English: Identifier: annalsantiquitie01nich

Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879 Subjects: Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Text Appearing After Image: Ancient Seal (h- Neath. Ancient Seal he Neath Abbey. Page lo:; BRECONSHIRE SHERIFFS. 103 bring-ing it down to the present time. He was grandson of Theo]3hiIus Evans named above, and is supposedto have inherited from him vahiable materials for his history. Dr. Hugh Price, founder of Jesus Coll., Oxon., was born at Brecon, d. 1574. Mrs. SiJdt)ns was also burnhere 1755. Ethnological Note. Although the above details of household archaeology show a large disappearance of oldBritish families, the subsidence of British blood in Breconshire, or in the town of Brecon, byno means follows. It is a well-known fact in natural history that, in admixture, the stronger race persists, andthe weaker vanishes. The Cymry certainly appear stronger in Brecon to-day, if names aresafe guides, than they were 400 years ago. For when the then Duke of Buckingham gave (a.d.1448) the new charter to the town of Brecon, the names of the burgesses then enrolled werealmost all of the Norman or English type :—Burghal

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