Thomas Fulwar Explained

Thomas Fulwar (Fuller) was an Irish Anglican priest in the seventeenth century.^[1]

Fulwar was the son of John Fulwar, the vicar of Stebbing. He is recorded in Alumni Oxonienses as being incorporated from Cambridge in 1645.^{[2] [3]} and chancellor of Cork Cathedral in 1639.^[4]

He was Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1641 to 1661.^[5] During the Commonwealth he is credited with having ordained - in England - nearly 1000 Anglican clergy, the most active of all bishops in this process.^[6] In 1661, no doubt as a reward for this service, he became Archbishop of Cashel.^[7] Thomas bequeathed money for the manufacture of a new flagon, cup and paten for the cathedral at Cashel and these survive with an inscription to that effect.^[8] He died in office on 31 March 1667.^[9]

Notes and References

1. "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
2. Book: Foster, Joseph. Joseph Foster (genealogist)

   . Joseph Foster (genealogist). Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500 - 1714. 978-1-85506-843-8 . 1892. University of Oxford . Dublin. 510–541. en.

3. Book: Cotton, Henry . Henry Cotton (divine) . The Province of Munster . Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . 3 . 1849 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin. 330–331. en .
4. Book: Cotton, Henry . Henry Cotton (divine) . The Province of Munster . Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . 3 . 1849 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin. 299–300. en .
5. "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
6. Royalists and Royalism during the Interregnumedited by: Jason McElligott, David L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 2010
7. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
8. "Rock of Cashel Co. Tipperary" by Duchas The Heritage Service
9. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860 Vol 1 p14