Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Mathri Burlal Chamber is in Mathri, Pembrokeshire, Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1872 Pages 81-143. In Mathri (martyrs) parish are the remains of a large chamber [Mathri Burlal Chamber [Map]], consisting of a capstone 13 ft. long by 8 broad, resting on one low supporter, the whole partially buried in the hedge. This apparently is the one mentioned by Fenton, who gives the length 14 ft.; and states that it was supported by stones 4 ft. high on one side, and scarcely 3 on the other. He speaks also of a cistvaen at one end, which had lost one side and its cover. This may have been a small secondary chamber. Another cromlech, according to the Ordnance Map, ought to be near it; but no traces of it are now remaining, and it is to be recretted that Fenton does not even allude to it.