-f  1  rtsTH  to  Ifam  tlut  Sir  Edn-ard  JuKph  Smytli*,  thU  «Nth
boroacl,  ilM-l  ua  lllli  .Maivb,  lUott,  agvd  >ikly-«*{llt-


KKL16IOVS    ESTABUSHUKNTS.
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1.  Jamet  [Jerome)  Sharroek. — lie  itn»  younger  brotltcr
of  Prior  William  ((iregory)  Slisrrock,  on  whose  ]>mmulii)ii
to  the  ten  of  Tclmcbsua  (of  whom  more  hLTcnfU-r  iu  thiS
acGond  part),  hv  ims  by  UDAuimoiis  voice  t-k-ctt-d  in  17^0.  Like
hii  nainily  hrotlit-r,  )■<■  lintl  the  hilciit  of  g»itiin|i:  the  hc«ru
of  all  bis  subjects.  Forced  by  the  iuiijuity  of  th«  timea  to
abaadon  his  mooMtcry,  ho  tbunil  au  asylum  at  Acton  Burncll.
His  Fptscopul  br»tltcr,  nnxioua  to  secure  such  an  nMociiitc  in
tlie  goreniaicnt  of  tbc  Western  District,  npplieil  to  Rfime  for
hiu).  The  aeleettiiii  niu  npproveil,  an<l  1  have  w.v\\  Ihi^  llnlh
expedited  on  19th  April,  ISOfi,  conotittitin^  him  ItisUop  of
TlicmiMjyra ;  but  the  Jmniility  of  th«  jfood  prior  could  uot  be
prcviiilod  on  to  accept  the  mitre,  and  he  died  itt  Aeluii
BuriH-11  in  the  nrnii  of  his  beloved  monkii,  on  1st  April,  1808,
sA.  fifty-dsht.
2.  Richard  {I'eler)  Kettdall,  a  priest  of  ^reai  merit.  Ho
had  banlly  completed  the  purchiise  of  Downside,  near  Rath,
for  the  presniC  rtmvciit  and  college,  when,  I  hi-li«vo,  he  una
iranslatod  iuto  the  ctvrntd  Tubcni:icleM,  on  the  2Gth  i^larch,
I8I4.
3.  Thomat  Latcion  was  elected  lOlh  M»y,  IKll,  nnd  wns
the  first  prior  of  Downiiide.  Itc  resigned  the  otTiec  on  33nl
Juir,  1818,  and  ended  his  useful  life  utSalford  Nuniierv*oi)
23rU  April,  1830.
