John Francis (priest) explained

John Francis was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.^[1]

He was Prebendary of St Michael's at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin from 1665 until 1705;^[2] Dean of Lismore from 1695^[3] until 1723;^[4] and Dean of Leighlin from 1723 until his death a year later.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p66 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
3. "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p390 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p170 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878