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he matched with Margaret the daughter of Einion np Ithcl of 

 Rhiwedog h in Penllyn in the county of Merioneth Efq. of the 

 tribe of Ririd flaidd, and Howell ap Jevan ap Meredith. 



Quere. If any males defcended of this Howell be living now ? 

 Owen Holland ofBer.w, and Rytherch ap Richard of Myfyrion 

 inAnglefey are defcended by females from. him, as Richard Gruf- 

 fith ap Hugh affirmith ? Alfoe it mould be knowne how this 

 land is gone from his pofteritie. 



This Einion ap Ithel was Efquire to John of Gaunt Duke of 

 Lmcaffer, to whome for his fervice, as well in the time of-warre 

 as peace, he gave a pennon of tweny markes per annum, ifluing 

 out of his manor of Halton 1 : The charter I have feene being in 

 French, with the Duke's feale and armes, and it remaineth in the 

 cuftody of John Owen of Yftymcegid k , Efq. the heire of Owen 

 ap John ap Meredith. Me- 



Solomon, in the neighbourhood of Nanney. Hbwel Sele of Nanney Mood 

 out for Hen. IV. againft Owen Glendower. — MS. Life, penes the Rev. 

 Mr. Price, Librarian of the Bodleian Library. — Howel was attacked by 

 David Gam of Brecknock. Ibid. 



h RHiwedbg is alfo a very ancient family-feat in Merionethfhire, about 

 a mile S. E. from Bala. In Saxton'smapsitis fpelt Ruedok. The name 

 is faid to fignify the bloody-bank, and by tradition a great battle was- 

 fought near this fpot. 



Llwarch hen addreffes his fon Cynddelw in the words following in a. 

 poem full extant, 



Cynddelw, dadw dithan y rhus 

 Ar addel yma heddiw 

 Cudebam un mab nid gweir. 



u Cyndelow,. defend thou the fteep pafs of the hill againft all that 

 Cl affault us to-day, it is in vain to be fond of the only fon which is re- 

 *' maining." 



Llwarch hen in thefeld at Rhiwedog^ after he had loft all his children 

 but Cynddelw. E. 



* There are many Halton 's in England. See Spelman's Index Villaris. 



k Yftmcegid was formerly one of the feats of the Owens of Cleneney,. 

 and is in the parilh of Dolbenman in Carnarvonlhire* The manfion-houfe 



of 



