The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd.

Date:
1844
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Credit: The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Also the obit of Geoffrey Fyche, Dean of St. Patrick’s, is cele- brated on the 8th of April (see p. 20), which is expressly said to be the day of his death: and this is confirmed by the following inscrip- tion on a brass erected to his memory in St. Patrick’s Cathedral: “ Orate pro anima Magistri Galfridi Fyche huius Ecclecie Cathedralis decani, qui huius mortalitatis diem clausit extremum Anno duice incarnaconis Millesimo ccccc xxx° septimo ac mensis Aprilis die octauo, et sepultus est in hac tumba, cuius anime propicietur deus, amenp.” Sometimes mistakes may be detected in the entries. A remark- able instance of this will be seen in the double entry of the obit of Donatus, the first Bishop of Dublin (i. e. first of the Ostrnen), who died 1074. In the former, 2 Non. Maii (p. 23), he is called “Do- natus primus episcopus Dublin, et fundator ecclesie nostrein the second, 9 Kal. Dec. (p. 51), he is called “ Donatus primus episcopus Dublin.” In this latter entry the word primus is, perhaps, a mis- take for tertius; and the obit is probably that of Donat O’Haingly, Bishop of Dublin, who died io95q. Another singular mistake, not so easily explained, occurs in the obit of John Aleyn, Dean of St. Patrick’s, who is said (p. 5) to have bequeathed to the Prior and Convent, “ doctorem juris canonici vo- catum Abbatem alias Panormitanum cum repertorio super eundem, una Desmonie per Jokannem comitem Vigorn. Deputat. serenissimi domini domini Georgij due. Clarenc. et predictus dominus Thomas decapitatus fuit apud Drougheda die et anno ut supra. “ Item eodem anno predictus Johannes Comes Yigornie aplicuit apud Howith ix die Octobs. “Anno domini 1585 die mensis febru- arii decimo tertio sepultus est Geraldus fith [sic] Geralde Comes Kildarie in ec- clesia de Kildare predicta qui diem extre- mum clausit Londini.” p An engraving of this brass, as well as of that of Dean Sutton above mentioned, may be seen in Mason’s History of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. q See Harris’s Ware (p. 209), who quotes the Annals of St. Mary’s Abbey, in confirmation of this correction.