Joshua Brooksbank (22 March 1642 – 5 February 1692) was a

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during the late seventeenth century. Brooksbank was born at Eccleshill, West Yorkshire and educated at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

. He graduated BA in 1664 and MA in 1667. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Churc ...

by Matthew Wren the

Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of nort ...

on 22 September 1664; and

by William Fuller the Bishop of Lincoln on 12 March 1867. He was Precentor of Limerick Cathedral from 1689 until 1690; and

Dean of Clonfert The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is also Dean of St Brendans, Clonfert, Dean of Kilfenora, ...

from 1670 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton,H. p179 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878

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Deans of Clonfert 1642 births 1692 deaths People from Eccleshill, West Yorkshire Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Clergy from Yorkshire {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub