The Arts In Berwick -- Music
Edward's Crwth

King Edward II spent Christmas of 1310 in Berwick. Brought up in Wales, all his life he adored Welsh poetry and the music of the Welsh bowed harp or crwth ('crooth'), which his minstrel Richard the Rhymer learnt to play at Shrewsbury Abbey.

It is likely that the delicate tones of the crwth were heard in the great hall of Berwick castle accompanying Welsh ballads.

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