Richard Owen and Elizabeth Pughe had an only child, Lewis Owen of Peniarth, Custos Rotulorum for Merionethshire, who married Margaret, eldest sister of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, Bart. She died in 1719, and her husband in December 1729, aged 43. They had issue a son, Richard Owen, who died young, and two daughters. The younger, Elizabeth, died unmarried in 1741. The elder and sole heiress of Peniarth and Aberffrydlan, born about 1711, was married, first, to Richard, fifth Viscount Bulkeley, by whom she had no issue; and, secondly, to her kinsman, Edward Williams, a younger son of John Williams of Chester and Bodelwyddan, and grandson of the Right Hon. Sir William Williams, Bart., Speaker of the House of Commons in the reign of Charles II. They had issue three daughters. The two The two younger, Elizabeth and Margaret, died at Morben, near Machynlleth, at a very great age, unmarried. The elder, Jane, sole heiress of Peniarth and Aberffrydlan, was wife of Wm. Wynne, Esq., of Wern, in the county of Carnarvon, sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1773, of Merionethshire in 1772. She died in 1811. The issue of this marriage were two sons and two daughters. The eldest son was the late Wm. Wynne of Peniarth, Esq., the vendor of Aberffrydlan, as stated above.

The arms of the Pughes of Aberffrydlan were argent, a lion passant sable, between three fleurs-de-lys, gules.

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The following is a transcript of the inscription on the monument of Richard Owen of Peniarth, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife, in the chancel, Llanegryn Church, county of Merioneth.

Underneath is interred

RICHARD OWEN, of Peniarth, Esq.,
Whose judgement, knowledge,
and other accomplishments, were
often eclipsed by his modesty;
yet always approved when he
discharged the duty of a Magistrate,
and gained the greater
respect because his clemency
less demanded it.
Prosperity and Power,

that allure most to Excess, Pride,
and Oppression,

render'd him the more admired,
for his Frugality and great Condescension,
Justice, Charity, and Devotion.
Though he minded his own affairs,
and never pry'd into the concerns of
others,

however, in an honest way, he readily
served his friends, and so as to
deserve no enemies; being

easy of access and affable,
sincere, inoffensive, and hospitable.
Thus while he lived, he was justly
well beloved, and since his death
is very much bemoaned.
He married
Mrs. Elizabeth Pughe,
eldest daughter and heir to
Humphrey Pughe,

of

Aberffrydlan,
Esq.,

by whom he had issue

his only son, Lewis Owen, now of Peniarth,

Esq.,

and departed this life,
March 24, 1713-14,
Aged 56.

Out of a pious esteem to his memory,

this monument was erected by his above-mentioned mournful relict;

who dy'd 9br. 1st, 1738,
Aged 77,

a Lady eminent for her piety, abstinence, and charity, whose conduct in every scene of life, from the first of her days to the last, was consistent with the strictest honour and virtue.

NOTE OF GRANT OF POSSESSIONS OF THE

PRIORY OF CHIRBURY,

TO SIR THOMAS MIDDLETON, KNIGHT.

(Calendar Patent Rolls, Vol. 61, p. 333. Vicessima Secunda Pars 10, J.)

Llanvaire.........Rectoria cum pertinentibus

possessiones Monasterii de Llan ligan.

Habendum sibi et heredibus, Tenendum in Socagio.