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CHAPTER III. 



The Rev. Robert Symonds, 1800 to 1807, 

 AND 1808 TO 181 4. 



Mr. Robert Symonds, who acted as field 

 master for his father-in-law, Mr. John Loder, 

 1800 to 1805, and as master, 1805 to 1808, 

 and 1 8 10 to 18 14, was the fourth son of 

 Thomas Symonds of Pengethley, in the county 

 of Hereford. His mother was Miss Chester 

 of Gloucester, a considerable heiress. His 

 brother Edward, whose diary we have already 

 (juoted from, was the sixth son. Pengethley 

 is one of those properties which often "jilt 

 their owners," that is to say, it very often 

 passes through females. In the time of 

 Charles the First it belonged to Sir Edward 

 Powell of Pengethley, and Fulham in Kent. 

 He was one of James the First's baronets, 

 and left his two estates to his sister, who 

 married Mr. William Hinson, who took the 

 name and arms of Powell, and was again 

 created a baronet. His granddaughter, who 

 inherited Pengethley, married Sir John Wil- 



