Catalogue description NICHOLAS, BISHOP of WATERFORD and LISMORE, to the KING.

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Title: NICHOLAS, BISHOP of WATERFORD and LISMORE, to the KING.
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Petition, that, as he is old, and too feeble to exercise his cure, the King would discharge him thereof. Begs the King, having in regard the rude disposition of his subjects there, ("whose common speech for the most part is the Irish tongue,") and the good learning and virtuous conversation of Sir Balthasar Butler, priest, M.A. of Oxford, to prefer him to the bishopric by letter of recommendation to the Pope, upon the resignation of the petitioner. [The date of this petition is uncertain. Nicholas O'Henisa was Bishop from 1480 to 1482, and Nicholas Comin from 1519 to 1551. It is probably the latter who is the author of this letter.]

 

Orig. Endorsed: The Bishop of Waterford's Letter.
Held by: Lambeth Palace Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: MS 602, p. 43
Language: English
Physical description: 1 Page.

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