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THS t: lUITIES OF FlintshireI

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THS t: lUITIES OF Flintshire DB.WERTH GLAN TANAD." ( Continued ). asingwerk Abbey. ;,0£ R House.—The main body of this i^ rig, er og from the cloistera, has qaite 'ii"3^1 ^ajced the two conspicuous roundheaded ar ^n <», whic 9 often taken for the entrance, in T.^nty 'c r- ead into an eastern projection of -he chafer- w, and were formerly within the Ti lerer way may be noted in which the bailors r. e carried the thick wall a bo re upou a thinner ». all beneath. The projection is of the sat. Sariy English date, and has been ranlted <rith qnadripartite vaulting, but with td'^iiional rib?, to meet the piers of the three (asimri !ia<v■ These windows and the two Uteri- on*# moulded, and of much beauty. They glazed, but not into rebates. A sink'nr. an if r> frame, is visible. The pro- jenticn v..us pr jly covered originally by a lean- b.i^, ifteenth century (moo a chamber wmfcoratrnet. yer it (probably the muniment- room;, ana mg from the dormitory. The 3h#pt«-hoasp .oper has had a flat ceiling, and the iorrji'toiy a t warded floor, since the holes for the 5»vjih renair Tht I .r RcoM.-This must have been a spacious apart'r at, lighted by an eastern range s>t broad'7 spiayec lancets, which, from the fact that -ht v hare n> rebates for glass, appear to ftfeni «7ioenc.» tfnfc the poor monks in their most SOC.h! worst jg r>om had no shelter from the br li t windows may have been glazed with ajoYen'ie fr,mes only, secured to the iron stanchion-burs, a d let us hope that they were so. Tiie ha& hm formed at the same level as t«at of ^hapt t-house. A door opens externally direct to tae east No trace is apparent of a chinriey in the er sting ruins, probably owing to thoir ov,*rgrowr (,ute; but it may have been in the sots'a wall, wiiei e there are signs of recon- siraotiot cr io ie west wall, now demolished. The T>ari ^ur was f obably next the chapter-house* tat tbtr,: traces. The east wall has' externa: buttresses and one of these, at the south- corner, has b-i retained, although the wall it aon+? id loth cent *y work. 4 over, has also a range of H seit*™, windows. The walls are too a* och broken bv t- >s to determine the position of any nr«plaoe. i r entrance to the monks' night s>*j:xa w perfect a his side; and next it is evi. denca of t.ie r, jtruction of the angle-wall of fne oran;up^ •? the dormitory was built, •cewj'Jg toh ,8e of this wall is older. The root has be«n ot a arp pitch, as is shown by the ■ the three lancets of the raas-^ -• » t; revent obstruction to these it tal h3eD hipptrti ck in its upper portion. A »ia«« doorway h opened from the south-east R0W ro«jch r. ipidated, and it was probably fcr vhe passage the sacristan to watch the ■ sancm^xy I'Vht.a tValle Crucis. The slope of traosai -gabk is ^11 preserved by a few of its H ,toaes win totter above the lancet- Wln\¡ )W. ^1 •TE" ,J0in.e<^ day-room, from ■ v-'lu^ Uf\!a »' w the south wall, and auother lr. ,ue dr. yed soHth-west corner. A tortu a of tfc ast wall is down, but enough ( tv icd;i a; that this apartment is late CoI;tar- *at It is built against the older ■. oa tre^s, cnu tneic traces of cross-walls. The flr<b-p r.ro ^pemo^ to the south, and between 'Ca ft' windows, now blocked. a 1 is a remarkable building, ■ fUSb ^y- It is now roof. *^Tf-l i u^r-ir v-.»c >S if°^en ^own to the ground- H VJ f ree ext«rnal walls and the H z*u ociy the gable windoW8< °Th e H inli rna} aP?^ace u- of great beauty, 80 far as ■ rvaU.li conc rned, for it is filled with a H sor:ei f rixivl^ *P-yed niches, some of which H b<Jeu pitrC-J vith windows, now blocked. H "lta moulded shafts, H ,uueu. htju cape and bases, and arched heads ■ S t "h> &Cl' a11 very elaborately ■ small nail-headed bands. H ^me ar^ rona, ^aded, with qnatrefoils; and j^a*8 -«»••• ^round-headed doorway in ^1 nmt'i \t-"u 1,1 ? is a locker close to the ^'r~' 0f !)0?ltfc to it is a serving door ■ "u^ • c of tchen. The whole of the u?b.'CTt wah, bas a oerfectly plain surface, in curious ooatras; to the opposite one, and is most vvb uily of &1' datL Tbe north wall is com- -ijy rao<leri(. and built of older materials ■ incetha div^.ititioc A few of the old stone H remum, ndioate that the roof had rincipaI raftL, I THE -l'stsp. ;e has been occupied by an ■ four sides, of wood, covered witrt d slof/inr svof, Wn mQr „„(• ,1 I Uteb». w to lthf ■'? °{*• I 'v Mal'tered oondltioD* bet I :jm- wlwt 'hue' i" 't"tof n«Sle«'. 