Parish of Treffgarne

The rectory of Trefgarn seems to have always been in private patronage. In 1594 it was appendant to the manor of Trefgarn, then owned by the Newport family [of High Ercall, Salop].---Owen's Pem.

Tref Garne.---Ecclesia ibidem ex collacione Thomas Newport armigeri unde Thomas Powell clericus est rector unam parvam mansionem. Et valet fructus hujus beneficii per annum xl. Inde sol in ordinario visitacione quolibet tercio anno viij. Et in visitacione archidiaconi quolibet anno pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus v ix. Et remanet clare 33s. 7d. Inde decima 3s. 4.5d.--Valor Eccl.

Under the heading ` Livings Discharged ':---Trefgarn R. Ordinario quolibet tertio anno, 8d. Archidiac. quolibet anno, 5s. 9d. Thomas Newport, Esq., 1535; Martha Fowler, widow, 1715; James Jones, 1720; Eleanor Jones, widow, 1739; Thomas Kymer, Esq., 1767. Clear yearly value, £14. King's Books, £1 13s. 9d.---Bacon's Liber Regis.

On 11 May, 1896, a faculty was obtained for the removal of cottages and buildings belonging to the livings old Spittal and Trefgarn.

1535-6.		Thomas Powell.
1554.	Sep. 13.	John Butler.
1560.	May 25.	Maurice Phillips
1616.	Nov. 30.	John NicolI
[1650-60]		Richard Williams.
1663.	Nov 11.	George Currier
1673.	Mar 16.	John Llewellyn, vice . . . deceased.
1715.	Oct. 20.	Edward Rice, B.A., vice John Llewellin, deceased.
1720.	Aug. 1.	Rice Smith, B.A., vice Edward Rice, instituted to another living
1739.	Dec. 12.	Philip Elliot, B.A., vice Rice Smith, resigned.
1767.	April 21.	Thomas Smith, vice Philip Elliot, deceased.
1786.	Mar. 20.	Thomas Carmouls, B.A., vice Thomas Smith, instituted to another living.
1826.	Feb. 27.	Thomas Jenkins, vice Thomas Carmouls, resigned.
1893.	Sep. 4.	Walter Henry Alfred Walters, M.A., vice Thomas Jenkins, deceased.

Pembrokeshire Parishes

Graham Davies