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A Visitation of St Mary Church in A.D. 1301

Trans. Devon. Assoc. 1893, Vol XXV, pp.431-448.

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The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Brownlow, MA

Prepared by Michael Steer

The paper was read at the Association’s July 1893 Torquay meeting. The author, William Robert Brownlow was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Winslow, Buckinghamshire on 4 July 1830, Brownlow was the son of Reverend William Brownlow, Rector of Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1852. He was curate at St. John´s, Torquay, before being received into the Roman Catholic Church on 1 November 1863. After studies in theology at the English College, Rome, he was ordained priest on 22 December 1866 and was appointed missioner at St Mary´s church, Torquay, in 1867, and Canon of Plymouth in 1878] He was subsequently appointed Bishop of Clifton by the Holy See on 20 March 1894. Brownlow was co-editor of the English Roma Sotteranea and the author of various papers on Slavery and serfdom in Europe, and on Christian antiquities. He was also an active supporter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He died in office on 9 November 1901, aged 71. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.