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2 unusual facts about Llanthony Secunda


Caldicot, Monmouthshire

One of the oldest buildings in Caldicot, Llanthony Secunda Manor, was built around 1120 as a grange for monks from Llanthony Secunda Priory in Gloucester.

Llanthony Secunda

In 1135, after persistent attacks from the local population, the monks of Llanthony Priory in the Black Mountains, Wales retreated to Gloucester where they founded a daughter cell, Llanthony Secunda.


Pedro Manrique de Lara

A charter redacted at Angers on 23 January 1183 and preserved in the cartulary of Llanthony Secunda records the gift of bridewealth to a certain Margaret, relative of Henry II of England, by her husband, Petrus Dei gratia comes de Lara.


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