Kidwelly- details of Destruction, 1481

This likely caused or contributed to the ruination of the west end of the nave. The community's debt and the delapidated state of its buildings prompted Bishop Richard of St David’s (1523-36) to take action. He duly instructed that the revenues of the house should be sequestered to repair the chancel and priory house.

c.1110: Foundation - Kidwelly was founded as a cell of Sherborne Abbey, which was at that time a cathedral priory. [2 sources]
c.1135: Patronage - When the lordship of Kidwelly passed to Maurice of London he supplemented Sherborne's endowment at Kidwelly. [1 sources]
1223: Destruction - The priory was burnt to the ground by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. [1 sources]
c.1268: Patronage - At this time Payne de Chaworth was patron of the house.
1284: Visitation - Archbishop Pecham conducted a visitation of the house following Edward I’s conquest. [1 sources]
c.1291: Wealth - The priory's wealth, according to the Taxatio compiled for Pope Nicholas IV c. 1291, was £16. [3 sources]
1377: Poll tax - Only the prior is listed. [1 sources][1 archives]
1379: Poll tax - Only the prior is listed. [1 sources][1 archives]
1403: Destruction - The area was devastated during the Glyn Dŵr rebellion. [1 sources]
1481: Destruction - The church was struck by lightning. [1 sources]
1534: Act of Supremacy - Prior John Godmyston and his monk companion, Augustine Green, took the Oath of Supremacy. [3 sources]
c.1535: Wealth - The Valor Eccelsiasticus records the gross annual income of the house as £38. [2 sources][1 archives]
1539: Dissolution - As a dependency of Sherborne Abbey, Kidwelly was spared from suppression in 1536 and dissolved with its mother-house in 1539. [2 sources]

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1481: Destruction

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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	Event detail for site: Kidwelly 1481: Destruction The church was struck by lightning. This likely caused or contributed to the ruination of the west end of the nave. The community's debt and the delapidated state of its buildings prompted Bishop Richard of St David’s (1523-36) to take action. He duly instructed that the revenues of the house should be sequestered to repair the chancel and priory house. Bibliographical sources Printed sources Heale, Martin, The Dependent Priories of Medieval English Monasteries, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 22 (Boydell and Brewer: Woodbridge, 2004) p. 190 Other events in the history of this site c.1110: Foundation - Kidwelly was founded as a cell of Sherborne Abbey, which was at that time a cathedral priory. [2 sources] c.1135: Patronage - When the lordship of Kidwelly passed to Maurice of London he supplemented Sherborne's endowment at Kidwelly. [1 sources] 1223: Destruction - The priory was burnt to the ground by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. [1 sources] c.1268: Patronage - At this time Payne de Chaworth was patron of the house. 1284: Visitation - Archbishop Pecham conducted a visitation of the house following Edward I’s conquest. [1 sources] c.1291: Wealth - The priory's wealth, according to the Taxatio compiled for Pope Nicholas IV c. 1291, was £16. [3 sources] 1377: Poll tax - Only the prior is listed. [1 sources][1 archives] 1379: Poll tax - Only the prior is listed. [1 sources][1 archives] 1403: Destruction - The area was devastated during the Glyn Dŵr rebellion. [1 sources] 1481: Destruction - The church was struck by lightning. [1 sources] 1534: Act of Supremacy - Prior John Godmyston and his monk companion, Augustine Green, took the Oath of Supremacy. [3 sources] c.1535: Wealth - The Valor Eccelsiasticus records the gross annual income of the house as £38. [2 sources][1 archives] 1539: Dissolution - As a dependency of Sherborne Abbey, Kidwelly was spared from suppression in 1536 and dissolved with its mother-house in 1539. [2 sources]

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