Monastic Wales.








Event detail for site: Tintern

1469: Burial

William Herbert, Edward IV's Welsh 'master lock', was buried at Tintern.

This was in fact contrary to William's will of July 1369 which stated that he wished to be buried at Abergavenny, where his father was buried.
William had at one time been the abbey's steward and made generous provision in his will for the building of new cloisters at Tintern.

People associated with this event

William Herbert , Earl of Pembroke

Bibliographical sources

Printed sources

Robinson, David, Tintern Abbey, Welsh Historic Monuments (4th edn; Cardiff, 2002) pp. 17, 38.

Web links (open in new window)

Griffiths, R. A., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online - William Herbert (View website) (Subscription reqd.)

Other events in the history of this site

1131: Foundation -  [1 sources]
1139: Founds daughter-house - Tintern founded its first daughter-house at Kingswood, Glos. [1 sources]
1169-88: Dispute - Tintern was engaged in a dispute with the Cistercians of Waverley. This was under Abbot William (resigned 1188). [1 sources]
c.1188: Breach of rules - The Cistercians were originally prohibited from receiving tithes yet the monks of Tintern accepted a grant of tithes from Woolaston and the chepel of Alvington, Gloucestershire. [1 sources]
1189: Patronage - William Marshal became lord of Chepstow and as such took on the patronage of Tintern. [1 sources]
1200: Founds daughter-house - Tintern founded a second daughter-house; this was Tintern Parva in Ireland. [4 sources][1 archives]
1220: Burial - William Marshal's widow, Isabel de Clare, was buried at Tintern. [2 sources]
1223-1224: Patronage - William Marshal's son, William the Younger (d. 1231), succeeded his father as patron of Tintern and was a generous benefactor.  [1 sources]
1245: Burial - Walter and Anselm, the sons of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare, were buried at Tintern. [1 sources]
1245: Patronage - Patronage of Tintern passed to the Bigod family. [1 sources]
c.1247: Resources - Soon after this date the chapel and lands at Magor, in Monmouth, were leased to Tintern. [1 sources]
1248: Burial - Matilda Marshal, William Marshal (I)'s daughter, was buried at Tintern, where her mother and two of her brothers lay. Her heart was buried at Lewes Priory. [1 sources]
1282: Fine - The abbey was fined the significant sum of £112 for illicitly felling trees in 200 acres of the royal forest at Woolaston. [1 sources]
c.1291: Wealth - According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica the monastery had over 3000 acres of arable, over 3000 sheep and its possessions were estimated at c. £145. [4 sources]
1302: Patronage - Roger Bigod IV, earl of Norfolk (d. 1306) was a generous benefactor and granted the monks of Tintern his entire manor of Acle, Norfolk. [1 sources]
1326: Royal visitor - Edward II took refuge at the house when fleeing Roger Mortimer's army; he spent two nights at Tintern. [1 sources]
1340: Debt - The monastery was in debt to the sum of £174 to the Italian merchants of Lucca. [1 sources]
1395: Numbers - At this time there were fourteen monks at Tintern living with their abbot, John Wysbech. [1 sources]
1469: Burial - William Herbert, Edward IV's Welsh 'master lock', was buried at Tintern. [2 sources]
1478: Visit - William of Worcester, antiquary and traveller, stayed at the house from Friday 4 September until Monday 7 September.  [1 sources]
c.1535: Wealth - The survey - the Valor Ecclesiasticus - estimated Tintern's annual net income to be £192. [3 sources]
1536: Dissolution - Tintern was dissolved under the 1536 Act of Suppression on 3 September 1536. [3 sources][1 archives]
 
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