Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY

The Monmouthshire Antiquary: Proceedings of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association, was established in 1961 and since then, with just the occasional gap,  has been published annually. However, the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association (or rather its predecessor the Caerleon Antiquarian Association) can claim to have been a publishing society since 1850, as it published occasional papers and reports.

Articles should be submitted to the Honorary Editor or Honorary Assistant Editor, who welcome prospective author’s queries. [They can be contacted via the Hon. Secretary. See contact details.] Intending authors are advised to consult the ‘Guidelines for Contributors to The Monmouthshire Antiquary, which are published in the journal. For the latest edition of the ‘Guidelines’, please see The Monmouthshire Antiquary, Vol. XXVII (2011).

Academic excellence is achieved by peer review and assessment of articles submitted, and an offer of publication may be made conditional upon corrections/amendments being made in accordance with the assessor’s advice. Reasons for refusing an article for publication are not normally given, and the Association gives each assessor a written guarantee of anonymity.

The Monmouthshire Antiquary – Vols XXVII (2011) – is now available to members and institutions. It is published in honour of Gwenllian Jones, Honorary Secretary of the Association, who died in 2009. It contains scholarly papers by those who knew her, and who shared her interests. (see below)

Purchasing past copies of The Monmouthshire Antiquary

To purchase back copies of  Journals, contact the Hon. Secretary.  The three most recently published Journals are full price, but Journals published between 2000 and 2008 cost £5.00, plus £2.50 postage and packing. Journals pre 2000, vary in price depending on the quantity of stock remaining and the age of the Journal. Some issues are now out of print.  Photocopies of articles and scanned articles can be provided for out of stock journals based on the number of pages of the article. Use the email address to make a request. The money raised from this service is used to buy copies of out of stock journals, especially the nineteenth-century publications.

Contents pages for volumes 2000 – 2010 of The Monmouthshire Antiquary

We are slowly providing contents pages of The Monmouthshire Antiquary. The Library sub-committee are  involved in a long-term project which aims to publish an inedex on this website.

See also - Eric Wiles, ‘Publications of the Caerleon Antiquarian Association, later Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association, now Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association’, The Monmouthshire Antiquary, Vol., XIII (1997).

 

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY

The Latest Volume

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY: VOL. XXVII  (2011)

PAPERS IN MEMORY OF GWENLLIAN V. JONES, M.A., F.S.A.
CONTENTS

Article	Page
Foreword:  Annette M. Burton	3
Gwenllian Vaughan Jones as Honorary Secretary of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association, 1986-2009: Christabel Hutchings	4
A Jubilee: The Monmouthshire Antiquary, 1961-2011: David H. Williams and  Jeremy K. Knight	7
Clan and Continuity: Developments in ‘Silurian Studies’: Ray Howell	11
The Isca Praetorium Reconsidered:  Mark Lewis	17
Gwent Churches in the Book of Llandaff:  Jeremy K. Knight	35
Death, Commemoration and the Reformation in Monmouthshire: Madeleine Gray	43
A Tale of Lost Knights: Thirteenth-Century Effigies in Tintern Abbey: Mark Redknap, with Jana M. Horák	57
Three Visitors to Gwynllig and Gwentland towards the End of the Middle Ages : Ralph A. Griffiths	81
Newport Borough Ordinances, 1711: David H. Williams	91
Some Aspects of Methodism in Monmouthshire: Arthur J. Edwards	103
The True Anti-Pamela: Scandal and Skulduggery in 1730s  Ross and Monmouthshire: Charlotte and Julian Mitchell	111
‘A Kind of Sacred Land’: Iolo Morganwg and Monmouthshire: Prys Morgan	127
Obituaries:Keith Kissack, M.B.E.:  Stephen Clarke Fitzroy, 5th Lord Raglan: Sir Richard Hanbury Tenison and Frances Pemberton	135
Reviews: Eurwyn Wiliam, The Welsh Cottage: Bob Trett Bob Trett (ed.), Newport Medieval Ship, A Guide: Sian Rees Kate Elliott Jones and Wendy Cope, The Swansea Wartime Diary of Laurie Latchford, 1940-1: J.R. Alban Pat Egglestone and Mark CronE, Lianfihangel Thr-y-Mynydd, A History of the Church and Parish, vol. 4; Tim Gray and Rachel Mortell, Tovey Bros: a 150 year history in Newport. David H. WilliamsField Excursions and Other Activities, 2010: Keith Underwood	138-142

