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Parish of Cilgerran. Please Note that this site is still under construction. The parish of Cilgerran lies within the Hundred of Cilgerran. It has four borders with other Pembrokeshire parishes, St. Dogmaels, Bridell, Llanfihangel Penbedw and Manordeifi. Parish Registers are understood to commence in 1708 for this parish. |
Cilgerran - St. Llawddog.
This is a rectory which originally appears to have been in the patronage of the Earls of Pembroke. In 1594 the Queen was patroness of the living.---Owen's Pem.
On 3 Dec., 1325, the advowson of the church of Cilgerran, of the yearly vaalue of 6 marks, was assigned to Thomas le Blount and Juliana, his wife, late the wife of John de Hastings, tenant in chief, deceased, as dower for the said Juliana from her late husband.---Close Rolls.
Described as the church of Elygarthen, Cilgerran Church was assessed in 1291 at £4.---Taxatio.
Kylegarran.---Ecclesia ibidem ex presentacione Domine Regine Anglie Marchionisse Pembr. unde Thomas David clericus est rector valet communibus annis £9. Inde decima 18s (£0.90).---Valor Eccl.
Under the heading ' Livbings Discharged ':---Kilgarran alias Culgerran alias Cylgerddan R (St. Llawdog). The Prince of Wales. King's Books, £9. Clear yearly value, £38, £50.---Bacon's Liber Regis.
On 5 Oct., 1877, a faculty was granted for the erection of a reredos in the parish church, and on 27 March, 1879, a faaculty was granted for a Re-Table in the same church. This Re-Table was to be a plain unadorned oak structure to be placed above the Communion Table to fill a vacancy, which had been overlooked when the reredos was erected.
Rectors.
| 1283 | May 20 | Adam de Cardigan |
| 1387 | Thomas ap Gwilym | |
| 1387 | Jul 26 | John Hyggedon, of Kidwelly, vice Thomas ap Gwilym, resigned. |
| 1394 | May 2 | Clement Charles, vice John Kedewelly, resigned. |
| 1495 | Thomas Lloyd | |
| 1495 | Oct 9 | David ap Thomas, vice Thomas Lloyd, resigned. |
| 1524 | Jan 29 | William Vaughan, L.L.D. |
| 1535-6 | Thomas David | |
| 1549 | Griffith Williams | |
| 1580 | Rice Powell | |
| 1618 | Thomas Panton | |
| 1622 | Jan 26 | Edward Provand |
| 1669 | Sep 20 | John Jones, vice . . . . . . deceased. |
| 1700 | Mar 25 | Philip Phillipps |
| 1708 | Apr 13 | Humphrey Brynton, vice Philip Phillips, M.A., instituted to Devynock, Brecs. |
| 1730 | Apr 30 | Sutton Morgan, M.A., vice Humphrey Branton, resigned. |
| 1735 | William Laugharne | |
| 1736 | Jan 9 | Rees Evans, vice William Langharne, instituted to Newport, Pem. |
| 1758 | Mar 28 | William Cleaveland, vice Rees Evans, deceased. |
| 1778 | Jan 8 | Thomas Price, vice William Cleaveland, instituted to St. Thomas, Haverfordwest. |
| 1806 | Sep 16 | David Jones the younger, vice Thomas Price, deceased. |
| 1844 | Feb 14 | David Evans, vice David Jones, deceased. |
| 1871 | Jul 18 | Thomas Charles, vice David Evans, deceased. |
| 1880 | Oct 30 | Thomas Jones, B.A., vice Thomas Charles, deceased. |
| 1888 | Nov 29 | Thomas Parry, vice Thomas Jones, instituted to Penbryn 7 Sept., 1888. |
| 1908 | Mar 14 | David Jenkins, B.A., vice Thomas Parry, resigned 31 Dec., 1907. |
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