Sir John Rhys mentions that a Bishop Sanctan was brother of Matoc, grandson of Muireddhach Muindearg, a King of Ulidia, died 479.

The Church, cruciform in plan, was founded by St. Eleri of Gwytherin, but re-built by the Monks of Aberconwy, and rededicated in the name of the Virgin. There are two transepts, unusual in a country church, the N. transept called the Penrhyn Chapel, and the S. transept the Gloddaeth Chapel. The oldest portion of the fabric, according to Archdeacon Thomas, is indicated by the Ogee-decorated window in the N. transept. Maelgwn Gwynedd, the founder and benefactor of the See of Llanelwy (St. Asaph), took refuge from the yellow pestilence in the Church and died there.

By the kind invitation of Colonel the Hon. H. Lloyd Mostyn, the party visited Bodysgallen, and had the opportunity of inspecting the mansion, with its store of antique weapons, pictures of by-gone worthies, and beautiful gardens. The company was received by Colonel the Hon. H. Lloyd Mostyn and Mrs. Lloyd Mostyn, the Hon. Violet Douglas-Pennant, and there were also present the Countess of Dundonald, Lady Mostyn of Mostyn, Lady Mostyn of Talacre, the Bishop of Bangor and Mrs. Watkin Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Laurence Brodrick, and a large number of the principal residents in the district.

After tea, at the request of the President, our host read a paper on the old Mansion, which he had prepared with the assistance of the Hon. Ellis Douglas-Pennant.

Bodysgallen (spelt by Pennant "Bodscallan" and by Bingley "Bodscallon") is supposed to be Bod Caswallon, the residence of Caswallon Law-hir, the father of Maelgwn Gwynedd. A considerable British town is thought to have been situated in the low-lying district between the hills of Deganwy, Bryn Maelgwyn, and Bodysgallen. Caswallon Law-hir succeeded to the sovereignty of North Wales in 443, and died in 517. His son, Maelgwn Gwynedd, who succeeded, fortified Deganwy, built a palace at Bryn Euryn, endowed the See of Bangor with some lands in 552, and died of the yellow plague in Llanrhos Church.

In a field belonging to Bodysgallen towards the north is a small quarry, the only one where stone is found similar to that used for the mullions and window-facings of Conway Castle. It is not known when the old tower which forms the nucleus of Bodysgallen House was built, but it is evidently of considerable antiquity.

A family named Davis, of whom nothing else is known, lived here before the reign of Henry VIII, when Bodysgallen passed into the hands of the Mostyn family. The Sir Thomas Mostyn of that date was grandson to Richard ap Howel, Lord of Mostyn, the faithful adherent of Henry VII. Sir Thomas lived at Gloddaeth; his brother Richard, who was Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1572, lived at Bodysgallen. His daughter Margaret married Hugh, son of

He

Gruffydd Wynne of Berthddu, second son of John Wynne ap Meredydd of Gwydir, and grandson to Robert Wynne, who built Plas Mawr, Conway. Their son Robert was knighted. probably built the old hall and drawing-room at Bodysgallen, which has the date R. W. K. 1620.

His son, Colonel Hugh Wynne, was an ardent Royalist, and suffered much in the cause. He raised a regiment of foot at his own expense, and was one of the local gentlemen who did their best, but in vain, to prevent the removal, in the reign of Charles II, of the lead, iron, and timber from Conway Castle, which caused it to become a ruin. Sir Roger Mostyn of Gloddaeth, who died in 1796, brought back Bodysgallen, by marriage with the heiress, to the Mostyn family. Pennant, who visited the house in the time of this Sir Roger, says it is a place of great antiquity, being mentioned in the Record of Carnarvon, and that there were the more ancient ruins of a "small castlet," now hid in woods on the top of a small hill near the present house. This now seems to have disappeared.

The President, thanking the host and hostess for their hospitality, said that the Association was fortunate in having, wherever they went, a true Welsh welcome.

The company, for want of time, drove back to Abergele, omitting the visit to Penrhyn Old Hall.

EVENING MEETING, AUGUST 31ST.

The General Meeting of the Association was held in the Church House, Abergele, at 9.15 p.m., the President, Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, in the chair. Canon Trevor Owen, General Secretary for North Wales, was able to be present, and was congratulated by the Members on his recovery after his recent operation at Liverpool.

The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting, held at Llandrindod Wells in August, 1910 (which had been published in Arch. Camb., January, 1911), were taken as read.

