See of Bath and Wells, Bishopric of Bath and Wells
Dates: Episcopal see; institutional holder from 1205 until the Dissolution period
Biography
The bishopric held Abson and Wick after Glastonbury Abbey relinquished its rights in 1205.
Notes / Sources
Institutional lordship, not a private tenancy or mesne tenure.
Research sources:
- J. F. Meehan, More Famous Houses of Bath and District, second series, 1906, p. 92, citing the 1205 transaction and the subsequent episcopal tenure. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/More_famous_houses_of_Bath_%26_district%3B_being_the_second_series_of_that_work_%28IA_morefamoushouses00meeh%29.pdf
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