Mynachlogddu – St Dogfael

This benefice, originally a curacy, belonged to the abbey of St. Dogmaels, and on the dissolution of that house came into the hands of the King, by whom it was leased on 12^th May 1537, to Morgan Johnes of Llangadock, Carms.----State Papers. In 1594 the advowson was bought by . . . . . Eliot.---Owen’s Pem.

Described as Capella de Nigra Grangea, this church was in 1291 assessed at £2 13s 4D (£2.66p) for tenths to the King.---Taxatio.

There is no separate valuation of this benefice in the Valor Eccl., the only reference to it being the following entry in the list of property held by the abbey of St. Dogmaels : --Manoghloke Duy per annum proficuis libere capelle ibidem viij xv vj.

Under the heading ‘ Not in Charge ‘ :---Monochlogddu Cur. (St. Dogmael). Abb. St. Dogmael Propr.: Lord Milford.---Bacon’s Liber Regis.

On 3^rd Dec. 1888, a faculty was obtained for the removal of 2 cottages belonging to this living.

George Owen in his list of pilgrimage chapels, most of which were in ruins, mentions the names of two, called respectively Capell Cawey and Capell St. Silin, in this parish.---Owen’s Pem., Pt. 1, p. 509.

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