[Picture: No. 20. Doorway at Llancadwaladr Church with an Inscription to the Memory of Hugh Owen, Esq.]
Under a monument erected against the east wall of the church where a knight in armour and a lady are kneeling before an altar are the following curious lines containing more of loyalty than poesy (fol. 59)—
To the memory of Hugh Owen Esqre of Bodowen who died the twenty first of October sixteen hundred fifty nine.
Religion, learning, friends, poor have lost A noble patron who maintained them at his cost His country’s patriot most firme to loyalty And for being loyal suffer’d infinitely With foes would not cologue nor his prince betray But livde his faithful subject every day.
This monument was made by Anne his beloved wife the daughter and inheritrix of Richard Williams of Llasdûlas Esqre in memory of her deare husband sixteen hundred sixty.
Mr. Meyricke the owner of Bodowen is first repairing his family chapel on the opposite side. The original edifice as appears by a stone lying in the church was built by Richard Meyricke Esqre anno sixteen hundred forty (fol. 59_a_) and the vault underneath by his great grandson Owen Meyricke Esqre seventeen hundred thirty. The evening was closing in fast before we had finished our observations at Llancadwaladr.
A dreary walk of two miles over the sands to Aberffraw was rendered still more disagreeable by an incessant and heavy rain and we had no small degree of anxiety the whole of our walk lest we should be still more unfortunate in not gaining admittance at the public house as we understood that a number of Westleans with Mr. Charles at their head were to have a meeting the following day in the village. However on our arrival at the house we found a good welcome and much better quarters than we had reason to expect. After a comfortable supper of boiled rabbit we retired to rest.