Welsh Journals

very many years, helped many a would-be author, and in some instances very nearly re-wrote their articles. The Archdeacon married Miss Bayly, daughter of W. Good enough Bayly, D.C.L., of Midhurst, at Tunbridge Wells. He had two sons and two daughters, all of whom survive. THE LATE CANON TREVOR OWEN. By the death, on October 19th; 1916, at the age of 80, of the Rev. Richard Trevor Owen, M,A., F.S.A., Vicar of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, and Hon. Canon of St. Asaph Cathedral, Wales has lost another of its oldest clergymen. He had been in holy orders considerably over half a century, and his health had been failing for some time past. He was a native of Denbigh, and a late scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, where lie passed second class in Mathematical Moder- ations in 1857. He took his B.A. degree, with third class Mathematics, in 1859, and that of M.A. in 1862. Ordained a deacon in 1860 and a priest in the following year by the Bishop of St. Asaph (then Bishop Shorty he was first licensed to the curacy of Llangollen, where he served from June, 1860 to 1863. His next curacy was at Northop, from 1863 to 1865, and for the next four years he was Curate of Ruabon. From 1869 to 1901 he was Vicar of Llangedwyn, and for the last 15 years he had been Vicar of Bodelwyddan, The late Canon held the office of sacrist of the cathedral body of St. Asaph, having occupied the Prebendal Stall of Meifod since 1895. Since the death of Archdeacon Thomas a fortnight before he had become the second oldest member of the cathedral body, his only senior being Archdeacon Fletcher, who was first installed as Hon. Canon in 1891. He served as Proctor in