severance in the latter vessel, during an arduous chase of three days, which terminated in the capture, in December, 1805, of "Le Général Blanchard", a privateer of 16 guns and 130 men. He was made full lieutenant, 1st September, 1806, into the "Princess of Orange", 74, flagship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral John Holloway; and in May, 1807, after he had been for a short time re-attached to the "Favourite", he was appointed to the "Medusa" sloop, part of the force employed in the Walcheren expedition. In 1808 he left the Navy, and returned to the Old Hall, where he led the same kind of life that he was accustomed to in his younger days, selling portions of the estate in the town and neighbourhood whenever he was short of money. In 1826 he sold the residence of his ancestors to Mr. Brown, father of the present proprietor, and was appointed to the "Gloucester", which formed part of the fleet sent by Canning to assist the Portuguese. On the 28th of October, 1829, he was advanced to the command of the "Etna", bomb, and paid her off 26th May, 1830, since which time he was not employed. Commander Ingram married, 7th September, 1806, Miss Wilmot, of Oyster Street, Portsmouth, and was living in 1859.

MAENOL.

This pleasant residence is situated about half a mile to the south of the town, between the road leading thence to Llangurig and the Mid Wales Railway. It was built about the year 1832 by the late Thomas Evans, Esq., shortly after his return from India.

Mr. Evans was the son of Mr. Hugh Evans of Llanidloes, was born in the year 1773, and having been educated with the view of his engaging in the medical profession, he entered the service of the old East India Company in the capacity of surgeon, and, distinguishing himself by his skill and steadiness of character, was ultimately appointed superintendent surgeon in the

Madras establishment. While in India he realised a handsome fortune, and retired to his native place to enjoy it. He built Maenol for his residence, and purchased considerable landed property in the contiguous parishes of Trefeglwys, Llanidloes, and Llangurig. He was in the commission of the peace for the county, and in 1840 served the office of sheriff of Montgomeryshire. The following amusing incident relating to Mr. Evans' term of office is extracted from the Memoir of Lord Denman :--" On July 25th, 1840, I (Lewis Denman) went with my father as Marshal on the North Wales circuit. The first place of holding the assizes was at Newtown (now, with Welshpool, one of the two assize towns for Montgomeryshire), and I think this was the first occasion on which a judge had ever been there. When about three miles from Newtown we were met by the sheriff, Mr. Evans, with a coach and four good horses, and about twenty mounted javelin men. My father had told me to order the postboys to make the best of their way to the lodgings at Newtown, to get things ready for him, he himself going in the sheriff's carriage, which he expected, as usual, would proceed at a walking pace. I ordered the postboys to make the best of their way, and so they did; and, whether it was that there had been no experience of the general custom of a judge coming slowly into an assize town, or whether it was owing, as is quite possible, to the Welsh blood of the sheriff's coachman being up, I can't say, but certain it is that the sheriff's yellow coach and four, with my father and the sheriff in it, came after me at a tremendous pace. Perhaps the coachman thought he ought to have taken the lead, but the postboys did as I told them, in accordance with my father's orders, and we held our own, doing the three or four miles at about the rate of twenty miles an hour. Nor was this all; the javelin men, of course, had to keep up with us, but, instead of keeping near the sheriff, they went ahead of me, and made the running still stronger, now jostling one another into the ditches by the side of the

road, now scrambling over heaps of stones, &c. The consequence was that my lord got into Newtown very much quicker than he expected; and he, having good nerves and not too much punctiliousness, was extremely glad of it."

He died February 11th, 1845, aged 72, and left his property to his grand-niece, Miss Hayward, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hayward, who succeeded Mr. Evans as resident at Maenol. He bequeathed £200 towards the erection of the organ now standing in Llanidloes Church.

