Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire

Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire
Church of St Cadoc
St Cadoc's
Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire Location in Monmouthshire
Coordinates: 51°45′53″N 2°51′05″W / 51.7647°N 2.8514°W / 51.7647; -2.8514
Location	Raglan, Monmouthshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church in Wales
History
Founded	C13th-C14th century
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	18 November 1980
Architectural type	Church
Administration
Parish	Raglan
Deanery	Raglan/Usk
Archdeaconry	Monmouth
Diocese	Monmouth
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Rev'd Canon Tim Clement

St Cadoc's Church, Raglan, Monmouthshire, south east Wales, is the parish church of the village of Raglan. The church is situated at a cross-roads in the centre of the village. Built originally by the Clare and Bluet families in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, it was rebuilt, and expanded by the Herbert's of Raglan Castle in the fifteenth century. In the nineteenth century, the church was subject to a major restoration by Thomas Henry Wyatt.

Built in the Decorated style, the church is a Grade II* listed building.

Sir Joseph Bradney records the earliest church on the site as having been founded by Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. Hando notes that there was controversy as to the dedication, and mentions a will dated 1494 which references "Sancta Cadoci ville de Raglan." The present church was probably begun by the de Clare family, earliest Lords of Raglan, and completed in the fourteenth century by the Bluets. The church was greatly expanded by the Herberts of Raglan Castle, and by their successors, the Somersets, Earls and Marquesses of Worcester and Dukes of Beaufort. The Beaufort (North) Chapel, constructed by the Somersets, contains three tombs of the Earls of Worcester, hereditary Lords of Raglan and of Raglan Castle in the Middle Ages. Mutilated by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War, they represent William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Hastings.