Site details: Llangua


Home dershane Project team Project News Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Display site: Llangua (Priory) also known as: Llangua Order: Benedictine Llangua Priory was established as an alien priory of Lyre Abbey in Normandy and was later granted to the Carthusian house at Sheen. show details of standing remains Standing remains Remains of the fourteenth-century priory church are now preserved as the parish church of St James, Llangua. Significant remnants of Llangua's monastic past include a wooden figure of St James; the fourteenth-century oak screen is from Whitford in Devon. The base and shaft of a medieval cross stand in the small churchyard. There may be trace foundations of other monastic buildings in the surrounding fields. Medieval Diocese: Llandaff Affiliated to: Lyre Abbey, Normandy (mother-house) Lordship at foundation: Gower Access: Public access to the parish church of St James (formerly the priory church) Owned by: Representative Body of the Church in Wales Main events in the history of this site pre 1183: Foundation - The priory was founded before 1183 when the manor and church of Llangua were granted to Lyre Abbey in Normandy, to establish an alien priory. [2 sources] c.1268x1270: Patronage - Edmund (‘Crouchback’), earl of Lancaster and son of Henry III, instigated an enquiry concerning his rights over the priory as patron. [1 source] c.1291: Wealth - The Taxatio of Nicholas IV refers to the church of Llangua, held by the procurator of Lyre for 10s. [5 sources] c.1300: Lands - In the fourteenth century Llangua's holdings in Wales were considered part of the Livers Ocle estate. [1 source][1 archive] c.1337: Custody - During the Hundred Years War, the Crown took control of Lyre’s properties. [1 source][1 archive] 1414: Ownership - Llangua was granted to the Carthusian house of Sheen. [2 sources] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the manor of Llangua was valued at £2. [2 sources][1 archive] 1539: Dissolution - The Carthusian house of Sheen retained Langua and its other Welsh properties until its suppression in 1539. [1 source] + 5 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Edmund, first earl of Lancaster (Edmund Crouchback) , lord of Monmouth (patron) Priors of Llangua Bibliographical sources 10 Printed sources show sources The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, III, 1377-1540, ed. David M. Smith (CUP: Cambridge, 2008) p. 189 Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales, ed. R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles (Harlow, 1971) pp. 84, 89 Monasticon Anglicanum: a History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 6 in 8 vols, ed. Sir William Dugdale, revised J. Caley, H. Ellis, B. Bandinel (London, 1817-1830) vol. 6 pt 2, pp. 1015-1016 Burton, Janet, 'Transition and transformation: the Benedictine houses', in Monastic Wales: New Approaches, ed. Janet Burton and Karen Stöber (University of Wales: Cardiff, 2013), pp. 21-37 Cowley, F. G., The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349 (Cardiff, 1977) Graham, Rose, 'The taxation of Pope Nicholas IVth', Engish Historical Review, 23 (1908), pp. 434-454 Greenway, W., 'The election of John of Monmouth, bishop of Llandaff', Morganwg, 5 (1961), pp. 3-22 Hockey, S. F., 'Llangua, alien priory of Lyre', Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales, 27 (1990), pp. 8-13 Hockey, S. F., 'William FitzOsbern and the endowment of his abbey at Lire', in Anglo-Norman Studies: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 3, ed. R. Allen Brown (Bury St Edmunds, 1981), pp. 96-105 Morgan, M. M., 'The suppression of the alien priories', History, 26 (1941), pp. 204-212 1 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) RCAHMW, Coflein database - St Ciwa's, Llangua (View website) Archival sources The National Archives, 'Exchequer King's Remembrancer: Return of benefices held by alien religious, Llandaff, S Glamorgan', (Document), The National Archives, 'Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenth', (Document),f. 27 British Library, 'Sheen inventory of muniments', (Document), (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales Who were the Benedictines?, Professor Janet Burton	Monmouthshire, OS Grid:SO38972574 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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