, 

 thought it necefiary, by a charter, to 

 confirm the quiet pofleflion to the te- 

 nants. They were again excited, in the 

 reign of William III. on account of a 

 vaft grant that had been made to the 

 Earl of Portland, but they were again 

 hufhed by the fame means that had 

 been ufed in the former reign. At pre- 

 fent they are in the crown, and fuper- 

 intended by a fteward appointed by the 

 King.* 



Leland-f fays, that in his time the 

 caftle was very large and had many 

 towers in it. The entrance was remark- 

 ably ftrong ; but, as well as the interior 

 of the caftle, had never been perfectly 

 finifhed. He relates, that " King Ed- 

 " ward IV. was befegid in Denbigh 

 " Caftelle, and ther it was paclid by- 



* Pennaqt's Tour, 11.38; and Grofe's Antiquities. 

 + Itin. V. 58. 



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