Henry de Abergavenny

Henry de Abergavenny (died 1218) was Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff, both in South Wales.

Henry was a Benedictine monk who became Prior of Abergavenny, before succeeding to the diocese of Llandaff which had been vacant for two years.^[1] He was consecrated on 12 December 1193.^[1] Henry organised the Cathedral chapter at Llandaff,^[2] appointing fourteen prebends^[3] (eight priests, four deacons and two sub-deacons). He also assisted at the coronation of King John in 1199.^[3] Henry died on 12 November 1218 and was succeeded by William de Goldcliff.^[4] Henry was buried in the Llandaff Cathedral; his gravestone is said to be on the half-pace before the altar rails.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Pryde, E. B. Greenway, D. E. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-5215-6350-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Pearson, M. J. (2003). "The Welsh cathedrals 1066-1300', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 9, the Welsh Cathedrals". British History Online. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Willis, Browne (1719). A Survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff. R. Gosling. pp. 48–49.
^ Clark, George Thomas (1862). The Land of Morgan: Being a Contribution Towards the History of the Lordship of Glamorgan. Whiting. p. 87.
^ Willis, Browne (1719). A Survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff. R. Gosling. p. 119. Henry de Abergavenny.

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High Medieval	Joseph Herewald Urban Uhtred Nicholas ap Gwrgant William de Saltmarsh Henry de Abergavenny William de Goldcliff Elias de Radnor William de Christchurch William de Burgh John de la Ware William de Radnor William de Braose Philip de Staunton
Late Medieval	John of Monmouth Alexander de Monmouth John de Egglescliffe John Paschal Rodger Cradock Thomas Rushhook William Bottlesham Edmund de Bromfield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Andrew Barret John Burghill Thomas Peverel John de la Zouche John Wells Nicholas Ashby John Hunden John Smith John Marshall John Ingleby
Early modern	Miles Salley George de Athequa Robert Holgate Anthony Kitchin Hugh Jones William Blethyn Gervase Babington William Morgan Francis Godwin George Carleton Theophilus Feild William Murray Morgan Owen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Hugh Lloyd Francis Davies William Lloyd William Beaw John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Matthias Mawson John Gilbert Edward Cresset Richard Newcome John Ewer Jonathan Shipley Hon Shute Barrington Richard Watson Herbert Marsh William Van Mildert Charles Sumner Edward Copleston Alfred Ollivant Richard Lewis Joshua Pritchard Hughes
Church in Wales	Joshua Pritchard Hughes Timothy Rees John Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) Glyn Simon (Archbishop of Wales) Eryl Thomas John Poole-Hughes Roy Davies Barry Morgan (Archbishop of Wales) June Osborne Mary Stallard