Bishops of St Davids

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 11, the Welsh Dioceses (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids). Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1965.

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'Bishops of St Davids', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 11, the Welsh Dioceses (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids). Edited by B Jones( London, 1965), British History Online, accessed November 14, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol11/pp53-56.

"Bishops of St Davids". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 11, the Welsh Dioceses (Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph, St Davids). Ed. B Jones(London, 1965), , British History Online. Web. 14 November 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol11/pp53-56.

BISHOPS OF ST DAVIDS

M. David Martin 1293-1328.

[Thomas de Goldesburgh 1293.]

Lic. el. gr. 18 May 1293 (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 15). Martin el. n.d., royal assent sought 27 July (P.R.O., C 84/11/25). Royal assent gr. 28 July (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 35). Goldesburgh had been el. by minority of chapt.-proctor arrived at Canterbury 18 Sept., case heard 30 Sept., when decided that Martin rightful bp. because had received fourteen votes out of twenty, and Goldesburgh had only six votes (Cant., Reg. Q ff. 51/66-51b/66b). El. of Martin conf. by prior of Canterbury 1 Oct. (P.R.O., C 84/11/31). Mand. 11 Oct. to restore temps. to Martin (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 39). Martin gr. safe conduct 9 Nov. to go to curia because Goldesburgh still claiming bpc. (ibid. p. 40). Litigation at curia, k. sent letter 16 Aug. 1295 commending Martin (CCR. 1288-1296 p. 451). Martin prov. 1296 (CPL. I 564). Cons. 30 Sept. at Rome by card. bp. of Ostia (Cant., Reg. A f. 303b/248b). Mand. to restore temps. 24 Jan. 1297 (CPR. 1292-1301 p. 230). D. 9 March 1328 (Cant., Reg. Q f. 161b).

M. Henry de Gower D.Cn. & C.L. 1328-1347.

Lic. el sought 17 March 1328 (P.R.O., C 84/22/4). Lic. el. gr. 26 March (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 253). El. 21 Apr. (Cant., Reg. Q f. 162). Royal assent 1 May (CPR. 1327- 1330 p. 259). Conf. by prior of Canterbury 21 May (P.R.O., C 84/22/9). Temps. 26 May (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 273). Cons. 12 June at Canterbury (Cant., Reg. A f. 304/249). D. before 4 May 1347 (P.R.O., C 84/25/21).

[M. William de Carrewe 1347.]

M. John de Thoresby B.C.L. 1347-1349.

Lic. el. sought 4 May 1347 (P.R.O., C 84/25/12). Lic. el. gr. 15 May (CPR. 1345- 1348 pp. 292-3). Royal assent to el. of Carrewe 30 June (ibid. p. 344). El. set aside because Thoresby had been prov. 23 May (CPL. 111 240). Temps. 14 July (CPR. 1345- 1348 p. 361). Cons. 23 Sept. at Otford, Kent (R.S.A.). Trans. to Worcester 1349.

M. Reginald Brian Lic.C.L. 1349-1352.

Prov. 11 Sept. 1349 (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 9b). Lic. alibi cons. 18 Oct. (CPR. 1 181). Temps. 15 Jan. 1350 (CPR. 1348-1350 p. 445). Spir. 18 Jan. (Lamb., Reg. Islip ff. 9b-10). Cons. 23 Sept. (ibid. f. 31). Trans. to Worcester 1352.

M. Thomas Fastolf D.C.L. 1352-1361.

Prov. 22 Oct. 1352 (Lamb., Reg. Islip ff. 63b-64). Cons. n.d. at Rome by card. bp. of Tusculum (Cant., Reg. A f. 304/249). Spir. 29 March 1353 (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 66b). Temps. 4 June (CPR. 1350-1354 p. 462). Profession 15 March 1358 (Cant., Reg. A f. 304/249). (fn. 1) D. 19 June/1 July 1361 (Lamb., Reg. Islip f. 233).

M. Adam de Houghton D.C.L. 1361-1389.

Prov. 20 Sept. 1361 (Lamb., Reg. Islip ff. 233-233b). Spir. 15 Nov. (ibid. f. 233b). Temps. 8 Dec. (CPR. 1361-1364 p. 122). Cons. 2 Jan. 1362 (R.S.A.). D. before 10 Feb. 1389 (P.R.O., C 84/34/29).

M. John Gilbert (fn. 2) O.P., D.Th. 1389-1397.

Lic. el. sought 10 Feb. 1389 (P.R.O., C 84/34/29). Lic. el. gr. 27 Feb. (CPR. 1388- 1392 p. 14). Trans. from Hereford 5 May (Lamb., Reg. Courtenay ff. 323b-324). Temps. 12 July (CPR. 1388-1392 p. 89). Profession to abp. s.d. (Lamb., Reg. Courtenay f. 324). D. 28 July 1397 (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 458).

Guy de Mona 1397-1407.

