112 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALE*. 



beftowed by the bounty of Queen Eli- 

 zabeth, on Ambrofe, Earl of Warwick.* 



In 1400, during a fair that was held 

 here, the town of Ruth in was fet on fire 

 and burnt by Owen Glyndwr, who, after 

 having plundered the merchants, retired 

 amongft the mountains. This act was 

 committed in revenge for Lord Grey's 

 having, fome years before, feized part 

 of his land, which lay contiguous with 

 his own.-f- 



In the civil wars, the caftle held out 

 for the King till February, 1645-6, when 

 it was attacked, and, after a fiege of near 

 two months, furrendered to General 

 Mytton. J Colonel Mafon was made 

 Governor; but he did not poflefs it long, 

 for it was ordered in the fame year, by 

 the Parliament, to be difmantled. 



* Gibfon's Camden, p. 6814 



t Carte's Hiftory of England, II. 650. 



f Whitelock's Memorials, p. 192, 201, Ibid. p. 23 r. 



It 



