Henry Cotton

Life
1789-1879; b. Buckinghamshire, England; sub-librarian at Bodley Library, Oxfrod; m. of an Anglican rector; m. Mary Laurence, accomp. to Ireland his father-in-law Richard (archb. of Cashel, 1822) as his chaplain; archdeacon of Cashel, 1824-72; Treasurer of Christ Church cathedral, 1832; and hon. Dean of Lismore; d. 3 Dec. 1879; bur. Lismore Cathedral; iss. Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland, of which Part VIII is ‘The Diocese of Down, Connor, Dromore, Derry & Raphoe’ (Dublin 1848),

Works
Fasti ecclesiae hibernicae: the succession of prelates and members of the cathedral bodies of Ireland, by Henry Cotton: supplement containing a continuation of appointments up to the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland on December 31, 1870; collated with the original diocesan registries by Charles Philip Cotton (Dublin: James Charles & Son 1878), ix, 141pp. [23 cm.]. Also The typographical gazetteer, attempted by the Rev. Henry Cotton (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1825), [3], [v]-xvi, [1]-219, [1]pp., 1 lf.; 21.9 cm. [incls. app. on pseudonyms and app. on printed books]. Rhemes and Doway : An attempt to show what has been done by Roman Catholics for the diffusion of the holy scriptures in English, by The Rev. Henry Cotton D.C.L. Archdeacon of Cashel &c. (Oxford UP 1855), xii, 410pp.

Emerald Isle Books (95) lists ‘The Diocese of Down, Connor, Dromore, Derry & Raphoe’ (Dublin 1848), 30pp. - Part VIII of Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland(1848).

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