Parish of St Florence

This benefice originally comprised a rectory and vicarage both inthe patronage of the Crown. In 1594 George owen describes the rectory as a 'free church without care of souls.'--Owen's Pem. The vicarage was on 23 November 1860, united with the sinecure rectory under an Order in Council.

Described as Ecclesia de Sancto Florenco, this church was in 1291 assessed at £13 6s 8d, for tenths to the King, the sum payable being £1 6s 8d.--Taxatio.

Ecclesia Sancti Florencii:--Ecclesia ibidem ex collacione Regis unde Thomas Brytten est rector habens unam mansionem ibidem. Et valent fructus hujus beneficii per annum xvij. Inde sol' ordinario loci in visitacione sua quolibet tercio anno ij ij ob. Et in visitacione archidiaconi quolibet anno pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus v ix. Et remanet clare £16 12 0½d. Inde decima 33s 2½d.--Valor Eccl.

Vicaria Sancti Florencii.--Vicaria ibidem ex collacione episcopi Menevensis unde Rogerus Whitting clericus est vicarius habens mansionem ibidem. Et valet vicaria de tercia parte omnium frugum et emolimentorum annuatim c. Inde sol' in ordinaria visitacione quolibet tercio anno viij. Et in visitacione archidiaconi quolibet anno pro parte sua pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus xij. Et remanet clare £4 18s 4d. Inde decima 9s 10d.--Valor Eccl.

Under the heading 'Livings remaining in Charge' :--St Florence R. Visit Ordinaria quolibet tertio anno 2s 2½d. Syn. and Prox. quolibet anno 5s 9d. Rex olim Patr.; St John's College, Cambridge. King's Books. £16 12s 1d. Yearly tenths, £1 13s 2½d.--Bacon's Liber Regis.

Under the heading 'Livings Discharged' :--St Florence V. Ordinario quolibet tertio anno, 8d. Archidiac. 1s. Episc. olim Patr.; the Reverend Dr. Peter Needham, the rector thereof, 1717; Edward Yardley, DD, rector 1761. Clear yearly value, £20. King's Books, £4 18s 4d.--Bacon's Liber Regis.

1391		John Ace
1393	Jun 9	John Kermerdyn
1488	Mar 20	Edward Hasley
1490	Jan 17	Ralph Barton, vice Edward Hasley, resigned
1493	Jan 23	John White, vice Ralph Barton, resigned
1505	Sep 1	James Rogers, LLB, vice John White, deceased
1535-6		Thomas Brytten
[1554]		William Roberts
1557	Feb 9	Peter Hed
1577		Griffith Toye
1613		Robert Rudd
1649	Jan 20	Adam Walter
1663	Oct 8	Richard Lucy, MA, vice . . . . . . . .deceased
1691	Feb 12	John Armstrong, STP
1700	Feb 11	John Newton, STP
1714	Sep 17	Peter Needham, STB, vice John Newton, deceased
1732	Mar 4	Edward Yardley, STB, vice Peter Needham, deceased
1770	Apr 7	Thomas Frampton, DD, vice Edward Yardley, deceased
1804	Apr 6	Joshua Smith, MA, vice Thomas Frampton, deceased
1829	Feb 12	Thomas Salwey, BD, vice Joshua Smith, deceased
1878	Apr 26	Eric John Sutherland Rudd, MA, vice Thomas salwey, deceased
1885	Apr 8	Gerald Thomson Lermit, LLD, vice Eric John Sutherland Rudd, instituted to another living
1895	Apr 22	James Palmour, BA, vice Gerald Thomson Lermit, deceased, who died on 25 Oct 1894
1912	Jan 31	John James, MA, vice James Palmour, BA, resigned on 1 Oct 1911

1409	Feb 1	John Barret
1534		Roger Whitting
1554	Aug 9	David Walter, vice Roger Whitting, deceased
1613		David Philp
1650		Paul Wonnager
1676	Sep 25	Robert Angell, vice Paul Wonnager, deceased
1689	Jan 2	Henry Poole
1696	May 16	Reginald Evans
1717	Aug 12	Thomas Eynon, vice Reginald Evans, deceased
1761	Jul 21	Philemon Hicks, vice Thomas Eynon, deceased
1794	Apr 23	Thomas Hancock, vice Philemon Hicks, deceased
1829	Jun 4	George William Birkett, MA, vice Thomas Hancock, deceased
1878	Apr 26	Eric John Sutherland Rudd, MA, vice George William Birkett, deceased, who died on 26 Nov 1877

Pembrokeshire Parishes

Graham Davies