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T H E

PEERAGE of IRELAND

Q R,

A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY

OF THE

PRESENT NOBILITY

OF THAT

K I N G D O M

With ENGRAVINGS op their PATERNAL COATS of ARMS.

Collected from Public Records, authentic Manufcripts, approved Hiftorians,
vvell-attefted Pedigrees, and perfonal Information.

By JOHN LODGE, Esq..

peputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower, Deputy Clerk and
Keeper of the Rolls, and Deputy Regifter of the Court of Prerogative.

REVISED, ENLARGED, and CONTINUED to the PRESENT TIME,

By MERVYN ARCHDALL, A. M.

RECTOR OF SLANE IN THE DIOCESS OF MEATH, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
|RISH ACADEMY, AND AUTHOR OF THE MONASTICON HIBERNICUM.

VOL. IV.

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BARON CAULFEILD,

KNIGHT OF THE MOSTILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF ST. PATRICK,
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNCIL,

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PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY,

THE FOURTH VOLUME OF

THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND,

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VISCOUNTS,

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

X H E original defcent of this illuArious family is diverfely
deduced by genealogifts*,. but we fhall begin with Heiveius,
who is unqueftionably proved by Sir James Ware, and Wil-
liam Roberts, Efq. Ulfter King of Aims in the reign of
K. Charles I. and by the indifputabffc authority of ancient
records, to be the true and direct anceflor of the family.
Vol. IV. B 'He

* Some writers a (Tart, that their defcent is derived fromGodefroy or Geof-
ircy, Regent of Brionir, in Normandy, fon of Richard, fir ft duke of Nor-
mandy (grandfen of RJlo) who was trie father of Giflebert, furnamed Crii-
pi.i, Earl of Brion, guardian to the Conqueror of England dur'mg his mino-
rity, whofe fon Richard, accompanied the Norman Duke in his expedition to
England (his name being in the roll of Battel Abbey, amongflthe Conqueror's
attendants), and for his great fervices and propinquity of blood, was dignified
' iihthe Earldom of Clare. — He married Adeliza filler to Randolph Meichines,
Earl of Chelter, and had five foils, viz. Giibert, furnamed de Tonbridge,
from whom defcended the Earls of Clare, Glouceftcr, and Hertford, which
ended in Gilbert, Earl of Clare, killed in the battle of Bannockfburn, 8 July
S314 (3 Edward II.} j Roger, and Walt ci, both <Ud childteftj Hobert,

Ksrviy..

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNT GARRET.

He accompanied the Conqueror in his expedition to Eng-
land, and obtained large poiTeiTions in the counties of Nor-
folk, Suffolk, and Laucafter ; in which he was fucceeded
by Herveius Walter, his ion, having alfo a daughter Alicia,
who became wife of Ormus Magnus.

Herveius

and Richard, wlio both (their father being cup bearer to the King), u fed in his
life-time to execute that office for him and thence affumed the furname of
Bouteillers. — Robert, at his father's death, hid the office conferred upon him,
jrnd wascup-bf arer to K. Henry I. in which he was fucceeded by his eldeft ion
Walter, whofe fm Herveius was father of Theobald the firft Butler of Ire-
land. Mr. Carte, in his Hiftory of James, Duke of Ormond, difapproves of
this pedigree (which was drawn by Mr John Butler a beneficed clergyman in
the county of Northampton and cotemporary with Sir William Dugda'e) for
which he there affigns his reafons. Others ' affirm that the firft of this fami-
ly was Gilbert, furnamed Becket, a native of London, not inferior to any of hi?
fellow citizens, for kindred and riches, and fupenor to meft of them in a angu-
lar good carriage, and holy converfation and who, in the flower of his youth,
voluntarily received the Holy Crofs to ferve again ft the Infidels, and travelled into
the Holy land ; on his return, being taken priibner and made an infidel Admi-
ral's captive, he fo continued for a year and a half during which time the Admi-
ral's only daughter, ( M ahold or Maud) was fo taken with his good qualities and
weighty teafoning, in matters concerning the Chriftian religion that obtaining
his liberty by flight fhe forfock ail and fccretly followed him into England,
where (after Lnftruction in the Chriftian Religion and beine baptifed by the Bilhop
«f London, in St Paul's Church in the prefence of fix prelates) ihe was married
So him, and had two ions and two daughters viz Thomas Becket Archbifhop of
Canterbury; Waiter Fitz-Gi!bert ; Agnes, wife to Thomas Fitz-Theobald de
Kelly; and Mary a nun, made ( 9 Henry II. ) Abbefs of Barking; 2 Wal-
ter married Matilda de Manfeo, and had a fon Theobald Fitz-Walter (as ap-
peareth by an ancient deed without date) of whom by Hooker, •> in his Chro-
nicle of the Conquer! and Antiquities of Ireland it is thus written : " Theobald
"' Fitz-Walter who, by his nation was made Becket, but, by his wife, Butler,
** was the fon of Gilbert, and was the firft Butler that came into Ireland, who
** being a wife and expert man ; was firft fent thither with William Fitz- Adelm,
*fr when he came over, Governor of the kingdom, upon the death ot the Earl
" of Chepftow. (who died 2,3 Henry II.) * and after with K. John 31
** Henry III. to view and fearch the country, and in the end, grew to fuch great
*' credit, that he was enfeoffed wiih great livings there, and alio advanced, (and
" his poirerity after him) to great honours and promotions.'* And finding by
feveral pedigrees made in England for Thomas, Earl of Ormond, and allowed
and approved by the heralds there, and alfo by certain old books and pedigrees
made in this kingdom, that the faid Walter, tather to the faid Theobald, was
the fon of the faid Gilbert Becket, and brother to the faid holy martyr, Thomas
Becket, Archbiliriop of Canterbury (fays Robert Rothe, Efq. one of the counfel
to Thomas Earl of Ormond and Ofl'ory, in his Regiflry, collected in 161 cT, con-
taining the pedigree, offices, and fervices, &c. out of the feveral Chronicles, pe-
digrees, records, and evidences of this family both in England and Ireland.)
But Mr. Richard Laurence fignifies to the Duke of Ormond, (in a note before a
copy of Mr. Rothe's rtgiftry) that having examined and compared this R. with
Roberts's MS. genealogy, he found no material difference, but in the 3 firft defcents
and the little paper annexed to Mr. Roberts's arguments carried lo much, truth and
ftiength, and his authority quoted was fo authentic and full for kValtsr ra-
ther than Becket, that it was not to be anfwered.

r R<nkevs Rcgifiry. 2 Idem, 3 H«ok«r. p. 40. §4.. < I^Lm,

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Herveius Walter (which continued the furname until dif- Hervey
tifed by Edmond, Ear! of Carrick, when (according to the
cuftom) the Chriftian name only was to be ufed with the title)
married Maud, eldeft daughter of Theobald de Valoines,
and had ifTue five fons. Theobald, the firif Butler of Ireland,
Hubert, Walter, Roger and Hamon. — Hubert, the fecond
fon, was born at Weft- Derham in Norfolk, where he built
a Monafferv ; and encompafled the tower of London with
a ftrong wall and deep moat : He was brought up, with his
brother Theobald, under Ranulph de Glanville, Juftice of
England, his Uncle by the mother's fide ; and in Henr) lid's
reign was one of the Barons of the Ex hequer, and De?n
of York; whence K. Richard I. advanced him (1 No-
vember 1 1 8q) to the fee of Salifbury ; and being taken pri-
foner in the Holy Land, where he commanded the Englifh
forces at the fiege of Aeon, was trar.tl.ited (while there) in
119} to the fee of Canterbury; and on his return, made
Chancellor, Chief Juflice, andTreafurer of England ; which
laft great truft he managed fo well, that in two years,
(befides defraying the public expences) he faved the King
of his own revenue it 0,000 marcs. He died of a fever, in
July 1205, at his manor of Tenham, and was buried
13 at Canterbury.

Theobald, the eldeft fon, attended K. Henry II. into The3^
France, when that Prince came to an agreement with the Butler of
French King on the behalf of Thomas Becket, Archbifhop h-dzzd.
of Canterbury, murdered 28 December 1 1 7 1 ; and the
next year accompanied him into Ireland, where he ferved
in the reduction of the kingdom, and being rewarded with
very large poflefTions, made it the place of his rcfidence r
having alfo conferred upon him the Butlerfhip of Ireland in
the year 1177, whereby he and his fucceflbrs were to at-
tend the Kings of England at their coronation, and that
day prefent them with the mil cup of wine ; for which
they were to have certain pieces of the King's plate. — Some
time after, that Kin£ granted him the prifage of wines, to
enable him, and his heirs, the better to fupport the dignity
of that office.* In ii$$ he was wimefs to a charter of
K. John, then Earl of Morton, to the canons of Lanthony,
of the lands of Ballybemmer and other eflates. In 1

B 2 Richard

* By this grant, he had two tons of wine out of every Pnip, which broke
buik in any trading port of Ireland, and was loaden with 20 tons of that com-
modity, and one ton from 9 to 20 ; fee a decree dated iz February 1584,2,*;*
D. and proportionably for a lefs quantity , if it amounted .10 nine tons.

* Rothe'i Regiftry.

CUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Richard I. he accompted to the pipe-roll in the Exchequer
72I. 6s. 8d. of the fuitage of the Knights of the honour of
Lancafter — In 1 194, he was appointed by his brother Hu-
bert, collector of the fees to be paid to the King by thofc,
who fhould perform tournaments or feats of arms in Eng-
land, viz. from an Earl 20 marcs ; from a Baron 10 ; a
Knight, who had lands, 4 ; and a Knight who had no lands,
2 marcs. In that reign he was a benefactor to the Abbe?
of Furnes in Lancafhire ; was a perfon of large poffelTicns
f in England and Ireland, being a Baron of both kingdoms ;
and, 6 Richard I, was appointed, fheriff of the county of
Lancafter, in which office he continued to the firft of K.
John inclufive, and founded a monastery therein at Cock-
erfands, as he alfo did at Arklow for Ciitertian Monks, 1
endowing it with his lands on the fouth fide of the river,
the Salt Pits, and the ifland of Arklow to found the Abbey
on. Helikewife in 1205 founded and endowed with all the
lands of Wodeney O'Flinn, the impropriate rectories of
Thurles and Arklow z the Abbey of Wotheney, or
Woney (Abington) in the county of Limerick, having in
the year 1200 founded and liberally endowed that of Ne-
ragh in the county of Tipperary, being a priory or hofpi-
tal of St. John Baptift, for the maintenance of Auguftine
canons, with a provifion, that at lead 13 fick perfons mould
be maintained in the houfe, with the daily allowance of a
loaf, drink, and a dim of meat, and as their pofTeiTions
fhould encreafe fo the number of canons were to be aug-
mented 3.

In 1204. he gave two Palfreys for licenfe to go into Eng-
land, and dying in 1206 4 was buried in a tomb, made for
him in Wotheney Abbey. $ He married Maud, daugh-
ter and heir to Robert de Vavafor, a great Baron of

Yoikfhire,

*f» Arnongft which, wa*- the T.ordihip of Prefton in AmundernefV ia Lan-
crihire, which wa:; confirmed to him and hit. heirs by the charter of K. Rich-
ard, 2,2 April 1194; 6 to hold by the fervice of three knights fee?, ani
containing almoft half that county. He had alfo a grant of the lands of
Inchcmeholmoe, Kiipocn, Kylinewy, Suchmoyl, V«(hehan, Kylcarnewy,
and divert, others, with the Advowfon of the chinches', and all liberties,
from Richard, ArchLiihop of Dublin yielding to the Bilhops of that fee two
marcs of filver yearly, and to each of the Cathedral churches two pounds of
wax at Eafter. And John, Earl of Morton, gave and confirmed to him the
caftle and town of Arklow, with the appurtenance?, to hold by the fervice of
one Knight's fee.

1 Mon. Angl. V. ?.. p. :oa$. 2 Rothe's Regifter. 3 Men, Aug!.
V. 1 p. 1044. 4 Rothe's Rafter. ? Idem. 6 Rothc.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. - $

Yorkshire, (with whom he had the manors of Edlington and

Newborough, and the lands of Bolton) and by her, who

was afterwards married to Fuik Fitz-Warine l had one fon

Theobald, and a daughter Beatrix, to whom he gave a large

cftate in marriage with Thomas de Hereford, after whofe

death (he remarried with Sir Hugh Purcell, Knight.

Theobald, the fecond, was about fix years of age at his Theobald,

father's death and attaining his full age 5 Henry III. %

had a livery of his eilate 18 July, 6th of that reign, and

thereupon aifumed the furname of Butler from the fa id office

of Chief Butler of Ireland. He gave a confiderable part of

his lands at Sleiwn, with the tithes that lay near the church,

to the priory of All-Saints in Dublin, % and in ^247 was

L. J. of Ireland. He married Joan, eldeff filler and

co-heir to John de Marreis (de Marifco) (father of Herbert,

father of Sir Stephen de Marreis, who died iffuelefs 14

Richard II.) a confiderable Baron in Ireland, to whofe ef-

tates, both in this kingdom and in England, his pcfterity fuc-

ceeded ; and departing this life in 1248 (33 Hen. 3) was

buried in the Abbey of Arklow: and left Theobald, the~, . ,,
i-i 1 1 xr r r -, i ii i Theobala,

third, who was then alio fix years or age 3 and adhered to 3

the King in his wars with the Barons. He married Margery,
eldefr. daugh er of Richard de Burgo, (anceftor to the Earl
of C!anrick<ud) with whom he had, befides other lands,
the manors of Ardmaile and Killmorarkill 4 and being
buried by his father at Arklow, left Theobald, the fourth
Butler of Ireland, who aiTifted K. Edward I in his wars
with Scotland, and married Joan fourth and youngeit daugh-
ter of John Fitz-GeofTrey-Fitz-Peter de Barronis lord of
Kirtling, and L. J. of Ireland, youngeft fon of the famous
Geoffrey Fitz,-Piers, Lord Jufficiary of England ; and co-
heir with her three fillers to her brothers John and Richard.
(She brought him the manor of Faubridge in Effex, the ham-
let of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey,
the Hamlet, called the Vacherie, and the manor of Ailefbury
in Bucks) 5 and dying 26 September 1285 in the CafTle

1 Idem. 2 Idem. s Idem, and Inq poft mortem taken in 1149, which found
that he died feized of the manors of Beliagh and other lands in Stafford/hire, the
manors of Whichton in Lancafaire, 3nd Tibeilcy ia Yorkfhirfc. 4 Roihe.
5 Mi'. Annals, ia Tria, ColL

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Theobald,
5

Edmond,
Eariof Car
rick.

of Arklow, was buried in the monaftery there, leaving iflue
by her, who died about i ;oi (31 Edw. I.) two daughters,
Maud and Joan, and eight fons, Theobald; Edmond cre-
ated Earl of Carrick ; Thomas, anceftor to the Baron of
Dunboyne ; John; Richard; Gilbert; Nicholas, elected
Archbifhop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the
Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never confecrated -3
and James.

Theobald, the fifth honorary Butler of Ireland, was pre-
fent in the Irifh Parliament of 1295, anc^ frauds the fifth on
the Roll. In the fpring of 1296 he attended the King in his
invafion of Scotland, and accompanied him in all thofe ex-
peditions, wherein Edinburgh, with the lofs of 25,000
Scots, and all the fortrefTes cf that kingdom, were reduced ;
and gained a great leputation by his valour. — In 1297 he *
purchafed from Philip de Rupella the manor of Bree in the
county of Dublin, with all the lands oftheBrinns; and
alfo the cantred of Ornany in Conaughr, the lands in Cronn,
and divers others. l He died unmarried at his manor of
Turvey, 14 May 1^99, and was buried 27 in Wotheney-
Abbey, being fucceeded in eftate, and the Butlerfhip of
Ireland by his brother, ".

Edmond, who in 1302 fat in Parliament as a Baron, by
"the name of Edmond It Botiller, and about the feaft of St.
Hillary that year, recovered the manor cf Holhwocd near
Ballymore from Richard, Archbifhop of Dublin, (except
the advovvfon of the church) referving to the fee two
pounds of wax, and hair an ounce of gold yearly, and re-
leafing all his right to one mefluage and five acres ot land,
with their appurtenances, in Lufke. — Pie was knighted in
London by K. Edward II. in 15C9, and that year, with
John, after Earl of Kildare, difperfed the rebellion in
Conaught and Offaley; and in 1 3 7 2, being L. D. he re-
preffedthe excurfions of the Byrnes and Tooles, numerous
and potent clans, forced them to fubmit ; and being a great
encourr.ger of fervitors, made a noble feaft: at Dublin on
Sunday 29 of September 131 , when he created 30 Knights,
3 bv patent, dated at Langlev 4 January 1314, he was
L. j. of Ireland, with the fee of 500I. a year, and 9 Ed-
ward II, held a Parliament at Kilkenny, to raife a fubfidy
for defence of the realm, againft Edward Bruce and the

Scots 5

* Rothe fajs the deeds of purchafe are in Birmingham Tower, 26
J Rothe's Rcgiftry. * ut 3 Mf. Ana.

BUTLER, ViscourfT MOUNTG ARRET. >/

Scots ; for his fervices againfr. whom, and the rebellious
Irifh, he was created Earl of Carrick-Mac Griffyne in the
county of Tipperary, by patent, dated at Lincoln i Sep-
tember that year, i 3 1 5 ; and by a record of the fame l
date, had given him the return of all the King's writs in the
canrreds of Oieman, Elyogerth, and Elyocarroll in Tippe-
rary ; to which was added, 12 November 1 .2, <, all the
lands of William de Carran in Finagh and Favmolin in the
county of Waterford; in which year (after many fervicef
againft the O Mores, O Tooles, O Byrnes, O Murroughs,
and other Irim fepts) going on pilgrimage into Spain to the
ihrine of St. James of Compoftelia, he died after his return
to London 1 September 1321, and was buried on St. Mar-
tin's eve at Gowran in the county of Kilkenny.

In 1302 he married Joan, daughter of John, the firft Ear!
of Kildare, and by her had three fons and two daughters;

James, his fucceiTor in the Earldom and Butlerfhip of Ire- ( , \
land.

John, who died in 1330, from whom the prefent Earl of (*)
Carrick derives his defcent.

Laurence, who on the vigil of St. Cecilia the Virgin, in (3)
13 q, with Sir Henry Trahern, were taken prisoners by
O Nolan, in Sir Henry's houfe of Kilbegg, in revenge of
winch, h:s brother James waded their country.

His daughter Joan was married 1 "21 to Roger Mortimer, (0
fecor. i Ion of Roger, brother to Edward, Earl of March.

— to Sir Thomas Dillon of Drumranv, ancellor to the **'
Vifcount Dillon.

James, who fucceeded, was under age at his father's James
death, but notwithtlanding his nonage, had a licence, 3
December 1325, for the fine of 2qoo marcs, to marry ^oni.
whom he plea fed ; and 1 March 1^26, had a grant and
confirmation of the prize wines ; and was created Earl of
Ormond (the north part of the county of Tipperary) by
patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury, the
K. then holding a Parliament there, with the creation fee
of iol a year out of the fee farm of Waterford; and by
patent, dated at Wallingford feven days after, in confidera-
tion of his fervices, and the better to enable him to fupport
the honour, had given *o him the regalities, liberties, knights
fees, and other royal privileges of the county of Tipperary,
and the rights of a palatine in that county for life ; which
feeing re-ailumed by that King were reilored to him again 23

April

* Enrolled. A°. io°- Eliz. D,

1
Earl of Or-

$ BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

April 1337, and with the prize wines (which were alfo T
re-aflumed by the King 1 7 November 1343) were granted in
fee to his Ton James, and his heirs male, 5 June 1372 (46
Edw. III.) in virtue of which grant they were enjoyed by
the family until the year 17 16.

In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg, on the
river Suir in the county of Waterford for Francifcan Friars ;
to whom, 3 June that year, r he gave his caftle and eftate
of Carrick, of which they took pofleffion on Sunday the
feaft of St. Peter and Paul 3. He is characterifed by
Clynn, the Annaiift to be a liberal, amicable, facetious,
and comely perfon, and dying in the flower of his youth,
6 January t 337, was buried at Gowran ; having, in '327,
tfnarried Elenor, fecond daughter of Humphrey Bohun, the
fourth Earl of Hereford and EiTcx, High Conffable of Eng-
land, (by Elizabeth his wife, feventh daughter of K. Ed-
ward I) and by her, who after married Sir Thomas Dag-
worth * had two fons and one daughter, viz. John, born
at Aroee on St. Leonard's day 1330, died an infant;
Jam^s his fucceflbr; and Petronilla, the fir ft wife of Gil-
bert, Lord Talbot, anceflor to the Pari of Shrewsbury.
Jame*, James, the fecond Earl of Ormond, was born at Kilken-
Earl. ny 4 October 1 3 3 1 > and given in ward, 1 September 1 344,
to Maurice, Earl of Defmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs;
and afterwards to Sir John Darcy L. J. of Ireland, who
married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was ufually
called the noble Eail, on account of his defcent from the
Royal Family ; and by the Irifh, James the Chaftc, an
appellation procured by his modefty and virtue. Through
his extraction, and in recompence of his fervices, he ob-
tained feveral grants of lands and other favours from K.
Edward III. and Richard II. 18 April 1359, *ie was aP~
pointed L. J. of the kingdom, as he was again, 15 March
1360, in which year he publimed proclamations and made
divers regulations, for the advancement of the Englifh inte-
rcfl in Ireland ; and did great fervice againft the rebellious
Irifh in the provinces of Ulfter, Leinfter, and Munfter.
8 September 1361, Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third fon of

* A corhmifuon, dated at Dublin r8 October 1344, t8 "Edward TIT. was
granted to this Thomns de Da.'wort:h, and Alianorc his wife, of the cuftody of
the catties of Nenagh and Moiali»y with the appurtenances, and the manors of
KarkenlifT.) Bretage, and Carricmregriffin in Munfrer ; which, by reafon of the
minority of Jame% Earl of Ormond, were in the King's hands, to hold ti'l he
accomplished his full ?ge, rendering yearly into the Exchequer the full extent
hereof.

1 Rot. A9. 17°. Edw. III. D. R, 8, 2 Mf. Annals in Trin Col. 3 Id.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 5

K. Edward III, being made L. L. he attended him from
England with many other great men, having an allowance
for himfelf of 4 s. a day and for his retinue ; 2 s. a-piece
for two Knights ; nd. for 7 Efquires; 6 d. for 20 hobel-
lars armed; and 4 d. for as many unarmed. In 1562, he
flew 600 of Mac Murrough's followers at Teigftaffen in the
county of Kilkenny; and 22 April 1364, was appointed
L. D, to the faidDuke of Clarence ; as he was L. J. 24 July
1376, with the ufual falary of 500I. a year, in which office
he was continued by K. Richard II. On 2 April 1372, he
was made conftable of the Caftie of Dublin, with the fee of
1 SI. 5s. a year ; was fummoned to the Parliaments held by K.
Richard II ; and 16 January 1 381, had a com million dated
at Cork, during pleafure, to treat with ail rebels, Englifh
and Irifh, though indicted and outlawed, and to grant them
fafe conduces, in order to reform them to peace, and pre-
ferve the tranquillity of the country ; fo as fuch treating
fhould not tend to the prejudice of the King's faithful fub-
jec~b. He died 18 October 18? (or 1.383) in his cailie of
Knocktopher (near which he had, in J 3^6, tounded a Fria-
ry for Carmelite friars) and was buried in the Cathedral of
St. Canice in Kilkenny.

Bv his faid wife, (who re married with Sir Robert Her-
ford, and by her deed, 5 Rich. II, furrendered to her fon all
her dower in Ireland, except that of the prize wines,}
he had two fons, James, his heir, then under age ; Thomas
who by commilTion, dated at Kilkenny 25 May 1380, was
comlituted, with Nicholas White of Clonmell, the King's
Juftices in the county of Cork, during pleafure, to inquire
upon oath, of ail {editions, tranfgreflions, felonies, oppref-
fions, confpiracies, confederacies, and other crimes whatso-
ever, committed again ft the K. or his liege people, and to
adminifter juftice throughout thar county, &c„ and two
daughters, Ellen married to Gerald, Ear! of Defmoru., and
died in 1404 ; and Jean to Teige O Carrol,- Prince of Elye,
and died of the plague in 1 -83.

James, the third Earl of Ormond, by building and ma- T>me*
king the caftie of Gowran his ufual rcfidence, was com-
monly called Earl of Gowran; bur, 1 r. September 1301, he Earf"
concluded the purchafe of the caftie of Kilkenny -f which

became

•f- Th's caftie was built by William, Earl Marflial, the elder, who came
into Ireland in 1207; and alio founded the Houfe of the Black Fiiars there;
and his ion William fucceed ng him in jiac, granted a charter to the town
€ April IZ23, with privilege?, which they enjoy to this day. The Eari of

Onaoad

to BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

became the chief feat of the family. He alfo built the
cattle of Dunfert, (commonly called Danes-Fort) and in
I3C6 founded a Friary of minorites at Ailefbury in Bucks.
In i 384. he was deputy of the kingdom to Philip deCourte-
nay, the King's coufin ; and, 25 July 1x92, again made
L. J. as he was in 1401 ; and 26" October 1404, on the
departure of Sir Stephen Scrdpe to England. By commif-
fion, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appoint-
ed f'by reafon of the exceiTive lodes and damages, fufrained
by the Fling's liege fubjedts in the counties of Kilkenny and
Tipperary, by the Irifh and Engltfh rebels,) keeper of the
peace and governor of thofe counties and the people thereof,
as well wiihin liberties as without, with full power to treat
with, to execuie, to protect, and to give \zte conduct to
any rebels, eVc. In 1397 he availed Edmond Pari of March,
L. L. againft O Brien, and in 1 igg took prifoner Teige
O Carrol, Prince of Elye, who efcaping the year after from
Gowran, was {lain in 14/07 by the L. D. Scrope. By com-
miffion dated at Kilkenny 9 May 1400, he, Sir Edward
Perers, and others, were appointed Commiflioners of Oyer
and Terminer in the counties of Kilkenny, Wexford, Wa-
terford, Tipperary, Cork, and Limerick ; and, ,0 May
140.,, a writ, dated at Trim, by Thomas, Earl of Lan-
cafter, L. L. was directed to him and John Lumbard, ap-
pointing them juTrices or commi/Tioners of Oyer and Ter-
miner in the county of Kilkenny, to adjourn tha Parlia-
ment fummoned to meet at Kilkenny; and on the anni-
verfary of St Vitalis the martyr in 1404 J he held a Par-
liament in Dublin, which confirmed the flatutes of Dub-
lin and Kilkenny, and the charter of Ireland. Being a
mighty ftrong man, he is ftiled in fome annals, the head of
the chivalry of Ireland, which kingdom he governed to the
content of the King and his good fubjecls 2. He mar-
ried Anne, daughter of John Lord Welles, and dying 7
September on the vigil of the BleiTed Virgin 3 1405 at
Gowran, greatly regretted, after his return from invading
O Connor's country, was there buried, leaving two fons,
James his heir ; and Sir Richard Butler, whofe god-father
was K. Richard II, of whom mention will be made here-
after.

James,

Ormond purchafed the caftle, with divers manor? and lordfhips, from the
beirs of Sir Hugh le Defpenfer, Earl of Gloucefter and Ii'abel his vftfe,
daughter and coheir lo Gilbert de Clare, Karl of Gloueefter.

1 Ml". Annals T. Coll. 2 Lodge. 3 Annals.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGAKRET. ii

James, the fourth Ear! of O.'mond, commonly called trie J;

imes,

White Karl, was a man of goad pans, and m after of a great g^
fh - of learning, (which at, that time was very rare in no-
li' an J ami before he attained his full age, was, on V'hit-
funday, 4 Henry VI, together. with the King, knighteJ by-
John, Duk.e of Bedford, the King's uncle and regent ; af-
tei which, returning: into Ireland, he accompanied the de-
puty Scrope in his invafion of Mac-Murrough's territory,
when that fept was routed, and O Nolan, with his fon and
many others, made prifoners l and being informed that
Walter de Burgp and O Carrol had ravaged the county of
Kilkenny, they marched to Callan with fuch expedition,
that they furprized and defeated the rehels with the {laughter
of at leail ) u % On his return to Dublin, not yet being
of age (Tor that year his wardship was granted to Thomas,
Duke of Lancafter, fon of K. Henry, IV) he was left L. D.
of the kingdom, his commiiTion bearing date 18 December
1407 ; 9 Henry IV. and held a Parliament there, which
again confirmed the flatutes of Dublin and Kilkenny, and
the charier granted under the Great Seal of England 3.
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, having a fon born in
Dublin, well known afterwards by (lie name of George
Duke of Claience, his Lordfhip and the Earl of Defmond,
were godfather?. In harveft, 14?, he accompanied Tho-
mas of Lancafter, Duke of Clarence, into France, in
which year Henry V. mounting the Throne, he was in great
favour with that victorious Monarch -j- ; by whom he
was appointed L. L. by a very large commiiTion, bearing
date 10, February 1410, and landing at Waterford 10
April, held a Parliament 7 June on St. Laurences day
3 which granted the King two fubfidies, and to him-
felf ~o marcs; after which he made great preys upon
O Reily, 4 Mac-Murrough, (who at that time made all
Leinfter tremble,) Mac-Mahqn^ and others ; for his fer vices
againft whom the Parliament granted him a further fum of
300 marcs after the feaft of St, Andrew 5. Ori the nones

•f* At his motion his Majefty firft created & King of arms in Ireland, np-
pointing John Kiteley, hcra'.d in England, to that effice, by the title of Ire-
land King of Arms •, which continued a* long as the Kings of England were
ftiled Lords of Ireland, when it wa< altered by Henry VIII. to tha; of TJlfrer
King of Arms, Bartholomew Eutler, York Hern Id, being the firft f ap-
pointed: And his fon Philip Butler was the firft puriuivant at aims in Ire-
land, being fo created io~ June 1 552, by the title of Athlone purfuivant, by
John, Duke of No. thumbcrland, Eari Marfnal of England.

1 Id. 2 Id. 3 Id. 4 Mf. Annals in T. Coll, s Id.

ii BUTLER, Viscount MOUMTGARRET.

of May 142 1, a {laughter was committed on the family of
the Earl, whilft L. L. near the monailery of Leys, where
27 Enghfh wereflain, the chief of whom were Puree! and
Grant, noblemen, ten were taken pnfoners and 200 faved
themfelves by flight, in the caftle ; and 7 June the Earl in-
vaded Leys, and obiged the Irifh to fue for peace l.

K. Henry V deceafing 31 Aug;uft 1422, his Lordfhip
was continued in the government until the arrival of Edmond
Mortimer, Eail of March, to whom, 9 May 1424, he was
made deputy, as he was the next year to John, Lord Fur-
nival, and again 15 April 14.26; and 13 September follow-
ing", he Tent James CornwaKh, chief baron of the Exche-
quer, to lay before the King and council the irate of affairs,
and to profecute feveral matters relating to the benefit and
prefer* ation of the kingdom, for which he was allowed 6 s.
3 d. a day. Alfo, 28 Augisif. 1427, he declared to the coun-
cil, that he had expended 40 marcs in refilling Gerald O Ca-
venagh, an Irifh enemy, who had lately affembled a mul-
titude of Kerns, to deilroy the king's fubjecls ; for which
fum he had a liberate 11 October following ; and the day
after, another for 50 marcs, for maintaining and keeping in
fafe cufrody, divers Irifh hoflages, for the good conduct of
Bernard Mac-Mahon and Neylan O Donne!, captains of
their nations, Owen O Neile and'Meiler Birmingham.

In 1440 he was twice again made chief governor, firft
as L. L. and after as L- I), and that year had ths temporal-
ties of the fee of Cafhel granted to him for ten years, after
the death of the Archbifhop, Richard O Hedian. — In
1443 he was again made L. L. and 24 June 1444, he affem-
bled at Drogheda many of the privy council, nobility, and
gentry of the Englifh Pale, and declared, that he had now
held the place of chief governor of the kingdom for the
fpace of three years and more, and that it had pleafed the
King by his lettei and writ under the privy feal, fent by
Robert Mansfield, Efq; groom of his bedchamber, to com-
mand him over to his prefence, without delay or excufe,
notwithstanding the commotions then fubfifring in Ireland ;
wherefore he required of them, that they would declare be-
fore the faid meffenger, if he had committed, during his
government, any extortion contrary to the laws, or had been
remifs in executing the laws. "Whereupon, after fome time
fpent in confideration of his conducl, Sir James Allen de-
clared, that there was not one there that could in any mat-
ter

* Mf. Annals in Trin. Call.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 13

ter complain of him, but were all fully thankful to him for
his good and gracious government ; for the pains he had
taken in defence of the land, having undergone grear and
continual labours ; and had alfo, befides the allowance of
the government, been at great expence for the honour of
the King and defence of the kingdom ; and added, that if
at that time he mould leave the kingdom, it would be ex-
pofed to great danger ; and defired that Richard Wogan
Chancellor, father Hugh Mideletcn, or Robert Mansfield,
would repair to the King, and procure a fafe paflage fcr
him ; and declare, that there was then great confederacy to
deftroy his liege fubje&s, and that if it pleafed his highnefs
to give the L. L. leave to ftay till Michaelmas, fo that his
fubje&s might gather in their harveft, it would be a great
comfort to them, and contufion to their enemies. Upon
this reprefentation, the King difpenfed with his attendance in
England: But two years after (144.6) fome of the Lords
and Commons petitioned his Majefty for his removal, fet-
ting forth, u That he was old and feeble, and had left
■' many of his old caftles for want of defence, and there-
" fore was not likely to maintain, much lefs enlarge, the
" King's poffeflions in Ireland." Upon this he was dif-
mifled, though the bifhop and chapter of Cork, the cor-
porations of Cork and Youghall, the Lords Barry, Roche,
and others, gave a full teftimonial of his great fervices ;
which however had this good effecl:, that the next year,
when the Earl of Shrew (bury L. L. accufed him of high
treafon before the Duke of Bedford, Conftable of England,
in the Marfhal's court, the King quafhed the accufation ;
and examining the caufe himfelf, was fo fully convinced of
its being founded in malice, that he ordered all the pro-
ceedings to be cancelled, and declared by patent, 20 Sep-
tember 1448, " That the Earl of Ormond was faithful in
" his allegiance, meritorious in his fervices, and untainted
** in his tame ; that no one mould dare, on pain of his tn-
" dignation, to revive the accufation, or reproach his con-
<f duel ; and that his accufers were men of no credit, nor
" fhculd their teftimony be admitted in any cafe." And a
writ reciting all this, dated 21 November, attefted bv his
mortal enemy, Richard, Archbifhop of Dublin, deputy to
his brother Shrewfbury, was fent to the Magiffrates of Li-
merick and other towns, to caufe proclamation thereof to
be made throughout the kingdom.

His Lordfhip was a great lover of hiilory and antiquities,
and gave lands for ever to the College of Heralds, for which,

until

t* BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

until the reformation of religion, h< was prayed for in all
their public meetings, and conftantly after remembered as a
fecial benefactor. He built the caftles of Tuleophelim,
Neriagh, Ro<crea, and Templemore ; and gave the manor
andadvowfon of Htickcote in Bucks to the Hofpital of St.
Thomas D' Acres in London, which was confirmed by Par-
liament 3 Hen. VI. atthefuit of his fon. Remarried firft
Johan, daughter of Gerald, the fifth Earl of Kildare, who
dying 3 Auguft 143°, was buried in the faid hofpita! ; and fe-
condlv in 1432, Elizabeth, daughter of William Beauchamp,
Lord Bergavenny, and widow of John, Lord Grey of Wil-
ton ; but by her, who died 6 Au gull 1452, a few days be-
fore him, he had no ifiue; having by the firft three fons,
James, John, and Thomas, fuceefitve Earls of Ormond ;
and two daughters, Elizabeth, the fecond wife of John, the
fecond Earl of Shrew fbury, and died on the Saturday after
the nativity of the Virgin Mary I in 1473 ; and Anne,
who died unmarried, and lies buried in the church of Shene
in Surrey, under a marble graveftone, on the north fide of
the High Altar, with this memorial;

Hie jacet Anna filia Ccmitis (1'Ormond, qua?
Ohiit iv. die Januar. AnnoDni mccccxxxv.

Fie died at Ardee 23 Ausruft 1452? on his return from an
expedition againft Connor O Mulrian, and was buried in St.
Mary's Abbey near Dublin ; being iucceeded by his eldefl
fon
Jamet James, the fifth Earl of Grmond, who was born ^4 No-

vember 1420, and knighted when very young by K. Henry
VI. with whom he was in great efleem. He attended
Richard, Duke of York, Resent of Fiance into that kins:-
dom ; and, inconfideration of his adherence and fidelity to
the Lancaftrian interefr. againft the Houfe of York, was
created a Peer of England 8 July 1449, by the title of Earl
of V/iltfhire, to him and the heirs male of his body; and
in T450 conflituted one of the commiflioners, to whom the
cuftody of Calais, the tower of Rifehank and Marches of
Picardy were committed for the term of five years. — -In
1451 he was made L. D. of Ireland, the next year fuc-
ceeding his father in the title of Ormond, was appointed
L.L. 12 May 14571 for ten years ; and that year going to
Englandj he undertook, with the Earl of Salifbury, and other

Lords,

* Ut Amials in Tria. Coil.

£arl

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTCARTET. 15

Lords, the guarding of the Teas for three years, receiving
the tonage and poundage to fupport the charge thereof ' alio
15 March 1455, was appointed Lord High Treafurer of Eng-
land; and fhortlv after attended the King at the battle of St. Al-
bans, where the Yoikifts prevailing, he fled, cafting his ar-
mour into a ditch; yet, on a turn of affairs, was reftored to
his poft of Treafurer 37 Henry VI. and the next year created
a. Knight of the Garter, and made keeper of the foreh; or
parkof Pederton in Somerfetfnire, and of Cranbourn Chace
in the counties of Wilts and Dorfet.— • He foon after fitted
out five great mips of Genoa, to fioht the Earl of War-
wick's fleet, with which he failed to the Netherlands ; but
returning before the battle of Wakefield, fought 31 Decem-
ber T460, he commanded one wirg of the army, which
inclofed and flew the Duke of York, father of K. Edward,
IV ; but 29 March 1461, being at the bloody battle of
Towton-Field, he was taken prifoner by Richard Salkeld ;
beheaded at Newcaftle 1 May, and in the enfuing Parlia-
ment, which met 4 November, attainted.

He married three wives ; firft Avic»a, only daughter of
John Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, Duke of Touraine in
France, and heir to her brother Humphry, who died 16
Henry VI; to his fecond, Avicia, daughter of Sir Pvichard
Stafford, a great heirefs ; and to his third, Elenor, eldeft
daughter of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerfet, and Earl
of Mortaigne in Normandy, and coheir to her brother,
Edmond Duke of Somerfet, beheaded 5 May 147 1, two
days after the battle of Tewkfbury for his adherence to the
Lancaftrian line ; % but having no iiTue, was fucceeded by
his brother

John, the fixth Earl of Ormond, who was knighted at Joha>
Leiceiler by the Duke of -Bedford, the King's uncle, 3 Ea,.{>
for his faithful adherence to K Henry VI. for which he
was alfo attainted ; yet by K. Edward IV. was reflored in
blood, and to all his eftates, except the manor and hundred
of Rochford, and other lands in Eflex. — That King was
ufed to fay of him, " That he was the goodlieft Knight he
" ever beheld, and the fined: gentleman in Chriftendom ;
cc and that if good breeding, nurture, and libera! qualities
" were loft in the world, they might all be found in John,
" Earl of Ormond." He was a perfect mailer of all the
languages of Europe ; and there was fcarce a Court in it,

J Ledge. * 14. 3 H.

i6 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

to which that Prince did not fend him as Ambaffador ; but,
in a fit of devotion, making a journey to Jerufalem, he died
in the Holy Land, 147'?, unmarried, and was iucceeded by
his only brother

Sir Thomas Bu:ler, the feventh Earl of Ormond, who
Thomas, was ai^0 attainted; but in November [48$ reftored by Henry
j- VHih's full Parliament ; and the ftatutes made at Webtmin-

ittr, 1 Edward IV. which declared him and his brothers
traitors, were utterly abrogated. He was foon after fworn
of the Privy Ccuncd of England ; in 149 1 accompanied the
King with a powerful army, in aid of Maximilian the Em-
peror againft the French ; in 14.92 was appointed Chamber-
lain to the Qiieen ; and in September that year, fent with
Thomas Goidilon, Prior of Canterbury, AmbaiTadors to
Charles VIII. K. ot France, to tranfacla treaty between the
two crowns. In 1494 he accompanied the L. D. into Ul-
fter, when the territories of O Hanlon and Magennis were
wafted; and 14 Oclober 149::, was fummoned as a Baron
to the Englifh Parliament, by the title of Thomas Ormond
de Rochford; and in 1497 fent Ambaffador to the Duke of
Lurp-undv.

He departed this life * 8 Auguft 1515? and was buried
in the church of St. Thomas D'Acres, London, now called
Mercer's Chapel in Cheapfide, with rhis epitaph to his me-
mory, as preferved by Weever: hie jacet Thomas filius
Jac. 6 Ormandi;e, ac frater Jac. 6 Wilts et Orm : qui qui-
dem Thomas ob. 2 die Aug. 1 515, et Anno regni Regis
Henrici. 8. 7. cujus — l leaving ifiue by Anne, daughter
and heir to SirRichaid Hankford by Anne, eldefl daughter
of John Montacute, the third Earl of Salifbury, a two
daughters, heirs to his eftate in England, containing 72
manors, with divers other lands, and to feveral lands in
Ireland ; whereof Anne was married to Sir James St. Leger,

anceftor

* This appears by inquifition taken that year in the county of Dublin,
finding that he died ieized of the manors of Luike, Turvy, Rufhe and Balls-
cadden. He left 40,000b in money, befides jewel1;, and as much land ia
England,as at this day would yield 30,000b a year, fo that he was faid to be
the rlchefl fubjeft of that time ; on 31 July before he made his will, and
therein left t:> his grandfon SirThomas Bullcyne, and his iffue male, remain-
der to Sir George St. L, ger and his iffue male, remainder to the next iffue male
of his grandfather )amc , Earl of Ormcnd, " a white horn of Ivory, garnifhe^
*■" at both the ends with gold, aad corfe thereunto of white filk, barred wit
V l-4.ti of go;d. Lodge.

i Wecvsr p. 400, 2 Lodje,

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. i;

Anceftor to the family of Eggesford in Devonfliire ; and
Margaret, to Sir William Bullen, Knight of the Bath, by
whom (he had Sir Thomas Bullen, created 18 June 1525,
Baron and Vifcount Rochford, and 29 November 1527 Earl
of Wiltfhire and Ormond j who dying in 1 538, had
iiTue by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk,
George, Lord Rochford, beheaded 17 May 1536 ; and
two daughters, the Ladies Anne and Mary ; the younger of
whom was married to William Carey, father by her of
Henry, Lord Hunfdon ; and the elder, 25 January 1532, to
K. Henry VIII, and aftir living his wife three years,
three months, and 25 days, was beheaded 19 May 1536, and
buried in the chapel of the Tower, leaving one daughter,
the Lady Elizabeth, born at Greenwich on Sunday 7 Sep-
tember 153?, who fucceeded to the Crown of England and
Ireland on Thurfday 17 November 1558.

To Thomas, Earl of Ormond, fucceeded his next heir
male Sir Pierce Butler, defcended from Sir Richard, youn-
ger fon of James, the third Earl of Ormond. Which Sir
Richard was feated at Pooleftown in the county of Kilkenny,
and married Catharine, daughter of Gildas O Reily, Lord
of the county of Cavan ; by whom he had Sir Edmond
Butler Mac Richard, who built the cattle of Potletfrath,
and the caftle and bridge of Carrick, and dying 13 June
1464, was buried in the Grey Friars, Kilkenny, leaving
iiTue by Catharine, (who died in 1506) daughter of Moelrony
O'Carroll, Barbatus, three fons, Sir James, Walter, and
John who had two fons, Pierce (the father of Richard But-
ler Fitz, Pierce, who died childlefs) and John-oge, whofe
fon 1 William Butler Fitz- John-oge, was attainted of felo-
ny at Kilkenny, and executed in Queen Elizabeth's Reign.

Walter, the fecond fon, had iiTue Edmond of Pooleftown, Family of
who had four fons, Walter, Peter, Theobald, and Rich- £°°^t°*'°
ard. Peter, the fecond Son, was of Rofcrea, and by his
wife Catharine de Burgo, had three fons, who all died with-
out ifllie, and were, Edmond ; Walter, who being a com-
mander under the Emperor, had given him the Lordfhip of
Hefberg in Germany, which defcended to the Houfe of
Pooleftown ; and Theobald, who died in Poland in 1634.
Walter Fkz-Edmond, the eldefl fon, who fucceeded at

Vol; IV. C Pooleftown,

1 Lodge's Colleft,

BUTLER, Viscount MOtJNTGARRET.

Pooleftown, had iflue Sir Richard his heir ; Thomas of
Clonmore in the county of Carlow, and a daughter Joan, *

Sir Richard of Pooleftown died 20 Auguft 161 9,
leaving Edmond, Richard, Peter, and Walter. Edmond
was then 24 years age, and 20 November 1628, had a
fpecial livery of his eftate. He l married Ellice, daugh-
ter of Nicholas Shortall of Claragh in the county of
Kilkenny, and dying 21 April i6;6, was buried in Kilken-
ny, according to directions in his will, bearing date the
13th, becaufe his anceftors wert, ufed to be buried there;
having had iflue Walter, Theobald, Pierce, Richard, Tho-
mas; Ellice, married to Murtogh Cavenagh, of Garryhill
in the county of Carlow, Efq; Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth,
and Ellen. Sir Walter, the eldeil fon, was created a Ba-
ronet by privy feal, dated at Oxford 19 April 1640, and by
patent at Dublin 8 July 1645, anc* marrying Elizabeth,
eldeft daughter of Richard, the third Vifcount Mountgar-
ret, left iflue by her, who died 21 Ausruft 1636, Sir Rich-
ard Butler of Pooleftown, the fecond Baronet, who died in
1686, leaving one fon (by his wife Elizabeth, whore-mar-
ried with Theobald Denn Efq;) z Sir Walter ; and three

daughters, whereof was married to Pierce Aylvvard

of Shankill in the countv of Kilkenny, Efq; and had a fon
Nicholas, the father of John Aylward Efq; late of fame place ;
3 and Hefter, in May t6q^, to James Butler of Cournel-
lane in the county of Carlow, Gent. — Sir Walter Butler,
the third Baronet, was born in 1679, and died 8 October
1723, having been for fome time lunatick.— He married in
April 1 697 Lucy, daughter of Walter Butler of Garryricken,
Efq; and by her who died in 1 703, had one fon
Richard, who died before him, and a daughter Mary, who
after the deceafe of her mother was taken into the care of
her uncle, Thomas Butler of Kilcafh, Efq; by whom fhe
was fent abroad to a Convent, where 4 {he became a pro-
fefled Nun.

Sir James Butler (eldeft fon of Sir Edmond Mac Richard)
fided with the Houfe of Lancafter againft K. Edward IV.
for which he was attainted ; but when that King was fettled
on the Throne, he overlooked this miftake in his conduct,

and

* It was agreed upon by bond dated 10 January 1573, that Richard fhouid
marry Ellen, daughter of Gerald and grand-daughter of Edmond Blar.chvield,
and that the faid Gerald's eldeft fon Leonard, fliould marry the laid Walter
Butler's daughter Joan 5.

1 Chan, decree, dated u Feb. 1556. 2 Id. 3 Id. 4 id. 5 Id,

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 19

and an Aft of Parliament pafled in Ireland, repealing all at-
tainders, judgments, and outlawries, againft him the faid
James Butler Fitz-Edmond Fitz-Richard ; and the King,
in confideration of his faithful fervices from that time,
granted him, n April 1468, among other things) the
manor and advowfon of Callan for life : And 12 October
147", he was conftituted by John, F.arl of Ormond, his
attorney and deputy, to manage his lands and jurifdiftions
in Ireland ; by virtue whereof he laid down a certain order
for the reformation and good government of the town of
Carrick. He was well beloved in his country, being a pro-
moter of peace ; was knighted, and built the caftle of Nehom
nearGowran ; butdving 16 April 1487, wasburied in the pri-
ory of Auguitine eremites at Callan, of which priory he was
the founder. — He married Sawe fSabina) daughter of Don-
ncll Recgh Mac Murrough Cavenagh, Prince of his fept,
and by her, who died in 1508, left iffue two fons and two
daughters.

Pierce, who became Ear1 of Ormond. (0

John Fitz James Butler, Efq; whofe only daughter and ,z %
heir, Margaret, was married to Edmcnd Bknchville of
Blanchviile's-Town in the county of Kilkenny, Efq$

Daughter Margaret was Hie fecond wife of Sir «'exander (0
Plunket of Rathmore, Chancellor of Ireland in the reign
of K.Henry VII.

Ellice, the firft wife of ^ir George F'eming of Stephen's- (*)
town, fecond fon of James Lord Slane, and was mother of
James, who by Ifmay, daughter of Sir Barthc'omew Dil-
lon of Riverftown, Chief Juflice of the King's Bench, had
Thomas who fucceeded to the title of Slane, ' and was
anceftor to the Lord Slane.

Sir Pierce Butler, the eighth Earl of Ormond, in 1516 Sir Pierce
accompanied the Deputy into Imaly ag-ainfl: O Toole, O Car- Earl^
rol, and other rebels; and 6 March ic,2l was appointed
L. D. to Thomas, Earl of Surrey, his intimate friend, who
confulted him during his Administration, in all matters of
moment ; and he did very great fervice in fuppreiTing rebel-
lions, and diftributing juftice to all good fubjects. 13 May
1 52 J, he was made Lord Treafurer of Ireland; and the
King conferring the title of Ormond on Thomas Bullen,

C 2 Vifcount

1 Lodge's Colleft,

2Q BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

Vifcount Rochford, at his earnefl: fuit, did in lieu * thereof
create Sir Pierce (who to fatisfy the King's p!eafure, had
been contented to refign his ancient and rightful title of Or-
mond) Earl of OfTory by patent, dated at Y/eftminfter 23
February 1527, with the creation annuity of 20I. out of
the manor of Newcaftle of Lyons in the county of Dublin.
Soon after this, he returned to Ireland, where, 13 May
1528, he was chofen L. D. by the Council, and proceeding
through the city on horfeback to St. Mary's Abbey, was
there fworn into that office f. — And Thomas Bullen, Earl
of Ormond, dying without iflue male, the King, 22 Fe-
bruary 1537, reflored him to the title of Ormond, which
was confirmed to the family at the fuit of his fon James,
Earl of Ormond, by AS. of Parliament 6 Novem-
ber 1 541 ; and in confideration of the eminent fer-
vices of himfelf and fon, performed in the wars of Ire-
land, he had a grant and confirmation, dated at Weftmin-
fter 23 October 15^7, to them refpeclively for life, and to
the heirs male of his body, of all their eftates J in the coun-
ties of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Carlow, Dublin, Kildare,
Meath, Wexford, Waterford, and Wicklcw, to hold by
the fervice of one Knight's fee.

He was a man of unfhaken honour and integrity ; fami-
liar and liberal to his friends ; an enemy and fevere fcourge
to rebels and malefactors ; was very religious through the
couife of his life; and every year, in the laft fortnight of
Lent, retired from all buimefs, and lay during that time in

a chamber

i ...

* The King alfo $ November 152.6. granted to Lm and his Heir Male,
themanois, caftles, and hereditaments of C dlan, Ballyrallan, Danmagh,
Kylmanagh, in the ccunty of Kilkenny ; L ffronagh, and Kyim re O Cufh-
ing, &c. in Tipperary.

-f Ey patent, dr.t?d at Weftminfter 16 February 1^34, the King granted
to hirn and hi; Heiis M.le, al! fuch lands, as he fhould c nquer or recover
from the Jrifh rebels in his dominion of Offory, to ho]d in Capite ; and made
h'm S^neieh.il, Con<UbIe and Governor of the manor and caftle of" Dungar-
van, with the fee of tool, a year for life-, remainder to his fon zcid heir
Tames for life ; remainder to the fon and heir of the laid J:>mes for life : re-
ma'ndfi to the King and his heir- forever. l And 31 May 1535 being, v.'nh
his Ion, made Governor of the counties of Kilkenny, Tipperarv, r^n j Wa-
ttrfo/d, and the territories of Offcry and Ormond, they cr.gaged to ufe their
iitmoli en'eavours to recover the fa:d caffJe of Dungarvan from the forcible
intriifidnbf the Earl of Defmtnd ; and to refift the ufufpations of the B.fhop
of Rome ; which Sir R. Cox cbferves, i;- the firlt engagement he had met

with of that kind.

X Cf;nfifting (amonp other hereditaments of the manors of Gov/ran, Dun-

♦e:t, Knccktcpher, Kiikenny, Glafhare, Rofrarco:}, Carrick, Killandu
Thuren, Knockgrrffan, Nenigh, Rofctea, Rathvile, Cknmore, LtighJin,
Rufhe and "BaKei'caddan. (Lodge)

' Rp*. Pat Ann's 19* 25*. Hen. c •

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

a chamber near St. Canice Church, called Paradife ; where,
by prayers and alms, he prepared himfelf for the reception
of the facrament on the approaching feftival of Eafter.
He and his Ladv, with whom he lived many years in great
honour and prosperity, planted exeat civility in the counties
of Kilkenny and Tipperary ; and, to give that people an
example of induftry, brought from Flanders and elfewhere,
artificers, whom they employed in their cattle of Kilkenny,
to work diaper, tapcftry, Turkey-carpets, cufhions, and
other like works, fome whereof remained there till of late
years. He married in I4<S< Margaret, f fecond daughter of
Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare, and dying in the favour of
his Prince, and the love of his friends, 21 or 26 Auguft 1 539,
was buried under a monument in the chancel of St. Canice's
Church, leaving iflue three fons and fix daughters viz.

James his fucceflfor, commonly called the Lame. * M

Richard, created Vifcount of Mountgarret. (O

Thoma?, Main by Dermoid Mac Shane, Mac Gill-Pa... (3)
trick of OiTory, and left an only daughter Margaret, flrft
married to Rory O More of Leix, and laftly to Sir Mau-
rice Fitzgerald of Lackagh.

Daughter, Lady Margaret, flrft married to Thomas, fe- (0
cond fon of the Earl of Defmond, andfecondly, to Barnaby
the fir ft Lord of Upper-OiTory.

Lady Catherine, flrft married to Richard Lord Poer, (l)
fecondly to James Earl of Defmond, and died in 1552.

Lady Joan, to James Butler Lord Dunboyne. (,)

Lady Ellice, flrft to Mac Morrifh ; and fecondly to Gc- , \
raid Fitz-John Fitzgerald, of Dromana, Lord of Decies.

Lady Eleanor to Thomas Butler Lord Cahier. (s)

Lady Ellen, to Donogh O'Brien, Earl of Thormond. (6j

Richard

* We fliall here purfue the defcent of this noble family, in the
eldeft branch, to its failure in the perfon of Charles Earl of Ar-
ran, and iKall add thereto the line of its prefent Reprefenta-
tive.

Ny James

•f She furvived hirn a few years, and led a moft exemplary life for chanty
and devotion ; fne budt a fchoolnear the Church- Yard of St. Canice-, rebuilt
the cattle of Gowran, and was called the great Countefs of Ormond. Stani-
hurll thus writes of her : '■' The Earl was of himfelf a plain and fimple
M gentleman, faving in feats of arms ; and yet neverthelefs he bare out his ho-
" nour and charge or his government very v.orthilv, through (he fingul :r wif-
*' dom of h's Countefs •, a Lady of fuch port, that all eftate = of the redm,
41 crouched unto her, fo politic, that nothing was thought lubftantiallv dc-

- •« bated

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Richard

i.
Viicount.