The Report of the Committee, including the Treasurer's and the Editorial Report, was then submitted to the Meeting.

THE ANNUAL REPORT, 1911.

In taking a review of the past year, the sixty-fourth of her existence and the first of her renewed life after passing her great climacteric, the Committee are glad to report that the Association continues to be vigorous and flourishing, notwithstanding the considerable loss she has sustained, as might well be expected, through the death of no fewer than seventeen of her Members. Of these, we regret to have to record the names of

The Right Hon. the Earl of Cawdor, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, a Statesman of proved ability, and the Right Hon. Lord Dynevor, two of our patrons; Hugh Robert Hughes of

Kinmel, H.M. Lieutenant of Flintshire, a student deeply versed in Welsh genealogy, the senior Vice-President; Sir Edmund Verney, Bart., of Rhianva, Anglesey; Lady Williams-Wynn, of Llangedwyn, Denbighshire; Rev. H. C. Davies, Vicar of St. Hilary's, Glamorgan; Rev. John Evan Davies, M.A., Rector of Llangelynin, Merioneth, founder of the Clergy Home of Rest, Llwyngwril; Mr. T. S. Gleadowe, M.A., of Chester; Mrs. Johnes of Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire; Rev. John Burlton Jones-Bateman, M.A., of Pentremawr; Mr. Philip Pearson Pennant, of Nantlys, Flintshire; Rev. W. Matthew Thomas, M.A., Vicar of Billingboro', Lincolnshire; Dr. Davies, of Aberdare; Mr. F. W. Hybart, of Cardiff; Mr. C. J. Ryland, of Bristol; Dr. W. Williams, of Penarth; Mr. E. P. Martin, of Abergavenny.

We have also to regret the resignation, through ill health, of the Rev. Charles Chidlow, M.A., General Secretary for South Wales, who has done such active and valuable service for the Association during his twenty years' tenure of office. The vacant office we shall have to fill.

On the other hand we have the pleasure of recording in all loyalty the Coronation of our Patron-in-Chief, the King, the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, and the laying of the foundation stone of the National Welsh Library at Aberystwyth by the King.

Honours have been conferred on the following Members, whom we desire to congratulate

Privy-Councillorship-Sir John Rhys, LL.D., D. Litt. Professor of Celtic and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.

Baronies-Sir. W. T. Lewis, Bart., now Lord Merthyr; Sir C. B. McLaren, Bart., K.C., M.P.; Lord Aberconway, G.C.V.O.; and John Pritchard Jones.

Knighthood-Professor Edward Anwyl, M.A.

Mr. Henry Owen, D.C.L., F.S.A., has been appointed a Member of the Royal Commission on Public Records.

The official copy of the Archeologia Cambrensis, which had been detained by the creditors of the late Mr. C. J. Clark, has now been restored.

The hope expressed at our last meeting that a local association might be formed at Llandrindod for exploring the antiquities of Radnorshire, though not fully brought into operation, has not been altogether fruitless. Excavations have been going on at Castell Collen, of which Mr. Wellings Thomas will give an account, and will exhibit some of the finds.

Here we find two young and vigorous societies in active work— the Abergele and the Nant Conwy Antiquarian. We shall visit in the course of the week the first fruits of the former society in the excavations at Pen y Corddyn, and some of the landmarks of the latter, as outlined in their report, 1902-1910, just issued. The echo of last year's controversy, concerning the final burial-place of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, "Llywelyn ein llyw olaf," will be

awakened at Pentre Voelas, and it may be some new light brought on that debated point.

At the Spring Meeting of the Committee, held at Shrewsbury, on June 2nd, it was recommended that the Meeting be held for the future on a fixed, rather than a variable date, and that the date should be the first Monday in May, not being May day. A vote of condolence was passed at the same time with Sir John Rhys on the death of Lady Rhys. It was also recommended that the Rev. John Fisher, B.D., editor of the Cefn Coch MSS., and joint author with the Rev. S. Baring Gould of The Lives of the Welsh Saints, he appointed Hon. Assistant to the North Wales Secretary. It was further recommended that the offer of Canon Trevor Owen of £20 to the Association for the publication of Llyfr Coch Asaph, transcribed by the Chairman, and collated with the Peniarth MS. by Mr. Fisher, be accepted. An additional grant of £10 was recommended for the Castell Collen excavations, provided the Association be satisfied with the work already done, and an account of it given in the Journal.

