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Queen Anne's Bounty for Clergy and Bountyland
« on: Thursday 09 June 11 11:02 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know how this sytem worked?  I know it was set up in 1704 to provide for impoverished clergymen.

Crunwere (Crunwear) parish in Pembrokeshire had four fields for the Queen Anne's Bounty - later known as Bountyland and now in private ownership.  How widespread was this system - and how many parishes had 'Bounty Land'?

Did some parishes have the land and other parishes benefit from it?

I believe Ciffig and Marros in Carmarthenshire received Queen Anne's Bounty but I do not think they had the Bounty land.

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Re: Queen Anne's Bounty for Clergy and Bountyland
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 14 June 11 00:38 BST (UK) »
Hello Crunwere  :)

Have you tried the National Library of Wales? They hold the St David's Diocesan Records which include Queen Anne's Bounty Papers.

Also from the  'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' Samuel Lewis (1849): "The chapels of Kifig and Marrôs, formerly dependent on the church, were endowed with £8 per annum each by the Vicar of Laugharne, and subsequently by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, the former with £600 and the latter with £800, and are now united into one benefice, in the patronage of the Vicar of Laugharne"

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Re: Queen Anne's Bounty for Clergy and Bountyland
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 14 June 11 12:22 BST (UK) »
Thanks Morgan - no not able to get to Aberystwyth at presnt.

Have tried looking online and it all looks so complicated.

Was just wondering if any local historians had come across it 'on their patch'.

Will have to dig into ours further as I know some vicars from Carmarthenshire seemed to benefit from ours in Crunwere.

I did post on the Carmarthenshire board too but heard nothing from that side.

Will have to post more details!

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Re: Queen Anne's Bounty for Clergy and Bountyland
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 14 June 11 13:31 BST (UK) »
Hello again  :)

You could try calling or email NLW to see if they can help? I've found them very helpful whenever I've contacted them.

The of Welsh Ecclesiastical History, 1989, had an article which may be useful:
"The papers of the Queen Anne's Bounty and the Ecclesiastical Commission in the custody of the Church in Wales" by Roger Lee Brown.

You should be able to obtain a copy from NLW.

Your related topic:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,283543.0.html



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