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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Cwm Fforest Long Barrow is in Talgarth, Breconshire [Map], Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Cwm Fforest [Map]
Brecknockshire, 29 S.W. Parish of Talgarth. 10 a*
Latitude 51° 57' 25". Longitude 3° ii' 20". Height above O.D., 900 feet.
This burial-chamber in a long mound was discovered on August 17th, 1924 by Dr. Mortimer Wheeler and myself. We made enquiries at Ty-isaf, since I had been told by Mr. Evan Morgan of Brecon that an undiscovered burial-chamber existed somewhere hereabouts. We were unable to locate it at first, though actually we passed within a few feet of it at one time. We were shown it by the occupier of Ty-isaf. The burial-chamber is hidden in a dense thicket of brambles and young saplings. It stands on the western edge of the steep valley of the Rhian-goll, the chamber being exposed at the south-east end of a mound. A capstone covers the south-eastern end, which is narrower than the rest, and may form a short passage to the chamber itself. The capstone is supported by dry walling which forms also the sides of the chamber proper. There are no upright slabs. There is a steep ditch or gulley parallel to the mound and immediately below it on the south-western side, and some of the stones of which the mound or cairn is formed have fallen into it.
The site is a most unusual one.