George Webb (bishop)
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Webb was born in
Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King Charles I, who nominated him as Bishop of Limerick on 6 October 1634; his son Theophilus took his place at the Bath church.[3]Works by Webb include The Practice of Quietness.[4]
He died of dysentery in Limerick Castle (King John's Castle) on 22 June 1642 during the siege of the castle,[5] 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.[6]
Notes
- ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
- ^ a b Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714
- ^ George Webbe (1705). The Practice of Quietness, Directing a Christian how to Live Quietly in this Troublesome World. J. Downing.
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
- ^ "Bishop George Webb of Limerick" (PDF). History Ireland. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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