… 58 Rees Davies, Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr, p. 119. 59 Hodges, G. (1995) Owain Glyn Dwr: The War of Independence in the Welsh…
… 58 Rees Davies, Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr, p. 119. 59 Hodges, G. (1995) Owain Glyn Dwr: The War of Independence in the Welsh Borders (Herefordshire: Logaston Press), p. 125. 60 Ibid., pp. 125-6. 61 Howell, R. (1988) A History of Gwent (Dyfed: Gomer Press), p.93. 62 Hodges, G., op. cit., p. 124. 63 Williams, G. (1966) Owen Glendower (University Press, Oxford), pp.40- 1. 64 Lloyd, Owen Glendower, p.95. 65 Ibid, p.94. 66 Rees…
… 'BEAT 'EM UP AND KNOCK 'EM DOWN': THE ANTI- RECRUITMENT RIOT IN ABERGAVENNY IN 1706 by John Evans On a Tuesday in late September…
… 'BEAT 'EM UP AND KNOCK 'EM DOWN': THE ANTI- RECRUITMENT RIOT IN ABERGAVENNY IN 1706 by John Evans On a Tuesday in late September 1706 all hell broke loose in Abergavenny when Captain John Dutton Colt of Llanfihangel Crucorney seized Peter Powle, 'a very idle lusty fellow', in an attempt to conscript him into service in the army.1 At that time, the country had been at war for eleven of the previous eighteen years.…
… fellow to be taken up'.5 He seemed to be unworried by the possible problems of taking Powle into custody and he promptly obtained a…
… fellow to be taken up'.5 He seemed to be unworried by the possible problems of taking Powle into custody and he promptly obtained a warrant to arrest him. An ensign, Jarvis Newton, having been sworn in as a petty constable, was given the task of taking Powle into custody. Unlike his superior, Newton was worried by the potential difficulty in detaining Powle. Tuesday was a market day and the town and its inns would…
… in the morning the mob had found out where they were and had gathered outside the mayor's lodgings. Several of them, including at least…
… in the morning the mob had found out where they were and had gathered outside the mayor's lodgings. Several of them, including at least one woman, Blanch Reece, attempted to break in through the windows in another attempt to help Powle escape. They smashed a window with stones and staves and attempted to enter. All the petty constables were on hand to attempt to quell the disturbance but their efforts were to no avail.…
… she heard Harry Watkins swear 'God damme that he would take his gun and shoot ye officers' but his wife 'reproved him and hindered…
… she heard Harry Watkins swear 'God damme that he would take his gun and shoot ye officers' but his wife 'reproved him and hindered him'. She could not, however, stop him going out and joining the rioters. Elizabeth Phillips, a spinster also from the town, claimed that she had seen Joseph Lewis the butcher with a cleaver in his hand and thought that he would have hurled it at one of the officers if…
… took as many depositions as he was able to do. In all he managed to take the statements of Captain Harry Colt, Ensign Jarvis…
… took as many depositions as he was able to do. In all he managed to take the statements of Captain Harry Colt, Ensign Jarvis Newton and five petty constables but when he came to take the evidence of townspeople who had seen the riot he ran into problems. He could only get nine of them to give an account of what they had seen and heard over the previous two days. Dutton Colt claimed…
… 1755-7 and then again in 1778-9. The Acts specifically excluded all Irishmen and stated that a recruit had to be Protestant and have 'the…
… 1755-7 and then again in 1778-9. The Acts specifically excluded all Irishmen and stated that a recruit had to be Protestant and have 'the perfect use of his limbs'.15 The last condition seems to have given some desperate men a way out of conscription. During the last enactment of the Press Act, local newspapers printed several accounts of men on the borders of Monmouthshire and England deliberately cutting off their thumbs and maiming themselves…
… Succession was partly being fought because of Louis XIV's support for the son of James II. Also, it may be more than a coincidence…
… Succession was partly being fought because of Louis XIV's support for the son of James II. Also, it may be more than a coincidence that the month before the riot took place was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the execution of Fr David Lewis of Abergavenny. He was martyred at Usk on 27 August 1679 for his Catholic beliefs. He had been brought up in the town and many of the older inhabitants of the…
… September 1706, The affidavits of John Prince, Edward Gamage, Anne Higgins, Mary Havard, Bridget Waters, William Herbert, Elizabeth Phillips, Jane Mason, Thomas Herbert, Jarvis…
… September 1706, The affidavits of John Prince, Edward Gamage, Anne Higgins, Mary Havard, Bridget Waters, William Herbert, Elizabeth Phillips, Jane Mason, Thomas Herbert, Jarvis Newton, Capt. Harry Colt. PRO, SP34 /8 ff 49d Riot in Abergavenny in 1706, September 1706, Affidavits of Edward Russell, Thomas Hugh, William Roberts, Walter Davies and Henry Newman, all petty constables of Abergavenny. Photocopies of these documents are now available at Gwent Record Office. Some of the phraseology used…
… 13 PRO, SP34/8 ff.50, Riot in Abergavenny, 17 October 1706, Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, to Secretary Hedges. 14 Gwent County Record Office, D874…
… 13 PRO, SP34/8 ff.50, Riot in Abergavenny, 17 October 1706, Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, to Secretary Hedges. 14 Gwent County Record Office, D874 92. Vestry Minutes for St Mary's, Abergavenny. A William Powell is mentioned as a churchwarden on 11 April 1713 and on 10 October 1714. The warden mentioned on 18 April 1715 is specifically identified as William Powell of the Cow. The other churchwarden appointed on that date was John Nott…
… A HISTORY OF HANOVER Chapel, LLANOVER INCLUDING A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROBERT JERMAIN THOMAS, THE KOREAN MISSIONARY by Herbert Hughes Puritanism and Early Nonconformity…
… A HISTORY OF HANOVER Chapel, LLANOVER INCLUDING A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROBERT JERMAIN THOMAS, THE KOREAN MISSIONARY by Herbert Hughes Puritanism and Early Nonconformity entered Wales largely through the border counties and this was particularly true of Monmouthshire. The first Independent (or Congregational) church in the country was established at Llanfaches in 1639 and the earliest Baptist church at Olchon in 1633. (The latter is technically in Herefordshire but was at this time within…
… George Morgan had registered his house as a meeting place for the Independents and on the same day a George Robinson is registered as…
… George Morgan had registered his house as a meeting place for the Independents and on the same day a George Robinson is registered as a minister at the same address. Another member of the church was registered as a minister in the parish of Llangybi nearby. In 1675 Mr Thomas Quarrel became its minister cojointly with other Independent churches in Usk, Llantrisant and Llangwm. (The Quarrels were natives of Radnorshire and members of the…