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Benefice of LLANGWYFAN

(BN.AN.CA.04) variants

This figure is the total assessed value of the benefice. Note that for a cathedral church a zero figure is given because its assessed value is derived from a number of holdings which are listed elsewhere in the taxatio text.

     Assessment for tax:		 £ 8. 0s. 0d.

This section gives the modern name of the benefice together with the church dedication and the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the church (click the grid reference to locate the church building on Google Maps). Constituent parts of the benefice, such as vicarage, or any dependent chapels, pensions, portions and prebends, with their values, are also listed here.

     Benefice details:
LLANGWYFAN
SH3356821 ded: ST CWYFAN      ST CWYFEN     

This section shows the patronage status of the benefice in 1291-2, the date of the taxatio, as much as can be found in contemporary or near-contemporary sources. The line includes the type of patronage: ecclesiastical, monastic or secular; the name of the patron; and for monastic patrons, the order of their religious house. If the patronage is ecclesiastical or monastic, then it may be an appropriated church. This is shown by the "If Appropriated" line below.

     Patronage:
not identified

This section displays the Latin text of the new edition of the taxatio based on the best sources available. Each line lists a taxable item and its assessed value in pounds, shillings and pence. Immediately below this figure is its equivalent value in medieval marks (NB.1mark=13s4d.) Click on the source button at the end of the item to see the full source reference for it.

     Full entry:
Beneficium Hugonis capellani in ecclesia de Lanpen 2     
variants
£ 8. 0s. 0d.
12m.

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     Notes:
1 The early church of Llangwyfan - now known as the 'church in the sea' since the headland on which it was built has become almost an island because of sea-erosion - survives from the time when Aberffraw was the chief seat of the princes of Gwynedd from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. The grid reference given is for the site of this early church. In 1870-1 it was replaced by a new parish church dedicated to St Mary built further inland.     
2 The church named here as 'Lanpen' is perhaps to be identified as Llangwyfan, since 'Lanpen' means 'the church on the headland', an apt description of the situation of this church 2km WSE of Aberffraw, the previous entry. The high value of the church is, however, surprising, unless the 'ex toto' next to the value in some of the taxatio texts indicates that the income of the chaplain Hugh was drawn from more than one church. The church immediately following Aberffraw in the 1254 Norwich taxatio was named as 'Nangoewen', which Lunt identified as Llangwyfan: LuntNorwich 193. (CarrAnglesey 269 suggested Llanbeulan as a possible identification for this church or for BN.AN.CA.06, but with little supporting evidence.)     

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