to whom he had given powers for that purpose, to receive seisin of their lands during the king's pleasure, and likewise ordered Urian de Sancto Petro to give seisin of the lands of Bromfield and Iâl to Reginald de Grey during the king's pleasure.1 In November 1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, complained to the Archbishop of Canterbury, that "Whereas it is stipulated in the peace that Gruffudd Fychan should do homage to the king for the land in Iâl, and to the prince for the land in Edeyrnion, the king's justices brought the Lady of Maclor into all the said lands of Edeyrnion; the knowledge of which pertained to the prince and not to the said justices; and yet, for the sake of peace, the prince did tolerate all this, being at all times ready to do justice to the said lady. to them. Reserving to The lordships of Maelor Saesneg, Ystrad Alun, and Yr Hôb with the presentation to the rectory of Bangor Is y fortress and lands of Hope, with all belonging to them, as before stated, by doing to us and our heirs the service of four knights' fees for all accustomed and demanded services. Wherefore we wish and strongly order, in behalf of ourself and our heirs, that the aforesaid earl and his heirs, should have and hold in perpetuity the aforesaid fortress of Dinas Brân, and the aforesaid territories of Bromfield and Iâl, as fully and integrally as the aforesaid Gruffudd and Llywelyn held the territory of Bromfield, and the aforesaid Gruffudd Fychan held the territory of Iâl, as aforesaid, together with the (foris facturis) forfeiture of the men of those same territories of Bromfield and Iâl, which can or ought to belong to us, and with all other things belonging to them. Reserving to ourself and our heirs the aforesaid fortress and lands of Hope, and all their appurtenances as aforesaid, by doing for us and our heirs the service of four knights' fees for all services, accustomed and demanded, as aforesaid. Witnesses: Edmund our brother; 1 David, Lord of Denbigh, was the second son of Gruffudd ab Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, and brother of Llewelyn ab Gruffudd, the last Prince of Wales, of the ancient Blood Royal of Britain, who was slain in battle 10th December 1282. He married a daughter of Robert De Ferrars, Earl of Derby, and dying in 1283, left an only daughter, who died in the Nunnery of Sempringham. Hope Castle is now called Caer Gwrle Castle, and is in the Lordship of Yr Hôb. On the 20th May, 1282, Roger Mortimer had authority to receive the Welshmen of Llywelyn Fychan of Mechain Isgoed to the king's peace, and by charter dated Salop, on the 2nd June following, the king granted to Roger Mortimer the younger, the lands which were the property of Llywelyn Fychan, the king's enemy and felon, together with the dowers belonging to the said property, whenever they should happen to fall in. This Llywelyn Fychan had a son and heir named Maredudd, of Abertanad and Mechain, who was the father of Madog of Abertanad and Mechain, whose daughter and coheiress Gwerfyl married Gruffudd of Maelor Saesneg, the second son of Iorwerth Foel, Lord of Chirk, Nanheudwy, and Maelor Saesneg. (See p. 124.) On the 15th June of the same year, 1282 (which year commenced on the first day of the preceding November), the king, by a document dated from Chester, gave orders to the men of Bromfield and Iâl, who held under those lordships, to appear before Reginald de Grey, 1 Rotuli Wallia, 10 Edw. I, memb. 3, No. 7. 2 Ibid., 10 Edw. I, memb. 7. 4 Archeologia Cambrensis, July 1873, p. 253. 3 Ibid. to whom he had given powers for that purpose, to receive seisin of their lands during the king's pleasure, and likewise ordered Urian de Sancto Petro to give seisin of the lands of Bromfield and Iâl to Reginald de Grey during the king's pleasure.1 In November 1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, complained to the Archbishop of Canterbury, that "Whereas it is stipulated in the peace that Gruffudd Fychan should do homage to the king for the land in Iâl, and to the prince for the land in Edeyrnion, the king's justices brought the Lady of Maelor into all the said lands of Edeyrnion; the knowledge of which pertained to the prince and not to the said justices; and yet, for the sake of peace, the prince did tolerate all this, being at all times ready to do justice to the said lady.' The lordships of Maelor Saesneg, Ystrad Alun, and Yr Hôb, with the presentation to the rectory of Bangor Is y Coed, had been settled on the Lady Emma, the relict of Gruffudd ab Madog, Lord of Dinas Brân, as her dower, and at her death was to have reverted to her grandson, the eldest son of Madog Fychan. But Emma, seeing the children of her eldest son, Madog Fychan, murdered, and their territories granted by the English king to their assassins, conveyed her estates to the Audleys, her own kindred, who took possession of them, and did homage for them to the king. (See p. 172.) In the reign of Henry IV, the lordship of Maelor Saesneg was granted to Sir John Stanley, Knt., and it remained in his family till 41st Elizabeth (1599), when William Stanley, Earl of Derby, devised it to Sir Randle Brereton of Malpas, Knt., and it has since devolved to the Hanmers of Hanmer, and the Fletchers of Gwern Hauled.3 1 Warrington's History of Wales, Appendix. 