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exterior appearance is magnificent, the walls being orna¬ 
mented with finall pinnacles and battlements; and con¬ 
tains fundry monumental memorials of the Littletons of 
Teddefley and Pileworth, barts, which title became extinft 
on the death of the third fir Edward, May 17, 1812, at 
the age of 84. Edward John Littleton, efq. of Teddefley, 
(about a mile from Penkridge,) who inherited the pro¬ 
perty, is fon-in-law to the marquis of Wellefley, and 
M. P. for the county of Stafford : he pofl’efles the great 
tythes of the parifli. This church, or free royal chapel, 
has within its jurifdidlion four chapels, Dunftan, Coppen- 
hall, Sharefhill, and Stretton. 
Here is a charity fchool for twelve boys and eight girls. 
In 1819 two excellent fchool-rooms for the children of 
this and the neighbouring parifhes, and a houfe for the 
mailer and miftrefs, were built by the above-named E. J. 
Littleton, efq. The fchools are on the Madras fyftem, 
and the whole of the expenfe defrayed by him. 
According to the parliamentary returns of the popula¬ 
tion in 1821, the parifhof Penkridge contained 1136 males 
and 1166 females; total of perfons, 2302. Penkridge is 
ten miles from Wolverhampton, twenty-two from New- 
caftle-under-line, twenty-four from Birmingham, fifty- 
eight from Manchefter and 129 north-weft from London. 
Lat. 52. 43. N. Ion. 2. 7. W. 
Weft of Penkridge is the village of Whifton.—Eaft of 
Penkridge is Wolafton.— Burton is near Penkridge; it 
had an abbey, built in 1004. 
Cank, or Cannock, with its foreft, is on the fouth of 
the Trent, near Penkridge. Here is an iron ore, called 
cannock-ftone ; the workmen call it yellow (hare. The vil¬ 
lage of Cank is near five miles fouth of the wood. 
Sharefhill is a fmall village belonging to the pariflt of 
Penkridge, two miles from Cannock. At the north and 
fouth entrance of this place are two fquare entrenchments, 
the area of the largeft about one rood ; they are generally 
fuppofed to have been Roman encampments, which their 
proximity to the Watiing-ftreet road feems to favour. 
The body of the church was rebuilt about fixty years fin|Ce ; 
only the tower and a few monumehts w r ere preferved from 
the old church, which are of very old date, and on them 
are feveral curious infcriptions. 
Lapley, a fmall village to the fouth of this town, is 
diftinguiftied as the fcite of an alien priory for black 
monks, which was annexed as a cell to the abbey of St. 
Remigins at Rheims, orf whom it was bellowed by Ayl¬ 
mer, earl of Chelter and Mercia, in the time of Edward 
the Confefl'or. At its fupprefiion by Henry V. its Icite 
and pofleflions were given to the college of Tong. The 
church belonging to this priory is ftiil Handing, and is 
now the parochial place of worfliip. It has a handfome 
tower, which rifes between the chancel and the body of 
the church. 
Near this village is Stretton, mentioned above as the 
fuppofed fcite of Pennocrucium. An elegant feat here, 
belonging to the family of Monckton, w ; as bnciently the 
property of the Congreves, anceftors to the celebrated 
dramatic poet of that name. The Roman road, called 
the Watling ftreet, pafies clofe to the fouth fide of the 
village. Tanner's Notitia Monajlica. Camden's Britannia. 
Beauties of England and Wales, vol- xiii. Britijh Direc¬ 
tory. , vol. iv. v. 
PEN'KUM, a town of Anterior Pomerania, furround- 
ed with walls in the year 1190. It has often fuffered 
greatly by war and fire : fifteen miles fouth-weft of New 
Stettin, and forty-three north-north-weft of Cuftrin. Lat. 
53.19. N. Ion. 14. 20. E. 
PEN'LAU LEN'GAU, a river of Auftria, which flows 
from Lake Alben, and runs into the Traun four miles 
fouth-weft of Weis. 
PEN'LEE POI'NT, a cape in the Englilh Channel, on 
the fouth coaft of the county of Cornwall, weft of the en¬ 
trance into Plymouth Sound. 
