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a black slab has been inserted recording the first foundation of 

 the Church in A.D. GOD, in memory of Thewdrick, king of 

 Maganuck, or Glamorgan. A. great battle was fought at Tintern, 

 and the king who was present being slain, was forthwith ac- 

 counted by the men of Glamorgan a martyr, under the title of 

 St. Thewdrick ; hence a church arose to his memory. This record 

 is said to have been by the hand of Bishop Godwin. Adjoining 

 is Mathern House, formerly the Palace of the Bishops of Llandaff ; 

 several traces of 15th century and Elizabethan architecture in the 

 old gateway-tower, and windows, attest its former importance. 

 Moiens, or Monks' Court, a bow-shot across the fields, the pro- 

 perty of Mr. Lewis, of Dennel Hill, is of later date, traces of a 

 former house are however to be seen in an orchard at the back. 

 A gateway between two tall towers leads to an oblong grass 

 covered court, a sloping garden on the south has traces of a stew 

 or fish pond, and the occupants of the house state that a coffin 

 had been found in the garden, whether Roman or Mediaeval was 

 not known. The Bishops of Llandaff appear to have resided here 

 after leaving Mathern. A weather-Avorn stone, now in a room 

 over the tower gateway, found during repairs in a chimney, has 

 the following Latin inscription : — 



HUNC DOMUM CONSTRUXIT * * * LANDAVENSIS. 



***cs *** 



(" SC " being probably part of the word Episcopus.) 



The arms over the entrance doorway are those of GodAvin, accord- 

 ing to the reading of one of the Members, so that tlie missing 

 word is probably " Godwin " in the inscription. A stone with a 

 Roman inscription was found in a wall adjoining, and is now in 

 the Museum at Caerleon. A pleasant walk across the fields led 

 the Members to the modernised mansion of St. Pierre. A glimpse 

 of the oak panelled dining room, with the portrait of Henry 

 Martin the regicide, Avho spent his latter years under restraint in 