3 Pennant's Tour, vol. ii, 300. WELSH ROLLS. 6 Edw. I, m. 12. A.D. 1278. Rex dilecto et fideli suo Rogero Extraneo custodi terrarum et tenementorum que fuerunt Griffini filii Madoci de Brompfeld, salutem. Mandamus vobis quod omnes exitus provenientes de terris et tenementis predictis et qui filios et heredes ejusdem Griffini que sunt minoris etatis contingunt sine dilacione liberetis Venerabili patri Assafensi Episcopo custodiendos ad opus eorumdem quamdiu nobis placuerit prout eidem Episcopo ex parte vestra una voce est volumus tamen quod omnes tenentes de terris predictis vobis tanquam custodi nostro ibidem nichilominus intendant et respondeant donec aliud inde preceperimus. In cujus, etc. Datum apud Salopiam tertio die Decembris anno regni nostri sexto. 6 Edw. I, mem. 12. Sciatis Rex dilecto et fideli suo Rogero Extraneo salutem. quod deputavimus Griffinum filium Ynorth presentem exhibitorem ad tenendum justiciam in terris que fuerunt Madoci de Bromfeld secundum legem et consuetudinem partium illarum de quibus idem Madocus fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut de feodo, die quo obiit et ad percipiendum omnes exitus earundem terrarum et eos liberandum Margarete que fuit uxor predicti Madoci et que nuper prestitit sacramentum coram nobis quod duos filios et heredes ejusdem Madoci quos sibi tradidimus mittendos et custodiendos vobis restituet ad mandatum nostrum ad sustentacionem puerorum illorum et ad id ultra sustentacionem illa superfuerit ponendum in commodum eorumdem puerorum secundum quod de consilio venerabilis patris Assavensis episcopi et predicte Margarete ac prefati Griffini loco nostri ad hoc assignati maximè vident expediri quod idem Griffinus custodium terrarum illarum Habeat et exitus predictos percipiat in forma predicta et custodire terrarum illarum intendat et inde coram prefatis Episcopo et Margareta vel alio per nos ad hoc assignando per racionabilem computacionem respondeat excepto hoc quod conservacio pacis nostre et judicia latronum et aliorum malefactorum si qui fuerint contra pacem nostram per vos et ministros vestros fiant in terris illis secundum quod magis videbitis expedire. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod custodiam terrarum predictarum et exitus quos ab Octabis Sancti Martini proximè preteritis quando cepimus homagium predictorum puerorum inde recepistis prefato Griffino liberetis in forma predicta. In cujus rei etc. quamdiu et . . . . . Datum etc. apud Salop x die Decembris. Et mandatum est omnibus tenentibus de terris que fuerunt Madoci de Benfeld quod prefatus Griffinus in omnibus que ad premissa pertinent intendentes sint et respondentes in forma predicta. In cujus etc. durat ut supra. Datum ut supra. 6 Edw. I, m. 12. Rex dilecto et fideli suo Rogero Extraneo, salutem. Quia volumus quod terra de qua Madok de Brumfeld fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut de feodo in ballivatu vestro, die quo obiit Margareta que fuit uxor ipsius Madoci assignetur. Tenenda ad opus liberorum predicti Madoci quamdiu nobis placuerit vobis mandamus quod terram illam prefate Margarete liberetis tenendum sicut predictum est. Ita cum quod predicta Margareta coram venerabili patri A. Assavensi Episcopo vel officiario suo sacramentum prestet corporale quod terram illam et liberos predictos nobis restituet cum eos repetere voluerimus. Teste Rege apud Turrim London' x die Januarii. 6 Edw. I, m. 12 dorso. Rex dilectis et fidelibus suis Rogero de Mortuo Mari et Waltero de Hopton, salutem. Quia Margareta quæ fuit uxor Madoci Vaghan nobis conquerando monstravit quod Lewelinus Vaghan terram de Meghey'n que est de hereditate Lewelin et Griffini filiorum et heredum predicti Madoci minus juste detinet occupatam eo quod terra illa per eandem Margaretam et probos homines hereditatis predicte et non per alios custodiri debet juxta legem et consuetudinem parcium illarum usque ad tempus quod predicti heredes se ipsos et hereditatem suam regere sciverint, et non ultra, vobis mandamus quod vocatis partibus coram vobis et audita querela predicte Margarete debitam justiciam inde fieri facietis, secundum legem et consuetudinem parcium predictarum, salvo nobis in omnibus jure nostro. Teste Rege apud Turrim London' iiij die Januarii. 6 Edw. I, m. 12 dorso. A.D. 1278. Rex eisdem, salutem. Quia Margareta que fuit uxor Madoci Vaghan nobis conquerando monstravit quod dilectus et fidelis noster Rogerus le Estraunge terram de Maylorsenek que est de hereditate Lewelini et Griffini filiorum et heredum predicti Madoci minus juste detinet occupacionem, eo quod terra illa per eandem Margariam et probos homines hereditatis predicte et non per alios custodiri debet juxta legem et consuetudinem parcium illarum usque ad tempus quod [predicte ?] heredes se ipsos et hereditatem regere sciverint, et non ultra vobis |