1. D. Robinson (ed.), The Cistercian
Abbeys of Britain (London, 1998),
p. 177.
2. L. Butler & C. Given-Wilson, Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain (London,
1979), p. 347.
3. S. W. Williams, The Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida (London, 1889),
appendix
p. xx, quoted in F. G. Cowley, The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349 (Cardiff,
1977), p. 212.
4. Ibid., p. 213.
5. D. Knowles & R. Neville Hadcock (eds), Medieval Religious Houses: England
and Wales (London, 1953), p. 115.
6. Butler & Given-Wilson, Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain,
p. 347.
7. In 1202 Gerald of Wales attempted to pawn his books in order to fund his journey
to Rome. At the last moment Abbot Cadwgan refused to accept the books on pledge
since it was contrary to the institutes of the order and Gerald was forced to
sell his cherished library to the abbey. Gerald saw it as the theft of his books
at a time when he was destitute and powerless to prevent it. He later attacked
every aspect of Cadwgan’s character and achievements, saying he was a fraud
and an exploiter of others’ misery. Gerald of Wales, Speculum Ecclesiae,
pp. 154-5.
8. F. G. Cowley, The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349 (Cardiff,
1977), p. 157.
9. Butler & Given-Wilson, Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain,
p. 347.
10. Knowles & Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales,
p. 115.
11. Robinson, The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, p. 179.
