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Home Project team 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: Llangennith (Priory) also known as: Llangenydd Order: Benedictine Llangennith was an alien priory dependent on the Norman abbey of St Taurinus, Evreux, and was gifted to the Norman community by Earl Henry of Warwick. Llangennith was never raised to conventual status and remained a small cell that was manned by a few monks. show more... Standing remains The parish church of St Cenydd now occupies the former priory site and was probably the monks' chapel. The earliest surviving fabric dates from the twelfth century and includes the east wall of the tower; most remnants are from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dedicated to: St Cenydd Medieval Diocese: St David's Affiliated to: St Taurinus, Evreux, Normandy (mother-house) Lordship at foundation: Glamorgan Access: Public access to the parish church of St Cenydd Owned by: Representative Body of the Church in Wales Main events in the history of this site pre 1123: Foundation - Llangennith was an alien priory established before 1123 when Earl Henry of Warwick, granted the church of St Cenydd there to the monks of St Taurinus, Normandy. [2 sources] 1195: Confirmation - Richard I (1189-99) confirmed all the priory’s previous grants. [1 source] 1218: Size of community - At this time there were two or three monks at Llangennith. [1 source] pre 1223: Illicit affairs - According to Gerald of Wales, a prior of Llangennith brought shame upon the house when he engaged in an illicit affair with a young woman of Gower. [2 sources] 1291: Wealth - According to Pope Nicholas IV's Taxatio Ecclesiastica, Llangennith’s temporalities were assessed at £4 16s and the community had 120 acres of arable land and six cows. [2 sources] 1295x1360: Custody - Following the outbreak of war with France, Llangennith was periodically taken into royal custody [2 sources] 1377: Poll tax - Only the prior of the house is listed on the poll tax return. [1 source][1 archive] 1413x1421: Custody - The house was seized again during Henry V's reign and taken into royal custody. [1 source] c.1434: Custody - By 1434 Llangennith's links with St Taurinus had been severed. [1 source] 1441: Dissolution - On 16 March 1441 Archbishop Chichele and his colleagues surrendered the house to Henry VI. [1 source] 1442: Post monastic ownership - On 5 February Archbishop Chichele and his colleagues granted Llangennith and St Clears to the king who duly granted them to the Oxford colleges of Warden and All Souls in April. [2 sources] + 9 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Henry de Beaumont (Newburgh) , earl of Warwick (founder?) Priors of Llangennith Bibliographical sources 13 Printed sources show sources 'The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales I, 940-1216' ed.David Knowles, Christopher Brooke and Vera London(London 1972; 2001) pp. 105, 264 'The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales III, 1377-1540' ed.David M. Smith(Cambridge 2008) pp. 188-9 'The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales II, 1216-1377' ed.David M. Smith and Vera London(Cambridge 2001) p. 175 'Cartae et alia munimenta quae ad dominium de Glamorgancia pertinent' 6 vols ed.G. T. Clark, rev. G. L. Clark(Cardiff 1910) 'Calendar of Documents preserved in France illustrative of the History of Great Britain 1, AD 918-1216' PRO Texts and Calendars ed.J. H. Round(London 1899) '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, rev. J. Caley, H. Ellis, B. Bandinel(London 1817-1830) vol. 6 pt 2, p. 1047 Cooper, R., 'Abbeys and Priories of Wales' (Swansea 1992) pp. 94-95 Cowley, F. G., 'The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349' (Cardiff 1977) Cowley, F. G., 'Llangenydd and its priory' Glamorgan Historian 5 (1968) pp.220-227 Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis), 'Gerald of Wales, The Journey Through Wales / The Description of Wales' (Harmondsworth 1978) Graham, Rose, 'The taxation of Pope Nicholas IVth' Engish Historical Review (1908) pp.434-454 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) ST CENYDD'S CHURCH, LLANGENYDD (Coflein database) (View website) Archival sources The National Archives, 'Exchequer, King's Remembrancer Clerical Subsidies - Llangennith Priory 1377', (Document), (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales Who were the Benedictines?, Professor Janet Burton Images of this site Church of St Cenydd, Llangennith Church of St Cenydd, Llangennith	Church of St Cenydd, Llangennith Swansea, OS Grid:SS42889141 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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