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Aug 25, 2017 · David Miles, son of James, was a witness at marriage of his brother Richard in 1688, and at the marriage of James and Jane Edwards, in 1692, and at the marriage of William Thomas and Elizabeth Philips, 1694 (where the names of Samuel, Griffith and Sarah Miles also, appear). He was baptized (as an adult) in Philadel
David Miles, son of James, was a witness at marriage of his brother Eichard in 1688, and at the marriage of James and Jane Edwards, in 1692, and at the marriage of "William Thomas and Elizabeth Philips, 1694 (where the names of Samuel, Griffith and Sarah Miles also, appear).
It seems that Cromwell came to Ireland not to crush Catholicism but Royalism. How does this square with Cromwell’s justification of the killing of 3552 combatants and civilians at Drogheda (the figure given by his chaplain, Hugh Peter, who will have buried them).
On October 11, Captain James Stafford gave Cromwell entrance to the town. The scenes that followed mirrored those at Drogheda. Many Franciscans and other priests were killed. Three hundred women were massacred while standing at the cross in the public square hoping that being near the cross would soften the hearts of the Christian soldiers.
Sep 25, 2017 · Eve, Cain slaying Abel, David and Goliath, Moses smiting the rock, the Adoration of the Magi. Not far away is the Tall Cross of much the same date with similar panels. There is also a high cross near the north-east corner with a Crucifixion scene, a sun-dial and an early grave slab with the inscription or do Ruarcan ('A Prayer for Ruarcan').
William of Drogheda, a writer on civil law in the 14th century, and James Miles, author of two works on religion and one on music, and who died a member of the Franciscan monastery at Naples, in 1639, were natives of this place.
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William of Drogheda (died 1245) was an Irish academic and ecclesiastical lawyer. Life. A native of Drogheda, Ireland, William was the best known Oxford lawyer of the 13th century. He seems to have often pleaded cases at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin.
