Arthur Gwynn (priest)

Arthur Gwynn was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the first half of the 17th century.[1]

Gwynn was ordained on 1 December 1592. He was appointed Archdeacon of Lismore in 1638.[2] Gwynn owed his preferment to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford,[3]

References
  1. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p185 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. "Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story" Marshall, P. p: Oxford; OUP; 2007 ISBN 9780199273713


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