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Meredith ap Jevan ap Meredith, begat by the daughter of Ei- 

 nion 1 ap Ithel, John ap Meredith, (who maried and was at man's 

 eftate afore his grandfather's brother, Robert ap Meredith, my 

 anceftor, ever maried ;) and Robert ap Meredith, Abbot of Bard- 

 fey. This may be accounted for, as we have it by certaine tra- 

 dition, that Robert was almoft eighty years old. before he ever 

 married, and then in his dotage fancied and married Angarad the 

 daughter of David ap Llyn ap David of Kefn-melgoed in the 

 county of Cardigan, whofe wife was the daughter of. Rytherch 

 ap Jevan Llwyd of that countrey ;..by ,her he had hTue Jevan ap 

 Robert and feveral daughters^ , From this Robert the Abbot are 

 defcended my three Pencenedh ,m i because they are defcended of 

 church nobilitie, viz. GrufEth ap Richard of Madryn ifla,. Robert 

 ap Richard of Llocheiddor, and Owen ap John ap Jevan ap Ro- 

 bert of Bron y foel, and Kefn Kyfanedd in Evioneth. 



The cafe. why this Robert -ap Meredith was foe long unmaried 

 may appeare partly by record,, and partly by tradition ; it is cer- 

 taine, that as in the time of Henry the Fourth, Jevan ap Mere- 

 dith had matched his fonne (as is aforefaid) to Einion ap Ithele"s 



of this family is' now at Porkinton iri Shropmire; and it may he perhaps 

 faidthat there is ftronger proof of the fame fpot having been the capital 

 manfion of the Owens for a longer time, than probably can be produced 

 by any. other family in Europe. The following order of Henry II I. 

 tranfcribed from Rymer, proves that Porkinton belonged to the Owens 

 nearly 650 years ago. " Rex Lewelino Principi Sal. Sciatis quod — & 

 " Bledh fftmsOenide Porkinton venerunt ad fid-em & fervitium noftrum," 

 See Rymer, vol. I. par. u p. 79. A. D. 121 8. and 2 Hen. III. 



1 This Einion, after the death of Walter Lord Mauney (who was by 

 patent fheriff of Merionethfhire for life) fucceeded him in that office, 

 being in great favour with Henry the Fourth, in the beginning of whcU . 

 reign he died. 



E. citing a MS. of Mr. Robert Vaughan of Hcngwrt.. 



m Pencenedle fignifies head of a family., . 



daughter^ 



