Langwm – St Jerome.

The name of this parish is given as 'Llangwm' in the diocesan Directory, but Dr. Henry Owen and other authorities are of opinion that the name being of Norse derivation should be written as above.  George Owen, the 'Pembrokeshire' historian, spells the name 'Langom' or 'Langome'.

The Rectory was appendant to the manor of Langun.--Owen's Pem.  Originally it doubtless belonged to the Roches of Roch Castle, and probably descended to the Longueville and Ferrers families through the two daughters and coheiresses of Thomas Roch, one of whom married Sir George Longueville of Wolverton, Bucks, and the other married Edmund, Lord Ferrers of Chartley.

Langome.--Ecclesia ibidem ex collacione domini Ferrers et Johannis Langvile militis unus Willelmus Wogan est rector habens ibidem unam rectoriam cum gleba et terris dominicalibus.  Et valet rectoria communibus annis in fructibus et emolimentis viij.  Inde sol' pro ordinaria visitacione quolibet tercio anno xvj.  Et in visitacione archidiaconi quolibet anno pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus v, ix.  Et remanet clare £7 12s 11d.  Inde decima 15s 3½d.--Valor Eccl.

Under the heading 'Livings Discharged' :--Llangwm R (St Hierom).  Ordinario quolibet tertio anno, 1s 4d.  Archidiac. quolibet anno 5s 9d.  Dom. de Ferrers and al' Patr., 1535; Henry Walter, 1705; Sir Arthur Owen, 1717; Sir Richard Walter, 1725; Elizabeth Elliot, widow, 1765.  Clear yearly value, £47.  King's Books, £7 12s 11d.--Bacon's Liber Regis.

On 10 July 1656, the union of the parishes of Langwm, Rosemarket, and Freystrop was approved by the Commonwealth.--State Papers.

Rectors.

1488             John David

1489     Apr 6    William Leya, vice John David, resigned

1535-6             William Wogan

1540             Richard Smithe

1555     Mar 5    John Evans

1561     Mar 20    John Batho, vice John Evans, resigned

1583             Griffith Toye

1627             Richard Bathoe

1628     Apr 9    Thomas Pritchard

1663             Henry Purefoy

1671     Mar 23    John Lloyd, B.A., vice . . . . . . . .deceased

1673     Jul 8    David Lloyd, M.A., vice John Lloyd, M.A., deceased

1694     Aug 7    Arnold Bowen, M.A., vice . . . . . . . .deceased

1705     Apr 3    John Gwynne, B.A.

1717     Sep 3    John Herneman, B.A., vice John Gwynne, deceased

1728             James Laugharne

1728     May 2    Charles Bowen, vice John Laugharne, deceased

1765     Jun 3    James Higgon, M.A., vice Charles Bowen, deceased

1799     Feb 20    John Morris, vice James Higgon, deceased

1833     Aug 27    Thomas Williams, vice John Morris, deceased

1882     Sep 15    James Palmour, vice Thomas Williams, deceased, who died on 3 June 1882

1895     Jun 11    John Daniel Timothy, B.A., vice James Palmour, instituted to St Florence

1901     Dec 30    Henry Evans, vice John Daniel Timothy, resigned 11 May 1901.

Graham Davies, Ó 2001.
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