Nicholas Hill (priest) was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin[1] from 1428[2] until 1457,[3] having previously been Archdeacon of Dublin, and vicar of Balrothery, County Dublin.[4]

In 1442 he was summoned before the Privy Council of Ireland, to testify as to allegations of serious misconduct against Richard Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin.[5]

References

  1. ^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ "The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to Its Members, and Biographical Memoirs of Its Deans" Mason, W.M. p132:Dublin, W.Folds, 1820
  3. ^ Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
  4. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p127 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ^ Patent Roll 21 Henry VI
Church of Ireland titles Preceded byJohn Prene Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 1428–1457 Succeeded byPhilip Norris


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