Henry Gower (or Henry de Gower) was a medieval canon lawyer, college fellow, university

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, and bishop. Gower was a Fellow of

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in England and

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during 1322–24. He was a professor of canon law. He was briefly

Archdeacon of St David's The Archdeacon of St Davids is a senior cleric in the Church in Wales' Diocese of St Davids. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of St Davids, one of three archdeaconries in the ...

in Wales before becoming Bishop of St David's from 1328 to 1347.

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