James

Earl.

Richard, the fecond fon is defcribed to have been a
Knight of goodly perfonage, and as comely a man as could
be feen ; he was a very honourable and worthy gentleman,
and performed many great fervices to the Crown of Eng-
land ;

James, the ninth Earl of Ormond, was a mod honourable and
worthy nobleman, and in great efteem with K. Henry VIII. In
the lafi Seflion of whofe Parliament held 13 June, an Act pafTed
for confirming the title of Ormond, of the following tenor viz.
•* Whereas fithence the 9th year of the reign of the noble Prince
of famous memory K. Edward III. unto 6 Hen. VIII. James,
James, James, James, James, John and Thomas Butler, Earls
of Ormond, have had and enjoyed, the one after the other, the
name, honour, degree, ftyle, title, and dignity of Earl of Or-
mond with a yearly annuity of icl Iriili, in of and upon the
fee farm of the city of Waterford for the better maintenance of
the faid name of Earl of Ormond ; and fr^m the deceafe of the
faid Thomas, which died the laid 6 Hen. VIII. unro the 19
year of his Grace's R^ign, for that the faid Thorn is late Earl of
Ormond died without iilue male of his body, Peter BirJ jr Knight,
as coufin and next heir male to the faid Thomas, that is the fon
to James, fon to Edmund, fon to Richard, brother to James,
father to the faid Thomas, late Earl of Ormond, as well by our
Sovereign Lord the King that now is, Grace's fundry letters pa-
tents, and many his letters miifives and otherwife, as alfo by all
others has been named, reputed, accepted and taken as Earl of
Ormond and had and yearly received the faid annuity of ioI.
Irifh ; and after again our faid moft dread Sovereign Lord by
his letters patents the 29 year of his reign made to the faid
Peter, did name thefiid Peter Earl of Ormond, fithence which
time the faid Peter till his death, and James his fon and heir;
father unto thefe prefent, has by our faid Sovereign Lord and
all others, been named, called, accepted, and taken, as Earl of
Ormond aforefaid. In confideration whereof, and for the right
faithful and laudable fervice which the faic Peter and James, his
faid fon and heir ever have done the King, our faid Sover-
eign Lord's Majeity, his Highnefs of his mort bounteoufnefs and
goodnefs extended to the faid James, fon to the faid Peter, to
the intent that all defires, ambiguities, arguments, reafons, and
queftions for the title that hereafter ?nou^bt chaunce to fourth
rife, or be made to the faid James, or any other the heir male
of the body of the faid Peter, concerning the fame name of ho-
nour

*l bated, without her advice •, (he was manlike and tall of Mature ; very liberal
" and bountiful •, a fecure friend : a bitter enemy ; hardly d:fliking, where (he
** fancied, noteafily fancying, where (he did. ked."

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET, 23

land ; as a recompence for which, the Lords of the council,
in their letter to the L. D. St. Leger, dated at Windfor
•> Auguft 1550, tranfmitted ! the directions of K. Edward
VI. to create him Vifcount Mountgarret * which was ac-
cordingly done by patent, bearing date at Dublin 23 October
following £. — in the Reigns of that King and Queen Mary,
he was keeper of the cattle of Femes ; and 20 March 1 5^8

(1 Eliz.)

nour of Earl of Ormond, and the annuity aforefaid of 10I. Irifh;
is contented and pleafed that it be enacted and eftabliihed by this
prefent Parliament, that the faid James, and the heirs male of
the body of the faid Peter his faid father, have, hold, inherit
and enjoy the faid name, honour, degree, ftyle, title and dignity
of Earl of Ormond, and the faid annuity of iol. Irifh, to be
provided off the faid fee farm, of the faid city of Waterford,
for the better maintenance of the faid name of honour of Earl
of Ormond in as ample manner and form, and with the like pre-
heminences and auncientie as any the above named Earls of Or-
mond at any time has had, ufed, or enjoyed," which act of
parliament was exemplified by an infpeximus at the inftance of
Thomas Earl of Ormond and Ofibry, Lord High Treafurer of
Ireland, 10 April 1573, 15 Elizabeth. On 5 July 1 532, 2 he was
made Lord High Treafurer of Ireland for life ; after which he
had a fpecial livery (without date) of his eftate, granted to him
as fon and heir of Earl Pierce deceafed ; 3 and 1 1 May 1 535, was
appointed Admiral of the kingdom, with the cuftody of all the
porrs thereof. — In 1 534 he not only refufed to join with hiskinfman
Thomas, Lord OfFaley, in his rebellion, who earnestly folicited
his concurrence by letter ; but in his anfwer told him, he had
rather in that quarrel die his enemy, than live his partner ; and
when that Lord thought to force him to a compliance, by invading
his lands, he refolutely oppofed him, and in an engagement at
Jerpoint near Thomaftown, flew many of his followers; but be-
ing him felf fore wounded, was carried to his houfe at Dunmore ;

and

* In the Record?, this name is varioufly written, as Monkegarret, Monte-
garrcte, and in the patent of creation Montegarret. (Lodge.)

% The preamble. Rex, &c. Omnibus ad quos, Sec. Salutem. Sciatis quod,
nos grata et laudabiliaobfcquia, quas dilec\us & fidelis nofter Richardus Butler,
Mile , fiiius fecundo genitus Petri Butler Militis, nuper Comitis Ormond et
OfTory defunfti, nobis antehac multipliciter impendit, indiefque impendere non
defiftit : Necnon Circumfpettionem, Strenuitatem, et Fidelitatem ipfius
Richardi mature confiderantes, de Gratia ncftra fpeciali, &c. (Lodge.)

* Rot. Can. 4° Edward, 6. d. 2 Enrolled. 150 Jac# lt ,o, p, £) r ^
3 Rot. pat. de As. z8, ao, 30, 31, Hen. 8. f.

24 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

(i Eliz) joined in a commiiiion of martial law with Sir Ni-
cholas Devereux for the territories of Faffaghbentry and Le-
Moroe's country : Alfo, 13 April 15-9 was in two feverai
commiflions for the prefervation of the peace in the coun-
ties of Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford, during the ab-
fence of the L. D. Suilex in the North, upon his expedition

againft

and the enemy apprehending another battle with frefh forces,
retired out of the country, and were foon after fubdued. — He
was created Vifcount Thurles by patent 2 January 1535, the
Privy Seal, for which, runs thus;
" By the K 1 n g,

u Trudy and right well beloved, we greet you well, and woll
" and command you, that with convenient fpeed ye, under our
" Great Seal, of that our land of Ireland, being in your cufto-
*' dy, ye addrefs out in due form, our letters patents for the
" creation to the honor, name, ftvle, and dignity, of our right
** trufty and well beloved counfellors, the Lords Jamys Burtler,
" High Treafurer of that our land of Ireland, to the name of
" Vifcount Durles, and the Lord Leonard Grey, Mar'hal and
*' Lieutenant of our Army within the fame, to the name of Vif-
*' count Grane, in like form and manner as was ufed in the creati-
" tion of VifccuntGormanfton. And thefe our letters fhal] be your
" fufficient difcharge in this behalf. Yeven undre cur figne at
*' the town of Southamptone, the thirde day of October, the
*' 27 year of our Reign.

" To our Right Truftie and well beloved counfellor of
" Trymlefton, Lord Chancellor of our land of Ireland, or to
•' any other having the cuttody of our great Seal." x

31 May 1535, he was made joint Governor, with his
father, of the counties of Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterferd.
- — In 1 5 36, he timely oppofed the difturbances in Munfter, be-
gun by James Earl of Defmond ; and the L. L Grey going to Eng-
land with the Fitz-Geralds, he marched to Clonmell, toextinguifh
the remains of their rebellion, which he did by reducing Dungar-
van, Youghall, Cork, and other places of itrength ; and reflored
peace and quiet to the whole country.

In confederation of his fervices to the Crown, he had a grant 4
January 153Q, of the priory and rectory of Kenlis, &c. in the
county of Kilkenny ; the manors of Rathvillie, Clonmore, and
other lands of the ancient poirefllons of the Earls of Kildate. Alfo
5 May 1542, the King conveyed to him and his heirs the moiety
of the monaftery of the friars minor of Clonmell, with all the
lands thereto belonging, to hold by the eighth part of a Knight's
fee.

He was cornmidioncd 8 Augufr. 1539, to purfue and take into
protection the rebels of Conaught, and fuch as were in arms in
the Sauth parts of Munfter: And 10 April 1545, was, by fpe-

cial
1 Hot, As 27. 28. z$, 30. Hmv 8. f.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

agatnft Shane O Neile ; and 12 January following was pre-
fent in the Parliament, then opened by the faid L. D< He
departed this life in 1571, and was buried in the Cathedral
Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, in a tomb, whereon is
engraven his effigies in armour, with his feet reifing againir.

a do£,

cial commiflion, authorized to levy and lead men, through the
counties of Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, O mond, and
Defmond, ; to impriion as he faw fit ; to purfue and give pro-
tections tor fupprelTing rebels, and quieting the country ; and ihe
next year was, with others, fent by the L- D. and council into
Clanrickard, to pacify a tumult raifed there, after the death of
Ulick, chief of that country, which he foon performed. In
1545, at the King's inftance, he went General of the Irifh forces
into Scotland, in aid of the Earl of Lenox, with 28 fhips, to
recover that Earldom to Matthew Steuart, of which he had
been difpoffefTed ; but without fuecefs ; for when he c '.me upon
the Scotch coaft, (where the Hamiltons had promifed to deliver
the cattle of Dunbritton to Lenox) he perceived a valt army ga-
thered to oppofe him, whereupon, by common aifent, he re-
turned into England ; and 17 October 1 ^46, himfelf and 35 of
his fervants were poifoned at a fupper at Ely-Houfe in Holbourn,
of whom James White, Steward of his houlhold, and 18 more
died, and he languifhing until the 28, then deceafed. His body
was interred in St. Thomas D'Acres, according to the orders he
had given in a codicil to his will, but his heart was brought into
Ireland, and depofited in the Cathedral of Kilkenny. His Will
whereby he difpofes of his eitate, bears date 10 March 37 Hen.
VIII ; and the codicil 18 October of that King; in which, after
directing his burial, he fays, " Item, That my fonne and heyrc
being in the Prince Grace's Court, mall have me bafine an<?
ewer, which I have here, a filver pott, a falte, a nywe boll, a
trencher and a fpone of filver. Item, my wyfe to have me
" beft L racelet of golde fent her for a token. Iiem, to me Lord
Chancellor. of England me nvwe gilded goblet, with the cover,
" for a token. Item, Mayfter Fitz-Williams to have a nywe boll
of them that were made of late, for a token. Item, May tier
Houthe to have his penfion of twenty nobles yearly duryng his-
lyfe. Item, Lewes Bryane to have White's-Wali duryng his
'* lyfe free, as he hath it before ;" with feveral other legacies"

He married Joan, daughter and heir to James, 1 1 Earl of
Defmond, with whom he had the manors of Clonmell, Killfher-
lane, and Kilifeacle in Tipperary, and had a fpecial livery of
his eflate (no date) granted by K. Henry VIII. ' and by her,
(who after married firft Sir Francis Bryan. Knight Maritial of
Ireland, and, fecondly, Gerald, Earl of Defmond, and died in
1564) had (even fons, viz.

Thomas,

* Rot. pat. As 18, %$y 30, 31 Hen. 8. f.

«<

26 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET

a dog, and a circumfcription now defaced ; what remains
legible being

Richardus Butler, Vicccomes Montgarret,
Quiobiit^o. Dece~~bris 1571.

Ke married to his firft. wife Eleanor, daughter of Theo-
bald Butler of Nechum in the county of Kilkenny, Efq ; by
whom he had Edmund, his fucceflbr ; fecondly, Catharine,
daughter and heir to Peter Barnewall of Stackallan in
Meath, Efq ; and by her he had a fon Barnewall, who

died

(1) Thorn?.?, Vifcount Thurles, his fuccefTor.

(4) Sir Esmond Burler of Rofcrea and Cloughgrenan, who, in

1562, was in commiflion for prefen ation of the peace in the
county of Carlow, during the Deputy's abfence in the North
againlt Shane O Neile ; and in 1567 was knighted, and had a
grant for the return of all Writs in the cantreds of Oremon, Ely-
ogerth, and Elyccarrol in Tipperary : But after this, with his
brothers Edward and Pierce, he went into rebellion, raifed great
commotions in Munfter, and was declared a tra tor ; yet, on his
fubmifiion, being pardoned, and with his brother Pierce, fur-
rendering his ellate to the Queen, 10 October 1570, had a par-
don, (together with their brother Edward) dated at Gorhambury
12 March 1573, of all their treafons 2 after which he did giea't
fervice in Leix againft the O Mores. — He married Eleanor,
fecond daughter of Sir Rowland Euftace, Vifcount Baltinglafs,
lifter to James, Vifcount Baltinglafs, (who was in rebellion againft
Q^ Elizabeth, and died without iflue) ; and dying at Enniileige,
was buried in the Cathedral of St. Canice, leaving iflue four
fons and two daughters, viz. Pierce the eldeft, to whom by inden-
ture 14 October 1593, the Qjeen granted a leafe in reverfion for
40 years, of Ballyfax in the county of Kildare, parcel of the
poffeffions of the late Duke of Norfolk and the Lord Berkeley,
who were coheirs, and then in leafe for 21 years to Robert
Nangle, Gent. After the death of 1 homas Earl of Ormond,
earnett pretences were made to K. James I. by the faid Pierce
Butler, who proved with much confidence, that he was the fon
and heir of Pierce Butler deceafed, who was nephew ro the faid
Earl, and had he lived would have been the next heir male inhe-
ritable to that honour j and to himfelf, the right of the Earldom,
would now of right appertain if he could prove himfelf to be
the true and lawful fon and heir of the faid Pierce, by Mary his
wife, now wife of one Mulloy, the King, by letters from New-
Market,

'^Rot. pat. At i5». i6». Eliz, f.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 2

died unmarried; thirdly, in 1541 Anne, daughter of John
Plunket, Lord Killeen, from whom he was divorced in the
firft year of their marriage : Having iiTue in all five Ions and
four daughters, viz. Edmund and Burne wall afore faid ; Pierce,
anceftor to the family of Carter, otherwife Clounegeragli
* 3 John and Thomas, who both left iflue ; Ellice or Cicely

married

Market 5 February 1623, directed a Commiflion to iffue, that
this pretence in refpett of the violation it had to a great family,
fhouldbe duly examined, for difcovery and manifeftation of the
truth, and according y 12 May 1624, the L D. Falkland,
Donogh, Earl of Thomond, Francis, Lord Anngier, mailer of
the Rolls, and Laurence, Lord Efmond, Privy Covin felors, were
commiffioned to examine the faid Mary Mollov, and all other
witne ffes, as fhould be nominated by the faid Pierce Butler, as
they mould think fir, for finding out the tru h of the premifes. 1
He left an only daughter Ellen, married to John O Carroll, chief
of his name, and flie died in December 1620, leaving iiiue, John.
Elizabeth, and Joan 2 ; James, John, and Theobald, who all Theobald,
died without children ; the laft of whom had by patent, dated Vij'count
at Weftminiler f 3 July 1603, the titles of Ormond and Oflbry Tuileopbe-
entailed and fecured to him after the death of Thomas, then im"
Earl of Ormond, without ifTue male ; remainder to the heirs
male of his great-grandfather Pierce, Earl of Ormond and OfLrv.
— He was alfo created, 4 Auguft Following by patent at Weft-
minfter (or ac Hampton-Court) Vifcount Butler of Tulleophelira
in the c untv of Carlow ; of which county, 18 June 1605, he
was made Governor and L. L — He married his coufin-germau
the Lady Elizabeth Butler3 only daughter of the faid Thomas,
Earl of Ormond ; but dying foon after in January 161 3, 4 was
buried in St. Canice Church. — The two daughters were Joan,
(married to Teige, Lord Upper OTory, died in . 63 i, and was bu-
ried at St. Canice's) ; Catharine, the fourth wife of WiliiamFitz-
John Eufiaceof Caftlemartin in the county of Kildare,Efqj (father

* By deed, dated x June 1563, his father enfeoffed John Devereux, Dean
of Femes, and others, in the manor and lands ci Caher, alias Clounege-
ragh, &c. to the ui'e (in part) of hisfa'd fon Pierce and Margaret Devereux
his wife, for life, and the remainder, in which Caher was included, to his
heirs male. And he deceafing 30 Juae 15Q9, had three f' n?, Edward,

James and Therm*, befide° daughter11. Fdward, who Succeeded, was

twenty-two years old at his father's death; built the houfe of Caher •, mar-
ried Catherine, daughter of S'r Richard Mailer fen of Femes; died 9 Septem-
ber 1628, and left two fons and two daughters, Pierce, Richard, Mary and
Joan.

< Rot. pat A*za° Jac. I. 1 ap D. R. 5. 2 Ulfter Office. 3 ujfter
Office. 4 Id.

s8 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

married to Walter Walfh of Cafllehoel in the county of Kil-
kenny? Efq; (and by him, who died 19 May i6iq, had five
fens, Robert, whofe eldeft fon Walter, when eighteen years
old, fucceeded his grandfather ; Edmund, James, William,

and

of Sir Maurice Euftace, Chancellor of Ireland) and by him who
died 25 June 16-5 fhe had no iifue. *

(3) John Butler of Kilca/h, Efq; who married Catharine, daugh-
ter of Corniac Mac Carthy Reagh, and dying at his feat 10 May
l 570, was buried in Kilkenny, leaving Sir YValter Butler of Kil-
caih, who became Earl of Ormond ; and two daughters, Joan,
married firft to Nicholas Shortall of Upper Claragh in the county
of Kilkenny, Efq; and by him who died there 14 September
\6oo, had feven daughters, coheirs, viz. Catharine, Mary
married to Patrick Denn of Grennan in faid county, Efq; Joan,
Eilin, Ellinor, Ellice, and Anne ; her fecond hufband was Sir
Oliver Shorta'l, Knt. Eleanor, the fecond daughter, married
Thomas Prendergait of Newcaftle in Tipperary, Efq.

(4) Walter Emler of Ballynenoddagh, Nodftown, or Moyaliffe,
Family of Efq; who married Anne, daughter of Mac Brien O Gonagh,
KodlUwn. and dying in 1560, was buried at Kilkenny; leaving one Ion

F erce, and two daughters, viz. Joan (married to John O Dwyer
of Dundromy "n Tipperary, and by him, who died in January
1627, had Philip their heir, who married Gvles, daughter of
Meiler Magrath, Archbimop of Cafhell ; Connor, "bonogh,
Margaret, and Winifred -,) and Ellice firft married to John Sher-
lock of Mot he in the county of Waterford, Efq; by whom fhe
had Patrick, and other children ; fecondly, to Sir Edward
Gough, by whom fhe had a fon and a daughter ; and thirdly,
to Sir Laurence Efmond, a wife and worthy man, who did great
fervice to the Crown, in Ireland and other countries ; reprefented
the county of Wlcklow in Parliament in 161 ^, was Governor of
the Fort of Duncannon, Major General of all the King's forces
in Ireland and 2 created Baron of Lymbrick in the county of
Wexford, 20 May 1622, he died 26 March 1645, an<^ me
deceafing 16 January before him, was buried at Ardkavan in
the faid county. Pierce Butler, Efq; of Nodftown, was only
two years old at his father's death ; he married Ellen, daughter
of Thomas Purcell, Baron of Loughmoe, and dying 21 Febru-
ary 1627, was buried in the Abbey of Holy-Crofs, having iifue
J mes his heir ; Richard of Rorane, (who married firft Fynola,
daughter of Carroll O Carroll of Beaghas;h ; and fecondly,
Ellen, daughter of Gerald Wale of Coolenemucky in the county
of Waterford, Efq; by whom he had Pierce, his fucceffor at

Rorane)

1 Lodge, a 14

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 29

and John) Margaret to Sir Nicholas Devereux, the younger,
of Bally magin in the county of Wexford, Knt. and had no ifTue;
Elinor, firft to Thomas Tobin of Cumpftiinagh in Tipperary,
E(q; fccondly to Gerald Blanchville of Bianchvilleftown in

the

Rorane) Ellen, Joan, Ellenor, married 9 November 161 8 to r
Nicholas Meyler, Gent, with whom her uncle Laurence, Lord
Efmond gave 3 ool. Englifh. half of which his Lordfhip beftowed
upon her, and the other half was to be repaid him 2, Margaret
and Mary — James, the eldeft fon, had a fpecial livery of his
eftate 9 December 1628 married Eilmor, fecond daughter
of Sir John Fitz-Gerald of Dromana, 3 and dying 5 February
1633, had iffiie ten fons and three daughters, Walter, Thomas,
Edmond, John, Pierce, James, Edward, Theobald, Gilbert,
Richard; Ellen, Ellane, and EHice. — -Walter, who fucceeded at
N ;dftown, was then 21 years old ; had a fpecial livery 26 No-
vember 1^34 ; and 20 February 1637, in virtue of the commif-
fion for remedy of defective titles, and for the fine of »33.1. 6s. 8d.
Irifli 4 had a confirmation of his eftate by patent ; but engaging
in the rebellion of 1641, went about New- Year's Day that year
to the city of Cafliell, and with others, rifled that place, with
the murder of 14 of the inhabitants. — This branch of the
family ceafed in the time of King Charles If.

lames, who 26 Jan. iy», hadaleafefor 21 years of the mo- *Si
-riaftery and lands of Duifke in the counties of Wexford and Car-
low, at the lent of 1 5I during the life of Charles Cavanagh, the
late Abbot, and after his deuh 25I. a year, maintaining two able
horfemen for the defence of Ireland, and referving three cou-
ples of tithe corn ; 5 which, with other hereditaments, on t«he
recommendation of the L. D. Sidney, were granted 10 Auguil
1567, in fee-farm to his fon James. — He married Margaret,
daughter of James Tobin of Cumpfenagh, Efq; bv his wife Ca-
tharine, daughter of the Lord Dunbovne, 6 and had the faid
James, his onlv fon, who left no children.

Edward But'er of Cloghinche in Tipperary, Efq; who mar- ,^
Tied Margaret, eldeft daughter of Richard, the fourth Earl of
Clanrickird, and had one fon James, who died childlefs.

Pierce Bugler of Grantftown in Tipperary, and of Leix- Abbey, (7)
of which place he was nominated, when he was pardoned 1 2 Family of
March 1573 f°r his rebellion againft the Queen. — 7 On him, his K-.lkr.oyler.
wife and children, his bother Thomas, Earl of Onnond, 14
Mav 1 59S, fettled Ballygurteen, and other lands in Tipperary,
to be holden of the manor of Donowghill, by the 40th part of
a Knight's fee, and 4]. rent. — He married Catharine, daughter

1 Decree in Chancery 1617. 2 Rot de As 15*. 169. Elit. f. 3 Decree
ut antea. 4 Lodge. 5 Idem. 6 Colled*. 1 Rot. ut antea.

.30 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

the countv of Ki!kenny Efq; and thirdly to Thomas, Lord
Cah'cr ; and Ellen was the firft wife of Sir Oliver Shortall of
Bally larkan in the faid count), Knt. by whom (he had James,
his fucceflor there.

Edmund,

of John, Lord Poer, by whom he had fix fons, James his heir,
William, Thomas, Edward ^who by Ellen Blanchville his wife
who re-married with James Walfii oi Grenghlaghbegg in Tip-
perary, Efq; lefc an only daughter and heir, Elynor, about a
year old at hisdeceafe, who became the wife of Richard Butler
of Killenaule, Gent ) Rxhard of Killenaule, Edmond, and fe-
veral daughters, whereof Catharine was married to John Tobin,
of Killahay.— -James, the eldeft fon, was of Killmoyleagher, or
Killveleigher, married Anne, daughter of Meiler Magrath,
Archbifhop of Caihell/and left one fon James Butler Oge, liv-
ing in the reign of K James I who married firft, Ellen, daughter
of the Earl of Ormond ; and fecondly, Mary, third daughter of
Thomas Lord Kerry ; by the former he had two fons, Pierce
and Theobald — Pierce of KilJmoyler, and of Bellacarren, mar-
ried Catharine, elder daughter and coheir to William Bowen of
Ballyadams in the Queen s county, Efq; by his firft wife Bridget,
daughter of Sir Robert Tynte, Knt and had ifTue three fons

and one daughter Hellen, married to Creagh, of Conge

in the county of Mayo, Lfq; by whom fhe had Stephen
Creagh Butler, of Brittas in the county of Limerick. Efq; Hel-
len, married in September 1 740, to George Macnamara of Conge
Efq; by whom fhe left Mary, Hellen and Phoebe : ; and Mary
unmarried. The funs were James Butler, of Killveleigher, and
of Ballyadams, Efq; Page cf honour ro K. Charles II. who 10
March 1692, married firft, Margaret, daughter of Caryl), Lord
Vifcount Molypeux, widow of Jenico, the feventh Vifcount
Gormanfton, and fecondly, Mary Dennis, in Eigland, and died
3 January 1738, J£-t 94 ; Thomas, Counfellor at Law, who
died 18 May 1746, unmarried, and was buried at K'llardrifF near
Killmoylcr, in the tomb of his anceftors ; he bequeathed his Tip-
perary eftate to his nephew aforefaid, Stephen Creagh, now
Stephen Creagh Butler, and his Queen's county eftate to his na-
tural fon, William Butler 2 ; Captain John Butler, who went
into Spain with his regiment, and having married Frances,
daughter of Theobald Matthew of Thomaftown, Efq; left one
fon ]ames, who died unmarried ; and two daughters, Elizabeth
married to Thomas Arthur, of BiUyquin in the county of Clare,
Efq; who left her a widow 23 December 1755, with one fon,
and one daughter, fince deceafed, me re-married with Mr.

Luke

1 Bill in Char., filed 17 April 1757. 2 Id-

Eari

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 31

Edmund, the fecond Vifcount Mountgarret, did great fer- Edmund
vice againft the rebels of Leix, Upper Ofibry, and other Vii*
countries bordering upon the Pale, being a itout and valiant
man ; and was well beloved in his country, efpecially in the
county of Kilkenny, where he made his general abode, hav-
ing

Luke Wall, 3 and 4 Catherine, to Mr. Benjamin Ellard of Cork,
who died in 1750.

Thomas, the tenth Earl of Osmond, being at his father's death Thomas
only 14 years old, it was ordered by the Hate, that the L. J. with 10
the army, fhould draw into thofe parts of the country, to pre-
serve the peace and his inheritance ; and that the rule of the
counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, fhould be committed to his
mother, his uncle Richard, and other friends. — He was brought
up from his infancy in the Court of England, where he was in-
ftructed with K. Edward VI. who took great delight in his com-
pany, at whofe coronation 20 February 1 ^46, he was made
a Knight of the Bath ; and was a youth of fuch hopes, that the
King 8 September 1548, directed rhe L. D. Sir Edward Belling-
ham, to allow him 200 marcs a year during his minority ; and
17 October 1 55 1, ordered a year's releafe of his wardihip. — He
ferved as a volunteer under the Duke of Somerfet in his Scots
expedition, and behaved with great bravery in the battle of
Muffelburgh. — In Queen Mary's reign he commanded a troop of
horfe, and gave extraordinary proofs of his fidelity and courage,
as a Lieutenant of the horfemen, in fuppreffing W vat's rebellion
in 1554 i after which, in November, he came to Ireland, and in
July 15^6, accompanied the L. L. with a body of 200 horfe and
500 foot, which he maintained at his own charge, againft the
Scots Iilanders, who made a defcent into Uliler and befieged.
Carrickfergus, when he diftinguifhed himfelf in the battle,
fought 18 of that month, in which the Scots were entirely
routed: 10 Augutt 15.57, he ferved againft another body of
them, who had invaded Tyrconnel ; and foon after relieved the
Earl of Thomond, befieged in his caftle of Bunratty, and took
the caftle of Clare; after which, 20 June 1 558, attended with
many gentlemen, he joined the L. L. in the county of Limerick,
on his march againft Donald O Brien, the Earl of Thomond's uncle.
This zeal and activity in the fervice of the Crown, induced Q^Mary
to confirm his patent for the regalities and liberties of Tipperary,
and the prize wines 1 1 March 15^; and 13 December 1557, to
grant the religious houfes of AthuTil, Jerpoint, Callan, Thurles,
Carick, Kiicowle, and Tulleophelim, with all their hereditaments
in the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Waterford ; the

maner

■3 Lodge. 4 SiJ[ Ja Chao^erv.

32 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET;

ing a particular efteem for the inhabitants thereof, in whole
quarrel and defence he was ever ready to fpend his blood.—
In the Parliament, held at Dubliir 12 January 1559, he re-
prefented the county of Carlow ; and in Auguft 1579 ac-
companied the L. D. in his Munfter expedition againfr. the

Spaniards,

manor of KilruiTi in the countv of Kildare, &c. the monaftery
of Arrnifil to him, his heirs and aifigns ; and the reft of the
premifTes to his heirs male, to hold by the fervice of the 20th
part of a Knight's fee, and the yearly rent of 49I. 3s. 9d. Irifh.—
VVhich referved rent Q^ Elizabeth remitted, and confirmed the
laid grant 8 March 15J2; having 27 January 1560, given him
a difcharge of all fuch funis, as he flood indebted to the Crown,
for arrears of rent in the Exchequer or any other Court, owing
for the Earl his father : And whereas in the time of Edward VI.
he was appointed to repair to Ireland for fervice to be done
there, one year before he had fued out his livery, during which
time he had the farm of his own lands granted to him, the rents
whereof for that year remained unpaid ; the Queen, in confider-
ation of his good fervice, difcharged him from the fame, as flie
alfo did the arrears of rent due upon certain lands, granted to
him by CVMary: Alfo, for his fervices againft the traitors of
Leix, by patent, dated 28 February 1562, flie granted to him
and his heirs male, the Abbey of Leix in the Queen's County,
with all its lands, eftimated at 820I. and 3 October 1 563 in fee-
farm, all the polfeilions of the Monaftery of the Holy Crofs, ad-
vowfons of churches excepted. By privy feal 30 June 1569, asa
reward for fuppreffing the rebellion of his brothers, who by
ftrength of arms endeavoured to affume their right to a certain
territory, claimed by Sir Peter Carew, which they could not
maintain by the laws, he was reftored to the prize wines of
Youghall and Kingfale, which had been fequeftered in 1563, on
a claim laid to them by Garret, Earl of Defmond ; and had his
lands exempted from all cedes and impofi lions, fubftdies to the
Crown excepted, by reafon of the damages he had fuftained and
the impoverifhment of his tenants by the rebels, which exemp-
tion was conrirmed by K. James, 5 December 16 n . He received
o'her confiderable grants from Q. Elizabeth, viz. 24 September
1^-4, the eftate of John Burnell of Bailgriffen in county of
Dublin Efq; forfeited by treafon, and three carucates in Rath-
nemeddagh, county of Weftmeath And making fuit to the Queen
that in confid -ration of his faithful fervices performed in the af»
fair< of Ireland, fhe would grant to him in fee-farm 100I. Irifh,
(in lands) a vear, which grant fhe was pleafed to make by privy
fcal at Greenwich 7 July 1 5 1 3, containing the manor of Old-
Rofte, and other lands. Alfo 12 December j $78, he had a grant

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 4$

Spaniards, fent over by their King and the Pope, to difturb
the Government. — — In 1585, he fat in Sir John Perrot's
Parliament ; and in 1602, being fenfible of his decline of
life, he made his will, and therein recommends his foul to
Vol. IV. D God

of the rectories of Dunmore and Donaghmore, with many others
in co's. Kilkenny, Tipperary, Carlow, and Wexford ; and at his
Lordflrp's inftance, K.James J. by patent 26 November, 1604,
granted to him and his heirs, all the premiffcs contained in the
patents of Q^ Miry, by the 20th part of a Knight? fee ; and all
contained in the patents of Q^ Elizabeth, at the rent of iol. 5s.
Irifh '. He continued in the efteem of Q^ Elizabeth throughout
her long reign j fhe confi.lered him as her relation, and had the
higheft opinion of his capacity, fidelity, and zeal for her fervice,
which he took all occafions to promote and advance, by fuppref-
fing the commotions in Munfterand elfewhere, of which our pub-
lic hiftories relate many particulars, and iliew his fervices to have
been very confiderable. The Queen, 26 Auguft 1559, (in the
firft year of her reign) made him Lord Treafurer of Ireland, in
which poft he continued to his death, and 30 of that month was
fworn of her privy council. — 1 3 April 1 563, he was joined with
Richard, Lord Mount gar ret, and others in commifllon, to pre-
ferve the peace in the cou ties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, du-
ring the deputy's abfence, againll Shane O'Neile : 6 October
that year, he was in commifTion to make inquiry in order to re-
drcfs all offences in ecclefiaftical matters ; alfo, 21 November
1564, was commifiioned to profecute and fubdue, as notorious
rebels and traitors, fuch of the O'More'sand their adherents, as
before the 28 of April preceding, had not fubmitted to the ob-
ferva'.ion of fuch orders as were taken and concluded for them
by the Earl of SufTex, L. L. 2 and was generally named in all
commiffions of public importance. Jn 1 575 the L. D. Sidney ap-
pointed him L. L. of the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary,
whom in November that year, he fplendidly entertained in his
caftle of Kilkenny, when on his Leinfter progrefs ; and the
O'More's having almoft ruined the county of Kildare, Rory Oge,
their chief, was prevailed on by his Lordfhip to come and fub-
mit to the Lord Deputy in Kilkenny. — By patent dated 6 January,
1578, he was made Governor of the province of Munfter, when
he fubdued O'Sullivan More, took many of that fept prifon-
ers, and delivered them to the L L. Suflex ; he alfo fubdued
Pierce Grace, Rory Oge, and the Mac Swiney's, and taking the
Earl of Defmond prifoner, deftroyed 46 of his Captains, 800
notorious traitors, and 4000 common foldiers 3. In 1 581, the
Queen conftituted him Lord High Marmal of England, in which
office he continued for a time, until (at his earneft fuit) he was

difcharged

' Lodge, 2 Id. 3 Id,

U BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

God his Maker, Saviour and Redeemer, and his body to be
buried in his father's tomb, and deceafing 24 November that
year, lies there interred. — He married Grany, or GrifTel1,

daughter

discharged ; the caufe moving him to Surrender this honourable
employment, was the apprehenfion that he mould be tied to con-
tinual attendance in England, and thereby be made a ftranger
to his own country, a thought he could not endure. He arrived
at Waterford about the end of January 1582 with a fupply of
400 mer, and a comm'flion, appointing him General ofMunfter.
—He obtained alfo two pence a day in addition to the foldier's
pay, which with permitting them to enjoy what fpoils they
took from the enemy, procured him the general love of the
army z.

He was prefent in the parliaments of 15 59 and 1583, fitting
in both as Lord High Treafurer. 15 /-ugult 1594, he was ap-
pointed Chief Leader (in the Deputy's abfence) and commander
of 'he forces in Leinfter, and in 1595, the Fort of Blackwater be-
ing deftroyed by the Earl of Tyrone, his Lordfhip joined the
L. D. at Ardee, in his march to relieve it, attended with 80 horfe
and 200 foot, furnifhed and victualler at his own expence j and
the L. D. returning from1 that fervice, left him with his men to
defend the place, which having done and fupplied it in January
following with ammunition and victuals for fix months, here-
turned to Dublin ; and3 was made a Knight Companion of the
Order of the Garter 23 May 1596 ; in the next year the rebels
growing very formidable, and the deputy 13 September march-
ing into the North, his Lordfhip was appointed General of Lein-
fler, but without either army or ammunition, which the L. E»,
took with him ; a want however that he fupplied, for he too*,
the field at his own charge j where he continued all the
months of October and November to cover the caftles of Leighlin
and Carlow 5 and in the beginning of December, was ordered to
take on him the command of the army at Dundalk, having been
29 O6tober by a particular commiflion, appointed Captain and
Lieutenant-General of all her Majefty's forces in Ireland by fea
and land ; and by her letter from Weftminfter 15 November,
had the principal charge of all martial fervices, with the enter-
tainment of 100 marcs by the monrh, 30 horfemen, and as many
footmen in wages. After which, Tiroen applied to him to pro-
cure a committion to treat with him, which being obtained, thev
met at Dundalk 22 December, and Tiroen making his fubmifiion
in writing, a cefiation of arms for eight weeks was concluded
on nine certain articles, and his lordfhip fending his fub-

miflion

1 Dearec in Chancery, 4th Jur.e, i£$2. 2 Lodge. -5 14,

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 3$

daughter of Barnaby, the firfl Lord of Upper -Offory, and
hadiflue eight fons and as many daughters, viz.

Richard, his fucceflbr. (1)

James of Tullahinch, or Tenehenfy in the county of Car- (»)
low, engaged in the rebellion of 1641 ; he married Catha-
rine, daughter and co-heir to Thomas Lord Slane, and wi-
dow of Pierce Butler, of Grangedoutke, Efq; after which

D 2 marriage

million and grievances to England, received authority to make a
final conclufion with the rebels ; meeting him again at Dun-
dalk, 15 March, he received him and all the inhabitants of Ty-
rone to mercy, and upon his entering into conditions to renounce
the name of O'Neile, to keep the peace, difperfe his forces, &c.
at his Lordfhip's inftance a general pardon paffed x to I iroen
1 1 April 1598; yet, though he received it, being refblved to
continue his difloyal courfes, he never pleaded it, fo that in the
year 1600, he was outlawed upon an indictment, brought a^aind
him in September 1595. — He continued to profecute the rebels
with great vigour; and held, in 1599, all his caftles in the
county of Kilkenny, and fix in Carlow for the Queen ; and the
L. D. Mountjoy, arriving 26 February that year, his Lordfhip
advertifed him of Tyrone's motions in Munfter, in which pro-
vince he employed his forces fo well, that in the beginning of
January 1600, he expelled Redmond Bourkeand others out of Or-
mond, with great lofs ; killed his brother Thomas Bourke, and
forced Redmond with his company into the liver Nore, where
70 of his men were drowned, and all his baggage loft — But 10
of April fame year 2 going eight miles from Kilkenny to parley
with Owny Mac Rory O'More, he was treacheroufly taken prifon-
er, and detained by him to 12 June, where he obtained his li-
berty by delivering hoft ges for the payment of 300c! if he
fhould feek revenge for that injury 5 but the cuftody of the provinces
of Leinfter and Munfter being committed to him,hisLordfhip (not-
withftanding his hoft geswerein Owny's hands, whoin a littl time
found means to efcape) abated nothing oi his wonted activity and
feveriry ; and fecuring thofe parts by the fubmiffion of the rebels,
went to defend the Pale, againft the incurlions of the Irifh, whilft
the Deputy was in the North, and in 1601 executed twenty-
rune rebels in the borders of Kilkenny -and Tipperary3; 28
May 1603, he had his commiffion of Lieutenant-General of the
army renewed by K. James I.

His Lordfhip, having loft his fight about 15 years before his
death, departed this life at his houfe in Carrick 22 November
1614 4. This fhews, fays the author, how erroneous is the fol-
lowing

* Lodge. 2 U, 3 Id, 4 U°

<£ BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

marriage he lived at Doulke, and left ' a fon Edmund, wno

married Sufan, daughter of Thomas Luttrel2, of Luttrellf-

town in the county of Dublin, Efq;
(3) ■ Edward.
i.\ Thomas.

* % Pierce of Killagheen in Tipperary,

-,v Theobald of Tynehinch, who married firft Lettice,

daughter of — — — Fitzgerald of the Queen's county, by

whom

lowing account, given by Mr. Anftis, Garter King of Arms, in his
Hillary of the Garter. " Thoma Earl of Ormond married Lo-
" ra, daughter of Sir Edward Barklay of Beverflon, widow of
" John Lord Mountjoy, and alb of Sir Thomas Montgomery,
" Knight of the Garter, which Earl of Ormond in his will made
*' in 1615, (a year after he was dead) mentions Dame Lore, late
6i his wife, by whom he had a daughter that lies buried at Shef-
" field in YoTkfhire.*) in the Szd year of his age, and was bu-
ried 17 April, m the choir of St. Canice church, where a monu-
ment was circled for him by Sir Walter Butler, his fuccefTor in
the Earldom : the work was executed by Nicholas Stone, cf
London, ftatuary, for which he was paid 100I. in hand, and
300I. more when finifhed and fet up3. He married three
wives ; firft Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas, Lord Berke-
ley, but by her, who was buried in the chapel of St. Paul in
Weftminfter, he had no ifTue ; fecondly, Elizabeth, only daugh-
ter of John, rhe fecond Lord Sheffield ; and by her, who was
buried at St Canice, Kilkenny 21 April 1601, (or according to
Sir G. Carew, her death feems to have happened in November
or December i6ooj for the Earl 26 November, met the Lord
Prefident of Munfter, to whom he was of council, at Clonmel],
to confult about the profecution of the rebels in the borders of
Ormond j which he readily undertook, and would have imme-
diately performed, had not the immature death of his moft virtu-
ous and honourable lady, the lamentable tidings whereof were
ftow brought him to Clonmell, opprelfing his aged heart with
tniferable forrow, caufed the fame for a time to be deferred *%,
he had two fons and a daughter j thirdly, Helena, daughter of
Divid Vifcount Buttevant, and widow of John, fon and heir of
R:chard, Lord Poer ; but by her who died in 1642, he had no
ifTue. His children were John, Vifcount Thurles, born in 1584,
who died an infant, and was buried in St. Paul's Chape), Weft-

minfter ;

' Decree to March '603, and Lodge,: - Pcdig. Earl Carhnmpfon.

* Walpok's Anecdotes cf Painting> 4to. V. II. p, 14. + PacaU Hiber.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 37

whom he had four Tons, Gilbert, who left no iflue bv his
wife Margaret Shee ; Edmund, (lain at Linch'fknock with-
out iflue ; Edward ; and James, who married Ellen, daugh-
ter of Blanchville. His fecond wife was the daugh-
ter

minfter ; Thomas, buried in the church of Carrick under a flat
ftone, yet remaining, with this circumfcriplion :

Here lieth Entombed the Bodie of Thomas Butlft Efquier,
Son to the Righte Honbu th* Earle of Ormond and Oifory,
&c. who dyed being Shirife of the County of Typerary
12 of Janu. Anno Dom. 1605.
So that the only daughter Elizabeth r became heir, and was
firft married to i heobald, Lord Tulleophelim 2, as before ob~
ferved and fecondiy, to Sir Richard Prefton, created 6 June
1 6 14, Lord Dingwall in Scoland, and Earl of Defmond j and
{hi dying in Wales* 10 October 1628, had iflue by him, who was
drowned in his pa 'Tage from Dublin to England 28 of the fame
month and year, an only daughter the Lady Elizabeth Prefton,
born 25 July 1615, ar,(* married to James, Duke of Ormond, as
hereafter. He was a man of very great parts, admirable judg-
ment, vaft experience, and a prodigious memory ; his capacity
and talents rendered him equal to the moft important and difficult
employments, and his loyalty made him fit to be employed in thofe
of the greateft trull, in the moll intricate and dangerous fitua-
tion of affairs. He was a very comely and graceful perfonage,
and of a black complexion, which made the Irifh give him the
fobriquet of Duffe, and gave occafion to the Queen, to call him
her black hufband. He was in his time the flower of his coun-
try ; and all his life kept the greateft houfe, and ufed the mod
hofpitality of any perfon in the kingdom ; and for his valour,
wifdom, liberality and virtue, was greatly honoured, not only in
England and France, but in all other realms where he was
known, and was commonly called and taken by them to be the pat-
tern of true honour. He repaired his Caftle of Kilkenny, and
houfe of Carrick at great expence ; made a Deer-park at the
Earl's-Cragg near Kilkenny ; built the Caille of Drehednefarney
near HoJy-Crofs, as a llrength for the county of Tipperary,
againft the OMulrians, and other Irilh borderers ; and by his
will appointed his nephew Walter, (after Earl of Ormond) to
build an hofpital inKilkennv, leaving lands of his own purchafe
for maintenance thereof, and that he fhould procure a charter
of incorporation, with licence of Mortmain ; which he did, bear-
ing date 16 May 1631, by the name of mailer, brethren, and
lifter?, of the hofpital of our moft Holy Saviour Jefus Chrift of
Kilkenny.

Sir

1 Rot. Inq. pott, mort. Tfeo. Coiiit. Ormoa!« 13 03. J$3* an* Ulfter
£>«5ce. 2 Id, 3 id.

I 1

Ear J.

38 BUTLER, Vis count MOUNTG ARRET.

ter of — Mac-Cody, and by her he had a daughter

EHnor.

(7) Gilbert, and

(8) John, both died young.

Daughter

Walter, Sir Walter Butler of Kilcafh, for his devotion, ftiled Walter
of the beacU and r .faries 1 was fon of John, third fon of James
the ninth Earl of Ormond ; and did good fervice to the crown
in the latter end of Q^ Elizabeth's reign, when, with his own
company and fome few gentlemen of the county Tipperary, he
puriued the traitor Redmond Bourk, and forced him to fly into
Sp tin, with the {laughter of his brother T nomas and many of his
followers taking his brother John prifoner, who was foon af-
ter execufed at Kilkenny ; in this action Sir Walter was wound-
ed. He fucceeded to the honour became the 1 1 Earl, and
thought to have taken pofTcflion of the eftate entailed upon him,
but va oppofed therein by Sir Richard Prefton. The King, to
fuppor' a favourite, took upon him to make award himfelf in the
cafe The Earl refilling to fubmit, the King feized upon all his
eftate and imprifoned him in the fleet, where he continued for
eight years, in a mofl mameful want of all things. The beha-
viour of K James reflects particular difgr: ce on the character of
that monarch j for he became convinced that he had made an tin-
juft decifion ; he was fenHble that he ought to unravel what he
had done, and yet h3 peril ;ed in depriving the Earl of his right,
and in buffering him to be kept a prifoner for fo many years2.
He married Hdlena, eldeft daughter of Edmond, the fecond
Vifcount Mountgarret, and dying at Carrick 24 February 1632,
was buried 18 June 1633, at Kilkenny, having iiTue by her
(who died 28 January i6^i3, and was buried there 27 March)
three fons and n:ne daughters, viz.
CO Thomas, his heir apparent, who died before him.

(2,) James, who died young in England.

/3> John, who died in France, without ifTue.

, » Daughter Margaret was married to Bryan, Lord Upper-

11 } Offory.

(O Catharine, to Pierce Power of Monaghalargy in Tipperary*,

Efq; fecond fon of Richard, Lord Poer.

(3) Elian, to Sir Bierce Butler, the firft Vifcount Ikerrin.

{4) Hellena, to James Butler of Grellagh, Efq; eldeft fon of

James, the fecond Lord Dunboyne, by his fecond wife Margaret,
daughter of Connor, Earl ofThomond,

Joan

* French's Unkind Defer tvf p. &2e 2 Biegraph. Br i tan. 3 m«

#«'* Office.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 39

Daughter Hellena was married to Walter, Earl of Or- (i)
mond, and died 28 January 1631.

Elian,

Joan, to George Bagenal of Dunleckney, in the county Car- (5)
low, Efq; anceftor to Beauchamp Bagenal, of that place,

Efq;

Mary, died unmarried. (6)

Elizabeth, married firft to Sir Edmond Blanchville, of Blanch- (7)
ville's Town, by whom {he had Gerald, who dyin< before them,
21 February 1646, they creeled a monument to his memory in
the cathedral 01 Kilkenny « 3 and fecondly, to Richard, fixth
Earl of Clanrickard.

Eleanor died unmarried, in 1633 2. (g\

Alice, married to Terence (or Turlogh) Mac-Tbrien-Ar- /_\
ragh.

Thomas, Lord Thurles, the elded fon, was Governor of the
counties of Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford, and the terri- •
tories of Offory and < )rmond ; but was unfortunately drowned in
his pafTage from England to Irehnd, near the Skerries, 15 De-
cember 1619 ; leaving ifTue by Elizabeth, (who according to Mr.
Carte 3, lived a widow near 54 years, and died at Thurles in
May 1673, in her 86th year, but " in this particular," fays the
Author, 'J? as well as in others, Mr. Carte is miftaken, for, fhe
re-married with George Matthew, of Thurles, Efq;4) daughter
of Sir John Pointz, of Aclon, in the county of Gloucester, Bart,
three fops and four daughters, viz.

James, fuccefTor to his grandfather, created Duke of Ormond, (^
one of the ableft ftatefmen, and worthieft perfons of the age in
which he flourished.

John, who died unmarried at Naples, on his travels, in (*)
1636.

Richard, of whom presently.

Daughter Ellen, married to Donogh, Earl of Clancarihy, and *3*
dying in April 1682, J&t. 70, was buried 24 in the Chancel of 10
St. Michan's church.

Elizabeth, firft married to James Purcell, Efq; titular Baron (4)
of Loughmoe, by whom fhe had one fon Nicholas s, and two
daughters ; Catharine6, married to Nicholas Darcy, of Platen

in the county of Meath, Efq; and Mary 7 to — Cheevers of

Mountown, Efq; Nicholas, Baron of Loughmoe, married Rofe,

daughter

1 Lodge. 2 See Lord Cahier. 3 Hift. Duke of Ormond, V. II. p. 445,
4 MS. Colleft. of Adam Molyneux, N* iz, 23, in Bib. T. Col. Dub. and

Council Office. Lib, Ord. H« 1.— Sec Landaff. 5 Ulftcr. « 11-

7 Id.

4o BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

(*) E^an, to Lucas Shee of Upper-Court, Efq; *

(*i) Eleanor, the firft wife to Morgan Mac-Bryan Cavenagh,

Chief of the Sept, called Sleigbt-Dermot, of Polomonty in

the

daughter of Marcus VifcountDungannon, and had iffue Nicho"
las his heir, who died 4 March 17225 and by Alice, daughter
of Valentine, Lord Kenmare, left only daughters, whereof He-
len, married Thomas Coke, ofPainft wn in the county of Car-
low, Efqi and had one fon William, and a daughter Anne mar-
ried in December 1 750 to Thomas, Vifcount Kenmare — Her fe-
cond huiband was Colonel John Fitz-Patrick, of Ca file town, in
the Queen's County, and fhe dying 6 December 1675, wasbu-
, ried the 8 in St Patrick's church.

"' Mary, married to Sir George Hamilton, ancellor by her to

the Earl of Abercorn, and died in Auguft 1680.
'*' Eleanor, to Sir Andrew Aylmer, of Donedea in the county of

Kildare, Baronet.
Family cf Richard Butler of Kilcafh, Efq; the youngeft fon, had a con-
K-ilcafh. formation (by virtue of the commifTion of grace) 24 June 1039, of
the lands of Kileafh, Garryricken, and manv others in the coun-
ties of Tipperary and Kilkenny ; with a limitation thereof to his
heirs male ; remainder to the refpeclive heirs male of Walter
Earl of Ormond ^ Pierce Butler Filz-Walter, late of Nodftown ;

Pierce

* Sir Richard Shee, of Kilkenny, Knt. died 10 Auguft 16*08, leaving two
ion?, viz. the faid Lucas his heir, then thirty years old and married ; and
Marcu* Shee of Shee'ftown, Efq; grent-grandfrsther lo Richard Shee of that
place, Efq; who died 10 December 1 748, leaving by D* mphna, daughter of
Robert Lord Trimblefton 2, Marcus his heir, fince deceased. — Lucas, -who
mairied as above, was the pious founder of the hofpital of Jesvs in Kilkenny,
by his father's appointment ; and 4 November io"c8 certain ordinances, fta-
tutcs and conftitutions were agreed upon by the L. D. Chichefter and the Pri-
vy Council, for the regulation of the mafter, brethren and filters, and of their
eftate. — This h< fpital was founded for fuch as were either blind, lame, impo-
tent, difeafed, rr aged, not able to work or get their living, and fuch as were
poor, and not worth 5!. — He died 27 July 1612, and was bur'ed in St. Ma-
ry's church, Kilkenny, leaving by her, who furvived him, two fons and fix
daughters. R bert, his he r ; Edmund, who left no iffue by his wife Doro-
thy, daughter of Nicholas Dormer, of Rofs, Efq, Robert, the eldeft (on -*,
married Margaret, daughter and co-heir to Sir Richard Mafterfon, of Feme?,
and had Richard Shee, Efq; who carried an Irifh regiment to F.'anders Into
the Span (h f'ervice, during the exile of K. Charles II. moft of which was loft
At the fiege of Arras. He marred firft Catharine, daughter of Sir Richard
Everard, Bart, by whom he had a daughter Margaret, manied to Richard,
Lord Mountgarret, as w 11 follow; and fecondly Bridget, daughter of-. -
Malone, by v,h~m he had Edmund Shee of Cloghrane, Efq; whole fon Rich-
ard died there in 1 743, leaving an only fon.

* Ulfter's Office. * Lodge. 3 Idem.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 4t

the county of Carlow, who died at Borrafs 19 June 1636, and
was buried at St. Molafn, having fixteen children, of whom

five

Pierce Butler Fitz-J?.mes, of Grantflown ; Sir Richard Butler
Lord Mountgarret ; Edmond Butler Fitz-Richard, of Poolef-
town j James Lord Dunboyne ; Theobald Butler, Lord Cahier ;
remainder to the right heirs r of Walter, Earl of Ormond. And
the creation of the premiiTes into the manors of Kiilcafh, Ballen-
la, and Garryricken, with free warren and liberty to impark 1000
acres. In 1641 he joined with the Irifh ; by whom he was made
Governor of the county of Waterford, and in January fent as one
of the com million e is for the county of Tipperary, to take the city
of Waterford, and feize all the goods of the Engliih, for the
maintenance (as they termed it) of the holy war of the confede-
rate Catholics ; but they were prevented by the mayor and coun-
cil, until an opportunity of {hipping was got to preferve the
goods, He was a reputed Lieutenant-General among the rebels,
and acted with great vigour in that flation, reducing Caperquin
and other places

He married the Lady Frances Touchet-2, youngefl: daughter of
Mervin, Earl of Caftlehaven, and dying in 1701, had iffue three
fons and four daughters ; Walter, his heir; John; Thomas;
Lucia, married to Sir Laurence Efmond, of Clonegall, county
ofCarlovv, fon and heir to Sir Thomas, of Ballytroman. county
of Wexford, Bart, and fhe died 7 April 1685, leaving iffue Lau-
rence, Richard, John, Waiter, Frances, Elizabeth and Lucia5;
Mary, married to Chriftopher, Lord Delvin, and died 28 March
1737; Frances, to Sir Patrick Barnwall. snd was buried 1 Fe-
bruary 1709, at St. James's church, Dublin, (being mother of

Sir George Barnwall. Bart.) ; and married to Sir Redmond

Everard, of Fethard in Tipperary, Btrt. who died in 1686, and
left iffue Sir John Everard, Bart. James, and Margaret. Colonel
John Butler, the fecond fon, married Catharine, daughter of
James Aylmer, of Cragbryen in the county of Clare, Efq, widow
of Sir Nicholas Plunket ; and dying in March 1714, had ifTue
Richard Butler, of Weftcourt, in the county of Tioperary, Efq;
who married Helen, third daughter of Thomas Butler, of Kil-
cafh, Efq, as hereafter ; and a daughter Mary, married to Mr.
Galway, of Lota, near Cork.

Walter Butler of Garryricken, Efq; theeldeftfon, married the
Lady Mary Plunket, only daughter of Chriftopher the Second
Earl of Fingall and dying the year before his father, left three
fons and four daughters.

Thomas,

Lodge. * Ulfler's Office. 3 L3,

4* BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

five fons and four daughters furvived and were, Bryan, his
fucceaor, who married Ellen, or Eleanor, daughter of Sir

Thomas

r,) Thomas, fucceiTor to hi? grandfather.

