thrafal, £5 5s.; the Rev. Mr. Williams and Mr. Thomas Rogers, each £1 1s.

On the 30th of April 1798, a meeting of the Lieutenancy and Magistracy of Montgomeryshire was held -summoned by "John Davies, Clerk of the General Meetings"-for the purpose of "taking into consideration the Plans and Regulations suggested by his Majesty's Ministers, the more effectually to provide for the Defence and Security of the Realm, and for indemnifying Persons who may suffer in their Property by such measures as may be necessary for the purpose.' Devereux Mytton, Esq., presided, and resolutions were passed approving of the plans suggested by Government, as follows:

"That the necessary Precepts be immediately issued to the Chief Constables and other Officers within the said County, for obtaining the proper Returns of the Inhabitants, and also of the Draught and Saddle Horses, Waggons, Carts, and Means of Internal Navigation, to the next Sub-division Meeting, and that when the same are so returned, the Particulars be transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant of the said County.

"That it be recommended to the Magistrates of the Boroughs, and to the High Constables of the several Hundreds within this County, in conjunction with the Deputy-Lieutenants and Magistrates of the different Sub-divisions wherein the same are situate, by such Ways and Means as they shall, with the approbation of the Lord-Lieutenant of the said County, think most proper, to form such Companies of Infantry and Troops of Cavalry, as the Inhabitants, within their respective limits will furnish."

A list from Guilsfield contains nearly two hundred names, the great proportion of the money represented being contributed by the Mytton family. Thus there is Dev. Mytton, Esq., Garth, £15 15s.; Mrs. Mytton, £5 5s.; Devereux Mytton, M.D., Varchoel, £10 10s. ; John Mytton, Esq., Penylan, £4 4s.; Mrs. John Mytton, £1 1s.; and "Mr. Dev. Mytton's servants”, twelve in number, £2 2s. 6d. In addition, there is Mr. Heyward, Crosswood, £4 4s.; Miss Jones, Crosswood, £1 1s.; Mr. Foulkes, Trelydan, £2 2s.; Mrs.,

Miss, and Miss Elizabeth Heyward, each, £1 1s.; Rev. Mr. Rowlands, £1 1s.; Mrs. Edwards, Guilsfield, £1 1s. More than a third of the names advertised are for amounts of one shilling and under.

I have already recorded the resolve of the town of Montgomery to form a Volunteer Corps for the defence of the county; this was early in April, but it would appear that nothing was done, for towards the end of May another meeting was held in the Guildhall of that town, when it was resolved "immediately" to raise a Volunteer Corps, it "being incumbent on them as Britons to render every assistance in their power, as well in defence of the liberty and independence of their country, as their own lives and properties," etc. The Salopian Journal, in calling attention to this meeting, thus pats Montgomery on the back :--

"We cannot entertain a doubt that the noble spirit manifested in the present instance by the gallant descendants of our British ancestors, will rapidly spread itself through the neighbouring towns, not only of Montgomeryshire, but every other district in the Principality."

In the papers of May we have subscriptions acknowledged from Llandysilio, £35, and Llansantffraid-ymMechain, £22 16s. 11d., but no names are given; also the list of Contributions from Worthen, Llandyssil, Trelystan, and Leighton, the chief amounts in which are as follows:

1 This gentleman was also a subscriber in Bristol and in Gloucester

shire.

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MONTGOMERYSHIRE PATRIOTISM IN 1798.

With these my records close. What newspapers recorded the doings of Newtown, Llanidloes, and Machynlleth last century it would be hard to say. That practical patriotism was exhibited in those towns as elsewhere there can be no doubt, and it may be that some of the Members of the Powys-land Club will be able to supply particulars from private documents.

I remarked at the outset, that the nation's response came from its tenderest part-the pocket; but there are not wanting records to show that another important element in "the great heart of the nation" was also affected. It was stated in a paper, enthusiastically patriotic, in January 1798, that "several country corporations and public companies have already come to a determined resolution, and have made it public by advertisement, to suspend all feasts during the war. The conclusion the editor draws from this - and evidently drawn with all seriousness-is not bad; and with it I bring my paper to a close--"The enemy may now certainly be convinced that there are no sacrifices which Englishmen will not make when their country is in danger!"

FRENCH BRANCH OF THE FLOYD FAMILY.

WE have been favoured with the following pedigree of a family of Floyd settled in Brittany in France. It was found amongst the papers of the late Captain John Jones, of Maesmawr, by his son. It is written in a very crabbed handwriting, difficult to decipher, and is printed literatim.

This pedigree is rendered particularly curious by the statement which it contains that it "was written, blazoned, and illuminated by David Edwards, herald at arms of the principality of Wales (Rouge Dragon) and certified, signed, and furnished with the seals of several Welsh noblemen and gentlemen," and that "by the aid of this document" Julian Floyd who obtained it "was declared noble in France by decree of the Council of State, 13th September 1678.'

The recognition of a Welsh pedigree thus authenticated by the French Council of State as sufficient for a declaration that the family was noble is an interesting fact.

We learn, however, that there is not to be found in the Records of the College of Arms any account of this pedigree, and, moreover, that David Edwards was not a Member of the College. He is, therefore, wrongly described as "Rouge Dragon". He must have assumed for the occasion the title of "Herald at Arins of the principality of Wales".

There are, however, in the College of Arms, among a private collection of Welsh pedigrees, two or three volumes the compilation of David Edwards, from which

1 Ex inf., Sir A. W. Wood, Garter.

an opportunity will be afforded us on some future occasion for making extracts.

It may here, perhaps, not inappropriately, be mentioned that in the visitation of the County of Surrey, 1623, John Floyd, of Batrichosey, County Surrey, entered his pedigree, in which he is described as the son of Peter Floyd de Caleys, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Pryseley de Caleys, and grandson of Hugo Floyd de Caleys.

GENEALOGICAL DESCENT-FLOYD FAMILY.

THE following genealogical account of an ancient family long time settled in Britany may interest members of the Association, as affording an unexpected proof of the connections and sympathies existing between the two countries. Additional information is desired as to the continuation of the Welsh portion of this line, as well as any correction of which the following tabular list of descents is susceptible. It may be desirable, also, on some future occasion to compare the actual armorial bearings of the Breton and Welsh branches.

1. Yrien, dominus Rhoyd in Albania, nupsit unam ex filiabus Gorlais dmini Cornubiensis. He bore, as well as his descendants mentioned in this genealogy, the following arms : argent, a chevron sable between three owlets or ravens of the second, membered, beaked, and eyed gules. His wife bore, argent, three owlets sable, membered, beaked, and eyed gules. They had issue

2. Rhesus I, dominus Ykennen, nupsit unam ex filiabus Griffini domini Grinaing. His wife bore, sable, a lion rampant reguardant argent, langued and eyed gules. They had issue

3. Leonardus I, nupsit filiam Phillipi domini Skynfraith. His wife bore, argent a fan (?), gules between two chevrons confronted azure. They had issue

4. Leonardus II, Niger miles Sancti Sepulcri, nupsit filiam Syssylt domini Cantreffe Seliffe. His wife bore, sable three virgins' busts, argent, with hair of or and cravatted of the second. They had issue

5. Philippus ex Landilouarn (Llandeilo fawr) armiger, nupsit olcodeam filiam David le Gros armiger. His wife bore,