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The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXVIII (2023)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
New Light on Hill Forts in the Lower Wye Valley Keywords: Lidar, aerial photography, hillfort, Wye, The Bulwarks, Piercefield, Lancaut, Spital Meend, Gaer Hill, Penterry, Blackfield Blackcliffe Wood, camp	Simon Maddison	3
The Lost Tombs of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and his son William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, in Tintern Abbey Keywords: William Herbert, Pembroke, Huntingdon, Thomas Herbert, Tintern Abbey, Herbertorum Prosapia, Origo Praeclara Herbertorum, Anne Devereux, Mary Wydeville, Gwladus Ddu, Sr William ap Thomas, Abergavenny Priory, Raglan, Edgecote battle of, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Henry IV, Edward IV, Richard III, Katherine, Henry Tudor, Guto’r Glyn, Henry Percy, Maud or Matilda, countess of Northumberland, Charles Somerset, Weeper, George Herbert of St Julians.	Maddy Gray	35
Ancient but Deserted Churches of Medieval Gwent. Some of the Documentary Sources Keywords: deserted, church, medieval, archives, bibliography	David H. Williams	57
Common Fields and Disappearing Hedges in Undy Keywords: South-east Monmouthshire; Undy; farming; manorial system; common fields; enclosure; land ownership; encroachment; wills; woodland; hedges.	Anne Dunton	73
Rails to May Hill, Monmouth Keywords: Monmouth, Wye, Dixton, railway, wharf, coal, Forest of Dean, plateway, tramway, Duke of Beaufort, Wyesham, Redbrook, gas works, saw mill, flood	Richard Coates	89
“Liars, Knaves and Cowardly Poltroons”: Opposition to The People’s Charter in Newport and Monmouthshire Keywords: chartism, anti-suffragism, resistance,  military, special constables, landowners, industrialists, coal owners, West Monmouthshire Association for the protection of life and property, clergymen, non-conformist, reform, democracy	Chris Williams	105
Reviews	Reviewer
Barry J, Lewis, Madeleine Gray, David Ceri Jones and D. Densil Morgam, eds.. A History of Christianity in Wales (University of Wales Press, 2022)	Arthur Edwards	121
Madeleine Gray, Tony Hopkins and Alun Withey, eds,. The Commonplace Book of John Gwin of Llangwm, c. 1615- c.1680  (South Wales Record Society, 2022)	Arthur Edwards	125
Breeze, David and Guest, Peter, Frontiers of the Roman Empire Ffiniau’r Merodraeth Rufeinig. The Roman Frontiers in Wales Ffiniau Rhufeinig Cymru (Archaeopress and Cadw, 2022)	Jeremy Knight	126
Driver, Toby,  The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales (Logaston Press, Eardisley, Herefordshire, 2023)	Ray Howell	127
Hurley, Heather,  Horse Drawn Trams of the Wye Valley (Logaston Press, Eardisley, Herefordshire, 2022)	Jeremy Knight	128
Events	Jan Bailey	131
Notes on Contributors		139
Guidelines for Contributors to the Monmouthshire Antiquary		141
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		142

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXVII (2022)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Elms, Monmouth, a correction to vol XXXVI	Jeremy Knight	3
Abergavenny and Dunwallesland: a 1209 charter of King John Keywords: National Library of Wales, Gwent uwch Coed, NLW Deed 1962, St Briavel, William de Braose, Seissyll ap Dyfnwal, Arthur of Britttany, Cadwallon of Senghennyd, royal archives, direct lordship, loss of Normandy, 1282, 1536.	David Moore	5
The Schoolmaster and the Squire: Jauncey v. Perkins in the Court of Start Chamber Keywords: William Lambarde, William Perkins, Thomas Blake, Newland, Trellech Grange, Richard Mulcaster, Henry Somerset, Bill of Complaint, transcript.	Roger Turvey	15
The Tomb of Gwladdus Ddu and William ap Thomas in the Priory of St. Mary, Abergavenny Keywords: Star of Gwent, Lewys Glyn Cothi, Michael Eastham, tomb chest panels, Annunciation, gilding, orpiment, Octavius Morgan, altar reredos, prophet, apostle, Earl of Pembroke.	Maddy Gray	35
The Place-name Llanfoist – Llanffwyst Keywords: Festus, Richard Morgan, Place Names of Gwent, Great Bulmore	Richard Coates	51
Thomas Wakeham, J.P., F.S.A. (1788 – 1868) Keywords: John Edward Lee, Octavius Morgan, Llanarth Estate, Catholic, timber, Gloucester and Bristol Railway Company, the Craig, Cambrian Archaeological Association, British Archaeological Association, Newport Cymmrodorion Society, Society of Antiquaries.	David H. Williams	55
Gentlemen and Players: John Edward Lee, Charles Roach Smith and aspects of Mid-Victorian archaeology Keywords: The Priory, British Archaeological Association, Museum of London, London Numismatic Society, Thomas Wright, Thomas Pettigrew, Charing Cross Hospital, Albert Way, Society of Antiquaries, Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambrian Archaeological Association, Caerleon museum, railway boom, Octavius Morgan, Monmouthshire Merlin, Thomas Wakeman, Samuel Seyer, Hanbury Arms, ecclesiastical architecture, Oxford Movement, Charles Darwin, Pugin.	Jeremy Knight	75
A Community-led Excavation at “The Outpost”, near Llanmelin Wood Hillfort, Monmouthshire – an interim report Keywords: VE Nash-Williams, Caerwent Historic Trust, Iestyn Jones, Iron Age, Royal Navy Propellant Factory, magnetometer survey, Shirenewton Primary School.	Peter Bonvoisin	83
Reviews	Reviewer
Paul R. Davies, Forgotten Castles of Wales and the Marches Eardisley: Logaston Press, 2021	Jeremy Knight	93
Paul R. Davies, Towers of Defiance: The Castles and Fortifications of the Princes of Wales Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, 2021	Ray Howell	93
Philip Hume, The Welsh marcher Lordships I: Central & North Eardisley: Logaston Press, 2021	Phillipp Schofield	95
Heather James and Toby driver (eds),  Illustrating the Past in Wales: A celebration of 175 years of Archaeologia Cambrensis: Cambrian Archaeological Association 2021	Bill Manning	96
David Osmond, The Chartist Rambler: Williams Edwards of Newport 1796-1849 Cardiff: Six Points Publishing 2021 Sylvia Mason, Mary Frost: Wife, Mother, Chartist Mamhilad: Saron Publishing 2022	Peter Strong	98
Richard C. Allen (ed.),  The Welsh Society of Philadelphia 1798-1839 Swansea: The South Wales Record Society no. 34, 2021	Ray Howell	99
Events	Jan Bailey & Christabel Hutchings	101
Notes on Contributors		103
Guidelines for Contributors to the Monmouthshire Antiquary		107
Patron, President and Committee		108

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXVI (2021)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Grace Dieu Revisited	David H Williams	3
The Families of Fitz/Trice, Marck and Bapaume: Three Flemish Families in Twelfth Century Gwent	Bruce Coplestone-Crow	29
The Making of an Iron Industry: Monmouthshire Iron 1715-1840	Jeremy Knight	47
Thomas Thomas and the Origins of Disestablishment in Monmouthshire	Arthur Edwards	69
Through the Lens: Female Labour in Mid-Victorian Tredegar	Christabel Hutchings	85
In Search of the ‘Gay Life’: Explorations of Prostitution on Nineteenth-Century Newport	Chris Williams	105
Reviews	Reviewer
Norman Doe (ed.), A New History of the Church in Wales: Governance  and Ministry, Theology and Society. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020	Jeremy Morris	125
Richard Watson (ed.) The Diary of William Southern Clark, 1854: Cardiff Steals a March, Swansea: South Wales Record Society, no. 32, 2019.	Arthur Edwards	126
Rod Cooper and Prys Morgan (eds.). A Gower Gentleman: The Diary of Charles Morgan of Cae Forgan, Llanrhidian, 1834-1857, Swansea: South Wales Record Society, no. 34, 2021.	Jeremy Knight	127
Obituaries
Ian Stanley Burge	Jeremy Knight and Arthur Edwards	131
David Joseph Rimmer	Tony Hopkins	132
Events: Coping with Covid Lockdowns	Christabel Hutchings	133
Notes on Contributors		137
Guidelines for Contributors to the Monmouthshire Antiquary		139
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		141

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXV (2019-2020)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Editor’s Note: Monnow Bridge: A Possible Drawing by Samuel Prout FSA, OWS, Painted in Water-colours in Ordinary to King George IV and to Queen Victoria (1783-1852) Keywords: Michael Rowland, John Sell Cotman, pedestrian passageway, Rudiments of Landscape.	Mark Lewis	3
The Gods of Gwent: Iron Age and Romano-British Deities in South-East Wales Keywords: Silures, religion, mystery, ritual, Caerwent, epigraphic evidence, literature, archaeology, Goldcliff Platform, Llanmelin, Llyn Fawr, metalwork, cauldrons, axe, sickle, Hallstadt, horse harness, Llanmaes, Amorican, human skeletons, shark, midden, animal bone, feasting, sea trade, social connections, La Tene, Cath Palug, Gwehelog Temple, Hayling Island, temenos, Lenus,  Ocelus, goddess, Gobannos, Vulcan, Nodons, Lydney Park, Silvanus, hunting, healing, Severn Bore, Sabrina, Rhiannon, Teyrnon, Mabon, Modron, coffin boat, Vironos.	Frank Olding	9
Abergavenny Priory, The ‘Lost’ Annals, and a Piers Plowman Manuscript Keywords: Langland,Shipton-under-Wychwood, Trinity MS 212, Maurice ap David, Thomas de Turbeville, C-text, priory library.	John Morgan-Guy	37
Monmouthshire’s Parish and Manorial Boundary Marks Keywords: Old Testament, Books of Common Prayer, tithe apportionment, Mynydd Maen, Abercarn, Llantarnam, river boundary, reens, wells, mear stones, Magna Porta, crosses, trees, tollgate, post, iron pillar, Nonconformist Chapel.	David H. Williams	49
The Medieval Austin Friary of Newport: Excavations at Friars Walk, Newport, Gwent Keywords: St Gwynllyw, monastic, castle, Stow Hill, Gloucester Abbey, Friar Eremites, Pope Urban V, St Nicholas, Owain Glyndwr, Duke of Buckingham, Joshua Gosselin, William Coxe, quarried stone, Painswick stone, Newport Ship, conjectural plan, C19th demolition, drying flues, Llanarth Estate, tally slate, meat consumption, Malvern Chase Ware, Saintonge, clay pipes.	Martin Locker, with contributions by C. Jarrett, K. Rielly, D.S. Young, P.J. Austin and K Hayward	65
Tibbs Bridge Monmouth Keywords: Monnow, Vauxhall, Beaufort Arms, public mall, Francis Gross, Thomas Hearne, Edward Hodges, Thomas Tudor, George Delamotte.	Julian Mitchell	117
The Crawley Family of Bryngwyn Rectory Keywords: Llanfihangel-ystern-Llewern, Archdeacon of Monmouth, Magdalene College, Jone Parry, Mary Crawley, Richard Feetham, school, Oxford Movement, music, glebe, Bath School of Art, photographs, Gatcombe, Llandaff, Crawley Hall, Smyrna.	Ann Hudson	121
Editorial Endnote: Two Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Victory Celebrations Keywords: Victory Ball, White Hart Hotel, Spanish Flu, Victory Hall.	Mark Lewis	139
Reviews	Reviewer
Evan T. Jones and Richard Stone (eds.), The World of the Medieval Ship: Trade, Politics and Shipping in the Mid- Fifteenth  Century. University of Wales Press, 2018.	Tony Hopkins	145
Christabel Hutchings and Richard Frame (eds.), Charley’s War: The Diary of Charles Parkinson Heare 2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment 1914-1919. Swansea: South Wales Record Society, 2018.	Joyce Compton	147
Patrick Sims-Williams, The Book of Llandaf as a Historical Source. Boydell Press, Studies in Celtic History 2019	Jeremy Knight	148
Obituaries
Bill Baker	Tony Hopkins	151
Richard Hutchings	Ray Howell	153
Anna Tribe	Jeremy Knight	155
Field Excursions and other activities	Christabel Hutchings	157
Notes on Contributors		159
Guidelines for Contributors to the Monmouthshire Antiquary		163
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		165