Lic. el. gr. 16 Aug. 1397 (CPR. 1396-1399 p. 186). Prov. 30 Aug. (CPL. v 22). Lic. alibi cons. 1 Sept. (ibid. p. 72). Mand. to deliver spir. 27 Oct. (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 458). Cons. 11 Nov. at Abingdon, Berks. (Reg. St Davids 1 3). Profession to abp. 9 Oct. 1401 (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 13). D. 31 Aug. 1407 (Menevia Sacra p. 60).

M. Henry Chichele D.C.L. 1407-1414.

Lic. el. gr. 2 Oct. 1407 (CPR. 1405-1408 p. 364). Prov. 4 Oct. (fn. 3) (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 ff. 42-42b). Cons. March 1408 at Siena (Reg. Chichele I p. xxviii). Temps. 3 Apr. (CPR. 1405-1408 p. 426). Spir. 26 Aug. (Lamb., Reg. Arundell 1 f. 43). Profession to abp. s.d. (ibid.). Enthroned 20 May 1411 (Reg. Chichele-in Menevia Sacra p. 62). Abp. of Canterbury 1414.

M. John Catryk Lic.Cn.L. 1414-1415.

Prov. 27 Apr. 1414 (CPL. VI 454). Cons. by pope n.d. (Reg. Chichele I 15). Temps. 2 June (CPR. 1413-1416 p. 198). Spir. 18 July (Reg. Chichele I 15). Profession to abp. s.d. (ibid. pp. 14-15). Trans. to Coventry and Lichfield 1415.

M. Stephen Patryngton O.Carm., D.Th. 1415-1417.

Prov. 1 Feb. 1415 (CPL. VI 350). Lic. alibi cons. 3 Feb. (ibid. p. 458). Temps. 16 June (CPR. 1413-1416 p. 336). Cons. at Maidstone, Kent, 19 June (Reg. Chichele I 24-5). Trans. to Chichester 1417.

M. Benedict Nicholls B.Cn.L. 1417-1433.

Trans. from Bangor 15 Dec. 1417 (Reg. Chichele I 40-1). Mand. to abp. 21 Dec. to receive profession (ibid. p. 41). Profession to abp. 12 Feb. 1418 (ibid. p. 42). Temps. 1 June (CPR. 1416-1422 pp. 151-2). Profession to chapt. at St Davids 16 Oct. (Brit. Mus., Harley MS. 6280 ff. 101b-102). D. 14 June/16 July 1433 (Reg. Chichele 11 484-5; CPR. 1429-1436 p. 282).

M. Thomas Rodburn Lic.Th. 1433-1442.

Lic. el. gr. 16 July 1433 (CPR. 1429-1436 p. 292). Prov. 5 Oct. (Reg. Chichele 1 118). Lic. alibi cons. 19 Oct. (Cant., Reg. S f. 126/116). Temps. 16 Dec. (CPR. 1429-1436 p. 328). Cons. 31 Jan. 1434 (R.S.A.). D. before 27 June 1442 (CPL. IX 297).

M. William Lyndwood D.Cn. & C.L. 1442-1446.

Prov. 27 June 1442 (CPL. IX 297). Lic. alibi cons. 30 June (ibid. p. 253). Lic. el. gr. 3 July (CPR. 1441-1446 p. 102). Temps. 14 Aug. (ibid. p. 91). Cons. 26 Aug./2 Oct. (R.S.A.; Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 142). D. 21 Oct. 1446 (Brit. Mus., Cotton MS. Faustina B. viii ff. 6b, 52).

M. John Langton Lic.Cn.L. 1447.

Lic. el. sought 8 Nov. 1446 (P.R.O., C 84/46/41). Prov. 23 Jan. 1447 (Lamb., Reg. Stafford ff. 25-25b). Lic. alibi cons. 26 Jan. (CPL. IX 562). Lic. el. gr. 25 Feb. (CPR. 1446-1452 p. 34). Temps. 2 March (ibid. p. 50). Profession to abp. 19 March (Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 25b). Commission by abp. for cons. 29 Apr. (ibid. f. 26). Cons. 7 May in King's College, Cambridge (R.S.A.). D. 22 May (Emden, Reg. Camb. p. 352).

M. John de la Bere B.Cn.L. 1447-1460.

Prov. 15 Sept. 1447 (CPL. x 295). Cons. n.d. by abp. (fn. 4) (Lamb., Reg. Stafford f. 28). Profession to abp. 13 Nov. (ibid.). Temps. 14 Nov. (CPR. 1446-1452 p. 114). Res. bpc. 23 July 1460 (CPL. XI 410-11). Gr. royal pardon 5 Feb. 1461 but not restored to bpc. (Foedera vi 103).

