7. LANN CORS [Map].³ Know all Christians that Awst, King of Brecknock, and his sons Eliud and Rhiwallon, on account of the Lord, and out of personal friendship, have given in alms, in addition to their bodies for burial, Lann Cors, to Bishop Oudoceus, and all his successors in the church of Peter the apostle, and St. Dubricius, and St. Teilo of Llandaff, and with its fish, and fisheries for eels, and with all its territory, in form of an endowment, for ever, and with all its liberty in field and in woods, in water and in pastures, and with its refiige, and privilege, without govemor or sub-govemor, vrithout attending warlike expeditions either in the country or without, in a similar manner. Of the clergy, the witnesses are Oudoceus, Bishop; Sedoc a witness, Cynfran, Cynogan, Cynweon, Cynleg son of Columfran, Cynfau, Cynlywem, Cellan, Ádgar, Gwengarth. Of the laity, King Awst, with his sons Eliud and Bhiwallon, and others. Whoever will keep it, may the Lord keep him; but whoever will separate it from the Church of Llandaff, may he be separated from enjoying the company of angels. Amen. Its boundary is, From the influx of the Spring of the Twelve Saints into the Lake of Syfaddon [Map]¹, along the rill upwards to the source of the spring, to the head of the dyke of Dywarchen, along the dyke to where it falls into the Llylhi, along it downwards to the top of Bryn Eiddal, to the left over the top of the hill to the source of the brook Afel, along the brook to the Llyfhi, along the Llyfiii to the Lake, along the Lake to the influx of the Spring of the Twelve Saints, where it began.

Note 3. Llangors, a parish in Breconshire, the church whereof is six miles E. S. E. from Brecknock.

Note 1. Llyn Safaddon or Llangors Pool [Map],— a beautiful sheet of water, about two miles in length and one in breadth, situate near Llangors Church [Map]. It is celebrated for its eels, which seem to have been of sufficient importance to be noticed in the above grant.

26. Village Of Tref Ceriaü, That Is Llanmihangel², Meibion Gratlaun.

Be it known to all the inhabitants of the southem district of Britain, that a great dispute arose between Lybiau, Bishop of Llandaff, and Tewdwr son of Elised, King of Brecknock, because King Tewdwr sent off the Bishop from his monastery of Lanncors [Map] by himself, having taken away from him his banquet by force and violence. And so great an outrage having been committed, the Bishop on the morrow arose with his family, and left the King under a malediction and perpetual curse; and assembling together all the clergy of the whole diocese, situate between the mouth of the Taratyr on Wye and the mouth of Towy, in full synod at Llandaff, caused the King to be anathematized. And it was told to the King, and to the Bishop of St. David's, whose name was Lumberth³, respecting the curse that had been pronounced. And after an interval of time, messengers having been sent to Bishop Lybiau, and received by him, they met together in the monastery of Lanncors [Map]. And it was adjudged to Bishop Lybiau, that he should have five times the value of the attendants he had when the banquet was taken from him, and also seven times the value of the said Bishop, that is 700 marks of pure gold. King Tewdwr seeing that he could not comply with the judgment, sought pardon through means of his intercessor, Bishop Lumberth, offering, with the acceptance of penance, Tref Ceriau, to God, and to St. Dubricius, St. Teilo, and St. Oudoceus, and to Bishop Libiau, and all Bishops of Llandaff for ever. Pardon being given to him, Bishop Lybiau accepted that land, with all its liberty, without any payment to any mortal man besides to the Church of Llandaff and its Pastors for ever, and with all commonage in field and in woods, in water and in pastures. Its boundary is, — The highway which is on the south, by the thom bush, from thence as far as the river Tangeiel,^1a which is on the north, thence by the brook eastward as far as the fountain Chenien; afterwards from this fountain through the diy valley which leads upwards as faras the aforesaid highway again, which is on the south. Of the clergy, the witnesses are, Libiau, Bishop; Lumberth, Bishop; Eneuris, presbyter; Divin, presbyter; Marchwydd, Cerenhir, Rhyfelwr, Dissaith, Henif, Redwn, Canadam, Cynog; of the laity, King Tewdwr, Mor, Sulbrit, EUystan, Bran, Serus, Avel, Davin. Whoever will keep it, may Grod keep him; and whoever will separate it fipom the Church of Llandafl may he be accursed. Amen.

Note 2. Probably Llanfihangel, or St Michael Cwmdu, Breconshire; see pages 414, 416, where its boundaries are described in nearly the same words.

Note 3. Lumberth, Bishop of St. David's. He was consecrated by Ethelred, Archbishop of Canterbury, and was Bishop in 872. He is the same person as Lunyerd, or Llywarch, mentioned by Godwin as the 30th Bishop of that See.

Note 1a. The river Rhiangoll.

