Diocese of Llandaff.
The Bishop received £1,872 from 11 parishes. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol received £430 from two parishes.
The Chapter received £4,487 from 28 parishes. And in addition to this enormous sum, the Chapter’s separate estates amounted to £1,922 from 16 parishes. Here, then, is a total of £6,409 per annum, taken from 44 parishes by the Chapter of Llandaff.
But this is not the end of the depletion of parochial endowments. The Dean and Chapter of Gloucester received £2,618 from 12 parishes; and the Dean and Chapter of Bristol £966 from 5 parishes. Here, then, is a total of £12,297 per annum, taken from 76 parishes in this diocese alone by two bishops and three chapters.
Diocese of St. Asaph.
This was the most lamentable diocese in Wales.
The Bishop received £8,121 per annum from 23 parishes.
Bishop of St. David’s, £800 from one.
The Dean and Chapter received £1,649 from three parishes. By 29 and 30 Charles II., they received £1,370 from 4 parishes for “Domus and Fabric.”
The Chapter’s eight separate estates amounted to £6,084 from 14 parishes, viz., Dean, £1,987; Precentor, £1,585; Chancellor, £868; Treasurer, £350; four Prebendaries, £1,294.