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXIV (2018)
TITLE	AUTHORS	PAGE
A note on Monnow Bridge, Monmouth	Mark Lewis	Cover
The Church of Julius, Aaron and Alban at Caerleon	Andy Seaman	3
Observations on Romanesque Architecture and Sculpture in the Diocese of Monmouth.	Malcolm Thurlby	17
Gloucester and her Welsh Daughter: St Gwynllyw’s Cathedral and the Anglo Normans	Jeremy Knight	39
‘St Eiliwedd the Virgin lies in the Church at Usk’; The Founding of Usk Priory and its Early Endowment, with a Note on the Origins of the Cult of Radegund of Poitiers in Britain	Bruce Coplestone-Crow	45
The Troy House Estate’s Inventory of 1557: Wealth, Power and echoes of a Royal Visit.	Ann Benson	75
Thomas Thomas and the Early History of Crane Street Baptist Chapel	Arthur Edwards	93
Maesruddyd Transformed 1900-1914	Graeme Moore	109
From Workhouse to War Hospital: Newport Section of the 3rd Western General Hospital 1915-1920	Peter Strong
Notes from the Archives: The Origin of the MAA Badge	Christabel Hutchings	151
Reviews
Rhianydd Biebrach, Church Monuments in South Wales c. 1200-1547, Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and  Architecture, Boydell and Brewer, Suffolk 2017	Sian Rees	155
Mary Hopson,  The Roman Catholic Burial Ground and the Former  Church at Coed Anghred, Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Custom Books, Guildford, 2007	David H. Williams	156
Field Excursions and other activities	Christabel Hutchings	159
Notes on Contributors		163
Guidelines for Contributors to the Monmouthshire Antiquary		167
Members of the Association (as at December 2017)		169
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		173

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXIII (2017)
TITLE	AUTHORS	PAGE
Presidential Address	Jeremy Knight	3
If These Pots Could Talk: Caerleon people and the trade in Roman pottery. The 24th Caerleon Annual Legionary Birthday Lecture	Peter Webster	7
A Bone-Disc Nail Cleaner from South-East Wales	Caroline Pudney	37
An Ancient Green Lane between Court Farm, Llanmartin, and Main Road at Llanbeder, Gwent via Mill Lane	Mark Lewis	43
More Watercolours by Joshua Gosselin	Julian Mitchell	51
Constructing the Past, Llanover, ‘St Govor’ and the Nine Wells	Graham Jones	57
The Development of a Food Policy in Pontypool in World War One	David Hopkins	77
Review:	Reviewer
Celyn Gurden-Williams, Pwy oedd Arglwyddes Llanofer, ‘Gwenyen Gwent’? Who was Lady Llanover, the ‘Bee of Gwent’ (Lady Llanover Society, 2016)	Anne Dunton	95
Frank Olding, Archaeoleg Ucheldir Gwent. The Archaeology of Upland Gwent (RCAHMW)	Mark Lewis	95
Jeremy Knight, Blaenavon: From Iron Town to World Heritage Site (Logaston Press, 2016)	Joyce Compton	96
Field Excursions and other activities, 2016	Christabel Hutchings	99
Notes on contributors		103
Guidelines for Contributors of The Monmouthshire Antiquary		105
Members of the Association (as of 31 December 2016)		107
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		111

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXII (2016)
TITLE	AUTHORS	PAGE
Penhow Castle, Gwent: Survey and Excavations. 1976-9 Part 2: Regional and Imported Pottery and Other Finds from the Castle Ditch	Stuart Wrathmell (see opening page of article for further contributors)	3
A study of a magnificent remnant of a Tree of Jesse at St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny: Part Two	Muriel Adams	101
Llantarnam Abbey – The Archaeology of a Water-Managed Landscape Part One – The Dowlais Brook	David H. Standing	115
Subscribers and Assistants: Heath’s Guides and the Politics Behind the Picturesque	Julian Mitchell	143
Recent and Future Research at Caerwent, Monmouthshire. Notes on a Day School held at Caerwent in 2015	Steffan Ellis	161
Caerwent: The Beginning and the End	Jeremy Knight	167
Review:	Reviewer
Lisa Tallis (ed.), Cas Gan Gythraul: Demonology, Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Eighteenth Century Wales. T.P. (Newport: South Wales Record Society, 2015)	Steffan Ellis	171
Donald Gregory, Country Churchyards of Wales (Llanwrst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2014)	Arthur Edwards	171
Richard Williams, The Ancient Abbeys and Priories of Wales (Llanwrst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2014)	David H. Williams	171
Adam Chapman, Welsh Soldiers in the Later Middle Ages, 1282-1422 (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2015)	John  R. Kenyon	174
Graham Watkins, Welsh Follies: secrets, stories and scandals (Llanwrst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2015)	Ann Benson	176
Field Excursions and other activities, 2015	Christabel Hutchings	179
Notes on Contributors		181
Guidelines for Contributors to The Monmouthshire Antiquary		183
Members of the Association (as at 31 December 2015)		185
Patron, President, Officers and Committee		189

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXXI (2015)
TITLE	AUTHORS	PAGE
Roman-British and Medieval occupation at Sudbrook Road, Portskewett, Monmouthshire: Excavations in 2009 Keywords: Portskewett, Harold’s house, llys, Caradog ap Gryffydd, Roman artefacts, Roman Coins, worked flint, Neolithic ground axe, Late Bronze Age socketed axe, prehistoric pottery, midden, Roman pottery, Roman brick and tile, Roman animal bone, Roman glassware, Roman brooch, Early Medieval inhumation burial, Roman ditch, Roman slag, Roman ceramic building material, opus signinum, Medieval pottery, malting kiln, grain drier, brewing, oak fuel, alder, hazel, charred seed, grain, oats, barley, wheat, oyster shell, plant macrofossils, charcoal, quarrying, sandstone	Mark Brett, Neil Holbrook and E.R.  McSloy, with Sarah Cobain, Jonny  Geber and Rachel Ives	3
A study of the magnificent remnant of a Tree Jesse at St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny: Part One Keywords: Tree of Jesse, oak, Benedictine, John de Hastings the younger, Black Death, earl of Pembroke, Laurence do Hastings, Y Farwolaeth Fawr, Owain Glyn Dŵr revolt, James Gunter, priory, General Fairfax, conservation, Dorchester Abbey, Saint Denis, Chartres, Cathars, Llantwit Major, St David’s Cathedral, Christchurch Priory Dorset, Gresford, Diserth, Llanrhaeadr, iconography, theology, Welsh poets.	Muriel Adams	45
Remembering the Monmouthshires Keywords: Drill Hall, Stow Hill, Newport, St John’s Maindee, battalion church, fatalities, Second Battle of Ypres, 8 May, 1st Mons, 3rd Mons, 2nd Mons, memorials, poet Dyfrig, South Wales Argus, Battle of the Somme, may trees, Belle Vue Park, St Woolos Church, coal strike, General Strike, commemoration, Passchendaele, St Julien, Ridge Wood Cemetery, daffodils, Menin Gate, Thiepval Memorial, St George’s Memorial Church Ypres, Frezenberg Memorial, The Eighth of May, Fred Roe, Chepstow Drill Hall.	Peter Strong	63
‘In the Pink’: Private Percy Scannell and the Monmouthshire Regiment during the First World War Keywords: Newport, Western Front, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, First Monmouthshire Battalion, Second Monmouthshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers, Field Marshall Earl Kitchener, Territorial Forces, Boy Scout, pioneer, Signal Section, Third Battle of Ypres, letters, diaries.	Christabel Hutchings & Richard  Frame	85
Colonel Bradney: a Monmouthshire soldier’s Great War   Keywords: Western Front, Llanfihangel ystern llwern, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, South Wales Borderers, Labour Group, Labour Corps, Operation Michael	David Rimmer	103
Reviews:	Reviewer	101
P.W.Jackson, ed., The Diaries of Margaret Penderel Jones of Garth, 1871-1897 (South Wales Record Society, Newport, 2014)	Arthur Edwards	101
Rheinallt Llwyd and D. Huw Owen, eds., Searching for Family and Community History in Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst, 2014)	Steffan Ellis	126
Field Excursions and other activities 2014	Christabel Hutchings	129
Guidelines for Contributors of The Monmouthshire Antiquary		135
Members of the Association (as of 31 December 2014)		137
President, Officers and Committee		141

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXX (2014)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Abergavenny Priory: a Contribution towards its Early History Keywords: Court Book of Llanellen, priories, medieval period, charters, King William Rufus, St Vincent-de-Pres, Hamelin, Upper Gwent, King Henry 1, Walter of Hereford, Lordship of Abergavenny, King Henry II.	Bruce Coplestone Crowe	3
Poetry and Patronage in Late Medieval Wales: the case of William Herbert of Raglan (d. 1469) Keywords: Raglan Castle, Herberts, Welsh poetry, medieval period, patronage, patrons, critique, Earl of Pembroke, King Henry VI, Jasper Tudor, King Edward IV, Harlech Castle, Lewys Glyn Cothi, Guto’r Glyn.	Barry Lewis	15
‘For the farther satisfaction of the curious’: How an Alabaster Carving from Caerleon reached the Ashmolean  Museum Keywords: Porth Ahini Kran,statue, carving, iconography, Archangel Michael, St Michael, scales of judgement, English alabasters, chest tombs, lead coffins, Medieval period.	Maddy Gray	31
The Evidence for an Extant Conduit House on the Troy Estate, Monmouth Keywords: Troy House, seventeenth century, buildings, architecture, walled garden, maps, water tanks, metal pipes, lead pipes, Sir Charles Somerset.	Ann C. Benson	39
Early Modern Networking – Part 2: the Personal and Professional Relationships of Monmouthshire Mercers, 1668-1738 Keywords:  Social capital, shop keepers, gentry, seventeenth century, eighteenth century, probate inventories, wills, trade tokens, shops, shopping, tradesmen,  consumers, furnishings, Tredegar House.	Helen   Forshaw	57
The Monmouth Parish Accounts 1673-1746 Keywords: Sixteenth century, seventeenth century, clergy, vicars, church wardens, church rate, expenditure, costs, bells, fabric, building works	David H. Williams	71
Community and Workplace: Railway Villages in South-east Monmouthshire 1850-1965 Keywords: Eighteenth century, Nineteenth century, railway towns, Rogiet, Portskewett, Sudbrook, Caldicot, Severn tunnel, Great Western Railway, GWR, population, community study, marriage, migration, labour force, households	Robert Gant	83
Reviews:		101
Knight, Jeremy, South Wales from the Romans to the Normans: Christianity, Literacy and Lordship	Frank Olding	101
Williams, Chris and Croll, Andy (eds). The Gwent County History, Volume 5: The Twentieth Century	Gethin Matthews	102
Morgan, Richard, The Place-names of Gwent and Owen, Hywel Wyn and Morgan, Richard. The Dictionary of Place-names of Wales	David Rimmer	105
Rippin, Shirley, The Charcoal Industry of Fforest Coalpit & the Gwyne Fawr Valley	Mark Lewis	106
Wakelin, Peter (ed.), War Underground: Memoirs of a Bevin Boy in the South Wales Coalfield, by Michael Edmonds	Peter Strong	107
Outings and Events for 2013	Christabel Hutchings, Keith Underwood and John L. Evans	119

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXIX (2013)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Medieval Landscape: Llanelen, Abergavenny	Victoria Jackson and Jonathon Kissock	3
Lacking Inspiration: the Incomplete History of the Tower of Caldicot Parish Church	Mark Lewis, with help from members of the Young Archaeologist’ Club, SE Wales Branch	9
The Rise of the Herberts of Raglan: The Norfolk Connection	John O. Morley	27
Quarter Sessions and the Justice of the Peace in Monmouthshire	Tony Hopkins	47
Early Modern Networking – Part 1: the Personal and Professional Relationships of Monmouthshire Mercers, 1668-1738	Helen Forshaw	61
The Mather-Jacksons at Llantillio Court	Julian Mitchell	83
The County Histories of Monmouthshire and Gwent	David Rimmer	103
Review: Dear, Ian and Wendy, William Downing Evans: Poetry and Poverty in Nineteenth Century Newport (South Wales Record Society, Newport, 2011)		117
Field   Excursions and Other Activities, 2012	Keith Underwood and Christabel   Hutchings.	119

