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Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406

The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.

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Archaeologia Cambrensis 1913 Page 100

Archaeologia Cambrensis 1913 Page 100 is in Archaeologia Cambrensis 1913.

Proceeding past Dyffryn House, formerly known as Worlton, the Cambrians inspected the cromlech and tumulus, ¾ mile to the north at Tinkinswood, where Mr. T. H. Thomas, R.C.A., delivered an instructive lecture on the cromlechs in the district. Dr. Boyd Dawkins was of opinion that they belonged to the Bronze Age, which would make them about 4000 years old. He could not accept the theory of Rev. J. Griffiths of Llangynwyd, that the cromlech had any astronomical bearing, seeing that prehistoric man had no knowledge of astronomy. The weight of the capstone, which is the largest in Great Britain and is supported by four uprights, has been estimated at 55 tons. Its extreme length is 25 feet, its greatest width 16 ft., its average thickness 2 ft. 4 in. There are remains of a large stone circle. In the adjoining field are several other blocks of stone that may be parts of an avenue, or ruined cromlechs, a cistfaen 4 ft. by 2 ft., and about a mile to the north-west on the opposite side of the Cowbridge road to the Cottrell Lodge is a standing stone, probably one of the uprights of a cromlech.1 The smaller, but no less interesting, cromlech at Maes y felin, on the way to St. Lythan's, was also described by Mr. T. H. Thomas. The stone used in the construction of these megalithic monuments is magnesian limestone of the district.