A STORY OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES.

Thames Star, Volume xv, Issue 4767, 19 April 1884, Page 4

A STORY OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES.

The Welsh 'have another story to tell, perhaps not without secret pride, a story which .was long-ago a source of bad blood between townsfolk and hillmen. The Mayor of Chester, the story goes, went to the fair at Mold with his friends and quarrelled with one BeinaUt, the fierce lord of a neighbouring "tower—i&Was during the Wars of the Koses, when law and justice were in abey. ance. Beinallt thereupon seized the . Mayor of Cifestor, and dragging him to his hold, hung him to a staple in the hall —the staple beiDg still in evidence. The enraged Ceatriuns, 200 strong, sallied out to avenge their Mayor. But the cunning ,*£einallt was not at home to receive them, aud the men of Chester took possession of his tower without resistance. Once inside they found themselves in a trap, the ('entrance made fast upon them, and flames •Ibustiog but in all directions from comIbustibles, cunningly stored away by the ' chief, while outside the wild chief and his men formed a ring of steel, and thrust . back upon the flames any one who tried 'to.escape. No man, it is said, returned to 'Chester to tell the tale,* and wires and sweethearts watched and waited long in vain .for „ those who would never come back to the town.