/,\ J°hn Butler of Garryricken, Efq; who married Frances,

daughter of George 'u- !er, oi Ballyragget, Efq; and had an on-
ly fon Waiter, who fucceeded to the eftates of the Earl of
Arran.

(3) Chriftopher, titular Archbifhop of Cafhel.

( j j Daughter , married to Tobin, of Cumpfhinagh,

Efq; by whom me had one daughter, firft married to Valentine,
young ft brother to Richard Talbot, of Malahide, Efq; and fe^
condly to Powell, Efq.

(t) Frances, to Mr. Gould, merchant.

(,) Lucy, to Sir Walter Butler of Pooleftown, Bart.

. x to Maurice Fitzgerald, of Cattle Ifhin in the county

of Cork, Efq; by whom fhe had two fons and a daughter Mary,
married firft to Juflin, Earl ofFingall ; fecondly to Valentine,
Vifccunt Kenmare -, and thirdly to John Lord Bellew.

Thomas Butler, of Kilcafh, Efq, who fucceeded his grandfa*
ther, was Colonel of a regiment of foot in the army of K. James,
II. ; and in 1696, married the Lady Margaret Burke, eldeft
daughter of William, Earl of Clanrickard, widow of Bryan Ma-
gennis, Vifcount of Iveagb, and deceafing 1738, had iffue by
her, who died at Kilcafh 19 July 1744, three fons and five
daughters, viz.

(1) Richard, killed by a fall from his horfe at Kilcafh, in

1711.

ja) Walter, who died, unmarried, of the fmall-pox, at the Royal

Academy at Paris.

(3) John Butler, of Kilcafh, Efq; who fucceeded to the eftates of

the Earl of Arran, and married in April 1763, the daughter of

Stoney, Efq, grand-daughter of General Webb,

and niece to Earl Powis ; he died 24 June 1766, without iffue,
and ilie re-married 24 October, 1 77 1 , with Rev. Alleyne Walker*
L. L. D. of the Hermitage, county of Surrey r.

^ Daughter Mary, married to Bryan Cavenagh, of Bcrrafs in the

county of Carlow, Efq; who left her a widow 22 April
1741, with one fon Thomas, and fix daughters, Margaret, Hel-
len, Frances, I ucy, Honora, and Mary.

<*■) Honora, in November 1720, to Valentine, Lord Kenmare, and

died of the fmall-pox in 1730, having two fons, Valentine, who
died young; Thomas, the prefent lord, born in 1726, and two
daughters, Hellen, married in 1738-9 to John, then fon and heir of

Nicholas

" Collea.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 43

Thomas Colclough of Tynterne in the county of Wex-
ford, Knt -} Charles, who married Uny, daughter of Sir

Bryan

Nicholas Wogan, ofRathcofFey in the county of Kildare, Efq;
who left her a widow in 1743 ' -3 and Catherine.

Hellen, firft to Mr Efmo d, brother to S':r Laurence and John (3}
Efmond, Bart?, who died 17 December 1736, by the accidental
difchargeof his gun, when fowling 2 j and fecondly, to Richard
Butler of Weftcourt, as before obferved.

Margaret, to George Mathew of Thurles, afterwards of Tho- (4)
maftown, Efq; and died 30 July 1743, leaving one daughter,
who died in 1752.

Catharine, became the third wife of James Mandeville, of Bal- (5)
lydyne in Tipperary, Efq; and had no iflue.

James, the eldeft fon of Thomas, Lord Thurles, and fuccef- James
for to his grandfather Walter, was the twelfth Earl of Ormond, nEart,
and was born in the year 16073, (according to Mr. Carte, and J Duke
he was born at Clerkenwe'l, London, 19 October 161 o4, but
it appears from the undoubted authority of an inquifition, ta-
ken at Clonmell, 21 April 1622, after his fathers death, before
the King's Commiilioners, upon the oaths of 12 gentlemen of the
county of Tipperary, that he mull be born in 1607. The words
of the inquintion are thefe : " Prsedictus Thomas Vicecomes
" Thurles 1 jt0 die Decembris Anno Dom. 1619 obiit & quidam
" Jacobus luitler, communiter vocatus Dominus Vicecomes Thur-
** les,fuit filius et hares praefatiThomse Butler, et quod prafatusja-
u cobus Butler, tempore mortis pradicti Thomas fuit astatis duode-
" cim annorum, et, nonamplius.") He was granted in Ward 26
May 1623, to Richard, Earl of Defmond, and by order of K.
James I. educated under the eye of Doctor George Abbot, Arch-
bifhop of Canterbury, who took care to have him inftrtitled in
the Proteftant Religion, as profeflld in the church of England,
to which he adhered with great conftancy and ileadinefs to his
death.

On 7 February 1626, his Ma jetty by privy feal directed, that
he might receive all the rents of his lands, which were in fequef-
tration on account of the long unhappy differences between his
grandfather and the faid Earl of Defmond, concerning their re-
fpective titles to the eftate ; to which in 1629, he put as happy
a period, by gaining in marriage the Lady Elizabeth Prefton, on-
ly child of the faid Earl of Defmond ; who being then very young
and in ward to the Earl of Holland, he was forced to pay that
Lord 15,0001. in lieu of her ward/hip and marriage : Soon after
which, he retired with her to Acion, in Gloucefterihire, ten

miles

1 His w'l! proved 15 December 1743. Prerog. Office. 2 Lodge*

3 Carte, V.l. p. 5. 4 Hill. J, D Ormond, V, l.p. 3.

44. BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Ervan Mac-Mahon, of the county of Monaghan, widow of
Gerald Byrne, of Rofcrea, Efq; Arthur, who married

Mary,

miles from Briftol, where fie employed his time in learning the
Latin tongue j and a^ter about a year's fray with his uncle Sir
Robert Poiniz, came to Ireland in the conclusion of the year 1630 ;
where, 2 June 1632, for the fine of $661. 13s 4d he fued out a
livery of his Lady's eftate, as he did of his own i^ Auguft 1633,
for the fine of 960I Inlh.

In 1631 he purchakd a troop of horfe ; and in 1634, gave an
uncommon inftance of his undaunted refolution, in o, poling- the
commands of the Lord D. Wentwortb, who calling a parliament
to meet 14 July at the Cattle of Dublin, publiflv-d a proclama-
tion, (to prevent any ill effect-, from their animolity,. which was
now lifen very high) that no member fhould enter with their
fwords ; al! obeyed except this young L>rd, who toid the Uiher
of the Black Rod at the door, when he demanded hisfword, that
he fhould have no fword of his except in his guts ; being the only
Peer who fat that day in the houfe, in defiance of the proclarna-.
tion ; i! fo fired the deputy, who was not a cuftomed to have his or*
ders difobeyed that his Lordfhip was called upon in the e\ ening
to anfwer it ; who thereupon produced his Majefty's writ, calling
him to Parliament, CinBum cum Glaclio, or Per Cinfluram Gladii.
Which a°fwer being unexpected, and finding him likely to prove
an unttactable companion, it was in deliberation that night be-
tween the L. D. and his two friends, Sir George RatclifTe and
Mr Wandcsford, whe'.her to trample under foot, or to oblige fo
daring a young man, who was row alfo grown fo very popular ;
when the more benign extreme being refolved on, he wac taken
into favour *, and by the deputy, in his letter of ^Decem-
ber, recommended to the King to call him into his Privy Council,
as a perf^n of folid judgment, grave and fober carriage, and
good atfeciion to his Majefty's lervice; who, (added to that tes-
timony) confidering bo:h' his nobility and worth, thought fit to
encourage and enable him for his "fervice ; and therefore by
his letter from Weftminfter, 20 January 1634, ordered the De-
puty to call him into the Privy Council 2. !n i 630 his troop was
taken from him ; but he was promoted to the command of a
troop of cuiraifiers, confuting of a Captain, Lieutenant, Cornet,
and 10 1 horfemen, with the pay of 24s. a day, and < fpare horfe-
men, at 2s. 6d each ; and 25 May 3 1639, made C Rot. Pacis,
of the county of Kilkenny j alio in 1640 advanced to the com«
wand of a regiment of horfe, with the pay of il 10s a dav ;
and 16 September appointed Lieutenant General of the horfe at

4i.

* Bio£> Brit, * A*. u°. C.ir. 1 do. p. Do, 3 i$» Car. 1 9. p. f.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 45

Mary, daughter of Edmund Fitzgerald of Brownsford, in
county of Kilkenny, Efq; Richard j Garret ; Elinor j Grany,

married

4I. a day, and Commander in Chief of all the force: in Ireland,
in the abfence of the L L Strafford, which v/ere then raifed by
that Earl, and rendezvoufed at Carrickfergus, ro afiift the King
againft the Scots; but were the fame month (upon the pacifica-
tion) ordered to be difbanded, which was not executed till June
1641.

On 23 October that year, the rebellion broke out, and his
Lordfhip being then at his houfe in Carrick, the L J. by an ex-
prefs, notified the difcovery of the plot ; advifed him to ftand
upon his guard ; to make the bed provifion he could for the de-
fence of the country about him ; and defired him prefently to
repair to Dublin with his troop of horfe : And the King refer-
ring the whole bufinefs of Ireland to the Parliament of Eng and,
they made the Earl of Ormond (that the army might be led by
an honourable and promifing perlon) Lieutenant-General; who
being approved by the King, as one, who by his relations, inte-
grity, and quality, was pitched on as the fitteft perfon for that
employment, his Majefty confirmed him therein by his letter from
Edinburgh of the 31 of that month: in which fitualion he be-
haved with indefatigable activity and undaunted refolvrion ; for,
as foon as an army could be raifed, he marched from Dublin (31
January), took the Caftle of Lyons ; routed the rebels at Kilfagh-
lan ; fecured Maas with a garrifon, and placed in the town a new
Sovereign, eight BurgefTes, and fifty families of defpoiled Pro-
teftants ; and having loft a trumpeter with four foldiers, by the
garrifon of Tipper, he marched thither, and caufed it, with all
therein, to be blown up; after which, 15 April 1642, he gained
a very fignal victory over the Irifh army under the Lord Mounr-
garrer, at Kilrufh, on his march from Athy to Dublin, killing
700 men, and taking all their ammunition, the General's wag-
gon drawn by eight oxen, and 20 colours. For this great fervice
he received (8 Auguit) the following letter of thanks from the
Speaker of the Houfe of Commons j acconfpanied with a jewel
of 620I. value ;

My Lord,

«.
«<
it

*' I am commanded by the Houfe of Common?, to let your
Lord fhip know, that with much contentment they received in-
formation from Ireland, of the good fervice performed by you,
againft thofe wicked bloody rebels ; and in teftimony of their
good acceptance and efteem of it, they do prefent you with
this jewel, to be unto you a remembrance of their affc&ion,

•• a*

46 ' BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

married to John Comerford, of Ballybirr, Efq; Elizabeth,
to Edmund Wale, of Ruchlin, in county of Carlow, Efqj

and

^ •

l<
II

<<
«t

as alfo a pledge of then intentions of taking all cccafions to
acknowledge your merit, continuing in the fame zealous en-
" deavours to ferve this date and the true religion, by the fup-
prefiion of that unnatural rebellion. Thefe lines will further
allure you, that no mifreports or falfe fcandals, which any
malicious tongue may have raifed concerning you, can make
the leaft impreiTion on them, who can eafily fee thiough fuch
empty clouds, and faften a clear judgment upon true and ho-
" nourable defert j — my Lord, you have here the public ex-
** prefhon of the fenfe of the Houfe, made unto you by their
*' own command ; receive now, I befeech you, the tender of his
*' particular fervice who heartily prays for the continuance of
•' your profperous fuccefs, in fo j-ious a caufe, and defires to re-
** main

44 Your Lordfhip's moft humble and
** moft affectionate fervant,

" WILLIAM LENTHALL, Speaker."
15 April 1642.
To the Right Honourable the Earl of
Ormond and OfTory, Lieutenant*
General of his Majefty's Army in
Ireland r.

And at the fame time, the King, on his part, by privy feal*
dated at Nottingham 23 Auguft 1642, directed a full difcharge
to be given him, of what mortgages and debts he flood
engaged for to thofe in actual rebellion, and for which the faid
mortgages were given ; and alfo by patent, dated at the fame
place the 30 of that month, created him Marquefs of Or-
mond2.

In November 1641, he wasjoined in commifTion with the Lord
Mountgarret, to govern and command fuch forces as they lhould
raife, and be armed by the ftate, for the defence of the county of
Kilkenny j and by commifTion dated at Oxford 1 i January 1642,
he was joined with Ulick, Earl of St. Alban's and Clanrickard, Earl
ofRofcommon, Vifcounf Moore, Sir T. Lucas, Knt. Sir M. Euftace,
Knt. and T. Bourke, Efq; to receive the proportions of the Irifli
confederate recufants. — In March 1642, he took the caftles of
Caftlemartin, Kildare, Tully, and Timolin ; whence marching
to Rofs, he obtained on the 18 a compleat victory, though at a
great difadvantage, over General Preflon. Soon after which,
a propofal being fet on foot by the King, for a ceffation of arms
with the Irifh for one whole year ; he was appointed to con-
clude

1 Commons jour. 5 Rot. pat. As. 19. io. %\, aa. 23. 44. Car. x.f

the snides are here enrolled.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 47

and Marv to George Wolverfton of Piperftovvn in the

County of Dublin, Efq;

Mary, to Bryan O'Connor, Efq; (4)

Ellice (or Elizabeth) to Walter Dalton, otherwife Daton (-)

of Killmodalin in the county of Kilkenny, Efq;

Margaret, to Oliver Grace of Carney in Tipperary, fon (*)

and heir to Gerald Grace of Liegan, Efq; and he died in

1626.

Anne?

elude it by the King's letters, dated at Oxford 23 April, 3
May, and 31 July 1643, and by commiflion under the Great
Seal, dated at Dublin 31 Auguft, he was authoriftd to treat and
conclude for his Majefty, and in his name, with his faid fubje&s,
upon a ceiTation of arms for one whole year, to begin at fuch
time, as to him fhould be thought fit, and upon fuch articles and
agreements, as to him fhould feem necefTary for his Majefty \s
fervice j or otherwife to break off the treaty, as he fhould fee
caufe. Accordingly, he concluded the treaty 1 5 September,
by which they were to pay 30,800!. and fend fuccours to the
King in England : and 16 November his Lordfhip fent to Eng-
land about 2000 men; and 3 December 1300 foot and 140
Horfe undpr the command of Colonel Robert Byron.

Theceffation being thus concluded, his influence, fidelity, and
diligence, became fo confpicuous, that it was thought necefTary
to confer upon him the government of the kingdom ; and accord-
ingly being appointed by the king at Oxford', 1 3 November 1643,
L. L. of Ireland, he was fworn 21 January following ; and 23
March had a reverfionary grant of the government of the fort of
Duncannon, after the death of Laurence, Lord Efmond, with an
augmentation of the warders from 30 to 100; and that noble-
man dying 26 March 1645, ^e na<^ a grant thereof paffed to him,
5 December 1646, for life — The Irifh agents prefenting to the
King feveral propofitions in order to a firm and fettled peace;
his Majefty appointed the Marquefs of Ormond, by commilucrt
dated at Buckingham 24 June 1644, to treat concerning the ef-
tablifhment of a firm and perfect peace in Ireland, and if he found
it not reafonable to confent to fuch propofitions, as fhould be
made for a full peace, then to conclude on a further c°iTation of
arms. By virtue of this commiflion he concluded a peace, con-
fifling of thirty articles, which were figned and fealed 28 March
1646 ; whereby the Irifh were to furnifh a body of 1 0,000 men
for the fervice of the King againil the parliament ; and he had a
commiflion 17 Auguft, authorizing him to give out commiflions

for

1 Carte, V. I. p. 475-

43 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

£-\ Anne, to Fdward Butler, Lord Vifcount of Galmoy *.

Joan to William O'Farrell, of Ballintober, in c unty of

Longford, Efq; fon of OFarreil (Bane,) of

Aerially.

Richard,

for railing officers, as well natives of Ireland, as others his Ma-
jeftv's fubje£b.

He continued in the government until the year 1647% wnen»
with the King's approbation, he concluded a treaty with the

Parliament's

Family of * Pierce or Peter Butler, of the Abbe}' of Duifke or Dowflce, was alfo

V. Galmoy. called Peter or Piers Butler, of Grange-Doufke, Efq-, of which Abbey, with
all the lrirtual and temporal livings thereto belonging or parcel thereof, he
v. as feizeri by deed indented from Thomas, Earl of Ormond, dated 18 ]i ne
I 597, to hold to the heii s male of his body, in which he was iucceeded by Ed-
wndhiS fon2; who married Catharine, daughter and co-heir of 1 homas Flem-
ing, I-ord Sbne, who died 9 November 1 ^97, and by her who married James
Butler of Dowfke, gent, biother to Lo.d Mountgarret 2 had the laid Ecward,
Vifcount G.lmoy, and Sir R, chard Butler of Knoctopher, whole fon Colonel
Thomas Butler of that place, was engaged in the wars of 1641 — Sir Edward
Butler, 2, April 1618, received a grant of the Abbey of Duilke, with divers
ether lands in the counties of Kilkenny, Wexford, and C^rlow, which were
erected into the manor of Giaigeduiike, with power to hold there a Thurfday
market, and two fairs on the feafts of St. Barnabas, and St. Simon and Jude.
He refined at the Old- Abbey, and at Lowgrange n the county of Kilkenny,
and by Privy Seal, dated at Oxford 31 January 1645, and by patent 16 May
# 1646, was created Vifcount of Galmoy in the laid county ; by his fa id wife

he had two fons and two daughters; Pierce, Thomas ; married to

* Mafterfon of the county of Wexford, Efq; and to Thomas

Daveils of Killfheen in the Queen's county, Ffq; Thomas Butler, the young-
er f.n, died in 1667, and by Catharine, daughter of Geoffrey Fanning, of Bal-
iingarry in Tipperary, Efq; v. ho re-married with Charles Mac-Carthy of
Rathlin, in county of Carlow, Efq; 3 had an only daughter Anne, born in
1663, and married to William Coke of Painftown, nearCaihw, E q; Go-
vernor of that county for K. James II. whole fon and heir Thomas Coke,
Efq; married Helen, daughter and co-heir to Nicholas Purctll, Efq; titular
Baron of Loughnvein Tipperary, great nephew to James, the fir ft Duke of
Ormond, and had iffue one Ion William, and one daughter Anne, married in

December 1750 to Thomas, Vifcount Kenmare, Pierce Butler of Bar-

rowmcunt, Efq; the elder Ion, was a Captain of Horfe in the King's army
(taring the troubles and being taken piiioner in the battle of Lampfton, was
killed (after fafe quarter given) by Captain William Bolton in 1650, hisfather
then living, and having married in November 1 626 Margaret, fecond daughter of
Nicholas, Vifcount Netterville, left twelve children, of whom Edward fiic-
ceeded hi- grandfather. Nicholas died in 1653 without iffue ; Richard, died in
1684, cr 1678, leaving by Anne, daughter of Edward Wolley, Bifhop of Clon-
fert, a daughter married to Mr. Minchmof the county of Tipperary ; James died
without iffue; Edmund ; and of the daughters four were married, viz. Jane,

1 Chan. Decree at Rathfcrnon, 10 March 1603. 2 Idem.

3 Pedigree of Hay, penes J. L,

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 49

Richard, the third Vifcount, in 1 59 1 (being then fon-in- Richard,
law to O'Neile, Earl of Tyrone) partook in his rebellion vifcount.
Vol. IV. E againft

Parliament's CommiiFioners, 18 June, for delivering into their
hands the next day all the garrifons of the kingdom, which he
did, together with the city of Dublin ; and 28 July the regalia
of the government. He then left the kingdom, and landed 2 Au-
guft at Briftol ; about which time the King being delivered by
the Scots to the Engffh army, and brought a prifoner to Hamp-
ton Court, he attended his Majefty there, who received him with
extraordinary grace, as a perfon, who had ferved him with great
Zealand fidelity, and with the univerfal teftimony of all good
men. After fome flay, he embarked on board a fhallop, in the
obfcure and unguarded port of Haftings in SufTex, (25 Decem-
ber) which fafely tranfported him to Dieppe in Normandy ;
whence he waited on the Queen and Prince of Wales at Paris,
by whom he was confulted in every tranfa&ion, being the perfon
moil: depended upon to begin to give a turn to their fortune,
and recommended to them by the King for that purpofe.

Here he held a clofe correfpondence with the Lord Inchiquin,
on whofe promife to prepare the province of Munfter to receive
him, as the King's L. L, he ventured over, and arrived at

Cork,

to Walter Murray of Rathvilly in co. Carlow, Erq-, Mary, firft to Mr. Lew-
is of Ballyogan, and fecondly to John Tobin of Cumpfhinagh, Efq; Frances
to Harvey Morre? of Caftle-Morres, Efq. created Vifcount Mount-Morres ;

and Ellinor to William Grace of Ballylinch, Efq. Edward, the fecond

Vifcount Galmoy, married Ellinor daughter of Charles White of Leixlip,
Efq. widow of Sir Arthur Alton, Knt. and had iflue Pierce his fuccefTor ;

and Richard who married Lucia, daughter of Cavenagh, Efq. and had a

daughter Sophia, wife to Hay, of the county of Wexford ' ; and a Ion

Pierce of Newtown and Urlingford, who married Dcmvile, younger daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Hartpole of Shrule in the Queen's county, Knt. and dying
in 1716, had four daughters and three fons, Edmund of U.lingford, after of
Newtown, who married, and had iffue five fons 2 •, William of Eayiwell ; and
Alderman Richard Butler of Kilkenny, who died 2b June 1753. — — Pierce,
the third Vifcount, was created L. L. D. 6 Augult 1677, by the Duke of
Ormond, Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford •, commanded a troop of
guards in K. James's army ; was outlawed 11 May 1 691 ; and was one of the
Commifiioners for agreeing on the Articles of Surrender, on behalf of the Irifh
inhabitants of the city and county of Limerick, and the counties of Clare, Kerry,
Cork, Sligo, and Mayo, which were ratified and confirmed by patent, bear-
ing date at Weltminfter 2,4 May 1691 •*. He married the daughter of Toby
Mathew, of Thomaftown in Tipperary, Efq. and left Edward his fuccefTor,
who was Colonel of foot in K. James's army, and retired into France, where
he died without iffue ; hence, had it not been for the attainder, the honour
would have devolved on the aforefaid Edmund Butler, of Newtown eldeft fon
of Pierce, fon of Richard, youngeft fon of Edward, the fecond Vifcount Gal
moy*.

* Lodge. 2 Id. 3 Id, 4 fit,

So BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

againft Q^ Elizabeth, and with his kindred and followers,
to the number of 130 foot and 20 horfe, held out the Caftles

Cork r, 29 September 1648 ; whence 1 1 October he went to his
houfe of Carrick, and there treated of peace with the Commif-
fioners of the General Affembly, which (17 January) was folemn-
\j confirmed and proclaimed at Kilkenny j on the 30 of which
month the King being beheaded, the Marquefs received the news
with inexpreflible grief, and a fuitable refentment ; and 17
February K. Charles II. continuing him LL. he caufed him to
t>e folemnly proclaimed 19 March, and ufed his utmoft endea-
vours to recover the kingdom to his obedience ; which proving
ineffectual, he appointed the Marquefs of Clanrickard his Depu-
ty ; and again leaving Ireland 6 December 1650, arrived fafe in
France, where he gave the Queen an account of the condition
of the kingdom ; and for thefe his fervices to his King and coun-
try, was excepted from pardon for life or eftate, by Cromwell's
act of parliament for the fettlement of Ireland.

When the King returned to Paris after the defeat at Wor-
cefter, he was fworn of the Privy Council ; and conftantly
attending his Majefty, was confulted by him in all his affairs.
Jn 1654, with great fteadinefs of fpirit, he brought the Duke of
Gloucefter from the Queen at Paris to the King at Cologne, to
prevent his being perverted in his religion ; and foon after at-
tended the Princefs Royal from the Hague to the King ; as he
did his Majefty in his journey to Frankfort ; and was prefent at
the interview with Chriftina, Queen of Sweden, at Koning-
ftein. In June following he was difpatched to engage the Duke
of Neuburg's intereft, to difpofe the Court of BrufTels to efpoufe
the King's caufe, and promote a treaty of alliance between their
Britannick and Catholic Majefties. — When the King fettled at
Bruges, and raifedfour regiments, he gave the command of one,
in December 1656, to the Marquefs, that the Jrifh might be
tempted to come over and increafe his forces ; and by the Mar-
quefs's intereft, the town of St.Ghiflain, in which the French had
a garrifon, was delivered up to the Spaniards in the beginning of
1657, a fervice of great importance, confidering its vicinity to
Bruffels ; and in February after, he was prefent at the Duke of
York's attempt upon Mardike, when he had his horfe killed un-
der him.

Having been elected a Knight of the Garter 18 September
N.S. 1649, he conftantly wore the enfigns, though not inftalled
or inverted with the habit till 15 April 1661 ; and on his Ma-
jefty's reftoration was appointed, 1 June 1660, Lord Steward of

the

1 Carte, II. 55.

BUTLER, Vis co out MOUNTG ARRET. 51;

of Ballyragget and Colechill or Cullihill. — Being twenty-
four years old at his father's death, he had a fpecial livery of

E 2 his

the houfhold ; fworn of his Privy Council J; made a Lord of his
Bedchamber -, and foon after L. L. of the county of Somerfet ;
High Steward of the city and liberties of Weftminfter, Kingfton,
and Briftol ; and was reftored to the Chancellorlbip of the Uni-
verfity of Dublin, which he had held before the ufurpation, and
foon redrefTed the evils, which had befallen it in that period.—.
In confideration of his diftinguifhed loyalty, fervice.% and fufFer-
ings, he was created a Peer of England 20 July 1660, by the titles
of Baron Butler of Llanthony, and Earl of Brecknock. — 30 No-
vember 1660, the King, by his declaration from Whitehall, ap-
pointed the Duke of Albemarle, and the Marquefs, Truftees for
thefeveral towns of Ireland, and other the fecurities for the fa-
tisfa&ion of the arrears of the 49 officers. — 7 February 1660, he
was marie Colonel of a regiment of horfe, and Captain of a foot
company; 30 March i66r, created Lord High Steward of
England to affift at the coronation on the 23 April, in which fo-
lemn procefiion he walked immediately before the King, and car-
ried St. Edward's crown, v herewith his Majeity was crowned :
that very day (30 March) he was created Duke of Ormond 2
in Ireland, with the creation fee of 40I. payable out of the Ex-
chequer : And the county of Tipperary, which had been feized
by K. James I was reftored to him bv patent 2 April 1662. The
preamble : Cum fumme dilectus et fideliflimus Confanguineus nofter
Jacobus Marchio Ormondiae et OMbrise, Vicecomes Thurles, Do-
minus Baro de Arclo, Dominus Regalitatum et Libertatum Comi-
tatus Palatini Tipperariae, Cancellarius Univerfitatis Dublinenfis
Baro Butler de Lanthony in Comitatu noftro Monmouth in regno
noftro Angliae, Comes de Brecknocke in Dominio noftro Walliae,
unusa Sanctioribus noftris Confiliis tarn Angliae quam Hberniae,
Dominus Senefchallus Hofpicii noftri, unus Nobilium a Cubiculo
noftro, et nobiliflimi Ordinis Garterii Miles, Comes exComitibus
prasdiftae Ormondiae per cerciter quatercentum annos femper in-
tactas fidei femper aut bello aut pace confpicuis, merita M jorum
tot et tantorum propriis fuperaverit, nee dum fatisfac"tum judice-
mus duorum Regum debito, et utriufque noflrum fingulari bene-
volentiae congeftis in eum haftenus Honoribus quum et ipfum in
ftatum gradum ftilum titulum, dignitatem, nomen et honorem Du-
ci? Ormondiae in Regno noftro Hiberniae praediSofublimari cen-
fuimus. Sciatis igitur quod nos ex uberiori gratia, mero mom et
certa fcientia, noftris propter fervicia fatis per fe nota alibi etiam

fuccinclim

1 Carte, II. aco. 2 Id. p. azo.

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.-

his eflate 22 February 1605* ; and fat in the Parliaments of
1613, 1615, and 16345 and after the rebellion of 1641

commenced,

fucemttim repertita et ab ipfse indies renova, prsfatum Jaeobum
in honorem Duels Onnondire in regno nofiro Hiberniae prsedi&o
ereximus, Sec.1 to this the King added the county-erofs of
Tipperary j which grants were confirmed by act of parliament ;
and by the ads of fetclement he was reilored to his whole
eftate.

4 November 1661, he was declared L L of Ireland, which
gave univerfal fatisfaction ; and arriving at Dublin 27 July 2,
1662, after a dangerous paffage, (being the day of the fame
month, on which 15 years before he had been compelled to de-
liver up the government to the Engliih parliament) he continued
in the adminiftration until 14 February 1668, when he was fuc-
ceeded by John, Lord Robartas, and the parliament of Ireland,
as a teftimony of their gratitude and affection, preferred him
with a gift of 30,000!. but his removal (accompli Hied by the Duke
of Buckingham, and other enemies) prevented his receipt of
98,2561. due to him, which made him all his life ftruggle with'
many difficul ties, and at his death leave debts of 89,324!. 1 3s. icd.
after having loft for his loyalty, beyond all profits received,
868,5901. 1 6s. 9d — His Majefty by patent, dated at Weftminfter
23 April 1662, having thought fit to raife in England a regiment
of 1 200 foot, to be his regiment of guards in Ireland, authorifed
his Grace to raife and tranfport them into this kingdom, and
to give commifTions to fuch, as he fhould think fit to be officers. —
20 February 1663, ^e was ma<^e commander of the port of Paf-
fage in the county of Waterford, purfuant to Privy Seal at White-
hall 19 January preceding, in which the King writes, "Whereas
*' we underftand that our Fort ar Pafiage in our county of Wa-
" terford, on the other fide of the water from our Port of Dun-
*' cannon in our county of Wexford, is of 2;reat importance, and
4( that it may tend very much to our fervice, and the fafety

" of

* Which he afterwards furrendered to K. Jnmes, and in consideration of
his faithful and acceptable Cervices, had a confirmation thereof 9 January
1619, with the creation of the feveral manors of Ber.Iaragged (Ballyras-get)
alias Donaghmore, Cowlechii!, Kenlis, Ballin, otherwife Ballyeycn, Ti, ling-
ford, and Mountgarret, with power to hold Courts; to impark 1000 acres,
with free warren and chace ; liberty of tanning leather ; and to hold a Thurs-
day market, and two fairs on the feafts of St. Barnaba? and Bartholomew, 2nd
the day after each at Ballyragget. Alfo 9 January 1621 he had a further
confirmation thereof by two patents ; and by virtue of the cornmiflion of

' grace, K. Charles I. for the fine of 27CI. 9 February 1638, releafed to him
all his lands in the counties of Kilkenny and Wexford, confirming the afore-
faid privileges.

* Rot. p. A°. 15*. Car. II. ia. p. f. R. 16". 2 Carte. II. 257.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 53

commenced, his Lordfhip, being a man of years and expe-
rience, was joined in commiffion with the Earl of Ormond

*< of that harbour, and of the parts of the country thereabouts ;
" that good correfpcndencv and intelligence be held between
" thofe oar forts; and our Royal Father having by his let-
" ters patent, granted the command of the faid Fort of Duncan-
" non unro you, dut ing your life ; we think fit that for the ends
" and purpofes aforefaid, you have the command alfo of our
" faid Foit of PafTage, and the town of PafTage Eaft and Weft,
" during your natural lifc, v, ith power to appoint a Deputy I."
And 24 July 1669, he was empowered to hold Court of Seilions
and Gaol Delivery in the county Pab.'ineof Tipperary.

4 Au^uft 1669, he was chofen Chancellor of the Univerfity
of Oxford, on the reflgnadon ofDoctor Gilbert Sheldon, Arch-
b'fhop of Canterbury, who earneftly recommended him to be his
fucceifor, having a great and juft opinion of his integrity and ho-
nour ; and to fhew the higher efteem of him, he did this at %
juncture, when his Grace was out of favour at Court. 17 January
1672, he was joined in commiifion with Prince Rupert and
others, to infpect the affairs of Ireland, viz. the execution of the
acts of fettlement ; the difpolition of forfeited lands, the ftate of
the revenue 2, &c. and 24 Auguft 1677, he was a third > time
fworn L. L. of Ireland, in which ftation he continued till 1682,
when with great ditficul y he procured leave to go to England ;
and 9 November following was created an Engliilj Duke^, retain-
ing the title of Ormond, with the creation fee of 40!. a year, in
consideration of his faithful fervices, and particularly for his
keeping the kingdom of Ireland quiet all the time of the Popifh.
plot, whilft England was in the utmoft direction. He was
commiffioned with others, 14 March 1683, for the remedy of
defective titles ; and whilft he contirued in England, attempted
to have a parliament called in Ireland, but ineffectually, and
upon the difappointment thereof, returned in Auguft 1684, with
a heavy heart, as he declared to manv in Ireland \

15 February 1684, he was continued by K. James II. Lord
Steward of his houfhold, and conftitu'ed Lord High Steward of
England for his coronation 6, at which, 23 April 168^, he affiil-
ed ! y carrving the fame crown, as before at the coronation of
K Charles II This folemnity performed, he returned to Ire-
land ; but in March following was recalled, and on his art ival
ar Court, found himfelf in difpleafure with the King ; had his
regiment taken from him ; and perceiving the measures, which

th«

1 Carte, II. 381. 2 Carte and Lodge. 3 Carte, p. 463.

4 Jd. p. 5Z4. S Carte and Lodge. 5 Carte, p. 543.

54 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

by the L. J. to govern the county of Kilkenny, and provide
for the peace and fecurity thereof ; upon that Earl's re-
moval

the King was purfuing, would carry him to the moft violent
actions, he entertained difmal apprehenfions of what might enfue,
which are thought to have haftened his death, that happened
21 July 1688 r, at his feat of Kingflon-Hall in the county of
Dorfet ; and 4Auguft he was interred in Weftminfter- Abbey.
During his adminifhation of affairs in Ireland, he procured many
favours from the crown, for the public benefit of the kingdom.
In Aug. 1660, he prevailed with the King to fill the 4 archi-
epifcopal, and 12 epifcopal fees, with the moft eminent men to
be found among the Irifh clergy ; at which time great endeavours
being ufed to prevent the admiilion of epifcopacy, and the con-
ftitution of the church of England, the clergy of Ireland ad-
dreffed themfelves to him for protection, and foon felt the good
effects of his interpofrtion and the grants he procured for them,
drew from all theBifhops then in Dublin an addrefs of thanks, in
the name of all the orthodox clergy of Ireland. And that the king-
dom might never want an able and learned clergy, he had a bo-
dy of ftatutes drawn up for the government of the Univerfity of
Dublin, to whom he was an eminent and fingular benefactor in
many refpecls. At a confiderable expence and labour he revived
the linen manufacture, the foundation of which was laid by the
Earl of Stratford, to which is owing its now flourifhing ftate.
He obtained the allowance of a free trade to all foreign nations,
either in war or peace with Ingland. He procured the King's
letter for incorporating a College ofPhyficians in Dublin, to im-
prove the fcience and reform the practice of phyfick in Ireland
(which fociety had the grant of a new charter 29 Sept. 1692.)
He accomplished the foundation of the hofpital near Dublin, for
ancient and maimed officers and foldiers of Ireland ; which 19
Feb. 1683, was incorporated a body politic of governors, to have
perpetual fucceffion, &c. He founded a publick fchool called the
College of Kilkenny, and endowed it with lands to the amount
of 1 4c! a year. He fet up and encouraged, at a great expence,
both the woollen and linen manufactures. Andlived to fee four
Kings, three of whom he ferved for 57 years, with an unfhnken
zeal and untainted loyalty, as all his anceftors had done before
him. He had feen three generations above him, his father,
grandfather, and great-great uncle Thomas, Ear! of Ormond ;
and as many below him, his fon, his grandfon, and his great-
grandfon Thomas, who was playing in the room but a few hours

before

* Carte, II. 543.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET, 55

moval to Dublin, to take upon him the command of the ar-
my, he was folely inverted with thefupreme authority of or-
dering

before his death, being about two years old. Thus he palled
through a long life, and variety of fortunes, with honour and re-
putation ; being beloved and eiieemed by the good men of all par-
ties ; and died as much regretted, as it was tolfible for man to
be. without courting popular applaufe, or purfuing any other
rule in his conduct, than doing w hat, in his own judgment, was
right. . ' . : v '." , '

By his aforefaid lady, (who was godmother with the Du-
chefs of Buckingham, to Q^ Mary } died of a fever 21
July 1684, in the 69 year of her age, and was buried in Weft-
minder Abbey) his Grace had iffue eight fons and two daugh-
ters, viz.

Thomas, born in 1632, who died before he was two days old, (1)
and was buried at Kilkenny.

Thomas, Earl of OiTbry, of whom hereafter. (2)

James, born in 1^35, who did not live above two days, and (3)
was buried at Kilkenny.

James, born 24 March 1636, and dying 3 April 1655, was (4)
buried in Chrifl: Church, Dublin.

Richard, born 15 June 1659, was created 13 May, 1662, . (5)
Baron Butler of Cioughgrenan, Vifcount of Tullogh, and tarl ?', Tf*
of Arran, with limitation of the honours to the iflue male of his A'r
brother ]ohn ; was fworn of the Privy Council 26 Auguft 1663 ;
and purchaling the ifles of Arran from Erafmus Smith, Efq; had
a confirmation thereof, and of divers other lands, by feveral
patents under the ails of fettlement — The King having 13 No-
vember 1665, ordered certain Light-Houfes to be built in or
near the ports of Dublin, Carrickfergus, Waterford, and King-
fale, for the prefervation of his mips, which were to pay a cer-
tain duty for the charge and maintenance thereof; his Majefty,
29 March 1667, granted thofe that were then built (viz. two up-'
on the Hill of Howth, one in the Ifle of Magee, two near King-
fale, and one at the Tower of Hooke, otherwife the Tower of
Rolfe) to his Lordihip for 61 years, at the rent of 40s. 1 Sep-
tember 1666, he was made Alnager of Ireland; and 15 May
1671, had a warrant to receive the pay of two common foldiers
out of each Field company, and of one ioldier out of every other
company in his Majefty's Regiment of Guards in Ireland : Of
which regiment having the command, he did good fervice in re-
ducing the mutineers of Carrickfergus ; and alfo behaved with
diftinguimed valour in the fea-fight of 1673 with the Dutch ; for
which he was created 27 Augull that year, a Peer of England by

th-

irran.

56 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

dering the forces raifed by the county, and fecuring it. But
being alarmed by the defigns, which (as was confidently faid,

and

the title of Baron Butler of Wefton. 21 October 1675 r, he was
made C. Rotulorum of the county of Cartow ; and 2 May 1682,
fworn deputy to his father in the government of the kingdom;
being alfo 10 September 1684, made Marfhal of the army, with
the fee of 52I. 17s. 8d. per month, which was renewed to him
lojuly 1685.

He firft married in September 1664, the Lady Mary Steuart,
only furviving child of James, Duke of Richmond and Lenox,
who died 30 March 1655, and heir to her brother Efme, who
died in 1666, ,/Et. 10 ; but by her, (who died 4 July 1688, at
the age of 18 years, and was buried 19 Auguft at St. Canice's
Cathedral in Kilkenny2, with all the pomp that her quality and
the memory of her virtues deferved, the like folemnity having
never been feen in Ireland), he had no iflue ; he married fe-
condly, in June 1673, Dorothy, daughter of John Ferrers of
Tamworth-Caftle in Warwickfhire, Efq; and by her, who de-
ceafed 30 April 1715, had feveral children, whereof his elded
fon Thomas, was buried in the choir of Chrilt Church 7 June
168 1 ; two others died in 1685 » Elizabeth born in 1677, who
died before him, and only one daughter furvived him (he died
26 January i68q, and was buried in Weftminfter Abbey) which
was the Lady Charlotte, born 30 November 1678, and married 1
June 1699 t0 Charles, Lord Cornwallis, whofe widow ilie died
8 Auguft 1725, and was mother of Charles, Lord Cornwallis,
and grandmother of Charles the prefent Earl.
(6) Walter, born 6 September 1641, died in March 1643, and

was buried in Chrift Lhurch.
(7) John, born in 1643, was Captain of the Troop of Horfe Guards

John, in Ireland ; and 13 April 1676, created Baron of Agherim, Vif-

count of Clonmore, and Earl of Gowran, ivith this preamble ;
Nosregia mente noftra recolentes eximiam fidelitatem et immacu-
latam Ligeantiam praedilecT:i et petquam fidelis confanguinei et
conciliarii noftri Jacobi, Ducis Ormondis, henefchalli Hofpitii
noftri regii, ac etiam quamplurima egregia et perquam accepta-
bilia fervicia tarn nobis quam regali patri noftro, beatre memorise,
per praefatum Jacobum, Ducem Ormondiae, tarn in feperalibus
regni noftris, quam in partibus tranfmarinis prseftita ; confideran-
tes etiam merita, et Virtutes Domini Johannis Butler, tertii filii
praefati Jacobi, Ducis Ormondise, ac fervicia per eum nobis hac-
tenus impenfa, quae nobis abunda innotuerint, hinc eft quod nos

praefatum Dominum Joliannem Butler perpetuo regii favoris

noftri

* Rot. Can. 2.7° Car. 2. 4* p. D. 2 Ulfter's Office.

Gowran.

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 57

and then generally believed by the Roman Catholics) had
been formed againft. the Lords of the Pale, for extirpa-
ting

noftri monumento Pofleris fuis tranfmittando ornare et decorare
decrevimus, ac eum ad flatus et diznitateS — Baronis, Vicecomi-
tis, et Comi;is regni noftri Hibernise promovendum cenfmmus.
Sciatis igitur &c. ' purfuant to privy fi^net, ar Whitehall
10 February in the preceding year J2.— In January 1676, he
married the Lady Anne Chichefter, only daughter of Arthur,
Earl of Doneg d ; but his Lordiliip travelling to Paris for the re-
covery of his health, died there in Augml 1677, leaving noilfue,
whereby the titles ceafed.

James, born in 1645, wn0 being carried to take the air, and
the horfes running away with the coachman down the Phoenix-
Hill near Dublin, the v.oman, who had the care of him, in her
fright threw him out of the window, and he was killed by the
fall 20 May 1646, being fix months old.

Daughter Lady Elizabeth was born 29 June 1640, mar- *l"
ried in 1656 to Philip Stan rope, the fecond Earl of Chefter-
field, to whom fhe was fecond wife, and died in July
1665.

Lady Mary, born in 1646, was married at Kilkenny 27 Oclo- "(aj)
ber 1662, to William Cavendifh, the fourth Earl (after Duke)
of Devonmire, and was grandmother of Wiliam, Duke of De-
vonihire, L. L of Ireland : dying 31 July 1710, Hie was buried
in Weftminfter Abbey.

Thomas, Earl of Olfory, the eldeft fon, born at Kilkenny Thorrrav,
8 July 1634, by the time he w<is 21 years of age, gave fuch Earl ut
proofs of his genius, prudence, good difpofirion and virtue, that °ilur>*
Sir Robert Southwell then drew his character, and (hewed him
to the world in very lively colours. " He is," fays he, **a youn?-
" man with a very handfome face ; a good head of hair ; weH-
f^t 1 very good-natured ; rides the great horfe verv well ; is
a very good tennis-player, fencer and dancer ; underftands
mufic, and plays on the guitar and lute -f fpeaks French ele-
gantly ; reads Italian fluently ; is a go:;d hiftorian ; and 1o
well verfed in romances, that if a gallery be full of p'&ures
",and hangings, he will tell the flories of all that are there de- '
** fcribed. He ihuts up his door at eight o'clock in the evening,
<c and ftudies till midnight ; he is temperate, courteous, and
" excellent in all his behaviour."

8 February 1660, he was made colonel of a regiment of
foot in Ireland; 13 June 1661, Co'onel of the next re-
giment of horfe that iliould become void ; and on the Earl of

iVlountrath's

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58 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

ting their religion, with its profeflbrs, out of the nation*
he came to a refolution of taking up arms, and to embark

him felf

Mountrath's death, fucceeded to his troop of horfe and regiment
of foot ; was appointed the 19 Lieutenant-General of the horfe ;
f worn of the Privy Council 16 April 1661 ; and his Majefty judg-
ing it of importance to his fervice, that he mould be qualified to fit
in the Houfe of Lords in Ireland, thought fit to direct the L. L.
by writ or otherwife, as had been accuftomed, to call him to fit
in the faid Houfe of Lords by Privy Seal at Hampton Court 22
June 1662 r, at which time he reprefented the city of Briftol and
the Univerfity of Dublin ; and 8 Auguft being brought by the
Commons to the bar of the Houfe of Lords, an order was made,
that by the confent of the Earl's Bench, the Earl of OfTory mould
be placed above all of that degree. By patent 16 September
1665, he was2 conftituted Lieuienant-General of the army in
Ireland ; and the next year a Lord of the King's bedchamber •
was fworn in June of the Privy Council of England ; and 14
September fummoned by writ to the Englim parliament, bv the
title of Lord Butler of More-Park.

In the years 1664 and 1668, he was deputy to his father ; and
24 April 1669, had full power granted him to give licenfes for
the tranfporting of wool. In January 1671, he received a com-
million to command the Refolution, a third-rate fhip, and ano-
ther in April 1672, to command the Victory, a fecond-rate, and
3 June behaved with great valour and conduct in Southwould-
Bay fight with the Dutch, endeavouring to lay Admiral de Ruy-
ter's fhip aboard, but he fheering off avoided the engagement :
The Earl of OlTory however gained fo much reputation, that
when he returned to Court, he was 30 September, elected a
Knight of the Garter, and 29 October infhlled atWindfor. In
November he was fent Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of
France, with compliments of condolence on the death of Louis-
Francis, Duke of Anjou, and at his parting was prefented with
a jewel of 2000I. value. 17 May 1673, tne King gave him the
command of the St. Michael, a firft-rate fhip, then newly built,
and made him Rear Admiral of the Blue fquadron, in order to
that great fea-fight againft the Dutch, which happened fhortly
after, wherein, as Anthony a Wood fays, he gallantly acted be-
yond the fiction of a romance. After the fight, he was made
Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron ; and 10 September difplayed
the Union Flag, as Commander in Chief of the whole fleet, in
the abfence of Prince Rupert, by the King's fpecial command.
10 November 1674, he embarked for Holland, to treat with the

Prince

, * Rot. I4". Car. z. 3. p. f. a Idem i7"« Car. 2. 1. p. D. R. 34.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 59

himfelf and family in oppofing a ftep, which appeared Co

deftru£tive to his religion and intereit. That this was his

defiga

Prince of Orange concerning a marriage with the Lady Mary,
eldeft daughter of James, Duke of York ; was appointed in Au-
guil [675, a Commiffioner of the Admiralty ; had a penllon [3
March following, granted for three years of 2606I. 1 ;s. 4d. a
year ; and 18 November 1676, was fworn Lord Chamberlain to
Queen C itharine.

in July 1677, he joined the Prince of Orange at the (lege of
Charleroy ; and in February following going over to command
the Englifh forces in the pay of the States, had a commiffion from
them to be Colonel and Captain of one of their fix regiments,
being alfo made Major-Ceneral and Commander in Chief of the
Englilh Brigade, by the Prince of Orange's patent ; and in the
campaign of 1678, was fought the famous battle of Mons, in which
the Marefchal de Luxemburgh was forced to retreat, and the
Earl of OfTory gained fo much glory ; the States of Holland,
the Duke de Villa Hermofa, governor of the Low Countries, and •
the King of Spain himfelf, in a letter under his own hand, ac-
knowledging his great fervices in that campaign. But this excel-
lent nobleman (of whom enough cannot be faid) was fnatched
awiy by a fever at Whitehall 30 July 1680, to the univerfal re-
gret of England, and the general grief of great part of Europe,
and his body was conveyed to the family vault in the Cathedral
of Kilkenny.

He married 17 November 1659^ N. S. the Lady Amelia Naf-
fau, eldeft daughter of Louis, Lord of Beverweart, La Leeke,
Odyke, and Averquerque, Governor of Sluys, natural Con of
Maurice, Prince of Orange, by Madame de Beverwearr, Coun-
tefsof Mecklin, and had ifTue by her, who was naturalized by act
of Parliament ^September 1660, and buried in Chrift Church
25 r January 1684, fix fons and as many daughters, who all died
young or unmarried, except two fons and three daughters, viz.
James, Duke of Ormond j Charles, Earl of Arran ; Lady Eli-
zabeth, married in July 1673, to William-Richard-George, the
ninth Earl of Derby, died 28 June 1717, and was buried 12
July in Weftminfter Abbey ; Lady Emilia, born 29 May 1660,
and died 30 March 1760, unmarried 2; and Lady Henrietta
married in 1696 to Henry D'Auverquerque, Earl of Grantham,
her fir ft coufin, and died ii October 1724.

James, the fecond Duke of Ormond, was born 29 April 1665, Jam?%
in the Caftle of Dublin, when his father was deputy to his grand- a

father j was educated in Chrift Church, Oxford, till his fa- ****

ther's

» Ulfcer's Office. 2 Lodge.

60 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

defi^n is manifeft. from his letter* to the Earl of Ormond,
with the declaration and grievances inclofed ; and this he

was

ther's deceafe, when he was complimented with the degree of
Matter of Arts, after which (by his grandfather's order) he re-
turned to Ireland', and went a volunteer in April 1684 to the
fiege of Luxembourg, then inveiled by the French, whence he

returned

* The letter runs thus:." My Lord, fince I have been forced into this ge-
*' neral caule by the example of fome, as innocent and free from infringing
w of his Majefty's laws as rnylelf, who have been uied in the nature cf trai-
*' tors, 1 forebore, for avoiding your difpleafure, to acquaint you with my
M proceedings and other motives therein : But now, for fear of being miftaken
** by the flate, concerning my loyalty, and pr^fuming of your Lordfhip's favour
" and good meaning towards me, I m .ke bold to fend you, here incloled,
*' an exact remonftrance of thefe principal grievances, that have procured
M this general commotion in this kingdom ; wherewith I (hall humbly defire
" your Lordfhip to acquaint the L. J. and Council, to the end they may, by
" by a fair rcdrefs of them, prevent the fearful calamities, that doubtlefs (hall
" enlue f<£r want thereof. It is not my cafe atone, it is the cafe of the whole
" kingdom ; and it hath been a (principal obfervation of the beft hiftorian^
'* that a whole nation, how eoniemptible loever, (houid not be^o incenfed by
4' any Prince or State, how powerful foever, as to be driven to take defperate
** courfe^, the event whereof is uncertain, and refts only in the all-guiding
*' power of the Omnipotent. This has been molt lively repreiented by the
" French Chronicler Philip de Comines, in the paffages between the Duke of
" Burgundy and the Switzers. I need not preis this matter further, (aword
u is enough to the intelligent) and I cannot harbour any tfeought cf your Lord-
*' (hip, but that you are fenfible of the miferies of this kingdom, whereof you
<f are a native, anddowifh the qniet and tranquility thereof. I do, for a fuf-
*' ther expreffion of my own fincerity in this caufe, lend to your Lordfhip here
*l inclofed my declaration and oath, joined with others, which I conceive
** to be tolerable, and no way inclining to the violation of his Majcfty' .-; law-,
"■ whereof I am and always will be very oblervant, as becomes a loyal tub-
44 je£t, and

•* My Lord,
** 25 March 164%. Your Lordfhip';; humble fervant,

MOUNTGARRET."

— In confirmation hereof, it appears from the depofition of William

Paikinfon of Caftlecomer, Efq; that fo little were his lordfhip's inclinations
to take up armsagainft his Mujefry, that Walter Butler of Pooleltown, Wal-
ter Bagenal of Dunleckney, and Robert Shee of Kilkenny, Efqrs. were the
chief infiruments that made him do lb ; and fo Ivgh was the infolence of thofe
rebels grown, that the deponent had read a petition of one Richard Archdec-
ue, Captain of the Irifn-Town of Kilkenny, and the Aldermen of the city, di-
rected to the Lord Mountgarret and his Council, defiring (amongother things)
that Philip Purcell of Ballyfoile, Efq: his Lordfhip's ibn-in-law, might be pu-
ailhed for relieving the Proteftants. — Alfo, the titular Biftiop of Cafhel, Tur-

logh

1 Lodge.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 6r

was the better enabled to do, by reafon of his alliance to
raoft of the gentlemen of the county of Kilkenny ; who

being

returned to London in July, and was made Colonel of a regiment
of horfe in Ireland. In May 1685, he was appointed a Lord of his
Majefiy's Bedchamber, and fervng in the army, was fent down
into the Weft againfc the Duke of Monmouth, and had a fhareinthe
viftorv over that unfortunate Nobleman 6 July, at Sedgemore
near Bridgewater. He was elected Chancellor of the Univerfity
of Oxford 25 July 1688, in the room of his grandfather, and in-
flailed 23 Augult at his houfe in St. Jame-Vfquare To his pow-
er he oppofed the deipotick meafures of K James's Cour:, and
17 November 1688, joined with feveral Lords and Biihops, in a
petition to the King, to prevent, by calling a free Parliament,
the miferies his perfon and kingdoms were expofed to; but
meeting with a fliarp anfwer, his Grace left thfe Court, alonT
with Prince George of Denmark -, and declaring for the laws
and liberties of his country, was one of the firit of the Englilh
nobility that went over to the Prince of Orange; for which K.
James feized his eftate in Ireland, to the v^lue of 25,00c! a year,
and 20 April 1602, excepted him out of his general pardon ; his
Parliament at Dublin having attainted him 7 May i6?9-

On K. William's advancement to the throne, his Grace 14
February 1688 (the day after the King and Queen were pro-
claimed) was made a Genrleman of his Bedchamber, and Colonel
of the Second Troo') of Guards : inAalled a Kni?ht of the Gar-
ter 5 April 1689, and 1 1, conftituted High Conllable of England
for their Majefties Coronation. In 1690 he attended his Majefty
into Ireland ; was at the Battle of the Bovne, and two davs after
detached with his uncle Henry, Lord Auverquerque, and nine
troops of horfe tofecureand take pofferlion of the city of Dublin ;
and the King afterwards advancing towards Kilkenny, his Grace
was difpatched from Caftledermot, to fecure that city and
the adjacent country from plunder ; when his Mnjefly came
there 19 July, he fplendidly entertained him in his Caflle, at-
tended him into England and Holland ; and 29 July 1693, was
at the battle of Landen, wherein he charged the enemy at the
head of one of Lumlev's fquadrons, received feveral wounds, and
having his horfe fhot under him, was refcued by a gentleman of

the

logh Oge CTNeile, brother to the arch rebel S'rPhelim, and the P^pifh citi-
zens of Kilkenny, petitioned the reft of the Council of Kilkenny, that all the
Englilh Protectant- there ftrnuld be put to de.nh; whereunto Alderman Rich-
ard Lawlefs in excufe anfwered, that they were nil r bbed before, and he faw
no caufe that they fhould lofe their lives ; and at divers other times, when it
was prefTed that the EngHfh fhould be put to death, the Lord Mwvmtgarrtt,
with his fon Edmund, and his fon-in-law Purccli, by their ftrength, means,
and perfuafion", prevented it.

62 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

being generally of his religion, readily joined with him, and
attended him with a numerous train to the city of Kilkenny,

into

the French guards from the hands of a villain, about to flab
him ; being thus taken prifoner, he was carried to Namure,
where he fignalized his charity, by diftriburing a great part of
his revenues to his fellow priioners, by the hands of Count Guif-
card, the Governor ;; but was after exchanged for the Duke of
Berwick, made prifoner by Brigadier Churchill, and when at
liberty, attended his poft in the army, where, the grandeur of
his table and retinue, were an honour to the Englifh nation, as
his valour had been an example to the nobility2.

