Biography

Mentioned in WHS travel letter 1833-06-24

WHS writes: "tradition says that in the year 946 Lady Trawst Wide of the Governor of Hawarden Castle was praying for rain before an alter of then Virgin Mary The alter fell upon her and killed her –"

According to the Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book 

"Among the rest, the Lady Trawst (whose husband’s name was Sytsylht, a nobleman p. 7and governor of Harden Castle) went to pray to the said Holy Rood, and she praying earnestly and long, the image or Holy Rood fell down upon her head and killed her; upon which a great uproar was raised, and it was concluded and resolved upon to try the said image for the murder of the said Lady Trawst, and a jury was summoned for this purpose, whose names were as follows:—"