Bernard Adams from Middlesex. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604. He died 22 March 1626. He was friends with the poet Anne Southwell, who dedicated a poem in his name. He is buried in St Mary's Cathedral
WIKIPEDIA:
Bernard Adams (1566 – 1626) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 17th century.
Adams was born in Middlesex, and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, being made scholar in 1583 and fellow in 1588. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604.
He also held the Bishopric of Kilfenora in commendam from 1606 until 1617. He died on 22 March 1626, and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, which he had done much to improve and beautify; he gave the Cathedral its first organ in 1624. As a man he was praised as being liberal and pious. He seems to have been on friendly terms with the poet Anne Southwell, another English native who had settled in Ireland; her poem "Letter to Doctor Adam" is addressed to him.
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHIES:
Adams, Bernard (1566–1626), Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick, was born in Middlesex. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1586, MA 1590), and elected fellow. Appointed bishop of Limerick (1603; consecrated 1604), he held in commendam the bishopric of Kilfenora (1606–17) and the prebendary of Tomgrany (1610–26), both in Co. Clare, and a vicarage at Ballingarry, Co. Limerick. The first protestant bishop to care for St Mary's cathedral, Limerick, he restored and adorned the church, installed an organ, rearranged the musical services, and recovered and repaired diocesan property. In the 'Black book of Limerick' (Liber niger), a transcription of documents relating to the diocese, compiled by Cornelius O'Dea (bishop 1400–26), Adams recorded his diocesan activities (pp. 147–52) and probably paginated the MS in arabic numerals. He also transcribed procuration, taxation, and rental tables of the diocese and inquisitions and memoranda relating to them; these additions became known as 'The little black book of Limerick'.
He died 22 March 1626 in Limerick and is buried in the cathedral beneath a tablet inscribed in Latin and English, which includes a verse translated from the Latin: 'To me since I have met my doom, / Let none erect a marble tomb / Or monument; this humble urn / Will serve a little bishop's turn.' John Young, catholic bishop of Limerick (1796–1813), wrote a preface to the MS, giving a short account of Adams's life. A portrait is in Trinity College, Oxford. The original MS 'Black book' is in Maynooth College library; a copy is in TCD, MS 559.
Sources
A. A. Wood, Fasti Oxonienses (new ed. by Philip Bliss, 1815), v; Cotton, Fasti, i; T. J. Westropp, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick: its plan and growth', RSAI Jn., xxviii (1898), 46–7; James MacCaffrey, The black book of Limerick (1907); R. F. Hewson, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick', N. Munster Antiq. Jn., iv, no. 2 (1944), 62–3; T. J. Johnston, J. L. Robinson, and R. W. Jackson, A history of the Church of Ireland (1953)
WIKIPEDIA:
Bernard Adams (1566 – 1626) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 17th century.
Adams was born in Middlesex, and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, being made scholar in 1583 and fellow in 1588. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604.
He also held the Bishopric of Kilfenora in commendam from 1606 until 1617. He died on 22 March 1626, and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, which he had done much to improve and beautify; he gave the Cathedral its first organ in 1624. As a man he was praised as being liberal and pious. He seems to have been on friendly terms with the poet Anne Southwell, another English native who had settled in Ireland; her poem "Letter to Doctor Adam" is addressed to him.
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHIES:
Adams, Bernard (1566–1626), Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick, was born in Middlesex. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1586, MA 1590), and elected fellow. Appointed bishop of Limerick (1603; consecrated 1604), he held in commendam the bishopric of Kilfenora (1606–17) and the prebendary of Tomgrany (1610–26), both in Co. Clare, and a vicarage at Ballingarry, Co. Limerick. The first protestant bishop to care for St Mary's cathedral, Limerick, he restored and adorned the church, installed an organ, rearranged the musical services, and recovered and repaired diocesan property. In the 'Black book of Limerick' (Liber niger), a transcription of documents relating to the diocese, compiled by Cornelius O'Dea (bishop 1400–26), Adams recorded his diocesan activities (pp. 147–52) and probably paginated the MS in arabic numerals. He also transcribed procuration, taxation, and rental tables of the diocese and inquisitions and memoranda relating to them; these additions became known as 'The little black book of Limerick'.
He died 22 March 1626 in Limerick and is buried in the cathedral beneath a tablet inscribed in Latin and English, which includes a verse translated from the Latin: 'To me since I have met my doom, / Let none erect a marble tomb / Or monument; this humble urn / Will serve a little bishop's turn.' John Young, catholic bishop of Limerick (1796–1813), wrote a preface to the MS, giving a short account of Adams's life. A portrait is in Trinity College, Oxford. The original MS 'Black book' is in Maynooth College library; a copy is in TCD, MS 559.
Sources
A. A. Wood, Fasti Oxonienses (new ed. by Philip Bliss, 1815), v; Cotton, Fasti, i; T. J. Westropp, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick: its plan and growth', RSAI Jn., xxviii (1898), 46–7; James MacCaffrey, The black book of Limerick (1907); R. F. Hewson, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick', N. Munster Antiq. Jn., iv, no. 2 (1944), 62–3; T. J. Johnston, J. L. Robinson, and R. W. Jackson, A history of the Church of Ireland (1953)
Bernard Adams from Middlesex. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604. He died 22 March 1626. He was friends with the poet Anne Southwell, who dedicated a poem in his name. He is buried in St Mary's Cathedral
WIKIPEDIA:
Bernard Adams (1566 – 1626) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 17th century.
