Richard Heaton (1601–1666) was a Church of Ireland priest in Ireland.Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 0713642556
Heaton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p386: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was appointed Prebendary of Kilrush in Killaloe Cathedral in 1633"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p490 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 and Dean of ClonfertNational Archives in 1662, holding both positions until his death in 1666."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p179 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 He was an amateur botanist.'Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History' Foster, J.W./ Chesney, C.G. (Eds): Dublin; Lilliput Press; 1997
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