Site details: Pembroke


Home dershane Project team Project News Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Display site: Pembroke (Priory) also known as: Monkton; St Nicholas, Pembroke Order: Benedictine St Nicholas's Priory, Pembroke (Monkton), was established as an alien priory of St Martin of Séez by Arnulf of Montgomery, earl of Pembroke. It was later granted to St Albans Abbey. Pembroke was a conventual priory and was thus intended for a full community of brethren rather than one or two monks; it may have comprised a prior and twelve monks but little is now known about the size of the community or recruitment.show details of standing remains Standing remains The present parish church of St Nicholas incorporates medieval fabric from the former priory church. Other remnants of the priory buildings survive in various outbuildings attached to the farmhouse and in Monkton Old Hall, which may have been the priory's guesthouse and gatehouse. Read more. Dedicated to: St Nicholas Medieval Diocese: St David's Affiliated to: St Martin of Séez (mother-house); St Albans (mother-house) Lordship at foundation: Pembroke Access: Public access to the church of St Nicholas (former priory church) Owned by: Representative Body of the Church in Wales; Monkton Old Hall is now owned by the Landmark Trust Main events in the history of this site 1098: Foundation - Arnulf of Montgomery, earl of Pembroke, granted the chapel in his castle with land to the abbey of St Martin of Séez, to establish an alien priory. [1 source] pre 1135: Royal protection - Henry I (1100-35) issued the priory a writ of protection. [2 sources] 1171: Theft - Both William Carquit, sheriff of Pembrokeshire, and the constable of Pembroke Castle, were excommunicated for removing eight yoke of oxen from Pembrokeshire Priory. [1 source] pre 1220: Religious observance - Gerald of Wales (d. c. 1223) suggests that in the late twelfth / early thirteenth century religious observance at Pembroke was in need of reform. [2 sources] 1284: Visitation - Visitation of Archbishop Pecham. [2 sources] 1290: Benefaction - On 11 May 1290, William de Valencia, father of Aymer, granted in mortmain land that had belonged to Maurice Ailward and a bovate of land late formerly held by Benedict, the chaplain, to John called 'Oysel', prior of Pembroke. [1 source] c.1291: Wealth - According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica Pembroke's income was estimated at Â£19 6s 3 1/2d. [2 sources] c.1299: Benefaction - In 1299 Joan, countess of Pembroke (d. 1307), granted Pembroke a quitclaim of rent and other services for the good of the souls of herself, her husband, progenitors and successors. [2 sources] c.1378: Wealth (spiritualities) - At this time the priory relied heavily upon its spiritualities. [2 sources] 1381: Clerical poll tax - Payments were required from each member of the community. [1 source][1 archive] 1433: Unconventual - In July 1433 it was said that the priory was not conventual and had not had any priors 'instituted or inducted'. [1 source] 1441: Dissolved - The priory was dissolved and the duke of Gloucester was given permission to assign the priory to St Albans (Hertfordshire). [2 sources] 1443: Custody - Custody of the house was granted to St Albans Abbey (Hertfordshire) by Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. [1 source] 1453: Custody - St Albans Abbey successfully opposed Earl Jasper of Pembroke who sought custody of the priory. [1 source] 1461: Custody - St Albans was successful in securing the grant of Pembroke Priory. [1 source] c.1471: Monastic life resumed - The first prior and monks from St Albans arrived at Pembroke which now functioned as a cell of the abbey. [2 sources] c.1520: Allowances - St Albans was expected to provide for the monks of Pembroke who each received an allowance of 53s 4d. [1 source] c.1525: Numbers - At this time there were three monks. [1 source] 1534: Royal Supremacy - The last prior of Pembroke, John Warryn, acknowledged Royal Supremacy in 1534. [2 sources] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the priory had a net income of Â£57 9s 4d. [1 source] 1539 (December): Dissolution - Pembroke was seemingly dissolved with its mother-house, St Albans. [1 source] c.1545: Custody - The priory was granted to John Vaughan. [1 source] + 19 minor events. Show minor events People associated with this site Arnulf of Montgomery , magnate (founder) John Pecham; Peckam; Peckham , Archbishop of Canterbury (visitor) Priors of Pembroke Bibliographical sources 16 Printed sources show sources The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, I, 940-1216, ed. D. Knowles, C. Brooke and V. London (London, 1972; 2001) p. 107 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, II, 1216-1377, ed. D. M. Smith and V. London (CUP: Cambridge, 2001) p. 187 The Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, III, 1377-1540, ed. David M. Smith (CUP: Cambridge, 2008) pp. 199-200 Calendar of Documents preserved in France illustrative of the History of Great Britain 1, AD 918-1216, PRO Texts and Calendars, ed. J. H. Round (London, 1899) no. 666 Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales, ed. R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles (Harlow, 1971) pp. 56, 73 Monasticon Anglicanum: a History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 6 in 8 vols, ed. Sir William Dugdale, revised J. Caley, H. Ellis, B. Bandinel (London, 1817-1830) vol. 4, pp. 320-333 Burton, Janet, 'Transition and transformation: the Benedictine houses', in Monastic Wales: New Approaches, ed. Janet Burton and Karen Stöber (University of Wales: Cardiff, 2013), pp. 21-37 Cooper, R., Abbeys and Priories of Wales (Swansea, 1992) pp. 71-72 Cowley, F. G., The Monastic Order in South Wales 1066-1349 (Cardiff, 1977) Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis), Gerald of Wales, The Journey Through Wales / The Description of Wales (Harmondsworth, 1978) Heale, Martin, The Dependent Priories of Medieval English Monasteries, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 22 (Boydell and Brewer: Woodbridge, 2004) Laws, E., 'Notes on the alien Benedictine priory of St Nicholas and St John the Evangelist in Monkton, Pembroke', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 6th series, 9 (1909), pp. 165-202 Ludlow, Neil, 'Monkton Old Hall: a fifteenth-century manorial courthouse?', Journal of the Pembrokeshire Historical Society 26, p. 9â€“29 Morgan, M. M., 'The suppression of the alien priories', History, 26 (1941), pp. 204-212 Smallwood, T. M., 'The date of the Gough Map', Imago Mundi, 62 (2010), pp. 3-29 StÃ¶ber, Karen, Late Medieval Monasteries and their Patrons: England and Wales, c.1300-1540, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 29 (Woodbridge, 2007) p. 213 3 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) Monkton Rectorial Benefice - SS Nicholas & John Monkton (View website) RCAHMW, Coflein database - Monkton Old Hall, possibly former guesthouse (View website) RCAHMW, Coflein database - Monkton Priory (View website) Archival sources The National Archives , 'Exchequer, King's Remembrancer, Clerical Subsidies - Pembroke, 1381', (Document), Related articles on Monastic Wales Remnants of Pembroke (Monkton) Priory, Who were the Benedictines?, Professor Janet Burton Images of this site Church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton Priory Church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton Priory, from the south Door on south of nave, transept Entrance to the south porch Nave, church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton Priory North nave wall North nave wall North side of the nave Poll tax return for Pembroke, 1381 Presbytery, showing timber ceiling Priory Church of St Nicholas, Monkton Priory Priory Church of St Nicholas, Monkton Priory Tower, church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton Priory Undercroft, Monkton Old Hall	Church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton Priory, from the south Pembrokeshire, OS Grid:SM9793701463 View site details on COFLEIN (RCAHMW database)[new window]

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