… The above example will also serve to illustrate the plan of each entry. Essentially, Kitchin uses the same long sentence each time, inserting the…
… The above example will also serve to illustrate the plan of each entry. Essentially, Kitchin uses the same long sentence each time, inserting the appropriate data for the parish concerned. He gives the names of the clergy, whether the incumbent is resident, and if the parish church has a chapel or chapel-of-ease attached. There is therefore much repetition. A much more concise method would have been to use a tabular form, as I have…
… diocese of Gloucester. There, Bishop Hooper's visitation of 1552 revealed scores of priests unable to identify the author of the Lord's Prayer. I turn…
… diocese of Gloucester. There, Bishop Hooper's visitation of 1552 revealed scores of priests unable to identify the author of the Lord's Prayer. I turn now to the churches themselves. One hundred and four were parish churches, of which only nine were vacant. A tenth, Nash, had no incumbent, but a curate, James Pater, was ministering there. According to the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, the situation was an improvement on that shown in earlier returns…
… Kitchin pleaded that this part was "so greate a matter and of such difficultie, and the tyme so shorte that I nor my officers…
… Kitchin pleaded that this part was "so greate a matter and of such difficultie, and the tyme so shorte that I nor my officers are able to certyfye ye howses thereof withowte conferens hadd with the parsons, vicares, curats and some honest men of every paryshe or hamlete". Short was the time indeed. Bishop Anthony signed the document on August 4th, 1563, and died on October 31st the same year. He had been unable…
… APPENDIX LIST 1 PARISH CHURCHES Name in 1563 Modern Name Clergy Resident Notes (V = vicar C = curate P = Parson) Abergavenny, St.…
… APPENDIX LIST 1 PARISH CHURCHES Name in 1563 Modern Name Clergy Resident Notes (V = vicar C = curate P = Parson) Abergavenny, St. Mary Abergavenny, St. Mary Griffith Johns V No Baslege Bassaleg Lewis Rise V No John Young C No Bedwellteye Bedwellty John Williams C No Bedwes Bedwas John Ropper P Yes Bringwine Bryngwyn Thomas Powell P Yes Caldicote Caldicot John Williams V Yes Carewente Caerwent Robert David V Yes Carllion Caerleon…
… PARISH CHURCHES-continued Name in 1563 Modern Name Clergy Resident Notes (V = vicar C = curate P= Parson) Llangattoke by Uske Llangattock-Juxta-Usk William Johns…
… PARISH CHURCHES-continued Name in 1563 Modern Name Clergy Resident Notes (V = vicar C = curate P= Parson) Llangattoke by Uske Llangattock-Juxta-Usk William Johns P Yes Llangattoke Klermyke Llangattock Lingoed (?) Edmond Johns V Yes Langeby Llangybi Phelipp ap David P Yes Llangewa Llangua Simon David C No Langome Llangwm Uchaf Phelipp ap John V Yes Langoven Langovan John Jhankine No Langstonne Langstone William Williams P Yes St. Melens St. Mellons David Lewis V…
… LIST 2 CHAPELS Name in 1565 Modern Name Annexed to Aberistruthe Blaina Llanwenarth Ultra (Govilon) Bettowesneweth Bettws Newydd Llanarth Comcarvan Cwmcarvan Michel Troy Coyke…
… LIST 2 CHAPELS Name in 1565 Modern Name Annexed to Aberistruthe Blaina Llanwenarth Ultra (Govilon) Bettowesneweth Bettws Newydd Llanarth Comcarvan Cwmcarvan Michel Troy Coyke Crick (?) Mathern Henllis Henllys Bassaleg Kylegoygane Llanfihangel Pontymoel Panteg Llanvocha Llangattock Vibon Avel Mamhilad Mamhilad Llanover Penalte Penallt Trellech Penrose Penrhos Llantilio Crossenny Redwike Redwick Magor Riskaye Risca Bassaleg Rompston Mathern Treregayre Tregaer Dingestow Trevethine Trevethin Llanover LIST 3 CHAPELS OF EASE Name in 1563 Modern Name Annexed to…
… The National Eisteddfod of Wales at Newport (1897) and Welsh Cultural Life in Gwent J. Gwynfor Jones Judging by all the available evidence the…
… The National Eisteddfod of Wales at Newport (1897) and Welsh Cultural Life in Gwent J. Gwynfor Jones Judging by all the available evidence the town of Newport enthusiastically welcomed the National Eisteddfod of Wales during the first week of August 1897. It was, in many ways, a dramatic year. The South African War had begun, England was becoming diplomatically more isolated on the continent, and important changes had occurred in the political life of…
… The cultural development of Gwent during the course of the nineteenth century-an era of intense patriotic fervour in literature, antiquity and folk music-had indeed…
… The cultural development of Gwent during the course of the nineteenth century-an era of intense patriotic fervour in literature, antiquity and folk music-had indeed been remarkable notwithstanding the persistent anglicising forces which increasingly threatened the Welsh cultural traditions. The activity of individual Welshmen in Gwent in that century gave the county a reputable status among other strongholds of Welsh culture. The history of Gwent itself reveals how strong the Welsh connections had been over…
… Gwent in those days. Most of its population regarded themselves as Welsh and were doubtless eager to support the Newport Eisteddfod at the end…
… Gwent in those days. Most of its population regarded themselves as Welsh and were doubtless eager to support the Newport Eisteddfod at the end of the century. Newport was a thriving commercial port at the time, indeed the third largest coal-exporting port in the world, the natural outlet to the mineral products of the west Gwent valleys and, next to Monmouth, the most important administrative centre in the county. The prefaces to the Eisteddfod…
… INSIDE THE EISTEDDFOD PAVILION…
… INSIDE THE EISTEDDFOD PAVILION…
… William Conybeare Bruce, Archdeacon of Monmouth and rector of Rogiet, nephew of Lord Aberdare) to the Gorsedd Committee (chaired by John Griffiths, Archdeacon of…
… William Conybeare Bruce, Archdeacon of Monmouth and rector of Rogiet, nephew of Lord Aberdare) to the Gorsedd Committee (chaired by John Griffiths, Archdeacon of Llandaff). Among the distinguished Presidents of the Eisteddfod were Alderman Thomas Goldsworthy, Mayor of Newport, Thomas Jones, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Godfrey Charles Morgan, second Lord Tredegar (President of the Executive Committee), Principal John Rhys, the famous Celtic scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, D. A. Thomas of Llanwern House,…