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Benefice of CENARTH

(DA.CG.EM.03) 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:
£ 6. 13s. 4d.

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:
CENARTH
SN2704151 ded: ST LLAWDDOG      ST LUDOCUS as in evidence of 1221 X 1229     

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 2

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:
Ecclesia de Keymarch'     
£ 6. 13s. 4d.
10m.

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     Notes:
1 For this as the church of St Ludocus and the nine saints (in 1221 X 1229) see StDavidsEA 106.     
2 The evidence does not give a clear indication of the patronage of this church at the time of the taxatio. The wording of a grant of this church to St Davids cathedral chapter in 1221 X 1229 certainly implies appropriation ('in maiorem sustentationem canonicorum'): StDavidsEA 106 (the deed here certainly refers to this church: Cenarth is partly in Carmarthenshire and partly in Pembrokeshire, with the church in Pembrokeshire). However, a series of presentations by the king between 1307 and 1323 suggests that the church had either passed to the king or was in secular patronage and temporarily in the hands of the king: see CalPat1307-13 6, with entries in each volume of CalPat up to CalPat1321-4 337. Perhaps contrary to the indication of royal or secular patronage, the bishop collated to a vicarage here in 1487: RegStDavids2 500, and see 690.     

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