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY:  VOLS,  XXV-XXVI  (2009-2010)

CONTENTS

Gwenllian Jones, A Tribute	Jeremy Knight	3
A Time Team Evaluation at Harold’s House, Portskewett	Steve Thompson and Vaughan Birbeck	5
Llanthony Prima Priory	David H. Williams	13
Gwcnt Seals XI: A Seal from Llanfrechfa	David H. Williams	51
A Topographical Survey of Medieval Newport	Bob Trett	53
Francis Grose in Monmouthshire, 1775	Julian Mitchell	85
A Man full of Craft and Subtlety: Sir Trevor Williams	Jeremy Knight	109
Castle Street Congregational Church, Abergavenny, 1697-1760	Noel Gibbard	125
James Davies : A Village Schoolmaster	David H. Williams	137
A Family Wedding, October 1884	Anna Tribe	161

 

Reviews	Reviewers	165
Gwent County History, vol. 2	Richard Suggett
Gwent County History, vol. 3	David Stephenson
Hidden Histories, Discovering the Heritage of Wales	David H. Williams
Medieval and Gwent Clergy down to 1563 (Williams)	Madeleine Gray
Usk Castle, Priory and Town (‘ed. Knight and Johnson)	Ray Howell
Men at Arms: Musters in Monmouthshire, 1539 and 1601-2(Hopkins)	Medwyn Parry
Thomas Thomas of Pontypool, Radical Puritan (Edwards)	David Rimmer

 

Field Excursions and Other Activities: 2008Field Excursions and Other Activities: 2009	Gwenllian V. JonesKeith Underwood	175 176
Notes on Contributors		179
Members of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association		181
Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association: Committee and Officers		187
Guidelines for Contributors to The Monmouthshire Antiquary		189

 

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY :  VOL.XXIV ( 2008)
CONTENTS

Title	Author	Page
The Neolithic Chambered Tomb at Gaerllwyd, Newchurch West	Ian McFarlane and Neil Phillips	3
Roman Clay Altars from Caerleon	Mark Lewis, with contributions from Stephen Clarke and Jane Bray	31
The Cult of St Thomas Becket in Monmouthshire, with especial reference to the Parish of Lianthomas	David H. Williams	47
The Reverend Stephen Williams (1780—1860): A Black Sheep of the Williams of Llangybi Family	David H. Williams	63

Obituaries: 

Leonard Allan Probert (1932—2007)	Jeremy Knight	89
Andrew Geoffrey Mein (1922—2008)	Bob Trett	91

Reviews:                                                                                                                     Reviewers:

Ray Howell, Searching for the Silures: An Iron Age Tribe in South-East Wales	Evan Chapman	95
David H. Williams, Images of Welsh History. Seals of the National Library of Wales	John Cherry
T.J. Hughes, Wales’s Best One Hundred Churches	Madeleine Gray
Virginia Hoselitz, Imagining Roman Britain. Victorian Responses to a Roman Past	William Manning
Eric Evans and Jean Prosser, A Country Church: A Guide to St Cadoc ‘s Church, Liangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire	David H. Williams

 

Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2007	Gwenllian V. Jones	101
Notes on Contributors		103
Members of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association (as at 18 July 2008)		105
Guidelines for Contributors to The Monmouthshire Antiquary		111
Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association: Patron, President, Officers and Committee		opp.p. 112

 

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY:  VOL XXIII  (2007 )
CONTENTS

Title	Author	Page
Archaeologically-dated Horizons in Olway Valley Alluvium at Usk (Gwent, UK)	Simon K. Haslett	3
‘Such a doleful president of misery and calamity’: Protestant Fears of Catholics in Monmouthshire in the First Civil War, 1642—46	Robert Matthews	13
From Open Field to Enclosure: Landscape Evolution in the Lordship of White Castle	Anne Dunton	22
‘A Lease of the Hills’: Hill, Hopkins and Pratt at Blaenavon, 1789—1837	Jeremy K. Knight	51
A Second Flood Mark at Redwick, Gwent?	Mark Lewis and the Young Archaeologists’ Club, South-East Wales	60
The Last Abbot of Tintern: Richard Wyche, B.Th. (Oxon.)	David H. Williams	67
The Rolls Family and George Delamotte	Julian Mitchell	75
Men of Monmouthshire’: Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace (1823—1913) to Thomas Henry Thomas (1839—1915)	Christabel Hutchings	87

Reviews:                                                                                               Reviewers:

