Volume 1: Pages 210 to 253 - Cork Past and Present

SCULL.
Thomas Way, " de Kinsale ," was ordained Deacon and Priest
by William, Bishop of Cork, on 27th Oct. 1605.
He appears as V. Scull from 1615 to 1640. From 1619 to
1626 he was P. Killaspugmullane, and from 1620 to 1630 P.
Dromdaleagne, and from 1623 to 1640 was V. Caheragh.
1637. July 25. WILLIAM BURLEY, Rector de Scull. [F.F.] In
1639 Burley appears as Rector, and Way as Vicar of Scull.
"Ecclesia bene, desunt omnia." [V.B. 1639. D.R.]
William Burley was, from 1625 to 1630, V. Brubenny and
Inchinabacky, Cloyne ; and from 1630 to 1666? P. Tipper,
Dublin, and V. Cahir. He was also, from 1634 to 1640, Dean
of Clonmacnoise; and from 1640 to 1666, Dean of Emly.
From 1630 to 1640 he was R. Scull.
1640/1. January 28. FRANCIS COCKMAN, Rector de Scull. [F.F.]
On letters patent of November 27, 1640. [Lib. Mun.] Lockman
was A.M. in 1645. In that year, on Sept. 1, he was
instituted to the P. Tassagart, St. Patrick's, Dublin, of which
cathedral be had been a Minor Canon.
[MS. in Consistorial Office, Dublin.]
He died in 1646.
16-1 JOHN EVELEIGH, R. V. Scull and Kilmoe, q. v.
1661, Dean of Ross.
He was, in
1666. The rectory and vicarage are both vacant. [V.B.]
1667 to 1755. Skull was held with Kilmoe, q. v.
1755. July 16. GEORGE RUSSELL, R. V. Scull, vacant by death of
Paul Limerick. [D.R.] On letters patent of July 8, from the
Crown. [Lib. Mun.]
On 29th March, 1757, Russell (having paid Wm. Limerick,
the executor of his predecessor, £400,) obtains a certificate of
dilapidations against Limerick for £54 10s. 10d. [D.R.]
George Russell, A.B., of Oxford, was ordained Priest on 6t11
Oct. 1754. He was licensed to the curacy of St. Nicholas,
Cork, on 7th Oct. 1754, and from 1755 to 1767 was R. V.
Scull. He died in 1766 or 1767.
1767. Feb. 21. JOHN CHETWOOD, A.R., R. and V. Scull, vacant by
death of Russell , and in the Bishop's collation for this turn.
[D.R.] In 1790 he became P. Cahirlag, q. v.
1780. June 26. ANDREW DOWNES is presented to R. V. Scull, vacant
by resignation of Chetwode. [Lib. Man.]
In 1782 Downes is R. V. Tullagh and Creagh, Ross, q. v.
1780. Nov. 1. RICHARD TOWNSEND, A.M., R. V. Scull, now vacant
by the resignation of Andrew Downes, late Incumbent. [D.R.]
Richard Townsend was the eldest son of John Townsend,
who was the fourth son of Bryan, the second son and heir of
Colonel Richard Townsend, of Castle Townsend. The mother
of the Rev. Richard Townsend was Catherine, dau. of Colonel
James Barry, of Lisnegar, Rathoormack, by his wife Susannah,
who was the only daughter of John (the eldest son of Colonel
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Richard Townsend) by his wife, LADY CATHSRiNE BAIsY. [Vide
V. Holy Trinity, Rev. Philip Townsend.]
Richard
April, 1753.
Townsend was ordained Priest, at Cork, on 29th
In 1752 he was Curate of Donoghmore, Cloyne; and in 1753,
of Dromdaleague.
From 1759 to 1780 he was R. V. Myros, Ross; and from
1780 to 1793, R. V. Scull. He was also, from 1764 to 1793,
V. Rathbarry, Ross. He held, also, from 1764 to 1780, the
Vs. Kilmaccabee and Kilfaughnabeg ; and from 1768 to 1780,
was P. Currograngemore, Ross.
He married Susannah , daughter of Colonel Alexander Gay;
and died, May 17, 1793, without issue.
Through the above Lady Catherine Barry, daughter of
Richard, second EARL of BARRYMORE, the descendants of John
Townsend , fourth son of Bryan Townsend, trace descent from
Lord Barrymore 's maternal grandfather , Richard Boyle, the
great EARL of CoRK, and lay claim to the extinct de Barri peerage.
See Caulfield's note on Diary of Rowland Davies, Dean of Cork,
p. 95 ; Camden Society, London, 1857.
1793. August 2. The Rev. Philip French, of Scull, was
appointed Sequestrator. [D.R.]
1794. Feb. 24. JOHN WHETHAM, R. V. Scull.
patent of Dec. 19, 1793. [Lib. Mun.]
[F.F.] On letters
Whetbam was Dean of Lismore and Archdeacon of Cork,
q. v. In June, 1794, he resigned Scull.
1794. July 12. ANTONY TRAIL, A.M., R. and V. Scull. [F.F.]
In 1795 the Bishop approves of Trail 's memorial for leave
to expend £101 16s. 2d. on the glebe-house, and £314 12s. 6d.
on the offices of Scull. In 1799 the Bishop certifies for an
outlay of £416 8s. 8d. as duly expended, and returns the
yearly
diture
value of Scull as £500. In 1801 a further expen-
of £26 lls. 5d. is certified, the value of the bene fice
being stated as £600 per an. [D.R.]
1807. Trail resides in Connor diocese . [Rep.]
Anthony Trail (nephew to James Trail, Bishop of Down and
Connor) was son of Rev. Robert Trail by Jean Dow, and
grandson of Mr. Trail, who married Miss Haldane.
From 1777 to 1781 he was P. St. Andrew's, Down ; and from
1782 to 1831, was Archdeacon of Connor. He held, also, from
1794 to 1830, the R. V. Scull, which he then
of his son.
resigned in favour
He married Agnes, dau. of William-Watts Gayer, LL.D., Clerk
of the Irish House of Lords; and by her had two sons, William
(now of 3, Ely-place, Dublin), and Robert (who succeeded his
father in his Cork living). Antony Trail died in 1831.
1830. November 29. ROBERT TRAIL, A.M., R. V. Scull, on letters
patent, from the Crown, of 22nd Nov. 1830. [D.R]