Bishop of St Asaph is in Bishops, St Asaph Cathedral [Map].
Before 1st May 956 St Asaph was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
In 1143 Bishop Gilbert was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph by Archbishop Baldwin of Forde [aged 18].
On 5th January 1268 Bishop Ainan II, Prior of Rhuddlan Friary [Map], was elected Bishop of St Asaph.
On 14th June 1444 Bishop Reginald Peacock [aged 49] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
On 13th October 1471 Bishop Richard Redman was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph.
In 1495 Bishop Michael Deacon was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
On 6th July 1518 Bishop Henry Standish [aged 43] was consecrated as Bishop of St Asaph by Archbishop William Warham [aged 68] assisted by Bishop Robert Sherbourne [aged 65] and Bishop John Young [aged 55] (suffragan).
In 1536 Bishop William Barlow [aged 38] was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph.
On 8th June 1536 Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton was elected Bishop of St Asaph.
On 18th August 1629 Bishop John Owen [aged 49] was elected Bishop of St Asaph.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 17th October 1660 Bishop George Griffith [aged 59] was elected Bishop of St Asaph.
On 28th October 1660 Bishop George Griffith [aged 59] was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph at the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map] by Bishop Brian Duppa [aged 71]. It was the first consecration of bishops after the Restoration.
In 1680 Bishop William Lloyd [aged 52] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st October 1680. I began and spent the whole week in examining my life, begging pardon for my faults, assistance and blessing for the future, that I might, in some sort, be prepared for the time that now drew near, and not have the great work to begin, when one can work no longer. The Lord Jesus help and assist me! I therefore stirred little abroad till the 5th of November, when I heard Dr. Tenison [aged 44], the now vicar of St. Martin's [Map]; Dr. Lloyd [aged 53], the former incumbent, being made Bishop of St. Asaph.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st October 1680. I spent this whole day in exercises. A stranger preached at Whitehall [Map] on Luke xvi. 30, 31. I then went to St. Martin's [Map], where the Bishop of St. Asaph [aged 53] [Note. The next post refers to Bishop William Lloyd being made Bishop of St Asaph. The previous incumbent Isaac Barrow had died 24th June 1680] preached on 1 Peter iii. 15; the Holy Communion followed, at which I participated, humbly imploring God's assistance in the great work I was entering into. In the afternoon, I heard Dr. Sprat [aged 45], at St. Margaret's [Map], on Acts xvii. 11.
In 1715 Bishop John Wynne [aged 48] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
The London Gazette 7069. Whitehall, February 29 [1731]. His Majesty has been pleased to grant unto John Baron, Master of Arts, the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, void by the Promotion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Thomas Tanner [aged 57] to the Bishoprick of St. Asaph.
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the Dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain upon Robert Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster, Esq;. [Note. Created with a special remainder to his brothers.]
On 23rd January 1732 Bishop Thomas Tanner [aged 57] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
In 1736 Bishop Isaac Maddox [aged 38] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
In 1783 Bishop Lewis Bagot [aged 42] was appointed Bishop of St Asaph.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1815 Bishop John Luxmoore [aged 49] was translated to Bishop of St Asaph.
In 12th March 1830 Bishop William Carey [aged 60] was elected Bishop of St Asaph.