ARMAGH. IRELAND. ARMACAN. 1601. July 9. Peter Lombard. "Die 9° Julii, 1601, referente Mattheio, S. D. N. providit Metrop. ecclesiæ Armacan., quæ est primatus et prima metropolis regni Hiberniæ, vacanti per obitum bonæ memoriæ R. P. D. Edmundi, (Mac Gauran) illius ultimi archiepiscopi, de persona R. P. D. Petri Lombardi, ipsumque etc., cum retentione Preposituræ una cum Canonicatu in ecclesia Cameracensi ac alterius Canonicatus quem obtinet in Collegiata ecclesia Sidenensi, Tornabensis dioc. et cum condonatione jurium. Absolvens etc. Corsini and Paris, Latin 12,566. 1601. Dec. 14. "Concessit pallium Armacan." Corsini. Lombard was residing in Rome in 1623, and died there in 1625. 1626. April 27. Hugh Mc Cawell. "Die 27° Aprilis, 1626, referente me (Card. Francesco Barberini), Hiberniæ protectore, S. D. N. providit ecclesiæ Ardmacan., vacanti per obitum bonæ memoriæ Petri Lombardi, ejus ultimi archiepiscopi, in Romana Curia defuncti, de persona R. F. Hugonis Cavelli, Ord. Min. S. Francisci de Observantia expresse professi, omnia requisita habentis, ipsumque etc." Barberini. He was consecrated at Rome on the 7th of June, and on the 22nd of June, 1626, S. D. N. "concessit pallium etc. moderno archiepiscopo Ardmacano." Corsini. Mc Cawell never took possession of his see, for he died at Rome on the 22nd September, 1626, and was buried in the crypt of St Isidore's, the church of the Irish Franciscans. 1628. August 21. Hugh O'Reilly. There are three Consistorial Acts relating te this appointment. The first is dated May 5, 1628; the 2nd, July 31; and the 3rd, August 31, ARMAGH. IRELAND. ARMACAN. "Die 5° Maii, 1628, referente Ludovisio, absolvimus. Hugonem Orellum a vinculo etc., Kilmoren., illumque transferimus ad ecc. Metrop. Ardmacan." Barberini. "Die 31° Julii, 1628, R. Ludovisius præconium fecit ecc. Ardmacanæ, provinciæ Ultoniæ, vacantis per obitum R. Fratris Hugonis Cavelli, archiepiscopi, in Curia defuncti, ad favorem R. D. Hugonis Orellii, Episcopi Kilmoren." Barberini. "Die 31 Augusti, 1628, R. Ludovisius proposuit ecc. Ardmacan. pro persona supra nominata, et cum decreto expeditionis gratis, juxta solitum ecclesiarum regni Hiberniæ, et quod ante adeptionem ecclesiæ possessionis emittat fidei professionem, et ad Curiam ejusdem instrumentum transmittat." Barberini. A letter, written from Dublin to Luke Wadding in Rome, dated the 16th of March, 1629, and signed "Thomas", contains a passage relating to the Registers of Armagh. "My friend has made a collection of ancient records that he got up and down, I mean the very original Registers of the church of Ardmagh, and he shewed them to me, and he had them fairly bound, divided into six general tomes, some of them bigger than some of your annals." Thomas, the writer of this letter, was most likely Thomas Fleming, archbishop of Dublin, and the "friend", whom he styles in his letter "James de Turrecremata ", was probably sir James Ware. (Wadding Mss.) About the year 1644, Patrick O'Daly was made Vicar General of Armagh, and continued to fill that office for five and twenty years. In 1668, his services were mentioned before a Congregation of the Propaganda, and he was recommended for a bishopric in Armagh ARMAGH. IRELAND. ARMACAN. province. O'Daly was then described as 70 years old, and as one who had governed Armagh in his capacity of Vicar General for 24 years, with credit. He was a favourite with people and clergy, and on good terms with the adherents of the King's government. He was perhaps judged too old to undergo the fatigues and dangers of Episcopal duties. (Propaganda Papers). Hugh O'Reilly died, according to Bishop Moran, in February 1653, aged 72 years, and was buried at Trinity Island, in Lough Erne. 1657. April 16. Edmund O'Reilly. "Die 16° Aprilis, 1657, referente R. D. Francesco, Card. Albitio, S. D. N. providit ecc. Armacanæ, vacanti per obitum bonæ memoriæ Ugonis O'Reilly, ultimi illius archiepiscopi, extra R. Curiam defuncti, de persona R. D. Edmundi O'Reilly, presbyteri Dublinen. dioc." Barberini. "Die 24° Sept., 1657, Nicolao Sevarolo, advocato