8. Grant Of Rhydderch Son Of Lestyn.²

Rhydderch son of lestyn, King of Glamorgan, indeed of all Wales, except the isle of Euonia³, which lago son of Idwal kept for himself; this Rhydderch, I say, was a pacific and mild man, who granted to both the clergy and laity of his whole kingdom, and to the widows and orphans, their rights and inheritance by both divine and human law, and especially to the church of God, and its governors, that is Bishops, and all persons of inferior orders; in whose time there was no desolation throughout all Wales, either on the moimtains or the plain, except in three villages, which were in a solitary situation. To Llandaff indeed, and its saints, Dubricius, Teilo, and Oudoceus, and to Joseph its Bishop, he granted their chiirches and their tenitones, to he all possessed in quiet peace, and with their dignity, and every privilege confinned to them, and complete liberty to the present and iuture inhabitants, and firee commonage in field and in waters, in wood and in pastures; and out of veneration for the catholic ÜEdth, he confirmed it with an oath, in the presence of Bishop Josephy putting his hands on the four gospels, the holy relics being placed before him; and so that he would not; knowingly take away a single clod, either by laical violence, or tyrannical fuiy, wicked contrivance, or cuiming deceit, from the territories of Llandaff and with all privileges granted to it fi-om the time of St. Dubricius, St. Teilo, and St. Oudoceus; that is without any payment, great or small, to any mortal man, except only daily prayer and daily ecclesiastical service, without govemor or sub-govemor, without attending meetings within the country or without, without keeping watch either within or without, without attending expeditions, and with all the fiill dignity of its court, and as I may say, in all things as a regal court; and vowing to God, andto St. Dubricius, Teilo, and St. Oudoceus, and in the hand of Bishop Joseph, consolidating and promising to all his successors for ever, that he would not bear rale in any ecclesiastical matter or possessions, and that he would not violate refiige, but would preserve it in every respect. And the same refuge was granted and confirmed by him to all its territories, as was in the former time of St. Dubricius, that is, that the fiigitive should remain safe at Llandaff and in all the churches subject thereto, as long as he would, without any protecting shield but the divine, and with the protectìon of the saints in its asylum, and without limit, and not only within his diocese, which was bounded by the Towy on the westem side, and by the Wye in the eastem part bordering upon England, but also within the diocese of St. David, throughout the region of Cantref Mawr, Brecknock, and Elfael.

Note 2. Professor Rees, in his "Welsh Saints," p. 249, observes respecting this grant, "That if it eyer took place, it was only for the short reign of Rhydderch ab lestyn; for the Dimetian princes, considering him to he an usorper, took up arms against him, and a battle ensued, in which he was slain, leaving his Principality to he divided between the conquerors. Subsequent events prove that they did not confirm his benefactions; and his reason for bestowing those possessions upon the see of Llandaff, if grounded upon the supposition that they once belonged to Teilo, must haye rested upon a false foundation, for that Prelate was also the acknowledged Archbishop of Menevia."

Note 3. Probably the Isle of Anglesey is here intended.

And the Church of Llandaff, and Bishop Joseph, had possession of all the undermentioned in quiet and tranquil peace in the time when Rhydderch was King of all Wales, and by the admonition of JEbiod, Archbishop of Canterbury, and recommendatory letters of Canute, King of England. — ln Cantref Mawr¹, I. Llandeilo fawr², with its two territories. II. Llandeilo Nantserw.³ III. Llandeilo Garthtevir.⁴ IV. Llandeilo Mainaur Brunus.⁵ V. Llandeilo Bechan in the vale of Tivy. — ln Cantref Guartaf⁶, VI. Llandeilo Landibrguir mainaur.⁷ VII. Llandeilo Treficemiau.⁸ VIII. Llantoulidauc Icair.⁹ IX. Llandeilo Apercoguin.¹¹ X. Llandeilo Pentwyn.¹² XI. Llandeilo Lwynguaidan¹³, a village only in Efelfre. — In Pembroke, XII. Llanrath;¹⁴ and, XIII. Llancronguem¹⁵, with the three territories of Anuuth; their boundary is from the torrent of Gwrgan to Glanrath. XIV. Tref Carn,^1a a village only, without a church. XV. Llaithty Teilo on the bank of the Ritec, a village only, near Penaly.^2a XVI. Menechi,^3a on the banks of the Ritec, near Penaly. XVII. Pwll Arda near Maenor bir,^4a a village only. XVIII. Llandeilo a village only. XIX. The Church of Guiniau,^3a where St. Teilo was born. XX. Porthmedgen,^6a a village only. XXI. Porth maneich,^7a mainaur Manuthiel. XXII. Dingueimhaf in lenion,^8a a village only. XXIII. Llandeilo Litgarth,^9a in the boundary of Dou cledif and Cemaes mainaur. XXIV. Llandeilo Cilrhedin in Emlyn.^10a— In Ros,^11a XXV. Lannissan Mainaur. XXVI. Bronlan. XXVIL Llangurfit.^12a— In Pembroke,^13a XXVIII. Ciltutuc^14a XXIX. Penclecir.^14a— In Pebidiog,^15a Mainaur Mathru,^16a XXX. Cenarth^17a Mawr.