By C^ Anne he was appointed 20 April 1702, Commander in
Chief of the land forces, ietagainft France and Spain, when he
deftroyed the French fleet, funk the Spanifh galleons in the har-
bour of Vigo, and took the Fort of Kedondella, for which he
received the thanks of both houfes of Parliament. 24 June 1702,
he was made L. L. of the county c.f Somerfet ; and 4 February
following, her Majefty declared him L. L. of Ireland, where he
was received with eveiy demonstration of joy ; and during his ftay
till the year 1706 in this high poft, governed with more affec-
tion from the people, and kept his Court in greater fplendor, than
ever was known in this kingdom.

In 1707, he was appointed Colonel of the third troop of horfe
guards; 19 October 1710, again declared L. L.oflreland; and
1 January 171 1, made Colonel of the firft regiment of Foot
Guards, and declared Captain General and Commander in Chief
of the land forces in Great Britain, or which were or mould be. em-
ployed abroad, in conjunction with the troops of the allies ; which
poll: (his commiflion being (igned 26 February 3) he held till the
treaty of Utrechtin 1713. 26 June that vear he was made Warden
and Admiral of the Cinque Ports, and Conftable of Dover Caftle ;
and on the Queen's death was one of the Privy Council, who
ftgned the proclamation, declaring K. George I. to be the only
lawful and rightful King of Great Britain ; on whofe arrival, he
was gracioufly received by his Majefty ; appointed 9 October
1714 of his Privy Council in Ireland; and L L of the county
of Somerfet; from which he was removed a few days after, as
he had been 18 September before from being Captain-General of
the army, the Lord Vifcount Townfhend then acquainting him,
that his Majefty had no longer occafion for his fervice in that
quality, but would be glad to fee him at Court.

The Parliament meeting 17 March 17 14, his Grace was im-
peached 21 June 171 5, by Mr. Secretary Stanhope, of High

Treafon,

1 Lodge. 2 Idem. * Idem.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 63

into which he was admitted, and there declared the reafons
of his taking poflefllon of it, and entering into arms 3 and

Treafon, and the Houfe of Commons voted that he ihould be im-
peached accordingly ; whereupon being advifed to avoid the
impending ftorm of a Parliamentary profecution, although it is
prefumed by many, had he waited to ftand his trial, that his in-
nocent and good intentions in all his actions would have cleared
him from the imputed guilt r ; He retired 8 Auguft into France,
and was 20 of that month attainted, his etfate forfeited, and ho-
nours extinguished ; and the Parliament of this kingdom, 26
June 1716, pa(Ted an aft, for extingui/hing the regalities and li-
berties of the county palatine of Tipperary ; for vefting his ef-
tate in the crown ; and for giving a reward of io,oool for his
apprehenfion, fliould he attempt to land in Ireland. But the fame
Englilli parliament palfed an act 24 June 1721, to enable his bro-
ther the Earl of Arran to purchafe his eftate, which he accord-
ingly did.

This great, but unfortunate Nobleman, married to his firft:
wife, 15 July 1682, Anne, eldeft daughter of Laurence, Earl
of Rochefter, who dying 25 January 16842 of a mifcarriage in
Dublin, aged 17 years and 3 days, was buried in the family
vault in Chrift Church; he married fecondly, 3 Auguft 1685,
Mary, eldeft furviving daughter of Henry, firft Duke of Beau-
fort, and by her, who died 19 November 1733, in the 69th
year of her age, and was buried in Weftminfter Abbey, he had
one fon Thomas, born 26 September 1686, who died 27 Febru-
ary 16S9, and was there buried ; and five daughters, whereof
the Ladies Mary, Emilia, and Henrietta died in their infancy ;
Lady Elizabeth died unmarried 20 April 1750, and was buried
with her father ; and Lady Mary was married 2 1 October 1710,
to John, Lord Aihburnham, and dying 2 January 171 2, set. 23,
was buried at Aihburnham. His Grace refided chiefly at Avig-
non ; had a penfion from the Court of Spain of 2000 piftoles j
and departing this life 16 November 1745, N. S. ; his corpfe
was brought into England, and depofited 22 May 1746, in the
family vault, in K. Henry VII. Chapel, Weftminfter Ab-
bey.

Charles, the younger fon of Thomas, Earl of OiTory, was born Charles
4 September 1671, and by K- William made a Lord of his Bed- Earl of
chamber; Colonel of a regiment of horfe ; and, by Privy Seal, Arran"
dated at Whitehall 15 January 1693, and patent 8 March
following ,created Baron ol Cloughgrenan, Vifcount of Tullogh,

and

'See his conduct in the campaign of 17 ia vindicated in a pamphlet, pufc-
liflied in 1715. 2 Ujfter's Ofrjce.

*4 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

by public proclamation itri&ly enjoined all his followers,,
not to pillage or hurt the Englifh inhabitants, either in body

and Earl of Arran ; and alfo a Baron of England, by the title of
Lord Builer of Weiton. The preamble. Nos regia mentere-
colenles eximia merits et virtutes pi sc ' ilecTti et fidel s fubditi nof-
tri Carpfi Butler, filii fecundo geniti egregii viri Thorns nnper
ComitVsde Oflbry, necnon rideiitarem erga Nos illuitrem, ac res
per ilium contra inimicos noftros fortiflhrje geltas, in magnum re-
rum noflrarum emolumentum, quse omnia fimul cum partus ejus
nobilitate et haereditario ejus ersra coronam noflram Any lice itu-
dio, nobis ampliiTime innotuerint. Hinc eft quod nos prsefatum
Carolum Butler pro talibus meriris perpetuo regii iavoris noftri
monumento pofteris fuis tranfmittendo oinai e et decorare decre-
\imus. Sciatis igitur, &c.

His Lordlhip, 14 January 1702, was made a Brigadier-Gene-
ral of her Ma jetty's armies, and 22 April 1708 a Lieutenant-
General By patent, 6 June 1712, he was conftitured Mailer of
the Ordnance, in the room of Lieutenant-General Ingoldfoy de-
ceafed, but this he refigned on the Queen's demife. in July 1713
he was made Governor of Dover Caitle, and Deputy Warden of
the Cinque Ports, which he alfo refigned at the fame time. On
10 September 171!; he was elected Chancellor o.f the Univerfity
of Oxford ; and 28 February following Lord High Steward of
the city and liberties of Weftmi niter.

W't married Elizabeth, fourth and youngeft daughter of Tho-
mas, Lord Crew, of Stene but by her, who became co-heir to
her uncle Nathaniel, Lord Crew, Bifhop of Durham, (who died
without iifue 18 September 1721) and died 21 May 1756, his
Lord/hip had no iffue, and deceaiing 17 December 1758, set. 88,
the titles became extinct, but the eitates devolved purfuant to
the feulemerit made by his Lordihip, hrit, on his filter Lady
Emilia Butler, and on her death, to John Butler of Kilcafh,
Efu; who dying24 June 1766, without iffue,

Walter Eurler, only fon of John, fecond fon of Walter of Gar-
ryricken, eldeft fon of Richard of Kilcafh., the youngeft fon of
Thomas Lord Thurles, fon of Walter, the eleventh Earl of Or-
mond fucceeded — he married Eleanor, ehieft daughter of Ni-
cholas Morris of the Court in county of Dublin, Efq; (fon of Sir
John, and great uncle to the late Sir Redmond Morris, Barts.)

and by her had two daughters, the elder married to

Cavanagh, of Borris, in county of Carlow, Efq; the younger to

■ — Cavanagh, Efq; of the fame family, and an only fon

John, elected to Parliament for the couaty of Kilkenny, and
married 26 February 1769, to Lady Anne Wandesford, only

daughter

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 65

or goods ; in which defign he fo far fucceeded, that there
v/as not the leaft a£t of b'oodfhed committed.

Kilkenny being thus feized by his Lordihip, he detached
parties to fecure other adjacent towns, which was dene with
fuch fuccefs, that in the fpace of a week, almoff. all the
towns and forts in the counties cf Kilkenny, Waterford and
Tipperary were in the power cf thefe Irim forces ; after
which, being chofen by thofe who profecuted the fame
caufe, General cf all the forces raifed by the gentlemen of
the country, he marched into M under, and took Dodd's Caf-
tle, with the caftles of Knockordane, Ballahev and Mal-
low ; but the county of Cork infilling upon makin? a Ge-
neral in their own province, he looked on himfelf to be
principally levelled at, and retired with his forces into Lein-
fler, where he met the Earl of Ormond with a powerful ar-
my, and gave him battle at Killrufh in the county of Kil-
dare 10 April 1642 ; but being entirely defeated, here-
turned to Kilkenny, and was chofen Prefident of the Su-
preme Council, formed there in the fummer of 1643.

18 March following he was at die battle of RcfTe,
fought by General Prcftcn againflthe Marquefs of Ormond ;
and in 164^, with his fon Edmund (Roe) was at the taking
of the Cafl'e of Borrars in the Queen's county ; and with
the Lords Netterville, Ikerrin, Upper CiTorv, and Caflle-
haven, at the fiea^e of BaHYnaki'l, which furrendered 5 Mav,
after a fiege firft bcs;un 26 November [641, during which
time about goo men, women and children, endured much
want and miferv, receiving very little relief from the ftate,
and no arms at all ; Co that upon the furrender, 7 £3 were
a'ive, the T**A. be in? (lain, and d°ad by ficknefs.— -Me con-
tinued to a£t in this war, bu*- with as <?reat moderation and
care of the diftreffed ProteiT?rit% as the v;o'ence of the times
wouM permit him to exercife ; ind dying in 1651 was ex-

Vol. IV. F cepted

daughter and heir of John, Eirl of Wangle ford, who dece fi »g
in 1784, his tirles became fX ircl, but Hs eftr»es devolved on
Mr Butler, (in right of Lady Anne) qtho o^ the death of his
f-ther. fuceeeded alfo to theeftates of t^.'Ei»'l of Artm, and at
prefent reprefents the feveral iamilies of Ormond, Kilcaili, and
Garryricken.

66 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

cepted (though dead) from pardon for life or eflate by Crom-
well's aft of parliament for the fettlement of Ireland, patted
12 Auguft 1652, having been outlawed before. — He lies bu-
ried under a handfome monument in the chancel of St. Ca-
nice church, with this inscription :

D. O. M.

Sacrum
111.""" acNob.mus D'nus Richardus
Butler, Vicecomes de Mount:
:garet, Baro de Kelts, 6Vc.
Ex antiquiflimis primarise in Hibernia Nobi:
:litatis Familiis oriundus, utpote Petri Butler Or:
imonias et Offense Comitis, ac Margaretas Fitx:
Gerald Filiae Comitis de Kildare, Pronepos. Vir
Relidone in Deum, Pietate in Patriam, Fidelita:
:te in Regem, Pace Belloque confpicuus ; de Rege,
Regno, Ecclefia. Dei, pro quibus fortiter periculo:
:fis et maxime turbatis Temporibus ftetit, optime
Meritus ; felicis ac fcecundae Prolis Parens, fibi,
Majoribus ac Pofteris, hoc Monumentum pie pofuit;
Memoriam fui nunquam moriturim reliquit. Obiit
I He An'o 16—

Defunctis et NobilifTimae Vice-Comitum
De Mountgaret Familiae bene precare
Viator.

He married firft Margaret, eldeft daughter of Hugh
O'Neile, Earl of Tyrone, by whom he had three fons and
five daughters ; and fecondly Thomafine (who at- her con-
firmation took the name of Elixabeth T, and was fo called
in 16 19) daughter of Sir William Andrews of Newport
Pagnel in the county of Bucks, who dyirg without iflue in
1625, he married thirdly in July2 1631 Margaret, daugh-
ter of Richard Brarthwaite, Efq; Serjeant at Law, and wi-
dow of Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton in Oxfordshire,
Bart, where fhe was buried in 1655, havirg no ifTue by him.
His children by the firfl wife were,

Edmund (Roe) his fuccefTor ; he redded at Ballyroe,
county of Kilkenny in the life-time of his father 3.

Edward

« Ulfler's Office. 2 Articles dated 35 July 1631. 3 Lodge.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 67

Edward of Urlingford, who married Mary, daughter of (a)
Edmund Fitz Patrick, and being engaged in the rebellion,
Was apprehended in 1652 by Colonel Daniel Axtell * gover-
nor of Kilkenny, when feveral informations were taken
againft him, and he was examined personally 16 February
before Colonel Thomas Herbert and Robert Doily, Mem-
bers of the High Court of Juitice (as it was called) fitting at
Dublin, when he declared, that he had lived at Uilingford
for 20 years paft or thereabouts ; that in 1 641, or the year
after, he had the command of a foot company, which he
laid down in 164.2, and was not in arms fince, but continued
at his faid dwellinp-houfe, and from that time meddled not
with any military employment ; and denied that he had
been engaged in any acls of rebellion : but the contrary be-
ing fully proved by the depofnions of Captain Abel Warren
and others, he was executed at Kilkenny.

Captain Richard Butler. (3)

Daughter Elizabeth was marrried to Sir Walter Butler of rx\
Pooleftown, Bart, and died 21 Auguft 1636.

Ellice, to Andrew Fitz-Patrick of the Queen's County, (a)

Efq.

Margaret, in July 16^1 to Sir Richard Bealing f of Tir- (3)
relfton in the county of Dublin, Knt. and died 6 Auguft

1635 '• TT

F 2 — ~, to

•

Colonel Axtell (who, like many more of Cromwell's officers, knew bet-
ter how to ufe the iword than the pen) gives the following account of his ap-
prehenfion, in his letter to the Prefident of the High Court of Jutlice in Dub-
lin. " My Lord, I have lent your Lordfhip the incloflld examination againft
** Mr. Edward Butler, fecount Son to the late Loi d Mount Garrott, and I ihall
*' only give your Lordfhip my nowltdge concerning him ; when I had receiv'd
** Orders from the Com' of Parlimt. to apprehend ail fuch Perfsons in thefe
" Parts that had bin guilty of (hcedinge the Englifh innofcent Blood in the fir ft
" Year of the Rebellion, I fend a Party in the Night to ceafe the faid Butler,
" but he was not at hombe, and he hearing th.it thaire was a Cefuer of biood-
<c guilty Per!bnc, he need into the Bog^ and Faftneffes (cut of the Parliment
" Quarters) for his Safty, and thaire content wed until he was going (inadif-
" guile Habitt) to Spaine withfome Irifh Officers, and piouidencially takt nbe-
" twext Thomas-Town and Waterford by fome Soldiers (that knew him) of
" Cpt. Ffrankes Troop. I (hall not ad, but remayne, my Lord,
M KilKeney, 9 Your Lord pp humble Servant

«« Ffebb. 1651." D. Axtell"

•f* He was fon 2 and heir to Sir Henry Bealing of Killeflin or Killeffy in
the county of Kildare by his wife Maud, and was fome time a member of the

Supreme

r Article*. 16 Aug. 1625. Rot. Claus de As. 70. &•. Car. I. D.
2 Harris'* Ware, 165.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

(5)

Edmund,

4
Vifcount.

— — , to Philip Purcell of Ballyfoile, Efq; a captain
in the rebellion of 1641.

Joan, firft to Sir Richard Mafterfon of Femes, Knt. to
whom (he was fecond wife, and he dying in 1627, fhe re-
married with Sir Philip Paulet of Garrylough in the county
of Wexford, (fourth fon of Sir Anthony Paulet, governor
of Jerfey, and Captain of the Guard to Q^ Elizabeth, fon
and heir to Sir Amias Paulet) and dying in 1633, had iffue
by him, who died 16 May, 1636, and was buried at Femes,
Jofeph, who died unmarried, and Mary.

Edmund (Roe) the fourth Vifcount Mountgarret, in Ja-
nuary 164.T was one of the Commiffioners, deputed by the
counties of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wex-
ford, to take the city of Waterford into their government,
and to feize all the goods of the Englifh, for the mainte-
nance of their war, which they called the Holy War of the
Confederate Catholics ; but the Mayor and Council of the
city prevented that attempt, and about the middle of March
following procured mips for the efcape of the Proteftants.
—He acted in concert with his father during the progrefs
of the rebellion ; whofe example he followed in protecting
the Englifh, and endeavouring to reflore peace to the king-
dom: " of which K. Charles II. was abundantly fatisfied,
and particularly by certificate of the Maiquefs of Ormond,
and other good testimonies, that he was very active and

u earnefl

Supreme Council at Kilkenny ; and died in September 1677, having {even
fons, Sir Richard, Henry, Jame ■-, Francis, Chriftopher, Marrion, and AI-
fon r ; and a daughter Helen, the firft wife of Sir John Hales of Woodchuich
in Kent, Bart — Sir Richard, the elJeft fon, was Secretary and Treafurer
of the Houfhold to K. Charles the lid's Queen, and marrying in December
1670 Frances, daughter and heir to Sir John Arundel of Langherne in Corn-
wall, his children by her (who died 6 December 1 7 r 3, JEt. 6z) were obliged
to take the 1 ame of Arundel, to enable them to inherit her eftate ; whereof
Mary (or Catharine) was married to Sir John Fleming of Staholmuck (fon of
James, third fon of William Lord Slane) and the eldeft fon Richard Arundel
Beaiing rf Langherne, Efq. married Anne, filler of Thomas, Vifcount Gage,
and dying in Feb uary 1724 left two daughters his coheirs, Frances, married
2,1 June 1733 to Sir John Gitfard of Bvrftall in Leicefterfhire, Ban. who died
in June 1736, and was there buried ; and Mary 2,7 January 1738 to Henry, then
eldeft fon of Henrv, Lord Arundel of Wardour, whom he fucceeded in 1746,
and had two fons, Henry, born 1 1 April 1740; and Thomas 4 October 1742 ;
his Lordfhp dying I?, September 1756, was fucceeded by Henry, who, 31
May 1762, mariied Maria-Chriftina, only daughter and heir to Benedict Con-
qucft of Jrnham in county of Lincoln, by whom his Lordfhip has iffue 2.

Lodge Colka.

Collins. V. 7. p, 54,

' BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 69

" earned to incline the Irifh to a fubmiflion to K. Charles L
" in 1646, and did then folemnly publiih the peace in the
" city of Kilkenny, whereof he was governor, for which he
" was committed by the oppofers thereof, who kept him
<e in durance for the fpace oi three months ; yet, after the
<c interruption of that peace, he ufed his urmofl: endeavours
** to reftore it ; correfponded with the Marquefs, then
" L. L. ; offered to come to him to Dublin ; and followed
(l him to France, where he tendered his fervice to the
" King ; attended the Marquefs to Ireland in 1648, and
" conftantly adhered to his Majefty's authority, employing
«' both his pcrfon and purfe in his fervice ; afting as Co-
" lonel of a foot regiment and Captain of horfe in his army,
** until the Marquefs's recefle from Ireland ; with whom
«* he went again into France, and attended his Majefty's
" fortunes abroad, ferving as a Captain of Foot in his ar-
** my. The King therefore being fenfible of the many
<l hardfhips his Lordfhip had fuffered for him, both at
(C .home and abroad, conceived himfelf bound in honour
H and juftice, to re-eftablifh him in the pofleflion of his
" eftate, whereof he had been deprived by or under colour
«* of any actings of any ufurped power in Ireland ; and
" accordingly in his public declaration touching Ireland,
<c provided for him by name, as meriting a particular re-
" ward and favour ; and to render that intended grace the
" more fpeedy and effectual, his Majefty, by letter from
i6 Whitehall1 1 March 1660, required that fpecial care
** might be taken for his immediate reftoration and efta-
" blifhment in his eftate," which was performed according-
ly by the acls of fettlement ; his Lordmip having received a
pardon, dated at Weftminfter 12 December before, for all
treafons, levying of war, rebellions, infurrections, &c.
committed before 10 June 1659, and 12 July 1670, had an
abatement of the quit-rents, impofed on his eftate, by the
a£ts of fettlement z.

He married to his firft wife the Lady Dorothy Touchet,
fecond daughter of Mervyn, Earl of Caftlehaven, and by
her, who died at Park's-Grove, near Ballyragget, 10 Fe-
bruary (being Shrove-Tuefday) 1634, and was buried
the 1 1 in the Cathedral of St. Canice, Kilkenny 3, had

two

* Rot. Can. 130. Car. II. 3. p, f. R. €. 2 Lodge. * Idem.

70 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

two Tons and two daughters ; Richard, his fuccefTor ; James,
who died young ; Margaret, who died unmarried ; and
Elizabeth, married to ■■ Sutton of the county of Wex-

ford. He married, fecondly, in 1637 Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir George Simeons of Brightweil in the county of Ox-
ford, Km. by his firft wife Mary, daughter of Edward,
LordVaux, of Harrowden, and dying in 1679*, (opprefled
with age and infirmities, having been for fome time bed-
fid) had iiTue by his fecond wife, who died 18 February
1673 l9 and was buried at St. Michan's, Dublin, a daugh-
ter Elizabeth, and a fon
Fmviyof Edward Butler of Ballyragget, Efq. for whofe restoration
Ballyrag- to his eftate of Ballyragget, Ballymartln, Knockroe, Da-
ge( merftown, cVc. (fettled on him by a fine, levied 1 3 Decem-
ber 167^) chargeable with icool. for the fortune of his filler
Elizabeth z, which had been poflefTed by Colonel Daniel Ax-
tell, the King fent his directions 4 December 1660, in
purfuance whereof he was confirmed therein by the a£ts of
fettlement. — He married Elizabeth, daughter of George
Mathew of Th.omaff.own in Tipperary, Efq; by whom he
had three fons ; Edmund, who 13 October 1694 married
Rofe, daughter of O'Neile, of Dublin Efq. and died with-
out iflue ; George ; Pierce, who died childlefs ; and a daugh-
ter Anne, married to Dudley Bagenal of Dunleckney in the
county of Carlow, Efq; and was mother of Walter Bage-
nal, Efq; who died in 1745, leaving Beauchamp his heir,
and other children.

George Butler of Ballyragget, Efq; 20 May 1700 3 mar-
ried Catharine, eldeft daughter of John, Lord Kingfton, he
died if 9 September f 1752, having had iflue by her who died
in April 1762, three fons and two daughters ; James, Ed-
mund, born in 1721 ; Gerald-Alexander in 1725 ; Mary,
married to Ralph Standifh-Howard, Efq . only fon to
Ralph Standifh, of Standifh-Hall in Lancafhire,Efq; (and by
him, who died of the fmaii-pox at Kilkenny in April 1735,

had

all h

By his will dated 13 October 1673, he bequeathed to his fon Edward,
nis g^ods and chattel", rents, debts and credits, and appointed him execu-
tor ; and by a codicil d;ued i8 June 1678 (proved 24 June 1679) gave to his
fon Ri< hard, a horfe of 10I. price or iol. to hfty one •, to his daughter Sutton
10I. to his filler Elizabeth Bmler of Paulftown, iol. to h.s filler Ellis Fitz-
Patr ck iol. and to his uncle Theobald Butler of Tynehinch iol.*

-f He mede his will 1 Augult 1750 and left her lole executrix and heir. S

1 Lifter's Office. s Lodge. 3 Carriage Articles 14 February

1695 {whereby (he had a,§ool. fortune, and a jointure of 500I. per ann.
* Prcrog. Office. * Idem.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. 71

had one Ton, born 22 October following) and Frances, married
1 5 November 1 740 to Sir James Stanley of Nether- Alderley
in Chefhire, Bart, whofe great-grand-father Thomas 25
June 1660 was advanced to that dignity. — - — James But-
ler, Efq. the eldeft fon, born in March 1 711, married on
18 May 1734 Frances, daughter and heir to Robert Dillon
of King-ftreet, Dublin, Efq. Counsellor at Law, (who died

6 March 1735, and lies buried under a table monument in
St. James's Church- yard) bv his nrft wife Mary, and fhe
died in childbirth ofthefaid Frances, being the firft child *,
eldeft daughter of Sir Richard Talbot, of Malahide, Efq;
(who died in Augaft 1 703) by his wife Frances, daughter
of Sir Robert Talbot, of Cartown, Bart, and deceafing at
Ballyragget 20 March 1 746, had ifTue by her, who died 1 7
November 1749, George, who died 10 March 1735, an^
was buried with his grandfather at St. James's ; Robert,
who married firft the daughter of Lord Bellew, fecondly,

7 September ^79, Elizabeth daughter of Marmaduke,
late Lord Langdale, and dying in June 1 788, was Succeed-
ed in his eftates by his next furviving brother James, ti-
tular archbifhop of Cafhel ; Edward, James, George and
Mary.

Richard, the fifth Vifcount Mountgarret, in the reign of Richard,
Charles II. ferved abroad as Captain in the French army, -5
but, after K. James's acceflion to the throne, returned to ' count*
Ireland, was made a Captain of Horfe, and 4 June 1689
led on the Forlorn Flope againft the city of London-
derry, when he was taken prifoner, for which and his
other Services, he was outlawed and forfeited his eftate ;
29 October 1692 he laid claim to his Seat in Parliament, and
took the oath of fidelity ; but being required to take the
oath of fupremacy, and make and SubScribe the declaration
according to act" of Parliament, he refufed So to do, decla-
ring it was not agreeable to his conScience2; whereupon the
Lord Chancellor acquainted him, that he knew the conSe-
quence of his refufal was, he could not Sit in that HouSe ;
and 19 October 1698 the Lords came to this reSoIution :
That thoSe Lords, whoSe anceftors (land outlawed, fhall not
{it in this Houfe, nor their names be continued in the roll of
this Houfe in right of Such anceftors. And, that Such
Lords, who ftand outlawed on record, fhall not have pri-
vilege

1 Lodge, Colleft, ' Lord's Jour. I. 466".

72 BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

vi'ege to fit in this Houfe, but ought to be {truck out of the
roll of this Houfe '. From which privileges (though the out-
lawry was reverf d) this noble family was excluded, on ac-
count of their religion, except Richard the feventh, and
Edmund the ninth Lord, who conformed to the eftablifhed
Protectant religion, in which perfuafion he educated his fon.
H.s Lordfhip married firft Emilia, daughter of William
B'undel ofCrufby in the county of Lancafter, Efq; by whom
he had t^ree fons, Edmund his heir ; Richard, and John,
whofe pcfle ity refid? abroad, ar.d two fons and a daughter,
who died younsc. His fecond wife was Margaret, only
daughter oT Richard Shee of SheeVCourt, Efq; and widow
of Gi'bcrt Butler, by whom he had no ilTue, and d)ing in
February ^06, was fucceeded by his eldeft fon*

Edmund

* iH N >vember 171 $, he complnincd ti the Houre of Peers of a breach of
privilege committed aga^n hi.-., -he., their LorcfhifK a r pointed a commit-
tee tc c;q"jirc\vhethe his ather Richard o any of hi*- anceftrs, under whom
he derived his h.,n ur, is or were cu.lawed of high treaion, and whether luch
out'awry 1 r outlawries lemain of !"orcc : An up n the repo t fiom the faid
Lo:d c mmittee?, it a pcared to the Houfe, that the outlawry of Richard,
Lord Vifcoun^ Mountgarret, for the rebell on of 1641, w.sn t reverfed.
Where, port, they < rde id lis Lordlhip's r.a.—e to be exjunged out of the lift

of Pe.rs But hs Lo dfh'p a*, that time, not being able to offer fi ffi.:ient

pr-ofs of the rcVeria! of the ai outjawiies, deferred doing fo, until 5 October
i->2< when, by P-t'tion, he prayed the aforefaid prem ,e« to be taken into
confiderati >n, an i to -ran him a re-h.arir,g. The p:tit;-n was referred to
afeleflc mm;ttee ou'a 1 hcL rdsprefent; nJ the LordVifcount Strabane te-
port -d f m the faid Lord committee?, that, -n examination of the matter
to ihm referred, and from th. tefti noi y of Mr. Th'ady D nn, it appeared,
th- 1 Phil p Savage, Ffq. in the year 1687, was Clerk of the Crown of the
Court c>f King's Bench, ar.d -.he fa. d Dunn produced an affid. vit, /worn by the
fa d Philip SaVuge, be ore G< d'rey B^ate, Elq. one of the Judges of t':e laid
Court, 24 Nov. 1716, which the Lord;, committees thought proper to lay be-
fore th : H ufe, and is as foil ws :

Ph lip Savage, E q; la'e Cle'.k of th^ Crown and Prothon -ta y of his Ma-
iefty' Court c?f King's Bench, Ireland, came this day before ire, and made
oath on the Holy Ev ngeMs, that he being in Trinity Term, 1687, and for
fever-1! y a. sbi ore aid after, and unt 1 them n h of Auguft 1715, Clerk of
theC .wn ad P-oth noiary of the faid Court f King'- Bench, did, pursuant
to ih. ann xed 1 uies of the laid Court of Ki g'c B . ich, iojune i687,cau!e re-
co.ds of judgment of reverial of two feve al outlawries, grounded n indict-
ments -,f hi° re fon, viz. one in the county Cork, and the other in the county
Kli re, al edged to be comm tte t by Richard, (heretofore) Lord Vi:count
IA >untgarret, in the rebell 01, whi h br.'ke out in this k^t.gdom, 2.3 October
1641 to be m^de up_ and enrolled, 1 or which this deponent did ab( ut that
tim. receive the fees due to h m ;~or making up and enrolling the fame ; and
th ' d.p nent is very i'uie the fame were made and enrolled accordingly, he
having perufed and o "ten !een the faid roll ^n the laid office, and did, by order
of the Houfe of Peers of Ireland, caufe certificates of the faid reverl'al to be made

out
1 Lord's Jour. I. 5^o.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 73

Edmund, the fixth Vifcount, who by petition to the Edmund
Houfe of Lords 5 O& ber Vjt\* claimed his privilege of 6
Parliament; which (upon full proof that the outlawry of vi^unt,

Richard,

out and certified to the H.ufe cf Peers, and t-> the Ki g at Arm? of the faid
kingdom, the fi ft t m*. the Parliament .at n this kingd.m .it r the rebellion,
which was n the ye ir i*>88 ; and this deponent further d.po cth, that though
there were e eral writs of eiror brought to rev^r e the outlawries aga nft fe-
veral other L .d of the fail kingdom, for trie laid re'reld n of 1^41, who.'e
heirs brought inch wr.t of e.ror as ar re)a d, and obtained the like rules tor
their re ver fa I, yet they were not revered, nor t.'e records of their rcverfal
made up and enrolled, by reaion none c{ ih_m required the lame t be done,
except the faid Lord Vifc . nt Mo .n. a. ret, and Piene, heretofore Lord
Vifcount Ikerrine, whole records of rcvcnai were made up and enr lied, as
aforefaid. And this deponent further d.pofuh, that everal recoids cf hsfaid
office, being in the 1 te tr ubles n this kingd m, removed to feveral places,
to be for fafe cuftody ke> t, ind likew.le biitxs to this dvp'.n.n 's certain know-
ledge, everal times c; rritd y tnis deponent's clepuy to the Houfe of Peers,
and co the late t uftees of forte tures in th s k ngdom, puriuant to an act of
Parliament made .n Ei;gl ad, the faid record-, f .he ieverfal of the laid L rd
Mruntgarret', laid outlawries, are, by that means, as this deponent verily
believes, miflaid.

Jur. c -r me 24° D'e
Novemb i 17 16.
P. SAVAGE. GODFREY BUATE.

Said Dunn further derof d, that a motion was made in the Court of King**
Bench, upon the faidSavaie'.s affidavit, in Michaelmas term 17 16, a he
believed, but no rule was made there- n. — And Rioh'id Butler, Efq; d^po-
fed^ that he was in the Curt of King's Bench, when the laid Cou t was
moved by Sir Richard Levinge, then a Council at the Bar, up.-.n the 'aid Sa-
vage's affidavit, to have the record made up of the reversal of the outlawry of
Richad, late L rd Vifcount Mot i.fgarret, in the year 1641 ; but th t Lord
Ch. J. Whitfhead, upon inquiry whethei the Attorney General had been at-
tended, and being informed that he was net, the Court thought proper not to
m ke any rvle thereupon. A 1 which ihe Lords committees thought fit to lay
before the Houfe, and i; fnbmitted to your L -rdfhips.

The resolution of thisHn:ie < f 16 December 17:5, was then read.

Relolved, that up->n reading the j urnals of this Hou e, and confidexatloa
had of the report marie by the Loroscomm ttec , to whom the to-.fid^ ration
of the pet'tion of Edmund Butler, late uprn the roll f Peers of ths Houfe, by
the name of Edmund, Lord Vifcount Mount?;irret, was referred, it appears
to this Houfe, that the two outl wries o. Richard, Lord Vi c nt Mount-
garret, for the rebellion, which began in thib kingdom on 23 October 1641,
are reverfed.

The order for expunging the name of Edmund Lord Vifcount Mountgarret
out of the lift of Peer? of the Houfe, 16 December 1715, b.in? then read,
it is ordered by the Lords in Parliament affembled, that Ulftei King f Arms
do forthwith infert into the lift of Peers of this Houfe, the name of Lid Ed»
mundLord Vifcount Mruntgarret.

Puriuant to thefe reioh ti ns of the Lord" in his favour, he delivered hi*
writ of fummons in the ufual manner 9 October, and tcok the ath of alle-
giance % but the declarati n 1 nd oath of abjuiation b.ingread to h m, he re-
fufed to take the one, or make the other, but defired leave to confider there-
of* and then withdrew. (Lord's Jour. II, 461. 46i. 700. 701. 70a.)

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

£ "chard,

7
Vifeount.

fames,
J 8
Vifeount.

£dmund,

Vifeount.-

Idrnund,

Vifccunt.

Richard, Lord Mountgarret, for the rebellion of 16*41, had
been reverfed in the year 1687) being al owed by a refolu-
tion of the Houfe, he delivered hi* writ of fummons the
q of that month, and took the oath of allegiance. — He mar-
ried tirO: Mary, daughter of a — — — Buchanan of London-
derry, Efq. and fecondly Elizabeth, widow of Oliver
Grace of Snanganagh in the Queen's County, Efq. which
Oliver died 8 June 170 , and his Lady dying in London 13
Tune 1736, was buried in the church of St. Giles in the
fields ; and his Lcrdfhip departing this life in Dublin 25 Ju-
ly 1735, was buried in St. Canice, Kilkenny, having iilue
three ions, fucceffive Lords of Mountgarret, and one fur-
viving daughter Emilia, married in 1 ~ j.1, to Hugh Reilly of
Ballinlough in county of Mcath, Efq. who dying without
i{Fue, he re-married Elinor, only daughter of Sir Daniel
O'Neife, Bart, and dying 8 Augufi 1761, set. 77 left a fon
of that place !.

Richard, the elded fon and feventh Vifeount, took his
feat in Parliament 7 Oftobtr I7352, but did not long enjoy
the honour; deceafing in Dublin 14 May 1736, he was
buried at St. George's Church. 19 Oclober 171 1 he mar-
ried 3 Catharine, filler to Charles O'Neile of Edenduffe-
carrick or Shane's Cattle in the County of Antrim, Efq,
and leaving no iilue by her, who died 15 April 1 739, and
•was buried at St, Michan's, Dublin, the honour devolved
on his brother

James, the eighth Vifeount, who ferved many years in the
Emperor's army ; and in the campaign on the Rhine againft
the Erench in I "35, fignalized himfelf. — rn January 1735
he married Margaret, fecond daughter of John, Lord Trim-
Jefton, but dying fuddenlv without ifiue 13 May 1 74.-9 was
fucceeded by his only brother

Edmund, the ninth Vifeount Mountgarret, who conformed
to the eflablifhed church 7 November 1736, -and 10 Octo-
ber ! 749 took his feat in Parliament4. He married Anne,
eldefr. daughter of Major Toby Purcell of Ballymartin and
Cloghpooke in the county of Kilkenny, and died 6 March
1750, leaving by her who died in June 1764, an only
fon

Edmund, the tenth Vifeount, fworn a Barrifcer at Law
25 November 1749 , took his feat in the Houfe of Peers

11 November

* Lord's Journals III. 719.

LordV Jcur. III. 301.

3 Articles of that date..

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 75

11 November 17 51 J. In 17 44 he married Charlotte, fecond
daughter of Simon Bradftreet, Efq;* Counfellor at Law,
and by her who died at Paris 27 March 1778, and was in-
terred at Barony Church, near Ballyconra, had iiTue three
fons and two daughters, viz.

Edmund, his fucceflbr. (,)

Richard2, entered into holy orders and was preferred /2\
to the rectory and vicarage of Tullophelim in county of
Carlow.

Simon 3, Counfellor at Law. (3)

Daughter, Elinor 4 died 28 April 1762, get. 15 unmar- (i)
ried ; and was buried at Barony Church.

Anne-Emilia 5, unmarried. ^

His Lordlhip deceafing 9 February 1779, was interred
with his Lady in Barony Church near Ballyconra in coun*-
ty of Kilkenny, and was fucceedcd by his elded fon

Edmund, the eleventh and prefent Vifcount, who was Edmund
born 27 July 1745, took his feat in Parliament 26Novem- 11
ber 1779 6» and married 7 October 1768 to Lady Henrietta v,fcoun*»
Butler7, (born 15 Auguft 1750) youngefl daughter of So-
merfet Hamilton the eighth Earl of Carrick, and by her who
deceafed in 1785, his Lordlhip has iflue four fons and one
daughter, viz,

Edmund, born 6 January 17 71 8. (1)

Somerfet-Richard, born in December 1771 9„ ^j

Henry, born in February 1773 IO- (?)

Pierce, born 6 May 1774 n. ,.

Daughter, Charlotte-Juliana, born 6 Auguft 1778 I2. ,

Titles.] (i'

* Simon Bradflreet, Efq; Counfellor at Law, was created a Baronet 14

July 1759; he married the daughter of Bradltreet, of Kilkenny, E:q.

and died 26 A-ri! 1762, leaving iflue by his relief, who deceafed 25 December
1779, Sir Simon the fecond Bart, who married 9 October 1755, Anne,
daughter o. the late and After to the prefent Right Hon. Sir Henry Caven-
difh, Bart, and dying w ithout iflue, was fucceeded by his only brother Sir Sa-
muel, Barrifter at Law, chofen Recorder of Dublin, which city he reprc-
iented in Parliament, till 13 J muary 1784, when he wasconftitutcd a Juftice
©f the Court of King's Bench. The daughters were, Emilia, married to
Colonel Zobell, deceafed ; and Charlotte, married as before. (Colkttioas )

» Lord's Jour. 111. 790. 2 user's Office. 3 Id. * Id.

5 Id. « Lord's Jour. V. 141. 7 Ulfter's Oflice. 8 Id.

5 Id. 1© Id. " Id. I2 Id.

76 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

Titles.] Edmund Butler, Vifcount of Mountgarret,
and Baron of Keifs.

Creation.] V. of Mountgarret in the county of Wex-
ford, 23 October 1 550, 5 Row. VI.

Arms.] Topaz,, a Chief indented, Sapbire, a Crefcent
for difference ; or within a Border, Gules, at pleafure.

Crest.] In a ducal coronet, topaz, a plume of five Of-
trich feathers, and thence a Falcon arifing, all pearl.

Supporters.] The dexter, a Falcon with wings ex-
panded, pearl beaked and membered topaz. The fmiiler,
a male Gryphon, pearl, with beak, rays, plain collar and
chain, gold.

Motto.] Depressus Extollor.

Seat.] Ballyconra in county of Kilkenny, 8 miles from
Kilkenny, and 58 from Dublin.

^*»»^^>^^«^^

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

2 1 HAT this illuftrious family hath been feated in the

county of Leicefter, and poffefled a fair inheritance there
for many ages, is evident from Burton's hiftory of that coun-
ty, under the title of Brookefby, their chief feat ; and they
derived their origin from the noble houfe of Villiers, Lords
of LiQe-Adam in the Dutchy of Normandy, of which Houfe
were many eminent perfons in France ; but the founder of
Paganus. this noble branch of the family was Paganus de Villers,
Villiers, Vileres, Villars, Vylars, Efq; (for fo the name,
like others of long duration, was varioufly written, and, as
Dr. Fuller obferves, fourteen feveral ways in their own
evidences) who came into England at the time of the con-
queft, and foon after was Lord of Crofby in the county of
Lancafter, and of Kinaton and Newbold in the county of
Nottingham, which he held of the Butlers of Werrington,
and which his pofterity enjoyed until the reign of K. Edward
III. but Crofby went off to the family of Molyneux, by

Beatrix,

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 7?

Beatrix, daughter and heir to Robert de Villers, fen of
Alan, fon of the faid Pagan.

Which Pagan, was a witnefs to the Foundation Charter
of Roger of Poiciou to the monaftery of Lancafter ; and to
him (fays Sir William Dugdale) fucceeded Gilbert de Vil-
liers, probably his fon, after whom, till the reign of K. Ed-
ward I. are enumerated by that author and others, without
any direct, chain of fuccefiion, the names of another Gilbert,
Roger, or Robert, who had ifiue Robert, the father of
William ; and another William the fen of Alexander, and
Benedict, de Vylar ; but Dr. Thorcton, in his hiftory of
Nottin^hamfhire, fets the original of the family in a clearer
light, fo long as it fubfifted at Newbold, and other places
in that country.

Paa;anus de Villiers before mentioned, who was firft en-
feoffed in Newbold, gave to Alan his fen five carucates of
land, in Knight's fervice ; and to the hofpital of Jerufa-
lem, one carucate in Bekanefhou, in Alms. Ke likewife
gave to his fon William de Vylers, the lands of Newbold, Williana.
to hold by Knight's fervice. Alan, the younger fen, had
iflue Robert, whofe daughter and heir Beatrix was married
to Robert Molyneux, of Sephton, in Lancafhire, as alrea-
dy obferved -, and William the elder, was the father of Paga- Paganu*,
nus de Vylers, a man of great note, who in Henry II. reign
granted to Roger, Archbiihop of York, and his fuccefTors,
for the ufe of hofpitality, and that no other perfon mould
be inftituted into the church of Kyneldcftowe, the whole
garden, as well belonging to the church, as not, four bo-
vats of land and one toft ; and alfo twelve acres of his own
gift, with common of pafture through the whole territory
of the town ; to which grant were above fixty witneffes.
And the faid King confirmed the gift of this Pagan, and
his father William, to the abbey of Swindled in Lincoln-
mire, of divers lands, and the whole Broufe which belonged
to Newbold.

He had iffue feveral children, viz. 2 William his heir ; Sir
Matthew of Crophill, who had an only daughter Beatrix ;
Alan (father of Sir Robert Vylers of Outhorpe) Thomas j
and Richard ; who were all benefactors to the priory ofFif-
carton upon Trent, the church of St. Peter and monaftery
of Thurgarton, the canons of Hokefworth, the priory of St.
Cuthbert of Radford, &rc.

William,

William.
£ir Pagan.

Alexander.

7g VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

William. William, the eldeft fori, who fucceeded at Newbolt, gave

to God and the church of Thurgarton, four bovats of land,
with tofts and crofts in the territory of Outhorpe, for which
the canons gave him thirty marcs of filver, and the grant
was confirmed by K. Edward III. By his wife Petroniila,
who 13 Hen. Ill was his widow, and then claimed againfl:
Alexander de Vylers, four bovats of land, one-third of a
bovat, and three tofts in Newbolt as her dower l ; he had

John. John de Villers of Newbolt, who held a Knisrht's fee there

and at Outhorpe, and the fourth part of a Knight's fee at
Calverton of the honour of Lancafter, and confirmed to the
church at Thurgarton all they held of his fee of Outhorpe,
free from all fervices except fcutage and ward, of the honour
of Lancafler,- — He was father of William de Villers, living 9
Edward I. who by Clementina his wife, hadifTue Sir Pagan
deVillars, of Kinalton and Newbold, living there 11 Ed-
ward III. on whofe feals were fix lioncels. But the firil
that fettled at Brookefby, and was the immediate anceftor
of this noble family, was Alexander de Vylers, the fon of
John, a defcendant from the faid family of Newbolt.

"Which Alexander bv his Attorney, appeared againfl Gil-
bert de Glen, Chaplain, in a plea, that he fhculd pay eight
marcs, the arrears of an annual rent of four marcs, then

Si V h - GwiAg *• ^e was ^e ^at^er °f Sir Nicholas de Villers, who
ks/ attending K. Edward I. into the Holy Land, to aflift in his

wars againfl: the infidels, took on him the crofs of St. George,
the patron of his country, charged with five efcallop fhells,
to exprefs the reafon of his expedition, being ancient badg-
es of thofe croifades, which hath continued to be the coat-
armour of the family, whofe bearing before was fable,
three cinquefoils argent, and fometimes a fefs between
them ; both which are engraven in the church of Beby in
Leiccilerfhire.

He married Maud, daughter and coheir to Sir John
Hyde, of Hyde-Hall in the county of Hertford, widow of
Thomas Jocelyn, Efqj and left two fons, Francis and Gef-
frey, the elder whereof fucceeded at Brookefby, and for his
fervice to K. Edward II. and III. in their wars, was made
a Knight ; but dying without iflue, 20 Edward III. left Ag-
nes his wife furviving, whom that King, in confideration
.pfher huftiand's fervices, (llylinghim Francifcus chara Me-

trior ia)

1 kodge'e ColkaioRS, * Idem.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. p;

mono) recommended to the provifion of the abbefs of Bark-
ing.

Geffrey, fucceeding hife brother at Brookefby, Was, 26 G«ifcey*
Edward III. Knight of the (hire for Leicester ; and
to him fucceeded John his fon, Lord of Brookefby, jofca,
who married to his fir ft wife Jean, filter and coheir to Si-
mon Pakeman, of Kirby in the county of Leicefter, by
whom he had three fons, Richard, John, and Alexander \
and a daughter Beatrix, married to Sir John Bagot, of
Blithfield, in county of Stafford, Knt. ■ His fecon'd wife
Margaret, was living 15 Richard II. at which timt the elder!
fon by the firft wife died, viz, on the Sunday preceding the
nativity of St. John Baptift, then feized of the manor of
Brookefby, and of the advowfon of the church, held of the
King, as of the honour of Chefter, by the fervice of half a
Knight's fee, &rc. leaving

John his heir, aged eleven years and an half, who rnar- r0te,
ried Joan, daughter of William Mcering, and died on the
feaft of St. Catharine, 4 Henry V. feized of the manor of
Brookefby, with the advowfon, and other lands in Leicefter-
fhire, leaving John his fon and heir, twelve years old and
upwards, who dying in his minority the King's ward, Wil- W3$am>
fiam his brother fucceeded, who married Joan, daughter of
John Bellers, and coheir to her brother John, a worthy,
rich, and noble family, dwelling at Kirkby-Bellers in the
county of Leicefter ; and dying 20 Henry VI. had iffue, John
his heir; and Bartholomew, who married Margaret, daugh-
ter of Thomas Holland, the eider, Earl of Kent and Lord
Wake, and coheir to her brother Edmund ; they lie buried
at WyiTundine in the county of Rutland, under an alabafter
tomb in the Chancel, but fo much defaced, that the date
and pedigree of the wife do not appear. The inscription is
as follows :

Hie Jacent Bartholomews Villars, fecundus Films
Wml Villars de Brokefbv, et Margareta Uxor ejus,

Una Filiarum et Hasredum de Whytftondyn,

Qui obiit xx die Martii .... quorum Animarum
propitietur Deus. Amen.

John,

« Collin's Peerage IV. 173.

80 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

John. John, the elded fon, died before his father, and having

married Elizabeth, daughter of John Southhill, of Evering-
harn in the county of York, Efq. had ifTue a daughter Eli-
zabeth, and iour fons, viz. John, fucceffor to his grandfa-
ther ; Thomas, a citizen of London, who died without if-
fue in the reign of Henry VII. Chriftopher, feated at Bur-
ftall, was fhenff of the counties of Leicefter and Warwick,
22 Henry VIII. and died without children 5 Auguft 1 '.37 ;
and William Villiers, Cleik, LL. B. Matter of the Chantry
in the Church of Mamon in Rutlandfhire *.
lohn. John, who fucceeded his grandfather in the lordfhip of

Brookefby 20 Henry VI. was fhei iff that year of the counties
of Leicefter and Warwick, as he alfo was 6, 10, and 15
years of Henry VII. and of the county of Lincoln 14 Ed-
ward IV. On 14 November 1501 he was made a Knight
at the marriage of Pi ince Arthur, with Catharine, daughter
of Ferdinando King of Spain, in the cathedral church of St.
Paul, London ; and at the marriage of Margaret, eldefl
daughter of K. Henry VII. to James IV. King of Scots,
25 January I5O.7, he was that day Sewer to her Highnefs at
dinner He departed this life 3 December 1 50 ", leaving by
Agnes, daughter of John Dieby, of CoIeVHiH, in the
county of Warwick, Efq; a daughter Winired, to whom
he affigned lands for life, and eight Tons, viz. John ;
George; Thomas; William; fucceffive potTeffors of
Brookefby ; Edward, (who died poffeffed of lands at Flower
and Howthorp, in the county of Northampton, 26 Ji'ne
1 51 3, whofe grandfon Edward Villiers, of Howrhorpe,
Efq; was the lafl heir male of that place, leaving only
daughters, whereof Elizabeth was married in i^ioto George
Bathurft, in her right, of Howthorpe, Efq. and 1 y him had
four daughters andtwelve fons, feveral of wht m d ed in the
fervice of K.Charles I. and of thofe that furvived, Benjamin

the

* In which church is this memorandum cut on a brafs plate fixed in the
aorth wall :

Orate pro Animabus Masnftro-. W' Viller- in

Legibus Baccalla n quondam Magifti huju* Can-

tarias, Thome Vellers Fratris ejj'dem, Ci i« et Pannarii

Ci< itatis Lood n ac Rob1. Ne t n in Deere ti Ba^cal-

larii, quondam Ar prehentic'i di£Vi Thor-c, poiteaqueMa-

giftrihuju^Cantaric;, qui mult Bona tidem Cantarie con-

tulit, ac, £difid:i rejaravit, pa entum et B nefaitor. fuor.

-Quo;. Aaimabuspropitietur Deus,, Amen. (Wright's Rutland, p. 86". J

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. g|

the youngeft was anceftor to Earl Bathurfl, and Mary
was the wife of Calcot Chambre, of Carnew, in the county
of Wicklow, Kfq. who died 20 October r 63^, and wis
there buried) ; Leonard -3 Bartholomew ; and Anthony of
Cotnefs, in Yorkmire, of which he died poflefTed in

154-7-

Sir John Villiers of Brookefby, the elded fon, was Sheriff

of the counties of Leicester and Warwick, .-3 and 2Q Hen.
VIII. in whofe -6 year he died, set. 56, and was buried in
the chancel of the church of Brookefby ; leaving iffue by his
wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Winger, an only daughter
Dorothy, married to Francis Browrr, Gent, his brother
George fucceeded to the manors of B cckefby and Houby*
with the advowfons of thofe churches, which he enjoyed
hut a fhort time; dvjng feized of them, and of the ma-
nors of Siwolby and Burftall, 29 Auguft, 38 Henry VIIL
leaving ifl'ue by Joan, daughter of John Harrington, of
Basjworth in the county ot Leicefter, Richard his heir^
aged three years, and a daughter Elizabeth, heir to her
brother, who being married ro Sir Edward Waterhoufe,
of Helmfledbury in Hertfordfhire, died without if-
fue *.

To George of Brooke fov, fucceeded his brother Thomas
who had before been feated at Wolfhy, hue leaving- only
one daughter Dorothy, married to William Smith, of the
county of Leicefter, Efq. (whofe only child and heir, Ag-
nes, was married to James Park of London) the eftate de-
volved on William Villiers, Efq. his next brother; who William,
married Colletta, daughter and heir to Richard Clarke, of
the county of Huntingdon, Efq. widow of Richard Beau-
mont, of Coleoverton in Leicefterfhire, Efq. and dying 1
November 1558, left George Villiers, of Brookefby, Efq. Sir George.

Vol. IV. G his

youn
divor

* He removed into Ireland and lived at Drogheda ; and fhe being very
ung at the time of" her marriage^ was afterward; at her ^wn requeft,
a^orcedfrom him, by Thomas Ar hbifKoo of Armagh ; from which fentence
he appealing 26 March 1578, the Qj'een iffued a commiffi n to George Aid-
worth, LL. D. Thomas Cre ft', Precentor of St, Patrick's, and Thomas
Jones, Chancellor of that church ; fco enquire into that matter and do juftice^
whereupon they decreed the divorce firm and valid, en the 29 of that month.
He was a man of fuch experience and fidelity in affairs of ftate, that the L D.
Perrot confaltedhim on every cccafi-n ; by whom he was knighted 22 June
1 584, called into the Privy Council, ani made Chancellor of the Exchequer i
He was very inftrumental in modelling the kingdom into counties; and dying
at Woodchurch 1 5 Qilober 1591, withcut iffue, was there burisd.

U VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

his heir, aged 14 years or more at his father's death, who was
SherifTof the county of Leicefterin 1^91, and having received
the honour of knighthood, departed this life 4 January
1605-6, and was buried in the chapel of St. Nicholas, Weft-
minfter-Abbey, where, in the midft of the floor, is a
raifed tomb of the finefr. black and white marble, with
the effigies of a Knight, armed with an helmet, and
by his fide a lady in her robes, with this infcrip*
tion:

Bonse Memoriae

Georgio Villerio Equiti Aurato, Marito

B. M. juxta fe P. clariflima Conjux,

Maria Comitiffa Buckinghamiae

S. P. F. F.

He married to his firfl: wife Audrey, daughter and heir
to William Saunders, of Harrington in the county of North-
ampton, Efq. and by her, who died 1 May 1587, had two
fons and three daughters, viz.

(0 Sir William Villiers, hereafter mentioned.

(*) Sir Edward Villiers, anceftor to George-BufTy, now Vif-

count Grandifon.

(0 Daughter Elizabeth, married to Sir John Boteler (or But-

ler) of Hatfield- Woodhall in the county of Hertford, Knt.
and Bart, created in 1625 Lord Butler of Brantfield, by whom
{he had fix fons and as many daughters, five of which fons
died unmarried before their father, and William his fuccef-
fof, dying alfo a batchelor, the daughters became coheirs *,
and were Audrey (married firft to Sir Francis Anderfon,
Knt. by whom me was mother of Sir John Anderfon, of St.
Ives in Huntingdonshire, created a Baronet 3 January 1628,
who dying without ifTiie that title ceafed; and fecondly to
Sir Francis Leigh, Bart, created Earl of Chichefter, whofe
three daughters and coheirs were, Audrey, Elizabeth
married to Thomas Earl of Southampton, and Mary to Geo.
Lord Grandifon) ; Hellen (married to Sir John Drake, of
Afhe in the county of Devon, whofe daughter Elizabeth was
mother of John Churchill, the iHuftrious Duke of Marlbo-
rough) ; Jane (firft married to James Ley, Earl of Marl-
borough,

* George, Vifcount Grandifon, purchase! their interert: in their father's and
brother's inheritance, and became pofiefied of the manor of Brantfield.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 83

borough, Lord High Treafurer of England and Prefident of
the Council, to whom me was third wife, and had no chil-
dren ; and fecondly to Colonel William Afliburnham) ;
Olivia (to Endymion Porter, Efq.); Mary (to Edward Lord
Howard of Efcrick) ; and Anne, firft to Mountjoy Blount,
Earl of Newport, by whom {he had three fons, George,
Charles, and Henry, fucceflive Earls of Newport; and fe-
condly to Thomas Wefton, the late Earl of Portland, by
whom no iffue.

Anne, married to Sir William Wafliington, of Packing- (a)
ton in the county of Leicefter, Bart.

Frances, died unmarried. ^)

The fecond wile of Sir George Villiers was Mary, daugh-
ter of Anthony Beaumont, ofGIenfkld in Eflex, Efq. who
furviving him, was created Countefs of Buckingham and
Baronefs Compton, 1 July 1618; She became fecondly the
wife of Sir William Rayner, and laftly of Sir Thomas
Compton, Knight of the Bath, youngeft fon of Henry Lord
Compton. She lies buiied under the fame tomb with Sir
George Villiers, whereon is this memorial :

D. O. M.

OiTa

Marije DE Bello-Monte, Comitiflae Buc-

kinghamiae e quinque potentiflimorum

Totius Europse regnorum regibus, id-

que per totidem immediatos

Defcenfus oriundse.

