[380] The Plantagenets are at the plough; while the descendants of the knaves that served them are at the helm of public affairs.
[381] See Speed, p. 465.
[382] See the Drama of Richard III., Act V.
[383] See also the Enumeration as given by Shakspeare.
[384] Thomas’s “Glendwr,” 1822.
[385] It is mentioned as a curious genealogical fact, that Cromwell was descended from Cadwgan, second son of Bleddyn-ap-Cynfyn, founder of the third royal tribe. The family name was anciently Williams; Morgan Williams, of Nantchurch, in Cardiganshire, married the sister of Thomas Cromwell, the minister Earl of Essex, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Richard Cromwell, of Hinchinbroke, in Huntingdonshire, who first assumed the name of Cromwell. He was father to Sir Henry Cromwell, the grandfather, by Robert, the second son of Oliver, the “Protector.” Yorke—Thomas’ Mem. of Owen Glendwr, 225.
[386] Caer-Tyf—Castle or fort on the Taafe.—See Warner, p. 46.
[387] Powel’s Hist. p. 111; also, Warner’s Tour, p. 47
[388] Tanner’s Not. Monast.; Thomas’s Mems. of Glendower; Coxe’s Tour.
[389] Excursions in Wales. 1851.