VICARS OF BANGOR,
Vicaria, collationis Episcopi, cum Rectoria Ecclesæ Parochialis Sii. Kedoll, alias Pentir, unit: et annexa. Festa Dec. 1, & Nov. 1.
KING CHARLES LETTERS
TO THE
GENTLEMEN OF CAERNARVONSHIRE,
[Copied from the original MSS.]
Charles Rex,
Right truly and well-beloved, and trusty and well-beloved—we greete you well. Whereas a Rebellion being raysed against us, and forces marching toward us, we are necessitated for the defence of our person and crowne, and the religion and laws established, to call upon all our good subjects to assist us; and whereas we are fully persuaded of the affection and loyalty of that our countie, and of their readiness to assist us, their King and Liedge Lord, in this our and their necessary defence, according to their duty and alleagiance. These are to will and require you for that, and with all possible speed, to bring to Shrewsbury to our loyal Standard there to attend our further directions, the trayned bands of that countie, as well horses and foote, with such other volunteers, as your interest in them and their owne affection shall persuade to come with them. And if the necessary occasions of any of our trayned bands shall withold them, that either themselves or servants or other volunteers be admitted to serve in their places, with their arms compleat, which trayned bands and volunteers with these from other of our counties in our dominion of Wales we intend to serve in our regiments for a guard for our dearest Son the Prince, and receive them into our pay on their arrival at Shrewsbury, whither we desire that our countie in this our greate exigent to furnish them sufficient ammunition for their journey, and money to bear their charges, which we shall look upon as a great expression of affection and fidelity, and shall at all tymes remember to their advantage, and we require all our Justices of the Peace in that our countie to give their assistance unto us herein and all our loving subjects of the same to be obedient to your directions, in pursuance of these our commands, and for soe doing this shall be to you and every of them a sufficient warrant. Given at our Court at Darby this 15th day of September, 1642.
To the Sheriff and Commissioners of Array, in the countie of Carnarvon
Charles Rex.
Right trusty and well-beloved, we greete you well,—We have understood from the Gentlemen you sent to us, your loyal and unanimous resolutions for the advancement of our service, and for your sending to our standard two hundred armed soldiers, and moneys for their conduct and maintenance, for which soe considerable assistance as we return you hereby our royall thanks, soe we must desire you to speede the sending hither of those soldiers unto our standard, all that may be. And least any disaffected to us and our service should presume to oppose you in this work, we authorise and command you to use your utmost power and endeavour to apprehend and bring in safe custodie to us any one or more that shall appear in opposition or disturbance of you herein. As alsoe for your more effectual proceeding in this service, and for the security of our good subjects in that our countie from intestine tumults and danger, to make use of the magazin now remaining there, and of such further power of the countie as to you shall seem meete upon all occasions, for which these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant. Given at our Court at Shrowsbury, the 28th day of September, in the eighteenth year of our raigne, 1642.
To the Commissioners of Array, of the countie of Carnarvon
Trusty and well-beloved, having great assurance of your constant and well affections unto us in this time of iminent danger, when our owne and our whole kingdom safety is concerned, and being informed and satisfied how much you have expressed your devotions to our service, We shall at all times bee ready to remember your cheerefulness thereof, and not doubting of your continuance to doe all things that may conduce to the furtherance of our safety, we do hereby give you direction, that for such moneys as you have or shall raise voluntarily within your countie for our assistance this time, over and above what is for the conducting of our owne trayned bands, you do paye the same unto John Owen, of Cleneney, in our countie of Carnarvon, Esq. one of our Colonells, who is thereby to be enabled to rayse a regiment to bring his several companies to our standard. And for so doing this shall be to you and every of you a sufficient warrant.—Given at our Court at Chester, the five and twentieth day of September, 1642.
To the Commissioners of Array, in the countie of Carnarvon
Charles Rex.
Trusty and well beloved, we greete you well. Whereas we have by our commission under our great seal, authorized and intrusted our trustie and well-beloved Colonell John Owen to raise in these parts, command, and unto our royal standard to conduct one regiment of foote, for our special service, our will and pleasure is, that you issue unto the said Colonell all such moneys as by you have been for our use received out of the free subscription or contribution of our good subjects of that our countie, which money we have assigned him upon the account of the said regiment, and for your soe doing this, together with his acquittance acknowledging the receit thereof shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge. Given under our sign manuel at our Court at Shrewsbury this 28th day of September, 1642.
