oc.
Ctee. for Compositions_, p. 578.)

Miss Morgan has copied the inscription on his tombstone in Llanhamlach
Church.

[Arms of Walbeoffe.]

"Here lieth the body of Charles Walbeoffe, Esqre., who departed
this life the 13th day of September, 1653, and was married to Mary,
one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Aubrey of Llantryddid, in the
county of Glamorgan, Knt., by whom he had issue two sonnes, of whom
only Charles surviveth."

Charles Walbeoffe the younger died in 1668, and was succeeded by his
cousin John. "This gentleman," says Jones (_Hist. of Brecknock_, ii.,
482), "being of a gay and extravagant turn, left the estate, much
encumbered, to his son Charles, and soon after his death it was
foreclosed and afterwards sold."

This John Walbeoffe is mentioned in Thomas Vaughan's _Diary_ (_cf._ vol.
ii., p. xxxviii). He may be the writer of the preface to _Thalia
Rediviva_ (_cf._ p. 164, note).

It is possible that the R. W. of another of Vaughan's Elegies may also
have been a Walbeoffe. _Cf._ p. 79, _note_.

Dr. Grosart was unable to identify the initials C. W. The Walbeoffes, or
Walbieffes, of Llanhamlach, the next village to Llansantfread, were
among the most important of the _Advenae_, or Norman settlers of
Brecknockshire. They were related, as the following table shows, to the
Vaughans of Tretower. The following extract from the genealogy of the
Walbeoffes of Llanhamlach is compiled from Harl. MS. 2,289. f. 136_b_;
Jones, _History of Brecknockshire_, ii., 484; Miss G. E. F. Morgan, in
_Brecon County Times_ for May 13, 1887.

William Vaughan
of Tretower.
|
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| |
Charles. Margaret = John Walbeoffe.
| |
| +-------------+--------------------+---+
| | | |
Thomas = Denise Williams. Charles = Mary, d. of Sir | Robert.
| ob. 1653. | Thomas Aubrey |
| | of Llantrithid. |
| | |
Henry. +----------------+ |
| | | |
+-------+---------+