| Disgrifiad | Hughes, having as a lineal descendant of Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester (1625-1656), offered himself for a preferment in that diocese usually reserved for one of the Bishop's Kinsmen. This was the advowson of Kenerton, which under the terms of Goodwin's will was bequeathed to the hospital at Ruthin unless a Kinsman was qualified to take the living within three months after its falling vacant.
At the request of C.H. Evans and Henry Rowlands of Plasgwyn, the Marquess submitted to the Lord Chancellor the name of Richard Prichard, son of John Prichard of Dinam, as a suitable candidate for the living, but a letter from W.O. Stanley of Penrhyn strongly deprecating such a choice on political grounds, effected the substitution for Prichard of Richard ridgwat Mealey, Vicar of Amlwch. Owing to some hitch, however, in Rice Hughes' plans- some "demur", it appears, on the part of the Bishop of Gloucester as to his claims to Kenerton - Mealey, although actually appointed, never took up his duties, and Newborough remained in Hughes' charge until his death in 1850. |