Thomas Knox

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name = Thomas Knox


religion= Church of Scotland
See = Diocese of the Isles
Title = Bishop of the Isles
Period = 1619–1627x1628
consecration =
Predecessor = Andrew Knox
Successor = John Leslie
post = Dean of the Isles | ordination =
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date of birth = unknown
place of birth = unknown
date of death = 1627 or 1628
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Thomas Knox (died 1627 or 1628) was a Scottish prelate from the 17th century. The son of Andrew Knox, Bishop of the Isles, he received crown provision to the Deanery of the Isles on August 4 1617.Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 270.] He is the first Dean of the Isles to be known by name, though an unnamed cathedral dean was recorded in 1572, and the "dean and chapter of Iona" are attested again on June 5 1576.

On February 24 1619 he was granted crown provision to succeed his father as Bishop of the Isles, his father later becoming Bishop of Raphoe in Ireland. [Keith, "Historical Catalogue", p. 308; Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 268.] Thomas Knox' last historical appearance dates to November 1 1627, a year later than the date given by Robert Keith. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 268; compare Keith, "Historical Catalogue", p. 308.] He had died by April 3 1628, meaning he almost certainly died earlier in that year or at most in 1627. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 268.]

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