Delany's were certainly "well connected"!! as in Thomas Tenison (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury) (Patrick Delany's 1st wife whom he married in 1732 was Margaret Tenison)....etc Dave Hall... 1691. Richard Tenison, Bishop of Killala and Achonry, was trans, to Clogher on 26th February, 1690/1. He was the son of Thomas Tenison, and b. at Carrickfergus. Ed. by Mr. H. Radclifie, at St. Bee's, Cumberland, ent. T.C.D. November 2nd, 1659, aged about 17. Degrees unrecorded, except D.D. 1682 ; Vice-Chanc. 1698. Was Dio. Schoolmaster of Meath, V. Laracor and Agher, 1669-82, R. Ardmulchan 1671-2, V. Donaghmore, Meath 1675-7, Chapl. to. L.L., Dean of Clogher, R. of Louth and Beaulieu and V. St. Peter's, Drogheda, 1675-82 ; cons. Bp. of Killala February 18th, 1681/2 ; fled to London in 1689 and worked in a London parish, probably with his relative Thomas Tenison (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury), who was then Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and Minister of St. James', Piccadilly. In 1691 he Was trans, to Clogher Where his preaching is said to have " won many dissenters to the Church." " In a letter to Abp. Tenison, I4th September, 1696, on the subject of dissenters, he refers to the building of a See-house. " I am now building a hermitage at Clogher, where I will . . . . . end my life in religious retirement." His wife, Anna, d. in that year, and was buried at Clones (Par. Reg.). In 1697, he was trans, to Meath. He d. 29th July, 1705, and was buried in the Chapel of T.C.D. His name is sometimes spelled. "Tennison." Among his sons were (i) Henry, T.C.D. B.A., 1687 ; M.P. for Monaghan 1695 and for Louth 1703 ; d.1709 aged 42, bur. in the Tenison Mausoleum at bunker. ****(2) Richard, B.A., T.C.D., 1704 ; B.L., M.P. for Dunleer, 1715.**** [Patrick Delany's 1st wife whom he married in 1732 was Margaret Tenison, daughter of Richard Tenison] (3) Thomas, b. at Knockbalrymore, of Thomastown, Co. Louth, afterwards known as "Knock Abbey," He published : > 1. A Sermon, preached at the Primary Visitation of Primate Michael Boyle, at Drogheda. Dub., 1679. 2. A Thanksgiving Sermon on 2 Chron. xxviii, 9. 410, 1690. 3. A Sermon, preached at the Funeral of Bishop Hopkins of Derry, 4to., Dub., 1690. 4. A Sermon, preached at Christ Ch., Dub., before the L.L. 4to., Dub., 1692. 5. A Sermon, preached at Christ. Ch., Dub., before the Lord Deputy and Parliament. 27th October, 1695. 4to., Dub., 1695. -- Anything on these pages are my intellectual property. You are free to copy and to redistribute unmodified copies for _non-commercial_purposes without restriction from me. Small quotations ("fair use") should include a citation that includes reference to URL to which I have contributed and to which I claim shared copyright to under the *90* year rule. Any other use should be consistent with normal international copyright law! Those with some legal expertise may wish to examine the extensive Copyright Law Materials from the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell Law School. __