To our trustie and well-beloved Sir Wm. Williams, Bart. and Humphrey Jones, Esq. of the countie of Carnarvon
Charles Rex.
Trustie and well-beloved, we greete you well. Whereas Rebellion is raysed against us and forces are marching towards us, which hath already wrought a general distraction throughout this our Realme, to the great disturbance and grievance of all our good and well-affected subjects of whose wealth we are as tender as of our owne; we are necessitated for the defence of own person and of this kingdom and the religion and lawe established, to use all expedient means for our assistance at this time. And whereas we have received good testimony of the good affections and forward zeale of our loving subjects in the Principality of Wales, particularly in our countie of Carnarvon, and of their readiness to serve us for the preservation of the kingdom in this extremity, which we looke upon as an expression of their great fidelity, and shall remember it to their satisfaction, we shall not doubt of your willingness to give obedience to our present directions thus sent to each of you for what is in your power to perform for the furtherance of the publique safety. We in confidence thereof doe hereby will and require you, and every of you, that such publique moneys as have been raysed or ought to have been payed for the safetie and defence of the kingdome within our sayd countie of Carnarvon, and do remayne in one or any of your hands, that you pay the same unto the hands of John Owen of Cleneney, in our sayd countie, Esq. one of the Colonells who is to bring a regiment of volunteers, That thereby he may be enabled to raise his companies, and to bring them unto our standard. And this our warrant shall be his discharge unto you and every of you for soe doing. And we further require that you do immediately upon receit hereof, return severally answers in writing unto us, when you and every of you shall be moved thereto, by the said Colonell Owen or any on his behalf. Given at Wrexham, the 27th of September, 1642.
To our trustie and wel beloved Sir W. Williams, Bart. Wm. Glynn, Owen Wynn, T. Madryn, — Hookes, Arthur Williams, — Griffith, Esq. and Commissioners of the Peace for the countie of Carnarvon, &c.
Charles Rex.
Trustie and well-beloved, we greete you well. Whereas we have lately signified our pleasure unto you that the following contribution money of our countie of Carnarvon should be payed to Collonell John Owen towards the charge of that Regiment, which he was appointed by us to rayse. And we likewise directed our letters to severall persons who had collected the publique moneys of the same countie, which were collected for the defence of the kingdome, that they should pave them towards the same charge as beinge for the common defence of the whole kingdome. Notwithstanding we understande noe parte of these moneys is payd as we directed. And that Regiment which by our special appointment is to march immediately is in danger to disband for want of present supplie which as it is much contrarie to our expectation, who have always hitherto found the forwardness and good affections of the countie toward our service, soe may tend much to our deservice especially at this time, when we have occasion to make tryall of the Loyalty and forwardness of all our subjects, and the payment of those moneyes to the said Colonell beinge more acceptable and of more service unto us, than if they had been payd unto our owne hands, who must otherwise have sent them towards the supplyinge of that Regiment. We doe desire to have cause still to continue our gracious opinion of our gracious opinion of our subjects of that countie. And we are confident if we have not satisfaction herein, it is through the coldness or disaffection of some particular persons who prefer private ends before the publique. And therefore our will is, that you use all possible diligence that we may have satisfaction herein by speedy advance of the contribution moneyes, and calling upon those who keepe the publique moneyes in their hands, that they forthwith pay them to Colonell Owen, or otherwise that you certifie unto us with all speed, by whose meanes our service is so much disturbed, that we may knowe and recompence such persons according to their desert. And for that it much concerns our service that the forces raysed in that countie should all march in one body, our will is, that those 500 armed men, which are by that countie to be sett forth for our service, be joyned with the sayde Regiment and speedily march with them towards us according to such directions as we have given to the sayd Collonell Owen. Given at our Court at Woodstock the 29th day of October, in the eighteenth year of our Reigne.
To the Commissioners of Array, &c.
Charles Rex.
Trusty and well-beloved we greet you well. Whereas we have constituted and appointed our deerest sonne the Prince to be our Lieutenant Generall in our counties of Worcester, Salop, Chester and North Wales, and have appointed our right trusty and well-beloved Arthur Lord Capell cheefe Commander of the same under him, and whereas we have resolved to rayse in our said counties a Regiment of fifteen hundred foote to be the liefe guard of our said deerest Sonne. These are to will and require you to make the same known to our good subjects of that countie, and to take speedy and effectual order for the leavying and arming of the said Regiment, according to our Commission in that behalf granted to our trustie and welbeloved Serjeant Major Woodhouse whom we have appointed to levy and command them. Soe not doubting of your ready assistance herein, we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our Court att Oxford, the 18th day of March, 1642.
