[A few additional notes have been added to Bishop Wilson's _Life of Dr.
Richard Sherlock_, in the seventh edition, 2 vols. 1841-44. The editor,
the Rev. H. H. Sherlock, M. A., has the following note on his first cure
in Ireland: "Wood (_Athen. Oxon._, vol. iv. p. 259. Bliss) leads us to
suppose that Dr. Sherlock was ordained immediately after taking his
Master's degree, and adds, that 'soon after he became minister of several
small parishes in Ireland, united together, and yielding no more than
80_l._ a year.' The editor has not been able to obtain any particulars of
his ordination, nor the names of the united parishes in Ireland where he
ministered. Canonically, he could not have been ordained earlier than A.
D. 1636."]
_Cardinal Fleury and Bishop Wilson._--There exists a tradition to the
effect that during a war between this country and France, Cardinal Fleury
gave directions to the French cruisers not to molest the Island of Man,
and this out of regard to the character of its apostolic bishop, Wilson.
I should be glad to know whether any and what authority can be assigned
for this story.