Site details: St Dogmaels


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: St Dogmaels (Abbey) also known as: St Dogmells; St Dogmels; St Dogmael's; St Dogfael Order: Tironensian St Dogmaels was founded as a priory by Robert fitz Martin, lord of Camain / Cemais. Shortly thereafter it was elevated to the status of an abbey. The house was seemingly founded on the site of a pre-Conquest church, Llandodog (Llandudoch).show details of standing remains Standing remains Extensive remains of the abbey church and claustral buildings survive and are in the care of Cadw. The church adjacent to the ruins is of a later date and was built in the Victorian era. Read more Dedicated to: Virgin Mary Medieval Diocese: St David's Affiliated to: Tiron, Normandy (mother-house); Caldey (daughter-house); Pill (daughter-house); Glascarreg, Wexford, Ireland (daughter-house) Lordship at foundation: Camaes Access: Public Owned by: Cadw Main events in the history of this site c.1113: Foundation - St Dogmaels was founded as a priory c. 1113 when Robert fitz Martin, lord of Cemais (W. Wales), granted the ancient church of St Dogmael to the Norman abbey of Tiron, to establish a monastery for a prior and twelve monks. [2 sources] 1118: Status - Permission was granted to raise the priory to the status of an abbey. [2 sources] 1120: Change in status - St Dogmaels was elevated from a priory to an abbey. [1 source] 1138: Plundered - The abbey was looted by mercenaries. [2 sources] 1150 -1157: Building work - Extensive building work was undertaken. [1 source] 1188: Hospitality - Gerald of Wales and Archbishop Baldwin stayed at the abbey during their preaching tour of Wales. [1 source] 1246: Royal gift - Henry III granted the community twenty marks 'for the fabric of the church'. [1 source] c.1291: Wealth - According to the Taxatio the abbey was valued at £58 11s 4d. [2 sources] 1296: Royal petition - The abbot and convent requested permission to receive rents in Cardigan. [2 sources][1 archive] 1318: Clerical taxation - The abbot and convent complained of excessive taxation. [2 sources][1 archive] 1320: Royal petition - The abbot and convent requested the king to confirm to them the church of Maenclochog. [1 source][1 archive] c.1349: Numbers - Numbers fell as a consequence of the Black Death. [1 source] 1402: Visitation - The bishop of St David's conducted a visitation of the house. [1 source] 1504: Visitation - The abbey was visited on 16 July. [2 sources] 1534: Numbers - In 1534 the community comprised an abbot (William Here) and eight monks who subscribed to the Act of Supremacy. [3 sources][1 archive] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the monastery had a net income of £87 8s 6d. [2 sources] 1537: Dissolution - The house was dissolved on 24 February 1537 under the 1536 Act of Suppression. [5 sources] + 14 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Abbots of St Dogmaels Henry III , king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine (benefactor) Robert fitz Martin , lord of Camain / Cemais (founder) Walter of St Dogmaels , Abbot (abbot) Bibliographical sources 24 Printed sources show sources The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, I, 940-1216, ed. D. Knowles, C. Brooke and V. London (London, 1972; 2001) pp. 107, 264 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, II, 1216-1377, ed. D. M. Smith and V. London (CUP: Cambridge, 2001) pp. 188-9 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, III, 1377-1540, ed. David M. Smith (CUP: Cambridge, 2008) pp. 201-2 Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain, ed. Lionel Butler and Christopher Given-Wilson (London, 1979) pp. 339-340 Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. N. R. Ker (Royal Historical Society: 2nd edn; London, 1964) 170 Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales, ed. R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles (Harlow, 1971) pp. 106-7 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. 4, pp. 128-132 Burton, Janet, The Monastic and Religious Orders in Britain 1000-1300 (Cambridge, 1994) Cooper, R., Abbeys and Priories of Wales (Swansea, 1992) pp. 76-78 Cowley, F. G., The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349 (Cardiff, 1977) Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis), Gerald of Wales, The Journey Through Wales / The Description of Wales (Harmondsworth, 1978) Golding, Brian, 'Trans-border transactions: patterns of patronage in Anglo-Norman Wales', Haskins Society Journal, 16, ed. S. Morillo & D. Korngiebel (Woodbridge, 2006), pp. 27-46 Hilling, John B, Cilgerran castle, St Dogmaels Abbey, Cadw guides (Cardiff, 1992) Kightly, C., A Mirror of Medieval Wales: Gerald of Wales and his Journey of 1188, ed. D. M. Robinson (Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments: Cardiff, 1988) Knight, Jeremy K., 'Some Late Medieval Pottery from St. Dogmaels Abbey, Pembrokeshire', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 119 (1971 for 1970), pp. 125-30 Lloyd-Morgan, Ceridwen, 'Manuscripts and the monasteries', in Monastic Wales: New Approaches, ed. Janet Burton and Karen Stöber (University of Wales: Cardiff, 2013), pp. 209-227 Platt, Colin, The Abbeys and Priories of Medieval England (Avon, 1984) pp. 39, 91 Pritchard, Emily M., The History of St Dogmaels Abbey together with her Cells, Pill, Caldey and Glascareg and the Mother Abbey of Tiron (London, 1907) Radford, C. A. Ralegh, St. Dogmael's Abbey (London, 1962) Round, J. H., 'The Fitzmartin family -The Lords of Kemes', in Family Origins and other Studies (London, 1930), pp. 73-102 StÃ¶ber, Karen, 'Social networks of late medieval Welsh monasteries', in Monasteries and Society in the Later Middle Ages, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 35, ed. Janet Burton and Karen StÃ¶ber (Boydell and Brewer: Woodbridge, 2008), pp. 12-24 Thompson, Kathleen, 'The arrival of the Tironians: twelfth-century monastic foundations in the British Isles', Nottingham Medieval Studies, 55 (2011), pp. 70-102 Vaughan. Herbert M., 'The Benedictine abbey of St Mary at St Dogmaels', Y Cymmrodor, 27 (London, 1917), pp. 1-25 Williams, G., The Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation (rev. edn; Cardiff, 1976) 4 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) Hanes Llandoch website -St Dogmaels (View website) Cadw - St Dogmaels (View website) Aerial photograph of St Dogmael's Abbey (View website) RCAHMW, Coflein database - St Dogmael's Abbey (View website) Archival sources The National Archives, 'Abbot and convent of St Dogmaels petition the king and council for relief from taxation', (Document), (View website) Worcester Cathedral Library, 'Decretales (gloss)', (Document), (View website) St Johns College, Cambridge, 'History of Eusebius; an account of attempted encroachments on the abbey and several documents', (Document), (View website) The National Archives, 'Petition of the abbey and convent of St Dogmaels to the king', (Document), (View website) The National Archives, 'Petition to Edward I by the abbot and convent of St Dogmaels', (Document), (View website) The National Archives, 'Records of the Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt: Acknowledgements of Supremacy - St Dogmaels', (Document), (View website) Related articles on Monastic Wales Remnants of St Dogmaels Abbey, Images of this site $Angel corbel, St Dogmael\$ Angel corbel, St Dogmael's Abbey $Angel corbel, St Dogmael\$ Angel corbel, St Dogmael's Abbey Groundplan of St Dogmaels, Cadw, Welsh Government (Crown Copyright) $St Dogmael\$ St Dogmael's Abbey $St Dogmael\$ St Dogmael's Abbey Winged Lion	$Angel corbel, St Dogmael\$ Angel corbel, St Dogmael's Abbey, St Dogmael's Abbey Pembrokeshire, OS Grid:SN1640445853 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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