George Andrews, MA (1576–1648) was an

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priest in the early seventeenth century. Born in England, he was educated at

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, and was appointed

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and

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in 1603. His promotion in 1635 to

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was reputed a dubious honor, considering the low income of that see. The

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(the

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) is said to have written to

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: "If your Lordship thinks Dean Andrew hath been to blame, and that you would chastise him for it, make him Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, to have it without any other ''commendams''; and then, I assure you, he shall leave better behind him than will be recompensed out of that bishopric, which is one of the meanest of the whole kingdom." He died in October 1648 and is buried at

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in the

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, London.""Some account of the parish of Saint Clement Danes (Westminster) past and present. Comp. from various sources by John Diprose" p34: London; Bateman & Co;1878

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17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Deans of Limerick Bishops of Ferns and Leighlin 1648 deaths 1564 births Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub