Eglwyswrw - St. Cristiolus.

In 1291 this church under the name of Ecclesia de Clesserrouw, was assessed for tenths to the Knig at £4.---Taxatio. The vicarage of Eglwyswrw and the chapels of llanfair Nantgwyn and Penkelly Vachan, worth per annum in fruits, oblations and tithes of wool, cheese, honey, &c., £12 2s 8d (£12.13), formed part of the possessions of the Abbey of St. Dogmaels. (Valor Eccl), and on the dissolution of that house came into the hands of the Crown. On 10 Mar., 1537, the rectory of Eglwyswrw was leased by the Crown to John Bradshawe of Ludlow, Salop.---State Papers. In 1594 the Queen was patroness of the living.---Owen's Pem.Eglous.---Vicaria ibidem unde abbas Sancti Dogmaelis est patronus et dominus Morgannus vicarius, valet communibus annis 73s 4d (£3.66). Inde decima 7s 4d (£0.37).---Valor Eccl.Under the heading ' Livings Discharged ':---Ehlos Errow (Eglwys Wrw) (St. Cristiolus). Abb., St. Dogmael's Propr. The Prince of Wales. Clear yearly value, £16, £20. King's Books, £3 13s 4d (£3.66).---Bacon's Liber Regis.On 18 March, 1881, licence was granted for the performance of divine service in the Sunday School within 100 yards of the church during the restoration of the church.On 28 May., 1883, a faculty was issued confirming the restoration of the church.In 1594 the free chapel of Penkelly Vychan was in decay.---Owen's Pem., Pt. II., p. 312..In a list compiled about 1594, of chapels formerly erected for pilgrimages, the greatest number of which were then in ruins, appears the name of "Capel Erow in Eglosserowe".---Owen's Pem., Pt. II., p. 509. Fenton asserts that Eglwydwrw Church was dedicated to St. Ewr, and adds, on the authority of a MS. of George Owen, in his possession: 'In the reign of Queen Elizabeth there was a sort of chantry chapel in the churchyard, wherein on the south side was shewn the tomb of the saint in hewn stone. The parishioners never buried in the chapel, from a superstitious belief that corpses ther interred would in the night time be ejected'. As however George Owen in the same MS. (Owen's Pem., Pt. II, p. 509) mentions Eglwyswrw as being a vicarge, it is possible that Capel Erow was this chantry chapel. Browne Willis in his Parochiale Wallicana ascribes the dedication of Eglwyswrw to St. Cristiolus, and enumerates Capel Erw and Pencelli Vechan, as well as the chantry chapel in the churchyard, as subordinate chapels to Eglwyswrw Church.

Vicars.

Graham Davies, © 2001.

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