Richard Bourne was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries."Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505–1905" edited by John Peile p422
Bourne was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses p85: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was appointed Prebendary of Monmohenock at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1707."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p175 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 He was Dean of Tuam from 1810 to 1813;"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p23 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and Chancellor of Armagh from 1813"Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c" Leslie, J.B. p41: Dundalk; William Tempest; 1841 until his death in 1817."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p41 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
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