Site details: Llantarnam


Home dershane Project team Project News 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: Llantarnam (Abbey) also known as: Llanterna; Caerleon; Dewma; Vallium Order: Cistercian Llantarnam, or Caerleon as it was originally known, was founded by Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord of Caerleon (d. c. 1215). The site is now occupied by the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy. Surviving literary works from Llantarnam Abbey include St Gregory's Homilies and a late copy of a set of Chester annals. show details of standing remains Standing remains An early nineteenth-century house now occupies the site and incorporates medieval remains, either from the abbey or the sixteenth-century secular residence that replaced it. A barn to the north of the house is thought to date from the early thirteenth century. Dedicated to: Virgin Mary Medieval Diocese: Llandaff Affiliated to: Strata Florida (mother-house) Lordship at foundation: Glamorgan Access: Private Owned by: Private Main events in the history of this site 1179: Foundation - The house was founded 22 July 1179. [5 sources] c.1179: Holdings in E. Glamorgan - From 1179 Llantarnam had possession of Margam's former dependency of Pendar Grange, Glamorgan. From this time Llanarnam had acquired the grange of Penrhys, Glamorgan, which seemingly had a hostelry and chapel. [1 source] c.1273: Renamed - To avoid confusion and regularize the nomenclature the Cistercian General Chapter stipulated that in official documentation the name 'Lanterna' should be used. [2 sources] c.1291: Wealth - The abbey's total net income at this time was £44 15s 0d. [3 sources] c.1300: Patronage - Hugh Dispenser the Younger, was patron. [1 source] 1317: Poverty - The abbot wrote to the king explaining that his house was impoverished as a consequence of the Welsh uprising the previous year. [3 sources] pre 1398: Destruction - Books, buildings and church ornaments were extensively damaged by fire. [3 sources] 1398: Papal indulgence - Papal indulgence was granted to everyone who helped repair the monastery buildings that had been damaged by fire. [1 source] c.1400: Glyn DÅµr rebellion - The Llantarnam community supported Owain Glyn DÅµr's rebellion. [2 sources] 1405: Abbot killed - John ap Hywel, abbot of Llantarnam, was killed during an attack on Usk Castle. [2 sources] 1504: Bequest - David Matthew bequeathed £10 to the community to glaze the west window of the church. [2 sources] 1532: Bequest - Morgan Jones left the community ten marks (sterling) to purchase a vestment for the Lady Chapel and £10 to help finance the construction of various arches in the church. [2 sources] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the abbey's net annual income was £71 3s 2d. [3 sources][1 archive] 27 August 1536: Dissolution - Llantarnam was closed in the first wave of suppressions. [5 sources] + 12 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Abbots of Llantarnam Hywel ab Iorwerth , lord of Caerleon (founder) Llywelyn Bren; Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ap Rhys , rebel leader Bibliographical sources 54 Printed sources show sources The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, I, 940-1216, ed. D. Knowles, C. Brooke and V. London (London, 1972; 2001) pp. 136, 272 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, II, 1216-1377, ed. D. M. Smith and V. London (CUP: Cambridge, 2001) p. 290 The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain: far from the concourse of men, ed. David M. Robinson (London, 1998) pp. 135-136 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, III, 1377-1540, ed. David M. 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M., 'Floor tiles from Llantarnam Abbey, Gwent', Medieval and Later Pottery in Wales, 12 (1990-1991), pp. 101-104 Newman, J., The Buildings of Wales: Gwent / Monmouthshire (London, 2000) pp. 336-338 O'Sullivan, J. F., Cistercian settlements in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1140-1540, Fordham Univ. Studies, History series, 2 (New York, 1947) pp. 35-38 Osborne, G. O. and Hobbs, G. J., 'Note on the names and locations of two granges of Llantarnam Abbey: Makenel (Machenlleth) and Torald', Gwent Local History, 87 (1999), pp. 43-47 Osborne, G. O. and Hobbs, G. J., 'A note on ‘Conesiding’: a grange of Llantarnam Abbey', Gwent Local History, 99 (2005), pp. 22-24 Osborne, Graham O., 'Two granges of Llantarnam Abbey mentioned in the ‘Taxio’ of 1291: Kynemot and Crip', Gwent Local History, 105 (2008), pp. 4-6 Robinson, David M., The Cistercians in Wales: Architecture and Archaeology 1130-1540, Society of Antiquaries of London, Research Committee Report (London, 2006) pp. 248-250 Robinson, David M. and Harrison, Stuart, 'Cistercian Cloisters in England and Wales: Part I', Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 159 (2006), pp. 131-207 Standing, David H., '', Monmouth Antiquary, 32 (2016), pp. 115-142 Wakeman, T., 'Caerleon [Llantarnam]', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 3:12 (1848), pp. 328-344 Ward, John A., 'Our Lady of Penrhys', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 6th series, 14 (1914), pp. 357-406 Week, Robert, 'Cillonydd, Newbridge (ST 228 972)', Archaeology in Wales, 38 (1998), pp. 126-128 Week, Robert, 'Post-Dissolution Monastic Site and its Landscape: Cillonydd on Mynydd Maen', Gwent Local History, 92 (2002), pp. 3-24 Week, Robert, 'Caerphilly County Borough (ST228972): Cillonydd Grange Landscape Study', Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report, 13 (1998), pp. 48-49 Williams, David H., The Cistercians in the Early Middle Ages (Leominster, 1998) Williams, David H., Atlas of Cistercian Lands in Wales (Cardiff, 1990) Williams, David H., White Monks in Gwent and the Borders (Pontypool, 1976) pp. 77-93 Williams, David H., 'Catalogue of Welsh ecclesiastical seals as known down to AD 1600, 4: Seals of Cistercian monasteries', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 136 (1988), pp. 138-155 Williams, David H., 'Llantarnam Abbey', Monmouthshire Antiquary, 2:3 vols (1967), pp. 131-148 Williams, David H., 'Cistercian Abbots in Medieval Gwent', Monmouthshire Antiquary, 1:4 (1964), pp. 107-111 Williams, David H., 'Llantarnam Abbey', Monmouthshire Antiquary, 2:2 (1967), pp. 199-202 Williams, David H., 'Gwent seals: VI', The Monmouthshire Antiquary, 10 (1994), pp. 21-24 Williams, Glanmor, 'Pen-rhys: poets and pilgrims', The Monmouthshire Antiquary, 20 (2004), pp. 9-15 2 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) The Cistercians in Yorkshire Project - Llantarnam (View website) RCAHMW, Coflein database - Llantarnam Abbey (View website) Archival sources British Library, 'The Forty Homilies of St Gregory the Great on the Gospels', (Document), (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales The Cistercians in Wales, Professor Janet Burton Who were the Cistercians?, Professor Janet Burton	Torfaen, OS Grid:ST31159291 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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