An historical and descriptive account of the ruinated abbey of Cwmhir, in the county of Radnor. Cambrensis, with corrections and additions |
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abbey church Abbey of Cwmhir abbot and monks annual rent appertenances arches architecture belonging breadth Cambrian carved CASCOB Cathedral central piers church at Llanidloes cluster of three clusters of shafts confirmed corner county of Montgomery county of Radnor Cwmhir Abbey Cymmer daughter of Blanchland David's dimensions dissolved monastery district Edward II Eineon Clyd eldest Elvel farm feet 10 inches founder grange grant Harmon's Henry Henry VIII History of Wales Howel ap Cadwallon Ibid Iorwerth jambs John King length likewise Llanbadarn fynydd Llanbister Llandaff Llandaff Cathedral Lord Madoc ap Maelgon ap manor of Golon Melenith Meredith ap Maelgon Merionethshire miles monks of Cwmhir Myfyrian Archaiology nave and side-aisles ornamental piers Owain portions probably Ralph Mortimer respect Rhayader Rhys Roger Mortimer rubbish ruinated Abbey Sir William Fowler south-west stone succeeded tenements thick three three-quarter shafts Tower of London transept Valor Ecclesiasticus walls Welshmen whereof Whitland Abbey Wynne's History
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Page 28 - The King, To all, to whom the present Letters shall come, Greeting. — We have inspected the Charter...
Page 29 - ... of God, and the exaltation of holy church, and amendment of our kingdom, by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the holy Roman Church ; Henry, Archbishop of Dublin ; William, Bishop of London ; Peter, of...
Page 29 - Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects, greeting. Know ye, that we, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our soul, and the souls of all...
Page 19 - ... wall for the purpose, a low part of which wall also became visible when the nave was cleared ; and that such wall was intended to be temporary was inferred from its being somewhat thinner, and constructed with inferior materials, than the others that were to be permanent. And, also, the wall which closed the great entrance from the nave to the transept at the eastern end of the apparently temporary choir, was likewise found to be of the same thickness and materials, evidently with the intention...
Page 10 - Angl., p. 492, 493. the immersion of their enemies, returned against them in great force, and, with their lances, slew the horses and soldiers floundering in the mud. A dreadful conflict was the consequence, and many were slain on both sides, but the Welshmen gained the victory. " When the misfortune that had happened to the soldiers was at length made known to the king, he speedily went in a hostile manner to the abbey, whose friar had betrayed the said soldiers, and, in revenge for such criminal...
Page 8 - ... there founded, and of a name being given to it similar to that of their former residence, appears to be a matter for enquiry. Dugdale, in his " Monasticon," has confounded the two abbeys together; and he has, also, by mistake, stated Cwmhir Abbey to have been in Pembrokeshire, instead of Radnorshire.1 About the year 1210, the name of the abbot of Cwmhir Abbey was Ririd ; he was one of the four abbots at whose solicitation Madoc ap Griffith Maelor, lord of Bromfield, gave to the abbot of Stratmarchell,...
Page 10 - Besides, the abbey of Cwmhir, for the king to go to from Hereford, where he was stationed, was only forty miles off, and much more convenient for access than that of Cymmer, which was distant above a hundred miles, and not to be approached but by roads difficult to be traversed. And also Maud's Castle...
Page 29 - Geoffrey Despenser, and others. Given by the hand of the venerable father, R. Bishop of Chichester, our Chancellor, at Windsor, the third day of September, in the year, etc., eleven."* That was in 1226.
Page 30 - We for ourselves, and our heirs, as much as in us lies, grant and confirm to the aforesaid Abbot and Monks, and their Successors, as the aforesaid Charters, and Writings of the Grantors, which they have, reasonably testify, and as they have hitherto held the said lands and tenements, and have reasonably enjoyed the said Liberties. In testimony whereof, We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness the King at Westminster the 9th day of June [1318]. 5. From the Ecclesiastical Taxation...
Page 14 - ... and to it belonging.2 Sir John Williams dying without issue, the site of the dissolved monastery, with all its manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, descended to his cousin John, son of Reignold Williams, who, in the year 1558, devised the same to his brother, Nicholas Williams.3 A licence was granted in the year 1565 to Nicholas Williams, by Queen Elizabeth, to alienate to William Fowler and Edward Herbert, the manor of Golon, the site of the monastery, and certain messuages,...