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and_o mongomery_n and_o in_o they_o to_o the_o number_n of_o 107_o parish_n whereof_o 36_o impropriate_v it_o have_v moreover_o in_o it_o three_o archdeaconry_n viz._n of_o bangor_n anglesey_n and_o merion_v one_o of_o which_o be_v add_v to_o the_o bishopric_n for_o support_v thereof_o this_o bishopric_n be_v value_v in_o the_o king_n book_n 131_o l._n 16_o s._n 4d._o and_o answer_v for_o the_o clergy_n ten_o 151_o l._n 14s_o 3d._n q._n bishop_n of_o bangor_n an._n ch._n  _fw-fr 516_o 1_o st._n daniel_n  _fw-fr 2_o hernaeus_fw-la translate_v to_o ely_n 1120_o 3_o david_n 1139_o 4_o maurituis_n  _fw-fr 5_o gulielmus_fw-la  _fw-fr 6_o guido_n alias_o gwianus_n 1195_o 7_o albanus_n 1197_o 8_o robertus_fw-la de_fw-la salopia_n 1215_o 9_o caducan_n alias_o cadogan_n 1236_o 10_o howel_n 1267_o 11_o richardus_fw-la 1306_o 12_o anianus_n  _fw-fr 13_o cadogan_n ii_o 1306_o 14_o griffith_n 1320_o 15_o lodovicus_n 1334_o 16_o
matthaeus_n 1358_o 17_o thomas_n de_fw-fr ringsted_n 1367_o 18_o gervasius_n de_fw-fr castro_n 1370_o 19_o howel_n ii_o 1374_o 20_o john_n gilbert_n translate_v to_o saint_n david_n 1376_o 21_o john_n clovensis_n  _fw-fr 22_o john_n swaffan_n 1400_o 23_o richard_n young_a translate_v to_o rochester_n  _fw-fr 24_o lodovicus_n the_o ii_o 1408_o 25_o benedict_n nicols_n translate_v to_o st._n david_n 1418_o 26_o william_n barrow_n translate_v to_o carlisle_n  _fw-fr 27_o nicolaus_n 1436_o 28_o thomas_n cheriton_n 1448_o 29_o john_n stanbery_n translate_v to_o hereford_n  _fw-fr 30_o jacobus_n 1464_o 31_o thomas_n edwane_n 1196_o 32_o henry_n dean_n translate_v to_o salisbury_n 1500_o 33_o thomas_n picot_n 1504_o 34_o john_n penvy_a translate_v to_o carlisle_n 1505_o 35_o thomas_n skenington_n 1534_o 36_o john_n capon_n translate_v to_o salisbury_n 1539_o 37_o john_n bird_n translate_v to_o chester_n 1541_o 38_o arthur_n bulkeley_n or_o bulkeby_n the_o bellseller_n 1555_o 39_o william_n 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