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Letters to the Editor 137 Kings Road Canton, Cardiff CF1 9DE Dear Editor I would like to draw your attention to the article 'Schooling in Ewyas' which appears in the Journal of Gwent Loc. Hist. Council No.65 dated Autumn 1988. In this article the words®r'but this was an eccentric sort of learning restricted to the Benedictine Canons' occurs. I must point out that there is no religious order now or ever has been in the Catholic Church of this title. Llanthony Abbey was founded in the 12th cent. by Hugho de Lacy as a Priory for the Order of St. Augustine or Augustinian Canons. I am Sir, Yours Faithfully, lorwerth Illtud Rees, (Oblate of The Benedictine Abbey of Buckfast Devon) CORRIGENDUM In the article in 'Schooling in Ewyas' which appeared on p. 7 of No. 65 of G.L.H. a regretted lapse of memory caused the misattribution of the monks of Llanthony to the Order of St. Benedict whereas they belonged to the Order of St. Augustine, held to have been favoured by Maud, queen to King Henry the First. The court took an active interest in the first foun- dation under her former chaplain, Prior Emisius, supported by William the hermit-knight who was responsible for The choice of this remote site. The first church was consecrated in 1108 A.D. J.D.P.G. Alan Sutton Publishing Limited 30 Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1JJ Telephone (0452) 419575 Facsimile (0452) 302791 Dear Editor, THE BRITISH ISLES IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS This highly successful series was started three years ago, and ninety titles are now in print, out of an estimated minimum of 600 titles for the whole of the British Isles. In 1988 we published 43 titles in the series, 1989 will see a further 65 titles published, at which level we shall continue for the forseeable future.