Robert Naylor (priest)

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Robert Naylor (died 1661) was a Seventeenth Century priest in Ireland. [1]

A cousin of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, [2] he was ordained in 1625 and was Prebendary of Brigown in Cloyne Cathedral [3] until he became Dean of Lismore in 1630. [4] In 1640 he became Dean of Limerick, [5] a post he held until his death in 1661.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN   0-19-821745-5
  2. ↑ "Cromwellian Ireland: English Government and Reform in Ireland 1649-1660" Barnard, T.C. p151: Oxford, Clarendon, 1975 ISBN   019820857X
  3. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p325: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p168: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

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