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Vesey, John, 1638-1716
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1638-1716
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VESEY, JOHN, only son of Ven. Thomas Vesey, Archdeacon of Armagh and Rector of Coleraine, co. Londonderry, previously a Presbyterian minister; b. 10 Mar 1637/8; at school under Busby (Cotton, Fasti Eccl. Hib., iii, 386); Trinity Coll. Dublin; MA 1667; DD 1672 (incorp. Cambridge [check date]); ordained deacon and priest (Raphoe) during Commonwealth; Chaplain, Irish House of Commons 1661; Archdeacon of Armagh 16 Oct 1662 - May 1663; Prebendary of Cloyne 1664-7, Treasurer 4 Nov 1667-73; Prebendary of Limerick 4 Feb 1666/7-73; Dean of Cork 4 Nov 1667 - 1672/3; consecrated Bishop of Limerick 12 Jan 1672/3; translated to Archbishopric of Tuam 18 Mar 1678/9; forced to leave Tuam during Lord Lieutenancy of Earl of Tyrconnel, and was proscribed by Parliament of James II; retired to London, where he obtained a lectureship with a salary of £40 p. a.; returned to his diocese after the Revolution of 1688; one of Lord Justices of Ireland 1712, 1714; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ. 1713-4; author, The Life of John Bramhall, Archbishop and Primate of All Ireland, prefixed to an edition of Bramhall’s Works, 1678; lic. to m. 1st, 11 Jun 1662 Rebecca Wilson, Cork House, Dublin; m. 2nd, Anne, dau. of Col. Agmondesham Muschamp; d. 28 Mar 1716. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.