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Llanfaes Friary was a Franciscan friary in the now vanished medieval town of Llanfaes, close to what is now Beaumaris, in south east Anglesey, Wales. It was founded around 1237 in memory of Joan, wife of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth .
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Llanfaes (formerly also known as Llanmaes) is a small village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the north Wales coast. Its natural harbour made it an important medieval port and it was briefly the capital of the kingdom of ...
Llanfaes Friary was a Franciscan friary in the now vanished medieval town of Llanfaes, close to what is now Beaumaris, in south east Anglesey, Wales. It was founded around 1237 in memory of Joan, wife of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth.
Brewers, butchers, bakers, clothes makers and shoemakers plied their trades and were taxed. Tolls were levied on carriage of goods from the shore and on the ferry boats. The sure indicator that Llanfaes was becoming a town was the installation of a friary at Llanfaes.
The northern (Anglesey) shore of the Menai Strait has visible evidence of at least 11 fish weir sites. Five of these are northeast of Beaumaris, in Llangoed Community and are thought to have all been associated with Llanfaes Friary. All five are of the rectilinear design.
1414: Reconstitution - The friary was allegedly deserted from 1401, as a consequence of its involvement in the troubles at the start of the fifteenth century, but the house was reconstituted in 1414. [2 sources] 1538: Dissolution - The friary was dissolved in 1538. At this time there were four friars at Llanfaes. [2 sources] + 4 minor events.
So what’s the story behind the friary? First founded in 1237, it is thought that this little Franciscan friary was established by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth in memory of his wife Joan who died in the same year. The friary was located in what was once the medieval town of Llanfaes, on the Isle of Anglesey.
