Robert Grave

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Robert Grave was an Anglican priest in the last years of the sixteenth century. [1]

Born in Kent, he was educated at Cambridge University. [2] He was appointed Dean of Cork in 1590; [3] Precentor of Limerick in 1591; [4] Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in 1595; [5] and Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in July 1600. [6] He and his family were drowned in Dublin Bay in October that year. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN   0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. ii Dabbs – Juxton (1922) p248
  3. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p239 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p398 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p51 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  7. ↑ Today in Irish History
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Dean of Cork
1590–1600		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
July1600 – October1600		Succeeded by


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