A TOUR ROUNtf NORTH WALES. 



This was a houfeof Ciftertians, dedi- 

 cated to the Virgin Mary, and founded 



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about the year 1200, by Madoc ap 

 Gryffydd, Prince of Powys, and Grand- 

 fon, by the mother's fide, to Owen Gwy- 

 nedd, Prince of Wales. He was after- 

 wards interred here.* At the diflblu- 

 tion, the revenues were valued, accord- 

 ing to Dugdale, at a hundred and eighty- 

 eight pounds, eight (hillings ; and ac- 

 cording to Speed, at two hundred and 

 fourteen pounds, three (hillings, and 

 five pence, per annum.-f- 



I will conclude my account of this 

 abbey, by quoting a paflage from Mr. 

 Grofe,J of which I dare fay every one 

 will be ready to give his judgment in 

 his own way. 



After remarking that on thefe build- 

 ings are divers characters, but many of 



* Powel, p. 25 j 293. 



i Tanner's Not. Monaft. 



J Antiquities of England and Wales. 



them 



