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SIR 



MYnnKLTOX'S 



L'AUT II. 



manner in which the works of Cwmsymlog (facetiously 

 styled by the author or his printer " Come-some-luck ! ") 

 were laid out. 



From a statement made by Bushell to parliament of 

 the results of the working subsequent to 1636, it appears 

 that the lead alone amounted to the value of above 

 5000/. a year, to which there was to be added the value of 

 the silver Bushell alleging, in his petition to Charles I., 

 deposited in the State Paper-office, 1 that Sir Hugh had 

 brought "to the Minte theis 16 yeares of puer silver 

 100 poundes weekly." A ton of the lead ore is said to 

 have yielded about a hundred ounces of silver, and the 

 yield at one time was such that Myddelton's profits 

 were alleged by Bushell to have amounted to at least 

 two thousand pounds a month. There is no doubt, there- 

 fore, that Myddelton realized considerable profits by the 

 working of his Welsh mines, and that towards the close 

 of his useful life he was an eminently prosperous man. 



Successful as he had been in his enterprise, he was 

 ready to acknowledge the Giver of all Good in the 

 matter. He took an early opportunity of presenting a 

 votive cup, manufactured by himself out of the Welsh 

 silver, to the corporation of Denbigh, and another to 

 the head of his family at Gwaenynog in its immediate 

 neighbourhood, both of which are still preserved. On 

 the latter is inscribed " Mentem non munus Omnia a 

 Deo Hugh Myddelton." 



While conducting the mining operations, Sir Hugh 

 resided at Lodge, now called Lodge Park, in the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of the mines. The house was the 

 property of Sir John Pryse, of Gogerddan, whose son 

 Richard, afterwards created a baronet, was married to 

 Myddelton's daughter Hester. The house stood on the 

 top of a beautifully wooded hill, overlooking the estuary 



1 Dated 22nd October, 1G30. The 

 prayer of Bushcll's petition I" Charles I. 

 is, that His Majesty will ratify his 



agreement with Lady Myddelion (l>y 

 that time a widow) for the purchase 

 of the resid ue u f h < r lease. 



