Miles Salley (died 1516) was a late 15th-centuryAbbot ofEynsham Abbey andAbingdon Abbey and an early 16th-centuryBishop of Llandaff. Salley was Abbot of Eynsham inOxfordshire in the 1490s. He was appointed Bishop of Llandaff, where he is remembered for his building work at the Bishop's Palace inMathern inMonmouthshire.
He also rebuilt thechancel and southaisle ofThe Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, and donated thereredos.[1]
Salley was a monk inAbingdon Abbey during the 1480s, and probably entered the decade before as a youth. In 1486, he was caught delivering money to supporters ofJohn de la Pole's Rebellion againstHenry VII. Salley was ordered to forfeit all goods and was imprisoned for a time. He was pardoned in 1492, and by 1496 he was acting asalmoner and in charge of the kitchen at Abingdon, effectively the fourth most senior monk there.[2]
He was elected as abbot ofEynsham Abbey in 1498, and around that time he was given the title ofBishop of Llandaff by the king. In this role, he was able to sit in parliament, was given a house inThe Strand, as well as one inBristol. He attended state occasions, such as the funeral of Henry VII, andThomas Wolsey's appointment as cardinal.[2]
Salley died in December 1516. His heart and bowels were buried at the high altar inSt Tewdric's Church and his body was buried inThe Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, where a finechest tomb surmounted by his effigy exists on the north wall of the chancel.[1][3] In his will, he left items and money to a number of organisations includingLlandaff Cathedral,Mathern church,Eynsham Abbey andSt Mark's hospital[2]
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