Anthony Martin (bishop)

Summary

Anthony Martin (14 December 1592 - 9 March 1650) was an Anglo-Irish Anglican priest who served as Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1645 to 1650.[1][2] during the first half of the 17th-century. [3]

Anthony Martin
9th Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
1 August 1645 – 11 Juky 1650
Preceded byRichard Washington
Succeeded bySamuel Winter
Personal details
Born(1592-12-14)14 December 1592
Galway, Ireland
Died9 March 1650(1650-03-09) (aged 57)
Westminster, London, England
Alma mater

Martin was born in County Galway and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge[4] and Trinity College, Cambridge.[5] Martin became Vicar of Yagoestown in 1618. He was Prebendary of Castleknock[6] at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1619 to 1620;[7] and Archdeacon of Dublin from then until 1625.[8] He was also Rector of Battersea, Treasurer of Cashel Cathedral[9] and Dean of Waterford[10] 'in commendam

Martin was the Bishop of Meath[11] from 1624[12] (and Provost[13] of Trinity College Dublin)[14] until his death in July 1650.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation to the Revolution" Mant, R. p585: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
  2. ^ Cotton, Henry (1849). Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates and ..., Volume 3 By Henry Cotton. p. 118. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ^ Library Ireland
  4. ^ 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. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p150
  5. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p557: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  6. ^ "The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St Patrick" Mason, W.M. p70: Dublin; W.Folds; 1820
  7. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp156: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  8. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H pp130: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  9. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol I" Cotton, H p50: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  10. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland Vol I" Cotton, H p139: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
  11. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 348–350. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  12. ^ "A New History of Ireland Vol XI: Maps, Genealogies, Lists" by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  13. ^ "Anthony Martin - Provost & President : Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie.
  14. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p662: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  15. ^ "Annals of Ireland, ecclesiastical, civil and military" Graham, G. p223:London, G.Sidney, 1819
Academic offices
Preceded by Provost of Trinity College Dublin
1645–1650
Succeeded by