Robert Whittey

Robert Whittey, or Whitty (1370–1458) was a Bishop of Ferns in Ireland, notable for his long tenure of the see, and his great age at death.

He was the son of Sir Richard Whitty of

Cromwellian forces in 1654.^[1]

Robert was

Eugenius IV to grant absolution to the townspeople of New Ross.^[2] He was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.^[4]^{[non-primary source needed}

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As he grew older, his health began to fail, and he is said to have been bedridden in his last years. Accordingly, a statute of 1450 excused him from any further attendance at sessions of parliament or meetings of the Great Council, due to his "age and infirmity".^[4]^{[non-primary source needed]} In 1456 he was apparently well enough to sit on a three-man commission to choose the High Sheriff of Wexford.^[5] He resigned the see in 1457, after a forty-year tenure, and died the following year, aged eighty-eight.^[2]

Sources

Grattan-Flood, W.H. History of the Diocese of Ferns Waterford, Downey and Co. 1916
Nicholas Furlong History of Wexford Dublin, Gill and MacMillan 2003
Whitty, M.J "The Whitty Tomb in the Ruined Church at Kilmore, County of Wexford" (1872) The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Society of Ireland Series 4 Vol.2

Notes

^ ^a ^b Whitty p.59
^ ^a ^b ^c Grattan-Flood p.10
^ Lewis, Samuel A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837
^ ^a ^b Statute 28 Henry VI (Drogheda) c.23 "Robert, Bishop of Ferns, by reason of age and infirmity, excused from attendance..etc."
^ Patent Roll 35 Henry VI

[Whitty_p.59-1] Whitty p.59

[Grattan-Flood-2] Grattan-Flood p.10

[3] Lewis, Samuel A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837

[Act-4] Statute 28 Henry VI (Drogheda) c.23 "Robert, Bishop of Ferns, by reason of age and infirmity, excused from attendance..etc."

[5] Patent Roll 35 Henry VI

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