PEN'MAEN MAU'R, a large and lofty mountain of 
Caernarvonfliire, North Wales, rifes with a rapid afcent 
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from the fouthern fltore of the Menai river. Its fummit 
is about 1540 feet above the level of the fea. On the 
top is an ancient Britifh fortrefs called Braich y Dinas ; 
alfo a bardie , or Druidical circle of upright and proftrate 
ftones. Near the bafe of the mountain, on the north fide, 
is a turnpike-road from Aberconway to Bangor, &c. 
which was formed, with much difficulty and expenfe, about 
the year 1772. In fome parts it is conftrudled on arches 
thrown acrofs fiffures, and in other parts it hangs over a 
fteep and lofty precipice about 200 feet above the fea, and 
prefents a terrific appearance to the traveller. A wall 
has been built to guard againft dangers. 
PEN'MAN, f. One who profefles the art of writing— 
I fhall fpeak of this mailer and accountant, [E. Powell,] 
not only as a dexterous penman, but alfo as a fcholar very 
well verfed in the claflical learning. Majfey's Orig. and 
Pragrefs of Letters. —An author ; a writer.—The four 
evangelifts, within fifty years after our Saviour’s death, 
configned to writing that hiftory, which had been pub- 
liftted only by the apoftles and difciples ; the further 
confideration of thefe holy penmen will fall under ano¬ 
ther part of this difcourfe. Addifon on the Chr. Religion. 
And thou, the penman of my hiftorie, 
Prepare fad verfe for my fad tragedie. Mir. for Mag. 
PEN'MAN HEAD', a cape of Scotland, on the north 
coaft of Aberdeenfliire. Lat. 57. 37. N. Ion. 2. 9. W. 
PEN'MAN ROSS', a mountain in Denbighlhire, North 
Wales, near which there is a narrow dangerous road to 
St. Afaph. 
PEN'MANSHIP, f. The ufe of the pen ; art of wri¬ 
ting.—In 1664 he [Cocker] publifhed his Guide to Pen- 
manjhip. Majfey's Orig. and Progrefs of Letters. 
PEN'MARCH POI'NT, a cape on the weft coaft of 
France, fituated on the fouth of a bay, which takes its 
rtame from the town of Audierne : eighteen miles fouth- 
weft Quimper, fifteen fouth-fouth-eaft of Audierne. Lat. 
47.48. N. Ion. 4.17. W. 
PEN'MARCH ROC'KS, rocks near the weft coaft of 
France, and fouth-eaft coaft of the department of the 
Finiftere, eaft of Penmarch Point. Lat. 47. 48. N. Ion. 
4. 6. W. 
PENMOR'SA, a village in Carnarvonfiiire, North 
Wales, with three fairs ; Aug. 20, Sept. 5, and Nov. 12. 
PENN (Sir William), an admiral of England, and one 
Of the commanders at the taking of Jamaica, was born at 
Briftol, 1621. Being addicted’from his youth to the fea, 
he became a captain at twenty-one ; and, after feveral in¬ 
termediate promotions was made admiral in the firil 
Dutch war, at thirty-two years of age. In 1665 he came 
home, and was chofen member of parliament for Wey¬ 
mouth, not without hereby incurring the difpleafure of 
the republican government, by which he was committed 
for a while to the Tower, on a charge of quitting his 
command without leave, to the hazard of the army. 
Upon the reftoration of the monarchy, he was made a 
cornmiflioner of the admiralty and navy, governor of the 
town and fort ofKinfale, vice-admiral of Munfter, and 
one of the council of that province. After fuftaining 
the chief command, under the duke of York, in the vic¬ 
tory over the Dutch in 1665, he took leave of the fea, but 
continued in his otheremployments till 1669, when, grow¬ 
ing infirm, he retired to Wanftead, in Eflex, and died there 
the year following. He is laid to have acquitted himfelf, 
in his feveral high offices, with honour and fidelity. 
PENN(William), an illuftrious perfon among the Qua¬ 
kers, and founder of the colony of Pennfylvania, was the 
only fon of the admiral above mentioned, by his wife Mar¬ 
garet, daughter of John Jafper, a merchant of Rotterdam. 
He was born in London, in the vicinity of the Tower, 14th 
October, 1644. His father gave him a liberal education, 
induced, no doubt, to greater care in the finiftiing of it, 
by profpedls of his fon’s advancement at court, where he 
himfelf was in high favour. But the mind of the fon was 
formed for other purfuits; and, before he had palled his 
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