Robert Grave

Robert Grave was an Anglican priest in the last years of the sixteenth century.[1]

Born in Kent, he was educated at Cambridge University.[2] He was appointed Dean of Cork in 1590;[3] Precentor of Limerick in 1591;[4] Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in 1595;[5] and Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in July 1600.[6] He and his family were drowned in Dublin Bay in October that year.[7]

References
  1. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. ii Dabbs – Juxton (1922) p248
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. p239 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. p398 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton,H. p51 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  7. Today in Irish History
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Thomas Long		 Dean of Cork
1590–1600		 Succeeded by
Thomas Ram
Preceded by
Hugh Allen (bishop)		 Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
July1600 – October1600		 Succeeded by
Nicholas Statford


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