Into the list of Patrons are transferred the new Peers but old Members, Lords Aberconway and Merthyr, and the new Member, Lord Joicey.

To the roll of Vice-Presidents it is recommended that there be added the names, Mr. Charles Venables-Llewelyn, our excellent outgoing President, and in appreciation of his valuable "History of Wales, from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest,” Professor John Edward Lloyd, M.A.

It is recommended that the Officers of the Association, viz., the Chairman, Treasurer, North Wales Secretary, Editor, and the outgoing Members of the Committee, be re-elected, with the substitution of Mr. Willoughby Gardner, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., for Professor Lloyd elected Vice-President, and the surviving Local Secretaries.

To the list of Local Secretaries the Committee recommend for Carmarthenshire, the Rev. D. Edmondes-Owen, Llandovery Vicarage.

The following names are submitted for enrolment as Members:

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

The Ashmolean Museum Library, Oxford.

Mrs. McKenna, Arvon, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead.

The John Rylands Library, Manchester.

J. Eglinton A. Gwynne, Esq., F.S.A., Folkington Manor, Polegate,
Sussex.

Professor Bridge, M.A., F.S. A., Chester.

Miss Moggridge, 58, Mattock Lane, West Ealing.

The University of California, U.S.A. (proposed by Canon Morris).

W. Newton H. Harding, Esq., Chicago, U.S. A. (Canon Morris).

Anglesey:

NORTH WALES.

Miss Ridsdale, 4, Green Edge, Beaumaris (proposed by Rev. J. Fisher).

Carnarvonshire:

W. Bezant Lowe, Esq., M.A., Caecarw, Llanfairfechan.

W. G. Roberts, Esq., Hendregaerog, Carnarvon.

Mrs. Owen Owen, Tanyfoel, Penmaenmawr.

Mrs. Watts-Jones, Penmaenmawr.

E. W. Cremlyn Jones, Esq., Brynbella, Penmaenmawr (Rev. J. Fisher).
John Cremlyn Jones, Esq., Brynbella, Penmaenmawr (Rev. J. Fisher).
Rev. T. H. Richards, M. A., Plas y Bryn, Clynnog.

David Roberts, Esq., Bank House, Castle Square, Carnarvon.

Rev. Henry Morris, Llandwrog Rectory, Carnarvon.

Mrs. Parry, Coetmor Hall, Bethesda.

Denbighshire:

W. J. Evans, Esq., County School, Abergele.

G. T. Evans, Esq., Haulfryn, Abergele.

Rev. Thomas Roberts, M.A., R.N., Rhiwlas, Llanrwst.

Gronwy R. Griffith, Esq., Garn, Trefnant (Mr. A. Foulkes Roberts).

Right Hon. Lord Joicey, Gregynog, Newtown (Archdeacon Thomas).

Breconshire:

SOUTH WALES.

J. Conway Lloyd, Esq., Dinas, Brecon.

Rev. W. S. Probert, Talgarth Vicarage (Mr. R. Wellings Thomas).

Carmarthenshire:

Lieut. General Sir James Hills-Johnes, V.C., G. C.B. (Rev. C. Chidlow).
Sir Samuel Evans.

Glamorganshire:

Dr. C. O. Parsons, Cardiff (Mrs. Henry Lewis).

Ratcliffe Morgan, Esq., Swansea (Mr. R. Weilings Thomas).

Sir David Brynmor Jones, K.C., M.P.

William Clarke, Esq., Llandaff (Mr. G. E. Halliday).

John Davies, Esq., Tregarth, Creigiau, Pentyrch (Mrs. H. Lewis).

Mrs. Anketell Jones, Cardiff (Rev. J. Price).

Richard Anning, Esq., 31, Cathedral Road, Cardiff (Rev. J. Price).

Radnorshire:

Sir Powlett Milbank, Bart., Lord Lieutenant of the County (Mr. R.
Wellings Thomas).

Rev. Walter F. B. Ward, M.A., Vicarage, Abbey Cwmhir (Mr. R. Wellings
Thomas).

Monmouthshire:

Pennell Jones, Esq., Abergavenny (Rev. C. Chidlow).

TREASURER'S

REPORT.

The balance at the end of the year was £568, or an increase over that of last year of £79, but this has to be reduced by £45, the amount of bill for printing, which was not paid during its current year.