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John Garvey, bishop

Birthdate:
Death: 1595 (66-68)
Immediate Family:

Son of John O'Garvey, of Morisk
Husband of Joana Garvey; Margaret Garvey and Rose Garvey
Father of Sir Christopher Garvey; Lancelot Garvey and Alison Harold

Occupation: Irish Protestant Bishop of Kilmore and Archbishop of Armagh.
Managed by: Livio Scremin
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About John Garvey, bishop

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garvey_(bishop)_

  1. He firstly married Margaret, daughter of Christopher Plunket of Dunsoghly Castle in County Meath and his wife Catherine Bermingham, and sister of the Right Honourable Sir John Plunket, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
    1. Their son was Sir Christopher Garvey.
  2. His second wife was Rose, widowed daughter of Thomas Ussher, and his successor in the archbishopric was his brother-in-law, Henry Ussher.

“The Ussher Memoirs: Or, Genealogical Memoirs of the Ussher Families in ...“ By William Ball Wright. Page 39. GoogleBooks

Rose Ussher, m. secondly, John Garvey, Dean of Christ Church, and afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, who had previously md. Joana, dr. and heir of John Money, Joana, dr. and heir of John Money, Alderman of Dublin, and by her had had issue:

  • 1. Lancelot Grarvey, who m. Alice Passefield.
  • 2. Alson Garvey, m. Walter Harold, deed, before 1612, leaving issue, Redmond and Marie Harold.

Rose Ussher, als. Garvey, died Dec, 1612, and was buried in Christ Church, Dublin. Her will (Dub. Dioc.) nuncupative, says:

"Mem.—That on or about the 9th day of June, in the year 1612, Rose Usher, als. Garvie, of the cittie of Dublin, widow, made a nuncupative will, bodie to be bur'd in Christ Church by the rest of her firiends. Itm—To nephew Walter Usher, a damaske table cloth and towell . Itm—Her plate, all her linen and woollen beddinge, bedsteads, brasse and pewter to her sd nephew Walter Ussher, to pay her debts, to see her well buried. Itm—To Marie Harold, daughter to Walter Harrould of Dublin, gen., deed., farme of the Kill, als. the Kill of Grange of Clonkuen, d'iDg life onelie, and after to Redmond Harrold and his assignees, sonn unto Walter Harrold, gent., deed." In presence of Walter Usher, of Dub., Aid. and others. Proved xi. Feb., 1614.

John Garvey, the second husband of Rose Ussher, born in the Co. Kilkenny, and educated at Oxford, was first made Archdeacon of Meath, and in 1565, Dean of Christ Church, Dublin, and a Privy Councillor. He was appointed Bishop of Kilmore in April, 1585, and held the Deanery of Christ Church still by dispensation. On the 10th of May, 1589, he was translated to Armagh, and still held the Deanery. He died in Dublin on the second of March, 1594, and was buried in Christ Church. He was a very hospitable and benevolent man, and so had permittal of 1st fruits, £137 13s. 1d. from the Government. A pedigree of the Garvey family is in T.C.D., MS. F. 4. 18