ROWLAND
,
HENRY
(
1551
-
1616
),
bishop of Bangor
;
b. at
Mellteyrn, Llŷn, Caerns.
, the son of
Rolant ap Robert
and
Elizabeth
, daughter of
Gruffydd ap Robert
Vaughan
of
Talhenbont
. He was educated at a school in the parish of
Penllech
and at
New College
,
Oxford
(
B.A.
1574
,
M.A.
1577
,
B.D.
1591
,
D.D.
1605
). Ordained on
14 Sept. 1572
; he became
rector
of
Mellteyrn
,
1572-81
;
rector
of
Langton
(
Oxon.
),
1581-1600
;
prebendary
of
Penmynydd
,
Anglesey
,
1584-93
;
rector
of
Aberdaron
,
1588
;
archdeacon
of
Anglesey
,
1588
;
dean
of
Bangor
,
1593
;
bishop
of
Bangor
,
1598-1616
. As
bishop
he held ‘in commendam’ the livings of
Trefdraeth
,
Anglesey
, and
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Denbs.
He d.
6 July 1616
. He appears during his lifetime to have repaired
Bangor cathedral
; he also bequeathed £20 towards its re-roofing. He
established scholarships
at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, and
bequeathed lands for the establishment of a school
at
Mellteyrn
(
Botwnnog
) and almshouses at
Bangor
. He m.
Frances
Hutchins
of
Langton
, but left no issue.
Bibliography:
-
Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography
;
-
Browne Willis
,
A survey of the cathedral church of Bangor;
and the edifices belonging to it …
, 1721
, 109-10;
-
John Morgan
Coffadwriaeth am y Gwir Barchedig Henry
Rowland, D.D., Arglwydd Esgob Bangor (1598-1616) sylfaenydd
Ysgol Ramadegol Rad Bottwnog, Llyn
, Bangor, 1910
,
1910
;
-
J. E. Griffith
,
Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire
Families
, 1914
, 269;
-
Reports of the ‘Historical
Manuscripts Commission
,
Reports of the ‘Historical
Manuscripts Commission
, viii, 368 and 470;
-
A. Ivor Pryce
The Diocese of Bangor in the sixteenth
century being a digest of the registers of the bishops,
A.D. 1512-1646
, 1923
passim
.
Author:
Professor Glyn Roberts, M.A., (1904-1962), Bangor
