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PEMBROKE DOCK (formerly known as Pate...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 81 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEMBROKE See also:DOCK (formerly known as See also:Pater, or Paterchurch)  , a See also:naval dockyard and See also:garrison See also:town, is situated See also:close to Hobb's Point, at the eastern extremity of See also:Milford Haven . It forms the See also:Pater See also:Ward of See also:Pembroke, from which it is distant 2 M. to the See also:north-See also:west . The See also:place owes its origin to the decision of the See also:government in 1814 to See also:form a naval See also:depot on Milford Haven . The dockyard, enclosed by high walls and covering 8o acres, is protected by a powerful fort—the construction and repairing of ironclads are extensively carried on here . There is a submarine depot at See also:Pennar Gut, and also See also:accommodation for See also:artillery and See also:infantry . See also:Ferry boats ply frequently between Pembroke See also:Dock and Neyland on the opposite See also:shore of the Haven . Pembroke is probably an Anglo-See also:Norman form of the Cymric Penfro, the territory lying between Milford Haven and the See also:Bristol Channel, now known as the See also:Hundred of Castlemartin . During the invasion of See also:South See also:Wales under See also:William See also:Rufus, See also:Arnulf de Montgomeri, fifth son of See also:Roger See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, seems to have erected a fortress of See also:stone (c . 1090) on the site of the See also:castle . The first castellan of this new stronghold was Giraldus de See also:Windsor, See also:husband of the Princess See also:Nest of South Wales and grandfather of Giraldus Cambrensis . Throughout the 12th and 13th centuries the castle was strengthened and enlarged under successive earls See also:palatine of Pembroke, who made this fortress their See also:chief seat . As the See also:capital of the See also:palatinate and as the nearest See also:port for See also:Ireland, Pembroke was in See also:Plantagenet times one of the most important fortified cities in the See also:kingdom .

The town, which had grown up under the See also:

shadow of the almost impregnable castle, was first incorporated by See also:Henry I. in 1109 and again by Earl See also:Richard de See also:Clare in 1154 (who also encircled the town with walls), and these privileges were confirmed and extended under succeeding earls palatine and See also:kings of See also:England . In 1835 the See also:corporation was remodelled under the Municipal Corporations See also:Act . Henry II. occasionally visited Pembroke, notably in 1172, and until the close of the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses, both town and castle played a prominent See also:part in the See also:history of See also:Britain . With the passing of the Act of See also:Union of Wales and England in 1536 however, the See also:jura See also:regalia of the See also:county palatine of Pembroke were abolished, and the prosperity of the town began to decline . Although acknowledged as the county town of See also:Pembrokeshire, Pembroke was superseded by See also:Haverfordwest as the judicial and administrative centre of the See also:shire on See also:account of the more convenient position of the latter place . By the act of 1536 Pembroke was declared the leading See also:borough in the Pembroke See also:parliamentary See also:district, yet the town continued to dwindle until the See also:settlement of the government dockyard and See also:works on Milford Haven . At the outbreak of the See also:Civil Wars the town and castle were garrisoned for See also:parliament by the See also:mayor, See also:John Poy-er, a leading Presbyterian, who was later appointed See also:governor, with See also:Rowland Laugharne of St Brides for his lieu-See also:tenant . But at the See also:time of the Presbyterian defection in 1647, Foyer and his See also:lieutenant-See also:governors, Laugharne and See also:Powell, declared for See also:Charles and held the castle in the See also:king's name . In See also:June 1648 See also:Cromwell himself proceeded to invest Pembroke Castle, which resisted with See also:great obstinacy . But after the See also:water-See also:supply of the garrison had been cut off, the besieged were forced to capitulate, on the rrth of See also:July 1648, on the See also:condition of surrendering up the three chief defenders of the castle . Poyer, Laugharne and Powell were accordingly brought to See also:London, but finally only Foyer was executed . The magnificent ruin of Pembroke Castle is the nominal See also:property of the See also:Crown, but has been held on See also:lease since the reign of See also:James IL by the See also:family of Pryse of Gogerddan in See also:Cardiganshire .

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