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. Barrett obtained a

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provision to the

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of Annaghdown on 17 April 1458 and acted as a

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in the English dioceses of

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(1482–85)., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 331., ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, p. 324. According to

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, Barrett was also a canon of York Minster; holding the Prebendary of Laughton (1466–67)., ''Prebendaries of Laughton, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541'', volume 6, pp. 64–65., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 55. Barrett died sometime after 1485.

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* * * * 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Year of birth unknown 1485 deaths Bishops of Annaghdown {{Medieval-bishop-stub