The Monmouthshire Antiquary XXVIII (2012)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Defences of Venta Silurum (Caerwent): A New Analysis of the Building Programme	J. R. L. Allen	3
Contested Beliefs: Material Culture in Roman South-East Wales	Helen Foreshaw	33
Four Russian Bale or Bundle Seals from Mounton, Monmouthshire	Mark Lewis with Edward Besly & John Sullivan	47
Robert Fitz Martin and Tregrug in Monmouthshire	Peter Bursey	55
Strangers and Brothers: Lodgers in the western valleys of Monmouthshire, 1851-91	Colin Thomas	65
Chepstow Ships of World War 1	Naylor Firth	83
Gwent Seals XII	Mark Lodwick and David Williams	117
Reviews: Suggett, Richard and Stevenson, Greg, Cyflwyno cartrefi cefn gwlad cymru, introducing houses of the Welsh countryside; Ray Howell: Kennedy, Dina, Magor – Fragments of History; Mark Lewis: Williams, Chris and Williams, Sian Rhiannon (eds), Griffiths, R.A. (general ed.), The Gwent County History.Volume 4. Industrial Monmouthshire, 1780-1914; David Rimmer		119
The True Ant-Pamela: Scandal and Skullduggery in 1730s Ross and Monmouthshire. An addendum	Charlotte Mitchell and Julian Mitchell	124
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2011	Christabel Hutchings, Keith Underwood & Jeremy K. Knight	125

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXVII (2011)
TITLE	AUTHOR	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 & 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 Gwynllŵg 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 & Julian Mitchell	111
‘A Kind of Sacred Land’: Iolo Morganwg and Monmouthshire	Prys Morgan	127
Obituaries: Keith Kissack, M.B.E.: Fitzroy, 5th Lord Raglan		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. Williams		138-142
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2010	Keith Underwood

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXV-XXVI (2009-2010)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Gwenllian Jones, A Tribute	Jeremy Knight	3
A Time Team Evaluation at Harold’s House, Portskewett Keywords: Portskewett, south-east Monmouthshire; Channel 4 ‘Time-Team’; Harold’s House, near St Mary’s church; Earthwork survey; Documentary evidence; Geoarchaeological survey; Geophysical survey; Harold Godwinson; Caradog ap Gruffudd 1065; manor of Deneband family; tidal inlet and shipping	Steve Thompson & Vaughan Birbeck	5
Llanthony Prima Priory Keywords: Llanthony, Vale of Ewyas; Honddu Valley; Augustinian canons; History of the Foundation and Translation of the Monastery of Lanthony (BL Cotton Julius Dx ff 30v-53v; Giraldus Cambrensis; Walter Lacy; Hugh de Lacy; Ernisius; Queen Matilda; Llanthony Secunda; Priors; Library and book production; Hereford Cathedral; Archbishop Pecham’s reforms; Glyn Dwr revolt; Suppression of the monasteries; Lay community and officers; charters; priory lands in Monmouthshire; priory lands in England; churches and tithes; Irish lands; Taxatio Ecclesiastica; Cellarer’s account 1402-1403, TNA SC6/1108/6	David H. Williams	13
Gwent Seals XI: A Seal from Llanfrechfa Keywords: Seal of Madan, son of Ithel	David H. Williams	51
A Topographical Survey of Medieval Newport Keywords: Newport early history; borough boundaries; Brut y Tywysogion; Life of Gwynllyw; Robert de la Haye; Lordship of Newport; de Clare family; Hugh Despenser; Stafford family (1347 – 1521); Manor of Stowe; streets and roads; walls; High St. cellars; Newport Castle; Newport Bridge; Newport Quay; 15th century port of Newport; Austin Friars;Tudor hospital; The House of Refuge or School;  mill; St. Lawrence chapel; St Thomas chapel; Baneswell; St Woolos church; Stow Hill motte; Tithe barn; Stow Manor Pound and Manor House; Quarries; Wayside Cross; place names	Bob Trett	53
Francis Grose in Monmouthshire, 1775 Keywords: Francis Grose (1731 – 1791); Journal, including drawings, Summer 1775, locations in Monmouthshire (BL Additional MS 17,398); biography, military experience; Seven Years War; The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1772-6; Wye Tour; Newland; Bigsweir; Tintern; Monmouth; Newport; Abergavenny.	Julian Mitchell	85
A Man full of Craft and Subtlety: Sir Trevor Williams Keywords: Sir Trevor Williams of Llangibby, (c.1623-1692) M.P.; Sir Charles Williams (1592- 1642); M. P,; earls of Pembroke; the Long Parliament; Civil War 1642-1646; Marriage to Elizabeth Morgan in 1640; Ralph, Lord Hopton, royalist commander; Commissions of Array; Royalist and Parliamentarian factions; fall of Bristol; Williams’ declaration for Parliament; surrender of Chepstow; Glamorgan ‘Peaceable Army’; Sir Nicholas Kemeys; Commonwealth; Commission of the Peace; Restoration; Popish Plot; John Arnold.	Jeremy Knight	109
Castle Street Congregational Church, Abergavenny, 1697-1760 Keywords: Puritanism in Monmouthshire; William Wroth, 1576 – 1641; Walter Cradock, 1610(?) – 1659; Llanvaches 1639;Conventicle Act 1664; Five Mile Act 1665;  Act of Uniformity, 1667; Nonconformity – Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists/Independents; Llanwenarth; Abergavenny ministers; church families; church life and witness; church discipline; legal problems; doctrine of Baptism; Protestant / Roman Catholic tensions; Abergavenny nonconformist academy 1757; Church records.	Noel Gibbard	125
James Davies: A Village Schoolmaster Keywords: James Davies (1765 – 1849); early life in Grosmont; schoolmaster in Usk; schoolmaster in Devauden; Devauden charity school and chapel; Rev. James Ashe Gibb; Cilgwrwg church reparation; S.P.C.K.; William James; James Davies Educational Charity; Llangatwg Lingoed school; Bishop Coplestone of Llandaf	David H. Williams	137
A Family Wedding, October 1884 Keywords: 5th Duke and Duchess of Beaufort; Lord William Somerset, vicar of Tormarton, Glos.; William Somerset, rector of Woolaston, 1859-1902; Lord Raglan, aide-de-camp to duke of Wellington; Elizabeth Horatia Anne, daughter of Rev. Horatio Nelson Ward; Raglan Somerset; Raglan Castle.	Anna Tribe	161
Reviews: Ralph A. Griffiths (General ed.,); Gwent County History, vol. 2; Richard Suggett: Gwent County History, vol. 3; David Stephenson: A. P. Wakelin and R. A. Griffiths (eds), Hidden Histories, Discovering the Heritage of Wales; David H. Williams: David H. Williams, Medieval and Gwent Clergy down to 1563; Madeleine Gray: J Knight and A Johnson (eds) Usk Castle, Priory and Town; Ray Howell: Tony Hopkin (ed.) Men at Arms: Musters in Monmouthshire, 1539 and 1601-2; Medwyn Parry: Arthur J. Edwards, Thomas Thomas of Pontypool, Radical Puritan; David Rimmer		165
Field Excursions and Other Activities: 2008Field Excursions and Other Activities: 2009	Gwenllian V. Jones, Keith Underwood	175 176

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXIV (2008)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Neolithic Chambered Tomb at Gaerllwyd, Newchurch West Keywords: Newchurch West & Shirenewton, Gaerllwyd; etymology – Garnllwyd: Quarz conglomerate chambered tomb, ca. 3700 BC; style of tomb; topographical survey, 2007.	Ian McFarlane and Neil Phillips	3
Roman Clay Altars from Caerleon Keywords: Excavation 2007,at Mission chapel, Bulmore Road, Caerleon; fragments of Roman ceramic altars; palm decoration; animal deposits; Linz TummelPlatz Mithraeum	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 Llanthomas. Keywords: St Thomas Becket, martyrdom; Anglo-Norman influence in south-east Wales; St Thomas memorials in Monmouthshire; possessions of the Benedictine Priory, Monmouth; Parish of Llanthomas (Llandomas) and chapel	David H. Williams	47
The Reverend Stephen Williams (1780—1860): A Black Sheep of the Williams of Llangybi Family Keywords: Rev. Steven Williams, son of Trevor Addams-Williams and Cicelia Green of Llangybi; Magor and Redwick churches; Rector of Llanfihangel-Rogiet; Incarceration; Indebtedness; non-collection of Tithes; Magor school; Redwick school.	David H. Williams	63
Obituaries: Leonard Allan Probert (1932—2007) and Andrew Geoffrey Mein (1922—2008)	Jeremy Knight Bob Trett	89-94
Reviews: Ray Howell, Searching for the Silures: An Iron Age Tribe in South-East Wales; Evan Chapman: 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, Langattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire; David H. Williams		95-100
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2007	Gwenllian V. Jones	101

The Monmouthshire Antiquary XXIII (2007)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Archaeologically-dated Horizons in Olway Valley Alluvium at Usk (Gwent, UK) Keywords: Quarternary Research Centre, sea-level change, Holocene, organic peat horizons, sediment, archaeological horizons, Siluro-Devonian Old Red Sandstone, Tywi Formation, alluvium, sedimentation rate, stone platforms, wetland.	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 Keywords: Petition, House of Commons, Papists, Protestant perceptions, Antichrist, popish plot, Ireland, Catholic rebellion, atrocity propaganda, Ireland, sequestration, compounding delinquent estates, Treason Act, Catholic gentry, neutrality, legal persecution.	Robert Matthews	13
From Open Field to Enclosure: Landscape Evolution in the Lordship of White Castle Keywords: North-east Monmouthshire; White Castle Lordship; Llantilio Crossenny (Llandeilo Gresynni); manors; parks; settlement; farming; open fields; enclosure; woodland clearance; Llanfair monastic grange.	Anne Dunton	22
‘A Lease of the Hills’: Hill, Hopkins and Pratt at Blaenavon, 1789—1837 Keywords: UNESCO, iron, coke-fired furnaces, Hanbury, Marquess of Abergavenny, Homfray, Nantyglo, Monmouthshire canal, Stourbridge, Oldswinford, school, Hill’s Tramroad, Llanfoist, Scotch Cattle, under-capitalized.	Jeremy K. Knight	51
A Second Flood Mark at Redwick, Gwent? Keywords: Great Flood, Monmouthshire Levels, bench mark, Young Archaeologists’ Club.	Mark Lewis and the Young Archaeologists’ Club, S. E. Wales	60
The Last Abbot of Tintern: Richard Wyche, B.Th. (Oxon.) Keywords: Cistercian, Dispensation Act, Lleision ap Thomas, Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Worcester, Woolaston, will, monk.	David H. Williams	67
The Rolls Family and George Delamotte Keywords: The Hendre, Britton Ferry, Wye, Welsh characters, Avon, Chartists, Castle School Monmouth, St Thomas Overmonnow, Rockfield Church, Agincourt Square, Cwm Ddu.	Julian Mitchell	75
Men of Monmouthshire’: Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) to Thomas Henry Thomas (1839-1915) Keywords: Llanbadoc church, Cardiff Naturalists’ Society, Amazon, Malay archipelago, origin of new species, Charles Darwin, Linnean Society, Kensington Cottage, autobiography, spiritualism, Wales.	Christabel Hutchings	87
Reviews: Jeremy Knight, Civil War & Restoration in Monmouthshire; Ronald Hutton: 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; Richard I. Brewer, Caerwent Roman Town; Rick Turner, Chepstow Castle; David Howell:		95
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2006	Gwenllian V. Jones	101

