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Subject: [PACE-L] Thomas Skevington Abbot of Beaulieu and Bishop of Bangor
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 04:21:55 -0500
Thomas Skevington,
Abbot of Beaulieu and Bishop of Bangor
c. 1460s - 1533
Beaulieu: King Johns Abbey by Dom Frederick Hockey
Suggested that Thomas Skevington was related to Thomas Pace of
Southampton, as the Skevington probably refers to Skeffington in
Leicestershire, his place of origin. This was a common custom for the
Cistercians. He was also known as PATEXE or PACE [A.B. Emden,
Biographical Register of the University of Oxford, 1957 and J.S. Brewer
et al Letters & Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII iv, 1864-1932], but
nowhere is the relationship openly declared.
He was a student at St. Bernards College, Oxford (later renamed St.
Johns) and by 1478 had become Abbot of Waverley [J. Baigent, Abbot of
Waverley, 1882]. By 1508 he had become Abbot of Beaulieu [Calendar of
Patent Rolls 1494-1509, 569, Public Record Office] and then on the 17th
June 1509 he was also consecrated Bishop of Bangor [J.S. Brewer et al
Letters & Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII iv, 1864-1932]. His enemies
described him as the richest monk in England, but he was a great
patron of Bangor Cathedral. He stayed at Beaulieu in preference to
Bangor, even after he was appointed Archdeacon of Merioneth in 1524 [Sir
J.K. Fowler, A History of Beaulieu Abbey, 1911], but little is known
about his work at the Abbey other than he increased farm stock, repaired
buildings and defended the Abbeys. rights.
Thomas Skevington died on the 17th August 1533 and according to his will
proved at Lambeth on the 21st August 1533 [PCC Hogen 5; Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, Public Record Office], his heart was to be buried
in Bangor Cathedral and his body to be interred on the Gospel side of
the choir of the church of Beaulieu Abbey. Its location is not known.
Leonard Skevington, named as a cousin, was left money in the will [A/C
14]. Thomas Pace of Southampton was named as one of the three executors
of the will.
Skevingtons arms of the see of Bangor is one of the shields depicted in
the 19th century stained glass windows of the Lower Drawing Room of
Palace House.
Bangor Cathedral and University, on the north coast of Wales,
about 50 miles west of Liverpool
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
http://www.llgc.org.uk/lc/lcs0049.htm - National Library of Wales
http://library.bangor.ac.uk/search/ - Bangor University of Wales
http://www.zyworld.com/StAsaphCathedral/ - St. ASAPH'S Cathedral
Gord Pace - Brighton Ontario Canada
http://www.phc.igs.net/~gordpace/
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