Parish of Pembroke St Michael

This benefice formed part of the possessions of the priory of St Nicholas, Monkton. See under Pembroke St Mary.

In 1291 this church was assessed at £10 for tenths to the King, the sum payable being £1.--Taxatio.

Vicaria Sancti Michaelis de Moncketon.--Vicaria ibidem ex collacione dicte prioris [William Waren Prior de Moncketon] unde David Vachan est vicarius habens parvam mansionem sine gleba et valet vicaria in altilegiis communibus annis £4. Inde decima 8s.--Valor Eccl.

Under the heading 'Livings Discharged' :--St Michaels V. in Pembroke, with St Nicholas alias Mouncton V. Mans. cum glebe, &c. Prior Mouncton Propr.; Lord Viscount Hereford, 1699, 1739, 1742, Patr. and Impr. Clear yearly value, £40. King's Books, £4.--Bacon's Liber Regis.

On 12 June 1886, a faculty was granted for the restoration of the parish church.

The vicarage of St Michael was from 1770 till 5 Feb 1872, united with the benefices of St Mary and St Ncholas, Pembroke, and was separated from these livings by an Order in Council on the latter date.

1349	Mar 28	Rees ap Griffyt
1349	Jun 4	Philip Julyan
1350	Oct 17	Thomas de Excestre
1351	Dec 11	John Rowland
1402		Robert Salmon
1402	Sep	John Kydde, vice Robert Salmon, exchanged
1488		Stephen Hall
1535-6		David Vachan
1555	Mar 17	John Thomas
1621	Apr 7	Francis Owen
1632	Aug 29	Thomas Bartley
1639	Jun 5	William Beech
1668		Nicholas Stokes
1690	Nov 21	Owen Jones
1695	Dec 13	Henry Poole, BA
1722	Aug 16	Gilbert Jones, BA, vice Owen Jones, deceased
1743		Peter Coutenay
1743	Feb 1	David Lewis, vice Peter Courtenay, deceased
1770	Feb 2	George Seall, vice David Lewis, deceased
1790	Sep 2	Thomas Powell, vice . . . . . . . .deceased
1795	Jul 6	John Hughes, vice Thomas Powell, deceased
1809	Sep 27	Charles Philipps, MA, vice John Hughes, deceased
1854	Apr 25	Charles Douglas, vice Charles Philipps, BD, deceased
1877	Jul 11	David Edward Williams, MA, vice Charles Douglas, deceased, who died on 19 Jan 1877
1883	Jul 19	David Rees Parry Davies, BA, vice D.E.Williams, instituted to All Saints, Glasbury
1892	Dec 18	Frederick Thomas Andrewes, vice David Rees Parry Davies, instituted to Puncheston with Llanychaer
1896	Mar 7	Rees Davies, BA, vice Fredk. Thomas Andrewes, resigned on 17 Feb 1896
1898	Jun 27	David William Jenkins, MA, vice Rees Davies, instituted to Upper Swell, Dioc. Worcester
1900	Jan 26	Richard Spurrell, MA, vice David Wm. Jenkins, deceased, who died on 4 July 1899
1903	Sep 14	John Davies, BA, vice Richard Spurrell, instituted to Hartshill, Dioc. Worcester
1907	Jun 15	Arthur Simon Thomas, BA, vice John Davies, instituted to St Petrox, &c.
1910	Sep 2	John Alfred Griffith Howell, vice Arthur Simon Thomas, BA, resigned

Pembrokeshire Parishes

Graham Davies