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXII (2006)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Taking Sides: Royalist Commissioners of Array for Monmouthshire in the Civil War: Keywords: Civil War allegiances; Monmouthshire county militias; Commissioners of Array; Protestant and Catholic affinities, with biographical details.	Jeremy K. Knight	3
‘Some Welsh Popish Books’: Recusant Literature in Monmouthshire, 1550—1781 Keywords: Counter-Reformation in Monmouthshire; production and dissemination of Catholic literature  (poetry and prose), especially in Welsh; earls of Worcester and the Bardic tradition, Raglan; Douai;Tomas ap Ieuan ap Rhys; Edward Dafydd; Awal Wrthryfelgar; Father John Salusbury; Hugh Owen; David Lewis; Philip Evans; The Cwm, Llanrothal.	Frank Olding	19
Trelech: A Town Lost Twice Keywords: Trelech medieval town, east Monmouthshire;  de Clare family; burgage plots; site of iron working along Catbrook and Tintern roads.	Stephen Clarke with artwork by Jane Bray	39
Caerwent Roman Town: Conservation, Excavation and Interpretation Keywords: Caerwent Roman town, south Monmouthshire; Excavations 1899-1913; Roman walls; Norman motte; Forum-Basilica conservation 1995-2004; West Gate Farm excavation, 2nd century remains, 3rd-4th century pottery; cowshed building visitor and interpretation centre; North Walls;	Sian E. Rees and Michael Anthony	57
The 1998 Rogiet Roman Coin Hoard Keywords: Rogiet, south-east Monmouthshire: Roman activity near the Severn Estuary; mid-late 3rd century hoard; aureliani; coinage of Allectus; Allectan Q radiates.	Edward Besly	73
An 1840 Sketchbook of Shirenewton, Chepstow and Tintern Keywords: Sketchbook of pencil drawings made in Summer 1840; Chepstow; Tintern; Shirenewton; Pant-y-Cosyn Farm; Valley of the Papermills.	Julian Mitchell	87
Two Letters of 1493 from Queen Elizabeth to Jasper Tudor, duke of Bedford, concerning her servant, Thomas Kemeys of Newport Keywords: Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII; Jasper Tudor, duke of Bedford;copies of letters in Tredegar Collection (manuscripts); Roger Kemeys; Will of Thomas Kemeys of Newport, 12 August 1493.	W.R.B. Robinson	105
Reviews: Alan Chivers, Coal, Guns and Rugby, A Monmouthshire Memoir; Richard Watson: Josephine Egan, A Century of Service in Wales: the story of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, 1902—2002; Madeleine Gray: W. Linnard, Charles Vaughan of Pontypool: A Mystery Clockmaker and His Clocks; Nicholas Moore: Lionel Mundy, D. Huw Owen& Scannell James, Local History since 1945: England, Wales and Ireland; Gwenllian V. Jones		111-16
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2004	Gwenllian V. Jones	117

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XXI (2005)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Holocene Floodplain Sediments and Associated Archaeology of the Olway Valley (Gwent, UK): An Excavation Report Keywords: Olway Valley near Usk, central Gwent; Llangeview; excavation and coring survey of floodplain sediments; Roman potsherds and possible road; 13th century building stone layer; floodplain drainage	Simon K. Haslett	5
Roman and Medieval-Early Modern Building Stones in South East Wales: The Sudbrook Sandstone and Dolomitic Conglomerate Triassic) Keywords: Distribution of Sudbrook Sandstone and Triassic Dolomitic Conglomerate in South-East Monmouthshire; use of Sudbrook Sandstone in Roman period; Norman use of Dolomitic Conglomerate; Re-use of Roman Sandstone.	J.R.L. Allen	21
The Roads of Trelech: Investigation of the Development of the Medieval Town Keywords: Trelech, east Monmouthshire; development of 13th century borough; de Clare industrial  military and political activity; motte and bailey castle; iron production; road system; Ogilby map 1675; OS map 1834.	Ray Howell	45
Monmouthshire Journeys: The Visits to Monmouthshire of Sarah Eardley-Wilmot (née Haslam) in 1795 and 1802 Keywords: Journal of holidays taken in Monmouthshire by Sarah Eardley-Wilmot in 1795 and 1802; The Wye Tour; the ‘Picturesque’; water-colour sketches.	Liz Pitman	65
Kingshill, Newport Keywords: Kingshill property (fields and house), Stow Hill, Newport; description of the 19th century house; Thomas Hughes, mayor of Newport, 1841; residence of Bishop of Monmouth.	M.G.R. Morris	85
Short Notes:		103
The Newport Medieval Ship: Historical Background Keywords: Ship find in Town Pill Newport; Medieval shipping in Newport; dukes of Buckingham; fleet of the earl of Warwick.	Bob Trett
Newport in 1711 Keywords: Ordinances for the good government of the Borough of Newport 1711; St Woolos parish church.	David H. Williams
Excavation of a Prehistoric Enclosure in Trelech Keywords: Geophysical survey west of circular feature near Trelech Standing Stones	Jonathan Burton, Daryl Williams & Paul Huckfield
Reviews: R. A. Griffiths, The Gwent County History. Volume 1. Gwent in Prehistory and Early History; Barry Cunliffe: Jan Barrow, From Dawn Till Dusk. Usk: the story of its markets trades and occupations; Annette M. Burton: John Reuben Davies, The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales; Jeremy K. Knight: Sean Davies, Welsh Military Institutions, 633—128: Richard Avent. David H. Williams, The Five Wounds of Jesus;  Madeleine Gray		109-116
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2004	Gwenllian V. Jones	119

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XX (2004)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	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   Keywords: Cistercians in Wales, Grace Dieu Abbey, Archaeologia Cambrensis, seals, National Museum of Wales.	J.M. Lewis	7
Pen-rhys: Poets and Pilgrims   Keywords: Rhys Amheurug, Rice Merrick, Rhys ap Tewdwr, Deheubarth, Iolo Morganwg, Edward Williams, spring, Llantarnam Abbey, Caerleon Abbey, St Mary, Cistercians, pilgrimage, image of Our Lady, poems, verse, dissolution, public burning of idols, William Morgan of Llantarnam.	Glanmor Williams	9
Worship and Devotion in Monmouthshire: Some Late Medieval Metalwork   Keywords: Liturgical equipment, processional cross, altar cross, Mass, crucifix, chalice, cruet, pax, pilgrim badges, ampullae, scallop-shell, compass, charms, personal devotion, cult of the Holy Name of Jesus, Newport Ship.	Mark Redknap	17
Seal Matrices: Past, Present and Future   Keywords: William Dugdale, Public Record Office, British Automated Catalogue of Seals, Medieval Seals On-line, Rawlinson Collection, Trelleck, Chepstow, matrix, cloth seal	John Cherry	51
Wayside Crosses in Monmouthshire   Keywords: Ecclesiastical geography, pilgrimage route markers, bridge, market, churchyard cross, boundaries, crucifixion, Virgin Mary, Virgin and Child, Evangelist, Grosmont, Penrhys, Llanarth	Madeleine Gray	61
Benedictine Houses in South East Wales: Continuity and Conservation   Keywords: monasticism, Chepstow, Monmouth, Abergavenny, Usk, Ewenny, Dissolution, claustral ranges, Mary, John Seddon, priory, Roman fort, Tree of Jesse, Joshua Gosselin, early Christian stones, conservation work, colour wash decoration, presbytery, community use.	Sian E. Rees	83
The Chapter House at Tintern Abbey   Keywords: medieval monastic complex, Cistercian, ritual, monk, community, Rule of St Benedict, Ecclesiastica Officia, abbot, Margam Abbey, claustral buildings, masonry, Joseph Potter, Thomas Blashill, Roland Paul, Harold Brakspear, Waverley, Rievaulx, Fountains, Walter fitz-Richard, l’Aumone, Margam, Dore, William Marshall, Furness, piers, capitals, vault, cross rib, windows, Basingwerk, Strata Florida, Valle Crucis.	David M. Robinson	95
Merthyrgeryn: A Grange of Tintern Reconsidered   Keywords: Cistercians, Tintern, Gilbert of Pembroke, Gilbert Marshal, Walter Marshal, Llangybi Castle, quarry, Taxatio Ecclesiastica, Badminton Bailiff’s Accounts, Valor Ecclesiasticus, crops, animals, people, Norman Parkes, lanes, gateway, barn, pottery, burial, chapel, excavation, Monknash	Peter Webster	131
A Nonconformity of the Gentry? Catholic Recusants in Seventeenth-Century Abergavenny   Keywords: Christian Church, wool, flannel, commerce, wills, mills, Sir William ap Thomas, Priory, tomb, iconoclasm, grammar school, William Baker, Augustine Baker, St David Lewis, William Gunter, Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel, Baptists, Popish Plot, St David Lewis, chapel.	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   Keywords: excavation, medieval town, St Nicholas Church, road, slag, pilgrim.	Raymond Howell
Curating a National Collection of Seals   Keywords: die, matrix, cast, impression, Howell Collection, Cardiff Municipal Museum, Mansel-Franklen Collection, Welsh History through Seals, Raglan signet ring.	Mark Redknap
Reviews: Peter Lord, The Visual Culture of Wales: Medieval Vision; Madeleine Gray: J. Kenyon & K. O’Conor (eds), The Medieval Castle’ in Ireland and Wales, Essays in honour of Jeremy Knight; Raymond Howell: Roger L. Brown, The Letters of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff 1828-1849; David H. Williams: M. Gray, Images of Piety, The iconography of traditional religion in late medieval Wales; David H. Williams		175
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2003 Gwenllian V. Jones		185

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XIX (2003)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Editorial. Annette Burton		2
Early to Mid-Holocene (Mesolithic-Neolithic) Development of the Olway Valley (Central Gwent, UK) and its Archaeological Potential Keywords: Lower Usk Valley: Olway valley, central Monmouthshire; Goldcliff; Mesolithic paleosol; Neolithic artefacts; Peat development; Severn Estuary Levels development; archaeological potential of Usk and Olway valleys.	Simon K. Haslett.	3
Excavations at St Lawrence’s, Bayfield, Chepstow Keywords: Augustinian Priory of Kingsmark / Kynemark. Chepstow; medieval chapel of St. Lawrence; Grange of Bishop of Llandaf; pottery production.	Peter Leach et al,	21
Harry of Monmouth, Henry V of England: Local Esteem and National Reputation Keywords: Ancestry of Henry V; Glyn Dwr Revolt; Henry and the Lancastrian Monarchy.	Ralph A. Griffiths.	71
Joshua Gosselin in Monmouthshire Keywords: Joshua Gosselin (1739-1813), botanist;  sketchbooks of watercolours; churches; Rhydymaen; Llandenny.	Julian Mitchell	87
Medieval Monmouthshire Wills in the National Library of Wales Keywords: Wills 1445 – 1550; church dedications; chapel and shrine dedications; donations for repair of bridges; goods and chattels; farming; Reformation.	David H. Williams.	113
The Administration of the Lordship of Monmouth under Henry VII Keywords: Monmouth, Three Castles: Great Sessions 1513 – 1533;  Sir Charles Somerset, earl of Worcester; Henry Lord Herbert, earl of Worcester; Sir William Herbert of Troy; John Scudamore; Act of Union 1536; justices of the peace; justices of assize; custody of prisoners; election of borough officers.	W.R.B. Robinson.	129
Short Notes
Monmouth Priory	Stephen H. Clarke
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 & David H. Williams
The Publications of the Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association	David H. Williams.
Reviews: David H Williams, Ecclesiastical Map of Medieval Gwent; Madeleine Gray: David Crouch, Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147-1219 Tudor Gwent, 1485-1547; Raymond Howell: W .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 Williams: Roger L. Brown, Reclaiming the Wilderness: Some Aspects of the Parochial Life of the Diocese of Llandaff during the Nineteenth Century; Nigel Yates.		159
Field Excursions and other Activities, 2002.	Gwenllian V. Jones.	169