Jeremy Knight, Civil War & Restoration in Monmouthshire	Ronald Hutton	95
Frank Olding, Abergavenny Pubs	Ray Howell
David M. Robinson, The Cistercians in Wales, Architecture and Archaeology, 1130—1 540	David H. Williams
Peter Wakelin, Blaenavon Ironworks and World Heritage Landscapes	David Howell
Richard I. Brewer, Caerwent Roman Town
Rick Turner, Chepstow Castle

  

Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2006	Gwenllian V. Jones	101
Notes on Contributors		103
Members of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association (as at 31 January 2007)		105
Guidelines for Contributors to The Monmouthshire Antiquary		111
Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association: Patron, President, Officers and Committee		0pp.p. 122

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY: VOL. XXII  (2006)

CONTENTS	page
Taking Sides: Royalist Commissioners of Array for Monmouthshire in the Civil War: Jeremy K. Knight	3
‘Some Welsh Popish Books’: Recusant Literature in Monmouthshire, 1550—1781: Frank Olding	19
Trelech: A Town Lost Twice: Stephen Clarke with artwork by Jane Bray	39
Caerwent Roman Town: Conservation, Excavation and Interpretation: Sian E. Rees and Michael Anthony	57
The 1998 Rogiet Roman Coin Hoard:  Edward Besly	73
An 1840 Sketchbook of Shirenewton, Chepstow and Tintern:  Julian Mitchell	87
Two Letters of 1493 from Queen Elizabeth to Jasper Tudor, duke of Bedford, concerning her servant, Thomas Kemeys of Newport: W.R.B. Robinson	105
Reviews: Reviewers:
Coal, Guns and Rugby, A Monmouthshire Memoir: Richard Watson	111-116
A Century of Service in Wales: the story of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, 1902—2002: Madeleine Gray
Charles Vaughan of Pontypool: A Mystery Clockmaker and His Clocks: Nicholas Moore
Local History since 1945: England, Wales and Ireland: Gwenllian V. Jones
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2004 Gwenllian V. Jones	117

CONTENTS	page
Holocene Floodplain Sediments and Associated Archaeology of the Olway Valley (Gwent, UK): An Excavation Report:  Simon K. Haslett	5
Roman and Medieval-Early Modern Building Stones in South East Wales: The Sudbrook Sandstone and Dolomitic Conglomerate Tri assic): J.R.L. Allen	21
The Roads of Trelech: Investigation of the Development of the Medieval Town: Ray Howell	45
Monmouthshire Journeys: The Visits to Monmouthshire of Sarah Eardley-Wilmot (née Haslam) in 1795 and 1802: Liz Pitman	65
Kingshill, Newport: M.G.R. Morris	85
Short Notes:	103
The Newport Medieval Ship: Historical Background:  Bob Trett
Newport in 1711:  David H. Williams
Excavation of a Prehistoric Enclosure in Trelech:  Jonathan Burton, Daryl Williams and Paul Huckfield
Reviews:	109-116
The Gwent County History. Volume]. Gwent in Prehi story and Early History: Barry Cunliffe
From Dawn Till Dusk. Usk: the story of its markets trades and occupations: Annette M. Burton
The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales: Jeremy K. Knight
Welsh Military Institutions, 633—128: Richard Avent
The Five Wounds of Jesus: Madeleine Gray
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2004 Gwenllian V. Jones	119

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY: VOL. XX  (2004)

PAPERS IN HONOUR OF DAVID HENRY WILLIAMS 

Contents	page
Editorial: Annette Burton	4
Foreword: The Revd Dr David H. Williams, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A. A Birthday Tribute:  Jeremy K. Knight	5
David H. Williams: Some Recollections:  J.M. Lewis	7
Pen-rhys: Poets and Pilgrims: Glanmor Williams	9
Worship and Devotion in Monmouthshire: Some Late Medieval Metalwork: Mark Redknap	17
Seal Matrices: Past, Present and Future: John Cherry	51
Wayside Crosses in Monmouthshire: Madeleine Gray	61
Benedictine Houses in South East Wales: Continuity and Conservation: Sian E. Rees	83
The Chapter House at Tintem Abbey: David M. Robinson	95
Merthyrgeryn: A Grange of Tintern Reconsidered: Peter Webster	131
A Nonconformity of the Gentry? Catholic Recusants in Seventeenth-Century Abergavenny: Jeremy K. Knight	145
Select Bibliography of the Historical Works of David Henry Williams: David H. Williams	153
David Henry Williams: Biography	159
Short Notes:	161
Archaeological investigations at Trelech: the 2003 investigations: Raymond Howell
Curating a National Collection of Seals: Mark Redknap
Reviews:	175
The Visual Culture of Wales: Medieval Vision: Madeleine Gray
The Medieval Castle’ in Ireland and Wales, Essays in honour of Raymond Howell Jeremy Knight
The Letters of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff 1828-1849: David H. Williams
Images of Piety, The iconography of traditional religion in late medieval Wales: David H. Williams
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2003 Gwenllian V. Jones	185

