first of the twins." But, as Henry inherited Newton, and Thomas took orders, Anthony à Wood is probably right.       

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[2] The tombstone says 73. G. T. Clark repeats Jones' error.

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[3] The tombstone is actually in the north aisle of the church itself.

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[4] Obviously Mr. Clark has confused Lucy Jones with her daughter, Denise Jones.

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[5] This was noted by Mr W. B. Rye in The Genealogist, iii. 33, from the Entry Book of the Registry at Hereford. Since then Mr. Clark of Hereford has kindly sent me, through Miss Morgan, a copy of the bond entered into by the administratrix, Elizabetha Vaughan de Llansanfread, and her son-in-law and surety, Roger Prosser de Villa Brecon. The bond, or the copy, is dated in error "30 May, 1694, et 7th Wm. iii." Administration was granted on May 29, 1695. The inventory of the personal property amounted to £49 4s. 0d. The witnesses are Walter Prosser and David Thomas.

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  [6] An old alphabetical catalogue of wills in the Hereford Registry, between 1660-1677, has the following entries:— 

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 Thomas Vaughan, Lansamfread, 11 Dec., 1660. Franca Vaughan, Lansamfread, 16 Nov., 1677. 

 The wills cannot, in the present state of the Registry, be found (Genealogist, iii., 33). These dates are much too early for the poet's son and daughter-in-law; but whose are the wills?

[7] The Turberville and Jones lines are taken from Theophilus Jones' History of Brecknockshire (ii. 444), and from Harl. MS. 2289, f. 70, respectively. Miss Morgan has kindly traced the Prossers from the Registers of St. John's and St. Mary's Churches, Brecon.

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[8] Miss Morgan tells me that David Morgan David Howel's father, Morgan ap Howel, is described in a 

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