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XVIII (2002)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Editorial		2
Women of Holiness and Power: The Cults of St Radegund & St Mary Magdalene at Usk Keywords: Benedictine Priory, Usk; Chapel of St Radegund, (Merovingian, Poitiers); de Clare link to Poitou;  Chapel of St Mary Magdalene and pilgrimage.	Madeleine Gray
Elizabeth de Burgh and Usk Castle Keywords: Elizabeth de Burgh’s estate and household records, 1317 – 1327; Building at Usk castle; Christmas feasts; Household provisions; Hugh Despenser the Younger;	Jennifer C. Ward	13
The Administration of the Lordship of Monmouth under Henry VII Keywords: Lordships of Monmouth, Grosmont, Skenfrith, White Castle; Officers of Duchy of Lancaster; government of Marcher Lordships; Jasper Tudor; William Herbert of Troy; John ap Howell ap Phylpot; Great Sessions; Reginald Bray; Feudal aids; tallage; itinerant justices.	W.R.B. Robinson	23
A Note on the Four Volumes of Gwentia Eccles. Antiq. in the Collections of the Society of Antiquaries of London Keywords: Gwentia Ecclesia Antiqua early 19th century watercolours; Monmouthshire churches etc; prints.	George McHardy	41
The Gentry of Gwent and the Welsh Language after the Acts of Union Keywords: Welsh / English border; Act of Union 1536 Monmouthshire; cantrefi; rise of the gentry / uchelwyr; Gwentian dialect / y Wentwyseg; Bardic system and Ifor Hael; Sir William Herbert Welsh speaker: Bishop William Morgan; Morgan family of Tredegar.	J. Gwynfor Jones	65
A Monmouthshire Politician of Character: Charles Van (d.1778) of Llanwern Keywords: Charles Van of Llanwern, M.P. for Brecon; 18th century politics; 1763 Cider Tax; Charles Morgan of Tredegar; John Wilkes M.P. for Middlesex; American War of Independence.	Peter D.G. Thomas	85
Nathaniel Wells of Piercefield and St Kitts: From Slave to Sheriff Keywords: Nathaniel Wells, b. Sept 1779, Sheriff of Monmouthshire 1818; William Wells, plantation owner of St Kitts; Vambells plantation; Col. Mark Wood; Abolition of Slavery Act 1807; St. Arvans church.	J.A.H. Evans	91
Short Notes:		107
Trelech, a decayed medieval town:	Ray Howell
Lodge Wood Camp, an Iron Age Hill-fort	Ray Howell and Josh Pollard
A Pebble Hammer from Tre-rhew Brook, near Little Berth-Glyd Farm, Llantilio Crossenny, near Abergavenny	Graham Makepeace
Silver Finger Ring with Gemstone from Caerleon	Julie Reynolds.
Reviews: Annette M. Burton, Doreen Heath & D. H. Williams, The Story of Trelleck Grange; Madeleine Gray: Geraint H Jenkins, Cof Cenedi XVI Ysgrifau ar Hanes Cymru; Bethan Lewis: F. Olding, The prehistoric landscapes of the eastern Black Mountains; Monmouth Priory; Rick Peterson: David H. Williams and Keith Kissack (eds), A History of the Benedictine Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Florent at Monmouth; Roman Wales; David M. Robinson: William Manning, Roman Wales: A Pocket Guide; Peter Webster: David H. Williams, The Welsh Cistercians; Glanmor Williams		111
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 2001	Gwenllian V. Jones	122

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XVII (2001)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Foreword: & editorial	Annette Burton	1-2
John Edward Lee and Antiquarianism in Nineteenth-Century Caerleon Keywords: Caerleon, Museum of Antiquities, Second Augustan Legion, The Priory, Cambrian Archaeological Association, Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, Archdeacon William Coxe, Sir Digby Mackworth, Octavius Morgan, Thomas Wakeman, Society of Antiquaries, National Museum of Wales, Mortimer Wheeler, Caerleon Civic Society.	Gwenllian V. Jones	3
Caerleon and the Archaeologists: Changing Ideas on the Roman Fortress Keywords: Vegetius, Mortimer Wheeler, VE Nash-Williams, George Boon, Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Second Augustan Legion, Theodor Mommsen, Liverpool Committee for Excavation and Research, University of Wales, Cambrian Archaeological Association, HG Evelyn-White, Professor RC Bosanquet, Mortimer Wheeler, Daily Mail, Tessa Wheeler, Institute of Archaeology, Jenkins’s Field, Prysg Field, barrack blocks, Christopher Hawkes, Vine Cottage Garden, contubernia, Williams Charity, School Field, Trajan, WF Grimes, Golledge’s Field, Myrtle Cottage, Aileen Fox, canabae, Great Bulmore, Welsh Historic Monuments, Fortress Baths, Bull Inn, David Zienkiewicz, concrete architecture, cobble foundations, timber framework.	Richard J. Brewer	9
Museums are about People: Finds from Roman Caerleon Keywords: John Edward Lee, building skills, measuring devices, tile stamps, works depot, blacksmiths, ceramic containers, amphorae, Roman trade, Caerleon Ware, female artisans.	Peter Webster	35
City of Arthur, City of the Legions: Antiquaries and Writers at Caerleon Keywords: Taliesin, Thomas Love Peacock, Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain, King Arthur, Giraldus Cambrensis, Meilyr, Thomas Churchyard, Francis Godwin, William Camden, Mathern Palace, Moynes Court, John Aubrey, Hanbury Arms, Elizabeth Pritchard, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Mortimer Wheeler.	Jeremy Knight	47
Roman Survival, Welsh Revival: The Evidence of Re-use of Roman Remains Keywords: Tetrapylon, demolition, fortress baths, Gerald of Wales, Caradog ap Gruffudd, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Robert of Gloucester, William Marshall, bardic focus, Llywarch ap Llywelyn, physical symbols, folklore of the March, Welsh revival.	Raymond Howell	55
‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’: The Future for Caerleon’s Archaeology? Keywords: National Museum of Wales, Mortimer Wheeler, Victor Nash-Williams, George Boon, David Zienkiewicz, Roman archaeology, communicate, media, audience, development control, planning strategies, archaeological resource.	Peter Guest	61
Reviews:  Stephen K. Roberts (ed.), The Letter Book of John Byrd; Paul Courtney: John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire; David H. Williams
Field Excursions and other activities, 2000	Gwenllian Jones

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XVI (2000)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Editorial	D. H. Williams	1
The Church in Medieval Gwent (Maps) Keywords: Ecclesiastical map of Medieval Gwent; Churches; Granges; Hospitals; Wayside crosses; Healing wells.	David H. Williams	2
The Medieval Wooden Crucifix Figure from Kemeys Inferior, and its Church Keywords: Late 13th century carved wooded Christ; polychromy; architectural history of Kemeys Inferior church; Reformation removal of images.	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 Keywords: St Martin’s church, Cwmyoy, north Monmouthshire; Sandstone carved cross; Christ crowned.	J.M. Lewis	47
Geophysical Survey at Grace Dieu Abbey Keywords: Grace Dieu Cistercian Abbey, north Monmouthshire; River Trothy; Resistivity geophysical survey; 1970-1971 excavations.	Neil Phillips & Michael Hamilton	51
St Mary’s Priory Church, Usk Keywords: Priory gatehouse; Chapel of St Radegund; Roman fortress ditch; Droitwich ware floor tiles; Edmund Mortimer, 3rd earl of March; North porch and William Herbert.	A.G. Mein	55
An Excavation at St Mary’s Priory, Usk Keywords: 1998 excavation, St. Mary’s Priory, Usk; Roman fort ditch; Medieval pottery and tiles; Post-medieval school-house and well; Roger Edwards.	Andy Boucher & David Williams	73
The Tintern Abbey Chronicles Keywords: Tintern Abbey manuscripts; 13th century Bible (NLW ms. 22631C); Flores Historiarum (BL. Royal 14 C vi); Acle manor; William Worcestre; Obituary calendar; Thomas Talbert transcription (BL ms. Cotton Vespasian D xvii); Tintern Genealogy.	Julian Harrison	84
Some Ancient Monmouthshire Dedications Keywords: St. Chad; Mercia and Lichfield; Llanfihangel dedications; St. Cadoc; Breton influences.	R.W.D. Fenn and J.B. Sinclair	99
Ecclesiastical Documents Keywords: Bassaleg; Cwmcarfan; Llantilio Crossenny; Skenfrith; Monmouth.	David H. Williams	107
The Clergy as Remembrancers of the Community Keywords: Lewis James, curate, Bedwellty, 1633-1667; married clergy; 17th century Welsh religious conservatism; 1638 plague; Parliamentary religious reform; evicted clergy; parish register.	Madeleine Gray	113
Brought Forth in a High Place Keywords: 17th century dissent; Blaenavon; Abergavenny; Llanwenarth; Baptists; Congregationalists; Methodists; Anglicans; Roman Catholics;Welsh and English language congregations.	Jeremy K. Knight	121
Excavations at Trelech, 1996-1999 Keywords: Trelech 13th – 14th century town; medieval iron production; de Clare military and political interests; road system; 17th century bloom smithing.	Raymond Howell	131
Field Excursions and Other Activities, 1999 and Obituaries	Gwenllian V. Jones	149

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XV (1999)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
A Copper Flat Axe from Goetre Keywords: Goetre, Monmouthshire; Metal-using Neolithic; South-west Ireland; Growtown / Millton Moss type; copper flat axe; Great Orme; Copa Hill Cwmystwyth.	Adam Gwilt	1
The Excavations of a Medieval Trackway and Stone Structure at Undy Keywords: Undy, Monmouthshire, Church Road; medieval moated enclosure; Iorwerth ap Hywel; William Marshall; Gilbert Marshall; William de St. Maur (Seymour); trackway; farm-buildings; medieval pottery; Romano-British pottery; defensive ditch.	Richard Brown	6
Gwent Seals: IX Keywords: Mathern, bishop of Llandaff’s palace; St Katherine; Lombardic capitals; Llantarnam; Virgin Mary; Monmouth Railway Company; Golden Valley Railway Company; modern capitals.	Jeremy P Davis & D. H. Williams	19
Rogerstone Grange, St Arvan’s Keywords: Tintern Abbey, Rogerstone Grange; Cistercian grange farm; William Marshall, 4th earl of Pembroke; Taxatio Ecclesiastica 1291; roadway; timber; arable farming; watermill; abbey tenants.	David H. Williams	22
St Julian’s House, Newport: The Inventory of 1602-03 Keywords: St Julian’s House, Newport, Monmouthshire; Sir George Herbert: Inventory 1602-3 (NLW, Powis Castle Estate Archives); rooms, furniture and furnishings; fabrics; pewterware; napery.	Graham C. G. Thomas	32
Ecclesiastical Problems Keywords: Cwmcarvan church, Monmouthshire; Salisbury church, Magor, Monmouthshire; Merthyr Geryn, Magor, Monmouthshire; Trelleck Grange, extra-parochial St Margaret.	David H. Williams	54
Tintern Abbey and the Romantic Movement Keywords: Tintern Abbey Dissolution, 1536; Henry Somerset, earl of Worcester; William Gilpin ; Wye Tour;– Observations on the R. Wye and Several Parts of South Wales;  Sir Richard Colt-Hoare; J. M. Turner; William Wordsworth.	Jeremy K. Knight	56
Addenda to previous issues		61
Obituary: Eric Wiles	Jeremy K. Knight	65
Outings and Excursions, 1998	Gwenllian V Jones	66
Reviews: Robinson, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain; D. H. Williams: Palmer, The Folklore of (old) Monmouthshire	Annette Burton	69

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XIV (1998)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Foundation of the Priories of Bassaleg and Malpas in the Twelfth Century Keywords: Gwynllwg, Robert de la Haye, Robert fiztHamon, Stow Hill, St Woolos Cathedral, William Rufus, Wentloog, Machen, Gloucester Abbey, St Gwynllyw, Glastonbury Abbey, Montacute Priory, English language, boundaries, clas church, parrochia, Bristol Abbey, Rumney Moor, Flatholm, Peterstone Church.	Bruce Coplestone-Crow	1
Early Settlement and Land Use in the Man-moel District of Gwent: Monastic and Post-monastic Evidence Keywords: St Cadoc, Llifris, miraculous altar, Basaleg, Gwynllyw, Gwladus, Glastonbury Abbey, Llantarnam Abbey, Earl of Pembroke, agricultural depression.	Madeleine Gray	14
The Troubled Foundation of Grace Dieu Abbey Keywords: Cistercian, John of Monmouth, Dore Abbey, Annals of Margam, descendant of Arthen	Julian Harrison	25
Abergavenny Lordship in the Late Fifteenth Century: The Valor of 1499/1500 Keywords: Henry Tudor, Jasper Tudor, Henry Vlll, Westminster Abbey muniments, William Herbert, Walter Herbert.	Anthony Hopkins	30
Gwent Seals VIII Keywords: National Museum of Wales, William de Lake, bird motif, St Arvan parish, Mathern parish.	Jeremy P Davis and David H. Williams	36
An Eighteenth Century Clay Pipe Production site at Caerleon Keywords: Bristol type, Broseley type, excavation, Legionary Museum, kiln, parish record, tobacco trade, muffle, hair curlers, Henry Hughes, makers’ marks.	Craig Cessford	41
The Grounds of Dan-y-Graig, Christchurch, Newport Keywords: Lawrence Estate, Llangibby hounds, Tom Llewelyn Brewer, Wellingtonia, Cedar of Lebanon, orchard, potting shed, Bee Orchid, nightingale.	Margery Probyn	56
Addenda to the 150th Anniversary Issue		62
Field Excursions and Other Activities	Gwenllian V. Jones	67
Review: Geraint H. Jenkins, The Welsh Language before the Industrial Revolution	D. H. Williams	69