To the Commissioners of Array, and Sheriff of Carnarvon
Charles Rex.
Trustye and well-beloved, we greet you well.—Whereas we are informed, that you have diverse peeces of Artillery, which may be of use and avayle to our citty of Worcester and towne of Shrowsbury, if they shall be removed thither respectively, and there mounted for the defence of those places. And being further assured of your good affections to our person, and the advancement of our service, we pray you (all private communications being layd aside) to lend unto us your sayd severall peeces of Artillery, with all their Appurtenances, to be conveyed foorthwith unto, and employed in our sayd cittye and towne, at the proper costs and charges of them respectively, as alsoe, att their like charges, for the returne of the sayd peeces of Artillery and their appurtenances home againe, att the end of the service, unless in the interim it shall be agreed betweene you and the sayd townes, to buy and sell the sayd peeces, for such price and consideration as they can respectively accord for them, or any of them. Of this service we desire you not to fayle, being of much consequence to our affayres, and in performance whereof, you shall do us a good pleasure, for which these our letters shall be your warrant. Given under our signett, at our Court at Oxford, the 31st December, 1642.
To John Griffith, Esq. &c.
Charles Rex.
Trusty and welbeloved, we greete you well.—Whereas we have entrusted and authorised our right trusty and welbeloved Arthur Lord Capell to be our Lieutenant General of that and other of our counties, and to provide for the security and preservation thereof by the best ways and means he can devise. And whereas it hath been thought requisite and necessary for the purpose aforesaid to levy a competent number of foote and Dragoons in our said countie. Our will and pleasure is that in order to our said service you shall receive and assist any warrants of Commissioners as are or shall be issued from the said Lord Capell, with the same care and respect as if they were our owne, since what he hath done or shall doe herein is done by our command, direction, commission and authority, and for soe doing this shall be your warrant. Given at our Court att Oxford, the 15th day of June, 1643.
To the Commissioners of Array, &c.
Charles Rex.
Trusty and welbeloved, we greete you well.—Whereas we are informed that Sir Thos. Middleton, Knt. is made Lieutenant General of North Wales by Commission from one or both of our Houses of Parliament, and whereas Edward Vaughan, Gent. hath withdrawn himself from our allegiance, contrary to our express command, for the prevention of all danger and mischief that may proceed from either of them to our countie or any part of North Wales, our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby require you and every of you to use your utmost power and industrie to apprehend or seize the persons of the said Sir Thos. Middleton and Edward Vaughan, and having seized them to keep them in safe custody, until you shall receive our further order on that behalf. And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given at our Court at Oxford, the 16th of June, 1643.
To the Commissioners of Array, &c.
Charles Rex.
Trusty and well beloved, we greet you well. We are very sensible of your free and reall expressions of your loyalty and affection to us upon all occasions, for the advance of our service:—And though we might well conceive it needlesse to stir you up to the performance of these duties, whereunto you are already very forward, yet we thought good hereby to put you in mind of the great necessity of providing moneys for the maintenance of our forces, for the defence of those parts against the rebells, and to propose unto you, as that which we think a very fit course, that you follow the good example of our good subjects of our countie of Salop, and join with our trusty and well-beloved Arthur, Lord Capell, in advising upon, and raysing some competent monthly contribution in that our county, proportionable to what they have levyed, and also in advancing such considerable sums of money as you can provide, according as divers of our well-affected subjects of the gentry of Salop have already done. We also think it very requisite, and have signified so much to the Lord Capell, that the High Sheriff of that our countie, should attend him about this affair, and that some person well affected, may be chosen out of our said countie to be always resident with him, that may receive advertisement of your proceedings in this business, and may signifie from time to time to that our countie, the condition of our affairs there, soe not donating of your ready compliance herein, wee bid you heartily farewell. Given at our Court at Oxford, the 23rd June, 1643.
To the Commissioners of Array, of the County of Carnarvon, &c.
Charles Rex.
Trustie and well beloved, we greete you well. It cannot but be displeasing to us that any of our subjects, especially such as you, who should be good examples to others, should neglect our service, and the authorities of such to whom we have given power to call you hereunto, such hath been your wilful declining, as we hear, of the Lord Capell’s summons to you by his Letters, to appear and join with the rest of the countyes under his command, that we do assure you, if we hear not shortly of your better complyance with him, we shall have much cause to suspect your disaffection, for the urgency of our affairs now admits not of procrastinations, nor our reall service of coldness. Given at our Court at Oxford, the last day of July, 1643.
