John Watson (Dean of Ferns)

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John Creighton, was a 17th-century Anglican Dean in Ireland. [1]

Watson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] He was the Vicar of Kilcloney from 1624 to 1628; Treasurer of Armagh from 1628 to 1634; [3] Rector of Mullaghbrack from 1628 until 1662; Dean of Ferns from 1662 until his death in 1665; [4] and Chancellor of Lismore from 1663. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.402 ISBN   0-521-56350-X
  2. ↑ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p668: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p42: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p350: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p177: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

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