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There is much difficulty in identifying this monument. Mr. Octavius 

 Morgan attributes it to Sir William Hastings, an illegitimate son of John Lord 

 Hastings, and a half-brother of Lawrence Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny. He 

 died unmarried in 1349. 



No. III.— LAWRENCE DE HASTINGS (Aug. 13, 1348). 



An altar tomb of freestone in excellent state. The effigy represents a knight 

 in armour of the 14th century. It represents a powerful man, about 6 feet in 

 length, upwards of 30 years of age. His head rests on his helmet, his feet on a 

 bull, the hands being raised over the breast in the attitude of prayer. A shield of 

 the heater shape hangs on the left side. One small military figure remains in the 

 lower part of the tomb. The monument has been mutilated, and much encroached 

 upon by another tomb at a much later period. 



The identification is somewhat doubtful, but it is believed to represent 

 Lawrence de Hastings, who died in 1348, aged 30. He was the last of the Lords 

 of Abergavenny buried in the Priory Church. His son and grandson were buried 

 at Grey Friars, in London ; and on the failure of the male line of Hastings, the 

 Barony passed to other noble families who did not live at Abergavenny. 



Nos. IV. AND V.-SIR WILLIAM AP THOMAS (1446) AND LADY 

 GWLADYS, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF SIR DAVID GAM (1454). 

 An altar tomb in alabaster, with two recumbent effigies, a knight and a lady 

 at his right side, in the style of 1450. The monument has been sadly mutilated. 

 The length of the figure of the knight is 6 ft. 4 in., and around his neck is a collar 

 of S.S., having a lozenge-shaped jewel attached. The head rests on a helmet; 

 the feet on a lion. The feet of the lady rest on two small dogs, who hold the 

 ends of the mantle in their mouths. The sword is broken away from the knight ; 

 the dagger is on the right side. The carved alabaster base on either side has 

 numerous small effigies, in very rich work. All the heads of the figures remain, 

 but slightly injured. The eastern lower panel, representing the B.V. Mary, has 

 some ancient colour remaining on it, and is a fine piece of work. 



The two canopies with some of the panels forming the lower part of the tomb 

 are supposed to have belonged to the reredos of the Priory, and not originally to 

 the tomb. 



The effigies represent Sir William ap Thomas and his second wife Gwladys, 

 by whom he had Sir William Herbert, the first created Earl of Pembroke of that 

 family. Sir Richard Herbert, of Coldbrook, and three daughters. 



Nos. VI. AND VII.— SIR RICHARD HERBERT, OF COLDBROOK 

 (c. 1470), SON OF SIR WILLIAM AP THOMAS, AND HIS 

 WIFE MARGARET, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AP GRYFFYD. 

 A 14th century altar tomb in alabaster, once rich and beautiful, but now 



much disfigured and mutilated. The effigy of the knight is 6 ft. 4 in. in length, 



