HAVERFORDWEST PRIORY, PEMBROKESHIRE.

This priory of Black Canons is supposed to have been founded by Robert de Haverford, lord of this place, before the year 1200; who, according to Dugdale, gave to these religious divers churches and tithes in his barony of Haverford; all which were confirmed to them by King Edward III.

It was dedicated to St. Mary and Thomas the Martyr. Leland says of this place, “Haverfordwest lordship hath the waullid town of Haverford and Castel. The water of Mylford-Haven devidith the lordship from Pembrooke. In Haverford town thre paroch chirches, one of them withowt the towne in suburbe. Blak Freres within the towne. Chanons without, suppressed”

These ruins are in a meadow, at a small distance from the town, and are situated close to a river, which here forms an elbow, and there is something very pleasing in their appearance.

(Monastic & Baronial Remains With Other Interesting Fragments Of Antiquity In England, Wales And Scotland)