William Glyn (1504 – 21 May 1558), also known as William Glynn or William Glynne, was the

Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Diocese of Bangor of the Church in Wales. The Episcopal see, see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Bangor Cathedral, Cathedral Church of Sa ...

from 1555 until his death. He was born in Heneglwys,

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and educated at

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, later becoming a fellow of that college and of

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. He was elected president of

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in 1553, vice-chancellor of

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in the following year, and

in 1555. He had been pragmatic towards the religious changes of the

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but probably remained most sympathetic to Catholicism. His brother Geoffrey Glyn had left property and money in his will in 1557 towards the founding of a grammar school in Bangor, which William Glyn and Maurice Griffith,

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were intended to execute. Both these men were to die the following year before the intention could be executed, but ultimately

Friars School, Bangor is a school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and the second oldest extant school in Wales. History 1557 Establishment The school was founded by Geoffrey Glyn who had been brought up in Anglesey and had followed a career in law in London. A friary had be ...

was set up.

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