— In Brecknock,^1b XXXI. Llangurvaet^2b mainaur. — In Cantref Selim,^3b XXXII. Llangoed.^4b— In Cantref Talacharn,^5b XXXIII. Llangors [Map].^6b XXXIV. Llanfihangel meibion gratlawn.^7b XXXV. Llan y deuddeg seint.^8b — In Elfael,^{9 b} XXXVL Llanfeilig and Llowes.^10b XXXVIL Llandeilo y ciliau in the valley of the Bachawy.^11b

Note 1. The northem portion of Camarthenshire, containing the hundred of Caio and Cathemiog.

Note 2. Llandeilo £Eiwr, Carmarthenshire, see pp. 321 and 322.

Note 3. Llandeilo Nant Serw, gnpposed to be in the parish of Caio, see p. 362.

Note 4. Uandeilo Garthtefir, — ^Brondeilo, in the parish of Caio, see p. 362.

Note 5. Uandeilo Rwnnws, in Carmarthenshire, see p. 364.

Note 6. Cantref Gwarthaf, — the westem part of Carmarthenshire, with a large portion of Pembrokeahire.

Note 7. Llanddowror, Carmarthenshire, see p. 321.

Note 8. Probably Trelech, Carmarthenshire, see p. 363.

Note 9. Llandeulydog, a church once so called, in Pembrokeshire.

Note 10. Llandeilo Abercywyn, see p. 363.

Note 11. Probably Henllan, near Llanddewi Felfre, Pembrokeshire.

Note 12. Llwyngwaddan, near Llanddewi Fel&e.

Note 13. Amroth, in Pembrokeshire.

Note 14. Cronware, in Pembrokeshire.

Note 1a. Probably St. Florence, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, see p. 863.

Note 2a. Penaly, near Tenby.

Note 3a. Probably this place or Eccluis Gunniau is Gumfreston, near Tenby,flee pagedeS.

Note 4a. Maenorbyr, Pembrokeshire.

Note 5a. Situation unknown, see p. 363.

Note 6a. Probably Cheriton, Pembrokeshire.

Note 7a. Perhaps the same place as Mouncton, near Pembroke.

8a. Supposed to be Lanion, near Pembroke.

Note 9a. Llandeilo Llwydgarth, near Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, on the borders of the hundreds of Dungleddy and Kemmaes.

Note 10a. Cihrhedin, Carmarthenshire, see p. 364.

Note 11a. The hundred of Rhos, Pembrokeshire,

Note 12a. In a copy of this grant giyen by Bishop Godwin, TeÜchdonman is inserted between Llangurfit and Ciltutuc.

Note 13a. Part of ihe hundred of CasÜe Martin, Pembrokeshire.

Note 14a. This place and Penclecir must haye been situated somewhere between Tenby and Pembroke; for their boundaries see p. 367.

Note 15a. Pebidiog or Dewsland, — the northwest portion of Pembrokeshire, sce paged69.

Note 16a. Mathry, Pembrokeshire, — for the grant of this place see p. 367.

Note 17a. Cenarth,— « parish in Carmarthenshire, see p. 367.

Note 1b. Meaning Biycheiniog or Breconshire.

Note 2b. Llandeilo'r fân, Breconshire, see p. 307.

Note 3b. Cantref Selyf, — an ancient division of Breconshire, see p. 374.

Note 4b. Llangoed, — an extinct chapel in the parish of Lljswen, Breconshire, see page 412.

Note 5b. The hundred of Talgarth, Breconshire.

Note 6b. Llangors [Map], Breconshire, situate 6 miles E. S. E. &om Brecknock, see p. 388.

Note 7b. Supposed to be Llanfihangel Cwmdu, Breconshire, see p. 413, which place however is not in the present hundred of Talgarth. «

Note 8b. Llan-y-deuddeg-saint, — the situation of this church is unknown; there IS a place in the boundaries of Llangors called Ffynnon y deuddeg saint, seep. 389.

Note 9b. El&el, — the name of an ecdesiastical division or rural deanery in Rad norshire.

Note 10b. Uowes, — a parish in Radnorshire, whose church is dedicated to St. Meilig, see p. 392.

Note 11b. Llandeilo Graban, — a parish in Radnorshire, whose church is 6 miles S. E. by E. from the town of Builth. The Bachawy is a brook that falls into the Wye near Erwood.