Vix. Ann. lxii. M.xi. D.xix.

HocMon.V. F.C.

Sir George by her had a daughter Sufan, married to
William Fielding, the firft Earl of Denbigh ; and three fons,

viz.

John, created Baron Villiers of Stoke, and Vifcount of ,.
Purbeck, 19 July 1619, and had a fon Robert, who dying
without iffue, put an end to that line '.

George, the great favourite of K. James and Charles T. (%)
created Duke of Buckingham 18 May 1623, which title
ceafed with his fon George, 16 April 1687 ; for an account

G2 of

* Salmon's Peerage,

g4 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISCN.

of whom the reader is referred to the Engtiiri hiflorles and
peerages.
(3) Chriftopher, created 24 September 1620 Baron of Da-

ventry and Earl of Anglefey ; he married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Thomas (or William) Sheldon, of Houby in Leicef-
terfhire, Efq. and dying in 1624, left ifTue by her (who af-
ter married Benjamin Wefton, of Walton upon Thames in
Surrey, Efq.) Charles his heir, and a daughtei Anne, mar-
ried to Thomas Savile, Vifcount Savile of Caftiebar, and
Earl of SuflV.x ; the faid Charles, Earl of Anglefey, dying
in 1659 W:tnriK iflue by Mary, third daughter of Paul, Vif-
count Bayning, the titles became extinct, and his fitter be-
came fole heir to the eftate.
Family of Sir William Villiers, the eldeft fon of Sir George by his
Villiers, firft wife, was fheriffoi the county of LeicefVr for the year
Baronets. Tgt.g ; was knighted by K, James I. and created a Baronet
19 Juty i^iq *. — He married three wives; flrft Anne,
youngeit daughter of Sir Edward Griffin, of Dingley in
Northamptonfhire, Knight of the Bath ; fecondly Anne,
daughter of Richard Fienes, Lord Say and Sele, widow of
Henry Cave, of Ingarfby in Leictfterfhire, Efq. and third-
ly the daughter of Robert Roper, of Hever in Derbyfhire,
Efq. and left ifTue Sir George his heir, and a daughter Au-
drey, married to Sii St. John Chernocke, of Hulcott in the
county of Bedford, and by him, who died in March 1680,
was mother of Sir Villiers Chernocke, Bart, father of Sir
Pynfent who died in September 1634, father of the prefent
Sir Villiers Chernocke, Bart.1

Sir

* In 1628 h's brother the Duke of Buckingham made him a grant of 6" 5 or?
seres of arable and palture land, and cn.i of wood and bogg, in the baronv
of Dromahere and county of Lei trim, which had been granted to his Grace
5 J anuary 1626, on the resignation thereof to h'm by Robert, Earl of Nithf-
dale, and his brother James Maxwell ; and the fame was confirmed to Sir Wil-
liam by patent, 5 September 162.S, to hold in capite by the fervice of one
Knight's fee, and the rent of 83I. 6s. id. Englifh ; the premifTes be'ngerefted
into the ma~or of Diomahere, with many large privileges, two weekly mar-
kets on Tuefday and Saturday, and two fairs yearly, 10 July snd 20 October
at Dromahere ; liberty to impark 1000 acres with rrce warren •, to export
corn and other commodities growing upon the premifTes; to ere£t two tan-
houi'es ; with a licence of abftnee to him and his heirs (who were to be clerks
of the market and fay-matters) discharging them of perfonal refidence, on
their keeping a fuffkient agent upon the premifTes; and to bui'd, within
four years, a Callle 60 feet in length, 24 in breadth, and 32 in height, with a
bawne of 400 feet in circuit, compaiTed with a ftone wall fourteen feet
Itigh.

1 Baronetage III. 430. edit. 1771,'

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 85

Sir George Villiers* the fecond Baronet, married Pene-Sir George,

z
Bart.

lope, daughter and coheir to Sir John Denham, of Blech-

ingley in Oxfoidfmre, Km. and dying about the end ofK.
Charles II. reign, leit an only fon Sir William, and a daugh-
ter Penelope, the fecond wife of Sir William JeiTon, of Co-
ventry and of Nc-whoufe in the county of Warwick, Knt.
by whom fhe had a fon Villiers, who dying 14 May 1606,
was buried in the church of Chuhely, in Bucks 3 and two
daughters, as hereafter.

Sir William Villiers, the thirJ Baronet, ferved in feveral SirWilliam,
Parliaments for the county of Leicefter, but died without R 3
ifiue 27 February 171 1, aet. 67, whereby the title ceafed ;
and he having fold the manor of Brookefby, &c. to Sir
Nathan Wright, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, his fitter's
daughters became heirs to the remainder of his fortune, and
were Penelope (married to George Hewett, of Stretton in
the county ofLeicetter, Ffq.) ; and Anne, to Sir James Ro-
binfon, of Cranford in Northamptonfhire, Bart, who died
28 Augutt 1 73 1, leaving Sir John Robinfon, Bart, and other
children.

We now proceed with Sir Edward, younger fon of Sir Sir Edward.
George Villiers, and Audrey his firtt wife, anceftor to the
noble Lord of whom we now write. He was knig-fited at
Windfor 7 September 16 16 ; and 3 January 1620 fent am-
bafl'ador to Bohemia ; after his return from whence, by the
intereft of his brother the Duke of Buckingham, he was ap-
pointed by patent, 27 May 162', to fucceed the Earl of
Thomond in the Preiidentfhip of Munfter \ and the next
day had a commiflion for railing forces in that province, and
to be chief leader of the army there ; where he lived (fays
Sir Henry Wotton) in lingular ettimation for his juttice and
hofpitality ; and died 7 September 1626 *, with as much
grief of the whole province as ever any Governor did (be-
fore his religious lady, who was of a fweet and noble difpo-
fition, adding much to his honour) and was buried in the
Eail of Cork's chapel at Youghall, where thefe lines are
fixed to his memory :

Muntter may curfe the time that Villiers came
To make us worfe, bv lea v ins; fuch a name
Or noble parts, as none can imitate,
Butthofe, whofe hearts are married to the ttate :

But

1 User's Office,

86 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

But if they prefs to imitate his fame,
Munfter may blefs the time that Villiers came.

He married Barbara, eldefl daughter of Sir John St. John,
of Lydiard Tregoze in the county of Wilts, and niece to
Sir Oliver St. John, L. D. of Ireland, created Vifcount Gran-
difon or Grandifone of Limerick, by letters patent*, bear-
ing date at Weftminfter 3 January 1620, with limitation of
the honour to the iflue male of the faid Sir Edward and Bar-
bara f, and the creation fee of 13I. 66. 8d. By her Sir
Edward had iflue four fons and three daughters, Barbara,
Anne, and Ellen ; the eldeft whereof was firft married to
Richard, only fon and heir to the Lord Wenman ; fhe af-
ter became the fecond wife of James Howard, the third Earl
of Suffolk, and died 13 December l63i, aged 50, leaving
a daughter Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Felton, of
Play ford, in Suffolk, Bart, whofe only child Elizabeth was
married in 1^9$ to John Hervey, Earl of Briftol. The
fons were William, John, George, fucceftive Lords
Grandifon ; and Sir Edward Villiers, anceftor to George-
Buffy, Earl of Jerfey in England, and Vifcount Grandi-
fon, but of him hereafter.
William, William, the eldeft fon, fucceeding 29 December 1630,

1 to the title of Vifcount Grandifon, was prefent in the par-

Grandi"^ lament of this kingdom 4 November 1634. '; and in 1640
of the name was Colonel of a regiment in the army of K.Charles I. raifed
of Villiers. againil the Scots ; on the breaking out of the civil war, he
engaged all his brothers to adhere to his Majefty, and fig-
nalized himfelf on many occafions. In 164 1 he commanded
a troop of horfe, quartered in the county of Armagh ; which

being

• What relates to Sir Edward Vill'ers in the preamble is as follows : Cum-
qre vera morum nobiiitas, dexter.itas et pvudentia dile&i et fidelis noftri Ed-
wardi Villiers Militis (qui a affinitate et propinquitate cum praed;<Sto Olivero
St. J hn conjunclus eft) necnon ipfius Edward: erganos et coronam noftrarn
fuklita, et generis clar;tas i'ati- elucefcit, diclum Fdwardum, qui in honore
prrediclo eundem Oliverum pro defeftu hasredum malculorum de corpore fuo
exeuntium fucceffirus fit, dignum cenfuimus. Sciatis igitur, &c.

-p And by Indenture, dated 2,6 October 1622, Oliver, Lord Grandifon,
fettled in Truftccs the Lordihip and Linds of Limerick, in the county of
Leitrim, and the Lorrifhip and lands of E;;drum in the King's County, with
all other his eftates in thofe counties, to the ufe of them, and of the heirs and
affignes of Sir Edward, forever.

1 Lord's Jour. I. a6.

VJLLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. *?

being furpriied and almofl cut to pieces by the rebels on #

their firil rifing, who poflefTed themfelves of their arms, he
went to England and there ferved the King, till in December
1642, by the mifcarriage of orders, he was expofed at too
great a di (lance from the army, with his own regiment of
300 horfe, and another of 200 dragoons, to the unequal
encounter of 5000 horfe and dragoons ; and, after a retreat •
to Winchefter, was taken with all his party ; which was the
firfl: lofs of that kind the King fuflained, but without the
lead fault of the commander, who effected his efcape with
two or three of his principal officers, and were well received
by the King at Oxford.

On 25 July 1634 he commanded the foot at the fiege of
Briftol, where the next day he led on a divifion with great
resolution ; which being beaten off and himfelf wounded,
he was carried to Oxford, and there died, whofe lofs (fays
the Lord Clarendon) can never be enough lamented.
He was buried in the Cathedral of Chrifl-Church under a
{lately monument, erected by his daughter, with this in-
fcription :

H. S. I.

GULIELMUS VlLLIERS*

Vice-Comes Grandifon

De Limerico

Martis et Gratiarum Certamen ;

Qiii

Oris venuftiflimi Decus

Factis pulcherrimis magis honeftavit.

Poft Res Maximas

In Belgio, Hibernia, demum Anglia geftas,

cum a Partibus Regiis adverfus Rebelles

in obfeffam Briftoliam legiones duceret,

primas admotis fcalis vallum fuperavit,

Ducifque non uno nomine functus officio,

Militis ita feu Virtutem,

feu Pudorem accendit

ut Propugnaculis potiretur,

Glande interim femur traje&us,

Cupreflum lauro intexuit,

Receptee Urbis grande nimis pretium

Oxoniam delatus obiit,

Sub flnem Menfis Aug. Ann. mdcxliii.

/Etatis

S$ VILLIERS Viccount GRANDISON.

* i£t3ti? fuss xxx.

M. H.

Optimo Parenti

Barbara Clevelandise DucifTa

Pietatis eraro

But his eminent virtues have a more Jailing remembrance
in the charter, given him by the aforementioned noble
author, in his hiftory of that war, wherein he fell,

" He was (fays lie) ic a young man of To virtuous a ha-
'* bit of mind, that no temptation or provocation could
" corrupt him; fo great a lover of juflice and integrity,
that no example, mcefnt}, or even the barbarity of the
war, could make him fwerve from the moft precife rules •
of it; and of that rare piety and devotion, that the court

a
<t

i6 or camp could not ihew a more faultiefs perfon, or to
whofe example young men might more reafonably con-

ic
a
it

" form themftlves. His perfonal valour and courage of ail
kinds (for he had fometimes indulged fo much to the cor-
rupt opinion of honour, as to venture himfelf in duels)
was very eminent, infomuch as he was accufed of being
too prod gal of his perfonj his affedtion, and zeal, and
" obedience to the king, was fuch as became a branch of
" tha: family ; and he was wont to fay, that if he had not
" underftanding enough to know the uprightnefs of the
** caure, nor loyalty enough to inform him of the duty of a
" fubjeel, yet the very obligations of gratitude to the King
" on the behalf of his Hcufe were fuch, as his life was but
i( a due faciifice. And therefore he no fooner law the war
" unavoidable, than he engaged all his brethren, as well as
*e himfelf in the fervice, and there were then three more
" of them in command in the army, where he was fo un-
f fortunately cut off."

He married Mary, third daughter of Paul, Vifcount Bay-
ring of Sudbury, and by her (who re-married firft with
Charles, Earl of Anglefey, and fecondly Arthur Gorges,
Efq.) had an only daughter Barbara, who was married to
Roger Palmer, created Earl of Caftlemaine in 1661, and
died in Wales 28 July 1705 ; and by reaion of her noble
defcent, her father's death in the fervice of the crown, and
|ier own perfonal vinues, was created 3 Auguft 16 10, Du-
£hefs of Cleveland, with remainder tc Charles Fitz-Roy her

fon

(*)

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 09

fon by K. Charles II. and his heirs male ; remainder to
George Fitz.-Roy, younger brother of the faid Charles,
and his iffue male. She died at her houfe in Chifwick
9 October I 709, having had iiTue by King Charles II. three
ions and two daughters, viz.

Charles Fitz-Roy born at Weftminfter in June 1662, ere- (0
ated Duke of Southampton, and fucceeding his mother in
the Dutchy of Cleveland, was father of William, Duke of
Cleveland and Southampton.

Henry, born 20 September i66j, created Duke of
Grafton.

George, born at Oxford in December i66<, created Duke (3)
of Northumberland, and conftituted Chief Butler of Eng-
land, which office the Duke of Cleveland enjoys, by his dy-
ing childlefs 27 June 1716.

^Daughter Anne Palmer was married in 1674 to Thomas (*)
Lennard, Earl of SulTex.

Charlotte Fitz-Roy to Sir Edward-Henry Lee, created (z)
Earl of Litchfield, which title is extinct, but the effate hath
devolved on Charles Dil!on-Lee, Lord Vifcount Dillon of
Cof-ello-Gallen in Ireland '.

To William, Lord Grandifon, fucceeded his next bro- John,
ther John, the fecond Vifcount ; who leaving no iiiiie, the z
title accrued to his brother George, the third Vifcount, who George,
7 March 1660, was made Captain of a troop of horfe *, and 3
marrying the Lady Mary Leigh, daughter and co-heir to
Francis, Earl of Chichefter (as before obferved) had two
fons and two daughters by her, who lies buried in the Chan-
cel of Brantfield Church, in county of Hertford, under a fair
monument, with this infeription :

Here lieth the truly Religious

Lady Mary,
Wife to George, Lord Vifcount

Grandifon ;

Who died here the 7th of July

In the year of our Lord,

1671. Hl5

* 8 March 1674, his Lordfhip and his brother Edward had a grant from K.
Charles II. of all his Majeftv's right and title to the lands of Kili'ien, Rath-
■wiere, Rathgibbin, Llfdoge, Streamttown, Newbegg, and divers other? in
the King's County, which ha4been unjuftly kept from the crown by Nicho-
las Herbert, late of Killien, Efq-, who forfeited the lame by being engaged
in the rebellion of 1641. (Lodge )

1 See that title.

Vifcount.

9o VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISCN.

.•■•

f»5 His children were Edward, his heir,

fa] William, educated in Magdalen College, Cambridge, of

which fociety being a member when K. James II. afcended
the throne j he congratulated him with a copy of Latin ver-
fes r j afterwards embracing a military life, he became Co-
lonel of a regiment, and died 7 September 1723, having
married Catharine, fecond daughter to Sir Edward Villiers,
his lather's younger brother, and widow of Lewis-James Le
VafFen, Harqiiefs de Puiflars in France2.

{1} Daughter Audrey, married to Richard Harrifon of Balls

near Hertford, Efq; Member of Parliament for Lancafler,
by whom ihe had John Harrifon, Efq. and other child-
ren.

faj to Skinner Byde, third fon of Sir George Byde,

Knt. by hisflrft wite Mary, daughter and heir to John Skin-
ner of Hitchin in the county of Hertford, Efq.

Edward Villiers, Efq. the eldeft fon, in 1671 was made
a Cornet of Horfe ; afterwards firft Lieutenant- Colonel of
the firff. troop of horfe-guards, whence he was promoted,
51 December 1688, to the Queen's Regiment of Horfe, and
to the (ration of a Brigadier-General. In March 1676-7
(being Eafter-eve) he married Catharine, daughter and heir
to John Fitz-Gerald of Dromana in the county of Water-
ford, Efq. and in her right became feixed of a large eflate*
in that county ; and dying in 1693, before his father, left
two ions, John and William 5 and four daughters, Mary,

married

* K. Charles II. -by his warrant from Winder, 11 Angufl 1680, ordered a
Confirmation by patent to the faid Kdward Fitr.-Gerald, otherwise Villiers,
znd his heirs by the laid Catharine, of all the eftate that belonged to her Fa-
ther, and which he had Titled by deed of feoffment 16 February 1662, limit-
ing (he fame, aft:r diver-- remainders, to hi- own right heirs. Provided that
his {aid daughter fliould m.irry with the content of his feoffees any worthy per-
fon of the family of the FLz-Geralds? or one J.hat ftiouid aflume the n;.'.nc
of Fit7.-Gerald for himlelf and his heir- by her. Of this eftate, by deed of
covenant, bearing due 2,4 February i68§, he levied a fine in Kafter term that
year; and am ng other things in the laid deed contained, a power was re-
served to charge the eftate with the fum of ja,oool. for the better provision
of his faid wife, an 1 for railing portions for his younger children, which he
did according')' by his will, dated 6 fane 169I, and proved 15 February
1693, whereby he bequeathed zoool.'a p:ece to his fon William and to his
daughters Mary, Catharine, Harriet, and Elizabeth. (Lodge.)

1 Lodge Celled"*. 2 Decree in Chancery 7 May 1708- N*. 23.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. gi

married to Brigadier-General Steuart, and died in January
1 763 ; Catharine died unmarried ; Harriet (married to
Robert Pitt, Efq. elder brother to Thomas, Earl of Lon-
donderry? which title is now extinct ; by him fhe was mo-
ther of the late illuftrious William Pitt, created Earl of
Chatham in England, and grandmother of the Right Hon.
William Pitt, now firflLord of the Treafury in Great Bri-
tain) ; and Elizabeth, who died unmarried.

Their mother had a patent from K. William, dated 6
January 1699, granting her the privilege to enjoy the
fame title and precedence, as if her hufband had furvived
his father, and had been actually pofTeiTed of the honour of
Vifcount Grandifon. She re-married with Lieutenant-Ge-
neral William Steuart, appointed in February 1711 Com-
mander in Chief of the army during the Duke of Ormond's
abfence ; Privy-Counfellor and Knight of the Shire for
Waterford, who died 3 June 1726, 2et. 82; me having
deceafed before him 24 December 1725.

John, who fucceeded his grandfather, and was the fourth John,
Vifcount Grandifon, took his feat in Parliament 1 July *-*rl Gnn"
1707 r ; and his Majeftv K. George I. taking into confide- ' on^ ''
ration his perfonal merits and noble defcent, was pleafed to Vifcount.
advance him to the dignity of Earl Grandifon of Limerick
by Privy Seal, dated at Kenfington u Auguft, and bv pa-
tent 11 % September, 1721, with the creation fee of 20].
on 14 of which month he took his feat as fuch in Parliament 3;
26 October 1737, he was fworn of the Privy Council; and
appointed Governor of the county and city of Water-
ford *.

His Lordfhip married Frances4, daughter of Anthony
Carey, Lord Vifcount Falkland, Premier Vifcount of Scot-
land, by whom he had two fons and three daughters,
viz.

James Fitz-Gerald, Lord Villiers"', Reprefentative of (1)
the county of Waterford in Parliament, who it July 1728
married Jane 6, daughter and heir to Richard Butler of Lon-
don,

* 21 March T750, his Lordfhip paflcd patent to hold two markets onWed-
nefday and Saturday, and two yearly fairs on 15 May and Z4 September at
Viilierftown in county of Waterford. (Lodge.)

1 Lord'? Jour. IT. 152. 2 Ret. Cane. A". 8°. O^o. I. 1*. p D^.

Lord's Jour. II. 686. * Ulfter's Office. * Idem. 6 Idem.

§2 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANBISON.

don, Efq. but dying there 12 December 17 12, was interred
29, in a vault belonging to the family in Hertford Churchy
leaving iliac by her^ who 1 April 1734 was married to
Luenu-Chailcs, Vifcount haikland, and died in France in
Dcv.cii.bcr * 75 1 1 -f one Ton John, who died 2 February
175 , aged nirie months and fevgnteen days ; and a daugh-
ter Mar\, or Frances^ who died in May 17 ,8 \

William Lord Viliiers 3, horn io January 1 715, was edu-
cated i»i Trinity Hail, Cambiidge, and was a young noble-
man or virtuous principles, amiable qualities, and uncom-
mon improvements in many branches of ufetul and curious
literature, but died at Waterrord 173 , and was buried at

■v r 1 '1

^l Daughtera Anne, died young and was there buried,

^j Lady Elizabeth, who marrieo1 Aland-John fVtafonof Wa-

ter.oid, Efq. and was created Countefs G.andifon4.

(3) Lady Catharine, who died unmarried in May 173ft, and

was interred at Youghall.

His Lord{hip died 14 May 1760, at his houfe in Suffolk-
ftreet, in his 85 year, and was interred in the family vault
at Youghall, where his lady, who died 17 January 1768*
was alfo interred. — Hence the tiile of Earl Grandifon,
ceafed, but that of Vifcount, devolved on William VillieiSj
late Earl of Jerfey, and the lineal descendant of Sir Edwarda
fourth fon of Sir Edward Viihers, Knt. Preiident of Munf-
ter.
§.> Edwin1, Which Edward Viliiers, on the breaking out of the civil
wars, engaged himfelf in the royal caufe, and when it was
refolved to take the command of the fleet from the Earl of
Northumberland, and to fend letters to all the Captains,
with orders to obferve the commands ot Sir John Penning-
ton ; the whole difpatch to the fleet was committed to the
care of Edward Viliiers ; but t!v ugh he delivered his let-
ters, and punctually executed his orders, thisdeftgn, through
the ill management of fuperior officers, put the whole
command of the fleet into the hands of the Parliament. He
was afterwards a Lieutenant-Colonel in his Majei!y\s army,
and ferved in many engagements, particularly in the bat-
tle of Newbury, 20 September 164", where hewaswound-
ed \ having by thefe and other fervices recommended him-
felf

1 Lodge. 2 ld;ni and public prints. •* Uifter's. Office.

■* See Earl Gundifoa.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISCN\

felf to K. Charles II. he was honoured with knighthood at
Whitehall 7 April 16S0, and made Knight-Mai (ha 11 of his
houfhold on the death of Sir Edmund Wyndham \ alfo Co-
lonel cf the Duchefs of York's regiment,, and Governor of
Tinmouth-Caftle.

He had likewife a grant from that King;, of the Royal
Houfeand manor of Richmond^ and his Lady was Gover-
nefs of the Princeffes Mary and Anne, afterwards Queens of
Great Britain. — He was continued by K. James, in the po&
of Knight-Marfhall, and that King having a mind to nurfe
the Pretender in the old palace of Richmond, he on a valu-
able consideration, refigned it.- — Helived to fee his elded fon
Mafter of the Horfe to Q. Marv, and dying in 16-9, was
interred 2 July that year in Weitminfter-Abbey.

He married Frances, youngeft daughter ot Theophiius,
the fecond Earl of Suffolk, and by her had iiTue, two fons
and fix daughters, viz.

Edward, his heir, created Earl of Jerfey.

Henry, who ferVed as a Captain under his father in the
Duchefs cf York's regiment, and afterwards as Colonel of
a regiment of foot; 8 July 1702, he was apponred Gover-
nor of Tinmouth.-Cafr.le, and deceafmg 18 Auguft 1707, set*
49, was interred at Tinmouih in Noithuniberland, where a
monument was erected to his memory.-— He left a fon Hen-
ry, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Tinmouth, and died
2.9 May t 753 ; having married, firft, Arabella, daughter and
heir to John RoiTiter of Somerby in county of Lincoln, Efq,

and fecortdly, Mary, daughter cf > Fovvke, and

fitter to Lieutenant-General Thomas Fowke, but left no
lfTue.

Daughter Elizabeth, was maid of honour to Mary, Prin-
cefs of Orange, and married in 1^95? to Lord George Ha-
milton (third fon of William Duke of Hamilton) afterwards
created Far! of Orkney. — In t 700* fhe founded and endowed
an Englith fchocl at Middleton in county cf Cork l
and dtceafed in Albemarle- ftreet, London, 19 April

1753.

Catharine, married flrf!:, 2°> July 1685, in K. Henry
VII. Chapel, in We ft minder- Abbey, to James-Lewes le
Vaffen, Marquefs de PuifTars in France, Colonel of a regi-
ment of foot in the fervice of K. William, who died in

1763)

1 Of which a particular account is given in SmjuVs Cork, I, t
I54. (& n.)

" *■ ,

94 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

I 703 l ; and me married, fecondly, William Villiers, fe-
cond Ton of George, third Vifcount Grandifon.

/.j Barbara, married to John Berkeley, Vifcount Fitzhard-

ing ; (he died 19 September 1708, and was buried 23 of
that month in Weftminfter-Abbey.

(4) Anne, Maid of Honour to the Princefs of Orange, after-

wards Q^ Mary, and married to William Bentinck, the firfl
Earl of Portland, great-grandfather to William Henry-Ca-
vendifh, the prefent l)ukez.

(5^ Henrietta, married 23 May 1695, to John, Earl of Bre-

dalbane, in Scotland, and died 1 February 1719-20.

(6) Mary, to William, third Earl of Inchiquin3.

Edward, Edward, the eldeft fon of Sir Edward, waited on the Prin-
1 cefs Man into Holland, after her marriage with the Prince
Icrfev of Orange, with whom he returned to England in 1688, and
on their being proclaimed King and Queen of England, was
on the fir ft fettlement of their houfhold in February 16S8-9,
made Mafter of the Horfe to the Queen. — 27 of May fol-
lowing, being then a Knight, he was chofen by her Ma-
jefty to compliment the Dutch AmbafTadors on their arrival,
who were fent by the States-General, to congratulate their
Majefties acceflion to the throne. — And the death of his fa-
ther happening foon after, he fucceeded him in his place
of Knight-Marfhall ; alfo, farther advancing in tht-ir Ma-
jefties favour, he was created 20 March, 3 William and
Mary, Vifcount Villiers of Dartford, and Baron Villiers of
Hoo, both in county of Kent, England. — At the funeral of
Q^ Mary, 5 March 1 694.-5, he led a mourning horfe, at-
tended by two equerries; but his place of Mafter of the
Horfe, determining by her death, he was fent Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Congrefs at the Hague,
where, 9 September 1 'g^, he had his public audience of the
States-Genera! ; and April 1697, he was conftituted one of
the Lords Juftices of Ireland, being alfo about the fame
time appointed one of the Plenipotentiaries for the treaty of
Ryfwick; foon after, viz, 13 October, fame year, he
received the character of his Majefty's Ambaftador Extra-
ordinary to the States-General ; and to add luftre to his
employments, was created Earl of the Ifland of Jerfey,
purfuant to letters patent, dated 29 of that month. — Shortly
after he had his audience of leave of the States-General ;

and

1 Lodge. 1 Edit. II. $7. 2 Collins. II. %%. * Sec

that t;de.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 95

and returning into England, was fworn of the Privy Coun-
cil 25 November fame year.- — In 169S he fucceeded
the Earl of Portland, as Ambafiador Extraordinary to the
Court of France, and made his public entry into Paris 4 Ja-
nuary, N. S. 1690 9 ; he continued at this Court till May
1699, when he returned to England, and 14 of that month,
was constituted one of his Majefty's principal Secretaries of
State. — '3r of that month, his Majefty declaring in Council
his intention of going to Holland, Lord Jcrfey was appointed
one of the Lords Juftices for the Adminivtration of the go-
vernment of England. — Being fent for by his Majefty to attend
him at Loo, he arrived there 4 October 1699 » m fame year,
he was appointed one of the Plenipotentiaries for the
fecond treaty of partition; and 24 June 1700, he was
made Lord Chamberlain of the houfehold. — On the accef-
fion of Q^ Anne, he was fworn of her Privy Council ; 14
April 1702, was again confHtuted Chamberlain of the
Houfhold ; and in Augufl thai year, when the Queen was at
Oxford, he was created a Doctor of the Civil Law; he
continued to fill the pod of Lord Chamberlain, till April
1704, after which time he held no public employment. — His
Lordfhip deceafed 16 Augull 1711, in his 56 year, (on
which day he was to have been named Lord Privy Seal}
and was interred 4. September following in St. Michael's
Chapel in Weflminfter-Abbey.

He married Barbara, daughter of William Chiffinch, Efq.
Clofet-Keeper to K. Charles II. by whom he left iffue two
fons, viz. William, his heir; Henry, who died unmarried;
and a daughter Lady Mary, who married in 1709, Thomas
Thynne, of Old Windfor, in county of Berks, Efq. and
by him (who died of the fmall-pox 1710) wasmother of
Thomas, born twenty-feven days after his father's deceafe,
who fucceeded his great uncle Sir Thomas Thynne, in the
title of Vifcount Weymouth \ In December 171 , the
faid Mary, married to her fecond hufband, George Gran-
ville, Efq. created Lord Landfdown, by Q^Anne, 31 of
that month % and by him had feveral daughters ; the died
I 7 January 1734-5.

William, the elded: fon, fucceeded to his father's honours, Will ■--
during whofe life, viz. in 170=;, he ferved in the Britifh v\ -
Parliament for the ccunty of Kent. — He married Judith,

only

« Collins, VI. 6?, 2 Idem.

* * -

o5 VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

only daughter of Frederick Kern ofihe city of London, Efq.
and deceafmg 13 July 1 72 1 , was interred at Wefterham in
Kent, leaving iifue by his lady (who was interred in St.
Bridget's Church, London, 31 July 1735) two fons and one
daughter, viz.

(1) William, who fucceeded his father.

{%\ Thomas, who during the reign of K. George II. was,

feveral years, Minifler at the Courts of Drefden, Vien-
na, Berlin, and various others in the Empire, and in 1 74^
wasconflituted aCommidionerof the Admiralty ; atthe general
election in 17475 he was returned to the Britim Parliament
for Tamworth in county of Stafford, and was re-elecled for
the fame in 1754. — 31 May 1750, his late Majefty, pur-
fuant to letters patent, created him Baron Hyde, of Hindon,
in county of Wilts, with limitations to his heirs male, by his
then wife, and in default of fuch iffue, then the fame title to
devolve on his faid wife, and the heirs male of her body. —
1 September 1763, he was ("worn of the Britim Privy Coun-
cil, and 10 of fame month, was Appointed joint Poft-Mafter-
General with Robert Vifcount Hampden1, but he refigned
this office in July 1765. — 14 July 1771, he was appointed
Chancellor of the Duchy, and Palatine Courts of Lancafter,
and 8 June 1776, was created Earl of Clarendon, in Eng-
land, with limitations as before. — 30 March, 175?) he mar-
lied Lady Charlotte, third, but elded: furviving daughter or
William Capel, third Earl of EiTex (by his wife Jane, daugh-
ter of Henry Hyde, fr arl of Clarendon and Rochefter, in
whom thofe titles became extincl, whofe wife was Jane, daugh-
ter of Sir William Levefon Gower, Bart, great-grandfather to
the prefent Earl Gower % and by her Ladymip (who on the
deceafe of her grandfather, the faid Earl of Clarendon
became intitled to and aflumed the name and arms of Hyde.)
he hath iflue Thomas Lord Hyde, born 26 December
I 753 ; John Charles, born 14 November 1757; George,
born 23 November 1759 ; and Lady Charlotte Barbara, born
27 March 1 761 3.

(0 Daughter, Lady Barbara, married in 1725, to Sir Wil-

liam Blacker, of Newcaftle upon Tyne, in county of Nor-
thumberland, Bart, and he deceafmg 27 Auguft 1728 ; fhe
married fecondly 13 March 1728-9, BufTy Manfel, Efq.

uncle

> Collins. VT. 182. 2 Idem* III. 356. V. 14*.

^ Idem. V. p. 4S0. and 481.

VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON. 97

uncle to Thomas thelaft Lord Manfel; and 16 July 1757,
{he married, thirdly, George Venables Vernon, Efq.

William, heir to his father, was a gentleman of the bed- William,
chamber to Frederick Prince of Wales, at whofe funeral 13 3
April 1 7 5 1 , he was one of the fix fupporters of the pall. — f" an(j
12 May 1740, he was appointed Chief Juitice in Eyre of all 5
his Majefty's forefts, chafes, parks, &c. on this fide Trent ;Y- G™ndi-
was afterwards fworn of the Britifh privy-council; and 14
May 1766, on the deceafe of John the fourth Vifcount ("who
was created Earl Grandifon) without male heirs, he fuc-
ceeded him in the title of Vifcount in right of his great grand-
father Sir Edward, youngeft fon of Sir Edward Viiliers, by
his wife Barbara St. John, to whofe heirs male, the uncle of
the faid Barbara limited the title. — 23 June 1733, his lord-
fhip married Lady AnneEgerton, daughter of Scroop, Duke
of Bridgewater, and reli<St of Wriothefley, third Duke of
Bedford; by her ladyfhip who died 16 June 1762, he had
ifTue Frederick William, Vifcount Viiliers, born 25 March
1734, who died in Gclober 1742, and George-BufTy ; his
lordmip deceafed 28 Auguli 1769, and was fucceeded by his
faid fon.

George-BufTy the fourth Earl of Jerfey, and the fixth and Gg°Jp"
prefent Vifcount Grandifon, who was born 9 June 1 7 3 5 > and in 5 y*
1756, was elected to the Britifh parliament for Tamworth Vifcount.
in Staffordfhire ; he was re-elected for that borough in 1761,
but 21 March that year, he vacated his feat on being de-
clared a Lord of the Admiralty, which appointment he re-
figned in April 1763 ; he afterwards ferved for Aldborough
in Yorkfhire, and in 1768, was chofen for Dover in Kent, one
of the cinque ports. — 6 July 1765, he was appointed cham-
berlain of the boumold, which he refigned 9 September 1769,
on being appointed a lord of the bedchamber, whence he was
removed in December 1777. — He was appointed matter of
his Majefty's buck hounds 30 March 1782, and fworn of the
privy-council of Great Britain, in May 1783 (having refigned
this appointment) he was made captain of the band of gentle-
man penfioners. — 26 March 1770, his lordmip married Fran-
ces, daughter and heir to Doctor Philip Twifden, bifhop of
Raphoe, who died 2 November 1752 ', and by her hath had
IfTue two fons and three daughters, viz.

Vol. IV. H George

1 Editor's copy of Ware's Bps„

9% VILLIERS, Viscount GRANDISON.

(0 George, Vifcount Villiers, born 19 Augufl: 1773.

(4) William- Auguftus, born 15 November 1780 '.

(1) Daughter, Lady Charlotte, born 2 May 1771.

(a) Lady Anne-Barbara- Frances % born 22 March 1772,

and

(3) Lady Caroline-Elizabeth, born 16 December 17743.

(4) Lady Georgiana, born 24 June 1776^5 died fame day,
and

(5)^ Lady Sarah, born 17 November 1779 5*

Titles.] George-BufTy Villiers, Earl of Jerfey, Vif-
count Villiers, Vifcount Grandifon, and Baron of Hoo.

Creations.] V. Grandifon of Limerick in county of
Leitrim, 3 January 1620, 18 James I. B. of Hoo, and
\t. Villiers of Dartford, both in Kent, 20 March 1 690-1,
3 William and Mary, and Earl of the Illand of Jerfey,
13 October 1697, 9 William III.

Arms.] Pearl on a crofs, ruby, five efcallop fhells,
topaz.

Crest.] On a wreath, a lion rampant, pearl, ducally
crowned, topaz.

Supporters.] Two lions, pearl, crowned with ducal
coronets, topaz, each having a plain collar, ruby, charged
with three efcallop fhells of the fecond

Motto.] Fidei Coticula Crux.
. Seat.] Middleton-Stoney, in county of Oxford, 55 miles
from London.

* Fielding's Peerage. 2 Ideip. 3 Collins IV. igi, i$ti> *92>

l£4, and 195, 4 Fielding. 5 Idem.

ANNESLEY,

[ 99 1

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA*

JL HIS family had its name from the lordfhip of Annef- 3.
leya, vulgo Anneflei in the county of Nottingham, which
was probably the place of its refidence before the Norman
conqueft ; for when the general furvey of that kingdom was
taken by the conqueror's appointment, anno 1079, the own-
er thereof was Richard de Anneflei, to whom fticceeded his Richard,
fon Ralph, called Brito, Le Brett, or Britain, who found- Ralph,
ed the priory of Felley in the faid county, giving, by the
confent of his heirs, to God, the Bkffed Virgin, St. Helen,
and Friar Robert the hermit and his fucceffors, the place
of Felley, with the appurtenances, in pure alms ; and with
the approbation of his fon Reginald, in 11 56 he gave to the
priory of St. Cuthbert at Radeford near Workfop, the church
and priory of Felley, which was confirmed by the Bull of
Pope Alexander III. in 1 161, the fecond year of his pontifi-
cate.

He was buried on the north fide of the altar in the priory
of Felley, leaving by Aubrey his wife two fons, Reginald Reginald,
and Drogo. Reginald took on him the name De Annefle-
ga, orAnneileia, and in 1 1 75 accounted with K. Henry II.
for 100 marcs, the amercement of the foreft of Shirewood.
At the requeft of his father, he gave to St. M*ry, and the
houfe and brethren of Felley, the right of his patronage of
the church of Annefley, with the water-courfe and mill at
Bradley, in pure alms, for the health of himfelf, his wife
and his heirs, and the refrefhment of all his parents de-
parted, which gift was confirmed by G ffrey, Archbifhop
of York ; to which grant was appendant a round feal of a
lion pafTant, circumfcribed Si^illum Reynaldi de AnneJIey.
— He and his fon were witnefies to a deed of Reginald de
Infula, fon of Geoffrey de Infula, of Kirkeby-Wodehoufe,

H 2 in

* This account of the family of Annefley, to the year i6l7> was corrected
from a pedigr«e drawn by Sir William Segar, Garter King or Arms, and com-
municated to the Authtr in January 1 7^4, by Lord Viicount Gkrawley-.

ioo ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA,

in 1 1 72, at Eafter, whereby he confirmed to the canons of
Felley, all they had acquired in the times of his anceftors
and his own, faving the foreign fervice, as much as be-
longed to one bovat of land, which Arnold Pugil beftowed
on that houfe.

By the counfel and confent of Hawife his wife, he gave
likewife to the canons of Felley the whole land, which was
Ernulph de Wodehoufe's ; and dying 25 November, was bu-
ried near his father under a ftone, adorned with a crucifix ;
leaving

Ralph. Ralph, or Ranulph de Annefley his fon, who, Tiding

with the rebellious Barons, forfeited his eftate, but it was
reftored to him by the King's precept to Philip de Mace,
in 1 21 6, fherifF, of the counties of Derby and Notting-
ham, which he had forfeited when he departed from his
allegiance to K. John, father of that king, to whofe
faith and fervice he was then returned. He gave to the
canons of Felley, common of pafture in all his fields of paf-
ture, with free paffage through his demefnes of Annefley,
and confirmed the gifts of his anceftors to that priory. In
121 7 he was fo infirm, that he was excufed from ferving
the office of coroner ; and dying 26 March 121 8, left Regi-
nald his heir ; and Ralph, to whom he gave fix bovats of
land in Morton, who was knighted, and married Lucia,
eldefl of the three daughters and coheirs of Adam de
Sancla-Maria (fon of Paganus, Lord of Roumarfh in York-
shire, and of Buicotes and Knyveton in Nottinghamfhire)
by Albreda, his fecondwife, daughter of Jordan de Chever-
court, and widow of Robert de St. Quintin, which Albreda
paid a fine to K. John 27 November 121 q, of three palfreys,
for licence to marry this Adam de San&a-Maria. By the
faid Lucia he was father of Robert de Annefley, who mar-
ried Johanna, daughter of Sir Reginald de Annefley his un-
cle ; and had John his heir, whofe fon John put an end to
the line, having only iflue by his fecond wife Ifabel, a daugh-
ter of her name, married to John Afhwell, to whom by
fine fhe gave the faid lands of Morton.

Sir lUgl- Sir Reginald, who fucceeded his father Ralph, at Annef-
ley, confirmed to Felley Priory his father's grant of the fer-
vices of Robert del Broc, his Villain 5 and of the Oxgang of
land, which Galfridus, fon of Richard del Broc held in the
fields of Annefley, to the church of All Saints at Annefley,

114

id.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. ioi

to find a lamp burning all the hours which were fung in that
church. He paid 4!. for two knights fees in Annefley, which
he held of Ralph de FrefTenville in the time of Hen. III. and
deceafing 27 of June, had ifTue by the daughter and heir of

Honfkerle, a daughter Joan, married to Robert de

Annefley her firft coufin 3 and

Sir John de Annefley, who 4 Auguft, 13 Edward I. hadsir John-
a grant dated at Newfted in Shirewood, of free warren in all
his demefnes of Annefiey in the lands of Roumarijs, in county
of York, fo long as the faid lands were not within the
bounds of the King, and that none mall dare to choofe or
take any thing therein under the penalty of iol. — WitnefTes
R. bifhop of Bath and Wells : Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lin-
coln, and others; which grant of free warren was a fpecial
favour in thofe days, and being At that time a knight, he was
made fherifF, or had the cuftody committed to him during
pleafure, of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, 14 Ed-
ward I. (to account yearly into the Exchequer) in which of-
fice he continued for five or fix years, as appears from the pipe
rolls of thofe times. — 28 fame reign he was fummoned to at-
tend the King to Scotland, having 40I. a year, and to find
horfe and armour, he having lands of that value lying between
the rivers Owfe and Derwent. In the 3, 4, and 5 years of
K. Edward II. he executed the office of fherifF for the county
of Gloucefter ; and 8 of fame reign, was in the commiflion
of array for that county, and being one of the verdurers of
the King's foreft of Shirewood in countv of Nottingham, he
was removed from thence on account of his infirmities, as ap-
pears in a claufe roll 10 Edward It. in the Tower of London.
— By a fine, levied the fame year on the morrow after St.
John the Baptifl's day, the manor of Annefley, with 25 mef-
fuages, 1 mill, 33 oxgangs of land, 57 acres of meadow, 3
of pafture, 12 of wood, 34s. 8d. rent, the third part of a mill,
with one pound of cummin, and lands in Gypefmere, Gover-
ton, Blefeby, Morton, Bixton, Bulcote, Lowdham, Kneve-
ton, and Crophill-Butler, were fettled on him and his wife
Annora in tail, with the remainder to his right heirs. He
died 6 September 13 16 (9 Edw. II. J and by her, who was
daughter of Sir John de Pierpoint of county of Nottingham,
and died 10 May 1336, had five fons, John; Robert or

Roger

JOZ ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

Roger *, rector of Ruddington in Shrop.fhire ; Ralph cf
Kirkeby-Wcodhoufe (who had a fori Roger or Robert, which
Robert Fitz-Ralph, by his deed dated 17 Edw. III. granted
and confirmed to Sir John de Annefley, Knt. his uncle, his
heirs and affigns, all his lands and tenements with their
tofts and crofts, which his faid father Ralph had received
by gift and feoffment, from Sir John de Annefley, in
Kirkeby-Woodhcufe) ; Thomas; and Gregory.

Sir John. Sir John Annefley, the eldefl fon, was a Knight 2 Edw.

III. when he had a grant of the cuftody of the honour of
Peverel in the counties of Nottingham and Derby ; and
13 fame reign in the great Eyre, held before William de
Herle and his fellow Juflice at Nottingham, he pleaded that
K. Edw. I. by charter, dated at Newfled in Shire wood 4 Au£.
1280 did grant ard confirm to his father, whofe heir he was,
that he and bis heirs mould have free warren in all their de-
mefne-lands of Annefley ; and his plea was allowed. — In 134.3
he was a wiinefs to the foundation charter of Nicholas deCan-
tilupe, Lord of Ilkefton in Derbyfhire, dated 0 December,
of a monaftery in his park of Grefeley, for a Prior and 12
Monks of the Carthufian order.-— His wife was the daugh-
ter and heir of Thomas Gregor ; and dying 25 June 1357,
he was buried near the north door in Annefley Chantry,
leaving

Sir John. Sir John Annefley, Knt. his fon and heir, who 23 May

1376 had livery of the manor of Hedyngton, and hund-
red of Belyndon and Nethyate, or Northgate in Oxfordfhire,
which Sir Richard Damory (who died in 1375) held for

life

* With William de Wakebrugge, he founded and endowed a Chantry in
the church of Anntfley for a i'ecujar Prieft, to make fpecial mention of them
and Jf hn de An-efley in his Mafs, whillt they fhould live, and for their fouls,
■when dead, with the fouls of his father and mother, «nd of their father and
mother. The preientation of a fit Chaplain to remain to them durhg their
lives ; then to devolve to the laid John and his heirs male •, remainder to their
brothers Thomas and Gregory, and their refpeSlive heirs male ; remainder
to the Prior and Convent of FeJley and their fucccflcm. The writ of ad quod
damnum, ffjed for this foundation 35 Edw. 111. uponwhich the Jury foundit not
to the King's lofs, if he granted thtm licence to give 8 melTuages and 10 bo-
vats of land, whereof 5 meffiiages and 6 bovats were in Annefley, Anntfley-
Woodhoufe, and Kirkeby-Woc.dhoufe, and the remainder in Ekfebey, Gourton
and Gypefme, and that there then remained (to the feoffees of Sir John de
Annefley) 2.0 marcs per annum, and lands in Cruch, held of Roger Be-
Jer, and in Ruddington, held of John Paveley. The King's licence for this
Chantry bears date 10 February 36" Edw. III. aad the confirmation of John,
Archbifhop of York, 2.7 January 1373.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 103

life in fee-farm, at 81I. per annum.— That fame year, and
the 8, 9 and 10 of Rich. II. he ferved in Parliament for the
county of Nottingham ; and married Ifabel, daughter and
heir of Margaret, fecond of the three fitters and coheirs of
Sir John Chandos *, made Knight of the Garter at the firfl
inftitution of the Order by K. Edward III. Baron f of St.

Saviour

* He was defcended from WaltetChmdos, the father of Robert, the father
of Roger, who married Philippa, daughter of Sir Guy Bryan, Knt. and had
Sir Roger Chandos, Knt. which Sir Roger married twice, fir ft Catharine,
daughter of R chard Lord Talbot of Goderic-Caflle, and by her who died 30
Edw III. had a daughter Juliana, wife of J <hn Moigne, from whom the
Lord Stourton derives. His fecond wrife wa? Maud, daughter of John A£ton,
by whom he had Tinman, who married Lucy, and had Sir John Chandos,
Knight of the Garter, who died without iffue, 350 Edward I J I. and three
daughters Eieanor, Elizabeth and Margaret, coheirs to their brother, of whom
Elizabeth was married to Thomas Berkeley of Cubberley, and Margaret, by
h.r hufband, was mother of Ifabel, who married Sir John Annefley. (MSS.
in St. Sepul. Lib. N°. 2. 120.)

•f- Becoming by this marriage interefted in a third part of that Barony, he
as Appellant, cited SirThomas de Haterington, Knt. who had been Governor of
the Caftleof St. Saviour leVifcount in county of York, into the Court of Chi-
valry, to appear before the Lord HighConftable of England at Weftminfter, on
Wednefday 7 March 1380, 5 Ric. II. to anfwer his delivering up thatCaftle to the
French (which he did for a fum of money, when he was fufriciently provided
for its defence) and Sir John Annefley offering to try the quarrel by combat,
Haterington was apprehended and impriibned, but fhortly after fet at liberty at
thefuitofthe Lord Latimer, anJ endeavoured for a time to avoid the challenge
by frivolous exceptions : But, it being at length determined by the opinion
of true and ancient Knights, that fuch a fore gn controverfy, which had no
realbn within the limits of the realm, was lawful to be tried by battle, if the
caui'ewere fijil notified to the Conftable and Marefchall of the realm, and that
the combat was accepted by the parties ; John, Duke of Lancafter, third fon
or K. Edward III. (who governed aM things at pleafure during his father's- laft
ficknefs)l wore, that if Haterington did not perform what he ought to do therein,
according to the law of arms, he fhould be drawn to the gallow?, as a traitor.
Thereupon, at a Coin t of Hon or, held on Friday 10 March, they were or-
dered to engage indael ; and 7 June 1380 all things being provided, the lifts
jailed, and the King, his Nobles, and a prodigious concourfe of people af-
fembled in the Palace-Yard of Weflminfter, Sir John Annefley, armed and
mounted on a fair courfer, entered firfl: as Appellant, flaying till his Adverfary,
after being thrice fummoned by a Herald to defend his caui'e, fhould come,
who at the third call appeared, in like minnet armed and mounted — He was
a mighty man of Mature, and far overtopped the Knight, who, among thole
that were of a mean ftature, was one of the leaft. They began firfl with
fpears, then with fworxU. and Lilly with dagger- ; and fought i'o long, that
Sir John bereft his adverfary of all his weapons, and manfully overthrew
him, fo that he fell down in a fwoon ; on his recovery from which, Sir John
called him traitor and falie perjured man, afking if he durft try the battle
again ; but having neither fenfe nor lpirit to anlwer, proclamation was made
that the battle was ended : fo that whether juftice, or chance, or valour only,
decided the bufinefs, Sir John prevailed (as Hollinfhed, who relates this com-
bat

104 ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

Saviour le Vifcount, in the Ifle of Conftantine in Norman-
dy, Great Senefchal of Poictou, and High Conftable of
Aquitaine ; and by her had
Thomas. Thomas Annefley of Annefley, Efq. who, 7 Rich. II.

was Knight in Parliament for the county of Nottingham,
and in 1413 (1 Hen. V .) required of his freeholders and te-
nants in Anrefley, that he might enclofe a certain place
called Nicoll Leys, to his own profit for one year, becaufe
of the laying out a certain hedge between Wodehoufe-
fields ; in confederation whereof he became a benefactor to
the fabrick of the church of Annefley, giving before hand
3s. 4d. for that work. — He married the daughter of — Clif-
ton, of Clifton in Nottinghamshire, and had Hugh his heir,
and a daughter Ifabella*, wife to Sir Gervaife Clifton,
of Clifton, Knt. Hugh married a daughter of Sir John Ba-
bington f of Chilwell, in county of Derby, Knt. and died

13 September 1429, (1 Henry IV.) leaving one fon Hugh,
and a daughter Mariana, married to Edmond Willough*
by, Efq. anceftor to the Wilioughbies of VVollaton.

Sir Hugh. Sir Hugh Annefley was eight years old at his father's
death, and 12 Hen. VI. being then a Knight, was returned
one of the gentry cf the county of Nottingham, by the
King's CommiiTioners, being the tenth upon the roll ; and
marrying a daughter of William Fitz-William J had
two ions, John and Thomas ; the elder of whom John,

14 Hen. VI. enfeoffed John Macworth, Dean of Lin-
coln, John Curfon and Thomas Macworth, Efq; in his
manors of Annefley, Bulcoe, and Gyppefmere all his lands
in Crophill, and Coflale, in county of Nottingham, and in
Rowmerfh, and Bolton upon Derne, in county of York,

which

bat at large, remarks) to the great rejoicing of the common people, and «J!f-
couragement of traitors. And Haterington, as Fabian affirm?, was drawn
to Tyburn, and there hanged for the treafon, whereof, being vanquifhed, he
was proved guilty. — The King confidering the damage Sir John fuftained hy
the lofs of hi third part of the Caftle, granted 26 May 1385, to him and h;s
wife for their lives, 40I. a year, payable out of the Exchequer.

* Segar makes Ifabella the only child of Thomas de Annefley: he dr.es not
fay that Hugh is his fon, the line of defcent not being continued from Thomas
to him.

f Of a very ancient and knightly family, (fays Segar) in county of Derby,
2nd the coat-armour of this Hugh Annefley and his wife, were let up in the
chapel of Wiverton, and in divers other places in county of Nottingham.

X Their Coat Armour is fet up in the Church of Annefley. (Segar.)

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 105

which defcenried to him on the death of his grandfather.
He died on the Saturday before the feaft of St. James the
Apoftle 1437 (1$ Hen. VI J and left an only child Alice,
married firft to Sir George Chaworth, third fon of Sir
Thomas, from whom, by their fon Thomas, defcended
George, Vifcount Chaworth of Armagh, fo created 4
March 1627? which family ('now extincl:) made the manor
of Annefley their principal refidence, and her fecond huf-
band was Reginald Leigh, Efq.

Thomas, the younger fon, was feated at Ruddington, Thomas.
in the county of Northampton, and had iffue two fons,
William his heir ; and Hugh, who died in 1524, feized of
Paveley's and Bugge's manors in Ruddington, &C. leaving
Hugh his heir, then upwards of 50 years old, who married
Alice, daughter of Randulph Leech, of the county of Der-
by, and had two fons, Hugh of Ruddington, (father of Ger-
vaife, of the fame p'ace, who married the daughter of —
Bleevet, of the county of Lincoln, and was father of Gervaife
and John) and James Annefley of Uxbridge, who ferved Q^
Margaret, confort to K. Henry VI. and had one fon Henry,
not a year old at his father's death ; he was educated by John
Home of Sarepden, in county of Oxford, who had mar-
ried Elizabeth, relicl of Richard Blount, which Elizabeth,
leafed the farm of Maple-Durham to him for fixty years ;
the faid Herrv Annefley married Joan, daughter of Robert
Lewfam, of Little Rowley, in county of Oxford fby his
wife Jo ar, daughter and heir to John Herbert, of More-
en-Henrr.arfh, of the noble family of Pembroke) and by
her had ifiue twenty-one children, whereof three fons and
ei^h1- daughters, arrived at maturity, viz. Edmund fwho
married Catharine, daughter of Richard Gennour, and had
fixteen children, twelve of whom were living in 1627) ;
James ('married to Jane, daughter of William Lovelace,
of Henle\, and had a daughter Elizabeth, married to John
Kenne. of Cawfam, in county of Oxford) ; John, a grocer
on London-Bridge, who died without ifiue at the age of
40 years ; daughter Elizabeth (married to Nicholas Too-
ley, of Burmington, in county of Warwick, and had nine*
teen children, feveral of whom werelivingin 1627) ; Anne
(to Richard Stampe, of Hodcote, in county of Berks, and
had fifteen children) ; Dorothy (to Edmund Bufby of Bray-
ler, in county of Warwick, and had feven children) ;

Grace

ic6 ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

Grace (to Thomas or Edmund Snape, of Fowler, in coun-
ty of Oxford, and had Elizabeth, who, by John Petty, of
Stokc-Taimage, had Margaret the firft wife of James Ley,
Earl of Marlborough) ; Dionife (to Thomas Freckle-ton,
of Audrey, in couniy of Warwick, and had ifliiej ; Ellen
(to John Bifhop of Brayler, in couniy of Warwick, and
had fourteen children) ; Bridget (to John Stampe of Hal-
tan, in county of Oxtord) ; and Anne, to John Turner,
of Reading.
WHliam. William Annefley, Efq; eldefl fon of Thomas, of Rud-

dtngton, married Mabel, daughter of — — Englifti, and

had ifiue four daughters and fivefons, viz. Cicily, manied
to John Kail, Efq. ; Catharine, to John Eangham of Lon-
don ; Isabella ; -<\m\ Johanna : The fons were
(i) Sir Hr::h, feated at Maple-Durham, near Reading in

county of Oxford, about the time of K. Henry VI. who
left three daughters, coheirs, viz. Jane*, (who mar-
ried William De la Lynde, to whom Maple-Dur-
ham was allotted, of whole heir it was purchafed by
Richard Blount, of Iver, near London, which Richard
was brother to William Lord Mountjoy, and from him it
defcended firft to Sir Richard, and next to Sir Michael

Blount) ; to John Norris, Efq. ; and Catharine

to John Iwareby, Efq.f whofe daughter and heir Jane
married to Sir John St. John, fecond fon of Sir Oliver, and
had iflue John, who married Margaret, daughter and coheir
to Richard Carew of Bodington, in county of Surry, and
had a fon Nicholas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of

Richard

* She w:jk interred in the church of Maple-Durham, in a tomb en the
north tide of the chance;, with this infeription. :

*' Here lies Dame Jane, the daughter of Sii Hugh AnnefW, and late the
e< wife of Wiilia-vi Lynd, EI4. whole fouls I pi ay you hirtiiy remember in
" your good prayers."