To the Sheriff and Commissioners of Array, of the countie of Carnarvon
A
CATALOGUE
OF
Some of the Rarer Plants
WHICH GROW
IN CAERNARVONSHIRE,
WITH THE HABITATS OF THE MOST RARE.
By Mr. J. ROBERTS, Surgeon, Caernarvon.
Veronica Spicata, a [xxi]
Salvia verbenaca
Iris fætidissima
Schænus albus
Lycopus europæus
Poa alpina
Festuca rubra
— vivipara
Rotbollia incurvata
Galium cruciatum, a
— boreale, b
Centunculus minimus
Rubia peregrina
Alchemilla alpina, c
Pulmonaria maritima
Hottonia palustris
Convolvulus soldanella
Campanula hederacea
Lobelia dortmanna
Samolus valerandi
Euonymus europæus
Viola lutea, d
Beta maritima
Salsola kali
Crithmum maritimum
Œnanthe pimpinelloides
Scandix odorata
Sambucus ebulus
Parnassia palustris, e
Drosera longifolia
Viburnum opulus
Scilla verna
Anthericum serotinum, f
Juncus acutus
— triglumis, g
Rumex digynus
Triglochin maritimum
Alisma natans, h
Vaccinium vitis idæa
Saxifraga stellaris
— nivalis, i
— oppositifolia, i
— cœspitosa, i
— palmata, i
— hypnoides, i
— platypetala, i
Silene nutans, k
— acaulis
Arenaria verna
— peploides
Sedum rupestre, c
Cerastium alpinum, c
— latifolium, l
Euphorbia portlandica
Spiræa filipendula
Pyrus aria, m
Rubus saxatalis, n
— chamæmorus
Potentilla verna, a
Geum rivale
Nymphæa lutea
—alba
Cistus marifolius, a
Thalictrum minus
— alpinum, c
Trollius europæus
Ajuga alpina
Galeopsis grandiflora, o
Galeobdolon luteum, p
Scutellaria minor
Antirrhinum orontium
Scrophularia vernalis, a
Lamium album
Crambe maritima
Subularia aquatica, q
Draba incana
Arabia hispida, l
— thaliana
Cheiranthus sinuatus
Erodium cicutarium
— maritimum
Geranium sanguineum
Malva moschata
Lavatera arborea
Fumaria claviculata
Genista tinctoria
Anthyllis vulneraria
Orobus sylvaticus
Lathyrus sylvestris, r
Vicia sylvatica
Medicago sativa, s
Hypericum androsæmum
— dubium
Tragopogon pratensis
Hedypnois taraxaci
Hieracium alpinum
Cichorium intybus
Serratula alpina, b
Gnaphalium dioicum, b
Orchis pyramidalis, a
Orchis conopsea
Satyrium viride
— albidum
Ophrys ovata
— cordata, u
Serapias ensifolia, v
Malaxis paludosa, w
Sparganium natans, x
Carex dioica
— atrata
— fulva, c
— rigida
— vesicaria
Salix herbacea, c
Empetrum nigrum
Juniperus communis
Rhodiola rosea
Myrica gale
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Osmunda regalis
— lunaria
Lycopodium clavatum
— selaginoides
— selago
— annotimum, g
— alpinum
Polypodium arvonicum, y
Aspiduim lonchitis
— Thelypteris
— oreopteris
— aculeatum
Asplenium marinum
— viride
— Septentrionale
Scolopendruim ceterach
Pteris crispa
Cyathea fragile
— regia
Hymenophyllum tunbridgense
Isoetes lacustris, q
The following are recommended as good Guides:
Thomas Williams, of Glan y Bala, or the Cottage between the Lakes, Llanberis.
Thomas Phillips, Thomas Griffith, and all the Boatmen at Cwm y glo, Llanrug.
| FEET. | |
| Height of Snowdon, according to the Trigonometrical observations for the General Survey of England and Wales | 3561 |
| Do. By Mr. Wollaston’s Thermometrical Barometer from Carnarvon Quay | 3546,25 |
| Trigonometrically, according to General Roy | 3555,4 |
| Barometrically, according to Do. | 3548,9 |
| Moel Ælia, do. do. | 2350,55 |
| — do. do. | 2371 |
| — do. do. | 2391,8 |
| Highest point of the Rivals | 1866 |
| Cadair Idris | 2914 |
| Garn Fadryn | 1233 |