Ffynh 3N

Correction of public and private wrongs

In ye same parish [Llanfihangel-ar-arth] a gentleman farmer a Mr Bowen of Wernmackwyth ... had a visit from ‘Rebecca and her daughters’ who brought with them a child which they told him was an illegitimate of his own and on pain of having his premises fired, made him promise to take care of it in future.

(Letter of Edward Crompton Lloyd Hall to Sir James Graham, 24 August 1843, Public Record Office, Home Office papers, 45/454 [Tip: daliwch Ctrl a chliciwch dolen i'w agor mewn tab newydd. (Cuddio tip)] )