John Longe
John Longe (1548–1589) was an English-born Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh.
The Most Reverend John Longe | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Archdiocese | Armagh |
| Appointed | 7 July 1584 |
| In office | 1584-1589 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Lancaster |
| Successor | John Garvey |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 13 July 1584 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1589 Drogheda, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglican |
Life
He was born in London, and educated at Eton College where he was a King's Scholar.[1][2] He later attended King's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted a scholar on 13 August 1564; there is no record that he took a degree.[3]
After taking holy orders and holding many livings in England, he was promoted to the see of Armagh and primacy of all Ireland in July 1584, on the nomination of Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He was made a member of the Irish privy council in 1585, and died at Drogheda in 1589, being buried in Primate Octavian's vault at St Peter's, Drogheda. Lord Deputy William Fitzwilliam, in a letter dated 12 February 1589, to William Lyon, bishop of Cork, remarked that he "loved good cheer but too well."
Notes
- Harwood, Thomas (1 January 1797). Alumni Etonenses: Or, A Catalogue of the Provosts & Fellows of Eton College & King's College, Cambridge, from the Foundation in 1443 to the Year 1797 : with an Account of Their Lives & Preferments, Collected from Original Mss. and Authentic Biographical Works. T. Pearson.
- College, Eton (1 January 1774). Registrum Regale: sive, catalogus: Præpositorum utriusque Collegii Regalis Etonensis & Cantabrigiensis. Sociorum Collegii Etonensis. Alumnorum è Collegio Etonensi in Collegium Regale Cantabrig. per singulos annos cooptatorum, [1443-1774]. J. Pote.
- "Long, John (LN564J2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Long, John (1548-1589)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.