Mr. Evans had an elder brother, David (died 1830, aged 65), who, by his wife Elizabeth (who died 11th December, 1853, aged 76), had a numerous family; the eldest daughter, Elizabeth, became the wife of Thomas Hayward, Esq., of Maenol, Mayor of Llanidloes, 1840-1 and 1841-2, and she was the mother of an only daughter, Margaret Eleanor, who, in 1867, married the Rev. E. O. Phillips, M.A., Vicar of Aberystwith. Mr. Phillips had greatly distinguished himself during his residence at Cambridge, being, for three successive years, senior prizeman of Corpus Christi College, and 18th wrangler and fellow of his college. In 1854 he was elected warden of the Llandovery Welsh Collegiate Institute, where he devoted himself successfully for many years to the cause of education, and was subsequently appointed to the important living of Aberystwith in 1861. Upon the nomination of the Rev. Joshua Hughes to the Bishopric of St. Asaph, Mr. Phillips was elected Proctor of Convocation for the diocese of St. David's, which office he resigned in January 1874, upon being appointed by Dr. Thirlwall to a canonry living in the Cathedral of St. David's. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have two sons and two daughters, viz., Charles Hayward, Ellen Margaret, Amy Myfanwy, and Tudor Owen.

THE GREEN

Is situated on the south side of the town, a short distance to the right of the road leading to Llangurig.

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On a document bearing the date of 1759 it is described as "newly erected", and "now or late in the holding of Pryce Clunn, gentleman, his under tenants or assigns", the proprietor being Mr. David Owen, of Upper Glandulas. Subsequently it passed into the hands of the Howel family, the founder of which was Gwilym Howel, a sketch of whose life was given in the biographical chapter of the "Parochial Account of Llangurig".

Gwilym Howel died March 4th, 1775, leaving, by his wife Elizabeth (who died 29th of May, 1791), a son, William, and a daughter, Anne. Anne married Thomas Marsh, Esq., a solicitor of considerable practice in the town, and was the mother of two sons, 1, Thomas, who died 19th December, 1806, aged 25; 2, William Howel Marsh, who died 9th February, 1829, at the age of 44, leaving the bulk of his property to his cousin, Mrs. Pryce.

William Howel succeeded his father, and died the 7th September, 1804. By his wife Elizabeth (who died 17th October, 1816) he had two sons, 1, William, a surgeon, who died 25th August, 1804; and, 2, George, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who died 8th April, 1805; together with a daughter,

Anne, who married Thomas Pryce, Esq., J.P., and was the mother of a large family.

1. William Howel Pryce, who died 2nd September, 1836, aged 23 years;

2. Thomas Marsh Pryce, who practised as a surgeon in the town, and died 14th January, 1848, aged 33 years;

3. John George Pryce, who died 21st November, 1836;

4. Elizabeth, unmarried;

5. Anne, the wife of the Rev. John Meredith of Donington, county of Salop, and mother of three children: Annie, Alfred, heir to the Green estates, and Charles;

6. Mary;

7. Martha Jane, who married Mr. Ellis Jones, formerly surgeon at Llanidloes. He died 31st July,

1859.

GLANDWR.

This house is situated on the right bank of a small brook, which runs into the Severn, at the south-west end of Great Oak Street, and is the residence of Richard Woosnam, Esq. It was built about the year 1828 by

Bowen Woosnam, a gentleman who had an extensive practice in the town and neighbourhood as a solicitor. He was elected by his fellow townsmen to be the first mayor of the borough under the new Municipal Act, January 1st, 1836. He was the son of Richard Woosnam of Tymawr Trefeglwys, and died September 3rd, 1841, aged 70 years, and left, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Cole, Esq., the following children:

1. Charles Thomas, late of Crescent House, Newtown, who succeeded to his father's practice, which he greatly extended. He took a deep and active interest in promoting the volunteer movement at Newtown, being captain of the company formed there. He married Harriett, daughter of Joshua Peele of Shrewsbury, and died without issue 28th January, 1869.

2. James Bowen, born 28th January, 1812; being presented with a military cadetship by the late Right Hon. Charles W. W. Wynn, entered Addiscombe College July, 1827. Passing into the Artillery, he was appointed second lieutenant 12th December, 1828, and sailed for Bombay in the following March, his service being chiefly in the Horse Artillery till 1855. He served with the Bombay column of the Army of the Indies in Scinde and Afghanistan in 1839, and was present at the storm and capture of Ghuznee and Khelat (medal), also served in the army of the Punjaub in 1848-9, and was present at the siege and surrender of Mooltan (medal). In 1855 he was appointed agent for the manufacture of gunpowder, was subsequently advanced to be principal