File Clenennau letters and papers 731. - Thomas Bulkeley, at Dinas, to Sir John Owen at Clenennau,

Is sorry to learn that Owen has not enjoyed good health of late. The Lord Lieutenant has told them that by reason of that indisposition Owen has resigned his commission as colonel in Caernarvonshire. That is a 'general trouble' to all men who have the happiness to be acquainted with him, especially if the King's affairs require the prudence of his experienced conduct. They were asked to proceed to the election of a colonel, and Owen will observe from the enclosed subscribed letter to the Lord Lieutenant that the employment has fallen upon Sir Richard Wynne. Desires him to assent to so worthy a choice by subscribing the same letters. Desires another letter enclosed from the Lord Lieutenant to be sent to his cousin Griffith, but if Owen has not 'a sudden convenience' he may return it.