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William Chappel ..... Nottinghamshire Prov. of Trinity College.. 1638.. 1649 during the

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Edward Wetenhall.... Lichfield ...... ... Chantor of Christ Church 1678 survived the Abdica

BISHOPS OF CLOYNE.

tion of King James II.

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Edward King
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Yorkshire ... Dean of Christ Church .. 1639. 1655 during the

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Usurpation. Dean of Killalla........ 1661 .. 1667 to Tuam. Dean of Clogher........ 1667 .. 1685 when the revenues of the see were applied by King James to the support of the Popish Bishops, and the sce was left unoccupied.

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BISHOPS OF KILLALLA AND ACHONRY.

Miler Magragh held these sees in commendam with Cashel........ 1607
Archibald Hamilton... Scotland

John Maxwell........ Scotland

1622

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D.D. of Glasgow..
Dean of Raphoe .
Bp. of Ross in Scotland.. 1640 ..
Oxfordshire Dean of Cork
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Rutland ...... Dean of Down

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Chaplain to Lord Berkely
Dean of Limerick

Lisnegarvy .... Dean of Dromore.......
Carrickfergus.. Dean of Clogher.

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1663 .. 1670
1670 . 1679 to Ossory.
1679 .. 1680

1681 .. 1681 to Raphoe.
1681 survived the Ab-lica-

tion of King James 11.

No. II.

Question whether any Bishops resigned at Queen Elizabeth's Accession.

IT has been stated in the foregoing narrative, page 276, that the only bishops of the Church of Ireland, who were affected by the measures consequent on Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne, were Walsh, bishop of Meath, and Leverous, bishop of Kildare. Whilst these sheets, however, have been passing through the press, a volume, apparently of much research and value, under the title of An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession, has been published by the Honourable and Reverend Arthur Perceval, which contains the following passage.

"At the accession of Queen Elizabeth," says Mr. Perceval, "of all the Irish bishops only two were deprived, and two others resigned, on account of their adherence to the supremacy of the See of Rome. The rest continued in their sees and from them the bishops and clergy of the Irish Church derive their orders. This has never been disputed."

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The whole of this passage I take to be indisputable, except that part of it which affirms "two of the Irish bishops to have resigned their bishopricks on account of their adherence to the supremacy of the See of Rome." In this particular the position of the excellent writer appears to me questionable at least, or, I may venture to say, erroneous. He will not be displeased if I proceed to investigate the position for the purpose of ascertaining its correctness. And as he does not particularize the individuals, I purpose, as the most complete and satisfactory method of proceeding, to recite the several sees, with the occupancy of each at the queen's accession, November 17, 1558, and the date and cause of each vacancy subsequent to that event, so far as they are recorded and known.

Armagh was vacated by the death of George Dowdall, August 15, 1558, and had not been filled at the queen's accession. Meath, by the deprivation of William Walsh, 1560. Clonmacnois, by the death of Peter Wall or Wale, 1568. Clogher was occupied by Hugh O'Cervallan in 1557, but how much later is not recorded, nor how he vacated it. His successor was appointed in 1570.

Down and Connor was occupied by Eugene Magennis in 1560; but how much later is not recorded. A grant of the sees was made to James Mac Caghwell, January 6, 1565.

Kilmore; the occupant of this see is not known.

Ardagh was vacated by the death of Patrick Mac Mahon, 1572. Dromore, Raphoe, and Derry; the occupant of neither of these sees is known.

Dublin was vacated by the translation of Hugh Curwin, 1567.
Kildare, by the deprivation of Thomas Leverous, 1560.
Ossory, by the death of John Thonory, 1565.

Ferns, by the death of Alexander Devereux, 1566.
Leighlin, by the death of Thomas Field, or O'Fihel, 1567.

Cashel, by the death of Roland Baron, 1561.

Emly, by the death of Reymund de Burgh, 1562.

Limerick, by the resignation of Hugh Lacy, 1571.

Ardfert was occupied by James Fitzmaurice in 1576; but how much later is not recorded, nor how he vacated it. His successor was appointed in 1588.

Waterford and Lismore, vacated by the death of Patrick Walsh,

1578.

Cork and Cloyne, by the resignation of Roger Skiddy, 1566.

Killaloe was occupied by Terence O'Brien in 1566; but how much later is not recorded; nor how he vacated it. His successor was appointed in 1570.

Tuam and Kilmacduagh, vacated by the death of Christopher Bodekin, 1572.

Kilfenorah; the occupant of this see is not known.

Elphin was vacated by the death of Roland de Burgh, 1580.
Clonfert, the same, 1580.

Killalla, occupant not known.

Achonry, occupant not known.

Of the twenty-eight bishopricks recited above, at the queen's

accession, there was vacant

Those, of which the occupants are not known, were

Subsequently there were vacated by deprivation

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The question with which we are engaged evidently turns upon

the last six.

Two of these vacancies, namely, of Cork and Cloyne, and of Limerick, were made by resignation; but these can hardly be the two of which we are in search. For one was in the year 1566, the other in 1571, that is to say, eight years and thirteen years respectively, after the queen's accession; not, therefore, on occasion of that event, nor likely to be connected with it. Besides that, as to the question of the supremacy, Bishop Skiddy had previously accepted the deanery of Limerick from King Edward the Sixth; and, although he had been appointed to the see of Cork and Cloyne by Queen Mary, he had not been put by her into real possession, but subsequently received a new grant, and his investiture, from Queen Elizabeth, and was actually consecrated by her mandate. Under these circumstances the supposed motive for resignation were strange indeed.

Two of the vacancies, namely, of Killaloe and Ardfert, were made in a manner not recorded, but after the years 1566 and 1576 respectively; probably at a considerable distance after, for the following appointments took place in 1570 and 1588; so that, supposing the two vacancies to have been made by resignation, a mere gratuitous supposition, hardly reconcileable with Sir James Ware's and Mr. Harris's ignorance of the fact, they are likewise thus removed from connexion with the queen's accession.

There remain the vacancies of the two sees of Clogher and of Down and Connor.

As to the former, there seems to be no positive evidence that Hugh O'Cervallan, bishop of Clogher, occupied the see later than 1557; but that he did occupy it later may be probably inferred from the fact of the grant of the bishoprick being made to his successor, September 18, 1570, near twelve years after Queen Elizabeth's accession, so that the vacancy should appear to have been unconnected with that event. But if it was earlier, there is still no authority for attributing it to resignation; and the absence of such authority affords a presumption against the fact, which could not well have failed of being recorded at the time, or of falling under the notice of historical antiquaries afterwards. Besides the bishops in question are said to have resigned "on account of their adherence to the supremacy of the See of Rome." But Bishop O'Cervallan had long ago severed that adherence; for having been first promoted to his see by the provision of Pope Paul III., he gave up his bulls, and took the oath, then required, to King Henry VIII.; who thereupon gave him a new grant of the bishoprick; of which his adherence to the supremacy of the See of Rome was not likely to produce a subsequent resiguation.

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