New Moat – St Nicholas

The church of St Nicholas de Nova Mota [New Moat] was granted by Adam de Rupe [Roch], with the consent of his wife Blandina and his heir, to the priory of Pill or Pulla, and on the dissolution of that house came into the hands of the Crown.  The patronage was afterwards acquired by the Scourfield family of New Moat.  In 1622 it was owned by William Scourfield.--Inq. P.M. of William Scourfield, 20 Jac. 1.

Described as Ecclesia de Nova Mota, this church was in 1291 assessed at £4 13s 4d for tenths to the King, the amount payable being 9s 4d.--Taxatio.

Nova Mota.--Prior de Pulla rector ibidem tenet dictam ecclesiam sibi et successoribus cum certis terris eidem annexatis que valent per annum vj viij.  Et quandam mansionem vicarie ibidem cum certis terris eidem pertinentibus.  Et valet fructus hujusmodi ecclesie clare communibus annis predicto priori et vicario ibidem curam gerente i iiij.  Inde sol' annuatim in visitacione archidiaconi pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus v ix.  Et remanet clare 44s 7d.  Inde decima 4s 5½d.--Valor Eccl.

Under the heading 'Livings remaining in Charge' :--New Mote R. (St Nicholas).  Syn and Prox. Archidiac., 5s 9d.   Prior de Pulla appropriat. sibi et success. suis. William Scourfield, Esq.   King's Books, £2 4s 7d.  Yearly tenths, 4s 5½d.--Bacon's Liber Regis.

On 7th July 1884, a faculty was granted for the restoration of the parish church.

There are very few institutions to this church to be found, and in several instances it is impossible to be certain as to whether certain of the persons mentioned in the lists below were rectors or vicars.  It seems clear that the priors of Pulla were rectors, and presumably the King, at the dissolution of the priory of Pulla, succeeded the prior as rector.   Whether the King retained the rectorship or merely the right of presentation to the rectory is difficult to decide; the fact, however, that the King (according to the Liber Institut.) presented in 1622 Philip Bowen to the vicarage of New Moat, strongly suggests that the rectorship was retained by the King, especially when it is remembered that, except in the case of prebendaries, a rector in Pembrokeshire almost invariably presented to the vicarage.  The date when the vicarage of New Moat was merged in the reectory is unknown, but it evidently must have occurred subseqquently to 1633, and presumably before 1795.

Rectors.

Vicars.

Graham Davies, Ó 2001.
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