Tours in Wales Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Peter Da Vies Esq; of Broughton; Kenrick Eyton Esq; of Eytoii; Paul Panton Esq; of Bagilt; Lloyd Kenyon Esq; of Gredington; Mr. Eoger Kenyon, of Cefn; To Owen Brereton Esq; I owe the loan of the curious antiquities found in his estate near Flint, which are engraven in the plates v. and vi. To the reverend Richard Williams, of Fron, I am highly obliged for his poetical translations, marked R. W., and for the elegant version of the ode on Owen Glyndwr, to which that mark is omitted. To the late Richard Morris Esq; of the navy office, I owed much general information. Mr. Hawker of the custom house, Chester, favored me with a particular account of the commerce of that city. The reverend Mr. Edwards, rector of Llanfechan, favored me with some excellent accounts of the parishes of Oswestry, Sellatyn, and Hope. I Received several historical facts respecting the parish of Whittington, from the reverend Mr. Roberts'"', rector of the parish. The reverend John Price, public librarian, and the reverend John Jones, fellow of Jesus college, Oxford, were indefatigable in furnishing me with extracts from the manuscripts of the university. " The loss I sustained in 1793, by the death of the " reverend John Lloyd, rector of Caerwys, my worthy " and constant attendant in all my excursions, was most " severely felt and most sincerely lamented. None chapter{Section 4" equalled him for variety of information, which his great " knowledge of our antient language qualified him to " give to my singular instruction; and which I grieve to " express with posthumous gratitude. " In a great degree (for I must avoid nattering the " living) I found an alleviation of my loss in the acquain- " tance of the reverend Henry Parry, a cheerful and " amiable companion, endowed with much kno...Read More