'ke eastero ■ i prolongation ■ r pper floor is approached by I oogb stone steps. ■ • 4 ;/? s,s '0' by the mins, agrees in the I 1 '1 t » story. We have traces of I ?*hh*r(»ia ta\ 11:1 St We hftVe a later and perfect I hi t rrv is f' ho°«h' « we have seen. I fli^Litectarrt p!» the date of the latter, the I >a-riod on4 vptv' • this must have been I v v J ln the 13th centnrv and I by Kogh«a rath,, t,„ by Wekh h^y, and ■ Ttif? -scial vith respect to the removal I 31 rrt,n°r• tLf> b iinS to «ther places are as I nuncrous u;'f as e' ewhere in Walna a ■ „fth.r»f i».tC?lc« Chnrch. TbU U,'pertap» ■ »t true «• tti«:;cf r, laMoflUnrhaiadr ChS I The whole area of the ■ CJU«,. auf4 iLiM 0! ie other buildings in over- S™"°,T th • ••« grass, and wids, wh L TiVtS'lT ,a*e°fi™ re0t. "4 -riS ?ht:<r t-ujgt? cov-ji-th .-racial shade. R- 'erjW°r2 rUlDS W'.th ? r+;i .V>. a at. of accumnlated th«"tr»-i3e0te"a0a'cl.t "Then^ fo.ua?atfons of bonn Jg ;aan-factum reaoC. • the Del^h" of oarer and c 5er t^9'. ^!th the odonr the Apposite UW-nl-.i works th! 7 C.h,m"j,y pasaiasr tram/, acd moaniDc win/^80 ° )ctfctietcb^l wir-j the electric Vi 0gh the alikh te'! tia of ? life and societv change that ha, iV, upon the spotl!^ °J tbe w:ti2 adrflrt ig,r^ as hope, but wX;?kc^aDSe not make ue rnr 1; if the pait." 'Brit'i00! Assoc TDl. p. tet5_76 v l> Arch A pw^ge lif-3 of St. Werbu,„ ua beoo quoted (Arch, l ab. vol i. p. 97) to pr^ <-h>\t there Wf a ir<, itery at Basingwerk in the t1m' .A son cf Hugh Lupus. Basim,! iii o^ tamlv r ationed in the Life, but n\)ihj i,\d<1 ur monastery. Perhaps some f;oi;fo«oti Las a* n consequence of its being f11' 8 moDi< !f.ed^e Oonstible, William .>f Chesty > pny ,t. Werburg; but it was a n»oo< of hubrp. no: Basmgwerk. The story ;t! as roJiowa:— ith wepyng and languor. c aoJ • ill with your gostly ee Th Jnumte a: our Saviour bo: hso u Moilli1" t -v .ed the redde Me. A .4 th, .j .-vl n obeyed Josue, Prght ic -ne depe of pee made division, ae «,aao<i drv8 ,j io 8Tgijt 0f them ech one. "hb'g^lt aDd f the C°mpany' nj „ 3., endyng nature, And hltalod Warbnu'6 nr^ord Qod Almig }' Thev went into W% 18 V lr8in Pare' Jtfiiver&i th^> j0n-lo'; ?on ^e Sondes sore, Bfaght hi-i jR drede and enmitie, tea?aTne to Chestre cife. AoQ it w rlated—14 H'o»» „ j -xL- thawit "WjeasaiuatKUboivrose np within it the peti, ( n of the ConsulWerburge, The poeai yjes en to say ^hestre." fio^h Laj as, iutpr^ircr to mat .^ar.^> 8011 Hoh'.vclF. is attacked by the ,a. P^gnmage to jae^-ago bis ConstaMe, Willia^ an^ 8e»ds a at. l L-efct^r, to raise *r army N'gell, Ba-^ugw^i-k. :hs Constable hlQ1 at army to Hilbarghae (Hilbre), hoping^ Wlth to take hiri across t?Dee, but fic^8 raonk Ifilbre then t^oommends him u°ne" St. W-rbrvg. 10 Pray to Pe. o»nt "I jannot recover that, of 'uore 'aar two of the abbots. Th0Ql *mes J>i»fyd«-' r^nr >ni prp^i ied over the house in time of G-.itcyn Owain, i bard who flourished i« thn> yaarl l" RD,i c^i^brates the hospitality 0f the in vnue verses. The poet is so liberal of his praise to say. Kr hwrw yo lr Brenin. ill a roe« i«: I. y ar wiu." i. ibat ho fjar» twice treasure of a King in AiD avortg bit. other luxuries, I think he sa, thitU a rich abbot in the :;ii:ù wntur- raibtt easily indulge himself in, I for it had been a great article of commerce in Sicily as early as the year 1148. He and Tudor Aled, another noted bard, speak not only of his works of utility; of the water and of the windmills he erected; of his having en-, larged and beautified the abbey, but also com- pliment him on his prowess in battle. Neither is Guttyn silent on a subject pleasing to every Welsh ear, the pedigree of his patron. He quitted his profession and became what is termed in law a monk deraigne and married Angharad, a daughter of the house of Penrhyn in Caernarvonshire. He had by her three sons, the youngest of whom, Nicholas, succeeded him in the abbacy, and was the last who filled the place." The Abbey was dissolved in 1535, and by the valuation of its revenues in 1534, the gross sum was, according to Dugdale, £150 7s 3d; to Speed, f,167 15e. 2d. Yr hen Fonachlog snwyl i mae'n resyn bod dy wedd Yb ail i gorph pydredig dan dvwjll leni'r bedd Ni ctaenir Cred na Pliader ar Wawr na Gosper mwv, Yr Ave ber ni phyrcir, na'r Sant g*n blent y plwy; Ni chlywir yn y Gangoll un gyngau ond y gwynt Yn gwatwor yr alawon a genid yno gynt." GLASYNyp.

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