Мар. County. Number of Miles from Dist. PopuLond. lation Names of Places. 49 Bryn-y-Beird 39 Bubbenhall.. 18 Bubblecoat 10 Bubnell.. ham Caermarthen Llandillo....1 Llandovery .13 Caermarthen16 9 .1 Berkhampstd 5 Aldbury to Derby. Tring .4 30 115 Singular adventure. poor. following singular adventure: some of the fraternity of the bon-vivants had BRYNLLYS. been keeping it up until daylight, and until Mr. Harris began his morning's work, when they were amusing themselves with breaking the windows in the neighbourhood. He immediately joined the party in the sport, and assisted them in demolishing his own; after which he told them he knew the master of the house they were attacking, that he was a jolly fellow, kept an excellent bottle of wine in his cellar; and that he was determined to compel him to produce it, if they would partake of it. The invitation was accepted; the wine was good, and their associate was discovered to be the host. His good humour was never forgotten: from that moment his fortune was made; they not only employed him in his business themselves, but recommended him to their friends, and procured him contracts. By these means, in a few years, he was able to purchase the estates of Tregunter, Trevecca, and a property surrounding them to the amount of £1000. per annum, or thereabouts, and here he retired to spend the remainder of his days in otio cum felicitate, if not cum dignitate. He was sheriff of Breconshire, in 1768. His monument in the church of Talgarth states, that "in him the poor always found a most bountiful A bountiful benefactor, his heart and mansion being ever open to the feelings of friend to the humanity, by relieving the distresses of the indigent." He died on the 23d of September, 1782, at the advanced age of 77; bequeathing Tregunter, with nearly the whole of his other property, to Mrs. Hughes, the daughter of his elder brother, Mr. Joseph Harris, the author of a wellknown elementary treatise on optics. Howell Harris, another, and the youngest brother of this family, was much distinguished by his exertions in the cause of Calvinistic Methodism. Though refused orders at Oxford, where he had been educated, he became a zealous preacher. In 1756, when some apprehensions of an invasion were entertained, he made a voluntary offer to furnish, at his own expense, ten light horsemen completely armed and accoutred. The proposal was accepted, and Mr. Harris appointed to an ensigncy in the county militia; but soon afterwards he was invested with the command of a company, in which were enrolled many of his own followers. The regiment was marched through different parts of England. "In this progress," observes Mr. Jones, "very remarkable scenes frequently occurred: one part of the regiment were heard chaunting hymns along the road, while the others were roaring loyal or bacchanalian songs; sometimes the captain was elevated upon a table or a chair in the streets, preaching in his regimentals; at others he appeared mounted in the meeting-house, holding forth in a black coat." In the latter part of his life he derived much support from Lady Huntingdon, who came to reside in his neighbourhood. Mr. Harris died at Trevecca, July 28, 1773, and was buried in Talgarth church. He left one daughter, from whom, however, he left nearly the whole of his fortune, for the support of a fraternity of a singular kind. In 1752, he formed the plan of a religious community, something similar in its constitution to the Moravian A religious community. societies; and he accordingly laid the foundation of Trevecca-house, with a sufficient extent of buildings and ground to accommodate a large number of inhabitants. His project succeeded extensively; and the establishment is said to have contained at one time about one hundred and fifty efficient members, exclusively of children, as celibacy formed no law of the institution. Since Mr. Harris's death, however, the number has considerably declined. Lower Trevecca is an ancient mansion, of the age of Elizabeth, built by an heiress of the name of Rebecca Prosser, from whom the house, and subsequently the hamlet in which it stands, have Regimental street preaching. BRYNLLYS. been denominated. Lady Huntingdon's college. .14 E. Harling ..6 Attleboro' ..5 5 Holdonby....3 Crick. On the front wall of the porch is a stone, about three feet square, bearing some rude and uncouth carvings, with an almost obliterated inscription and date, Jesus, 1576." Lady Huntingdon took this house, which she converted into a college, and endowed for the education of twelve young men for the ministry in her own connexion. She also made it for some time the place of her own residence. The institution, however, has long been dissolved. * BUBWITH is situated on the river Derwent, which is crossed by a stone bridge of ten arches, built in 1793. This village is remarkable only as being the birth-place of Nicholas de Bubwith, afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, who was one of the prelates that were present at the Council of Constance, in 1415. This prelate appears to have been first consecrated Bishop of London at Mortlake, September 26, 1406, and in the course of one year was twice translated to other sees; the first time was to that of Nicholas de Salisbury, on August 31, 1407; and the second was to that of Bath and Bubwith, Wells, on the 5th of the following October, in 1406-7; he was also treasurer of made treasurer of England, and in 1414; he attended the Council of England. Constance as above, and was elected one of the thirty cardinals, who, by order of the council, were joined in election with Martin V. for the popedom. On his return into England, he erected and endowed an hospital on the northern side of the parish church of Saint Cuthbert, at Wells. He also added to his metropolitan church, the rectory of Abbots Buckland; he built the fine library on the eastern side of the cloister, and restored the beautiful chapel, between the two columns, in the nave of his cathedral, in which chapel he was buried. He died October 27, 1424. It has often been erroneously asserted that the luxuries of the table were only modern inventions to gratify the vitiated appetites of men in after ages. Such was not the fact, notwithstanding the homeliness of our ancestors. Market, Friday.-Fair, August 1. + BUCKENHAM (NEW). This is a pleasant well-built town, adjoining the village of Old Buckenham. It owes its existence entirely to the caprice of one of its ancient lords, William de Albini, Earl of Chichester, who, disliking the situation of the castle of Old Buckenham, caused that structure to be dismantled, and another erected here in the time of Henry The castle. II. This castle was erected on an eminence to the east of the former, and consisted of a keep, and two round towers, a grand entrance tower, and barbican, enclosed with embattled walls, surrounded by a fosse; nothing remains but the keep and a part of the gateway. Privileges of considerable importance were conferred upon this town by its lord, who had not only a view of Frank Pledge, but the power of life and death. He obtained among other advantages the right of holding a mercate court, a market, and also the assize of bread and ale. The inhabitants have the of the inha- privilege of exposing for sale goods at any market and fair in the kingdom without paying any toll, or stallage, and are exempt from serving on juries. This town is governed by a high bailiff, who is chosen at the Portman court, and a court leet and court baron are held by the proprietor of the manor. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin, and appears to have been erected at different periods, the nave and chancel is the only portion of the original structure, the north aisle being built about the year Privilege bitants. |