our realme of England, not only for the adoption of the crown e, 

 unto us of right appertaining, but alfde for the oppreffion of the 

 odious tyrant Richard late Duke of Glocefter, ufurper of our 

 faid. right; and moreover to reduce as well our faid realme of 

 England into its ancient eftate, honour, and property, and proi- 

 peritie, as this our faid principalitie of Wales, and the people of 

 the fame to their dear<?/i ° liberties, delivering them of fuch mife- 

 rable fervitude as they have piteoufly long ftood in. We defire 

 and pray you, and upon your allegiance ftridtly charge and com- 

 mand you, that . immediately upon the fight hereof with all fuch 

 power, as ye may make, defencibly arrayed for the warre, ye 

 addreffe you towards us, without any tarrying upon the way, 

 untillfuch time as ye be with -us, wherefoever we mall be, to our 

 aide, for the effect above rehearfed, wherein ye fhall caufe us in 

 time to come to be your lingular good Lord, and that ye faile 

 not hereof as ye will avoyd our grievous difpleafure, and anfwere 

 it unto your perill. Given under our fignet at our p , &c. 



To our truftie -and well-beloved John ap Meredith ap Jevan 

 ap Meredith. 



Jevan ap Robert ap Meredith, my anceftor, haveing, as afore 

 is remembred, croffe maried with the houfe of Bron y foel in 

 Evioneth, had by his wife, called Catherine, three fonnes, Mere- 

 dith, Robert, and John. After her death he maried Gwenhwy- 

 far, daughter of Madog Vaughan, of the houfe of Llwyn Dyrus, 

 defcended of Sir GrufF Lloyd, by whome he had two fonnes, 

 Gruff' Vaughan and Jevan, and a daughter. Jevan died 01 , being 



° erft, liberties, in all the copies which I have examined. E. 

 ' The date and place from which this order ifTued are omitted in 

 the MS. 



i i. e. Jevan ap Robert, the father. See before. P. 



but 



