Hugh Lloyd (born between 1586 and 1589 – 7 June 1667) was a

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who was the

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bishop of Llandaff The Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's cathedra, seat is in the Llandaff Cathedral, Cathedral Chu ...

from 1660 until his death in 1667. Born in

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, Lloyd entered

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in 1607, graduating with a BA in 1611 and an MA in 1614. He is said to have become a Fellow of

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in 1614, but the college's records do not list him as ever being a fellow. Lloyd obtained further degrees of BD in 1624 and DD in 1638, as a member of Jesus College. He was appointed to the livings of St Andrews,

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(1617) and St Nicholas in the same county in 1626, later being given the sinecure position of rector of

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in 1637 and given the living of Hirnant,

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, in 1638. He became Canon and Archdeacon of

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in 1644. During the

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, he was a marked Royalist and lost his position as Archdeacon and also his parish livings. He was taken prisoner for three weeks by Colonel Thomas Horton after the

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in May 1648. Orders were given for his arrest on 9 February 1651 and in 1652 some property of his, in Herefordshire, was forfeited for treason (although he successfully fought against this and possession was restored to him in 1652). On the Restoration, he was appointed

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(He was

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to the See on 17 October 1660,

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17 November, and consecrated a bishop on 2 December 1660) and was reappointed to his previous parishes and his Archdeaconry. He was also made rector of

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. He supported free schools (described Glamorgan in a ''A Letter to the Clergy for the support of the Free Schools'' as "utterly destitute of schools") and took an active interest in the diocese of Llandaff. However, his work left little mark. He was buried in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Hugh 1580s births 1667 deaths People from Ceredigion Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Archdeacons of St Davids Bishops of Llandaff 17th-century Welsh Anglican bishops Cavaliers Burials at Llandaff Cathedral