19-840: James Wadsworth may refer to: James Wadsworth (Jesuit) (1572–1623), English Catholic priest and Jesuit James Wadsworth (Spanish scholar and pursuivant) (1604–1656?), son of the Jesuit James Wadsworth (lawyer) (1730–1816), American jurist and politician James Wadsworth (of Geneseo) (1768–1844), American pioneer and philanthropist James Wadsworth (mayor) (1819–1891), American politician, mayor of Buffalo, New York James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), American soldier James W. Wadsworth (1846–1926), American politician - House James W. Wadsworth Jr. (1877–1952), American politician - Senate James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1905–1984), American diplomat [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
38-581: A daughter Grace. In 1616, he was appointed to the nearby rectory of Horningsheath by Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke Hall (son of Sir Robert Jermyn , benefactor of Emmanuel College). This benefice he held for twelve years. In 1627, he became Provost of Trinity College Dublin , despite having no prior connection with Ireland. The Provostship paid roughly the same as his Horningsheath rectory and he clung to his living in Suffolk until forced to surrender it on grounds of benefice . Owing to his wish to advance
57-527: A remonstrance from his captors, "pleading on their behalf for graces from King Charles ." William Bedell was taken into the care of his friend Denis Sheridan but the sufferings of the Bishop's imprisonment had inflicted considerable damage. Shortly after his release Bedell died from his wounds and from exposure on 7 February 1642. Bishop Bedell was granted the dignity by Clan O'Reilly of burial next to his wife Leah at Kilmore, where he received an honourable funeral in
76-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Wadsworth (Jesuit) James Wadsworth (1572?–1623) was an English Catholic priest and Jesuit . Wadsworth was elected scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge , on 12 March 1584, admitted sizar in 1585, and graduated M.A. in 1593, B.D. in 1600. He was instituted in 1598 to the rectory of Pakefield in Suffolk , and from 1600 he held in addition, at any rate until 1603,
95-595: The Irish Reformation , Bedell decreed a chapter of the Irish-language New Testament to be read aloud during dinner by a native Irish speaker and for Irish-language prayers to be offered in his chapel. In 1629, he was appointed to become Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh . He set himself to reform the abuses of his diocese , encouraged the use of the Irish language by the clergy, and personally undertook many of
114-578: The Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury , 15 September 1605, suggested that family and financial problems had been the cause. Wadsworth became an officer of the inquisition in Seville , receiving from the king of Spain a pension of forty ducats a month. Five years later, in 1610, his wife and children arrived, and also joined the Catholic faith. Wadsworth became steward or agent to Sir Robert Shirley , and, on
133-620: The native Irish . He was also determined to repair the neglected church buildings throughout the diocese, where, in 1638, he held a synod of all the Anglican clergy and officers within the diocese to discuss lax discipline. He was asked by the court of the Plantation Commission to "lay out" the town of Virginia in the south of County Cavan , after complaints from the Anglican residents there about local Anglo-Irish landlords' failure to build
152-555: The Spanish match, from 1618 has not been published. In a letter to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , written from Madrid , 11 Nov. 1623 he reported that his pupil the Infanta was learning English. A Grammar, Spanish and English , London, 1622, may have been prepared by Wadsworth for the Infanta. Wadsworth married while in Suffolk, and had four children. According to his son ( James ) he
171-611: The Venetian Republican statesman and political theorist Paolo Sarpi . Bedell wrote a series of Protestant sermons with Fulgenzio Micanzio , Sarpi's disciple. Having returned to Bury in 1610, he married Leah, daughter of John Bowles, Esq., of Earsham , Norfolk, and widow of the Recorder of Bury St Edmunds, Robert Maw (died 1609), by whom she had already four children (two of whom survived to be raised by their stepfather). Bedell had by her three sons, William, John, and Ambrose, and
190-562: The church courts found that Cooke had legally acquired the right to become chancellor, and the Bishop was unable to remove him. Upon the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , the local Irish clans , led by the Chief of Clan O'Reilly, rose and took over control of the region. The O'Reillys, however, "gave comfortable words to the Bishop" and William Bedell's house at Kilmore in County Cavan
209-477: The degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1599. He served as vicar of St Mary, Bury St Edmunds , from 1601 to 1607. In 1607, he was appointed chaplain to Sir Henry Wotton , then English Ambassador to Venice , where he remained for three years, acquiring a great reputation as a scholar and theologian . He translated the Book of Common Prayer into Italian , and both corresponded and was on terms of close friendship with
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#1732859380390228-701: The duties generally discharged by the bishop's lay chancellor. He is noted for commissioning the translation of the Bible into the Irish Language, which was undertaken by the Protestant Rector of Templeport parish, The Rev. Muircheartach Ó Cionga . He also chose to appoint only Irish speakers to parishes. In 1633, he resigned the see of Ardagh , retaining the more primitive bishopric of Kilmore , where he encountered opposition from Anglicans and Catholics alike for his practice of reaching out to and trying to evangelist
247-626: The livings of Cotton and Thornham Magna in the same county. He was also chaplain in ordinary to William Redman , bishop of Norwich . In May 1605 he accompanied Sir Charles Cornwallis to Spain as chaplain; his brother Paul was consul in Andalusia . At Valladolid James fell under jesuit influence; in August of the same year he left the ambassador's house under pretext of a visit to the University of Salamanca , and never returned. Cornwallis, in letters to
266-467: The proposed Spanish match , was appointed English tutor to the Infanta Maria. He died of consumption on 30 November 1623, and was buried at Madrid . From 1615 to 1620 Wadsworth engaged in correspondence with his early college friend and neighbour in a Suffolk parsonage, William Bedell , later bishop of Kilmore , in support of his beliefs. His correspondence with Sir Robert Phelips , chiefly about
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304-467: The town or provide a church for Anglican worship. Bedell was a man of simple life, often walking miles on foot or travelling on horseback, travelling the dangerous byways. Bedell provided assistance to native Irish converts to Anglicanism and enable them to study for the ministry. Bedell sided with the Catholics of Kilmore against the excess of Alan Cooke, the incumbent chancellor of the diocese. However,
323-449: Was born at Black Notley in Essex, England , the son of John Bedell, yeoman. He was admitted pensioner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1584, where he was a pupil of William Perkins : he took B.A. in 1588/89 and M.A. in 1592, being elected a Fellow of Emmanuel College in 1593. He was ordained priest on 10 January 1596/97, by Bishop John Sterne, suffragan bishop of Colchester, and was awarded
342-479: Was converted to Catholicism in 1604. William Bedell The Rt. Rev. William Bedell , D.D. ( Irish : Uilliam Beidil ; 22 September 1571 – 7 February 1642), was an English Anglican bishop who served as the 5th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1627 to 1629. He also served as Lord Bishop of Kilmore and as a member of the Irish House of Commons from January 1628 to July 1628. He
361-411: Was left untouched, became a refuge for those fleeing arrest by the clan. In the end, however, the O'Reillys demanded upon the dismissal of all who had taken shelter in his house, and on the bishop's refusal he was arrested and detained with some others on the nearby island castle of Lough Oughter , Cloughoughter Castle . He was detained for several weeks and was released after signing a deposition and
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