New-York tribune., 1909-06-18
LLEWELLYN'S TOMB
ITS Location at Length DiScOUered
at the BOdIeidn.
-oco.r-irht. 1909. ex the Brentwood co1npanxa

r-,-v-frht 1909 bv the Brentwood Company
v.-slsnoeu ali the world will be interested
,o.-n If the deciphering. by Edward ". B. Nichol-
-, the eminent librarian Of the famous Bodlean
T.h-arv AZ oxford. Of ancient inscription
rarding the burial place Of Lewellyn, the last
e-s,q, Prince Of Wales The site Of the grave has
.1,raxs been matter doubt speculation and
search hut has after all these centuries. been
s.s,itelv determined The place in which the prince
,ss entornbed belonged, according TO the inscrip
finn 10 the Abbey Of Aberemw-y. or. as Welsh his
+ortans would rather pat it, the Abbey Of Cum Hir
end il was the monks of this abbey who sang the
1ssr mass which attended This discovery
-. fail 10 give fresh life the movement inaugu-
rsted by the Marquis Of Butte for the erection of
rr.st national monument TO hewellyn by means Of
subscriptions from WeIshmen in all parts Of the
world
stated in most Of the histories and has been
generally assumed that with the death of Prince
IJeneIlyn and Of his brother. David. in 1852, the
roval line Of Wales became extinct Recent inVes-
firations prove this however. not to have been the
case. Llewellyn the last prince, was survived by
three brothers owen rhe eldest. lived and died an
obscure country gentleman. in CaTnarvonShlTe, and
left no issue. The turbulent David. who had been
created an English baron was tried for high trea-
son after Llewellyn's death. and hanged.
drawn and quartered His younger brother, Rod
srick. became a pensioner Of the English Crown,
married an English heress. and lived and died in
England. His only son, Thomas succeeded 10 two
small estates in England and 10 one manor in
Wales But he ALWAYS in want of money, and
most # the documentary traces left Of him are con-
cerned with his dealings with money lenders. He.
however. eft al his death in 1865 named
Owen who redeemed his family fame and became
q hero Of romance even l. that bright era Of chV-
airy. his tragic death being in keeping with the
unhappy traditions Of his house
spv-en-ar-Thonas-a p-Roderick. he is styled in
the state papers. seems TO have grown dissatisfied
with his position as a needy and suspected So
:ourrer among his hereditary foes He fed 10 the
court Of France. where he was received with the
honors due the rightfui Prince Of Wales He
fought against the English al PoCtiers in 1855 and
.he glamour Of his name drew many a Welshnnan
svav from the standard Of Edward the Black
Prince. On the conclusion Of peace between the
English and the French. Yenain de Gales. as
Owen OF Wales called by his new friends
became captain Of one OF those free companies
which spread terror throughout the mountains OF
switzerland and the plains Of Lombardy- When
war broke out again between England and France
ve find him appearing in Brittany as an honoreo
cornrade IN arms Of the noblest knight OF Chrlste-
dom. Bertrand du Guesclin. and bore himself so
vel saws the old chronicler. that he was greatly
raised and well beloved with the French King
and with all the lords
six years later Yuan, as FroissaTt calls MIN IN
his Chronicles assassinated while besle6lns
the town OF Observation-Disclosures by his trusted
squire John Lambe. piercing him from Dehlho
With sword while he sat in his tent The Eng
Msh state papers prove that the murder OF owen
Of Wales had been deliberately planned in advance
BY the English authorities at Bordeaux, and thal
~. assassin was literally rewarded by their gov
eminent Indeed, John Lambes receipt for the
price Of blood is still preserved among the English
state papers where It can be seen by students
Owen Of Wales was inferred in the ChuTch OF d
1ere-e on the banks OF the GirOnde. mourned by
-be cnfvslr OF France, or. Froissart puts it. b.
good snyghtes and sQuires, Bretons. PoicteVyne'
snd F-enchrneu' and with him were buried th'
hopes and the dreams Of his countrymen- VINO were
locking for his return 10 Wales and for his de
l4,eance of the principality from the yoke Of Eng
land