■f- Upon z grave-ftone on the north fide of the chancel of Maple-Durh.m
church is this infeription :

Here lies John Iwareby, lEi'q. who died the \G Auguft 1470, upon whofe
fou! God have mercy.

And in (he north window of the chance!, J^hn Iwareby and Cathar'ne his
wife, in their arm: , and underfcribed, tr pray and fay, an Ave Maria for their
fouls, fo often as ye fhall fubjoin the faid windows- Their arms are infculped
in bra is on the grave-tlone. Se^ar,

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTTA. 107

Richard Blount of Maple-Durham, Efq. and was father of
Oliver Vifcount Gfandifon in Ireland, and Baron Tregoze
in England.

Bryan, fecond fon of William Annefley, lived at Darin- (x\
court, near Dartford, in county of Kent, and was fervant
to K. Henry VIII. he made his will 8 March 7 of that King-,
and therein bequeathed legacies of rich veflments of vel-
vet to his brothers John and Robert, and to Hugh Annef-
ley his coiifm. His fon Bryan was father of Bryan, one of
the gentlemen penfioners to Q^ Elizabeth, and lived at
Lewefham and Darent ; he married the daughter of ■ ■
Tyrrell, of county of EflTex, warden of the fleet, and
had three daughters, viz. Chnftiana married to Wil-
liam Lord Sandys of The Vine, in county of South-
ampton) ; Grace (to Sir John Wildgofe, of Iredge, in
Suflex, Knt. by whom fhe had Sir Annefley Wild-
gofe, Knt. who married Margaret, daughter of Henry
Lennard, Lord Dacre) ; Cordelia, 5 February 1607, to
Sir William Hervey, Lord Hervey of Kidbroke in Kent,
(a manor, which came to him by this marriage) and for his
fignal fervices againft the Spaniards in Ireland, created Ba-
ron of Roffe in the county of Wexford 5 Augufr. 162^; to
whom ihe was fecond wife, and had three Ions and three
daughters, who all dying unmarried except Elizabeth the
youngeil, fhe became heir, and was married to John Her-
vey of Ickworth in Suffolk, Efq. elder broiher to Thomas
Hervey, Knt. whofe fon John was created Earl of Briftol, and
had no iflTue '.

Ralph, whofe only daughter and heir Anne, was married (3)
to John Perkins of Surry, Efq. by whom the had a daughter
Anne, married to Wdliam Lennard, ofChevering, county
of Kent, fvounger fon of John Lennard, Efq. anceftor to
the Lord Dacre z) and his fon Sampfon, was father of
Henry Lennard, Efq.

Robert, of whom prefently. And , ,

John, father of Thomas Anneflev, of Maidenhead, in . .
county of Berks, Efq. and of Henry of fame place, who
had a daughter Joan, married to ■ Atkinfon, Efq.

and a fon Edmund, of Maidenhead, whofe fon and heir was
living in 1627.

Robert

* Collins, IV. 315. 330. 2 Idem. VI. 36$. 370. and fupplement.

icS ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

Robert. * Robert Annefley, fourth fon of William, from

whom Lord Valentia, more immediately derives, was
feated at Newport-Pagnel in countv of Bucks, and
in 1548 appointed Truflce, by William Stokes, to
fee the fum of 20I. properly applied, which by will he
bequeathed to the finifhing the fteeple of the church at
Newport-Pagnel. — He died in 1553 (1 Q_Mary) and by
the probate of his will, dated 29 July, defires to be buried
in that church before his feat, and gives his fon George, his
lands in Little- Linford in Bucks. His wife was Joan,
daughter of William Clovile of Clod-Hall in Rffex, Efq.
by whom he had George his heir, and three daughters,
Frances married to Thomas Fifher; Anne to Leonard
Mount of Newport ; and Catherine to John Lamborn of
Wodifon in Bucks.

George. George Annefley of Newport-Pagnel, Efq. married Eli-

zabeth, daughter of Robert Dove of MouKho in county of
Bucks, widow of William Stokes, and by her, (who was
buried at Newport-Pagnel in 1603, where he was interred
near her 17 January 1607) had eight fons and three daugh-
ters, viz. James, Matthew, and Thomas, who died young ;
Robert, who fucceeded ; James (who by Mary his wife had
fix fons, viz. George, James, Nicholas, Richard, Antho-
ny, and Bryan); Ralph; George (who 25 April 1625,

married Anne, daughter of Saunders, died in the

following year, and was buried at Newport Pascnel) ; . Tho-
mas; daughter Judith (married to Ralph Shepherd of Ew-
clm in county of Oxford); Cicily ; and Mary.

jfcoberr. Robert, the eldeft furvivingfon, was a commander at fea

in Q^ Elizabeth's time, and alfo a Captain in her army, raifed
to fupprefs the Earl of Defmond's rebellion, after which he
became an undertaker in the plantation of Munfter ; and
married Beatrix daughter of John Cornwall of Moore Park
in Hertfordfhire, Efq. by whom he fiad two fons and four
daughters, % Francis, his heir; Robert, a Captain in the ar-
my ; Elizabeth ; Beatrix, married to Richard Saunders of
Wawwenden in county of Bedford ; Bridget, one of the
bedchamber women to Q^ Anne, confort to K. James ; an4

Mary,

* The defcent of Robert is proved by two attentions, one of Oxfordshire,
and the other of Buckinghamshire, regiftered in (he library of the College
and Office of the King's and Heralds of Arm--, directly thus. (Lodge, &c.)

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. ic9

Mary, wife to Matthew Coney of Newport-Pagnel in county
of Bucks.

Sir Francis Annefley, the eliieft fon, made the?; kingdom su Ftanc?s
of Ireland the fcene of his fortune and acYions, where he »
faithfully ferved K. James and Charles I. near 40 years, in Vlfcounf*
offices and employments of high trufl: and importance. 3
May 1605 he had a penfion granted him of five {hillings
a day; and whereas there were certain officers eftablifhed in
Ireland, as namely, the clerk of the ordnance, of the vic-
tuals, and works, who were from time to time to yield ac-
count of their refpective difburfements ; and that for more
aiTurance of juft accompts to be rendered, and for prevention
of deceits, there were Comptrollers appointed in the two
former offices only, his Majefty erected the office of Comp-
troller over the Clerk of the Works, by letters patent, dated
16 July 1606, and made choice of Mr. Annefley, as one
fufficient for that place, which he conferred upon him for
life, with the fee of 20I. a year. Alfo, 22 May 1607 he
was joined with Sir Richard Boyle (after Earl of Cork) in the
office of Clerk of the Council, and Keeper of the Signet in
the province of Munfter, during life.

15 November 1607, he had a penfion of 6s. 8d. Irifh a
day, granted to him purfuant to privy feal, dated at Weft-
minder, upon the furrender of a late penfion heretofore
granted to Bryan Mac-Geoghagan for life *; 21 Auguft he
had a reverfionary grant of the office of Provofr. Marefchal
in the province of Conaught, alfo for life : and early in this
reign he began toraife a fortune by leafes and grants of lands
from the crown, which, at his death, amounted to a very
eonfiderable one*.

30 April

* His acquifitions were chiefly thefe. On 26 June 1608 he had a leafe for
1 1 years of lands in Ballyfax and Callan, -with others in the counties of Kil-
dare and Kilkenny •, and 31 January 161 1 a grant of 480 acres of the efcheat-
cd lands in the precintSl of Mountjoy and county of Tyrone, and of 240 in the
precincl: of Orier and county of Armagh, at the rent for both of 5I. 5c. 3d.
in which laft county acquiring certain lands from Patrick O'Hanlon, Gent,
to whom the King had granted them in fee-farm 6 October 1609, with a re-
fervation to the crown of the fort of Mountnorri?, and 306 acres thereto al-
iotted and adjoining, fo long as the King ihould keep it for a fort, and main-
tain a ward of foldiers there; he had a leafe, dated 1: Oclober 1611, for zi
years, at the rent of 10 (hillings per annum, of the laid fort and land%

v.ith

* Rot. de A°. 5°. Jac I. 2*. p. D.

no ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

30 April 1612 he was made Confrable of the CafHe of
Mountncrris ; and 25 May appointed Mufter-Mafter-Ge-

neral

with the entertaintment of 4 (hillings a day, and Sd a piece for 10 foldiers •„
and in 161 8 the King being informed, that the fort was not then, nor ever
like to be of fuch consequent ule tor hi.: fervice, as in former times, thought
fit, among other abatements of his army, to diicharge that ward as a needlefs
burthen ; but, in lieu of his laid entertainment confirmed to Captain Annefley
a pen6on of five fhi I ling' a day for life, which was inferted on the eftablifh-
ment; and for his beturencouragement to plant and build there, for the fettle-
mentof himfelf and p fter'ty in that county, where their refidence might be of
Jpecial consequence for hi = Majefty's fervice, directed (21 September) that
he fiiould have a grant of the faid 'ort and 300 acres, with a confirmation of
his other eftates ; in purfuance whereof he pallid patent 9 January 161 8 for
the faid fort, the monasteries of Templerartagh and Templtbreed in the town
of Armagh, and many other lands, towns, tithes, 8cc. in the counties of Ar-
magh, Tyrone, Wexford and D >wne ; the premiles in Tyrone being erected
into the manor of Annefley ; thofe in Armagh into the manor of M. untnor-
ris ; thofe in Downe into the minor of Cloghmaghericatt •, and thole in Wex-
ford into that of Sampton ; with the privileges of Courts Jeet and br.ron,
waifs, eftrays, See. to hold a Monday market, and a fair on St. John Bap-
tift's day at Ballynegorhagh in Tyrone ; a Friday market, and a fair on the
fame day at C!oghmahericatt ; a fair at Mountncrris 5 October (having the
grant of a Friday market there 30 April 161 2) and two days after each fair ;
liberty to build tan-hcufes ; 10 impark 2000 acres for deer, with free warren
and other privileges, paying to the cn.wn for all the premifes, 50I. zs. 6d. h.
per ann. — In 1615 he pu-chafed from Edward Dowdall of Rathmore in Meath,
Gent, the manors of Mullagh and Mullaghmore, with other land , amount-
ing to 2260 acres in the county of Cavan, which being dcheated lands, he
had them confirmed by patent 2.5 November, with a grant of Courts, &c. in
each manor, paying the crown-rent of 24I. 17s. ad f. — On 29 January fol
lowing, as aflignee to Edmund Midhoppe, the K ng granted him the manor,
lordfhip, and caftle of Rofcomon, with many houfes and lands in the town
snd fields of Rofcomon; the fite of the monafteries or houfes of canons and
friars of Rofcomon ; the rectories and tithes of Klbegnata, BallynckilJy,
Kilcrunie, Dromtempie, D nnaman, Emolafnmore, and Cl nyne in the
county of Rofcomon, with the monaftery or friary of Loncurt alias
Longford in the county of Longford, to hold all the prem es at the rent
of 32I. is. i©d. Irifh. — On 17 January 1617 he parted patent for the towns
and lands of Ballycaflane, Knockgrenane, Tenecree, and divers other in the
county of Wexford, with the creation thereof into the manor of Annefley, at
the rent of 5I. 6. Sd. Irifh. — As aflignee of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, he had
four feveral grants of lands, dated 12 May, and 3 December 1620, 28 July
and 22 December 1 62 1, in the counties o" Sligo, Mayo, Weflmeath, Kerry,
Coik, Limerick, Tipperary, Garway, W.cklow, Kildare, Dublin, Louth,
Lcitrim, and King's County. — On 8 May 1630 (by virtue of the commifiion
dated at Dublin 13 Auguft 1628, for granting anew the efcheated lands in Ul-
fler) his Lordfliip and Sir Robert Dillon had a grant of the fmall pr >portion
of Latgare in the county of Fermanagh, with the creation thereof into the
manoT of Latgare, liberty to impark 300 acres, and to fet apart 400 for de-
mefne lands, to hold at the rent of iol. 13s. 4d. Englifh ; and 25 November
that year a grant of the fmall proportion of Teemore,&c containing 1 100 acres
in the county of Armagh, created into the manor of Mouutnorris, with the

ufua

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. ni

neral and Clerk of the Cheque for life, in reverfion after
the death of Sir John King: ; obtaining likewife, 31 July that
year, a grant of the office for the writing of tallies, and
cutting taliies of all bills to be paid at the receipt of the
Exchequer upon all payments and affignations, (that office
being then firft erected) and alfo Clerk of the Treafury for
entering of tallies, during life, with the fee of 5 fhiilings a
day, which he furrendered 25 May 1625 to Thomas Stock-
dale, Efq. — In the Parliament of 1613, he was Knight for
the county of Armagh, and alfo Burgefs for Lifmore ; and
1 October 1616 was appointed one of the principal Secreta-
ries for Ireland, and of the Privy Council ; but that employ-
ment being granted without fee, he had a reverfionary pa-
tent 8 June 1618 for the office of Secretary of State and
Keeper of the Privy Signet, on the avoidance or death of
Sir Dudley Norton, whereupon he refigned his reverfionary
grant of Mufter-Mafter-General : but of this he was for
fome time deprived by the power of the L. D. Went-
worth, who 12 July 1634, conferred it upon Sir Philip
Mainwaring. — On 8 Auguft 161 9 he was made a Commif-
fioner for the plantation of the county of Longford and the
territory of Elye-OcCarrol ; and 10 October following
the town of Newborough in the county of Wexford be-
ing made a corporation, he was one of the firfr. Burgef-
fes.

K. James purpofmg to inftitute the order of Baronets in
Ireland, as he had done in England, for the carrying on
the more effectually what he had then much at heart,
namely, the plantation of Ulfter, and reducing it to good
order, peace and quiet, acquainted the L. D. with his pur-
pofe by letters from Apethorpe 30 July 1619; and therein
declares, he intended it as a reward for virtue, and confe-
quently that it fhould be his care to advance fuch men only
to that dignity, as had well deferved of the crown, either
in war or peace ; to the end that fo fair a title of honour,
defcending to their pofterities might incite them to imitate

the

ufual privileges of holding Courts, impailing a park, &c. at the rent of
Itl. 1 4s. 8d. Of which his Lordfliip was deprived, after 1 8 years quiet pof-
feflion, by the L. D. Wentworth, who, upon a pap^r petition preferred to
him by Richard Rollefton, decreed the faid land<; of Teemore to the faid
Rollefton, and by his own warrant removed Lord Mountnorris from the pof*
fefiloa thereof.

ii2 ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

the worth of their anceftors, upon whom, for their merits,
by his good grace and favour it was conferred. Accord-
ingly by letters patent, bearing date at Dublin, 30 September
1619, his Majefty erefted and eftablifhed the degree and
order of Baronets in Ireland, then creating Sir Dominick
Sarsfield, Chief Juflice of the Common Pleas, the firft Ba-
ronet : And fo defervedly confpicuous was Sir Francis An-
neiley in his Majefty's efleem, that he made choice of him
to be the fecond, whom he advanced to that honour ;
which he did by Privy Seal*, dated at Greenwich 26 June,
and by patent 7 Auguft 1620 ; and further, by patent f dated
at W^ftminfter 11 March 1621, created him Vifcount ofVa-
lentia, with the fee of 13I. 6s. 8d. payable out of the cuf-
toms of the port of Dublin, in reversion, after the death of
Sir Henry Power, Lord Valentia, without iflue male 3 to
which honour, at that Lord's death, he fucceeded.

20 March

* In which the King makes this honourable mention of him. Cl As we
are vigilant to obferve the courfes of fuch, as are employed by us in places of
confequence and trult ; lo we are not weary to heap benefits after benefits
upon as many of them, as we find to deierve them at our hands ; which is
the caufe, that as heretofore, upon knowledge of the abilities of our trufty
and well-beioved fervant Sir Francis Annefley, Knt. to do us fervice, we firft
conferred many benefits upon him, and afterwards of our own princely election,
called him to be one of our principal Secretaries of that kingdom ; So, now
again taking into confideration his faithfulnefs, zeal and induflry in our af-
fairs, we are pleafed, as a further teftimony of the good place he holdeth in
our favour, and of our gracious acceptance of his endeavours, of our own ef-
pecial choice freely to beftow on him the honour of a Baronet of that king-
dom. Rot. deA». 1 8°. Jac. I. ia. p. D.

•f The preamble, after expreffing the creation of Sir Henry Power, by
patent dated at Weftminfter, on i March 162.0, thus proceeds: Sciatis quod
nos nolentes prsedittum nomen, (latum, titulum et honorem Vicecomitis de
Valentia pro defeclu Exitus mafculi de corpore prsedicti Henrici extingui, fi
continent ipfum fine hasrede mafculo de corpore fuo exeunte obire, ac Virtu-
tes, Mores, et Merita praeddefti et fidelis Conciliarii noftri in ditto Regno nof-
tro Hiberniae Francifci Annefley Militis et Baronetti ejufdem Regni noftri,
ac primarii Secretarii noftri ejufdem Regni intuentes, qui cum prsefato Hen-
rico, modo Vicecomite de Valentia, Affinitate conjumSlus fit : Necnon ipfiuj
Francilci Annefley eximia, gravia et diuturna Concilia, Negotia, et alia quam-
plurima Servitia nobis et Coronse noftrae, non fine maxima Cura, Diligentia,
Dexteritate et Fide antehac prsftita, confiderantes, in fignum favoris noftri
regali , et perpetuam Memoriam Gratia; noftrse prsefato Francifco et Familise
fuss, pro hujulmodi acceptabili fuo Servitio, quae idem Franciicus adhuc no-
bis n: pendere non defiftit, ipfum Francilcum et Haeredes fuos mafculos prsfa-
to titulo et honore Vicecomitis de Valentia, peft mortem praeditti Henrici ab-
fque hserde mafculo de corp -re fuo exeunte ornare decrevimus. Ac idcirco
de Gratia, 6Vc. Rot. 150. Car. II. 1. p*. f.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. i?3

20 March 162 1 he was joined in a moft important com-
million * for the reformation of that kingdom, with the
L. D. Chichefter and others, to enquire into the ftate of
religion ; trade ; courts of juftice ; the army ; the cove-
nants, agreements and conditions in the charters, made to
undertakers for land in the plantations; the rights and
revenues of the crown ; what great and notable wafte of
woods and timber had been made ; what offices judicial
or minifterial had been granted in reverlion ; what new
offices creeled ; how the revenue particularly ftood ; what
debts were owing by the King, &c and to find out how
and by what means any abufe in thefe particulars might
with honour, juftice, and conveniency be reformed and
amended.— 15 July 1624, ne was appointed one of the
Commiinoners and Keepers of the Peace in the Provinces
of Leinfter and Uifter, during the L. D. Falkland's ab-
lence on his progrefs to overfee the plantations; was
joined in Commiilion 19 December 1625 with Sir Thomas
Philips and others, to redrefs the grievances of the army,
to take a general mutter, to examine their numbers and
qualities, to view their arms, and to make perfect rolls
thereof; and was joined in feveral other weighty commif-
fions for the good of the kingdom. — 30 May 1625, ^e was
constituted Vice-Treafurer, and General Receiver of his
Majefty's Revenues of Ireland ; had a Penfion of 5s. a
day, 3 March following, on the furrender thereof to him
by Bryan Mac-Geoghagan ; received a warrant 8 July
1627 for the firft company of horfe or foot that ihould be-
come void by the death or reiignation of any Captain then

Vol. IV. I in

* The King introduces this commifli-m with the following reafons for the
ifluing thereof. *' As our great anj pnnoely care and defire to adv.mcc the
flour (rung eftate of our realm of Ireiand, hath many ways appeared ; <o it
is our c nftant re'oiution upon all oceafion , to cxprei's the continuance of the
fame zeal and affection in perfecting that ;b gl irious a work, whereoi God
hath pleafed to make us (above any our predecelfors) a principal mftrument :
And foreieeing in our royal provi.ic nee, that as a chief mean*; to produce Co
good effects, it behoveth us to lay l'uch grounds, and prefcribe fuch ways and
courfes, as may tend to the advancement of religion and juftice, the remov-
ing of grievances, increafing of trade, fettling of plantations, and fecunng of
that kingdom, we have determined to ufe all diligence both in the finding out,
and following thofe means ; for the better effecting of all which purpofes,
being matters of great weight and importance, we think it moft meet, that
fome perfons of truft, underftanding and judgment be employed to difcern,
difcover and find out the whole ftate of the premifes, and all materia! circum-
ftances touching the fame, upon whofe information, certificate, and fatisfac-
tion given unto us, weirdy proceed to the effecting thereof, as we (hall judge
moft requifite."

ii4 ANNESLEY Viscount VALENTIA.

in pay, after fuch others were firft fupplied for whom the
King had given former particular warrants, it being his
pleafure that his feveral directions in that kind be pat into
execution, according to the priority of their dates ; which
the King was induced to confer upon him, having received
fo many testimonies of his judgment, fufficiency, and for-
wardnefs to do himfervice, that he thought himfelf obliged
to take gracious notice thereof, and to extend his favour
towards him upon all fitting occafions, to encourage his
faithful continuance therein l ; and 13 June 163Z, he was
made Treafurer at War.

By patent*, dated 8 February 1628 2, he was created
Baron Mountnorris of Mountnorris, and took his feat in
the Houfe of Lords 14 July 16343 ; and the King having
granted a Commiflion of Grace for the remedy of defective
titles, his Lordfhip, with the Lord-Treafurer, the Lords
Eingall, and Lecale, were (1 Auguft) appointed a Commit-
tee to view the bill, entitled "An Acl for Confirmation of
Letters Patent to be pafled upon the faid Commiflion :"
Upon whofe report the fame day, the bill was read a third
time, put to the vote, and was paffed by general affent,
and he was nominated one of the Lords, to attend and
move the L D. that he would be pleafed to hear with
fpeed, all fuch as fhould defire to pafs their lands on the
Commiflion of Defective Titles, and tofet down eafy rates
on the fame, that his Majefty's grace and favour might be
the more welcome to his fubjecls, and that the fubfidies

might

* The preamble. Cum nihil fit quod regiam Majeftatem magis deceat,
quam eos, qui de feipfo et Republics funt bene meritii et laudabilia praeftite-
xant Obfequia, Honoribus augere et promovere ; arbitramur enim Coronara
noftram regiam quamplurimum honorari et Iocupletari, cum Viros, illuftres
Confilio, et Prudentia infignes, et erga nos et Coronam noftram maxime
fideles, ad eminentiores Honoris et Dignitatis gradus vocamus et erigimus,
Confiderantes itaque gratiflima et fideliflima Servitia, quae prxdileftus «Sc fide-
lis Confiliarius nofter Regni noftri Hibernian Francifcus Annefley, Miles et
Baronettus, Vice-thefaurarius et Receptor-Gencralis Reddituum et Revenci-
onum noftrorum eodem Regno, ac primarius Secretarius nofter di&i Regni
noftri, tarn prsecharifiimo nuper Patri noftro beats Memoriae, quam nobis
fideliflime et prudentiflime impendit, indielque impendere non defiftit: Nec-
non confiderantes Circumfpe&ionem, Prudentiam, Strenuitatem, Dexterita-
tem, Integritatem, Providentiam, Curam et Fidelitatem ipfius Francifci erga
nos et Coronam noftram, ipfum in Procerum et Magnatum dicli Regni noftri
Hibernis numerum afcribi decrevirnus. Sciatisigitur, &c.

» Rot de A». 3». Car. 1. 3*. p. D. R. a6. 2 Idem. 4**. Car. 1. $t#. p.D.
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might be the better paid. To which the L. D. returned
anfvver, it was as great a grace and favour as could be of-
fered to any people, and that as he was the King's fer-
vant, and muff tender the King's profit, fo he would do
it with all moderation, and fatisfa&ion to the fub-
jecls *.

In the year 1629, tne King? having by letter called him
into England about matters much importing his Majefty's
profit and fervice, received fo good fatisfac~tion in all
things from him, as induced the King to return him to
his charge with this teftimony, i( That as he had hitherto
" found him an able and faithful fervant, for which he
" had extended fpecial marks of his grace and bounty to-
<c wards him, fo he was confident of his perfeverance
" therein, and accordingly fhould be ready to enlarge his
*e favours to him, as fitoccafion fhould be offered." And
in his letter to the L. J. Elye and Cork, dated at Oat-
lands 10 Auguft, writes, " We do let you know, that as
" we do expecl from him all due care and induftry, as
" well for the improvement of our revenues, and ad-
" vancement of our profit, as for the diminution and
«c abatement of our prefent charge, by alljuft and honour-
<c able means ; fo it is our pleafure and command, that
cc you fhould take his advice and aiMance, and give him
<c all favourable hearing, countenance and fupportation
« in all matters conducing thereunto, as to a chief Officer
iC and well deferving fervant of ours, whom we value
" and efteem; and becaufe we have given him fome things
<c in efpecial charge for our profit and fervke, about
<c which he may have occalion to make his repair to our
" Royal Prefence, to give us an account thereof, we do
<c will and require you to grant him licence to come unto
<c us, when he fhall defire it, and give him fuch allow-
" ance by concordatum, out of the monies allowed for
" extraordinaries, for the time he fhall attend our fer-
€< vice here, as in like cafes hath been accuftomed to per-
" fons of his place and quality."

But, in 1635, during the Government of the L. D.
Wentworth, his Lordfhip fell into much trouble, being
by him committed to prifon, and 13 2 December fentenced
to lofe his head by an extraordinary acl: of power, the de-
puty caufing him to be condemned by a Council of War

I % (fummoned

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(fummoned by authority of his Majefty's Warrant, dated
31 July) for no other crime, than an imadvifed, paffion-
ate, myfterious expreffion, uttered at the Lord Chancel-
lor's table, within three or four days after the Parliament
wras diffolved ; when it being related, that as the L. D.
was fitting in the Prefence-Chamber, one of his fervants,
in removing a ftool, happened to hurt his foot, then indif-
pofed through an acceflion of the gout, one of the Compa-
ny faid to the Lord Mountnorris, that it was Annefley, his
kinfman, one of the L. Deputy's Gentlemen-Ufhers, that
had done it : Whereupon his Lordfhip anfwered, ce Per-
haps it was done in revenge of that public affront, which
my L. D. had done him formerly, but he hath a brother,
that would not take fuch a revenge." His Lordfhip, in
his defence, protefted, that what interpretation fo-
ever his words might have put upon them, he intended
no hurt or prejudice to the perfon of the Deputy ; affirm-
ing, that by thefe words, " But he hath a brother that
would not take fuch a revenge," he meant only, that the
faid brother would die, before he would give the Deputy
occafion to give him fuch a rebuke. But notwithftanding,
he was adjudged to be imprifoned, deprived of his com-
mands in the army, difarmed, difabled of ever bearing
office therein, and laftly, to be fhot to death, or lofe his
head, at the deputy's pleafure. — After this fentence, it ap-
pears by the King's letter from Weftminfter 19 April
1636 !, that his Majefty had extended fome degree of favour
towards him ; " but being given to underftand," fays the
King, " that his ill carriage hath been fuch by neglect
" of our Grace, afforded unto him as it hath been held
fit tocaufehis ftudy-doortobe fealedup by the Commit-
tee, who have the cognizance of that bufinefs ; and it
is likewife conceived that the view and perufal of his
papers may be of ufe, for the further diico very of his
proceedings therein, We do therefore hereby authorife
and require you to appoint any four of our Privy Coun-
cil there, whom you fhall think fit (in the prcfence of
fome to be nominated by the faid Lord Mountnorris) to
take a view and fight of his papers, and in cafe they fhall
find any that may be of ufe, either in that kind or
otherwife for our fervice, to take them into your hands,
and to difpofe. of them as you fhall fee caufe, and for fo

" doing,

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" doing, thefe our letters fhall be your fufficient warrant:"
But 6 April 1637 ne nac* a PaI*don under the great feal1,
(having continued from the time of his fentence, a clofe
prifoner in the Caftle of Dublin) upon his humble Peti-
tion ; which, though he thought abfolutely neceffary at
that time, and his Majefty was pleafed in his clemency to
grant it, yet he feems to undervalue and defpife it in his
Petition, which 7 November 1640 he prefented to the
Commons of England, whereby he relinquifhed all advan-
tage of defence by the faid pardon, and fubmitted the
crimes, to him imputed, to their fcrutiny and determina-
tion.

. He departed this life in 1660, and was buried 23 No-
vember in the Chancel of Thorganby Church, Yorkfhire ;
having married to his firft wife Dorothea, daughter of
Sir John Philips, of Piclon-Caftle, in the county of Pem-
broke, the firft Baronet of that family", by his wife Anne,
daughter and coheir to Sir John Perrot of Harrolfton,
L. D. of Ireland, and by her, who died 3 May 1624, alK*
was buried the next day at St. John's, Dublin, he had five
fons and eight daughters, viz. 3

Sir Arthur, created Earl of Anglefey. ' ' '

Robert, born 2 Auguft 1615, died at Rome on his tra- (a)
vels.

John, born in Dublin, 11 September 1616, was feated Famflies 0f
at Ballyfonan in the county of Kildare ; Of whom the Baliyfoaan,
King thus writes, (in his Privy Seal from Whitehall 15 Little-
December 1660) " Whereas Captain John Annefley, l*^ ^
" having the command of a troop of horfe in the
<c fervice of our late dear father, of blerTed memory,
" in Ireland, in deteftation of that moft execrable murder
" upon our late moft Royal Father, did give up his Com-
" miifion, and refufed to a6t under that ufurped power,
" although in thofe times he had no other fubfiftence for
" himfelf, his wife, and family, but what he had by his
" troop, and hath everiince kept himfelf out of all em-
" ployment under that power, which was a lignal proof
cc of his loyalty to our faid father and to us. And for
tc that we were engaged for the troops and commands now
" fettled in our realm of Ireland, before application was
u made to us in his behalf; wTe do therefore by thefe our

" letters,

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3 Mi". Pedigrees penes J. L,

u 5 ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

cc letters, will and require you to fettle upon him the
tc command of Captain of fuch Troop of Horfe, as fhall
€C firft become void, and be in our gift in our army in
cc Ireland, and thereof you may not fail, but fee this our
tc letter ferved in the firfr place1." Accordingly he had a
grant 9 February 1660, of the firft troop that fhould be-
come void; he married Charity, daughter of Henry War-
ren of Grangebeg, in county of Kildare, Efq and died
in 1695, having iflue five fons and three daughters, viz.
Francis, of Ballyfonan; Maurice, of Little-Rath ; John,
of Ballyfax ; George, who died unmarried ; as did Ro-
bert, foon after his father ; Dorothea, married (to Mau-
rice, fon of Sir John Crofbie, Knt.2*) ; Catharine, to Strel-
ly Pegge, of Beauchyeff in Derbyfhire, Efq. Counfellor
at Law, and deceafing in London, was interred in St.
Martin's Church, in the Fields 3); Elizabeth, (to Jeffrey
Paul, of Ballyraggan, Efq. Knight of the Shire for Car-
low ; he made his will 23 06tober 1707, in which year
he died, and fhe died in 1741, and was interred with
him and her parents, at Ballyfonan); and Anne, the
youngefl daughter married Walter Bourke of Kill, Efq.
Francis Anneiley, of Ballyfonan, Efq. married Debo-
rah, fifter of the faid Jeffrey Paul, Efq. and died in 1707,
leaving by her who died 24 December 1761, four daugh-
ters, viz. Charity, born 29 March 1698, and died un-
married in 1 74 1 ; Deborah, born 15 July 1704, married
to Robert Doyne, of Wells, Efq. Member of Parliament
for the town of Wexford ; Elizabeth, (in June 1720, to
Thomas Hughes, of Archerftown, in Tipperary, by
whom fhe had Francis-Annefley Hughes, fworn a Bar-
rifter at Law, 9 February 1754 and deceafed); and Han-
nah, the youngeft, born 5 October 1706, married 3 De-
cember 1703, to Thomas Springe, Efq. Counfellor at
Lew, and by him fhe had one fon Thomas, now deceafed.
Maurice Anneiley, of Little-Rath, in county of Kildare,
Efq. in recompense of the many great lories he had fuffered
by the war, and that a very valuable wood of his in the
county of Monaghan, confirming of 30,000 oak trees, which
being the only wood in that country, and contiguous to the
camp at Dundalk, was cut down and deftroyed by K. Wil-
liam's

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ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 119

liaRi 3 army, for their ufe in the camp ; and alfo as a re-
ward for his fervices, eminent afte6tion . and forwardnefs
in the King's affairs, had a warrant, dated at Keniington,
26 April 1697, to receive fuch debts, judgments, mort-
gages and incumbrances upon fuch forfeited lands as he
fhould difcover, to the amount of 2000I. a year, over and
above the fourth part, due to him as a difcoverer. He
married Sarah, fecond daughter of Richard, the fourth
Lord Blayney, and dying in London 17 February 1718,
had hTue by her, who died 5 July 1705, two fons Co-
ningfby, and William, who died young1, and four daugh-
ters, viz. Elizabeth, (married to Sir Arthur Gore, of
Newtown, Bart, anceftor to Sir Arthur-Saunders, Earl of
Arran) ; Charity * (firft to Francis Palmer, of Palmerf-
town, in the county of Mayo, Efq. and fecondly, to Hen-
ry Blake, of Lehinch, in the fame county, Efq. by
whom fhe had Annefley, born in December 1724, who
died young; Henry; and Charity-Julia, married 17
March 1743, to Thomas Newburgh ot Ballyhayes in Ca-
van, Efq. died 20 November 1745, and is buried at St.
Anne's, Dublin, where a neat monument is erecled to her
memory by her mother) ; Sarah, died unmarried ; and Do-
rothea, married to Francis Knox, Efq. and had iffue
Thomas, James, Francis, and Sarah, who married Francis
Blake, Counfellor at Law, and had iffue Mary-Anne, Doro-
thy and Elinor 3. John Annefley, of Ballyfax, Efq. married

Eleanor, daughter of- Bifhop of Bifhop-Hall, Efq.

and died 13 April 1720, leaving iffue by her, who died at
Killala, in February 1769, aged 96, three daughters,
Anne, Jane, and Elizabeth 4-, and four fons, viz. Fran-
cis, of Ballyfax, Efq. born in January 1701, wTho married *
Margaret, youngeft daughter and coheir to Edward Eyre,
of Galway, Efq. wThodied in November 1739, by his wife
Jane, fecond daughter of Sir William Maynard, of Walt-
hamftow in EfTex, Bart, but died 5 March 1750, and
was buried at Ballyfonan, having no iffue by his faid La-
dy, (who re-married with Dominick Burke, of Galway,
Efq. fon of Dominick Burke, Efq. many years reprefen-
tative in Parliament for that town, and brother to Bing-
ham Burke, late a Captain in his Majefty's fervice ; fhe

deceafed

1 Colle&ions. 2 Idem. Will ; and fee will of faid Charity made in 1741
in Prerog. Office. -3 Lodge. * Idem. * Idem.

12* ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

deceafed in 1786, leaving no ifTue by Mr. Burke, who died
about a year before her) Rev. Richard Annefley of Kil-
more, county of Galway, whofe wife was the daughter of
Captain Perlie of Roxburrow in the county of Galway,
by whom he had two fons John ; Charles, an officer in
General Adlercron's regiment ; and four daughters, Ele-
anor ; Jane, married in February 1770, to James Browne,
Efq.; Hannah; and Mary; he died 3 June 1752, atKil-
more*); John, who died unmarried; and Rev. Mau-
rice Annefley of Water-Park, county of Clare, who mar-
ried Bridget, daughter of • Hawkins, of Carhur-

ley, in fame county, and had iffue John ; Francis ; Eliza-
beth, who in February 1764, married William Garden,
of Killard, in county of Tipperary, Efq. and other
children

(4) James, died an infant1, and was buried in 1621, in the
Parifh Church, where he was born, viz. in Fofter-Lane,
London.

(5) Humphrey, died an infant.

(!) Daughter, Letitia died unmarried.

(2) Hefther, married to Sir Richard Lort of Stackpole-
Court in the county of Pembroke, Knt.

(3) Beatrix, firft to Sir John Lloyd, Knt. fecondly, to Sir
Thomas Smyth of Hill-Hall, in Eflex, Bart, to whom fhe
was fecond wife % and died 26 March 1688, without, hTue
by him, who died the fame year, att. 673.

(4) Anne, born in 1620, ^was firft married to Colonel
George Cooke, of Pebmarfh, in Eflex, to whom fhe was
fecond wife, and had an only child Anne, who died un-
married ; and fecondly, to Sir John Baker, Remembran-
cer of the Exchequer in England.

(5) Jane, to Fifh, Efq. and died 5 September

1630 4-

(6) Chriftian, baptized 15 December 1622, died young.

(7) Dorothy, born in 1623, and was buried by her mother
6 September 1630.

(8) Margaret, baptized 5 January 1623-4, died young.

His

* All mentioned in his will, dated z June 1752, and proved ti Odlober
in the Court of Prerogative, whereby he dire&ed his body to be buried in
the vault of his wife's family in the panih church of Tynagh, if he died in the
county of Galway, or within ten miles of it. (Prerogative Office.)

1 Lodge. 2 Id. ^ Idem. 4 lifter.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. i2i

His Lordihip's fecond wife was Jane, lifter to Philip,
the firft Earl of Cheiterfield, widow of Sir Peter Courtene,
of Aldington, 4n Worcefterlhire, Bart, and by her, who
died 12 March 1683, and was buried 15, in St. Mary's
Church, Nottingham, he had feven fons and two daugh-
ters, viz. Francis, anceftor to Lord Vifcount Glerawley ;
Peter, born in London 3 October 1631, and was buried in
Everiley-Church, Hantlhire ; George (born at Chefter, 28
October 1632, drowned in the Thames unmarried, as he
was ftepping into a Pacquet-noat with letters from his bro-
ther Arthur, for K. Charles II.) ; William, born at Green-
wich, 25 Apr$ 1636, was buried at Thorganby a child ;
Peter, born at Woodgate-Houfe, in Hatfield, Hertford-
fhire, 11 February 1638; and Robert, born 23 Novem-
ber 1643, both died childleis; Samuel (born in London,
1 October 1645, married Mary, elded daughter of the
aforementioned Colonel George Cooke, by his firft wife,
and dying without iflue, they were both buried in St. An-
drew's church, Dublin, 26 July 1 720) ; Dorothy, born
28 April 1 63 1, died an infant; and Catharine, born 5 Ja-
nuary 1634 x, married in July 1662, to Sir Randal Be-
resford, Bart, and was buried at St. Michan's, 4 April 1701,

Sir Arthur, the fecond Vifcount Valentia, born in Fifham- Sir Arthur,
ble-ftreet, Dublin, 10 July 1614, and bap ti fed the 20 in vir*unt
St. John's church, was educated in Magdalen College,
Oxford, where having laid a fure foundation of literature,
he removed in 1634 to Lincoln's-Inn, to advance his know-
ledge in the laws and conftitution of his country ; after
which he made the tour of Europe, and came for a time in-
to Ireland. — In the Parliament of 1640, he was returned
Knight for the county of Radnor, but his election being
queftioned, and Charles Price, Efq. voted the legally cho-
fen member, he foon left that Parliament, and followed the
King to Oxford, where he fat in That, called by his Ma-
jefty in 1643 : But returning again to Weft minder, and
being a man of very considerable parts, and general reputa-
tion, he was appointed in May 1645, tne ^r^ °f tne tnree
CommiiTioners to manage the affairs of Ireland ; where ar-
riving in Oclober, they brought provilion, ammunition,
and 2o,oool. to be employed againft the Irifh; whofe de-
figns in the provinces of Ulfter and Conaught, were thereby
fruftrated, and many great advantages accrued to the Pro-

teftant

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ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA,

teftant intereft : And in 1647 (complying entirely with the
Parliament) he was nominated the firit of their five Com-
miffioners, to receive the garrifons and enfigns of Govern-
ment from the Marquefs of Ormond, L. L. — But the
Chief Governors of the State running into wild meafures,
and purfuing confufed inconfiftenr. fchemes, he forefaw the
difha&ions that mull: enfue, and wifhed for nothing more
than the reiteration of the King, and the re-eftablifhment of
the laws and religion of his country : To which end, he was
empowered with Sir* John Grenvil, Sir Thomas Peyton,
Mr. Mordaunt, and Mr. Legge, by a blank commiflion,
dated at Bruffels 7 March 1658, to treat with any of his Ma-
jefty's fubjecls in England or Wales, that were, or had been
inarms aginft him or his father (except fuch as were con-
cerned in the murder of his father) and to affure them, if
they would join heartily in his reftoration, that they fhould
Iiave not only free pardon, but fuch recompence as their
fervice fhould merit. — In this truft they proceeded with fuch
caution and activity, that a day in July 1659, was fixed
for a general riling, many of the nobility and gentry being
engaged by them in the King's fervice: But though the
attempt proved unfuccefsful, yet he greatly contributed af-
terwards to the accomplifhment of that work ; for, being
one of the fecluded members, he was reftored to his feat
2J February; and being chofen President of the Council of
State, appointed to govern in the interval of Parliament,
from 16 March to 25 April 1660, he was, as Lord Cla-
rendon writes, very well contented, that the King fhould
receive particular information of his devotion and refolu-
tion to do him fervice, which he manifefted in many parti-
culars of importance, had the courage to receive a let-
ter from his Majefty, and returned a dutiful anfwer to
It.

For which faithful fervices he was fworn of the Privy
Council, and 4 June appointed, with Sir William Morris,
2nd others, to tender the oaths of fupremacy and allegi-
ance to the Houfe of Commons, which had met 25 April,
and was ftill fitting: Alfo, 21 Auguft 1660 he was confti-
tuted Vice-Treafurer and Receiver-General of Ireland, with
the fee of 65I. 13s. 4d. and all other fees, &c thereunto
belonging, together with the office of Treafurer at War ',
and 6 February enfuing, Captain of a troop of horfe ;

25 of

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ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. m

25 of which month the King wrote to the L. J. that he was
fo employed by him in his councils and fervices in England,
relating unto both kingdoms, that he could not fpare him
from thence, to follow his own occafions ; and more efpe-
cially his feveral concernments upon the intended fettlement
of all the interefts of his fubjecls of Ireland, purfuant to his
declaration concerning the lame : And whereas for his emi-
nent and many faithful fervices, performed before and fince
his reftoration, the King was willing to take all opportu-
nities, whereby he might extend his royal bounty and fa-
vour to him and his pofterity, fully refolving to fhew him,
in his refpeclive fettlement, as much benefit and advantage,
as might be confiftent with his faid declaration, he was pleafed
to require the L. J. to take effectual and efpecial care,
that all the forfeited lands within the barony of Newcaftle
in the county of Dublin, and in the iflands of Valentia,
Bearhaven, &c fhould be fet out to him for fatisfac-
tion of his reprifes for fuch lands, as by the reftoration of
any perfons to their former eftates by the aforefaid declara--
iion, fhould be taken from him. — This letter was followed
by another, 16 March, wherein his Majefty fhews the fenfe
he had of his fervices; and being fenfible that he had fuf-
fered much during the ufurpation, and was particularly
employed and entrufted by him in the late great and hap-
py work of his reftoration, wherein he was very fuccefsful-
ly inftrumental, and ferved him with lingular prudence and
faithfulnefs, and much to his advantage, without feeking
his own, and did ftill continue indefatigably to render him
faithful and acceptable fervices, for which he had not hi-
therto received thofe real marks of his grace and favour,
which his Majefty intended, and was refolved to confer up-
on him, for the honouT and advantage of him and his pof-
terity, ordered him a grant of the forfeited eftates of L. Ge-
neral Edmund Ludlow, and Colonel John Jones, with all
arrears of rent, and the advantage of all the improvements
upon the premifies. And by letters patent, dated 20 April
1 66 1, advanced him to the Peerage of England, by the titles
of Baron Annefley of Newport-Pagnel and Earl of Angle-
fey, for the aforefaid reafons, and the fervices of his fa-
ther1.

9 March 1660, he was appointed one of the Commif-
fioners for executing the King's declaration for the fettle-
ment

* Lodge Coll«$.

a at ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

ment of Ireland^ and fat in the Houfe of Peers by proxy
25 June 1 66 1 f. Much injuitice and fraud having been
ufed in the procuring of decrees and judgments, given for
forfeited lands in the province of Conaught and county of
Clare, during the ufurpation, his Lordfhip was empow-
ered 24 October 1662, with others, to enquire and certify
how the fame had been obtained ; being alfo commiffioned
1 December following to enquire into the full yearly value
of the lands, that were, or fhould be fet out for the refpec-
live adventurers, foldiers, purchafers of tranfplanted per-
form, and grantees, as the fame were worth in the year
1659* — On 8 March 1665, a penfion of6ool. a year was
fettled on him for life, to commence from the time that any
additional (or increafe of) penfions had been granted by the
King>lince hisreftoration,to any other of his crown-officers
in Ireland ; and 24 March 1666 he and the Earl of Orrery,
and the furvivor of them, their heirs, and affignes, by privy-
feal dated at Whitehallx received a grant of crown-lands, to
the amount of 500I. a year, according to the feveral rents,
ratable for each parcel then remaining on record a, and 10
October 1667, they had a grant of 5000I. out of forfeited
goods *.

In July 1667, he exchanged his office of Vice-Treafurer
with Sir George Carteret, for that of Treafurer of the Navy;
and 24 Feb. 1670, was appointed by the King in Council,
with the Duke of Buckingham, the Lord Holies, Afhley
Cooper, and Mr. Secretary Trevor, or any three of them 3
a committee, to revife and take an abftracl of all the papers
and writings relative to the affairs of Ireland and the fettle-

rnent

* In addition to thefe favours, he had feveral grants of lands under the afts
*f fectlemenf ; and4 Jan. 1666 power to hold a \y<:dnefday market, and three
fail's on ao. May, July and Oft. at Camolin. Alfo \% July 1671 a rtduftion
was made of the quit-rents on his lands in the Barony of Beare and Bantry
to a halfpenny the acre, which had been fo reduced by the Commiflioners for
executing the afts of fettlement 12 January 1668, but their commiffion expir-
ing before they had figned their order for the fame; his Majefty's directions
were neceffary to confirm the decree. And 15 March 1679, he had the lands
©f Gurteen and others in the co of Cork, erected into the manor of Bantry,
*nd thofe of Knockmore, &c. into the manor of Altham ; with liberty to le-
parate 2000 acres in each for demefne lands, 3000 acres in each for a park,
with free warren; and a Wednesday and Saturday market, and three fairs on
19 May, 10 Aug. and'4 Oft. at Ballygobban, otherwife Oldtown, in the for»
mar manor. (Lodge.)

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ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 125

ment thereof, and make a report to his Majefty, which they
did at large 12 June 167 1 ; whereupon a new commiffion
was iflued 1 Auguft to them, with the addition of Prince
Rupert, the Duke of Lauderdale, and Sir Thomas Chich-
ley ', to infpecl the fcttkment of the kingdom, and all pro-
ceedings thereupon; which was followed by a third 17
Jan. 1672, whereunto the Duke of Ormond was added ft,
empowering them to infpcct the a els of fettlement, with
their execution and the difpoiition of forfeited lands, the
(late of the revenue, &c.

On 22 April 1673, he was appointed on account of his
lingular prudence and fidelity, to that great office of Lord
Privy-Seal ; and 26 October 1675, was by commiffion,
appointed one of the Truftees for the (1649) Officers, ac-
cording to the intents andpurpofes of his Majefty's gracious
declaration, as he had been before 22 May 1662 3; 20
April 1679, tne King diflblving his Privy Council and con-
ftituting a new one, he was made choice of to be one of his
Counfellors : But in the year 1682, fome apprehenfions
arifing of the King's death and a Popifh fucceflbr, the Duke
of York then profeffing himfeif a Papift, his Lordihip drew
up a paper, entitled "The Account of Arthur, Earl of
Anglefey, Lord Privy Seal, to your moil Excellent Majefty,
of the true State of your Majefty 's Government and King-
doms, April 27, 1682 ;" and having the year before pub-
lifhed another pamphlet, containing " Animadverlions up-
on the Earl of Caftlehaveifs Memoirs of his Conducl in the
Wars of Ireland ;" he gave umbrage to the Court, was de-
prived of that high office, and diimilTed from the Council
Board 9 Auguft 1682. From which time he lived retired,
chiefly at Blechingdon in Oxfordfhire, to his death, which
happened by a quinfy on Eafter-Tuefday, 6 April
1686, at his houfe in Drury-lane, Weftminfter*- He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter and coheir to Sir James Altham,
of Ox eye, in Hertfordfhire, one of the Barons of the Ex-
chequer, in the reign of James I. fhe lies buried in the

North

* His Lordfliip, like other great men, hath fallen under variety of charac-
ters ; but his juft and real one i'eems to be given by the editors of the Biogra-
pfaia Britannica, Vol. I. p. 19a. 2.d Edit, and an account of his writings may
be f&uad in Mr. Harris'* Hiftory of the Writers of Ireland, page 2,02,

1 Lodje- 2 Hera, ■* Idem.

i2S ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

North Chancel of Walton-Church in Surrey, under a blue
marble with this infcription :

Here lyeth Elizabeth,

Countefs of Anglefey,

Who died April

the 1 2th, 1662.

By her his Lordfhip had iflue feven fons and fix daughters,

viz.
(0 James, Lord Annefley, his fucceflbr.

(a) Altham, created Lord Altham, of whom hereafter.

(3) Richard, anceftor to theprefent Vifcount Valentia.

(4) Arthur, and

(5) Arthur, both died infants.

(6) Arthur, whodied unmarried in January 1703.

(7) Charles, who married Margaret, lifter of Edward Eyre of
Galway, Efq.*, and dying in 1702, left an only fon
Charles Annefley, Efq fome time Captain of the Battle-
Axe Guard, who 9 November 1732 married Mary, widow
of Sir Richard Levinge, Bart, and died 23 February 1746,
without iflue, by her, who died 2 December 1756 *.

(1) Daughter Lady Dorothy was married to Richard, Earl of

Tyrone.

(*) Lady Elizabeth, firft wife to Alexander, the third Earl of

Antrim, but died without iflue before he enjoyed that ti-
tle.

(3) Lady Frances, firft wife to Sir John Thompfon, Bart,
created Lord Haveifham, died in March 1704, and was
buried at Haverfham.

(4) Lady Philippa, firft to Charles, Lord Mohun, by whom
fhe had Charles, Lord Mohun, killed in a duel by the
Duke of Hamilton ; and fecondly to William Coward, of
county of Somerfet %> Efq. Serjeant at Law, and died 10
February 1714.

Lady

* She was thrice married after his deceafe ; firft, before 1709, to Colonel
Ambrofe Edgworth, who died in December 1710; fecondly to Andrew Wil-
fpnof Piers/ield in Weftmeath, Efq. who died in 172,5, and thirdly, 14 May
1725 to John Meares of Meares-Court in the fame county, Efq. where foe
died ia Sept. 174a.

Lodge Colle£t. 2 Mem.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 127

Lady Anne, to Sir Francis Wyngate, of Fellbrigge-Hall, (5)
in Norfolk, Knt. who left her a widow, with Arthur, his
fucceflbr.

Bridget, died young {*}

Sir James, the third Vifcount Valentia, in his fathers Sir Jamev
life-time ferved in Parliament for the city of Winchefter ; 3
and 17 November 1688, joined with feveral Lords and Bi-
fhops in a petition to K. James II. to redrefs the grievan-
ces of the nation, and the danger his own perfon was ex-
pofed to, by calling a free Parliament*. — In September
1669, he married l the Lady Elizabeth Manners, fourth
daughter of John, the eighth Earl of Rutland, and dying
1 April 16902, had iffue by her, who died in February

1698, three fons, James, John, and Arthur, who fuccef-
fively enjoyed the honours ; and two daughters, Frances,
who died an infant; and Elizabeth, married to Robert
Gayer, of Stoke-Poges, in Bucks, Efq. ( fon and heir to
Sir Robert Gayer, Knight of the Bath, who died 14 June
17023), and fhe died in December 1725, leaving a moft
accomplifhed character.

Sir James, the fourth Vifcount, was left a minor under the s*,r Jam*%
guardianlhip of James Selby, of the Inner-Temple, Efq.4- Vllc4aafltr
but after he came of age, took Ills feat in the Parliament of
Ireland 27 Augull5 1695, and 8 October following, was
made C. Rot. of the county of Wexford 6. 28 October

1699, he married the Lady Catherine Darnley, natural
daughter of K. James II. (by Catherine, only daughter of
Sir Charles Sedley, of Ailesford, in Kent, Bait, who 20 Ja-
nuary 1685, was created Baronefs of Darlington, and
Countefs of Dorchefter for life) and by her, who was born
in 1683, and from whom he was feparated 12 June 170 1 by
the unanimous confent of the King and Parliament, and
who 1 March 1705, was married to John Sheffield, Duke
of Buckingham, died at her houfe, St. James's Park, 13
March 1742, and was buried 6 April in Weftminfter Abbey,
he had an only daughter Catharine, born 7 January 1700,

and

* His eftateof 4000I. a year and his mother's jointure of iiaoi. in Ireland,
and 160I. in England, were iequcltered in that King's Parliament. (Hains^
King, &c.)

r Articles dated 17 and 18 witho^osl, fortune, * Decree in Chancery,
18 Dec. 1696 1 No. 36. * Lodge, ♦ Ide*a* 5 Lards Jotv. I, 47J*
« Rot. ;•. G»i. III. 4». p. f.

i2S ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

and firft married in September 17 18, to William, fon and
heir of Conftantfne Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, an-
ceftor to Lord Mulgrave. His Lordfhip decealing 21 Ja-
nuary 1 70 1 lj was buried at Farnborough, in the county
of Southampton, and was fucceeded by his brother
Sir John, Sir John, the fifth Vifcount, a Nobleman of great parts and
* . 5 ftri£t honour, who was fworn of the Privy Council 12 July
17 10, and conftituted 3 Auguft enfuing, Vice-Treafurer,
Receiver-General, and Paymafter of the forces in Ireland.
21 May 1706, he married the Lady Henrietta Stanley,
eldeft daughter and coheir to William-Richard-George,
Earl of Derby, and by her, (who remarried 24 July 17 14,
wita John, Earl of Afhburnham, and died 26 June 1718,
in the 31 year of her age) had one daughter Elizabeth,
bom in May 17 10, who died an infant; and his Lordfhip
dying of a fever 18 September that year,, was buried at
Farnborough, and was fucceeded by his brother
Sir Arthur, Sir Arthur, the iixth Vifcount, who was a gentleman of the
6 Privy Chamber to K. William and Q^ Anne ; and after his
2 count. fucce^rlon t0the honours, was appointed (n Oclober) joint
Vice-Treafurer of Ireland, and 19, fworn of the Privy
Council in England. In 171 i, he was oneoftheCom-
miffioners for building the 50 new churches ; and 9 July
that year fworn of the Privy Council in Ireland, taking his
feat the fame day in the Houfe of Peers 2. — On the death of
the Queen, he was one of the L. J. of England, to admi-
nifter affairs, until K. George I. arrived from Hanover ;
who 1 Oclober 17 14, called him into his Privy Council of
both kingdoms, and 15 January following again made him
join^ Vice-Treafurer and Treafurer at War. —On the death
, of the Duke of Manchefter, he was elecled in full fenate,
16 February 1721, High Steward of the Univerfity of
Cambridge, wThere he had his education, and which he had
reprefented in three feveral Parliaments. On 29 No-
vember 1727, he was mace L. L. and Governor of the
county of Wexford, and fworn a Privy Counfellor to K.
George II. on his acceflion to the crown. He married
Mary, third daughter of Sir John Thorn pfon, Lord Ha-
verfham, by the Lady Frances Annefley, daughter of Ar-
thur, the firft Earl of Anglefey, but by her, who died at
Wroodftock, in January 17 18, and was buried at Farnbo-
rough, he had no ifiue, and deceafmg 1 April 1737, was

buried

Rolls Office, Will, and Lodg« Colleft, 2 Lord^ Jour. II. 36a.

