John Leland's Itinerary in Wales - Historical texts and images

In Hye or Uper Poweslnnd northewestwnrd toward Abreustwith 293 be 2. lordshipps,
Arustle and Cauilioc. 294
In Rustle 295 is no praty townc, or of any market, but Llanidles. Yet at poore Cairllews 296
hathe bene a market and borow privilegid.
In Cauilioc is none but Mahenclif. 297
Powis borderithe one way apon North-Wals in Merionetheshire as concerninge the limits
of Cauilioc 298 lordshipe, and is in lengthe by gesse a xx. miles. For it is xvi. miles betwixt
/55/Cairllews and Mahenclif, and at the ends of eche of thes places it extendith
somewhat from the townes.
Cardigan-
shire.
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Montgom-
eryshire.
Low Pois is in lengthe from Buttigton Bridge a 2. miles from the Walche Poole toward
Shrobbsheri onto above.
In all Hy Powis is not one castle that evidently aperithe by manifest ruins of waulls; and
they wer wont to bringe in tymes past in the old Lord Duddley=s dayes theyr prisoners to
Walchepoole.
And in Low Powis is but onely the castle of the Walchepoole.
Stowe, v.,
fo. 118
PRIORIES.
Llanlligan a veri litle poore nunneri about the border of Kidewyn and Nether Powis.
Chirbiri a priori of Chanons in Chirbiri Hunderith 2. miles from Montgomerike. Muche
of the stone and leade browght to repayre Montgomery.
Strate Marcelle 299 Abbey. White Monkes in Lowe Powis 2. mils from the Walsche Poole,
hard on the farthar banke of Severne.
Mastar Mitten of Shropshire now lord of Mouthey 300 lordshipe set to Montgomerishire.
Keri lordshipe, Kidowen lordshipe, Alcestlitle lordshipe, the lordshipe of Treelte, alias 3.
townes, longe to Montgomeri, as partes or members of it, and be in the Kyng’s hand.
Arustle and Keuilioc lordshipps long also to the Kynge, late the Lorde Duddley=s.
Clunne and Temecester lordshipps longe to the Lord of Arundle.
Al Nether Powis lordship with Walchepoole market and castel to the Lord Powis.
Llanwordell dyd longe to the Lord Duddley, now to the Lord Powis.
Dowder 301 lordshipe longid to the Lord Dudeley, now to Mastar Andrews of Oxfordshire.
293 Aberystwyth.
294 Keveliog.
295 Arwystli.
296 Caer Sws.
297 Machynlleth.
298 See note 273.
299 Ystrad Marchell.
300 Mowddwy
301 Doyddwr.
Cairdigan.
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Abreostuthe 302 hath bene waullyd, and hathe greate privilegis, and is bettar market then
Cairdigan.
There is but a great hill bytwyxt Ostwith River and Stratflure, so that ther is but distance
of 2. miles by twyxt the streames of Tyue 303 and Ostwith.
Abow Strateflure cummithe owt of the mowntanes a wild watar, and goythe into Tyue. 304
The water, as I hard say, is caullid Glesse rode. 305
There is a Lline 306 a iiii. miles from Stratflure caullyd Llin Tyueabout .... in bredthe. Tyue
cummithe out of this poole, so to Strateflure Abbay, and there aboute commithe in Glesrode
burne, sumwhat benethe the abbay. Glesrode risethe a 3. miles from Stratflure in the
mountaynes in the hy way toward Buelthe.
Tyue or evar he cum to Stratflure, takethe but a lytle botom, but fletithe and ragith apon
stones as Glesrode dothe.
And or Tyue cum to Stratflure he reseivithe a litle brooke caullyd Llinhiglande.
Glesrode sometyme so rageth that he cariethe stones from there placis.
Tyue goith from Stratflur to Tregaron a village a iiii. miles of on the hither side, and this
commithe in a nothar brooke caullid Crose 307 that within a litle goithe into Tyue.
Grifin Dun Justice of Cairmardine tolde me that ther is a place about Strateflure caullyd
Cregnaullin, 308 as a stone or rokket from whens a man may se ix. llines. 309
ABBAYES AND PRIORIE.S 1N CARDIGANSHIRE.
Strateflur
Cardiganshire.
310 apon Tyue xxiiii. miles of montaine ground from Brekenauc.
Talley 311 a priori of White Chanons in a valley within 3. mils of Abermarlais, and it stode
in Carmardynshire.
/57/Landewi 312 breui a prety village and a college of xiiii. prebends longinge to
S. David's. It stondithe 2. mils from Tregaron, and by Landewi rinnith a streme
caullyd Breui. 313
Cairmardine.
302 Aber Ystwyth.
303 Teivi.
304 Teivi.
305 Glas ffwrd.
306 Llyn
307 Crwys.
308 Craig-naullyn.
309 I.e. may see nine pools or lakes.
310 Ystrad Flur or Strata Florida.
311 Tal y llycheu.
312 Llan Dewi brevi.
313 Brevi.
MARKETTES IN CAIRMARDINSHIRE.
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Stowe, v.,
fo.119;
Leland,v.,
fo.22