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pofteritie greatly gainfaid c ; for if Jevan ap Meredith had been 

 elder brother, then John ap Mereditli mould have inherited this 

 land, and not Jevan ap Robert his father's cofen. 



Meredith, fonne to Jevan ap Robert his eldeft fonne, in the 

 time of his father, was taken to nurfe by an honeft freeholder in 

 the hundred of Yfcorum Ifgurvai u , who was owner of the 

 Creigiaw in Llanvaire, and the beft man in the parifli, and have- 

 ing noe children of his owne, gave his inheritance to his fofter- 

 child. Creige ftandeth fome iixteen miles from Kefelgyfirch, 

 whereby it may appeare how defirous men were in thofe dayes to 

 have a patron that could defend them from wrong, though they 

 fought him never foe far off. Creige ftandeth betweene Carnar- 

 von and Bangor, two miles off from Carnarvon. In thofe days 

 Carnarvon flourished as well by trade of merchandife as alfoe for 

 that the King's exchequer, chauncery, and common law courts 

 for all North Wales were there continually refiding, whilft the 

 way to London and the marches was little frequented. By this, 

 civility and learning flourimed in that tovvne, foe as they were 

 called, the lawyers of Carnarvon, the merchands of Beazvmares, 

 and the gentlemen of Coniv ay. I heard diverfe of judgement, and 

 learned in the lavves, to report that the records of the King's 

 Courtes, kept in Carnarvon in thofe dayes, were as orderly and 

 formally kept as thofe in Weftminfter. Thither did his fofter 

 father fend my greate grandfather to fchool, where he learned the 

 Englifh tongue, to read, to write, and to underftand Latine, a 

 matter of great moment in thofe dayes. For his other brethren 

 lofmg their father young, and nurfed in Evioneth, neare their 

 father's houfe, wanted all this ; foe as to the honefl: man, his 



c This is a repetition of what hath been mentioned before. 

 u In Carnarvonfhire. 



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