Robert Sutton (died 1 April 1528) was an

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in the late Fifteenth century and the early decades of the Sixteenth century: he was

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from 1498 to 1508;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p129

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, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 and then Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1527 to 1528. He spent much of his career in England, and was most reluctant to return to Ireland, apparently due to his ill health and his fear of

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and

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, both of which were prevalent in Dublin in the 1520s (in fairness to Sutton it must be said that his predecessor as Dean,

John Rycardes John Rycardes, or Rychard (died 1527) was an English-born cleric and judge in sixteenth-century Ireland. He held the offices of Master of the Rolls in Ireland and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1 ...

, had also left Ireland for fear of the plague).Mason, William Monck ''The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin'' Dublin 1820 p.145 It was said that he never set foot in the Cathedral during his term of office (admittedly brief) as Dean. He died in April 1528, bequeathing all his property to his nephew William, son of his brother Lawrence. A brass monument in the Cathedral commemorates both Sutton and his successor Geoffrey Fyche, Dean from 1529 to 1537.

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Archdeacons of Dublin Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Irish Anglicans Deans of Derry 1528 deaths {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub