ABRAHAM (died 1232), bishop of St Asaph

Name: Abraham
Date of death: 1232
Gender: Male
Occupation: bishop of St Asaph
Area of activity: Religion
Author: John Edward Lloyd

Consecrated by Stephen Langton at Westminster 29 June 1225. His previous record is not known, but he was probably a Welshman. Peniarth MS 20 names him 'euream.' In 1227 he granted to Valle Crucis the second half of the church of Wrexham, and in 1232 to the same abbey a portion of Llangollen church.

Author

Sir John Edward Lloyd, (1861 - 1947)

Sources

J. E. Lloyd, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest (London 1911), 689, n. 204
Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1868, 162, 163

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q19817111

Published date: 1959

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