ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the evidence for the early medieval ecclesiastical landed properties in Wales that ended up as possessions of regular orders later in the middle ages, particularly in the diocese of Llandaff, differed from those in the north. It also examines the extent to which ecclesiastical landholdings in the later middle ages can be traced back to early medieval times. The chapter deals with the main successor organization in the south-east, the diocese of Llandaff, and examines the landholdings of the various regular orders, comparing the differing pictures which emerge over the whole of Wales. Observations have been made in the past on the distribution of the various later medieval monastic orders throughout the country and generalizations made about the fate of major native churches. In spite of the fact that the Cistercians were as popular in Welsh Wales as they were to the Anglo-Norman conquerors, patterns of donations were on the whole different in the different areas.