Adams was born in Middlesex, and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, being made scholar in 1583 and fellow in 1588. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604.
He also held the Bishopric of Kilfenora in commendam from 1606 until 1617. He died on 22 March 1626, and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, which he had done much to improve and beautify; he gave the Cathedral its first organ in 1624. As a man he was praised as being liberal and pious. He seems to have been on friendly terms with the poet Anne Southwell, another English native who had settled in Ireland; her poem "Letter to Doctor Adam" is addressed to him.
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHIES:
Adams, Bernard (1566–1626), Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick, was born in Middlesex. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1586, MA 1590), and elected fellow. Appointed bishop of Limerick (1603; consecrated 1604), he held in commendam the bishopric of Kilfenora (1606–17) and the prebendary of Tomgrany (1610–26), both in Co. Clare, and a vicarage at Ballingarry, Co. Limerick. The first protestant bishop to care for St Mary's cathedral, Limerick, he restored and adorned the church, installed an organ, rearranged the musical services, and recovered and repaired diocesan property. In the 'Black book of Limerick' (Liber niger), a transcription of documents relating to the diocese, compiled by Cornelius O'Dea (bishop 1400–26), Adams recorded his diocesan activities (pp. 147–52) and probably paginated the MS in arabic numerals. He also transcribed procuration, taxation, and rental tables of the diocese and inquisitions and memoranda relating to them; these additions became known as 'The little black book of Limerick'.
He died 22 March 1626 in Limerick and is buried in the cathedral beneath a tablet inscribed in Latin and English, which includes a verse translated from the Latin: 'To me since I have met my doom, / Let none erect a marble tomb / Or monument; this humble urn / Will serve a little bishop's turn.' John Young, catholic bishop of Limerick (1796–1813), wrote a preface to the MS, giving a short account of Adams's life. A portrait is in Trinity College, Oxford. The original MS 'Black book' is in Maynooth College library; a copy is in TCD, MS 559.
Sources
A. A. Wood, Fasti Oxonienses (new ed. by Philip Bliss, 1815), v; Cotton, Fasti, i; T. J. Westropp, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick: its plan and growth', RSAI Jn., xxviii (1898), 46–7; James MacCaffrey, The black book of Limerick (1907); R. F. Hewson, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick', N. Munster Antiq. Jn., iv, no. 2 (1944), 62–3; T. J. Johnston, J. L. Robinson, and R. W. Jackson, A history of the Church of Ireland (1953)
WIKIPEDIA:
Bernard Adams (1566 – 1626) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 17th century.
Adams was born in Middlesex, and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, being made scholar in 1583 and fellow in 1588. He was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1604.
He also held the Bishopric of Kilfenora in commendam from 1606 until 1617. He died on 22 March 1626, and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, which he had done much to improve and beautify; he gave the Cathedral its first organ in 1624. As a man he was praised as being liberal and pious. He seems to have been on friendly terms with the poet Anne Southwell, another English native who had settled in Ireland; her poem "Letter to Doctor Adam" is addressed to him.
DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHIES:
Adams, Bernard (1566–1626), Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick, was born in Middlesex. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1586, MA 1590), and elected fellow. Appointed bishop of Limerick (1603; consecrated 1604), he held in commendam the bishopric of Kilfenora (1606–17) and the prebendary of Tomgrany (1610–26), both in Co. Clare, and a vicarage at Ballingarry, Co. Limerick. The first protestant bishop to care for St Mary's cathedral, Limerick, he restored and adorned the church, installed an organ, rearranged the musical services, and recovered and repaired diocesan property. In the 'Black book of Limerick' (Liber niger), a transcription of documents relating to the diocese, compiled by Cornelius O'Dea (bishop 1400–26), Adams recorded his diocesan activities (pp. 147–52) and probably paginated the MS in arabic numerals. He also transcribed procuration, taxation, and rental tables of the diocese and inquisitions and memoranda relating to them; these additions became known as 'The little black book of Limerick'.
He died 22 March 1626 in Limerick and is buried in the cathedral beneath a tablet inscribed in Latin and English, which includes a verse translated from the Latin: 'To me since I have met my doom, / Let none erect a marble tomb / Or monument; this humble urn / Will serve a little bishop's turn.' John Young, catholic bishop of Limerick (1796–1813), wrote a preface to the MS, giving a short account of Adams's life. A portrait is in Trinity College, Oxford. The original MS 'Black book' is in Maynooth College library; a copy is in TCD, MS 559.
Sources
A. A. Wood, Fasti Oxonienses (new ed. by Philip Bliss, 1815), v; Cotton, Fasti, i; T. J. Westropp, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick: its plan and growth', RSAI Jn., xxviii (1898), 46–7; James MacCaffrey, The black book of Limerick (1907); R. F. Hewson, 'St Mary's cathedral, Limerick', N. Munster Antiq. Jn., iv, no. 2 (1944), 62–3; T. J. Johnston, J. L. Robinson, and R. W. Jackson, A history of the Church of Ireland (1953)
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