476 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



Brychan, we are told, was buried in an island that bears bis 

 name, near Man (juxta manniam). 



There are numerous lists extant of the children of Brychan, 

 and some of these reveal to us the fact that his grandchildren 

 are reckoned as though his own children. This is quite in 

 keeping with the Celtic principle that all who had family claims 

 to authority and land should be accounted Hwy or Sons. 



The account given by "William of Worcester supplies an 

 omission in the Welsh narrative. It shows us that Brychan did 

 go back to Ireland, though probably for a very different reason 

 from that assigned by the monastic writer. He went either to 

 assert his right, in Ireland, or to collect more Irishmen to 

 surround him and extend his kingdom in Wales. 



Leland, in his Collectanea (iv. 153), gives a list of the 

 children of Brychan from a legend of S. Neetan which he found 

 at Hartland. 



His list is this: — (1) Neetan, (2) Joannes, (3) Endelient, 

 (4) Menfre, (5) Dilic, (6) Tedda, (7) Maben, (8) Weneu, 

 (9) Wensent, (10) Merewenna, (11) Wenna, (12) Juliana, 

 (13) Yse, (14) Morwenna, (15) Wymp, (16) Wenheder, (17) 

 Cleder, (18) Keri, (19) Jona, (20) Kananc, (21) Kenhender, (22) 

 Adwen, (23) Helie, (24) Tamlanc. 



We will concern ourselves only with those children or 

 grandchildren of Brychan who are named in the lists of William 

 of Worcester and Leland ; both of which we have now quoted- 

 We will take the latter list as our basis : — 



1. Neetan is the Saint of Hartland. He is not included in 



the Welsh lists. 



2. Joannes and (19) Jona are clearly the same. This is the 



Ive of S. Ive : his settlement there is in connexion 

 with those of his cousins, S. Cleer (Clether) and S. 

 Keyne. He is perhaps the Welsh S. Doefan, becom- 

 ing Saint Ifan, Ewan or John. 



3. Endelient, this is misprinted or miswritten by Nasmyth 



in his William of Worcester list as Sudbrent. She 

 is Cenedlon in the Welsh lists. Her foundation is 

 S. Endelion. 



