Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . word villein, a termof feudal origin, is become one of reproach. The l?07-dar he\d his cabin and piece of land upon the condition of supplyingpoultry, eggs, and other small articles of food, for the lords table. 12 HISTORIC NOTICES OF FLINT. Prince of Wales has. It is evident that Flint was considered a veryimportant appendage to this Earldom, as, from time to time, thename of Flint has been associated with that of Chester, the titleadopted being that of Earl of Chester and Flint. We
Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . word villein, a termof feudal origin, is become one of reproach. The l?07-dar he\d his cabin and piece of land upon the condition of supplyingpoultry, eggs, and other small articles of food, for the lords table. 12 HISTORIC NOTICES OF FLINT. Prince of Wales has. It is evident that Flint was considered a veryimportant appendage to this Earldom, as, from time to time, thename of Flint has been associated with that of Chester, the titleadopted being that of Earl of Chester and Flint. We extractthe following from a little book entitled, A Help to EnglishHistory, by Peter Heylyn, , published in 1680 :— Edward of Windsor, eldest son of King Edward II., was summoned byhis father to the Parliament by the name of Earl of C//t?. and v^/eW; sincewhich it hath continued as a title in the Princes of Wales ; and there you shallbe sure to find who were Earls of Flint. A statute made in 34 Hen. VIII. ordained that the OriginallScale of Chester shall be, and stand for the Originall Scale of. PALATINATE SEAL, CHESTER AND FLINT, 1660. Flint, and shall be in the custody of the Chamberlain of the reverse side of a seal, temp. Car. II., in the collection otthe late Sir Philip de M. Grey Ecerton, Bart., , , thelegend is Comitatus Palatini sui Cestri^ et Flint, anno here give an illustration of it. Prince George, afterwardsGeorge II., eldest surviving son of George I., was the last Princeof Wales who seems to have adopted the title. He was createdEarl of Chester and Flint on the 27th September, 1714. It isassumed the title is now considered as in abeyance, as the Earldomof Flint has never been granted to any subject not of the bloodroyal. It is true, it is said, that the celebrated Judge Jeffreysapplied for it, and that at the time of his death the patent wasprepared, and ready to pass the great seal. However, it did notpass; but as Lord Camp
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