John Lancaster was a seventeenth century Anglican

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in Ireland. He was born in Prescot, Lancashire, and was probably the third son of Thomas Lancaster of Rainhill. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated BA in 1592, MA in 1597, and was a fellow of the college 1590-97. A Chaplain to

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, to supplement his income he held several livings, was a

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of four other dioceses and Treasurer of Lismore. He died in 1619."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp. 125–126.

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, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 He was married and had at least one son, also named John, who was

of Waterford and Lismore. The younger John married Elizabeth Harris, the favourite daughter of Sir Edward Harris, MP for

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and Chief Justice of Munster and his first wife Elizabeth Fowelll. Elizabeth died in childbirth in November 1624, greatly to the grief of her father, who erected a memorial to her at Kinsalebeg Church, Ferrypoint, County Waterford. Elizabeth and John had one surviving son, also John, who died in 1683. The younger John spent many years engaged in litigation with his mother's relatives over what he claimed was his rightful share of the Harris

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17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (Church of Ireland) 1619 deaths {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub