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A POSTSCRIPT TO "BRANCHES OF THE BLAYNEY FAMILY" (Volume 64, pp. 7-38) S. P. THOMAS Richard, Duke of York, Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore, Clare and Kedewen. To all those whom these presents may reach, greetings! Be it known that in consideration of the good and faithful services that Howel ap Jeny (Howell ap Evan) gives us and intends to give hereafter: to have been given and granted to the same Howel one corn-mill and one fulling-mill of Eberrewe (Berriew), having and holding the aforesaid mills and all their appurtenances for Howel until the end of his life. And after the death of Howel it is our wish that the aforesaid mills revert to the heirs of the said Howel, paying annually to ourselves and to our heirs the customary rent of seven shillings, for ever. In witness of these presents we set our seal. Granted at our Castle of Montgomery on All Saints' Day in the thirty-eighth year of (the reign of) King Henry VI (1st November 1459). R. York The foregoing is a translation from the Latin of item number 315 in the Corbett-Winder (Vaynor Park, Berriew) Collection at the National Library of Wales. Number 315 itself is clearly a copy possibly of the 18th century of the original deed and it would be interesting to know where that original now rests. At the Public Record Office, perhaps: or has it too (like many of the records of the Council of the Marches and other historical treasures) found its way across the Atlantic, to the Huntington or some other Library? Colonel J. L. Corbett-Winder, for whose helpful and very prompt answers to some related queries I am most grateful, had no further information on number 315.