Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 The figure of David
- 2 Transition and survival: St David and St Davids Cathedral
- ST DAVIDS: FROM EARLY COMMUNITY TO DIOCESE
- THE LIFE OF ST DAVID
- THE CULT OF ST DAVID
- THE RELICS OF ST DAVID
- THE DIOCESE OF ST DAVIDS
- 17 The archbishopric St Davids and the bishops of Clas Cynidr
- 18 The dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids
- 19 The statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224–1259
- 20 The crisis of the sixteenth century
- 21 The diocese of St David's in the early nineteenth century: a reappraisal
- Bibliography
- Index
18 - The dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids
from THE DIOCESE OF ST DAVIDS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 The figure of David
- 2 Transition and survival: St David and St Davids Cathedral
- ST DAVIDS: FROM EARLY COMMUNITY TO DIOCESE
- THE LIFE OF ST DAVID
- THE CULT OF ST DAVID
- THE RELICS OF ST DAVID
- THE DIOCESE OF ST DAVIDS
- 17 The archbishopric St Davids and the bishops of Clas Cynidr
- 18 The dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids
- 19 The statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224–1259
- 20 The crisis of the sixteenth century
- 21 The diocese of St David's in the early nineteenth century: a reappraisal
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Norman conquest of Dyfed that followed the killing of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, in 1093 had profound consequences for the church of St Davids. There are hints that Rhys's relations with St Davids had been close: Historia Gruffudd ap Cynan describes him as taking refuge at the church before the battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081, while a note added to the C-text of Annales Cambriae or the Annals of St Davids in British library, MS Cotton Domitian A.i states that Rhys gave Pebidiog, the cantref in which St Davids is situated, to the church the following year. Gerald of Wales similarly claimed that it was the native princes of south Wales who had endowed St Davids with Pebidiog. From the late eleventh century, however, the bishopric was subjected both to the influence of the english crown and marcher lords and to the authority of Canterbury. True, the dynasty of Deheubarth survived and staged a major territorial recovery under Gruffudd ap Rhys (ob. 1137) and his sons, most notably Rhys ap Gruffudd or the Lord Rhys (ob. 1197). Yet the context of its relations with St Davids had changed significantly. Valuable light is shed on those relations by agreements that Bishop Iorwerth of St Davids made in 1222×1223 with two sons of the Lord Rhys, Maelgwn (ob. 1230×1231) and Rhys Gryg (ob. 1233), in which the parties settled disputes concerning various lands claimed by the bishop.
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- St David of WalesCult, Church and Nation, pp. 305 - 316Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2007