10,0 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



According to Leland it was founded 

 by one of the StafFords. 



In this place there was alfo a Monaf- 

 tery of Dominicans, or Black Friars; the 

 foundation of which is afcribed to 

 Maud, Lady Genevil, wife of Jeffry, 

 Lord Genevil, who lived in the reigns 

 of Henry III. and Edward I. 



Moft of the parochial churches of 

 Shrewfbury are of great antiquity. St. 

 Chad was founded before the Norman 

 Conqueft, probably by the Saxons, foon 

 after the expulfion of the Welfh. In 

 1393, the old church was burnt down, 

 by the careleflnefs of one of the work- 

 men. The fellow feeing the mifchief he 

 had done, ran home, put fome money in 

 his pocket, and, attempting to efcape, 

 was drowned in fording the river near 

 the ftone bridge. This church has been 

 lately rebuilt, in a highly ornamented 

 manner, but it's rotunda, and other de- 

 cora- 