CONTENTS	Page
Editorial. Annette Burton	2
Early to Mid-Holocene (Mesolithic-Neolithic) Development of the Olway Valley (Central Gwent, UK) and its Archaeological Potential:  Simon K. Haslett.	3
Excavations at St Lawrence’s, Bayfield, Chepstow: Peter Leach et al,	21
Harry of Monmouth, Henry V of England: Local Esteem and National Reputation: Ralph A. Griffiths.	71
Joshua Gosselin in Monmouthshire: Julian Mitchell	87
Medieval Monmouthshire Wills in the National Library of Wales: David H. Williams.	113
The Administration of the Lordship of Monmouth under Henry VIII: W.R.B. Robinson.	129
Short Notes
Monmouth Priory: Stephen H. Clarke;	147-158
Research excavations in the  decayed medieval town of Trelech, 2002: Raymond Howell:
Newport medieval ship: Nigel Nayling
Two seal matrices from Monmouthshire: Gwent Seals X: Mark Redknap and David H. Williams
The Publications of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association: David H. Williams.
Reviews	159
David H Willaims: Ecclesiastical Map of Medieval Gwent; Madeleine Gray;  David Crouch: Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147-1219 Tudor Gwent, 1485-1547; Early: Raymond HowellW.R.B. Robinson: Early Tudor Gwent, 1485-1547: J Gwynfor Jones John Rhodes: A Calendar of the Registers of the Priory of Llanthony by Gloucester; 1457-1466, 1501-1525: David H WilliamsRoger L. Brown: Reclaiming the Wilderness: Some Aspects of the Parochial Life of the Diocese of Liandaff during the Nineteenth Century: Nigel Yates.
Field Excursions and other Activities, 2002. Gwenllian V. Jones.	169

THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY:  VOL. XVII (2001)

CAERLEON MUSEUM PAPERS

Contents                                                                                                                   Page

Foreword: Annette Burton	1
Editorial: Annette Burton	2
John Edward Lee and Antiquarianism in Nineteenth-Century Caerleon: Gwenllian V. Jones	3
Caerleon and the Archaeologists: Changing Ideas on the Roman Fortress: Richard J. Brewer	9
Museums are about People: Finds from Roman Caerleon: Peter Webster	35
City of Arthur, City of the Legions: Antiquaries and Writers at Caerleon:  Jeremy Knight	47
Roman Survival, Welsh Revival: The Evidence of Re-use of Roman Remains: Raymond Howell	55
‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’: The Future for Caerleon’s Archaeology?: Peter Guest	61
Reviews	65
The Letter Book of John Byrd (Stephen K. Roberts ed.,): Paul CourtneyThe Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (John Newman): David H. Williams
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2000: Gwenllian Jones	69

The Monmouthshire Antiquary, Vol. XV1 (2000)

Millennium Issue

CONTENTS	Page
The Church in Medieval Gwent (Maps): David H. Williams	2
The Medieval Wooden Crucifix Figure from Kemeys Inferior, and its Church: Mark Redknap	11
Richard E. Kay: A Tribute: David H. Williams	44
Notes on the Ecclesiastical Map of Gwent: David H. Williams	45
The Cwmyoy Crucifix: J.M. Lewis	47
Geophysical Survey at Grace Dieu Abbey: Neil Phillips and Michael Hamilton	51
St Mary’s Priory Church, Usk:  A.G. Mein	55
An Excavation at St Mary’s Priory, Usk: Andy Boucher and  David Williams	73
The Tintern Abbey Chronicles: Julian Harrison	84
Some Ancient Monmouthshire Dedications: R.W.D. Fenn and J.B. Sinclair	99
Ecclesiastical Documents: David H. Williams	107
The Clergy as Remembrancers of the Community: Madeleine Gray	113
Brought Forth in a High Place: Jeremy K. Knight	121
Excavations at Trelech, 1996-1999: Raymond Howell	131
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 1999 and Obituaries:  Gwenllian V. Jones	149

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