Monastic Wales.








Event detail for site: Aberconwy 1

1245: Destruction and compensation

The abbey was sacked and looted by Henry III's men who destroyed the church.

Henry III duly granted the community seventy marks in compensation and took the abbey under his protection.

People associated with this event

Henry III , king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine (compensated the community)

Bibliographical sources

Printed sources

Calendar of the Liberate rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, ed. William Henry Stevenson and Cyril Thomas Flower (London, 1916-) vol. 2, pp. 66, 352

Hays, R. W., The History of the Abbey of Aberconway, 1186-1537 (Cardiff, 1963) p. 47

Williams, David H., The Welsh Cistercians (Leominster, 2001) p. 28

Other events in the history of this site

1186: Foundation - Aberconwy was founded on 24 July 1186 and colonised by monks from Strata Florida.  [3 sources]
1192: Relocation - The austere conditions at Rehednog-fel prompted the monks to relocate. [1 sources]
c.1200: Patronage - Llywelyn ab Iowerth gave the community the township of Nanhwynain. [1 sources]
1216: Burial - Hywel ap Gruffydd was buried at the house. [1 sources]
c.1240: Burial - Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth took the habit at Aberconwy shortly before his death and was buried at the house; his stone coffin can now be seen in Llanrwst parish church.  [1 sources]
1245: Destruction and compensation - The abbey was sacked and looted by Henry III's men who destroyed the church. [3 sources]
1246: Burial - Iowerth the Great's successor, Dafydd, was buried at the house. [2 sources]
1248: Burial - Prince Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1244), the illegtimate son of Llywelyn the Great, was buried at the house. [5 sources]
c.1255: Patronage - Llywelyn ap Gruffydd granted Aberconwy the tithes of Llanbadrig, to reward the monks for their loyalty to him. [1 sources]
1277: Meeting - Llywelyn ap Gruffydd signed the Treaty of Aberconwy at the abbey and capitulated to Edward I.  [1 sources]
1280: Request for prayers - The Cistercian General Chapter agreed to the abbot of Aberconwy's request that the Order include Dafydd ap Gruffudd and his wife in their prayers and spiritual benefits.  [1 sources]
1281: Grant - The monks gave Llywelyn ap Gruffydd £40 as a mark of their gratitude for his kindness. [1 sources]
c.1283-4: Relocation - Edward I compelled the monks to relocate to Maenan, some seven miles away. [2 sources]
1283: Occupation - In 1283 (13 March-9 May) Edward I quartered at Aberconwy for the last months of his campaign against the Welsh. [2 sources]
 
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