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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 72—No. 3744
Fix this textWednesday, November 14, 1951
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textFLAXLEY ABBEY, HOME OF SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY'S “WIDOW BOVEY”
Fix this textFLAXLEY ABBEY, situated near the village of Newnham, on the eastern
Fix this textboundary of the Royal Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire, has a history
Fix this textdating from the twelfth century. It can be seen in the above picture behind
Fix this textthe eighteenth-century Flaxley Church, which was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott.
Fix this textThe Abbey incorporates parts of the original Cistercian Abbey rounded
Fix this textin 1146 by Roger, second son of the Earl of Hereford, in memory ot his
Fix this textfather, who was killed on this very spot on a Christmas Eve. He could hardly
Fix this texthave chosen a more delectable spot for the Abbey, as the monks_ described
Fix this textthe vale as “fertile, good for fruit, suitable for grain, buried m woods,
Fix this textabounding in springs, a horn of plenty, a place apart from the haunts of men.
Fix this textThe woods surrounding the Abbey was a favourite hunting ground of
Fix this textNorman and Plantagenet kings, who frequently stayed at Flaxley Abbey, It
Fix this textwas particularly favoured by Henry I (1100-1135) and by Henry H (1154-1189),
Fix this textwho bestowed certain privileges on the Abbey, such as itinerant forges, tithes
Fix this textfor chestnuts, venison, grazing for cattle and tracts of woodland. AT first
Fix this textthe Royal concern was mainly for the preservation of game cover, but in
Fix this textcourse of time the timber acquired new importance for shipbuilding and
Fix this textiron-smelting and, as the coalmining industry developed, for pit props. The
Fix this textmonks of Flaxley Abbey were very busy iron-smelters, which was a profitable
Fix this textbusiness in those days.
Fix this textThe remains of the original Abbey include a grand hall, severely plain,
Fix this textaccording to Cistercian needs; vaulted rooms, one great archway, a smaller
Fix this textdoorway and various walls either in the house or in the private grounds.
Fix this textThe Abbey also treasures two portraits of Catharine Bovey, a charming
Fix this textyoung lady to whom a long inscription may be seen in the church and who
Fix this textalso earned by her generosity a monument in Westminster Abbey. Married
Fix this textat 15 and widowed at 22, the rich young widow lived in her manor at Flaxley
Fix this textfor another thirty-five years, and died here in 1726. The poor children of the
Fix this textParish were educated at her expense, and, remembering that charity begins at
Fix this texthome, she left money for rebuilding Flaxley Church and the endowment for
Fix this textthe living. She was well known to Richard Steele, whom she entertained at
Fix this textFlaxley Abbey, and his recollections of her hospitality appear in his “Coverley
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