478 CORNISH DEDICATIONS. 



18. Kery is clearly intended for Curig, patron of Eglos- 

 kerry. His ancestry is unknown, but as he came 

 over with the Breckon Colony he was reckoned as a 

 son of Brychan. 



19 {See 2). 



20. Kananc* by this Leland means Oynog, the C in Welsh 



is always pronounced hard. He was Brychan's 

 illegitimate son, by the daughter of the Prince of 

 Powys. He was killed at Merthyr Cynog, in 

 Brecknockshire. Probably patron of S. Pinnock. 



21. Kerhender in William of Worcester, is Nasmyth's 



misreading for Kenheuder, i.e. Cynydr, S. Enoder, and 

 S. Enodock, who was son of one of Brychan's 

 daughters. 



22. Adtven or S. Athewenna is probably Dwynwen, 



a virgin, daughter of Brychan (now perhaps Advent). 

 23 Melie or Helye. The patron of Egloshayle is probably 

 intended. This may be Llechu of the Welsh lists, 

 but of him the Welsh knew very little. 

 2i. Tamlanc is given, by William of Worcester, as Tamalant. 

 The patroness of Talland is S. Elen. This may be 

 the Elened or Almeyda of the Welsh lists, and the 

 M88. may have had "Elena cujus ecclesia in 

 Tamlant," and both transcribers may have committed 

 the same careless blunder of taking the name of the 

 place for that of the patron. 

 We have accordingly been able to account for about 

 eighteen persons, out of the twenty-four names. 



Let us now consider whether there ever was a Brychan, 

 and if so, who he was. 



We might expect to find among the Irish historians some 

 account of his father Aulac. In the Tract De Brachan 

 Brecheiniauc. or De Situ Brecheniauo (Cott. MSS. Vesp. A. xiv), 

 said to date from 900, we have him given as " Aulac(h) filius 

 Coronac." In the Pedigrees of the Saints printed from the 

 Harleian MS. 4181 (Cambro British Saints, p. 270), he is given 

 as " Ap Corinawg, King of Ireland." 



* Kananc may have been written Kanauc, it is di£B.cult to distinguish in a 

 MS. between nand u. 



