The
Family Of Saint Walery, Or Valery, Derived Their Name From A Sea-
Port In France.
{35} A small church dedicated to Saint David, in the suburbs of
Brecknock, on the great road leading from thence to Trecastle.
"The
paroche of Llanvays, Llan-chirch-Vais extra, ac si diceres, extra
muros. It standeth betwixt the river of Uske and Tyrtorelle brooke,
that is, about the lower ende of the town of Brekenok." - Leland,
Itin. tom. v. p. 69.
{36} David Fitzgerald was promoted to the see of Saint David's in
1147, or according to others, in 1149. He died A.D. 1176.
{37} Now Howden, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
{38} Osred was king of the Northumbrians, and son of Alfred. He
commenced to reign in A.D. 791, but was deprived of his crown the
following year.
{39} St. Kenelm was the only son and heir of Kenulfus, king of the
Mercians, who left him under the care of his two sisters, Quendreda
and Bragenilda. The former, blinded by ambition, resolved to
destroy the innocent child, who stood between her and the throne;
and for that purpose prevailed on Ascebert, who attended constantly
on the king, to murder him privately, giving him hopes, in case he
complied with her wishes, of making him her partner in the kingdom.
Under the pretence of diverting his young master, this wicked
servant led him into a retired vale at Clent, in Staffordshire, and
having murdered him, dug a pit, and cast his body into it, which was
discovered by a miracle, and carried in solemn procession to the
abbey of Winchelcomb.
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