Consistoriali, petente, pallium fuit datum archiepiscopo Armacano." Barberini. In a letter, read in Propaganda Congregation on the 12th of July, 1661, Primate O'Reilly mentioned that he was accused of being an incendiary and promoter of Rebellion, in consequence of which he was obliged to retire to his hiding places and remain concealed, nelle spelonche, dove tuttavia continua." In 1666, he was imprisoned in England. And in 1668, in a Propaganda Congregation, he was described as exiled without hope of return to Ireland, such was the hatred and persecution he suffered from the King and the Duke of Or mond. Edmund O'Reilly died in March, 1669. ARMAGH. IRELAND. ARMACAN. 1669. July 9. Oliver Plunket. This prelate then in Rome, was nominated in a Congregation of the Propaganda, held on 9th July, 1669. In the decree of the Propaganda, he is called a native of the diocese of Armagh. His Brief was dated August 3, 1669. He was consecrated at Ghent on 30th November, 1669, by the bishop of Ghent, assisted by the bishop of Ferns, and another bishop. The Pallium was granted to him in Consistory of July 28, 1670: "Postulante Do Carolo Cartario, Advocato Consistoriali, concessit pallium etc. moderno archiepiscopo Armacano." Barberini. On the 12th of May, 1671, a letter was read in a Propaganda Congregation, from Archbishop Plunket, describing the cases of two youths, one, a member of the family of O'Neil, the other a nephew of the Earl of Fingal. The fathers of these young men had lost their properties for sake of religion. It was not lawful to teach Catholic schools in Ireland, aud therefore the Primate begs those young men may be admitted into the College of the Propaganda. The Primate had been accused of going too often to Dublin to see the Viceroy, of being too intimate with heretics and notably with the Vicar of the Pseudo-archbishop of Armagh, and of having mixed himself in affairs of temporal government by accepting from the Viceroy the Commission of the Peace, "una patente di poter rimettere i Banditi Cattolici che commettono degli eccessi per regno. The Primate defends himself by saying that he could not refuse to appear in Dublin, when invited thither by the Lord Lieutenant or by his wife, or by the Chief Secretary, especially as the two latter were secretly Catholics, "quando dal Signor Vice Rè, o dalla moglie, o dal primo Segretario si veniva chiamato 99 ARMAGH. IRELAND. ARMACAN. tanto più che gli ultimi due sono occultamente Cattolici". (Propaganda Papers) According to a report sent to the Propaganda on the 26th of April, 1671, Primate Plunket received from Charles II an annual pension of 800 scudi. In 1679 the Primate was arrested on a charge of treason, and imprisoned in Dublin Castle. His keepers made him pay on entrance a sum equivalent to 120 scudi, besides 12 scudi a week for food. He was also to pay 150 scudi on leaving the prison. The Primate managed to visit and absolve the archbishop of Dublin, who was likewise incarcerated, and in a dying condition. This act gave his keepers offence, and he was more strictly guarded in consequence. Towards the end of October, 1680, Primate Plunket was sent to London, kept for seven months a close prisoner in Newgate, and tried on the 8th of June, 1681, for high treason. Jeffries was counsel against him, and MacMoyer and Duffy, two friars, whom Plunket had corrected, bore false witness against the archbishop. How "this good and loyal man fell the innocent victim of their murderous rancour" is told in Hume's History of England, Viii. 160; in Stuart's Armagh, 363; and more largely in Bishop Moran's memoir of Dr Plunket. The Primate, having been found guilty, was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on the 1st of July, 1681. After the martyrdom of Plunket, some disputes arose concerning the jurisdiction of the Vicar General appointed by the Chapter, Manutio Quin, and the Vicar General, Henry Ugonio, who had been appointed by the late Primate. To allay these disputes, Edward Drumgole was elected Vicar Apostolic by the Propaganda, on the 13th of January, 1682. |