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 146 BATH AND WELLS.

1626 William Laud, bishop of St. JJavid^s, was nominated 2 Car. I. by the King to Bath and Wells 20th June 1626, and elected bishop of that see 16th Aug. following. On 4th Sept. in that year he obtained as elect of Bath and Wells the King's letters patent to hold his stall in Westminster in commendam--^. He was confirmed 1 8th Sept."^^, and had restitution of the temporalities the next day'^^ On 15th July 1628 he was trans- lated to London^^^ Qn the translation of bishop Laud to the see of London, a conge d'elire was issued to the chapter of Wells i8th July 1628-''; in pursuance of which

1628 Leonard Mawe, S.T.P., master of Trinity college,

4 Car. I. Cambridge, was elected 24th July 1628 ; received the

royal assent 15th Aug.'-^, was confirmed 5th Sept., and consecrated at Croydon on the 7th of the same month -9. He died at Chiswick 2nd Sept. 1629, and was buried in the church there 1 6th Sept. His will is in the Prerogative Office, London ^0. On 22nd Oct. 1629 a conge d'elire vice bishop Mawe was sent to the dean and chapter of Wells ^^ ; pursuant to which

1629 Walter Curl, bishop of Eochester, was elected 29th

5 Car. L Oct. 1629, I'Gceived the royal assent to his election

23rd Nov. -^2^ and was confirmed 4th Dec,-^-^; on the 16th of which month he obtained the restitution of his temporalities-^^, and i6th Nov. 1632 he was trans- lated to Winchester. A license to elect a bishop of Bath and Wells vice Walter Curl was issued 19th Nov. 1632^^, and 1632 William Pierce or Piers, bishop of Peterborough, was 8 Car. I. elected to the see of Bath and Wells 26th Nov. 1632.

��^3 Rot. Dispens. de anno 2. 29 Reg. Abbot, pars 2. fol.151.

Car. I. 30 Ridley, 78.

2-1 Reg. Abbot, par. 2. fol. 97. ^i Pat. 5 Car. I. p. 33. N". 4.

^5 Pat. 2 Car. I. ^2 ibid. No. 3.

26 Reg. Abbot, pars 2. fol. 130. ^3 Rgg. Abbot, pars 3. fol. 6.

27 Pat. 4 Car. I. p. 37. N". 3. 34 Pat. 5 Car. I. p. 33. No. 2.

28 Ibid. No. 2. 35 Pat. 8 Car. I. p. 14. No. 4.

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