Maurice Sweetman

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Maurice Sweetman (d 1427)was a 14th-century Archdeacon of Armagh. [1]

A relative (possibly a nephew) of Milo Sweetman, [2] Archbishop of Armagh, he was appointed Archdeacon before 1380 [3] and was also Rector of Kilkelly and a Prebendary of Ferns. [4]

Notes

  1. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p44 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  2. Pollard, Albert Frederick (1898). "Sweetman, Milo"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 198.
  3. Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of hdeacon Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh
  4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p368 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878


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