Henry de Abergavenny

{{Short description|Bishop of Llandaff, Wales (died 1218)}}

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Henry de Abergavenny (died 1218) was Prior of Abergavenny and Bishop of Llandaff, both in South Wales.

Henry was a Benedictine monk who became Prior of Abergavenny, before succeeding to the diocese of Llandaff which had been vacant for two years. He was consecrated on 12 December 1193.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&dq=william+de+goldcliff&pg=PA293|title=Handbook of British Chronology|author=Pryde, E. B. Greenway, D. E.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1996|page=293|isbn=978-0-5215-6350-5}} Henry organised the Cathedral chapter at Llandaff,{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol9/xix-xxiv|title= The Welsh cathedrals 1066-1300', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 9, the Welsh Cathedrals|author=Pearson, M. J.|year=2003|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=5 April 2016}} appointing fourteen prebends (eight priests, four deacons and two sub-deacons). He also assisted at the coronation of King John in 1199.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKNbAAAAQAAJ&dq=Henry+de+Abergavenny&pg=PA115|title=A Survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff|author=Willis, Browne|publisher=R. Gosling|year=1719|pages=48–49}} Henry died on 12 November 1218 and was succeeded by William de Goldcliff.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XggsAAAAIAAJ&dq=william+de+goldcliff&pg=RA1-PA93|title=The Land of Morgan: Being a Contribution Towards the History of the Lordship of Glamorgan|author=Clark, George Thomas|publisher=Whiting|year=1862|page=87}} Henry was buried in the Llandaff Cathedral; his gravestone is said to be on the half-pace before the altar rails.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/asurveycathedra00willgoog|quote=Henry de Abergavenny.|title=A Survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff|author=Willis, Browne|publisher=R. Gosling|year=1719|page=[https://archive.org/details/asurveycathedra00willgoog/page/n231 119]}}