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On the dissolution of St Dogmaels Abbey the patronage of the church came into the hands of Henry VIII who on 10th March 1537 granted a lease of the abbey of St Dogmael and the rectory of St Thomas in St Dogmaels to John Bradshaw of Ludlow, Salop, for 21 years, at the annual rent of £3 4s. On 10 November 1543, the fee simple of the site of the abbey with other property, part of which was included in the lease, was acquired from the Crown by John Bradshaw of Prestende [Prestseign], Radnorshire, for £512 2s 10½d., but the patronage of the church of St Dogmaels was not included in the purchase.