In The Year 1113, Robert De
Candos Founded And Endowed The Church Of Goldclive, And, By The
Advice Of King Henry I., Gave It To The Abbey Of Bec, In Normandy;
Its Religious Establishment Consisted Of A Prior And Twelve Monks Of
The Order Of St. Benedict.
{75} [Geoffrey of Monmouth.]
{76} The Cistercian abbey here alluded to was known by the several
names of Ystrat Marchel, Strata Marcella, Alba domus de Stratmargel,
Vallis Crucis, or Pola, and was situated between Guilsfield and
Welshpool, in Montgomeryshire. Authors differ in opinion about its
original founder. Leland attributes it to Owen Cyveilioc, prince of
Powys, and Dugdale to Madoc, the son of Gruffydh, giving for his
authority the original grants and endowments of this abbey.
According to Tanner, about the beginning of the reign of king Edward
III., the Welsh monks were removed from hence into English abbeys,
and English monks were placed here, and the abbey was made subject
to the visitation of the abbot and convent of Buildwas, in
Shropshire.
{77} Cardiff, i.e., the fortress on the river Taf.
{78} Gwentluc - so called from Gwent, the name of the province, and
llug, open, to distinguish it from the upper parts of Wentland, is
an extensive tract of flat, marshy ground, reaching from Newport to
the shores of the river Severn.
{79} Nant Pencarn, or the brook of Pencarn. - After a very
attentive examination of the country round Newport, by natives of
that place, and from the information I have received on the subject,
I am inclined to think that the river here alluded to was the Ebwy,
which flows about a mile and a half south of Newport.
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