MATHERN, a parish in the upper division of,
the hundred of CALDICOTT, county of MONMOUTH, 8
miles (S. S. W.) from Chepstow, containing 374 inha-,
bitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with that
of Caerwent, in the archdeaconry, and diocese of Llandaff,
rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 6., and in the
patronage of the Chapter of Llandaff. The church is
dedicated to St. Theodorick. Charles Pratt, in 1724,
bequeathed land, directing the income to be applied ifl
teaching poor children to read. A house, called Monks
Court, is supposed to have been formerly a monastery.