29 Mar 1672: d. Griffith Williams of Treflan near #Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteering Bishop of #Ossory at #Kilkenny #otd (eebo)
Early in his career in #Wales his wife took him to court for neglect. Compared himself to his predecessor John Bale...
25 Mar 1553: Hugh Goodacre is consecrated as Archbishop of #Armagh & the ex-friar playwright, polemicist John Bale as Bishop of #Ossory #otd in Christ Church #Dublin using the new Edwardian Ordinal - at the sharp insistence of Bale (NLI)
7 Feb 1668: Thomas Butler, Earl of #Ossory appointed Lord deputy of #Ireland for the second time #otd Son of the Duke of Ormond (NPG)
2 Feb 1553: John Bale ex-friar, historian, polemicist, playwright, consecrated as Bishop of #Ossory #otd in #Dublin - characteristically he causes a row by demanding the 'new' reformed ordinal be used (BM/eebo)
1 Feb 1620: David Rothe, bishop of #Ossory delivers a huge sermon in praise of St. Brigid at the #Irish College #Paris #otd He spoke, at length, of centuries of Franco-Irish links. It was published by Cramoisy of Rue St Jacques. #LaFheileBride #StBrigidsDay
27 Jan 1678: Benjamin Parry consecrated Bishop of #Ossory in succession to his bother Edward #otd (Grose, 1791)
19 Jan 1581: Barnaby Fitzpatrick, Baron #Ossory, Edward VI's former childhood & schoolroom companion imprisoned in #Dublin Castle #otd He died soon after (NPG)
11 Jan 1612: Griffith Williams of Treflan near Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteering future Bishop of #Ossory instituted to the rectory of St. Benet Sherehog #London #otd (eebo)
16 Dec 1549: Barnaby Fitzpatrick of #Ossory, Edward VI's #Irish childhood companion, given a handkerchief of gold & silver thread #otd (CHA)
3 Dec 1613: Elizabeth Wheeler (daughter of Jonas Wheeler Bishop of #Ossory) dies in labour #otd Her husband was Randolph Barlow - later Archbishop of #Tuam (BM)
20 Sept 1641: Griffith Williams of Treflan near #Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteer is consecrated Bishop of #Ossory #otd (eebo) Early in his career in #Wales his wife took him to court for neglect. Fled his diocese in 1642 due to the rebellion.
11 Sept 1581: d. Barnaby Fitzpatrick of #Ossory, Edward VI's former school room companion, in #Dublin in house of William Kelly surgeon #otd (CHA)
26 Aug 1539: d. Piers Butler, 1st Earl of #Ossory and 8th Earl of Ormond at #Kilkenny Castle #otd (His tomb, with his wife, Margaret Fitzgerald in St. Canice's cathedral: TRIARC - Edwin Rae Collection)
19 July 1641: Griffith Williams of Treflan near #Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteer nominated as Bishop of #Ossory #otd (eebo)
Early in his career in #Wales his wife took him to court for neglect #Cymru #Kilkenny
16 June 1603: Meredith Hanmer, son of Richard ap David ap Howel Goch of Pentre-pant, Selattyn #Cymru becomes Chancellor of the diocese of #Ossory #otd Hanmer, who disputed with Edmund Campion, ended up having his history of #Ireland printed alongside Campion’s in 1633 (eebo)
15 June 1604: Griffith Williams of Treflan near Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteering future Bishop of #Ossory matriculates at Christ Church #Oxford #otd (eebo)
29 Mar 1672: d. Griffith Williams of Treflan near #Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteering Bishop of #Ossory at #Kilkenny #otd (eebo)
Early in his career in #Wales his wife took him to court for neglect. Compared himself to his predecessor John Bale...
25 Mar 1553: Hugh Goodacre is consecrated as Archbishop of #Armagh & the ex-friar playwright, polemicist John Bale as Bishop of #Ossory #otd in Christ Church #Dublin using the new Edwardian Ordinal - at the sharp insistence of Bale (NLI)
7 Feb 1668: Thomas Butler, Earl of #Ossory appointed Lord deputy of #Ireland for the second time #otd Son of the Duke of Ormond (NPG)
1 Feb 1620: David Rothe, bishop of #Ossory delivers a huge sermon in praise of St. Brigid at the #Irish College #Paris #otd He spoke, at length, of centuries of Franco-Irish links. It was published by Cramoisy of Rue St Jacques. #LaFheileBride #StBrigidsDay
11 Jan 1612: Griffith Williams of Treflan near Caernarfon, peppery pamphleteering future Bishop of #Ossory instituted to the rectory of St. Benet Sherehog #London #otd (eebo)
10 Jan 1560: following Elizabeth I's accession, John Bale former #Carmelite, then evangelical #Protestant, polemicist, playwright, antiquarian & bishop of #Ossory is made a canon of #Canterbury cathedral #otd (CUL/BM) He never went back to #Ireland which he’d fled under Mary I.
16 Dec 1549: Barnaby Fitzpatrick of #Ossory, Edward VI's #Irish childhood companion, given a handkerchief of gold & silver thread #otd (CHA)
14 Dec 1585: Nicholas Walsh Bishop of #Ossory & a translator of the #Bible to #Irish #Gaeilge is stabbed & killed by James Dullard #otd
The bishop had cited Dullard for adultery in his consistory court at #Kilkenny
3 Dec 1613: Elizabeth Wheeler (daughter of Jonas Wheeler Bishop of #Ossory) dies in labour #otd Her husband was Randolph Barlow - later Archbishop of #Tuam (BM)
21 Nov 1495, b. John Bale, Carmelite, radical reformer, Edward VI’s bishop of #Ossory, playwright, antiquarian, multiple exile. A man with a sharp Pen, a whirlwind mind.
