OF THE

CHURCH OF IRELAND,

FROM THE

REFORMATION TO THE REVOLUTION;

WITHI

A PRELIMINARY SURVEY,

FROM

THE PAPAL USURPATION, IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY,

TO ITS

LEGAL ABOLITION IN THE SIXTEENTH.

BY

THE RIGHT REV? RICHARD MANT, D.D.,

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XL.

LONDON:

HARRISON AND Co., PRINTERS,

ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

792
M3

TO THE

CHURCH OF CHRIST,

CATHOLICK AND APOSTOLICK,

UNDER HIS PROVIDENCE

IN IRELAND BY LAW ESTABLISHED:

SPECIALLY TO THE

BISHOPS AND CURATES,

AND THE

CONGREGATIONS COMMITTED TO THEIR CHARGE:

THIS HISTORICAL SKETCH,

INTERESTING PROBABLY FROM ITS SUBJECT, HOWEVER DEFECTIVE
IN EXECUTION, IS, AFTER ALMOST TWENTY YEARS OF

PROFESSIONAL CONNEXION, PRESENTED AS

THE AUTHOR'S RESPECTFUL OFFERING OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
AND BROTHERLY LOVE.

DOWN AND CONNOR HOUSE,

October, 1839.