The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-15
EMPEROR NAMES NEW
MINISTER TO PEKIN

, confirmed Information contained in an.
cient documents In the possession Of
Foclas. In Denbighshire, in a scqucs-
tered and wooded knoll. that Llewcllyn
rests AS history tells us. he WAS de-
barred from burial In consccrated
ground. owing to his being under .ex-
communication. Otherwise he would
lave been laid beside his father. he
i9rc the high altar Of the monastery
OF Abcrconwy. AS il was. he was
buried In unconSccrated ground by tho
monks The monastery. however, coon
iell under the power and patronage ot
Edward j. who moved It to a site sew
eral miles away. and 1t is understood
that the monks thought II safest to
transfer the body Of the Kings enemy
70 distant corner of their property.
For the Pentrc Foclas land belonged
to the Abbey OF Aberconwy.
II is there. al Pentre Focus, that
may be seen the stone. on which there
Is Latin inscription. in characters
OF the thirteenth century, 10 the cffcut
that in front OF the stone arc the re-
brated l.ewclin. Prince Of North Wales
may add that an attempt was made
by the Abbot and monks of .tbcrconwy
70 secure the post, mortcm removal OF
the han of the church on Llewellyn. but
without success
II is stated in most OF the his
Prince Of North Wales. which was his
title, In 1882 the royal line of Wales
became extinct. Recent Investigation,
however, proves this not to have been
the case Ilewcllyn was survived by
Three brothers. Owen, the eldest. lived
and died an obscure country gentle
man In Carnarvonshirc. and left no
| issue David who had been created
an English baron. was tried for high
treason, after Llcwellyn's death. and
was hanged. drawn; and Guartcred. The
came n pcnsioncr OF the English crown,
married an English hciress, and lived
and died In England. He had an only
child, of the name of Owen, who re-
deemed his family name, and became
hero OF romance, even In that bright
! era of chivalry, his tragic death being
In keeping with the ,unha ppy tradi-
tions of his house.
Owen Ap Thomas. Ap Roderick lie
wellyn. as he is styled in state papers.
In England, fed TO the court Of France,
where he was received with the honors
due 10 the rightfnl Prince of Walea,
lie fought as such against the Ems
lish al .Poictiers, in 1356. and the, glamor,
of his name drew many n Welshman
away from the standard of Edward. :
do Gales. as he was called by his
French friends. became captain of one
OF those free companies" which sought
adventure in tho mountains of Switzcr-
lombardy. In Brittany he was an
honored comrade In arms of the noblest
knight in Christendom. Bertrand de
Guesclri, and according 10 F'roissart's
Chronicles. was greatly praised and
we'll beloved with the. French King.
and with all tho lords" Assassinnted
by his trusted squire. John Lambe,$at
the instance of the British authorities
at Rordeanx-I,ambe's receipt for Nhesi
price of tho murder being still pre-:
served among the English state papers. (;
where it can be seen by students--the !,
real last of the Llewellyns was entomb-
ed in the Church of st. Iegere. on tho
banks of the Gironde. mourned as
Froissart puts it..''by good knyghtes
and s1uires Bretons, Poictevynes. nm ;.
Frenchmen-hy all the chivtliry OF
France" And with him were buried all
the hopes and dreams OF his country
men, who were looking for his return
to Wales. and for his delverance OF the
prncipalty from the yoke of England.
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