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 123

buried with her, being fucceeded in his honours by Richard
Lord Altham, with which branch of the family we fhall
now proceed.

Altham, the fecond fon of Arthur, the firft Earl of An- Altham,
glefey, was educated in Magdalen College, Oxford, where *
1 February 1670, he took his degree of A. M. and 4 Au- 21am.
guft 1677, addreffed James, Duke of Ormond, with a
learned fpeechat his viiitation of the faid College1. By pa-
tent dated at Weftminfter 14 February* 1680, he was crea-
ted Baron Altham of Altham, with limitation of the honour
to the iflue male of his younger brethren; but having been
attainted by K. James's Parliament, as relident in England,
and his eftate of 1400I. a year, being fequeftered2, he did
not take his feat in the Houfe of Peers, until 2 Auguft
1695 3. He married to his firft wife in Auguft 4 1678,
Alicia, elder daughter and at length fole heir to Charles
Leigh, of Leighton-Buzzard in county of Bedford, Efq.
fecond furviving fon of Thomas, the firft Lord Leigh ; but
by her, who died 4 June 1682, aet. 24. having no iflue, he
married in July 5 1697 Urlilla, only daughter of Sir Robert
Markham, of Sedgebrooke, in Lincolnfhire, Bat. and fil-
ter to Sir George, who died unmarried 9 June i~36, and
his Lordfhip deceafmg at Bath, in April 1699, had ifTue
by her, (who remarried in 1701 with Samuel Ogle, Efq.
Member of Parliament for Berwick, and 2 September
1699, appointed a Commirlioner of the Revenue in Ire-
land},) an only fon

Vol. IV. K James-

* The Preamble. Sclatis quod nos Animo recolentc- bona et fidel'a Ser-
vitia, quae praedilcctus et peiquam fidcli- Cor.,anguir.eu. s« t C nfiJiaiius nofter
Arthurus, Comes Angldey, Cuftos pnvan S.giili noftri, nobis fumma cum
AfTHuitate et Integiitatediupraeftititetadhucncndclifl.it; ac ut F ii rrsdi&i
Comiii ad eju- Exempium pre fequi Tiagis incitari pote; nt ; nccnor. in memo-
ria antiquae illius et fi I-.Ji.' Fr.miJia; Alth-mi.rLHi, de G. i.tia noftra jcia , c
ex certa Scie.itia & mero motu ncftr ?, dile&um et. fidelem roft.um Ah.h«m
Annefley Armigerum, filium natu (e undu:r» p sedifti Com 'tis Bar' nem Alt-
ham de AJtham iaComitatu noftro Corcagia; in legno noftro Hibemise tcnore
prs entium erigimus, prsefiamus, et crcamus, 8ec. (Rot. pat. de A°. 33*.
Car. II. 1*. n. f )

-f* Mr Ogle died 10 March 1718, having ifTue three fon~ and one diughter,
viz George ; Robert, baptized 19 May 1706, was a Captain in General
Browne's reg ment of hcrfe ; 1 homas, bapt'ztd4 February 1713 -, and Meli-
ora, married to J >hn, fourth fon of Chriitopher Bioughtcn, of Longdon, in
county of Stafford, Efq. — George, the eldeft fon, baptifed 18 May 1704,

married

1 Lodge Coi!e&. 2 Idem. 3 Lords Jour. I. 479, 4 Articles

dated 2,9 Auguft., 5 Articles dated 47 and a 8 July.

i3c& ANNESLEY Viscount VALENTIA.

James- James- George, the fecond Lord Altham, who dying in
George, h*ls infancy, the title fell to his uncle Richard, ion of Ar-
Lord. thur, firft Earl of Anglefey.

Richard Which Richard, third Lord Altham, was educated in

3 the fame College with his brother, commencing A. M. at

Lord. the fame time; taking Holy Orders, he was Prebendary of

Weftminfter; in 1680* Dean of Exeter1, and 5 July 1689,

created D. D. He married Dorothea, daughter of

Davey, of Ruxford, in the county of Devon, and dying
19 November 1701 2, was buried 25 in Weftminfter-
Abbey, leaving iffue by her (who 2,9 December 1720, was
married to William Vefey, Efq. and 16 May 1725, buried
at St. Peter's, Dublin) two fons and two daughters; Arthur,
Richard, Dorothea, married to Mr. John Greene of Non-
fuch-Park in Surrey ; and Elizabeth ; firft to that gentle-
man's brother; fecondly, 16 Auguft 1737 to John, Lord
Haverfham; thirdly, in 1746, to Fitz -William White,
Efq. and fire died in November 17723.
Arthur, Arthur, the fourth Lord, took his feat in Parliament 9
Lord. Juty I7Il4» and 22 July 1 707, married Mary, natural
daughter of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, and de~
ceafing at Inchicore near Dublin 14 November 1727,
was buried in Chrift-Church ; leaving no iiiue by her, who
died 26 O&ober 1729, and was buried in St. Andrew's
Church, Holborn, His brother
SirRichard, Sir Richard, born in 1694, became the fifth Lord Altham,
7 and fucceeding his coufin Arthur, Earl of Anglefey, in his
Vifcount. honourSj Was the fixth Earl of Anglefey, and feventh Vif-
count Valentia, by which title 4 October 1737? he fat firft
in Parliament5, and was Governor of the county of Wexford.
— 5 January 1 7 15, he married Anne, daughter of Captain
John Preft, of Monckton, near Biddiford, in county of

Devon,

married Frances, eldeft daughter of Sir Thomas Twyfden of Eaft-Peckham,
in Kent, Baft, he died in October 1746, leaving iffue by her, who died 9
May 1749, -a only ion George, of Bcile-Vue, in county of Wexford, 1'fq.
who was b; rn in 1739, was elected to Parliament for the fame county 29 De-
cember 1769; appointed a Member of the Privy Council and Public Regifter
of deeds in Ireland in 1784- he married Elizabeth, filter to Lorenzo Moore,
Efq late Colonel of the Battle-Axe-Guards, and M. of P. for the Borough
of Dun.;annon, but by his laid Lady (to whom a penfion of 800I. a year was
granted 16 Augult 178^) he has no ifTue. (Lodge Collect, and Penfion Lift.)

J Izacke's Exeter, p. 19a. ~ Collect. Lodge. 3 Bill in Chancery.

■* Lords Jour. II. 362. * Id. 111. 363,

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTlA. i3r

Devon, which Lady brought him a confiderable fortune,
having no iilue by her who died in England 13 Au-
guft 174 r, and was buried at Monkley l. His Lordfhip
married fecondly, 15 September fame year, Juliana,
daughter of Mr. Donovan, of county Wexford*, and
deceaiing at his feat of Camolin 14 February 17613, left
iilue by his faid lady (who remarried with Matthew Talbot,
Efq- and died at Bath 2,0 November 1776 4) one fon' and
three daughters*, viz.

Sir Arthur, who fucceeded to the honours. (1)

K 2. Daughter,

* As we find in the following Petition read in the Houfe of Lords, 8 Decem-
ber 1775.
A PETITION of Arthur Vifcount Valentia, Lucy Vifcountefs Valen-
tia, his wife; George, Juliana-Lucy, Thomas-Littleton, and Charles-Henry
Annefley, Minors, by the laid Arthur VilCount Valentia their father ; alio,
of Robert Phaire, Efq. and Lady Richarda hN wife ; John Toole, Efq. and
Lady Catharine his wife •, Richard Annefley, E q. ; Juliana Countcfs Dowager
of Anglefey; and Conitantine Lord Mulg-ave ; letting forth, that on the death
of Arthur, fifth Earl of Anglefey, his titles of honour did defcend to Richard
then Lord Baron Aitham, afterwards Earl of Anglefey, who then was the
grandlon and heir-rhale of Arthur firft Earl ol Anglefey ; and feveral contro-
veifies did wife between the laid Richard Earl of Anglefey, and Charles An-
nefley, Efq. who was alio the grandlon of the faid Arthur, firft Earl of An.
glefey, concerning their refpective titles and claims toihe family eltate, which
at length were compromiled ; and by Articles bearing date 16 June, 1737,
it was agreed that the laid Charles Annefley fhould convey all his light to the
family eltate in Great Britain and Wales, and Camolin-Park, and the Woods
thereon in co. Wexford, to the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey and his heirs ;
and that lands of the yearly value of 200I. mould be fet out and granted
to the faid Charles Annefley and his heirs ; that the woods fhould be
equally divided between them ; and that two-thirdparts of the remain-
der of the laid eltate in Ireland, fhould be fettled upon thefaid Richard
Earl of Anglefey for life, remainder to his firft and other fons in tail-
male, remainder to the faid Charles Annefley for lire, remainder to his
firft and othv r fens in tail-male, remainder to the faid Richard Earl of Angle-
fey, and his heirs for ever: And that the remaining third part of the laid el-
tate in Ireland fhould be fettled upon the faid Charles Annefley for life, re-
mainder to hit fir it and other fons in tail-male, remainder to the faid Richard
Earl of Anglefey for life, remainder to his firft and other ions in tail-male,
remainder to the 'aid Charles Annefley and his heirs for ever, with pow-
er to the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey and Charles AnnefLy, refpectively,
to make leafe% i'rttle jointures, and to charge portions for younger children.
And it was agreed, that the fhares of the laid Richard Earl of Anglefey, and
Charles Annefley, fhould ftand charged proportionably with the jointure of
the Duchefs of Buekingham (who was the widow or J ..me- third Earl of An-
glefey) alfo with the portion of Lady Catherine, daughter of the faid James
Earl of Anglefey, and all other incumbrances affecting the faid eftate; and
the faid agreement was eftablifhed by a decree in Chaneery about 28 February
1740 ; and the faid decree was, on an appeal, affirmed by the Houfe of Lords
•f Great Britain, about 10 March, 1741; and about Trinity Term, 17 and

1 8 K. George

1 Ledge. 2 Inform. Sir F. Flood and Collect. 3 Lords Tournab IV3
8e3—Q. * Collect, and Sir F. Flood.

i3z ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.

(0 Daughter, Lady Richarda, married in July 1761, to

Robert Phaire, of Temple-Shannon, in county of Wexford,

Lady

18 K. George II. feveral common recoveries were fuffered of faid eftate by
the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey and Charles Annefley.

That the faid Charles Annefley died without iflue, about the month of Fe-
bruary, 1 745 ; and all his right to the Anglefey eftate afterwards became
veiled in Richard Levinge, of the city «f Dublin, Efq. only child amd perfonal
representative of Mary Levinge, deceafed, who was widow, devifee and folc
executrix to the frid Charles Annefley : And by deeds of leafe and releafe,
bearing date 30 and 31 May, in the year 1758 •, the faid Richard Levinge
did grant and convey all his right to the Anglefey eftate (fuch parts thereof
as had been granted by the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey, to the faid Mary
Levinge and Richard Levinge refpeclively, only excepted) unto or in truft for
the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey, his heirs, executors, adminiftrators and af-
figns : And the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey did agree to indemnify that part
of the Anglefey eftate, which had been by him granted to the feid Mary and
Richard Levinge, of, from, and againft all demands of the reprefentatives
of the faid Duchefs of Buckingham, and Lady Catherine, her daughter, and
all other incumbrances.

That by a decree made on or about zz November, 1738, in the faid Court
of Chancery, the fum of 0,0,413!. 14s. id. was decreed to remain due to the
Reprefentatives of the faid Duchefs of Buckingham, and to be and remain a
charge on the Anglefey eftate, and to be paid with intereft.

That the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey did duly make and publifh his laft
will) bearing date 7 April 1759, and did thereby bequeath all his perlonal ef-
tate, exempt from the payment of his debts, to the petitioner Juliana Coun-
tefs Dowager of Anglefey ; and did devife all his real eftate charged and
chargeable with the payment of his debt?, daughters portions aad legacies, to
certain truftees and their heirs, in truft to pay one annuity of ioool. fterling,
to the petitioner Juliana, Counter* Dowager of Anglefey for life, and charge-
able as aforefaid, to the petitioner Arthur Vifcount Valentia for life,
remainder to his firft and other fons in tail-male, remainder to the
fecond and other fons of the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey, in tail-male,
remainder to his daughters by the petitioner Juliana, Countefs Dowager
of Anglefey in tail-general, remainder to the petitioner Richard Annefley,
and the heirs male of his body, remainder to the right heirs of the faid Richard
Earl of Anglefey ; and power was thereby given to the petitioner Arthur
Vifcount Valentia, to charge the faid eftate with a jointure not exceeding
2.000I. per ann. and portions for younger children, not exceeding ao,oool. fterl.
And the faid Teftator did thereby direct, that the woods upon the laid eftate
(Camolin-Park excepted) ftiould be fold, and the money arifing by the

(Camolin-Park excepted) ftiould be fold, and the money arifing by the
fale thereof, and alfo the rents of the faid eftate during the minority of
the Petitioner, Arthur, Vifcount Valentia, and after fatisfying the annual
outgoings, fhould be applied ia eafeand exoneration of the faid eftate ; and al-
fo for any fervice to be done or performed by any perfon or perfons in the exe-
cution of his will ; and the faid Teftator did give and devife 4000I. to the
Petitioner Lady Richarda Phaire •, 3500I. to his daughter Lady Juliana; and
3f$ool. to the Petitioner Lady Catherine Toole, for their refpe&ive portions ;
ioool. fterl. to the Petitioner Arthur Annefley; and fome other fmall legacies,
which fince his death have been paid ; charging the fame upon his real eftate;
and appointed the Petitioner Juliana Countefs Dowager of Anglefey fole
Executrix of his will.

That

ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA. 133

Lady Juliana, to Sir Frederick Flood, of Newtown- (*)
Ormond, county of Kilkenny, created a Baronet of Ire-
land,

That the fa id Richard Earl of Anglefey died ^February, 176"!, leaving the
Petitioner Arthur Vifcount Valentia, his only Ion and heir, and the Petition-
ers. Lady Richarda Phaire, Lady Catharine Toole, and the laid Lady Juliana
his only daughters, by the Petitioner Juliana Countefs Dowager of Anglefey;
and the faid Lady Juliana inter married with Frederick Flood, Efq. and is
fince dead, without iffue.

That the laid decree obtained by the Representatives of the Duchefs of Buck-
ingham, againft the laid Richard Earl of Anglefey, was revived and a fuit inftitu-
ted againft him by the Representatives of the I aid Lady Catharine, the daughter
of the laid James the third Earl of Anglefey, was alio revived ; and by a final
decree, made by the faid Court of Chancery on 10 December 1761, the
furn of 21,1041. 1 7s. 8d. was decreed to the Representatives of the faid Du-
chefs of Buckingham, and by another final decree made by the fame Court on
fame day the fum of 37,300!. 17s. 8d. was decreed to the Rcprefentatives of
the faid Lady Catharine, which iums amount together to 58,505k 3s. o,d\
and remain a charge upon the Anglefey eftate : And the Petitioner Conftan-
tine Lord Mulgrave is now intitled to the fame, and is alfo the heir-general
of the firft five fucceffive Earls of Anglefey.

That by Articles, bearing date 9 May 1767, made in contemplation of a
marriage fince had between the Petitioners Lord and Lady Valentia ; Arthur
Vifcount Valentia did charge the faid eftate with a jointure of 2000I. per
ann. for Lucy Vifcountefs Valentia, and with zo,oool. for portions for young-
er children •, and the Petitioners Lord and Lady Valentia have iffue George,
Juliana-Lucy, Thomas-Littleton, and Charles-Henry Annefley, and no other

lifue.

That the woods upon the faid eftate have been fold, and the money arifing
by the fale thereof and the rents which accrued out of the faid eftate, during
the minority of the Petitioner Arthur Vifcount Valentia, have been applied
and exhauited in the payment or annuities, intereft of charges affecting the
faid eftate, and part of the legacies bequeathed by the faid Richard Earl of
Anglefey, and the cofts and expences of various contefts concerning the title
of the laid Richard Earl of Anglefey: the faid charge of 5^,5051. 3s. od. the
portions of the daughters of the faid Richard Earl of Angleley, amounting
to 1 i,oool. and the cofts of the faid fiats ftiil remain unpaid, and are chargea-
ble upon his real eftate, and cannot be paid, otherwife than by a fale of a
competent part thereof for that purpofe ; and after the fale of a part of the
faid eftate, to anlwer the purpofe aforefaid, the remainder will be abundantly
more than fufRcient to anfwer the jointures of the Petitioners Juliana Countefs
Dowager of Anglefey and Lucy Vifcountefs Valentia, the charge of zo,oool.
for the youmger children of the Petitioners Lord and Lady Valentia, and all
other outgoings.

That a doubt hath been conceived, whether by virtue of the faid articles of
16 June 1737, the faid Richard Earl of Anglefey, was not in equity, tenant
for his life only, and difabled to induce any charge upon the faid eftate for the
payment of his debts, or the portions of his daughters, but the Petitioner Ar-
thur Vifcount Valentia is defirous, that all the debts of the faid Richard
Earl of Anglefey, the portions of his daughters, and all other incumbrances,
chargeable upon the faid eftate, (hall be paid by mortgage or fale of a part
thereof •, and that the remainder of the laid eftate, fubject to the jointures
of the Petitioners Juliana Countefs Dowager of Anglefey, and Lucy Vifcount-
efs Valentia ; and the portions of the younger children of Lord and Lady Va-
lentia,

134 ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENT1A.

land, 3 June 1-80; one of his Majefty's Council at Lav/,
and M. P- for the borough of Ardfert, fhe deceafcd
without iffue before the year 1^75 ; and
(3) Lady Catharine, to John Toole, Efq. by whom fhe hath

iffue1,
Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur,the eighth and prefentVifcount Valentia, was
8 born 7 Auguft 17442 '■> on tne death of his father, he fuc-
Vjfcount. ccec]ed to the honours, and 5 December 1765, he took his
feat in Parliament, as he did again 7 November 177 J 3.
HisLordlhipis a Governor of the county of Wexford, and a
Member of his Majefty's moft honourable Privy Council.—
10 May 1767, he married Lucy, only daughter of George,
the celebrated Lord Lyttlcton, and by her Ladylhip, who
died 20 May 1^83, had iffue two daughters, JuHana-Lu-
cy ; — ; and three fons, viz.
(') George, born at Airly, in county of Worceiler, in No-

vember 1769.
(2) Thomas-Lyttleton.

(3j Charles-Henry 4.

His Lordfhip married to his fecond wife (in December
1783) Sarah 5, fecond daughter of the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Cavendifh, Member or the Privy Council, in Ireland,
(fon of Sir Henry Cavendifh, of Doveridge, in county of
Derby, created a Baronet of England, 3 May 1755 6,) and
hath iffue.

Titles.] Sir Arthur Annefley, Vifcount of Valentia,
Baron Mountnorris of Mountnorris, Baron Akham, ofAJ-
tham, and (now) premier Baronet of Ireland.

Creations.] Baronet, 7 Auguft 1620, 18 Jac. I. V. of
Valentia, in the county of Kerry 11 March 1621, 19 Jac.
I. B. Mountnorris of Mountnorris, in the county of Ar-
magh 8 February 1628, 4 Car. I. and B. Aitham, of AI-

tham,

lentia, (ha!! enure to the fame ufes as are appointed, concerning the faid ef-
tate, by the faid lad will and leftament of the faid Richard Earl of Angle-
fey, which cannot be fo effectually done as by the aid of Parliament

And pi aying their Lordihips to give leave, that Heads of a Bill may be in-
troduced for veiling the eftate in Ireland, whereof the faid Pochard Earl of
Anglefey died ,'ciz d, in Tr; ftees, for the purpofes aforefaid ; which being
prelented to the H ufe -nd read,

It was thereupon ider«.dhy the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parlia-
ment affembkd, that, leave be given to bring in Heads of a Bill, according to
the prayer of the faid Petititr. (Lords Jour. IV. 808. 809. 810.)

1 Vide Petition, 2 Lodge. ■* Lords Jour. IV. 587. 4 Petition.

SSi'rF. Fiood. 6 E.at.'on.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON- i5$

tham, in the county* of Cork, 14 February 1680, 33
Car. II.

Arms.] Pally of Six, Pearl and Saphire, over all a
Bend, Ruby.

Crest.] On a Wreath, a Moor's Head in Profile,
couped, propei*. wreathed about the Temples, Pearl and
Saphire.

Supporters.] The dexter a Roman Knight; the
Sininer a Moorifh Prince. Both habited and furnifhed
proper.

Motto.] Virtutis amore.

Seat.] Camolin-Park, in county of Wexford, 51 mil«s
from Dublin.

— * -^»v>»>>>>»>^<K<<<<<^

DILLON Viscount DILLON'.

HIS noble family is faid to derive its origin from Lo-
chan, or Logan, fon to the Monarch O'Neile, which Lo-
chan, in the joint government of Hugh Slane and Colman
Riembriech, about the year 595, or 598, happening in
fome conteft to kill the latter, was thereupon called Dilune
or Delion, which ngniries brave or valiant ; but Colman
being his father's nephew, Lochan was obliged to fly, to
avoid his difpleafure ; and at that time a war fubiiiling be-
tween the King of France, and the Duke of Aquitaine, he
put himfelf into the Duke's fervice, and by his conduct and
bravery, contributed greatly to fupport him in his fove-
reignty ; in recompence whereof, (having loft his fons by
that war) he gave him his daughter in marriage ; in whofe
right, after his father's death, he became Prince and Sove-
reign

1 Chiefly extracted from the MS. Collections of Mr. Lodge,

DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

reign of Aquitaine. This principality continued in his
pofterity, until K. Henry II. married Alienora, daughter
and heir to William, Duke of Aquitaine, the fifth of that
name, and the ninth in fuccefiion from Ranulph, of the
Houie of Burgundy, (which Duke William was defcended
from the eideft branch) and about the year 1 172, by his fu-
perior power, obtained Aquitaine. Upon which event,
to deftroy the popularity of the male defcendants of die faid
Lochan Delion, and prevent any difturbance on their ac-
count, he brought Sir Henry Delion, and his brother
Thom-is, infant., to England, their father and friends be-
ing flam :n the war he had earned on againft them*.

Sir Henry, The laid R-mry Delion, (now Dillon) in 11 85, was fent
of into Ireland, firft Gentleman and Secretary to John, Earl

Drumrany. 0+ Moitcn, after K. John, w:,o granted to him Mac-Car-
rem's territory, called Corknii, with part of Annaly, now
the county of Longford, and a considerable fhare 01 Mac-
Geoghegun's and O'Melagnlin's territories, &c extending
from the river Shannon to Cloghanenumora, eaft of Mullin-
gar, to hold per Baroniam in Capite, by the fervice of 60
Knights fees. This large tracl was called after its Lord,
Dillon's Country, ana fo continued till reduced into
fhire ground, by K. Henry VIII. when it was divided into
the barony of Kilkenny- Wert, and others. He was the .1 ho-
noured with Knighthood, and by this tenure (attended with a
kind of fovereignty) he and his heirs were entitled to have
fummons to Parliament, like the ancient Barons of Eng-
land who held their baronies by the fame tenure. He built
his maniion-houie, with a church in Drumrany, pretty much
in the centre of his country, in the Weft of Meath; alio acaf-
tle mDunimony ; and feveral abbies (as thofe of Athlone, Kil-
kenny-Weft, Ardnecrany, Holy-Ifland, Hare-Iiland, Sec.)
churches and caftles were built and endowed by his defcend-
ants, Lords of the faid territories. He was progenitor to
all who bear the name of Dillon, a name of great note,
in the counties of Meath, Weftmeath, Longford, Rofco-
mon, Mayo, and other parts of the kingdom, where, and

* The hiftory of thefe events may he found in the records of Aquitaine,
now in the tow&r of London, and in ancient MSS. in the Cotton and Lambeth
libraries.

DILLON Viscount DILLON. I37

in many foreign countries, they have flourifhed in the
higheft departments of church andftate.

Sir Henry was buried in an abbey of his founding, in
Athlone, and left iflue three fons, Sir Thomas, his heir,
Sir Robert, to whom he gave the feigniory of Dunimony,
whofe pofterity cesfed in the reign of Edward IV. John,
an ecclefiaftic, and a daughter, married to the eldeft fon
of Sir William Petty t, of Irilhton, ftyled Baron of Mullin-
gar._

Sir Thomas Dillon, of Drumrany, the eldeft fon, Sir Thomas,
married the daughter of Edmond Butler, created i Sep-
tember, 13 1 5, Earl of Carrick, and leit Henry, his fuc-
ceffor; Dominick, nominated Bifhop of Oflbry; and
James, a Canon regular. Henry, Lord of Drumrany, Henry.
taking to wife Alivia, daughter of Maurice Fitz -Gerald
had alfo tnree fons ana two daughters ; Thomas, a
Prieft, who built an abbey in Kilkenny- Weft, where
he was buried ; Henry, who fucceeded ; and Maurice,
made a Knight Bannaret, who married Letitia, daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Tuite, and was killed by the rebels in
the north of Ulfter ; Mary, married to Sir John Dalton,
Lord of Dalton's Country ; and Bridget, to O'FerralL,
Prince of Annaly.

Sir Henry Dillon, of Drumrany, was living there 1 Ed- Sir Henry.
ward IK. which King committed to him, by patent, the
cuftody of the manor of Kilkenny-Weft, forfeited by Hugh
de Lacie, to hold, with all the appurtenances, during plea*-
fure, rendering 4I. into the Exchequer for the lirft year, and
for every year after the full extent of the manor; which
grant, the King, for divers considerations, revoked ; and
by patent, dated at Dublin 15 May 1343 (17 Edward III.)
renewed to him for 12 years, at the rent of 4I. for the rirft
year, and 100 fhillings for every year after. Alfo, by
commimon of the fame date, the King granted him the wa-
ter-courfes and ffhings of Athlone, during pleafure, at the
rent of iol. a year ; and made him Conftable of that Caftle,
which he furrendered to William, fon of Andrew Birming-
ham, 30 Auguft 1346. He married Bridget, daughter of
Meyler de Birmingham, Baron of Athenry, and had four
fons, Robert ; John, killed in battle, unmarried ; Wil-
liam, and Gerald, both religious.

Robert, Lord of Drumrany, married Anne, fecond Robert,
daughter of Sir Euftace le Poer, and had iffue Henry? who
died young ; Gerald, who fucceeded ; John, who relided in

England ;

133 BILLON, Viscount DILLON.

England ; Thomas, Bifhop pf Kildare ; and Edmund,
Abbot of St. Thomas, near Dublin.

s -

Geratt, Gerald, Lord of Drumrany, married Amy or Emilia,
a daughter of the llluftrious Hcufe of Defrnond, and by her
had iifue, four fons and two daughters, viz. Sir Maurice,
his heir ; Henry, Prior of St. Peter's, of Newtown, near
Tiim ; Sir James, anceftor to the Earls of Rofcomon*,

which

S?i fawcs * Sir James Dillon, the third fori, was bred in England, ho-
«? iJroudi'- soured with Knighthood, and acquired a large eilate about Ta-
Wcu rah, in the county of Meath ; built his manfion-houfe of Proud^

fton; and a cattle, with a parochial church, in his manor of
Skreene ; and marrying Honora, daughter of Sir John Darcy,
Sit Robert. L. J. had, befides other children. Sir Robert Dillon, of Proud-
fton and Skreene, who n.arr>ed the daughter of Sir James Bir-
mingham, anceftor to William, Earon of Carbury, whk h title
is. now extinct, and had ifiiie five fons, Sir Richard, his fuccef-
for Gerald; Sir James; Walter; Henrv ; and two daughters,
Anne, married to John, eldeit fon of Sir James A'lorris ; and
Elinor, to O'More, of Leix.
family rf Gerald, the fecond fon, acquired a good eflate in and about
Ckebrock. Dublin, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lord
Barry, and had iffiie four fons and three daughters, Richard.;
Gerald; Robert; James, a Canon regular ; Ell ice, married to

Sir Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Mary, to Bellew, of Robinftown,

and , to Fitz-Euftace, of Ballymore. Richard, the

eldeit fon, left Thomas Dillon, his heir, who became an emi-
nent lawyer ; was a CammifTioner in 1576, in the province of
Conaught; appo nted 2 Auguft, 1 577, chamberlain of the Ex-
chequer, and Clerk of the Crown and Selfions in the counties of
Meath, Weftmeath, Drogheda, Louth, and Longford } was al-
io made fecond Juftice of the Queen's Bench, and Judge Itine-
rant of the province of Conaught, where he purchafed a large
ePcate, and fettled at Clonbrock in the county of Galway. He

married the daughter of Allen, of Palmerkon, and left

Thomas of Clonbn ck, and of Curraghboy, in the county of
Rofcomon, who, 6 October 1603, was made Chief Juftice of
Conaught, and died in Dublin, 24 September 1606, having idue
by Elline, After of Sir James Shaen, Knt. two fons Thomas,
killed at an aifault of the caftle of Curraghboy, by the Burkes
and Keogh*, unmarried ; and Robert, who fucceeded his fa-
ther, being then twenty nine vearsold.

He married Catharine, daughter of Hulfey, of Mul-

hui'ey; and dying 18 December 1628 *, was buried in the
church of Kilclowne, and had iffue nine fons and four daughters,
\iz. Richard, his heir ; Lucas ; Bartholomew ; James ; Thomas ;

Gerald -3

1 Inq. poft ejus mortem*

PILL ON, Viscount DILLON. 139

which title is now extincl. John, who is prefumed to be
Coroner of Meath, in 1407; Daughter Catharine, married
to Sir John Nugent, of Brackloon ; and Anne, to the
Baron Delatnar, of Delamar's Country.

Sir

Gerald ; Edward ; Bartholomew ; Chriftopher; Jane, (married
to James Dillon, of Canneftown) j Mary, (to John Eellew, of
Wyliyftown ;) Ellice, (to James Darcy, of Cloghenaver, in the
county of Galway) ; Catharine, a nun. R'chard, of Clon-
brock, the eldeft fon, was 25 years old at his father's death,
and married firfta daughter of Alderman Malone, of Dublin, by
whom he had Robert, his heir ; and three d .lighters, Bridget,
married to — Bjurk, of the county of Tipperary ; Marga-
ret, a nun j and Jeane, the wife of Cornelius O'K.lly. His fe-
cond wife was jenet, daughter of Sir Dominick Browne, and by
her he had Thomas, who died young ; and Lucas Dillon, Coun-
fellor at Law, who died in March 1678, unmarried. Robert,
who in 1666, fucceeded at Clonbrock, married Mary, only
daughter of Gooffrev Browne, Efq; (fon of the faid Sir Domi-
nick j and dying in October .707, was buried the 1 1 at St. Au-
deon's, Dublin, having had ifTue two fons and three daughters,
Lucas, and Henry ; Margaret, married to Colonel Lochlin Don-
nellan, of Ballydonnellan ; Ellice (or Ellen) to William OKelly,
of Gallagh and Tycooly ; nnd Elizabeth, to Richard Blake, of
Ardfry, Efq. Lucas, the elder for,, married fiift, in June 1694,
Hcnora, eldeft daughter of Sir John Burke, of Glinik, Bart,
and ihe dying 11 February 1713, he married Secondly, in
March 1 17 14, Ellis, widow of Sir juftin Aylmer, Bart, by whom
he had no ifTue; and dying 20 March 1716, had by the firft wife,
five fons ana four d tughters, Robert, Richard, John, Luke,
Henry, (who made his will 10 July 1734, proved 1 July 1735);
Mary, (who with her four younger brothers, died unmarried) ;
as did Bridget, in February 1714 ; Frances, who left no ifTue ;
and Lettice, married in 1735, to Columb OFlynn, of Turlagh,
in county ofGalwny, ;.nd by him who died 26 February 1753-,
had Edmund, then under 16 years, who was put under the
guardrnfhip of Luke Dillon, of Clonbrock, Efq — Robert Dil-
lon, of Clonbrock, wa Member of Parliament ior the borough
of Dungarvan, and, ::: February 1725, married Margaret,
daughter of Morgan Mav;an, of Togherttown, Efq. widow of Sir
Arthur Shane, Bart, and deceafing 11 June 1746, had iilue three
fons, Robert, born in 1729, died young ; Lucas, and Tho-
mas.

We now return to Sir Richard Dillon, eldeft fon of S'r Robert S:rRich-
of Prouuiton and Skrvne, who is faid in the reign of K. Henrv ard-

VI.

1 Articles dated 7 March.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

Sir Mm- Sir Maurice, the eldeit fori, was knighted in the life-time
3!uc Qc ]^jS father, and married two wives ; firft, Lady Anne

Fitzgerald,

VI. to have brought 600 Irifh fektft troops to the battle of Wer-
nell or, Vernevil fought 28 Auguft 1624, and to have arrived fo
feafonably,and behaved fo valiantly, when the Duke of Alenzonwas
prevailing, that the Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, gained
a conipleat victory ; and rewarded his fervice with making him a
Knight Bannaret, and giving him a Fa:con 10'ant for his creft,
initead of a Demi L on, and adding to his coat armour zFefs, Azure,
over the Lion Rampant, alluding to his command of the faid
troops; Generals, or chief Commanders, ufually wearing belts,
or girdles of honour.

The iaid Sir Richard married Jeane, daughter and heir to
Wile, of Riverfton, by whom that ellate came to the fa-
mily, and had iffue a daughter Tfmay, marrit-d to James Rellew,
of Bellewftown ; and five fons, viz. James, of Riverfton ; Robert,
of Allenftown, (whofe grandfon Thomas, marrying Rofe, daugh-
ter and heir to Thoma? Woodlock, of Keppoch, or Kappoch,
uear Dublin, had Peter, his heir, who by Margaret, daugh-
ter of William Moor, of Athboy, had Bartholemew Dillon, Efq.
who married Catharine, eldcft daughter of Sir Bartholomew
Dillon, of Riverfton, and left Nicholas, his heir, who mar-
ried Catharine, daughter of Robert Rochfort, of Kilbride,
Efq. and dying 3 December 1576, was father of Bartho-
lomew Dillon, of Keppoch, then fix years old, who was feized
of 8 houfes and 120 acres of land in Finglas, Johnftowne, Bodins,
Cappocke, &c. r fliorrly after he became a lunatick, and dying
26 March 164.3, left by Elizabeth, his wife, Robert, his heir,
who in January 16; 8, married Jane, eldeft daughter of Wil-
liam Rouls, or Rowles, who died in 164.} 2, and deceafing 2 Au-
guft 1649, left only two daughters, Catharine, matried 10
June 1631 , to William Herrald, and died without iffue, in 165 3 ;
and Elizabeth, married 20 M iv 1^53, to Thomas Taylor ; me
became a lunatick, and left ifTue two daughters, Mary, who

married William Enlace, and Anne, married to Betagh 3) ;

|ahn, of whom prefently ; Walter, and Nicholas, whofe pofte-
rity fettled in England.

The faid John, third fon of Sir Richard, of Proudfton, was
denominated of Skryne, and after of Proudfton ; he married Ju-
liana, daughter of Patrick Plunket, anceftor to the Baron of
Louth, and had iffue Sir Birtholomew Dillon, Knt. who married
Mary,, daughter of Edward Euftace, of CafUemartin, county

* Decree? aS May and ty November 1707, Nr. 1. 2 Id. 3 Idem.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 141

Fitzgerald, a daughter of the Houfe of Defmond, by whom
he had fourfons and two daughters, viz. Thomas, his fuc-

ceffor,

of Kildare, Efq. and was father of Sir James, of Prdudfton,
Km. who by Elizabeth, daughter of Dowdall, of Mount-
town, had Gerald, who by Ellen, daughter and heir to Fitz-

Rery, was father of Richard, denominated of Proudfton and
Skryne ; he was a Commiifioner for the adminiftration of Juftice,
in the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Cork, appointed
fecond Juftice of the King's Bench, 29 October 1 560, and died in

or about 1565, leaving by Anne his wife, daughter of

Cruife, of Meath, Efq a fon Peter, of Proudfton, who mar-
ried Elenor, daughter of Patrick Clynch, of Skryne, Efq. and
had Richard, his heir, who made afettlement of his eftate, by
deed of feoffment 6 December 1598, married firft a daughter of

Finglas, fecondly Mary, daughter of Robert Prefton, of

Ballmadon, in county ot Dublin, Efq. and dying 26 October 1619,
wasfucceeded by his fecond fon Gerald or Gerrott, aet 27 years
at the death of his father, who fett'ed his eftate 5 May 1626,
and died 1 5 of fame month, leaving by his wife Margaret, daugh-
ter or lifter to Chriftopher St. Laurence, of Crufetown, county
of Louth, Efq. a fon and fuccefTor Francis, set. 18 years and 7
months at the death of his father ; he was a considerable fuf-
ferer in the troubles of 1641, and by Mary, daughter of Robert
Prefton, of Rog;erftow.n, county of Meath, Efq. had William,
his heir, the laft poflefTor of Proudfton, which William, married
thrice, firft to Bridget, daughter of Nicholas, Vifcount Gormanf-
town, by whom he had Robert, who died before him ; fecondly
to a daughter of Betagh, of Moynalty, and widow of Ge-
rald Cruife, of Britfas, county of Mearhr Efq by whom no if-
fue ; and thirdly, Mary, daughter of Richard Plunket, Efq. of
the houfe of Dunfoghly, by this lady he had Francis, his heir ;
Peter; James; Richard (whofe houfe in London was demo-
lifhedin the riot of 1780, loon after which he died) ; daughter
Catharine ; Mary (married to Anthony Delamar of Maynooth,
Efq. bv whom fhe had a fon William) ; Bridget. The
faid William Dillon died about 1730, set. 104. — Francis,
the eldeft fon, on fettling in London, joined with his father,
in the fale of his paternal inheritance, and his Imperial Ma-
jefty, Jofeph II. waspleafed to confer on him and his heirs male
and female, the dignity and title of a free Baron of the facred
Roman empire, with all the privileges thereunto belonging, as
appears from an Imperial diploma, dated Vienna, 2 Augutt
1767, and duly regiftered in the Supreme Chancery of the em-
pire at Vienna, — The faid Francis, Baron Dillon, married in
1 73 1, Mary, daughter and heir to Sir Mervyn Winjgfield, Bart.

(foa

i4Z DILLON, Viscount BILLON.

ceffor, and of him hereafter ; Chriftopher, in Holy Orders ;
Robert and William, both killed near Ballynakill, in the

Queen's

(fon of Sir Henry, of Eafton, county of Suffolk, Bart, by his wife
Lady Mary Toucher, daughter of Mervyn, Earl of Ciftlehaven,
and Lord Audley) and deceaiing 10 Sepi ember i 775, was interred
at St. Pancras, near London, having had by his Lady, (who
died 20 February 1705, and was interred at St. Pancras) a nu-
merous iffue, of whom only three fons furvived, viz. John -Tal-
bot, his heir ; Francis (Lieut. Col. of a regiment of cavalry in
the German iervice, and created a Baron of the empire ; he mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Spendelowe, of Hamburgh,
Efq. and has iffue Charles, a Lieutenant in the regiment of Fal-
ri?, in the Imperial fervice ; Mary-Elizabeth ; Antonia ; and
Rofelia) ; and William-Mervin, who married Sophia, daughter
of the Chevalier Auftin-Parke Goddard, late of Brampton, in
Ken 1, and Knight of the Order of St. Stephen, in Tulcany, (by
Anne, his wife, lifter of Sir Henry-John Parker, of Honington,
in county of Warwick, Bart, and daughter of Hugh Parker,
Efq. by Anne, his wife, who after married Michael, tenth Eari
of Clanrickarde) by this lady he has a fon John-Jofeph ; and a
daughter Henrietta-Sophia. — John-Talbot, the eldeft fon, Ba-
ron of the Empire, hath been enrolled amongft the mem-
bers of the Royal Irifh Academy, and is now relident in Lon-
don 1.
Tamily of James, the eldeft fon, became feated at Riverfton, in the coun-
Rivcrlton. ty 0f Meath (his mother's inheritance) and marrying Elizabeth,
daughter of Bartholomew Bath, ofDullardfton, Efq. and widow
0f Kerdiffe, had five fons and two daughters, viz Sir Bar-
tholomew, his heir ; Gerald, who left pofterity at Skryne and
Balgieth ; Sir Robert, of Newtown, near Trim, immediate an-
ceftor to the Earl of Rofcomon ; Thorna?, Prior of St. Peter, of
Trim; Edmund, Prior of Newtown, and of the abbey of Lufk ;

Elizabeth, married to Cufack, of Portrane ; and

Thomafin, to John Delatield.

Sir Bartholomew Dillon, of Riverfton, being bred to the law,
was made Steward, Senefchal, Surveyor, and Receiver of the
manors of Rufhe, Balfcadon, the moiety of Portrane, Wough-
terade, Caftlewarning, Clenton's-Court, and Blackcaftle •, ap-
pointed 1 February 1513, Chief Baron of the Exchequer; and
2 July 1516 (being then in that employment) Deputy-Treafurer
ot Ireland; after which he was knighted, and, 15 January

1532,

> Sundry Inq's. in Rolls Office. Clogh. MSS. inTrin. Col. Author's Coika-
and information, J.Talbot Baron Dillon, and of W. M. Dillon, Efq.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 14$

Queen's County; daughter Marian, (married to Peer,

of Curraghmore, maternal anceftor to the Earl of Tyrone) ;

and

1532, conftituted by the King, then at Hoggefton, Chief Juftice
of the King's Bench, but died the year after. He married firft
Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas Barnewall, of Irifhton, fe-
cond fon of Robert, Lord Trimlefton ; and fecondlv Elinor, on-
]y daughter of Edmund, the fourth Lord Killeen (by his nrii
wife) by whom he had one fon Patrick, who died chiidlefs; and
four daughters, Catharine, married to Bartholomew Dillon, of
Keppock, Efq ; Frances, to Patri>k, grandfon of. Chriftoplier
Cufack, of Gerald's-town, Efq. Elizabeth, to Oliver Plunker,
of the Clone ; and Elinor, the firft wife of George Plunket, of
Bewley, Efq. By the firft wife, Sir Bartho omew had Thomas*
his heir; and two daughters, Anne, married to Nicholas Kent,
of David's-town, Efq, Ifmav, to John Fleming, of Stephen's-
town, fon of George, fecond fon of James Lord Slane, by whom
fhe had Thomas Lord slane ; fecondlv to Richard Tath, of
Cooke's-town, Efq, and thirdly ; to Sir Thomas Barnewall, fe-
cond fon of John Lord Trimlefton.

Thomas Dillon, Efq. living in 1541, who fucceeded atRiverf-
ton, married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell? of Lir.-
trell's-town, Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, and had iiTue
fix fons and four daughters, viz.

Sir Robert Dillon, his fucceffor. (i)

Matthew, of Brown's-town, who had an only daughter,
Frances.

Gerald, of Balgeith, who married Alifon, daughter of Bar- {5)
tholomew Ruffell, of Seat's-town, and dying 31 May 1619, left
James, his heir, then twenty-two years old. who married a

daughter of HufTey, of Mull-Huffey, and had two

fons, the elder of whom Thomas, married a daughter of

Betagh, of Newcaftle, Efq. whofe wife was lifter to Sir Lucas Bath,
of Athcarne, in.Meath, Knt. and had iffue Chriftopher, who mar-
ried Anne, daughter of Betagh, of Moynalty,and had a ion

Garret, who, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Peter Nottingham, of
Ballyowen, in county of Dublin, by his wife Mary, daughter of
Robert Lord Trimlefton, had iffue three fons, viz. Garrett; Pe-
ter, who died unmarried ; and John, (who married Alice, daugh-
ter of William Gernon, of Clonkeighan, in county of Louth,
Efq. and had iffue five fons and two daughters, who died young,
and two other fons, who arrived at maturity, viz. Gar-
rett, who by Rofe, daughter of Bartholomew O'Brien, of Kii-
mainham-Wood, countv of Meath, Efq. had iffue Alice, who
died young ; Jane and Elinor, now living ; and Richard, who

married

i44 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

and Bridget, who became firft the wife of OcMore, and
fecondly of O'Molloy. — Sir Maurice, married fecondly

Margaret,

married Margaret, daughter of George TaafFe, of Summer-hill,
county of Louth, Efq. by her he had iffue, Jane, who died
young ; Marv, Alice, and a fon Garrett, now living. — Garrett,
eldeft fon of Garrett, and grandfon of Chriftopher. married Ca-
tharine, daughter of William O'Brien, of Thomas-town, in
county of Meath, Efq. and by her, had iffue two daughters, who
died young ; and two fons now living, viz. William Dillon, Efq.
now of Mananfton, and Peter '.
(4) James, of Hunt's-town in the county of Dublin, who married

Anne, daughter of William Stanley, of Fenore, (bv his wife Ma-
rian, daughter and heir to Walter Walfh, of Hunt's-town, Efq.)
and had Martin, his heir, who, in July 1670, married Alifou,
lifter of Robert Lord Trimlefton, and had iiTue James, who died
unmarried ; Matthias, of Hunt's-town, Robert, and J me, mar-
ried to Mr. Goulding. Matthias, in 1697, married Elinor,
daughter of Charles (or Chriftopher) Geoghegan, of Syonan, in
Weftmeath, Efq. and dying in 1714, left iffue James, his heir ;
Charles, Alice, Bridget, Margaret, Elinor, Monica. James,
the eldeft fon, was then about thirteen vears of age, and died in
October 1754. ; leaving one fon, Martin Dillon, Efq. who mar-
ried Mary, eldeft daughter of Gerald Fitz-Gerald of Rathrone,
in county of Meath, and of Killmore, in the county of Kil-
dare, Efq. and one daughter, Charlotta, married to her couftn
James Dillon, fon of her uncle Charles.

(5) Edmond, who by Ifabel, daughter of John Williams, left a
fon, Thomas

(6) Patrick thefather of Robert DMlon.

(1) Daughter Anne, married to John Allen, of St. Wolftan's,

Efq.
(a) Catharine, to Gerald, third fon of Robert, Lord Dun-

fany.
(3) Rofe, to Matthew Dowdall, o*"Drogheda, and

Genet, to Gerald (or George) Stokes, of Mitchell-town,
otherwife Knockengene.

Sir Robert Dillon, ofRiverfton, became very eminent in his
profeftion of the law, being appointed, i7januarv 553, one of
the Juftices of the Court of Chief Pleas, as he was again by a
new patent, 16 April following. >6 September ic^o, he was
knighted by the Lord D. Grey j and in 1582, conftituted Chief

Juftice

(4)

* Information of William Dillon, of Mananfton, Efq.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 145

Margaret, daughter of Mac-Coghlan, Lord of Coghlan's

Country, and by her had three fons and three daughters,

Vol. IV. L viz.

Juftice of the faid Court, which he furrendered 5 October 1 593,
to make room for Sir William Wetton, fent from England ; but
15 March 1595, he was again preferred to that office, and held
it to his death, which happened 27 July 1597, 31 of which
month, he was buried in the church of Tarah, with his ancef-
tors. By inquifition, taken at Ratoath, 24 May 1624, it was
found that he died feized of Riverilown, Balyftown, Condonf-
town, Moreftown, with divers other lands, tenements and here-
ditaments, of which he made a feoffment to the ufe of his laft
will ; which he made 6 March 1 580, to the following effect : he
nrft bequeaths his foul to Almighty God, merely and undoubtedly
hoping to be faved by the merits of his fon's pafflon, and for all
other pains, touching falvation, he fubmitted himfelf to the direction
of the Holy Church, and in every matter did effectually believe,
as the church believed. He willed his body to be buried by
his anceftorsin Taragh, defiring fuch as he had left in truft, to
caufe the Parfon and Vicar to repait and keep up the chancel,
and gave towards the body of the church 20I. Defired his wife
and others of his friends, to caufe a true inventory to be made of
all his goods and chatties, for the payment of his debts, and af-
terwards the refidue to be beftowed as follows, viz. a third part
to his wife; another to his children ; and another to his execu-
tors. Willed that his feoffees and fheir heirs fliould ftand feized
of all his lands and tenements, in Balrathe, with their appurte-
nances, to the ufe of his wife, fo long as flie lived folely, after
his death, and the feoffees to ftand feized of all the lands and te-
nements he had within the realm of Ireland, and of the reverfion
of the fame, performing what he had before fpecified, as hereaf-
ter appears, viz. nrft he leaves to each of his daughters, unpre-
ferred at the time of his death, befides their child's portion,
400I. of the iflue and profits of his lands, which being performed,
he wills his feoffees to be feized of all the premines, to the ufe
of his fon Bartholomew, and the heirs male of his body begotten ;
remainder to his fon William, and his heirs male j remainder to
the heirs male that he mould beget upon the body of his wife
Cate Sarsfield, or any other wife he mould chance to have ;
remainder to the heirs male of his brethren, as they were of age ;
his brother Matthew excepted j but he married contrary to his
confent ; remainder to the heirs male of the body of James
Dillon, his great grandfather ; remainder to the heirs male of Pe-
ter Dillon, father to Bartholomew Dillon, of Cappoche ; and for
want of fuch iffue, the remainder of Balrathe, Fitz-Leonfton ;
the mill of Ratowthe aqd his houfe there to Michael Dillon and

his

146 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

viz. Alifon, married to OcCarrol, chief of his name ;

Jean, to — — — Tuite ; and Honoia, firft to Fitz-

patrick,

his heirs for ever, the tuition and bringing up of his fori Richard,
and his daughters with their portions, he left to his father Sir
William Sarsfield, and his brothers James and Gerald, defiring
them to ufe them as they would have him ufe their children. He
appointed his fon Bartholomew fole executor, with the ufe of
his plate to him and his heirs male, remainder to him or them
that iliould be inheritable by that his will to his lands ; and leaves
to his wife, (but ilie had no portion of his plate and farms except
Mallaghfeene) 20 marcs, iffuing out of all his farms during her*
life. Wills that his fon Richard, fhould have for his finding
yearly, during his life 40I. and if he lived with his brother in-
heritably by that his will, then he to have the fame, or fo much
thereof, as thofe that he had put in truft, mould think conve-
nient ; Willing and requiring his children in general to obey,
give honour and pleafe him as their chiefefb and eldell brother.
And adds, I befeech and require all fuch as mall fee or hear this
*l my will, not to think that I have diftnherited this mybeft beloved
" child, upon any vain or peevifh perfuafion ; but that God
** having deprived him of his fight and perfect reafon, whereby
" if he had inherited my faid lands, the utter fpoil and deftruc-
*' tion of my houfe might enfue, as I was perfuaded by my bed
" and wifeft friends, whofe advice, contrary to my own affec-
" tion, I was moved to follow, and 1 do thereunto yield as reafon
" requires." To this he added a codicil, da'ed 26 May 1593,
whereby he willed that his fon William fhould have iool. towards
his maintenance to the Inne of court, and revoked the claufe of
Dijherifon of his brother Matthew, willing that he and his heirs
male, fhould and might take benefit of the like remainder, as the
other brothers in their line fuccefllvely might take, and in addi-
tion to the overfeers and tutors of his children, he appointed his
■well-beloved Thomas Jones, Lord Bifhop of Meath, whom he
defired to take care of his fon William, with his portion 1. He
married fir it Elenor, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Kilheel
Efq. by whom he had Richard, who died before him unmar-
ried ; and Mary, the firft wife to Patrick Sedgrave, ofKillegh-
lan in Meath, Efq. he married fecondly Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir William Sarsfield, of Lucan, Alderman of Dub-
lin, and by her who died 21 December 161 q, had five
fons and nine daughters, viz. Bartholomew of Riverfton,
William, of Fitz-Leonfton, (commonly called Hinfton) in Meath.
whofe pofterity have fallen to decay ; Thomas, of whom here-
after ; Michael, Chriftopher, Eleanor, married to Richard Ayl-

mer,

* Prerog. Office.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. i4j

patrick, Baron of Upper-OfTory, and fecondly to

Malone, of Ballynahowna, county of Weftmeath, by both
of whom flie had iifue. The fbns were,

L 2 Maurice,

mer, of Dullard's-town, Efq. and died 22 November 1635;

Anne, to Birmingham, of the Carrick ; Thomafin, to

Chriftopher Evers, of Rathtain, Ffq. ; Frances, to Cu-

fack, of CulTington, Efq. ; Genet, to Robert Leicester, Efq ; Mar-
garet, to John Baxter ; Amy; Ifmay, to Henry, fecond fon of
Sir John Elliott -, and Cicely. Bartholomew, of Riverfton,
was twenty-four years old at his father's death. In confideration
of his fervices to (^Elizabeth and the date, in Tyrone's rebellion,
he had two grants of lands, of 40I. a year each, from K. James I.
the one by privy-feal, dated at Weftminfter, 10 December 161 5,
and the other at Falkland, 19 July 1617 In 1585, he married
Catharine, daughter of Sir Alexander Fitton, of Gaufeworth,
in Chefhire, of Vany, in the county of Limerick, and of the Bec-
tive, in Meath (by Mary, his wife, daughter and heir to An-
drew Wife, of Waterford, Efq.) and dying in Dublin, 6 March,
1633, was buried in the church of Tarah, having iffue Andrew,
his heir ; Thomas ; James ; Francis ; Peter ; Jane, married in
1620, to Simon Barnewall, of Pinner's-town, fon and heir to Pa-
trick, of Kilbrew, Efq. who died about 1643 ; and Mary, to
Thomas Barnewall, of Rofskill, in the Queen's County An-
drew, the eldelt fon, was born in 1599 ", commanded a foot
company ar the firft fiege of Drogheda, in 1641, and married the
daughter of vSir Chriftopher f'lunket, of Kilihaghlin, Knt. by
whom he had two fons and two daughters, Edward and Thomas,
who both died young j Catharine, married to Mr. Archer, of
Kilkenny ; and Mary, to Mr. Bathe, of Colpe, in Meath.

The elder fons and their pofterity having fallen to decay, the
family inheritance devolved on the iiTue of Thomas, the third fon
of Sir Robert Dillon, of Riverftown, which Thomas appears to
be the father of Serjeant Major Arthur Dillon, who had iffue
Arthur, a Lieut. Col. in the army, and denominated ofLifmul-
len, in the county of Meath, and alio of Dillon's-town, county
of Louth, which latter eftate of Dillon's-town, he fold to Mr.
Fortefcue, anceflor to James Fortefcue, Efq. now Knight of the
fhire for Louth. He made his will, 26 December 1684, (proved
24 April 1 685) and left iffue by Mary, his wife, a daughter mar-
ried to Dillon Newman, Efq. and three fons, viz. Sir John, his
heir ; Arthur, (of Quarter's-town, county of Cork, Efq. who
had an only fon John, and to him, by will, dated 25 February
1689, proved 17 October 1693, he bequeathed his eftates, re-
mainder

1 Rot, d« A°. a*. Jac. II. 3*. p. t R. ae.

i48 BILLON, Viscount DILLON.

