[ 55 s ! 



and" the great ftandard of England overthrowne and forfa&en t{ 

 which was the caufe that Robert Mountfort, a noble baron, im- 

 peached Henry of EfTex the ftandard bearer, (who held that 

 office by inheritance), for beginning the flight,, of treafon, whicl> 

 being tried by combate, the ftandard-bearer was overthrowne,,, 

 his office, lands, and goods, confifcate, and himfelfe fhaven a- 

 monke in the Abbey of Reading. After that this Prince had; 

 reigned moft victorioufly thirty-two years, he died. It is written 

 of him, that he was foe fortunate,, as that he never attempted -that" 

 enterprise which he atchieved not. 



Cadwalader, brother to prince Owen h ,, was married to Alice*, 

 daughter to Richard earl of Clare, and was lord of Cerdigiawn or' 

 Cardiganmire. 



Though this record is attefted by Cadwalader king of Wales * 

 becaufe he had kingly authority in this countrey, yet he was na; 

 more than a Subject to his brother, by whom he was bammed,, 

 and loft his lands, till by compofition the fame were reftord. The 



author alludes to. He alfo does not explain in any inftance what Welfli 

 Chronicle he fo often refers to, whether that of Caradoc of Lancarvon,.. 

 that before mentioned to have been written by a Friar of Conway, . or pen- 

 haps iome other compilation of the famefort. The author alfo cites the 

 copy of a Welfli chronicle in the poffeffion of his relation Sir Thomas 

 Williams of Trefriw. See afterwards. 



s See Gulielmus Neubrigenfis's account af the action, 1, 2. c-5. which, 

 agrees with the author's in moft particulars. 



h Cadwalader f rater Owini magni falutem in Domino ; Notum fit' 

 univerfitati veftrae quod ego Cadwalader pro falute animae mese & omni- 

 um anteccflorum & heredum meorum dedi & conceffi Deo & Ecctie 

 S. Joannis Evan 5 de Hageman & Canonieis ibidem Deo fervientibus in\ 

 puram & ppetuam Eleemofynam Eecliam deNevin. T. Alic' de Clara 

 vixore mea, Ranulpho comite Ceftriae, 8cc. P'recipio quod Abbas Salop- 

 Sc Conventus habeant tot am tenuram fuam inter Ryblam & Merfam * 

 T. R. comite de Clara & Cadwaladro ap G/v ap Cjnan rege Walluirum,, & 

 Roberto BafFet & Gaufrid apud Ceftriam. 



* See note h . 



* Two rivers ia Lsmcaftnre. 



Welfh 