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XIII (1997)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Foreword: The Caerleon Museum and Association Keywords: Museum of Antiquities, Caerleon Priory, Sir Digby Mackworth, Caerleon Antiquarian Association, John Edward Lee, Archaeologia Cambrensis, Cambrian Archaeological Association, National Museum of Wales, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Elizabeth Phillips	Jeremy K. Knight	1
John Edward Lee, a Monmouthshire Antiquary	Gwenllian V. Jones	5
Octavius Morgan, Antiquarian and Politician	David H. Williams	13
Glen Usk and the Mackworths	Ian Burge	18
Early Castle Studies and the Association	John R. Kenyon	23
Out with the Monmouthshires: the Association in the Monmouthshire Merlin	Jeremy K. Knight	26
Welsh Antiquarian Societies and Field Clubs in the Nineteenth Century	R. J. Silvester	30
The Legionary Fortress at Usk	W. H. Manning	37
The Making of a Monument: The Office of Woods and its Successors at Tintern Abbey	David M. Robinson	43
Some Memories of the Monmouthshire Antiquarians	Sheila W. Thorneycroft	57
Publications of the Caerleon Antiquarian Association	Eric Wiles	59
Presidents, Chairmen and Secretaries of the Association	Gwenllian V. Jones	64
Field Days, Lectures, and Other Meetings 1996	Gwenllian V. Jones	65

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XII (1996)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Memoir	Richard Advent	3
Coastal Change and Wetland Heritage at Goldcliff Keywords: Goldcliff stone; Goldcliff Pill; Caerleon; II Augustan Legion; coastal change; Romano-British drainage system; Wentloog Level; Mesolithic activity; Bronze Age boat; Iron Age structures and trackways.	Martin Bell	8
Caerwent:  Excavations of 1855 – A Planning Error? Keywords: Caerwent /Venta Silurum; Clifton Antiquarian Club Excavations 1899-1913; V. Nash-Williams; G. Dunning; Caerleon Antiquarian Association 1855; Octavius Morgan; J. Y. Akerman.	Richard J. Brewer	15
The Llangwm Phallic Stone Keywords: Ty Llwyd Farm, Llangwm; Sandstone block with carved phallic emblem; reused Roman stone.	A. Geoffrey  Mein	23
Evidence for a Pre-Norman Structure at Monmouth Keywords: Monnow St. Monmouth; Blestium; Roman iron-working; defensive pre-Norman timber structure.	Stephen Clarke	29
The Twelfth Century Church at Tintern Abbey Keywords: Pre-Bernardine Cistercian churches; presbytery; transepts; T. Blashill 1850-1905; H. Brakspear 1870-1934; C. Peers 1868 – 1952; R Halsey.	David M. Robinson	35
Some Tintern Abbey Floor Tiles at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Keywords: St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Beaufort Chantry; Charles Somerset, 1st earl of Worcester & Lady Elizabeth Herbert; 1843 chapel restoration; T. Willement; T. H. Wyatt;  13th century tiles; Wessex kilns.	John M. Lewis	40
Grangefield Moated Site, Redwick; with an appendix by Stephen Rippon Keywords: Redwick, south Monmouthshire; Tintern Abbey; marshland drainage; Moor Grange, Magor; Grangefield moated site.	David H. Williams	46
Raglan Castle: A Reconsideration of an Aspect of the Herbert Period c.1460-69 Keywords: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, great tower bridge; Cadw guidebooks; William ap Thomas; William Herbert, earl of Pembroke; architectural bridge alterations.	John R. Kenyon	52
A ‘Pocket Dag’ from Chepstow Keywords: Chepstow Castle; Civil War Royalist base; Pocket dag 16th -17th century pistol barrel.	Mark Redknap	56
Scouring the Land: Early Iron Ore Extraction at Blaenavon Keywords: Blaenavon, Monmouthshire; Mineral working landscape features; Iron-ore extraction by water-scouring; Pen-y-ffordd-goch; Pwll-du; Hanbury family furnaces.	Peter Wakelin	62
The Archaeology of the Second World War in Gwent Keywords: World War II defence; air defences; ground defences; Marshfield munitions store; Caerwent Royal Naval Propellant factory; Glascoed munitions factory; Pill boxes; Auxiliary Unit hides; Newport Docks.	Martin Locock	68
A Select Bibliography of the Writings of Jeremy K. Knight, 1962 to 1995	John R. Kenyon	73
Review: Kissack, Monmouth School and Monmouth, 1614-1995	Gwenllian V. Jones	79
Field Days, 1995	Gwenllian V. Jones	81

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. XI (1995)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Obituary: George C. Boon FSA 1927-1994	Richard Brewer	1
Excavations at 19 Cross Street, Abergavenny, 1986 Keywords: Abergavenny; Cross St; Roman deposits; early Flavian pottery; Malvernian ware; black burnished ware; mortaria; amphorae; Samian; oxidised wares; reduced wares; coins; copper alloy; iron; glass; World War II command post.	David R. Evans	5
The Monmouthshire Hoard of Ethelred II Coins Keywords: Monmouth; Crux type silver short-cross pennies; Aethelred II; Gloucester and Hereford mints.	Stephen Clarke	55
Excavations behind Bank Street, Chepstow, 1992 Keywords: Chepstow; Port Wall; 13th century burgage plots; post-medieval quasi-industrial activity; pottery; animal bone.	Martin Locock	57
Excavations at Trelech 1991-93 Keywords: Trellech, east Monmouthshire; 13th – 14th century town; de Clare family; iron smelting; medieval street plan; 14th century long house; revolt of Morgan ap Maredudd; Caerffili Castle; 1314 Battle of Bannockburn.	Raymond Howell	71
The earliest written English in Monmouthshire? The Herbert bailiff’s account, 1463 Keywords: William Herbert; John Cok, bailiff; accounts of Wyesham and Monmouth, (NLW Badminton Manorial 1583/5); appended schedules in English; household goods; food and drink; building repairs.	Anthony Hopkins	87
Gwent Seals: VII – A Shirenewton Seal Keywords: Shirenewton, south Monmouthshire; 13th century seal of Adam the smith; Lombardic capitals.	David H. Williams	99
Six Medieval Seal Matrices from Gwent and one from Gloucestershire Keywords: south Gwent; Cistercian granges; Lombardic capitals; copper & lead alloy; silver with amethyst.	Jeremy P. Davis	99
The Evidences of the People – The Archives of the County of Gwent Keywords: Archive use; Quarter Sessions; Gwent County Record Office; Family History; Local Studies; Oral History Recording; ‘Friends of Record Office’ organisations.	David Rimmer	105
Reviews: Daniel Huws (ed), Guide to the Department of Manuscripts and Records; The National Library of Wales; David H. Williams: Paul Courtney, Report on the Excavations at Usk 1965-79: Medieval and late rUsk; John R. Kenyon. L.M.J. Rowlands, Monnow Bridge and Gate; Jeremy K. Knight: Frank Olding, Vanishing Abergavenny; L. A. Probert: Jacob, Done and Eckley The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Raymond Howell:		119
Field Days, 1994

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. X (1994)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
A Pre-Norman Cross from Caerwent , and its Context Keywords: St. Stephen and St. Tathan; Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell;  Disc-headed cross; Anglian type; Sudbrook stone;  St Lawrence;  Margam;  Carew;  Llanwynis;  memorials in ecclesiastical enclosures;  pre-Norman monastic foundation; intra-mural cemetery;  late-Roman Christian burials; clas / monasterium;  Life of St. Tathan;  Llandaff charters.	Mark Redknap	1
Medieval Monasticism in Monmouthshire Keywords: Caerwent;  clas;  St Gwynllyw, Newport;  Bassaleg;  Mamhilad; Augustinian priories; Llanthony; William de Lacy;  Llanthony Secunda;  St. Cynfarch;  alien priories;  Chepstow; Cormeilles; William FitzOsbern;  Monmouth; St. Florent;  Withenoc;  Abergavenny;  Le Mans;  Hamelin de Ballon;  Llangua;  Lire;  Roger FitzOsbern;  Goldcliff;  Bec;  Robert de Chandos;  Hundred Years War; Benedictine;   St Gwladys; Malpas; Winebald de Ballon; Usk; De Clare; Austin Friars;  Earl Hugh of Stafford;  Cistercian;  Tintern; L’ Aumône;  Llantarnam;  Hywel ap Iorwerth;  Strata Florida;  Grace Dieu;  Glyn Dŵr revolt;  Usk Castle;  indulgences;  pilgrimage;  Dissolution; Morgans of Pencoed;  Herberts of St. Julians;  Cromwell;  Garway; Abbot Wyche.	David H. Williams	7
Medieval Converts from Judaism in the Welsh Borders Keywords: Conversi; Fine Roll of Henry III 1255; Domus Conversorum;  Corrodies of food and lodging; Robert and Isabella Windour;  Abbey Dore; Llanthony Prima; Little Malvern; Tintern;  royal exploitation of monastic resources.	Joan Greatrex	19
Gwent Seals: VI	David H. Williams	21
Historic Parks and Gardens of Gwent. I Keywords: Tudor;  Stuart;  earls of Worcester; Raglan Castle;  Morgans of Tredegar House;  walled gardens;  terraces;  avenues;  pavilions;  bowling green;  ponds;  parterres;  axial symmetry; sycamore; oak; sweet chestnut;  Scots pine; walnut; orchards; orangery;  Llanfihangel Court; Arnold;  Moynes Court; Lewises of St Pierre;  Charles Heath;  Pencoed Castle; Plas Machen;  Lower Dyffryn; Cecil; Treowen; William ap John Thomas; Kemeys House;  Troy; Sir Charles Somerset; French and Italian gardens;   Baroque;  Restoration;  Coldbrook House; Hanbury Williams;  Trewyn;  Wynston;  stables;  Tredegar House;  inorganic parterres;  Edney gates;   deer parks; landscape parks;  Abergavenny Priory; Llantarnam Abbey;  Llangibby House; Hen Gwrt.	Elizabeth Whittle	25
Reviews: Gray, Bradney’s A History of Monmouthshire. Vol. 5; Jeremy K. Knight: Williams, Catalogue of Seals; Daniel Huws		55
Field Excursions. 1993		57

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. IX (1993)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Early Church in Gwent II: The Early Medieval Church Keywords: Gwent (Monmouthshire); Roman Caerleon; Sts. Julius and Aaron; Book of Llandaff; Memorial stones; ‘clas’ churches; Gwent Iscoed, Caerwent, St Tatheus; Portskewett;  Gwynlliog, Bassaleg, St Gwynllyw; St Woolos, Eglwys y Bedd; Eteliccon (Edlogan), Llangybi, St Cybi: Gwent Uwch-coed, St Cadoc; parish origins.	Jeremy K. Knight	1
Chepstow Castle: Excavations in the Great Gatehouse, 1991 Keywords: Chepstow Castle Guardian Tower; Porter’s Lodge; 12th to 16th century stratigraphy; 17th -18th century; clay pipes; pottery; coins.	Kevin Booth	19
The Bank Street Development, Chepstow, 1990-91 Keywords: Chepstow, Bank St (Hocker Hill St.); burgage plots and gardens; 17th century development; post-medieval pottery; clay pipes; Survey of the Lordship and Manor of Chepstow, 1687 (Gwent Archives).	Raymond Howell	27
Excavations at St Mary’s Priory, Usk, 1987 Keywords: St Mary’s Priory, Usk (Benedictine nunnery); graveyard extension; 13th – 16th century cemetery; Post-Dissolution history of site; Duke of Beaufort sale of land 1899; burials; charnel pit; benefactors; 13th -15th century graveslab.	C. Neil Maylan	29
Usk Priory: An Unrecorded Excavation Keywords: St. Mary’s Priory, Usk (Benedictine nunnery);  ‘Priory’ garden excavation; Rickards family of ‘The Priory’, 1899 – 1939; Isca Bowen; Rudge Humphreys; east extension of monastic church.	Geoffrey Mein	43
Personal Seals found in 1992 Keywords: Lead-alloy seal matrices; ‘Lombardic Capital’ script; Eve, d. of Kederid; William of Combe; Llanfihangel Gobion; Llanfair Kilgedin.	Rodney Hudson & David H. Williams	47
Reviews: Whittle, A Guide to Ancient Historic Wales: Glamorgan and Gwent; John R. Kenyon: Seaborne, Schools in Wales; David H. Williams		49
Field Excursions, 1992		51

