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Home Project team Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Display site: Llanllŷr (Abbey) also known as: Llanllyr; Lanfer; Laller Lanter; Llanweir Order: Cistercian The abbey was founded by Rhys ap Gruffydd and originally there were about sixteen nuns. show more... Standing remains There are no standing remains of the former abbey but something of the layout of Llanllŷr is known from plans of post-Dissolution buildings on the site. Over the years the abbey site has been incorporated in gardens and parks. Dedicated to: Virgin Mary Medieval Diocese: St David's Affiliated to: Strata Florida (mother-house) Lordship at foundation: Deheubarth Access: No remains above ground; the site is privately owned Main events in the history of this site pre 1197: Foundation - The house was founded before 1197 by the Lord Rhys and was under the auspices of Strata Florida. [1 source] 1284: Compensation - The nuns were awarded 40 marks as compensation for damages incurred during the Edwardian Conquest. [5 sources] c.1291: Wealth - The house was estimated to have sixty sheep, 1200 acres and £7 10s 0d from temporalities but no spiritualities. [3 sources] 1299: Litigation - Queen Margaret (Edward I's wife) acquitted the abbess of a fine for illegally felling an oak. [2 sources] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the net income of Llanllŷr was £57 5s 4d. [3 sources][1 archive] 1536: Survey - The site was surveyed on 29th September, in preparation for the suppression of the house. [1 source] 1537: Dissolution - The house was formally suppressed on 26 February 1537, under the 1536 Act of Suppression. [4 sources] + 5 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Abbesses of Llanllŷr Edward I , king of England , lord of Ireland, duke of Aquitaine (compensates) Gerald of Wales; Giraldus Cambrensis , archdeacon of Brecon (commentator) Rhys ap Gruffydd , prince of Deheubarth (founder) Bibliographical sources 13 Printed sources show sources 'Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales' ed.R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles(Harlow 1971) pp. 272, 274 Cartwright, Jane, 'Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales' (Cardiff 2008) Cartwright, Jane, 'Y Forwyn Fair, Santesau a Lleianod: Agweddau ar Wyryfdod a Diweirdeb yng Nghymru'r Oesoedd Canol' (Cardiff 1999) Cartwright, Jane, 'Dead Virgins: feminine sanctity in medieval Wales' Medium Aevum 72 (2002) pp.1-28 Cartwright, Jane, 'The Desire to Corrupt: Convents and Community in Medieval Wales' Medieval Women in their Communities ed.Diane Watt(Toronto 1997) pp.20-48 Cooper, R., 'Abbeys and Priories of Wales' (Swansea 1992) p. 61 Cowley, F. G., 'The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349' (Cardiff 1977) Fulton, H., 'Medieval Welsh poems to nuns' Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 21 (1991) pp.87–112 Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis), 'Giraldi Cambresensis Opera' Rolls Series 21 8 vols ed.J. S. Brewer, J. F. Dimock and G. F. Warner (London 1861-1891) vol. 4, pp. 152–153 Palmer, Caroline; David, Pennt; and Laidlaw, Ros, 'Historic Parks and Gardens in Ceredigion' (Esgairdawe 2004) pp. 60-62 Williams, David, 'The Welsh Cistercians' (Leominster 2001) Williams, David, 'The Cistercians in the Early Middle Ages' (Leominster 1998) Williams, David, 'Cistercian Nunneries in Medieval Wales' Cîteaux: commentarii cistercienses 26 (1975) pp.155-174 2 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) Monastic Matrix website - Llanllŷr (View website) LLANLLYR NUNNERY, TALSARN (Coflein database) (View website) Archival sources The National Archives, 'Decree and Order Books of the Court of Augmentations and the Augmentation Office', (Document), (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales The Cistercians in Wales, Prof. J.E.Burton, Department of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, University of Wales Lampeter Who were the Cistercians?, Professor Janet Burton	Ceredigion, OS Grid:SN54215602 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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