...mentioned in the same document under the year 1143. So late as the time of Giraldus, AD 1188, it appears also to have had its ecclesiastical officers, although...tenths and oblations, and assigning even these to their sous and relations in the church. " Such defenders, or rather destroyers, of the church, have caused...

...parish stewards, or rather patrons of their churches; who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...themselves, a title, as well as estates, to which they have no just claim. In this state we found the church of Llanpadarn, without a head. A certain...

...to their own use the possession of all the lands, leaving to the clergy the altars, with the tithes and oblations, and assigning even these to their sons and relations in the church." Having a more respectable origin, the lay-abbots of Giraldus's time pretty much resemble the lay-impropriators...

...stewards, or, rather, patrons, of their churches ; who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...altars, with their tenths and oblations, and assigning ' Lhanbadarn Vawr, the church of St. Paternus the Great, is situated in a valley, at a short distance...

...parish steward, or rather patrons of their churches, who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...with their tenths and oblations, and assigning even to their sons and relations in the church. Such defenders, or rather destroyers, of the church, have...

...parish stewards, or rather patrons of their churchesi who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their own use the possession of all lands, leaving only to the clergy the altars, with their tenths and oblations, and assigning even these...

...parish stewards, or rather, patrons of their churches ; who in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...to themselves a title, as well as estates, to which they have no just claim. Thus we found the church of Llnnpadarn without a head; a certain old man,...

...parish stewards, or rather patrons, of their churches, who in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...to themselves a title, as well as estates, to which they have no just claim,'43 gives us an illustration of the firsthand the equally well-known statement...

...parish stewards, or rather patrons, of their churches, who in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their...to themselves a title, as well as estates, to which they have no just claim,' 43 gives us an illustration of the first, and the equally well-known statement...

...of a parish stewards or patrons of their churches. These in process of time, from a desire of gain, usurped the whole right, appropriating to their own...possession of all the lands, leaving only to the clergy their altars, with their tenths and oblations, and assigning even these to their sons and relations...