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. VIII (1992)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
Roman Glass Vessels from Caerleon Keywords: Caerleon, Isca, Legionary fortress 2nd Augustan Legion, Fortress baths excavation National Roman Legion Museum, Flavian to mid-Antonine, AD 75 – 230, pillar-moulded, cast, blown.	David Zienkiewicz	1
The Early Church in Gwent, 1: The Romano-British Church Keywords: Romano-British church, Caerleon, Caerwent, proto-martyrs, Julius, Aaron, Book of Llandaf, Celtic shrine, Celtic sandstone head, agape vessels, Chi-rho Christogram, Kaiseraugst garrison church, bishops, Pelagianism, Tatheus.	George C. Boon	11
A Medieval Seal Mould from Trostrey Keywords: Usk, Trostrey Castle, limestone mould, mid thirteenth century to mid fourteenth century, Marshall family of Usk.	A. G. Mein	25
A Personal Seal from Monmouth Keywords: Monmouth, Monnow Street, lead seal matrix, personal seal, late thirteenth century	S. J. Clarke & David H. Williams	29
The Mansion-House of Magor Keywords: Magor, Monmouthshire, Tintern Abbey, Abbey St Mary de Gloria Anagni Italy, ‘Procurator’s House’,  sixteenth century priest’s house, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales Survey	Howard J. Thomas & David H. Williams	31
A Field-Day with the Antiquarians in 1867	David H. Williams	35
Field Excursions, 1991		39

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. VII (1991)
CONTENTS	AUTHOR	PAGE
A Summer Dining-Table from Legionary Caerleon Keywords: Purbeck Marble, Sculptured stones, Pompeii, Pannonian, Legionary baths, Nash Williams, Hadrian’s Wall, Jashemski, Roman, Caerleon.	George C. Boon	1
Chepstow Port Wall Excavations, 1971 Keywords: Burgage Plots, Chepstow, Prehistoric, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Striguil Castle, William Fitz Osbern, Priory Church, Murage, Market, Norman, Medieval Industry, Slag, Potsherd, Smelting, Trenches, Iron working.	Trevor J. Miles	5
Newport Castle Keywords: Thomas Churchyard, Engraving, Hugh d’Andele, Town Walls, Glyndwr rising, St. Gwynllyw, Owen/Owain Glyndwr, Glyn Dŵr, Usk Castle, Edmund Stafford, Pwll Melyn, Brewery, Bassaleg, Caerwent, Caerleon, Norman knights, Canal, Lord Tredegar, Gloucester cathedral, Archdeacon Coxe, Humphrey Stafford, Garderobe, Bosworth, Henry VIII, Henry II, Baron’s revolt, Herbert, William de Bendengis, Augustinian Friars, Friars Field, Caerphilly, Grosmont, Exchequer Roll, Dundry Stone, Llandaff, King Charles, Monmouthshire Merlin, Searle and Herrings Brewery, Borough Charter.	Jeremy K. Knight	17
Heraldic Seals in the Gwent Record Office Keywords: Dr D H Williams, Gwent Record Office, Wax, Heraldry, British Museum, Penrice, Margam, Charles I, Charles II, George I, Panteg, Trevethin, Caerleon, Kemys, Tredegar	Michael P. Siddons	43
Royal Service in Gwent under the Early Tudors Keywords: Thomas ap Robert, Pant Glas, Proberts, Trelleck, Ynyr, Lordships, Usk, Deeds, Robert ap Jenkin, Queen Elizabeth I, Llangors Lake, Llangorse,  Roger Williams, Seisin, South Wales, Edward IV, Execution, Edgecott, Richard III, Chancery case, Clearwell, Henry VII, Caerleon, Tudor, 1469.	W.R.B. Robinson	55
Some New Light on the Gwent Iron Industry in the 17th Century Keywords: 17th Century, Iron industry, Whitebrook, Tintern, Iron, Wireworks, Furnace, Forge, Pontymoel, Beaufort, Osmund Iron, Trellech, Tintern Furnace, John Hanbury, Monkswood, Laytons, Coed Ithel, Angidy  Angeddi.	Paul Courtney	65
Life in the Monmouth Militia, 1778 to 1812 Keywords: Cromwell, Civil War, Militia Act of 1757, 5th Duke of Beaufort, George III, Clothing Allowance, Education, Clothes, Brecon, Hair, Hair powder tax, Crimea, Sentries, Bribes, Drunkenness, Punishments, Contraband, Desertion.	Keith Kissack	71
Field Excursions, 1990		84

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. VI (1990)
CONTENTS
Excavations in Monmouth, 1973 Keywords: Wyebridge St, Monmouth; Dixton Rd, Monmouth; Roman iron-working; Medieval defensive features; Post-medieval finds	Ron Shoesmith	1
Penhow Castle, Gwent: Survey and Excavation, 1976-9; Part One Keywords: Gwent Iscoed; Castle and Fee; Roger Seymour; Park Seymour; Penhow Castle and village earthworks; Penhow church; tower; medieval hall; pottery 18th -19th centuries.	Stuart Wrathmell	17
The Tintern Abbey Bible Keywords: 13th century Bible ( NLW MS 22631C ); scribes; corrections and glosses; Post-Dissolution ownership; 17th century binding.	Daniel Huws	47
Gwent Seals: 1 Keywords: Papal seals (bullae); Llantarnam Abbey; Borough seals – Chepstow, Trelleck; Personal seals.	David H. Williams & Rodney Hudson	55
The Date of Llanthony Prima Church Keywords: Giraldus Cambrensis; Meath revenues; obventions of Duleek church (co. Meath)	John F. Rhodes	59
The Speech Court of Wentwood Keywords: Wentwood Forest, south Monmouthshire; Lordship of Chepstow; Marquess of Worcester; enclosures; Nathan Rogers, Memoirs of Monmouthshire’; Speech Court forest ordinances; categories of forest tenants.	Julian Mitchell	61
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Gardens at Raglan Castle Keywords: William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester; Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, (keeper of Nonsuch Great Park); Renaissance gardens; Siege of Raglan Castle, 1646; Map by Laurence Smythe,1652; 1674 Description of castle and gardens (1674); Badminton House; terraces; moat walk; Fountain Court; fishpond; water parterres; pavilions.	Elizabeth H. Whittle	69
An Apprenticeship and its Consequences: F. W. Grimes at the National Museum of Wales, 1926-1938 Keywords: Prof. Emeritus William F. Grimes, archaeologist, bibliography of his main published works relating to his time at the National Museum of Wales.	George C. Boon	77
Field Excursions (1989)

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. V, Part 3 (1985-1988)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Obituaries Mrs J. V. L. Leslie, Mr Cefni Barnett, F.S.A	Sheila Thorneycroft & George C. Boon	65&66
The Early Christian Church in Gwent: A Survey Keywords: Pre-Norman; Liber Landavensis (Book of Llandaf); place-name evidence; dedications; Bassaleg; proprietary churches; continuity of estates; archaeological evidence for pre-Norman sites; Chi-Rho bowl; curviliniar enclosures	Diane Brookes	67-84
Concealment of Crown Lands in Sixteenth Century Gwent Keywords: Crown lands in Gwent  in the 16th century; post-Dissolution dispersal of religious properties; Sir William Herbert; Roger Williams (Llangybi); Crown grants of concealed property; Davy,Survey of chantry and other lands 1561-2; Goldcliff & Eton College; Grace Dieu.	Madeleine Gray	85-88
St Mary’s Monmouth: The Building of the Eighteenth Century Church Keywords: Eighteenth Century architectural drawings Badminton House; 1736-7 rebuilding of St Mary’s Church, Monmouth; Francis Smith; Edward & Thomas Woodward; John Woo.	Professor Andor Gomme	88-95
For the Record: Llangunnog and Capel Gwenog Keywords: Llandaf charters; parish boundaries; Llangynog Church; Chantry chapel of Caerleon.	David Williams	95-97
Parish check list of Archaeological finds and sites		97-99
Excavations at Trostrey Castle: A Summary 1984-88	A.G. Mein

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. V, Parts 1 & 2 (1983-1984)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Further Excavation and Field Work at Llantony Priory, Gwent Keywords: Augustinian Priory of Llanthony, north Monmouthshire; excavation of north transept and choir; 12th – 14th centuries; domestic use in 14th century; ‘Infirmary site’ south of St David’s church; Finds: coins & jettons; pottery, medieval and post-medieval; window-glass; metal finds; foliot art of turret clock; stone cresset; animal bone (cattle, sheep, pigs, domestic fowl) ; molluscs; plant remains; skeletal remains; precinct earthworks; dovecot; Hugh de Lacy; Ernisius; Llanthony Secunda, Gloucester; pre-monastic activity in the Honddu Valley; St David church dedications; farming economy and monastic diet; Walter Savage Landor.	D.H. Evans with contributions by J.M. Lewis, A. Milles, T.P. O’Connor, M. Roberts & I.N. Soulsby	1-61
Abergavenny Castle: A Reinterpretation of Thomas Cooke’s Painting ‘The Castle and Mount’ Caerleon, 1785 Keywords: Newport Museum and Art Gallery Collections; Thomas Cooke; Francis Grose; G.W. Manby; Abergavenny Castle; Caerleon Castle.	John Kenyon	62-63
A Gwent Parish check list of Archaeological finds and sites		64

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. IV, Parts 3 & 4 (1981-1982)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Three Bones of St Tatheus	George C. Boon	2-5
Excavations at Old Market Street, Usk	Vivienne Metcalfe Dickinson	6
Trelech: A Decayed Borough of Medieval Gwent	Ian N. Soulsby	41
Medieval Iron Working at Trelech: A Small Salvage excavation	S.C. Clark, Henry Owen-John and J.K. Knight	45
The Windmills of Gwent	Paul Courtney	50
Excavations at Caerwent in 1981: A Summary of Results	Richard Brewer	52
The Brockweir Head	G. C. Boon	54

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. IV, Parts 1 & 2 (1980)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Envoi	George Boon	1
Unpublished Bronze Age Finds in Newport Museum	Cefni Barnet and Jeremy K. Knight	3
Excavations at Llanthony Priory, 1978	D. H. Evans	5
Usk Nunnery	David H. Williams	44
A New Source for the History of Monmouthshire in the 18th Century	Philip Jenkins	46
Odd Fellows and Amicable Women: Friendly Societies in 19th Century Industrial Monmouthshire	Jeremy K. Knight	50

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. III, Parts 3 & 4 (1977)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Reconnaissance Excavation od Coed-y-Bwnydd, Bettws Newydd, 1969-1971 Keywords: Clytha Hill, Llanarth Fawr, Usk Valley, limestone, glacial moraine, clays, multivallate hill fort, ramparts, lunate entrance, cill-beam rectangular feature, roundhouses, wattle and daub, 3rd – 1st century BC, defence slighting, Croft Ambrey, Herefordshire hill forts, 17th century sheepfold, pastoral farming.	Adrian Babbage	159
Roman Coins from the Severn Estuary at Portskewett Keywords: Black Rock, Severn foreshore,  metal detectorist, Mr W. Evans, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Roman occupation, Claudius AD 43 to Gratian AD 367 – 375	Rodney Hudson	179
Monmouth Priory at the Suppression, 1534-37 Keywords: Benedictine Priory of Our Lady and St. Florence, annuitants, corrodians, pensioners, Prior Richard Taylbus, Bishop Rowland Lee, John Scudamore, Thomas Williams, bailiff, sale of goods Abbey Dore, lead, bells, gilt plate, vestments	David H. Williams	186
Sale of Goods at Abbey Dore Keywords: 1537, Herefordshire, Cistercians, John Scudamore, Thomas Baskerville, Myle ap Harry, kitchen, buttery, brewhouse, chambers, church, vestments, cattle, ploughgear, corn	David H. Williams	192
Industrial Houses and Settlement Patterns at Nantyglo, 1811-1845 Keywords: Nantyglo Ironworks Monmouthshire, Ebbw Fach Valley, Heads of Valleys, Joseph Bailey, Crawshay Bailey, Matthew Wayne, Thomas Hill, Blaenavon, William Coxe, furnaces, forges, iron ore, workers houses, two-room house, Chapel Road, three-room house, Twyn y Deryn, Pen y Garn Fach, four-room-house, circular stairs, water supply,  1842 Chadwick Report (Poor Law Commissioners on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population), housing layout, parallel rows, scattered rows, Brecon and Abergavenny Canal, Monmouthshire Canal, Gilwern, Govilon, Mynydd Llangattock tramroad, Beaufort, OS maps, Tithe Apportionment Plan Aberystruth	Jeremy Lowe	196
Notes
Four Missing Stones from Caerwent	George C Boon	210-11
Palstave from Mynydd Machen Gwent	Rodney Hudson	211

