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YOUNG, GRUFFYDD (c. 1370 - c. 1435), cleric, and supporter of Owain Glyndŵr Benedict XIII of Avignon (Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 121-2), and in February 1407 was provided to the bishopric of Bangor, possibly as the result of intrigues on his part against bishop Lewis Byford. In April 1407 he was translated to S. Davids, designed by the ' Pennal policy ' as the metropolitan see of Wales. By 1408 the power of Glyndŵr was on the wane, and although Young remained in touch with him to

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