| Description | Reverend J.B. Rowlands was the son of a Haverfordwest architect, Thomas Rowlands. In 1864 he obtained his B.A. and in 1878 his M.A. He was ordained deacon in 1864 and priest in 1865 in which same year he took up duties as assistant curate in the church of St. Margaret's-next-Rochester, Kent. From there he became, Army Chaplain at Aldershot before becoming rector of Hubberston in 1869. During his years there he gained the reputation of being a powerful and accomplished preacher and an eloquent and convincing platform speaker. It was said that people would walk miles in order to hear one of his services. He died on 27th June 1928 at the age of 88
The papers have been arranged as follows:-
Ecclesiastical matters 1864 - 1924 1-13
Church fabric 1844 - 1927 14 - 18
Charities and Hubberston trust fund 1862 - 1928 19 - 27
*Hubberston tithes 1892 - 1923 28 - 33
*Hubberston glebe 1859 - 1919 34 - 37
Personal financial papers 1913 - 1928 38 - 48
Personal papers re property 1877 - 1906 49 - 52
Rev. Rounds deceased 1928 53 - 59
see also D/RTM/1/27 for correspondence concerning payment of tithes and
purchase of part of the glebeland in 1923. |