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. III, Part 2 (1972-1973)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Excavations at Abergavenny 1962-69, Part 2 Keywords: Abergavenny Archaeological Research Committee, Monmouthshire; Gobannium Roman fort; Hamelin de Ballon; motte and bailey castle; Benedictine Priory of St Mary; street pattern; town ditch and wall; murage grants; medieval iron smelting, sixteenth and seventeenth century development; coins; metal finds; medieval pottery; post-medieval pottery; ridge tiles; clay pipes.	Fabian Radcliffe and Jeremy K. Knight et al	65
Excavations at Abergavenny Orchard Site 1972 Keywords: Abergavenny Archaeological Research Committee; Town wall and ditch; pre-Flavian Roman granary; burgage plots; Civil War gun emplacement; clay pipes, 18th century beer mugs; Victorian pottery.	P.J and F.M. Ashmore	104
Roman Glassware from Caerwent, 1855-1925 Keywords: Caerwent (Venta Silurum), south Monmouthshire. Excavations in 1855, 1899-1912, 1923-5; bottles; flasks, phials, jugs; dishes, bowls, plates; cups, beakers; various fragments.	George C. Boon	111
Social Conditions at Tredegar House, Newport, in the 17th and 18th Centuries Keywords: Tredegar House, Newport; Sir William Morgan; Lady Rachel Cavendish; John Morgan, merchant of London; Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Inventory of 1688; accounts; James Pratt, chief agent; Octavius Morgan; servants; wages; legacies; coloured servants; musicians; food and drink; cellar contents; contents of rooms, furnishing and decoration; water supply and sanitation; lighting; funerals; gardens; hothouses; demesne; commercial activities	M.R. Apted	125
The First Paper Mill in Wales? Keywords: Paper- making; paper mill; Eighteenth century; River Wye; river Monnow; Mounton Brook; Perthir; Halghton, Flintshire; Rullins Mill; Redbrook Mill; Mary Powell; William Vaughan	D.G. Tucker	155

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. III, Part 1 (1970-1971)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
The Post-Glacial Deposits of the Caldicot Level and some associated Archaeological Discoveries Keywords: Caldicot Level, Monmouthshire, Severn Estuary, post-glacial deposits, stratigraphy, sands and gravel, clays and silts, peat, submerged forest, Neolithic skulls, animal bones, Roman pottery, Roman inscribed stone.	Stephen Locke	1
Sudbrook, Runston and Portskewett Keywords: South-east Monmouthshire, Sudbrook, Runston, Portskewett, Anglo-Norman, Chepstow Castle, Caerwent Castle motte, Caldicot, Domesday Book, William Fitz-Osbern, Durand Sheriff of Gloucestershire,  Harold Godwinson, Iron-age promontory fort, Medieval church, deserted medieval village, Portskewett pre-Norman settlement, fourteenth century settlement decline, Runston eighteenth century de-population, first to second century pottery, twelfth to fourteenth century pottery, Sudbrook medieval building.	Jeremy K. Knight	17
Sudbrook Village Keywords: Severn estuary, medieval manor, water mill, church, field system, common fields, enclosure, coastal erosion, John Aram map 1777, Southbrook Farm, cider mill, kelp, salmon fishing.	David H. Williams	20
St. Tatheus of Caerwent Keywords: Life of St Tatheus, British Museum Vespasian XIV, Life of St Gwynllyw, Caradoc of Llancarfan, St Peters Abbey Gloucester, twelfth century disputes over possession of St Gwynllyw’s church,  parallels in accounts of saints’ lives.	Jeremy K. Knight	29
Goldcliff Priory Keywords: south-east Monmouthshire, Abbey of Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, Benedictine, Taxatio Ecclesiastica 1291, Robert de Chandos, Gilbert de Clare, Prior Ralph de Runceville, conventual priory, monastic community, corrodians, property, Membury Manor Devon, appropriated churches in Somerset, alien priories during the French Wars, litigation, Prior William de Saint Albino, theft of property, taking of ship-wreck, Prior Philip Gopylers, coastal erosion, annexation by Tewkesbury Abbey, Eton College,	David H. Williams	37
Grace Dieu Abbey: Excavation Keywords: Llangattock-vibon-avel, north east Monmouthshire, excavation in 1970-71 to find site of abbey, Cistercian, Troddi stream, flooding of the site, seventeenth to eighteenth century foundations, coins, pottery, clay pipes.	David H. Williams	55
Notes		59
Excavation at Coed-y-Bwnydd, Bettws Newydd -1970 Season	Adrian V. Babbage	59-60
Interim Report on Excavation of Part of Pound Lane Mosaic, Caewent	P. J. Ashmore	61
A Gold Stater of Antedrig from Caerleon

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. II, Part 4 (1968-1969)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Excavations at Abergavenny, 1962-69 Keywords: Abergavenny, Gobannium, Abergavenny museum, Prehistoric flints, scrapers, barbed and tanged arrow-head, Neolithic pottery, Iron Age pottery, Roman, Flavian era, Usk, Caerleon, samian bowls, La Graufesenque, Lezoux, Les Martres-de Veyre, mortaria, amphorae, fine wares, coarse wares, jugs, jars, cooking pots, dishes, bowls, brooches, bronze, lorica segmentata, levelled ditch, bath-house, stamped bricks, coins (Augustus AD 22 BC – 14 AD to Constantine I, 306-337 Flannel St. Abergavenny, Roman ditch, cast-bronze triskele, manufacture, cire perdue, separate casting of shank and triskele, Kingsholm (Glos), Thor’s Cave (Staffs), Tre’r Ceiri (Caerns), Hunsbury (Northants), Iron Age, Romano-British	L. A. Probert and others	163
The Last Abbot of Dore Keywords: Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, John Glyn (1523-1528), Thomas Cleubury, sequestration of goods, Cwmhir Radnorshire, John Redborne (1529 – 1536), Grace Dieu, king’s subsidy, Thomas Baskerville, John Scudamore, Richard Thomas ap Richard, reliquary, vestments, gospel book, Italian wool trade	David H. Williams	199
Notes and News		203
John Mitulton, Abbot of Grace Dieu Keywords: A Neolithic Axe from Monkswood, Newport museum, greenstone, western Cornwall, Neolithic peasant farmers	David H. Williams	203
Neolithic Axe from Monkswood	J. K. Knight	203-05
Excavations at Coed–y-Bwnydd, Bettws Newydd: An Interim Report	Adrian Babbidge	205-06

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. II, Part 3 (1967)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Roman Pottery from Magor	George C. Boon	121
Two Pewter Vessels from White Castle	J.M. Lewis	127
Llantarnam Abbey	David H. Williams	131
Blast Furnace at Coed Ithel, Llandogo	R.F. Tylecote	149
Reports of Meetings and Field Days		161

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. II, Part 2 (1966)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Abbey Dore Keywords: Golden Valley, Hereford;  Abbey Dore;  Grace Dieu; Cistercian Order;  Giraldus Cambrensis;  monastic granges and properties; woodland;  pastoral farming; wool production; Annals of Dore; Letters.	David H. Williams	65
Post-Roman Finds from the Caerleon Fortress Baths Excavation Keywords: Caerleon, Monmouthshire; Roman baths; medieval well (13th and 14th centuries); Cross-Severn trade; S.W. France;  medieval glazed pottery: jugs, pitchers, cooking pots;  post-medieval pottery; clay pipes.	J.M. Lewis	105
Notes
A Spanish ‘Olive Jar’ from Caerleon	J.M. Lewis	118-119
Another Die-Linked Counterfeit	G.C. Boon	119
Reports of Meetings and Field Days		120

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. II, Part 1 (1965)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Tintern Abbey: Its Economic History	David H. Williams	1
St Kynemark’s Priory, Chepstow	L.A.S. Butler	33
The Earliest Samian Bowl from Wales	George C. Boon	42
Die-Linked Counterfeits from Caerwent and Caerleon	George C. Boon	52
Medieval Pottery from Monmouth School	Eric Talbot and J.F. Evans	56
Notes and News: Cistercian Abbots; Grace Dieu Abbey; Romano-British Pottery Kilns at Caldicot		62

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. 1, Part 4 (1964)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Grace Dieu Abbey	David H. Williams	85
Cisterian Abbots in Medieval Gwent	David H. Williams	107
A Beaker Cist at Beachley	Cefni Barnett	112
A Palstave from Chepstow	C.B. Burgess	117
The Excavation of a Mound at Bettws Newydd	Jeremy K. Knight	125
Notes and News: Neolithic Axe-heads from Monmouthshire; The Caerleon Curse; The Provenance of a Neolithic Axe-head		127

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. 1, Part 3 (1963)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
Excavations at Caerleon, 1909 Keywords: Caerleon; 1909; Professor R.C. Bosanquet; Mr Frank King; Mr C.J. Fox; Colonel Sir Arthur Mackworth; Wall; Ditch; Roman legionary fort; Tower; Calcareous Tufa; Old red sandstone; Slabs; Tiles; Charcoal; Potsherds; Bronze; Bone; Painted wall plaster; Coins; Mortar; Brick; Concrete; Earthwork; Drain; Latrine; Rampart; Mound; Culvert; Finger ring; Turret; putlog-hole; joint; Cobbles; Plinth; Knee-brooch; George C Boon	R.C. Bosanquet and Frank King	49
Black Samian Ware from South Wales Keywords: Caerleon, Monmouthshire; Caerwent, Monmouthshire; Rhiwbina, Cardiff; Lezoux, Central Gaul; second century; black-slip samian pottery; workshops of Libertus, Butrio, Paternus;  moulded decoration; applied relief;  vase, bowl; globular vessel.	Catherine Johns	59
A Socketed Axe from Llanarth Keywords: Llanarth estate, Monmouthshire; late Bronze Age;  three-ribbed socketed axe; axe hoards.	C.B. Burgess	68
The Keep of Caerleon Castle Keywords: Caerleon Castle, Monmouthshire; 11th – 13th centuries; motte substructure; stone keep; Welsh lords of Caerleon; William Marshall the elder;  Victorian landscaping	Jeremy K. Knight	71
Notes and News		76
Monmouthshire Records	National Library of Wales – Annual Report	25-7
A Coin of Claudius from Abergavenny	J. K. Knight	27
Bearhouse Field Caerleon	Cefni Barnet	27
Reports of Meetings and Field Days		30

The Monmouthshire Antiquary, Vol. 1, Part 2 (1962)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
A Socketed Axe from Central Monmouthshire and its significance for the Bronze Age in Wales and the Marches	C.B. Burgess	17
Remarks on Roman Usk	George C. Boon	28
The Goldcliff Stone – A Reconsideration	Jeremy Knight	34
Two Stone Coffins	Cefni Barnett	37
Notes and news: A Caerleon Museum Centenary; Treasure Trove at Tregaer		40

The Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol. 1, Part 1 (1961)
TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
A Roman Gold Coin from Llanelen, Abergavenny Keywords: Llanelen, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire; Ty Aur Farm; Aureus (Claudius); Roman Monetary system; Caerleon hoard of aurei; Silures; Llanbethery hoard.	George C. Boon	1
A Newly-discovered medieval Tomb-Slab at Abergavenny Keywords: Priory church of St Mary, Abergavenny; Inscribed tomb-slab; Hastings family; 14th century Norman-French inscription.	Cefni Barnett	5
A trace of Romano-Brisitsh Christianity at Caerwent Keywords: Caerwent House VII North; pewter bowl; Chi-Rho inscribed monogram; 4th century	George C. Boon	8
A Neolithic Human Skull and animal bones found at Newport Keywords: Newport Orb Works; Alexandra Docks; Neolithic human skulls; animal remains: ox (small Celtic Shorthorn); sheep.	Lionel F Cowley	10
A find of Roman Pottery at Uskmouth Keywords: Uskmouth Power Station, Nash, Newport; Samian pottery; grey and black coarse ware; animal bones – sheep, ox; Goldcliff; Cold-Harbour Pill, Redwick.	Cefni Barnett	12
Human Remains at Little Dewstow Keywords: Dewstow, Caldicot; Little Dewstow Farm; three human skeletons; Liber Landavensis; Wm. Rees map of South Wales in 14th century shows manor and church	Cefni Barnett	13