Thomas Wight (abt. 1590 - bef. 1661)

Born about 1590 in Artington, Surrey, England

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Died before 1661 before about age 71 in County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Last Name variations and notes

• Brady refers to him as 'Thomas Weight'
• Cotton refers to him as 'Thomas Wyght or Weight' and 'Thomas Wright' He also states that he was ordained 23 October 1610, and not as Brady states 23 October 1619. M.A. and afterwards B.D., University unknown

Thomas Wight, A.M., elected Dean of Cork and grandfather of the Quaker, Thomas Wight (Bandon).A native of Guildford, Surrey, he was ordained deacon and priest by John, Bishop of Oxford, on 23 October 1619. In 1620 he became prebendary of Kilmacdonogh, Cloyne, and in 1628 vicar of Ballymodan, Bandon. In 1634 he was appointed prebendary of Kilnaglory. From 1628 to 1649, he was rector of Aghlishdrinagh. In 1628 he was elected dean of Cork by the chapter, but the crown declined to ratify the appointment. According to the "History of Bandon", Dr. Brady, from whose valuable records we have derived the above information, thinks Wight was induced to settle in this country by the Boyle family.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://peoplepill.com/people/thomas-wight-am

See also:

Burke's Landed Gentry - Wight of Braboeuf Manor

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• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 1 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 33, 178
• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 2 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 10, 268
• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 1 - The Province of Munster, Pg 268, 327