ROWLAND, HENRY (1551 - 1616), bishop of Bangor

Born at Mellteyrn, Llŷn, Caernarfonshire, 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 September 1572; he became rector of Mellteyrn, 1572-81; rector of Langton (Oxfordshire), 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, Denbighshire He died 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 married Frances Hutchins of Langton, but left no issue.

Author

• Professor Glyn Roberts, (1904 - 1962)

Sources

• 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 MorganCoffadwriaeth am y Gwir Barchedig Henry Rowland, D.D., Arglwydd Esgob Bangor (1598-1616) sylfaenydd Ysgol Ramadegol Rad Bottwnog, Llyn, 1910
• J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (1914), 269
• Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, Cecil, viii, 368 and 470
• A. Ivor PryceThe Diocese of Bangor in the sixteenth century being a digest of the registers of the bishops, A.D. 1512-1646 (1923)passim

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Henry Rowlands

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q5727766

Published date: 1959

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