_Leicester as Ranger of Snowden._--In the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
Leicester was made Ranger of Snowden Forest, and using violent means to
extort unjust taxes from the people, under cover of this appointment, he
was opposed and resisted by eight Welsh gentlemen, under the leadership of
Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Baron Hill, in Anglesey. Among these was a Madryn
of Madryn, a Hugh ap Richard of Cefnllanfair, a Griffith of Cefn Amlwch,
&c. These patriotic gentlemen met with imprisonment in the Tower of London
as their only recompense; and there are extant poems by Guttyn, Peris, and
other bards, addressed to them on the subject. I should be obliged to any
of your correspondents to give me any farther information on this subject,
or reference to documents which bear upon it.