M. Robert Tully O.S.B., D.Th. 1460-1482.

Prov. 23 July 1460 (CPL. XI 410-11). Lic. alibi cons. 28 Aug. (Cant., Reg. S ff. 205b-206). Temps. 20 Oct. (CPR. 1452-1461 p. 635). D. before 26 Feb. 1482 (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 259).

M. Richard Martin D.Cn.L. 1482-1483.

Custody of temps. gr. 26 Feb. 1482 (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 259). Prov. 26 Apr. (CPL. XIII ii 743). Lic. alibi cons. 27 Apr. and 10 June (ibid. pp. 743-4; Cant., Reg. S f. 324b). Temps. 1 July (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 307). Profession to abp. 8 July (Reg. Bourgchier p. 48). Cons. 28 July (Reg. St Davids II 449). D. 25 March (fn. 5) 1483 (Cambridge, Trinity College MS. 224 f. 1).

M. Thomas Langton D.Th., D.Cn.L. 1483-1485.

Custody of temps. gr. 21 May 1483 (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 348) and 6 July (ibid. p. 361). Prov. 4 July (CPL. XIII ii 826). Lic. alibi cons. 23 Aug. (Cant., Reg. S ff. 328- 328b). Profession to abp. 3 Sept. (Reg. Bourgchier p. 59). Cons. c. 7 Sept. (R.S.A.). Temps. 25 March 1484 (Foedera v iv 145). Trans. to Salisbury 1485.

M. Huw Pavy B.C.L. 1485-1496.

Custody of temps. gr. 2 May 1485 (CPR. 1476-1485 p. 527). Prov. 6 May (Eubel II 209). Lic. alibi cons. 22 Sept. (Cant., Reg. S f. 341). Cons. 9 Oct. by bps. of Bath and Wells and Cloyne, Ireland (Reg. St Davids II 459). Plenary restitution of temps. 19 Sept. 1486 (CPR. 1485-1494 p. 130). D. 3 May/3 Aug. 1496 (PCC 28 Horne; Eubel II 209).

M. John Morgan or Young B.Cn.L. 1496-1504.

Prov. 3 Aug. 1496 (Eubel II 209). Custody of temps. gr. 3 Nov. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 76). Lic. alibi cons. 12 Nov. (Cant., Reg. S f. 409). Temps. 23 Nov. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 78). D. 24 Apr./19 May 1504 (PCC 8 Holgrave).

M. Robert Sherbourne B.M. 1505-1508.

Prov. 5 Jan. 1505 (Eubel III 259). Temps. 12 Apr. (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 414). Lic. alibi cons. 24 Apr. (Lamb., Reg. Warham I f. 11b). Cons. 11 May (R.S.A.). Trans. to Chichester 1508.

M. Edward Fychan D.Cn.L. 1509-1523.

Prov. 13 June 1509 (Lamb., Reg. Warham I ff. 12b-13). Nominated by k. 15 July (L. & P. 1 i No. 393). Lic. alibi cons. 20 July (Lamb., Reg. Warham I f. 13). Cons. by abp. at Lambeth 22 July (ibid.). Profession to abp. s.d. (ibid.). Temps. 2 Aug. (L. & P. I i No. 158 (13)). D. before 27 Jan. 1523 (PCC 2 Bodfelde).

M. Richard Rawlings D.Th. 1523-1536.

Prov. 11 March 1523 (Lamb., Reg. Warham I f. 24b). Lic. alibi cons. 22 Apr. (Cant., Reg. T f. 214b). Temps. 24 Apr. (Foedera VI i 212). Cons. by abp. at Lambeth 26 Apr. (Lamb., Reg. Warham I f. 25). D. 18 Feb. 1536 (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer ff. 205b-206).

M. William Barlow O.Can.S.A., D.Th. 1536-1548.

El. 10 Apr. 1536 after being recommended to chapt. by k. (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 206). Royal assent 20 Apr. (ibid. ff. 205-205b). Conf. by abp. 21 Apr. (ibid. f. 205). Trans. to Bath and Wells 1548.

Footnotes

  • 1. Fastolf made his profession before the high altar at Canterbury 'Absentibus dominis archiepiscopo et priore'.
  • 2. Richard de Medford is said to have been nominated by the king as bp. of St Davids 1389 (Menevia Sacra p. 58), but no evidence has been found for this. He had been prov. to the bpc. of Chichester 17 Nov. 1388 and made profession to abp. 7 May 1389 (Lamb., Reg. Courtenay f. 325).
  • 3. Griffin le Yonge obtained an abortive prov. to St Davids in 1407 by the schismatic pope Benedict XIII (Williams p. 224).
  • 4. In his profession to the abp. on 13 Nov. 1447, de la Bere stated 'A vobis consecrandus', which suggests that his consecration had not yet taken place.
  • 5. Richard Martin's obit was observed at Canterbury on 19 Nov. (Brit. Mus., Arundel MS. 68 f. 48b). It is probable that the March date is correct since Langton, his successor, was gr. custody of the temps. of the bpc. in May.