Marmaduke Middleton

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Marmaduke Middleton (died 1593) was an English bishop.

Life

He was educated at the University of Oxford, but left before graduating.[1] He was vicar of Coolock and Dunboyne, in Ireland, and then rector of Killare, County Meath.[2] In 1579 he became bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in the Church of Ireland. In office during the Desmond Rebellions, he complained of the strong Catholic and rebel feeling in Waterford,[3][4] and the attitude of the Mayor Patrick Walsh.[5][6]

In 1582 he was translated, becoming bishop of St Davids in Wales.[7] He was attacked by Lewis Gunter, who made many accusations against him.[8] He then faced charges in the Court of High Commission, including forgery of a will.[9] He was deprived of his see in 1593, dying shortly afterwards.

Notes

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  1. Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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  3. The Rise of Feagh McHugh O'Byrne in Gaelic Leinster
  4. The Church in Ireland During the Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth (1553-1603) @ ELCore.Net
  5. The Church – The Other Side – Waterford County Museum
  6. Patrick Rafroidi, Barbara Hayley, Christopher Murray, Ireland and France, a Bountiful Friendship: Literature, History, and Ideas (2002), p. 10.
  7. St Davids Cathedral: Bishop - Past Bishops
  8. Natalie Mears, Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms (2005), p. 242.
  9. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, Volume 2 - Part IV Template:Webarchive

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