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{{Portal|Anglicanism}} [[George Webb (bishop)|George Webb]] (1581-1634) was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]] in [[Ireland]]<ref> {{cite book |last=Brady |first=W. Maziere |authorlink=William Maziere Brady |title=The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 |url=https://archive.org/details/a548648302braduoft |year=1876 |publisher=Tipografia Della Pace |location=Rome |volume=Volume 2 |ref=harv}}</ref> during the first half of the Seventeenth century.<ref>[[Theodore William Moody|Moody, T. W.]]; [[F. X. Martin|Martin, F. X.]]; [[Francis John Byrne|Byrne, F. J.]], eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Volume 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}.</ref> |
{{Portal|Anglicanism}} [[George Webb (bishop)|George Webb]] (1581-1634) was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]] in [[Ireland]]<ref> {{cite book |last=Brady |first=W. Maziere |authorlink=William Maziere Brady |title=The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 |url=https://archive.org/details/a548648302braduoft |year=1876 |publisher=Tipografia Della Pace |location=Rome |volume=Volume 2 |ref=harv}}</ref> during the first half of the Seventeenth century.<ref>[[Theodore William Moody|Moody, T. W.]]; [[F. X. Martin|Martin, F. X.]]; [[Francis John Byrne|Byrne, F. J.]], eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Volume 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}.</ref> |
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Webb was born in [[Wiltshire]] and educated at [[University College, Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1577-1600 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714]</ref> He was [[Vicar]] of [[Steeple Ashton]] then SS. Peter & Paul, [[Bath]]. He was [[Chaplain-in-Ordinary]] to [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] who nominated him as [[Bishop of |
Webb was born in [[Wiltshire]] and educated at [[University College, Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1577-1600 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714]</ref> He was [[Vicar]] of [[Steeple Ashton]] then SS. Peter & Paul, [[Bath]]. He was [[Chaplain-in-Ordinary]] to [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] who nominated him as [[Bishop of Limerick]] on 6 October 1634. |
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He died of dysentery in [[King John's Castle (Limerick)|Limerick Castle (King John's Castle)]] on 22 June 1642 during the [[siege of Limerick (1642)|siege of the castle]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Cotton |first=Henry |authorlink=Henry Cotton (divine) |title=The Province of Munster |url=https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaehi01cottuoft |series=Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland |volume=Volume 1 |edition=2nd |year=1851 |publisher=Hodges and Smith |location=Dublin |ref=harv}}</ref>, by the Irish troops of [[Garret Barry (soldier)|Garret Barry]]. The local Protestant population, including the bishop, had sought refuge in the castle following an armed uprising and were besieged there without supplies for some four weeks. Webb died two days before the Protestants capitulated and his body was carried out and hastily buried at the local church of St Munchin. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/bishops%2005.pdf|title=Bishop George Webb of Limerick|publisher=History Ireland|accessdate=30 May 2018}} </ref> |
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Revision as of 00:27, 30 May 2018
George Webb (1581-1634) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland[1] during the first half of the Seventeenth century.[2]
Webb was born in Wiltshire and educated at University College, Oxford.[3] He was Vicar of Steeple Ashton then SS. Peter & Paul, Bath. He was Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King Charles II who nominated him as Bishop of Limerick on 6 October 1634.
He died of dysentery in Limerick Castle (King John's Castle) on 22 June 1642 during the siege of the castle[4], by the Irish troops of Garret Barry. The local Protestant population, including the bishop, had sought refuge in the castle following an armed uprising and were besieged there without supplies for some four weeks. Webb died two days before the Protestants capitulated and his body was carried out and hastily buried at the local church of St Munchin. [5]
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- ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. Volume 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Volume 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. Volume 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Bishop George Webb of Limerick" (PDF). History Ireland. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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