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  • A fortified palace of the bishops of St David's, first created as a ringwork in the twelfth century and totally rebuilt mainly in the fourteenth century. Source: Cadw
Aerial photograph of Llawhaden Castle, 1994
  • The medieval Bishop's Palace, Lamphey, was built by the bishops of St. Davids as a lavish country retreat.
Aerial photograph of Lamphey Bishop's Palace
Cutaway reconstruction drawing of the Bishop's Palace, St David's
  • This is a letter sent from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to the Bishop of St Asaph and others, urging them to build a new town hall in Denbigh, 16 March 1571. The letter reads as follows: 'A Lettre from ye Earle of Leycester to ye Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Jon Salusbury, Ellis Price, and the rest of ye Iustices of ye County of Denbigh recommendinge it to them to levey monie towardes building a new Shire Hall in Denbigh - Wth my right hartie commendaçons. Whereby commission from the Council of the Marches, order was directed unto youe for the ceassing and leavinge of certayne sommes of monie towardes the buylding of a new Shire hall wthin the Towne of Denbighe, wherein the Officers and inhabitants of the said Towne are greatlie desyrous to procede wth some expedition, in respect yt is a thinge so nedefull vnto them, as also expedient and necessarie for all the inhabitants of that whole Countie. I have thought good by these fewe [lines omitted] to commende unto your carefull travayle the furtherance of this their good intentions, which for mine owne parte, I have so greate lyking that towarde the same, I have freelie bestowed vppon them suche a plott of grounde wthin the Towne for the said hall to be erected on, as by mine officers theare, wth consente of the inhabitants, shall be found most mete and convenient for that purpose. I do therefore in lyke mannr hartlie pray youe, on whom the despatch does chieflie depende, that leavying of this said monie, youe will give them spedieset furtherance you maie. And so I bid youe right hartlie farewell. From the Courte the XVith of March, 1571. Yo vearie frend R. Leycester.' Source: John Williams, Ancient and Modern Denbigh: A Descriptive History of the Castle, Borough and Liberties (Denbigh, 1856), pp. 97-8.
Letter from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to the Bishop of St Asaph, 16 March 1571
  • The majority of the surviving buildings at St David's Palace date to the 13th and 14th centuries.
St David's Bishop's Palace, view along west range [image 1 of 2]
  • The Liber Pontificalis Aniani of Bangor is a manuscript volume compiled in c. 1260-6, which consists of 167 parchment leaves. Medieval Pontificals were designed for the practical convenience of the bishop and contained in full those services which appertained to his ministerial functions, e.g. confirmation, the ordination of priests and deacons, along with the consecration and enthronisation of bishops and archbishops. It is believed that this manuscript was written for Anian who was bishop of Bangor from 1267 to 1305. The three acorns which appear on the corners of the page are possibly an allusion to the Franciscan house at Llan-faes, Anglesey. The Welsh word for 'acorns' is 'mes' [Llan+mes/Llan-faes], and oak leaves and acorn motifs featured in the medieval floor tiles at Llan-faes. Only a small selection of the folios is shown here. Source: T. J. Morris, 'The Liber Pontificalis Aniani of Bangor', 'Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club' (1962),
Liber Pontificalis Aniani of Bangor, c. 1260-6 [folio 8v, image 1 of 4]