Monastic Wales.








Event detail for site: Carmarthen

c. 1110: Foundation

The priory was founded c. 1110 when Henry I granted St Peter's chapel, Carmarthen, to the monks of Battle Abbey (Sussex) to establish a cell.

Since this same magnificent King Henry [I] cherished the church of Battle with great affection, in those times he gave it freely as his own gift a church founded in honour of the Holy Apostle Peter in Wales, in a town called Carmarthen, with all its appurtenances, to be held forever free and quit.
[Chronicle of Battle Abbey, trans. Searle, pp. 124-125]

People associated with this event

Henry I , king of England, lord of Normandy (founder)

Bibliographical sources

Printed sources

The Chronicle of Battle Abbey, Oxford Medieval Texts, ed. Eleanor Searle (Oxford, 1980) pp. 124-125

Other events in the history of this site

c.1110: Foundation - The priory was founded c. 1110 when Henry I granted St Peter's chapel, Carmarthen, to the monks of Battle Abbey (Sussex) to establish a cell.  [1 sources]
c.1125: Dissolution - The monks of Battle were sent home c. 1125 and were replaced by a community of Augustinian Canons.  [3 sources]
 
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