(i) Maurice, to whom his father gave the caftle and town of

Families of kgajk" (0f which he was denominated) and feveral

KiJlynynen, Other

Sec.

mainder to his coufin Dillon Newman and his iffue male, with di-
vers remainders over) ; and George, who died 16 September
1676, in Trinity-College, Dublin, and was buried at Tarah. —
Sir John, the eldeft, was feated at Lady-hill, was elected to Par-
liament for the county of Meath, in the reign of K. William,
married firft in December 1684, Mary, only daughter of Mor-
rough, Vifcount Blefinton j to hisfecond wife in February 1702,
Grace, daughter of Thomas Tilfon, of Dublin, Efq. and dying
fuddenly 21 July 1708, left iffue by her, who afterwards married
James Whitfhed, Efq. two fons, Thomas, born in 1704, who
died without iffue ; and Arthur, who 11 June 1730, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Doctor Ralph Lambert, Lord Bifliop of
Meath, died in 1745, and was interred in the family burial place
at Skryne, leaving iifue John, his heir ; Sufanna, who died un-
married ; and Alice, who married Rev. Nathaniel Preflon, of
Swainftown, county of Meath, and left iffue Nathaniel, born in
1760, Arthur, Elizabeth, and Alice. — John, now Baron Dillon,
the eldeft fon, is at prefent poffeffed of Riverftown and Odder,
his paternal inheritance, alfo of Cardiffftown and Newtown, in
county of Meath. He ferved in Parliament for the borough of
"Ratoath, and in 1782, his Imperial Majefty, JOSEPH II. was
pleafed to confer on him the dignity of a free Baron of the facred
Roman empire, with limitations to his iffue male and female, and
the Emperor's reafons for conferring this honour will appear in
the following diploma, which has been duly registered, in the Su-
preme Chancery of the empire, at Vienna.

NOS JOSEPHUS SECUNDUS divina fa vente dementia elec-
tus Romanorum Imperator femper Auguftus ; Germanise, Hie-
rofolymse, Hungarian, Bohemize, Dalmatian, Croatia*, Slavonic,
Galicias, et Lodomeriae rex ; Archidux Auftriae, Dux Burgun-
diae, Lotharingiae, Styrias, Carinthise, et Carniolia? ; Magnus
Dux Hetruriae, Magnus Princeps Tranffylvanise, Marchio Mo-
ravian, Dux Brabantias Limburgi, Lucemburgi, et Geldris, Wur-
temburgae, Superioris et Inferioris Silefise, Mediolani, Mantua?,
Parmae, Placentia*, et Quaflallae, Ofvccinise, et Zactorias:, Ca-
labriae, Parri, Montisferrati, et Tefchinac ; Princeps Sueviae, et
Carolopolis, Comes Habfburgi, Flandriae, Tyrolis, Hannonia?,
Kiburgi, Goritiae, et Gradifca?, Marchio facri Romani Imperii,
Burgoviae, fuperioris et inferioris, et inferioris Lufatisc, MufTo-
ponti, et Nomenei ; Comes Namurci, Provincial Valdemontis,
A^imontis, Zuthaniac, Sarwerdae, Salma?, et Falkenfteinii, Do-
niinus Marchise, Slavonics, et Mechliniae — Ea fuit multis a fae-
culis majorum noftrum, divorum videlicet Romanorum Imperato-

rum,

BILLON, Viscount DILLON. 149

other town-lands ; he married Mary, daughter of Sir George
l7itz-Gerald, of Tecroghan, in county of Meath, Knt.

and

rum, Regum, et Archiducum Auftrije laudatiilima confuetudo,
ut quos vel honefta generis origine vel in patriam meritis proba-
tes, aliifquae virtutum ornamentis praedi&os animadverterent,
eoldem munitneentia fua lingular*! prae ceteris decorandos, extol-
lendofque fufciperent, idque non tantum, ut ii virtutis fuse bene-
ficio fe condigr.os honored confecutos eife intelligerent, verum,
ut et pofteri ipforum ampliori domefticas laudis tuendae, propa-
gandasque defiderio allecTti, ad paria, et majora virtutis, veras-
que glorias capefTundas conamina excitarentur, unde et Nos Dei
ter optimi maximi nutu, ac providentia ad Regnorum, et ditio-
rmm noftrarum Jiacreditariarum gubernacula admoti nihil prius,
antiquiufque duximus, quam praeclara eorundem gloriofiflimo-
rum antecelforum noftrorum inftituta, ac veftigia cum in aliis,
mm hac ipfa in parte firmiter fequi, et bonos quoque viros, prse-
fertim eos, fingulari benevolentias noftrae affect.u prosequi illo-
rumque nomini, et dignitati uberius confulere, quos praeterno-
bilium natalium decus, fingularis vitse probitas, majorum fuorum
merira, nee non propria, eaque aflldua, in nos et Auguftam do*
mum noftram Auftriacam fincerxfidei, ac obfervantia; ftudia com-
mendatos, gratofque reddunr.

Perfpettis igitur Joannis Dillon de civitate Lifs-Mollen in co-
mitatu Meathenfi Hybernias regionis lita originem fuam trahentis
meritis, qui Catholicam Hybernias nationis partem ; remotis prae-
vie eunctis, quibus impeti foiita eft, prtejudiciis ; ab omnibus
hucufque formidandis perfecutionibus tutam reddendo, eique
plenam liberi religionis exercitii palam profitendi facukatem pro-
curando zelofillimum intuendis humaniratis, et toterantiae Chrif-
tianx juribus, animum. manifeftavit, fpeclata infuper morum
probitate, et fumma in omni vi;as confuetudine integritate, qua
apud Nos idem Joannes Dillon commendatus fuit, quarum virtu-
rum fpecimina euro in pofterum quoque pro indolis, officii, et
datae fidei ratione conftanter editurum Nobis certo pollice-
mur.

A'o; hifce clementiae noftrse paginis prasdict-um Joannem Dillon,
ejufque liberos, et defcendentes utriufque fexus, legitimo thoro
natos, aut nafcituros, in premium operofe, et profpere geftorum,
ac ut de benigna Noftra in eum propenfione documentum nun-,
quam deficiar, motu proprio, animo prorfus deliberato, maturo
ac communicato confilio, ex certa fcientia atque Cefareae, Regiat,
et Archiducatis Noftra; poteftatis plenitudine, ad ftatum, gradum,
ordinem et dignitatem verorum, ac genuinorum liberorum Baro-
nuin evehimus, et attollimus, aliorumque facri Romani Imperii,

nee

t$o DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

and had two fons and two daughters, viz. John, his
heir; Gerald, Guardian of the Francifcan Friaries, in

Kilkenny-

nec non regnorum, et diiionum Noftrarumhaereditariarum Baro-
num numero, et coetui benigne adfcribimus, aggregamus, eique
praeterea titulum generofi, feu Magnifici, Germanice Mohlge-
bohnn clementer hifce largimur, ita, ut fupra nominates Johan-
nes omnefque ejus liberi, legitime nati, utriufque fexus in infi-
nitum .bique locorum tarn in Uteris quani viva voce, nee non
in qu.bufcunque attibus, rebus et negociis fpiritualibus et tem-
poralibu-, ecclefiafticis, et profanis, ab omnibus e^ fingulis cu-
jufcunque ftatus, gradus, ordinis, et dignitatis, aut cond;tionis
exiftant, pro verisliberis Baronibushaberi, reputari, et exiftimari
debeanr. — Fro uti, et Nosipfi eum talem nominamus, dechramus,
et appellamus, non aliter, ac fi a quatuor avis paternis •> et ma-
ternii liber B.;io natus et procreatus effet.

Volentes, infuper, e' authoritate Noftra Caefareo-Regia, et
Archiduciti expreiTe drfcernente*, praefatus Johannes Liber Ba-
ro de Dillon cum fuis legitime defcend^ntibus utriufque fexus,
ubique tarn in jud*cii% quam extra omnibus et fingulis privileges,
indultis, immuniiat'bus, libertatibus, juribus, confuetudinibus,
honoribus. digmtatibu% praerogamis, exemtionibus, gratiis, et
favoribus, qmbus alii liberi Barones in 'aero Komar.o Imperio,
regrifque, ac provinciis NeftrU hereditarif utuntur, fruuntur,
gaudent et potiuntur, pariter uti, frui, gaudere, et potiri valeat,
quomodo libet confuetudine, veldejure, omni contradi&ione, et
impedimento poft pofitis ac fublatis. — Quo vero perpetuum hujus
in praefatum Joannem Dillon Baronem de Dillon et ejus legitimos
defcendentes collaiae dignitatis exftet documentum, eademque
pleniore beneficio decorata, publico majis, magifque innotefcaf,
praememorata authoritate Noftra Caefareo-Regia, et Archiducali
ea, quibu^ hne~b-nus ufus eft, armorum infignia clementer auximus,
et confirmavmius, prout eadem vigore ptaefentium augemus et
confirmamus, ac faepe memorato Joanni LiberoBaroni de Dillon,
Ljufque legitime defcendentibus utriufque fexus, ea in hunc, qui
fequiiur, modum pofthac habenda, geftanda, et deferenda be-
nigne concedimus et elargimur. Scutum videlicet ereftum, et
corona Bnronibus propria ornatum, in cujus area argentea tres in-
ter angulis^ iuperioribus, nee non ad pedem fcuti in medio forma
nimirum triangulari fitas, leo quoque rubeus dextrorfum proce-
ders, rictuhiante, lingua exferta, et cauda tortuofe elata confpi-
ciarur. Clypeum hunc galea chalybea aperta coronataque auro
clathrata, aurea torque, et laciniis argenteis utraque extraque
ex parte rubeo intertexis colore, & concinne deftuentibus ornata
prsemat. Ex Galea prorfus leo aureus confimilem praeferens ftel-
lam dextrorfum exfurgat. Telamones fint tygrides dux : fub

fcuti

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. iji

Kilkenny-Weft and Athlone ; Rofe, married to • — ■

O'Kelly, of Aghran ; and — a Nun. John, who

fucceeded

fcuti tandem pede infcriptum legalur fchedulae lemma ; Dum
fpiro, frero. Prout haec ipla armorum infignia in medio prsefenti*
Noftri diplomatis diagraphice defignata videre liquet. — Statuen-
tes, et expreffe volentes ut faepius nominatus Johannes liber Baro
de Dillon, et qullibet legitimorum fuorum defcendentium utri-
ufque fexus, perpetua fuccefiione, praefcripta armorum infignia,
in omnibus, et iingulis honeftis, et decentibus a&ibus, exercitiis,
atque expedirionibus ; tarn ierio, quamjoco, in haftatomm dimi-
cationibus, vel equeitribus in bellicis, et quibufcunque certami-
nibus liciris, cominus et einininus, in fcutis, banderiis, vexillis,
lentoriis, er c*notaphiis, fepulchris, monumentis, clenodiis, an-
nulis, monilibus, figillis, aedificiis, parietibus, feneftris, oliiis,
lacunaribus, tapetibus ac fupellecYdibus quibufvis, tarn in rebus
fpiritualibus, quam temporalibus, et mixtisin locis denique om-
nibus pro rei neceOitate, et voluntatis fuae arbitrio, aliorumque
facri Romani Imperii, regnorumque, et ditionum Noftrarum
baereditarium liberorum Baronum more abfque ullo impedimento,
vel contradietione habere, geftare et deferre, iifdemque uti quo-
vis modo poflir, et valeat ; aptuique fit, et idoneus, ad recipien-
dum omnes gratias, libertaces, exempiiones, feuda, privilegia,
vacationes a muneribus, et oneribus, quibufcunque realibus, per-
fonalibus, five mi.\tis, qui facri Romani Imperii, Nottrorumque
regnorum, et provinciarum haeredirariarum liberis Baronibus
hujus dignitatis titulo competere folent, ad utendum denique fin-
gulis juribus quibus cxteri hujufmodi ornamentis infigniti, ac feu-
dorum capaces atque participes utuntur, fruuntur, potiuntur,
et gaudent, quomodo libet confuetudine vel de jure ; Noftris ta-
men, facrique Romani I i perii regnorum etiam ac ditionum Nof-
traTum haereditariarum et quorumcunque aliorum juribus fern-
per falvis — Qiiapropter wniverfos et fingulo^ facri Romani Impe-
rii Electores, Frincipes, ecclefiafticos er fasculares, aliofque reg-
nis, et ditionibus Noftris hereditaria non lubjectos, benigne re-
quirimus, Noftris vero incolis, et fubditis regnorum Noltrorum,
et provinciarum haereditariarum cujufcunque ftam% gradus, or-
dinis, dignitatis, condirionis, vel praeeminentiae, five in Regno
Bohemias five in Archiducatu Au'tri 32 iifdemque incorporatis pro-
vinciis exiftant, hifce ferio mandamus, atque prxcipimus, ut fse-
pius nominatum Joannem Liberum Bironem de Dillon, et omnes
ejus defcendentes legitime thoro orros aur orituros, utriufque fex-
us, uti alias facri Romani Imperii, regnorumque et ditionum
Noftrarum haereditariarum liberos Barones habeant, reputent,
ita nominent arque honorent, ceterifque prsedictis conceffionibu*,
immunitatibu?, prssrogativis, praeeminentiis, honoribus, et gratiis

vigore

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fucceeded at Low-Bafkin, married Celia, daughter ofSir John
Eugan, Hugan, orEgan, ofco. of Kilkenny, Km. by whom

vigore hujusNoftri czefareo regii et archiducatis diplomats ipfis
competentibus libere, quiete, et abfque ullo impedimento un,
frui, potiri, et gaudere finant, adeoque eos in omnibus, et fingu-
lis defendant confervent, et manuteneant, aliofque, ne quid in
contrarium attentent, vel moliantur, pro viribus, prohibeant, et
impediant, nifi. indignationem Noftram graviflimam. et centum
marcarum auri puri muletam pro dimidio fifco, feu aerario Nof-
tro, pro reliqua vero parte injuriam pafTo, feu paflis, toties quo-
ties contra hanc Noftrs creationis, conceiTionis, liberationis, ex-
emptionis, et gratis paginam, quid factum luerit, irremiflibili-
ter folvendam incurrere velint. — Harum teftimonio Iiterarum
manu Noftra fubfcriptarum figillique Noftri cxfareo-regii, et
archiducatis appenfione munitarum, quae dabantur in Civitate
Noftra Vienna diequarta Julii, Anno Domini rmlleilimo, feptin-
gentefimo octuageffimo tertio, Regnorum Noftrorum, Romani
vigefimo, haereditariiorum vero tertio.

JOSEPHUS.

But Mr. Dillon, not wifhing to accept this mark of favour with-
out the approbation of his fovereign, made immediate applica-
tion to thethen L. L. who thereupon addreifed the following let-
ter To the Right Hon. Thomas Townihend, one of his Ma-
jefty's principal Secretaries of State :

No. 20. Dublin-Cajlle, 21 December 17S2.

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" John Dillon, Efq. of LifmuIIen, in the county of Meath,
having taken an active part in the Houie of Common?, during
the laft feflion of Parliament, on the feveral meafures adopted
by the leg;iflature for the relief of his Majefty's Romun Catho-
lic fubje£b of this kingdom ; his condud engaged the grateful
attention of the Irifli gentlemen of that periuafion, relldent
not only in Ireland, but on the Continent, who, without any
previous communication with him, applied to his Imperial
Majefty, to confer upon Mr. Dillon, fome title or dignity that
might bed demonftrate the Emperor's high opinion of the li-
beral fentiments which have fo much diftinguiihed the Parlia-
ment of Ireland, and particularly thofe who moved and fup-
ported this meafure. And his Imperial Majefty was therefore
pleafed to give directions for a diploma, constituting Mr. Dillon
a Baron of the Empire. Mr. Dillon, however poiTeiling the

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hehadwo daughters and nine fons, viz. Ellice or Jane, mar-
ried to John Dalton, of Dalyftown, in Weftmeath, fon and heir

u higheft fentiment? of loyalty and attachment to hisfovereign,
** has declined to accept this mark of favor from a foreign power,
" unlefs it mail meet with the entire approbation of the King. —
" I therefore requeft you to lay this matter before his Majefty,
" and fubmit to bis Majefty my humble recommendation that he
" will be gracioufly pleafed to permit Mr. Dillon, to accept the
" honor intended for him by his Imperial Majefty, and that he
may be permitted to bear fuch eniigns of that dignity, as are
ufually borne by perfons poflefting the fame in Germany.—
And if his Majefty mall be pleafed to confent thereto, I requeft
you will fignify to me his royal pleafure as foon as may be,
** Mr. Dillon being anxious that no time may be loftin his expref-
** fmg the fenfe he entertains of his Imperial Majefty 's goodnefs
u to him.

** I have the honor to be, &c.

" NUGENT TEMPLE."

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To this letter his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant received the

anfwer following :

Whitehall t 22 February, 1783.
*' Mv Lord,

I have had the honor of laying before the King, your Ex-
cellency's letter, No. 20. of the 21 December. — Kis Majefty
** has commanded me to inform your Excellency, that the active
part taken by Mr. Dillon, in the Houfe of Commons of Ire'and,
during the laft feffion of Parliament, on the feveral meafures
adopted for the relief of his fubje&s in Ireland, profefting the
Roman Catholic religion, has not parTed unnoticed by him,
and that his Majefty has received much fatisfa&ion in finding
" that the libera] fentiments of that gentleman have fodefervedlv
" been diftingulihed by tr-e Emperor. — His Majefty is well
** pleafed with the loyalty ind attachment fhewn by Mr. Dillon,
" and highly approves of his accepting the honorable teftimony
" of his Imperial Majefty's moft gracious favor, and of his bearing
*c the enfigns of the dignity worn by perfons poftelTing the fame
*' in Germany.

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In
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T54 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

to Theobald, of Rowlandftown, third fon of Richard of
Miltown, in fame county, Efq. and by him who died at

Dalyftown

In 1767, Mr. Dillon, married Millieent, daughter of Roger
Drake, of Fernhill, in Berkshire, Efq. and by this lady who died
in 1788, hath iifue John, born in 1768; Charles, 1770; Ar-
thur-Richard, 1771 ; William, 1774; Ralph, 1 779 j Robert,
1787; and three daughters, Elizabeth ; Anne-Grace j and
Millieent K
Sir Robert, We now proceed with the direct, anceftors of the Earls of Pof-
of comon. Sir Robert Dillon, of Newtown, near Trim, (third fon
Newtown, of JamesofRiverfton, and Elizabeth Bathe) in 1545, was Attorney
General to K. Henry VIII. who, 20 March 1545, granted to
him and his heirs for ever, the Monafbery of Friars Preachers
of Athnecarne in Weftmeath, with the appurtenances. Q^ Eliza-
beth alfo rewarded his fervices, 2 May 1 569, with a grant to
him and his heirs male, of the Monaftery of Shrowell, with all
its hereditaments ; and by Privy Seal, d^ted 20 April 1570, or-
dered him a grant of fo much land in the province of Conaugh1:,
theAnnaly, or in the Dillon's and Dalton's Countries, as Should
amount to the extended rent ©f 3d. a year. 18 February 1553,
Q^ Mary appointed him fecond Juftice of the Queen's Bench, and
one of her Privy Council ; in which port he was continued by Q^
Elizabeth, 9 January 1558; and thence advanced, 3 September
fd'owing, to be Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas, as he was
again bv a new patent, 18 November 1562. He was joined in
commiffion 28 Auguft 1561, with Hugh, Archbifhop of Dublin,
and others^ to preferve the peace within the Englifh pale, du-
ring the abfence of tfee L L. Suffex, in his expedition to the
North, againft Shane ONeile ; and 13 April 1563, was, in a
like commiffion for the counties of Meath and Drogheda, while
the L. D. was engaged in a fecond expedition againft the faid
Q'Neile. In this reign he was Speaker of the Houfe of Commons,
one of her Majefty's Privy Council, appointed with his fon Sir Lu-
cas, and others, 21 February 1579, to make the limits of certain
territories into the county of Wicklow ; and was joined in feveral
ether important commiflions. He married Genet, younger daugh-
ter of Edward Barnewall, of Crick'* -town, Efq. by his wife Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Plunket, of Dunfoghly, Chief
Juftice of the Common Pleas, and bad iifue four fons and three
daughters, viz
(0 Sir Lucas Dillon, his heir.

Roger,

r From the ongina! patent and attefted copies of faid letters, communica-
ted by the Hon. John Baron Dillon, alfo the Baron's letter to Ed. tor, Collee*
tionRj &c.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. T55

Dalyftown 4 January 1636, fhe had Richard, who married
Anne, daughter of Chriftopher Nugent, of Dunenfis in

Meath,

Roger, who married Margaret, daughter of Richard Miflett, (a)
of Ballydromny, with whom he got the lordmips of Ballydromny
and Ballynecorr, in the county of Cavan, in which he was
fucceeded by his fon James, living there in the reign of
James I.

Thomas, who married firft the daughter of Walter Peppard, (3)
by whom he had a fon Tibbot ; and fecondly Margaret, daughter
of Cufhen, and by her he had a fon Robert, who mar-
rying Margaret, eldeft daughter of Theobald, the firft Vif-
count Dillon, eftablifhed the families of Cannerftown, in Dillon's
Country ; Ballymulvey, in Rofcomon ; and Ballymahon, in
Longford.

John, (in fome pedigrees faid to be a Prieft) but by others (4)
made founder of the families of Dremifton, in Meath, and Wal-
terftown, in Dillon's Country. — 1 he daughters were, Jeane, mar-
ried to Sir Thomas Dlton, ofDrumrany; Elizabeth, to Henry
Plunket, Merchant and Alderman of Dublin ; and Alifon, to the
Lord Slane.

Sir Lucas Dillon, of Newtown, and of Moymet, in the county sir Lucas.
of Meath (which houfe he built) was not only eminent in his pro-
feflion of the law, but diftinguifhed for his experience both in
martial and civil affairs ; infomuch as that wife Governor, Sir
Henry Sidney, generally confuhed him and Francis Agarde, Efq.
in all matters of confequeme ; and found him fo faithful and
trufty, that he ufed to call him mens fi delis Lucas. 16 July 1568,
he had a grant by Privy Seal, dated at Havering of the abbey of the
Virgin Mary of Trim, with a leafe of the moiety of Caftlenock,
and other lands, of late belonging to John Burnell, attainted;
and 10 Auguft that year, received a grant to him and his heirs
male, of the towns cf Ladyrath, Grange of Trim, Canonftown,
Rathnally, and others in the county of Meath.

In 1 567, he was his Majefty's Attorney-General, 1 3 October
1572, was conftituted Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and one
of the Privy Council ; was knighted by Sir Henrv Sidney, at
Drogheda, in 1576; and Sir John Plunket, Chief Juftice of the
Queen's Bench, dying in 1583, her Majefty refolved to appoint
for his fucceffor, her trufty and well-beloved fervant, Sir Lucas
Dillon, her ChiefBaron, as a perfonage, whom for his very
good and faithful fervice, and for. his good defeits and fufficiency
everyway, ihe thought not only worthy of that place, but of a
better ; yet, upon good confideration had, and finding by him-
felf that he was able to do her better fervice in the place he then

had,

156 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

Meath, Efq. and other children) ; and Catharine, who

married Aylmer. The fons were Maurice,

heir

had, than if he had the other, was pleafed, upon his recommen-
dation, to appoint James Dowdall, fecond Jufticeofthe faid Bench,
to difcharge the pfuce of Chief Juilice ; and as iome recompence
to him, did, by Privy Seal », dated at Greenwich 5 June 1583,
confer upon him the office of Senefchal (which be then held) and
to his heirs male, of the Hundred or Barony of Kilkenny-Welt,
over the furname of Dillon, and other the inhabitants there,
with all and lingular the commodities and profits unto the fame
office belonging ^ as alfo a leafe of fuch crown landc, fpiritual
and temporal as he iliould nominate, amounting to 70I. a year,
for 60 years, at the accuftomed rent ; in lieu whereof, he fur-
rendered to the Queen (30 October) all his right and title to the
town and lands of Athlone, which he challenged to have belonged
to the chief of the Dillons before this time.

In 1584 the L.D Perrott fent him to the Queen, to give ac-
count of his proceedings in Ireland from his hril arrival, in the
execution of his office; in doing which, he gave her Majefty fuch
fatisfa&ion, that flie made very honourable mention of him, and
expreffed the high elteem fhe had for him, in the poftfeript of
her letter to the deputy, dated 20 January. On 26 April 1 587,
he was corn mi (Honed, with others, to diitribute the forfeited ef-
tates in Munrler, and joined in many other commilTions of public
utility during the Queen's reign. He married Jane, daughter of
James Bathe, of Athcarne and Drumconragh, Efq. Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, and lies buried under a monument in New-
town, with this inferintion;

Militis hie Lucas DillonisoiTa quiefcunt,
Conciliis Regni fummus Baroque fupremus,
Menfe Februarii decimus cum feptimus inftat,
Tempora luftrali profufus flumine claufit,
Terrenos iinquens, cceleftes fumpfit Honores.

He had iffue by her, who died before 1581, feven fons and
five daughters, viz Sir James, created Earl of Rofcomon ; Henry,
of whom prefently ; Chriftopher, Oliver, Alexander, and
John, all died childlefs j Robert, who fettled in the King's
County, and leit pofterity in Munfter, and in England; Genet,
married to Chriftopher, the ninth Lord Killeen, and was mother
#f Lucas, created Earl of Fingall ; Elinor, to Robert Rochfort of

Kilbride,

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heir to his father. — Hubert, who fettled at Streams-
town and Killinynen, in the territories of Dalton
and Mac-Geoghagan, ailigned to him as pait of

his

Kilbride, in Meath, Efq. Elizabeth , Margaret, to John Sarf-
fiekhof Shurninges, in the county of Kildare, Efq. ; and Anne, to
Richard Plunket, of Rathmore, Efq.

Henry Dillon, (the fecond fon) ofKentftown, in Meath, and Patmly
of Strokeftown and Ardnecrane in Dillon's Country, married Eli- °f
zabeth, daughter to the Lord Culpepper, and dying i8 April Keniftj-a.
1609, (or 20 April 1610) had four fons and three daughters,
Henry, his heir ; Theobald, (or rather Thomas Fitz-Theobald,
who was feated at Waterftown,and left two daughters, one mar-
ried to Dillon, ofDrumrany, the other to Ramfay, by

whom fhe was mother of Colonel — Ramfay) ; Lucas and James,

who both fettled in Munfter ; Thomafin, married to •

Plunket, of Loghcrew in Meath, Efq. ; Anne, married to Georg«
Ruifel, Efq. grandfon of Sir William Ruffel, L. D. of Ireland, in
the reign of Q^ Elizabeth ; and Margaret, married in England-
Henry Dillon, Efq. the tided fon, was commonly called Harry

Kittagh, or the Left-handed, and by Jane, daughter of

Sarsfield, of Sarsfieldftown in Meath, Efq. had Robert,
of Kentftown, Henry, and two daughters. Henry, the
younger fon, fettled in the King's County, in which and
Tipperary, he was agent to Carey and Robert, Earls of Rof-
comon, and left James, his eldeft fon, now living. Robert of
Kentftown, married the daughter of O'Connor Roe, and had iifue
Charles, knighted, and a Colonel in foreign fervice, who married
an heirefs in Flanders, and died in or about 1739* without if-
fue; and two daughters, Magdalen, married to Edmund O'Kelly,
of Lilfanien ; and Clare, to Michael O'Connor.

Sir James Dillon, the eldeft fon, who fucceeded at Moymer, sir [arne3
hadafpecial livery of his inheritance b" April 1595, was knighted Earl
by K. James I. from whom 15 July 1609, he received a grant of °f
Gortmore, Cloncullen, &c. in the counties of Weftmeath and Roicomoa.
Longford, to hold to him, and the heirs mab of his grandfather,
Sir Robert Dillon, bv the 20 part of a Knight's fee, and the rent
of 61. 12s. Irifh Alfo 25 May 1612, a Saturday market and
fair on Corpus Chrifti day, at the abbey of Shrowell, in Weft-
meath ; and a grant of all the ferries and chantries in Ireland. —
In confederation of the many acceptable and faithful fervices per-
formed to his crown ; and for his other virtues, which were emi-
nent and worthy to be cheriflied ; as alfo becaufe his fon, Sir
Robert Dillon, had relinquished the errors of his anceftors, and
being guided by a better judgment, conformed himfelf to the
Proteftant religion, was by Privy Seal, dated at Weftminfter 13

November.

158 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

his anceftor's eftates, and to which he made confiderablc
additions ; he married Ellen or Ellice, daughter of Gerald

Fitz-gerald,

November, and by patent at Dublin 24 January 1619, created
Lord Dillon, Baron of Kilkenny-Weft, the ceremony whereof
was performed by the L. D. St John in the Prefence-Chamber,
on the 25 ; and 1 he Preamble of the patent thus recites his Ma-
jefty's reafons for conferring that honour : Cum Majeftas regia
Honores fons*et origo exiftit, ac ut Stellarum claritaset lumen a
Sole derivatur ; ita fplendidi et illuftres 'Tituli a fola Regis Se-
xenitate Viris bene-merentibus communicantur : Cumque praeci-
pua a Principe V inns habeatur, Subditos fuos bene-merentes dig-
nofcere, ac eorum Merita recognofcere et remunerare ; cumque
etiam inter Mnnera et Praemia, quibus Principes Servientes fuos
dignifiimos onerare foleant, Honores et illuftres Tituli cetera om-
nia antecellant ; quia fcilicet eximiae Virtutis perpetua exiftant
Teftimonia ; et non iolum ipfos, qui fie honorari meruerunt, or-
natiores et ampliores, fed et alios, ipfi< chariffimos, per multa
faecula feliciores reddant : Nos itaque confiderantes ac memoria
repetentes Virtutes fingulares ac Merita digniflima predileeti et
fidelis noftri Jacobi Dillon de Moymelt in Comitatu Middias, Mi-
litis, Perfona idonea et optime qualificata ad recipiendum amplum
Honoris Characterem, tarn propter Generis claritatem, Animi
fortitudinem, aliafque egregias Virtutes et quamplurima perac-
ceptabilia Servitia nobis tam per praefatum Jacobum Dillon et
AntecefTot es fuos, qui PrGedecefToribus noftris in Hoc Regno nof-
tro Hibernian, per multos Annos, in Locis et Gradibus Senatorum
et Judicum Capitalium, bene, meritorie, integre et fideliter fer-
vierunt ; quam etiam per Robertum Dillon, Militem, Filium
prsefati Jacobi, Servientum noftrum, multipliciter praeftita in
ditto Regno noftro Hiberniae, quam propter amplitudinem
Terrarum et PofTefnonum. quas habet in dicto Regno nof-
(Iro Hiberniae : Sciatis quod, &c. And his Majefty as a
more ample teftimony of his favour, was pleafed to advance him
to the dignity of Earl of Rofcomon, by Privy Seal dated Weft-
minfter 24 July, and by patent $ Auguft 1622, nxtiththu pream-
ble t»ehe patent of creation Quanquam fatis amplum fibi Vir-
tus ipfa fit Theatrnm, et Summum tam Splendoris quam Volup-
tatis fincercC, ipfa fibi, quafi Radiisqmbufdam fuis, conferat, ac
placido fui et fuarum vere Opum earumque Autoris intuitu ; Eve-
nit tamen non raro, ut etiam magna et prope perfecta Animi In-
doles, novis impofitisMuniis, appofitis Praemiis, etlatior excrefcat,
ct perfiftat laetior. Gnarum hoc Regibus, et apprime nobis,
non folum quippe e Virtutibus Honores originem cepifTe, ied ex
ipfis etiam Honoribus Virtutes ipfas enafci confpeximus. Nobis

autem

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Fitzgerald, of Pierftown in Weftmeath, Efq. (by Marga-
ret, his wife, daughter of Fitzgerald, of Laragh)

and

autem ipfis hoc non immerito tacita Animi Confident ia attribuere,
ct nobis gratulari licet, quod nos ad aliquem Dignitatis gradurn,
evehendos fuicepimus, eofdem fane aut Bonos elegimus, quod eft
Judicii, aut eligendo Bonis non abfimiles Bonos certe fecimus, quod
eft Felicitatis, imrao et Perfpicacie, ipfam fcilicet Boniiatem vel crtani
perfenfimus fagicitate, vel orituram faltem prsefeniimus quodara
Prsefegio ; utrumque vero idque abunde pasrftitimus praedilecto et
fideliSubdito noftro Jacobo Dillon Militi, Domino Dillon, Baro-
ni de Kilkenny, in Comitatu noftro Weftmiddiae in Regno noftro
Hibernise, in praedictum Baronis Dignitatem a nobis nuner evevfto.
Illequidem celebri et pervetuila Familia, acde Antecelfonbus noi-
tris et tota Hiberniea Republica optime meritaoriundus, in nuper-
rimis illis Hibernieorum Perduellium et Proditorum infultibus et
populationibus, quibus univerfa fere vaftata, eft ilia Regio, non
tai.tum fidelem fe, nobis et praechariifimse Sorori noftrae Elizabethan
nuper Reginae, exhibuit (mitantibus Anglici Cognominis Pt Ge-
neris non paucis, aut potius, aperte defcifcentibus) led etiam in il-
lis Bellorurn et Militia; procellis, tarn diuturnis, tarn periculofis,
ftrenuum fe continuo praebuit Patriae Adjutoiem, et Rebellibus
Hoftem infeftiifimum. Mane deinde illo intcftsno (noftris Armis
et Aufpiciis) feliciteramoto, in plerifque PacisetTogae Artibusnou
pauca infignis Induftriw edidit Specimina, addidit Opera. His
nos et aliis compluribusillius Mentis perfpettis, nee non prsedilecti
Subditi noftri, et in Famulitio noftro noHs Infervientis Roberti
Dillon, Militis (Filii et Hsetedis apparentis praef*ti Jacobi) ifi nos,
Patriam et Parentes piis Affectibus penfitatis, eodemque jacobo
PiaemilTorum intuitu antedi&i Baronis Loco et Titulo a nobis (noa
iniquis Hominum et Rerum Eftimatoribus) infignito, eoldem iteruni
tanquam furculos quofdam Manibus noftris plantatos (uti non indi-
ligentis Agricolae) revidimus, retractavimus j et in iiidem adeo
uberes fuarum Virtutum fruftus, et Munincentiae in eos noftro,
quail autumnalem quandam MelTem comoeiimus, ut eofdem ampli-
ori aliquo Brabio et Honoribus (tanquam Rigatione noftra regia)
fovendos certo Animi Judicio non tarn mod aut ducli, quam im-
pulfi conftituerimus, ac certo conftituimus. Sciatis igitur, quod
nos PraemilTa gratiole attendentes, dictumque Jacobum, Domi-
num Dillon favore profequentes regio, ac ipfius acceptabilia in nos
et Republicam Mibernicam obfequia iniigniori Honoris titulo
Compenfaie et ornare meditantes de Gratia, &c.

His lordlhip took his feat in Parliament 14 July 1634 *, and hav-
ing the command of a troop of hoife in the reigns of James and

Charles

* Lords Jour. I. 2,

x6o DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

and dying at Killinynen in O&ober 1640, was buried in
Dmmrany, leaving iflue two fons and one daughter, viz.

John,

Charles I did many lingular fervices to his country, in that fta-
tion. He married Elianor, (or Hellen) fecond daughter of Sir
Chriftopher Barnewall, of Turvey, Knt. and dying in March
1641, had iifiie by her, who died 11 (or 12) October 1628, fe~
ven fons and fix daughters, viz. Robert, Lord Diilon, his fuc-
cefibr ; Lucas, of whom prefently ; Thomas, Chriftopher,
George, John, Patrick, who all died young or unmarried ;
Jane, married to Sir Chriftopher Dillon, heir apparent to Theo-
bald, the firft Vifcount Dillon j Elizabeth to HufTey,

Baron of Galtrim ; Frances, to Henry, fon and heir to Chriiio-
pher Burnell of Caftlenock, Efq.; Margaret, to Nu-
gent, of Drumcree, Efq. ; Mary, to Sir John Bellew, of Ball-
Robinftown, Knt.; and Alifon, to Roger O'FarrelJ, of Morrin,
chief of his name.

The fecond fon Lucas, was of Trinity-Ifland, in the county of
Cavan, and of Tuaghmore, otherwife called Twomere, in Rof-
comon. After his father's death, being advifed by letter from
his brother Robert, Earl of Rorcomon, fo far to partake with
the rebels, as to fave his father's goods, he joined with thofe of
the Englifh pale only, the others being of different councils and
affections ; for which he was tranfplanted in 1653, from his feat
and large eftate in the counties of Meath and Cavan, to Tuagh-
more. He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Thorp, of Rut-
land, by whom he had one fon James, and two daughters, the
elder whereof was married to John, then fon and heir to Philip
Reily, of Lifmore, in the county of Cavan, (by his wife Mary,
daughter of William O'Molloy, of Oughterheere, county of
Rofcomon, Efq.) by him fhe had two fons Philip and Luke, both
officers of rank ; and a daughter Mary, married to Anthony
Malone, Efq —James Dillon, of Rathwyre, Efq. the fony mar-
ried Jeane, fifter of Sir Anthony, and niece to Sir Patrick Mul-
lady, of Robert's-town, in Meath, Knt. and had two fons, Lucas,
who died unmarried ; Patrick, who fucceeded him at Tuagh-
more before the year 1684; and three daughters, Mary; Jeane;
and Elinor. Patrick married Dymphna, daughter of Colonel
Arthur, and grand-niece to Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel,
by whom he had five fons and three daughters, James ; Robert ;
John ; Arthur ; Thomas, who died at Larkfield, in county of Lei-
trim, 16 May 1767; Frances, married to Captain Shanley; Chrif-
tian, to Terence M'Dermot Roe ; and the youngeft to — - Regg-
— James, the eldeft fon, dying unmarried, Robert, the -fecond
became heir, and had he claimed the title would have fucceeded

the

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. i$i

John, his heir ; Edmund, (who married the daughter of
Robert Dillon, Efq. and afterwards became a Canon-Re-
Vol. IV. M gular) ;

the eighth Earl of Rofcomon ; he was Colonel of foot, and a
Marfhal in the armies of France, and died 24 March 1770,
aged 61.

Robert, the fecond Earl of Rofcomon, was a Nobleman of Robert,
courage and bravery, and ferved his King and Country, %

with lingular integrity and affection. In 1627, K Charles I. *J

called him into his Privy Council $ and 13 Auguft 1628, ap-
pointed him a Commiflloner for the granting a-new of all lands,
then lately efcheated to the crown in Ulfter. In 1629, his Lord-
fliip, and Michael, fecond fon of Henry Lord Folliott, had a licence,
for their refpective lives, to keep taverns, and fell all manner of
wholfome wines, and to make and fell Aqua-vitae, by retail or in
grofs, in the town of Ballymannon. As aflignee to Sir James
Craige, he had two grants from the crown, the one of lands (da-
ted 9 September 1629) in the counties of Wicklow, Tipperary,
Mayo, and Rofcomon ; and the other (9 April- 1633) of divers
fairs and markets, viz. a Thurfday market and fair on St. James's
day, at the town of Moate in Weftmeath ; a Thurfday market
and fair on Afcenfion day, at Crofsmullin in Msyo; a Saturday
market and fair 4 Auguft at Moylagh ; a fair 4 October at Dow-
lary ; two fairs on 8 September, and Corpus-Chrifti day at Kill-
carbarne, and a Thurfday market and fair 4 Auguft at Kinge-
ranbane in Galway ; a Thurfday market and fair on the feaft of
St. Martin the Bimop at Synroan, and a fair on Michaelmas day,
at Killean in the King's County ; two fairs 1 5 May, and 4 Octo-
ber at Loughglyn in Rofcomon ; two fairs, 30 July and 2 Octo-
ber, at Ballymoate, and two fairs 31 May and 1 November, at
Bricklewe in Sligo, to hold them all in fee fimple, free from all
rents whatever. On 8 May 1630, as an undertaker in the pro-
vince of Ulfter, heJiad a grant, with the Lord Mountnorris, of
the fmall proportion of Latgare, containing 1000 acres, in the
county of Fermanagh, with the creation thereof into the manor
of Latgare ; and, with James, Vifcount Claneboy (as underta-
kers) 2 ^December 1631, of the middle proportion (1 e; 00 acres) of
Derrynefogher in the fame county, which was erected into the
manor of Caftletown, with a Monday market, and a fair there
every Whitfon-Monday, he took his feat in Parliament 14
July 1634 *. By the deed of feoffment of John Fowler,
Efq. dated 10 February 1634, he became feized in fee of
Ballaghlerine, and other lands in the King's County ; and 9 Sep-
tember 16^9, by virtue of the commiffion of grace, had a confirm-
ation of Tooregowin, Caftlecorr, and many other lands in the
ctunty of Longford. — He wa,s a member of the Houfe of Com-
mons 3

3 Lords Jcur. I. ;,

ift DILLON, ViscouNf DILLON.

gular) ; and Mary, married to Garret Dillon, of Portlick,
in county of Weftmeath, Efq — John* who fucceeded at

Streamftown

mons ; and 26 May 1638, made Keeeper of the Great Seal, in
the Lord Chancellor's abfence : Alfo, 12 September 1639, one
of the L.J. of Ireland, in which high poft he continued until the
Earl of Strafford's arrival 18 March following; after whofe
departure, and the death of his deputy, Wandesford, the King
intended to put the government into the hands of the Duke of
Ormond, but was dilftiaded from his purpofe by the committee
of the Irifh Houfe of Commons, then in London : Whereupon,
determining to appoint Lords Juftices, his Majefty, at the Earl of
Strafford's fuit, defigned Robert Lord Dillon, and Sir William
Parfons for the government ; but the fame committee alfo op-
pofed his lordfltip's appointment (who was a perfon of great parts
and experience, of unqueftionable loyalty, and of hearty affec*-
tion to the King's fervice, and to the true intereft of the king*
dom ; but who, by uniting with the Earl of Ormond inoppofing
their late meafures in Parliament, was not agreeable to them)
and reprefented him, in a petition to the King, as an unaccepta-
ble and unfit perfon, without affigning any reafons of that unfit*
siefs, or any grounds for their opinion of him.

The King, not fatisfied with fo general an exception againft %
perfon, who had already ferved him well in the fame poft, fent
orders to his Privy Council, 1 5 December 1640, to caufe a com*
million to be paired, appointing his Lordfhip and Sir William
Parfons, L. J ; which being done, they were fworn 30 of that
month ; the King declaring to the committee, that he expected
fome particular obje&ions before he altered his refolution. The
agents fet themfelves to work for that purpofe, and 22 Decem-
ber prefented another petition, containing their exceptions, and
defiring that fome orher perfon, againft whom no objection had
been offered, might be chofen. Their exceptions to his Lordfhip
were, that when he was L. J. before, he had committed fome
people for felling unfealed tobacco ; had been often a referree
upon paper petitions; and that his fon had married the Eari
of Strafford's fifter ; which laft exception Sir Richard Cox
alledges, as the only caufe of their difcontent againft
him.

Thefe matters were argued the next day before the King in
Council ; when he was as ill fatisfied with their particular, as he
was with their general exceptions ; however, he told them, that
he did not doubt but Lord Dillon would anfwer what had beea
objected again'! him ; yet, to content his people, he would re-
move him i- which was done in February following.

Being

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. ifo

Streamftown and Killinynen, profeffirg the law, became an
eminent Barrifter ; he was firft made King's Council, after

M z Prime

Being by his enemies thus deprived of the government, the
King, to balance that lofs, was pleafed by Privy Seal, 14 July
1641, to order a grant to be palTed to him and his heirs
of fo many crown-lands, as fhould amount to 200I. Englifh
a year, according to the rents then paid into the Exchequer :
But of this he was alfo deprived by the commencement of the re-
bellion foon after ; which however was in fome meafure reco-
vered by his fon Carey, who 9 Auguft 1661 obtained from K.
Charles II. a grant of the lands of Lifmortagh, &c. in the coun^
ties of Tipperary, Kildare and Louth.

In the year 1 640, he was Captain of ninety-feven foot, and of fix-
ty-three carbines ; andthe general rebellion breaking out 23 Octo-
ber 1641, he was one of the Privy Council, who that very day
figned the proclamation, advertifing of the difcovery of the in-
tended rebellion, and requiring his Majefty's good and loyal fub-
je&s in all parti of the kingdom to ftand upon their guard, and
betake themfelves with all confidence and chearfulnefs, to their
defence. In June 1642, he was made Captain of a troop of horfe,
to affift againft the rebels, by the Earl of Ormond, againft all op-
pofition i being without exception capable of it, for his birth,
religion, perfonal merit, and lofs by the rebellion, (the family
eftate being in the power of the rebels, and his tenants deftroying
his (lock of above 2500 fheep, and feven or eight fcore head of
cattle ; and when the Lord Dunfany demanded their reafon for
fo doing, ?nd defired them to forbear fuch courfes, their anfwer
was, they would not forbear ; for though he was an Irifhman,
yet he was a Proteftant, and they would take his goods again.)
He ferved as a volunteer in all the expeditions under the Lord
Ormond, from the beginning of the troubles, andexprefTed great
forwardnefs to the free hazard of his life. On 1 Auguft 1642,
he was prefent in Parliament1, but died atOxmantown 27 of
that month, and was buried 7 September in St. Patrick's
Church.

His Lordfhip married three wives ; to his firft Margaret,
daughter of David, Vifcount Buttevant, by whom he had three
fons, James, hisfucceflbr ; Lucas, who died childlefs ; and Da-
vid, who died an infant. To his fecond, the Lady Dorothy
Haftings, younger daughter of George, the fourth Earl of Hun-
tingdon, widow of Sir James Steuart (who was killed at Iflington
in a duel by Sir George Wharton) and by her he had an only fon
Henry, who died unmarried 21 April 1640, and was buried 23

* Lords Jour. I. 170.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON,

Prime Serjeant, (in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.)
was aifo a Privy Counfellor and of the Supreme Council

' at

Sir James,

Earl.

Went-
worth,

tail.

in Newtown, near Trim. His third wife was Anne, daughterx>f Sir
William Stroud, of Stoake, in Somerfetfnire, Knt. and widow
of Henry, Lord Folhott, of B^llyfhannon, by whom he had one
fon Carey, who became the fifth Earl of Rofcomon.

Sir James Dillon, the third Earl was reclaimed, when young,
(fays Anthony a Wood) from the fuperfticions of the Romifri
church by Primate Uiher, and fent by him into England, as a
jewel of price, to be committed to the care and truil of Doctor
•George Hakewiil ; who finding him to be a young man of preg-
nant parts, placed him in Exeter College, under the tuition of
Laurence Bodley, D. B. (nephew to the great Sir Thomas Bod-
ley) in 1628; in which college continuing fome years, he be-
came an accomplished perfon. He was knighted in his father's
life time; reprefented in 1639, tne county of Weftmeath in Par-
liament ; and was as flrenuous an oppofer of the rebels in the
county of Longford, as his father had been, on whofe deceafe he
Changed his troop for that, which he had commanded, being
part of the old army. On 17 November 16421, he took: his feat
in Parliament ; and was a leading man in the Houfe of Peers ;
was appointed 1 1 January 1642, one of the Commifhoners to re-
ceive the propofitions of the Irifh confederate recufants concerning
a peace ; alfo, 26 December 1645, one of the committee of the
Privy Council to take the examination of Edward Somerfet, Earl
of Glamorgan, about his treating of, and making a peace with
the Irifh; and in 1647, was one °f trie f°ur hoftages, fent by
the Marquefs of Ormond to the Parliament of England, to be
furety for his performance of the articles agreed on, for the de-
livery to them of the city of Dublin and garrifons. For which,
and his other fervices to K.. Charles I. he was excepted (though
dead) from pardon for life and eftate, by Cromwell's act. of par-
liament, 12 Auguft 1652, for the fettlement of Ireland. He
married Elizabeth, third and youngeft daughter of Sir William
Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhoufe, in the county of York,
Bart, filler to Thomas, Earl of Strafford, L. L. ; and dying at
Limerick in October 1649, by a fall down a pair of flairs, left
iifue an only fon

Wentworth, the fourth Earl of Rofcomon, who was educated
from his youth, in all kinds of polite learning ; and was account-
ed one of the befl Englifli poets. By act of Parliament made in Eng-
land in 1660, he was reftored to theeflates of his anceftors, and
became feized of feveral manors, impropriate tithes, lay-ad vow-
fons, &c. in the counties of Meath, Weftmeath, King's, Mayo,

Galway9

! Lords Jour. I. 187.

BILLON, Viscount BILLON. 165

at Kilkenny. By his praclice and employments, he ac-
quired an ample eftate in divers counties, which were it en-
tires

Galway, Sligo, Rofcomon and Tipperary, of all which, in Eafter
term ,662, he (offered five feveral common recoveries to his own
ufe Tor life, with power to raife 3000]. for portions of younger
children, and 1000I. legacies ; and after hisdeath ioool. a year
tc Francis his wife, with power of diitrefs, remainder to the iiTue
male of his body, and their heirs male refpectively, by his faid
wife Frances, remainder to the heirs of his body, remainder
to the ufe of his latl wili *. He took his feat in Parliament by
proxy 10 July 166 4 % ; on 16 October following, he had a grant
of the firft troop of horfe that mould become void, purfuant to
Privy Seal, 23 September preceding ; was, by the intereft of the
Duke of York, made Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Penfion-
ers, andafterwards Mailer of the Horfe to the Dnchef- of York;
both which places he quitted fome time before his death. He
married nrft, in April 1662, t> e Lady Frances Boyle, eldefl
daughter of Richard, Earl of Burlington and Cork, and wid'.w
of Colonel Francis Ccurtenay, by whom he had no iffue j and
Secondly, 10 November 16-4, Ifabella, daughter of Matthaw
fecond fon of Sir Mat hew Boynton, ofBarmilon, in Yorkfhire,
Bart, but by her who remarried with Thomas Carter, of Robert's*,
town, in Math, Efq. 3 and died in September J721, having
alfo no furviving ifiue, and deceafing at his houfe near St. James's,
18 (or 20) January it 84, was buried in Wettmintler Abbey,
having made his will 14 of that month, whereby he bequeathed
ail his perfonal eftate, liib;e£t to the payment of his jutt debts, to
his wife ; and a-; toiu hing the difpofition of his lands, tenements,
and hereditaments he devifed the fame to her and her heirs for
ever, if he dievi without ilfue, and conllituted his faid wife foie
executrix 4. He wa< fucceeded in his titles by his uncle C.rey,

Carey, the filth Earl of Rofcomon, who was baptized 1 July 5

1627, and in the wars, unhappily begun in 1641, was a com- ^ .
wander for K Charles I. after the reftoration of whofe fon, and
a Parliament being called in 1661, he was a Member thereof lor
the borough of Banagher. On 8 February 1660, he had the re-
verfionary grant of a troop of horfe, and 3 October 1691, was
appointed Patent Matter of the Mints 5, then to be re-eftablifhed
in Ireland, and worker of the fame, during life, with the yearly
falaryoi 500I. being alio 13 November 16S2, made ComrmiTary
General of the Horfe; and 24 February 1684, fworn of the
Privy-Council to K. James II. from whom he had a penfion, 1
January 1687, of 200I. a year; and was Colonel of a regiment

1 Lodge. 2 Lords Jour. I. %6o. 3 See Leinfter I. 104. n.

* Vrerofc. Office and Lodge. 5 R.0t. A 230. Car. II. 3*. p. D.Memb. 47,

165 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

tire, would now yield 15,0001. a year ; but in the general
calamity and ufurpation of Cromwell, he loft thefe eftates,

and

of foot, which he commanded 26 Auguft 1689 at the taking of
Carrickfergus, and was appointed with the Earl of Dt ogheda, to
raife men for the fervice of Ireland ; for which he was attainted
by K. James's Parliament, and had his eftate of 211 81. a year,
and 1 30I. perfonal property fequeftered. Upon which he left the
kingdom, and died in Chefter 25 November 1689. — With refpect
to his eftate, he had been provided for by the acts of fettlement,
and in confequence thereof, had two grants of lands • viz. 17
Auguft 1669, a grant of the fort of Bellamo in the counties of
Galway and Rofcomon, which had been built by Cromwell On
c5 Auguft 1683, lands to the value of 427I. 1 8s. a year (part of
600I. a year) in conlideration of his many fervices and fufferings,
were granted to him in the counties of Cork, Donegall, Mayo,
Galway, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Weftmeath, Waterford,
Tipperary. Fermanagh, Kerry, Dublin, Monaghan, Limerick,
"Wexford, Kilkenny, King's and Queen's Counties. — He married
Catharine, daughter of John Werden, of Chefter, Efq. (by Ca-
tharine, daughter of Edward Dutton, grandfather to Sir Richard
Dutton, Governor of Barbadoes) and fifter to Major-General
Robert Werden, Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke
of York, and Comptroller of his Houfhold, when King, and
by her (who died 24. February 1683, and was buried the
26 within the Chancel-Rails of St. M.'chan's Church) had two
fons and two daughters, viz. a fon, who died young ; Robert,
his fueceflbr ; Lady Catharine, married in 1672 to Hugh, the
fecond Earl of Mount- Alexander, and dying 26 January 1674,
was buried the next day at St. Michan's ; and Lady Anne, mar-
ried 25 March 1675, to Sir Thomas Nugent ofTaghmon, Bart,
whofe widow fhe died in November 1 726, and was buried the 1 3
at St Bride's, Dublin.

« . Robert, the fixth Earl of Rofcomon, was left an infant of very

5 ' tender years in England, at his father's death, and coming into
Earl. Ireland in the year 1700, fat fir ft in Parliament 21 September
1703 >. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Putt, of
Comb, in Devonftiire, Bart, and dying 14 May 1715, was in-
terred the 16 at St. Bride's, having had iflue three fons and one
daughter, viz. Robert and James, fucceffive Earls of Rofcomon ;
Thomas, born in Auguft 1 706, who died young ; and Lady
Catharine, who died unmarried.

ft Robert, the feventh Earl, took his feat in theHoufe of Peers,

0 er • it November 1 7 1 7 % ; was Cornet of a troop of horfe on this efta-

EarI# bliihment; married in Auguft 1719, Angel, daughter of Charles

In go Id (by,

* Lords Jour- II. 1. 2 Idem. 572*

DILLON, Viscount BILLON. *6?

and was tranfplanted to Stroakftown in county of Rofcom-
on, the eft ate of Robert, fon of Henry Dillon, then fe-
queftered by the ufurping powers ; which eftate, of confi-
derable yearly value, was fold by this John's defcendant to
Captain Nicholas Mahon (whofe family are denominated,
and are now poiTeiTed of Stroakftown); Captain Patrick
Plunket, and others. He married Mary o Margaret,
daughter of Edmund Malone, of Ballynahown, in Weft-
meath, Efq. and by her had two fons and two daughters,
viz. Edmund, his heir ; Gerald, whofucceeded his brother;
Rofe, (who married firft to Captain Robert Dillon, theri
heir apparent to Sir Lucas Dillon, of Lough-Glyn, an-
ceftor to the prefent Vifcount, fecondly to Major-General
OFanell, and died in 1681); and Ellice, firft to Captain
Anthony Brabazon, of Ballynafloe, in county of Rofcom-
oitj and fecondly to Theobald Dillon, of Clontowart in
fame county, fon of the faid Sir Lucas. — Edmund, the eld-
eft fon, married a daughter of Sir Richard Blake, of Ard-
fry, in county of Galwav, Knt. Privy Counfellor to K.
Charles I. and one of the Supreme Council of Kilkenny,
by whom having only one daughter, who became the wife of
Edmund Malone, of Ballynahown, Efq. his brother Ge-
rald fucceeded; he married firft Mary, da ughterof Thomas
Dillon, Efq. of the family of Clonbrock, and fecondly
Ellice, daughter of John Aylmer, of Ballykenan, in Weft -
meath, Efq. by her who died 28 September 1684, he had
no iilue, but by his firft wife had Peter, his heir ; and two

daughters,

Ingoldfby, of Clondiralagh in the county of Clare, Efq. (who
died firft September 1704) younger fon to Sir Henry Ingoldfby
of Beggftown in the county of Meath, Bart, and brother to Sir
William, and dying without ifiue 9 January 1721, was buried
at St. Bride's, being fucceeded by his brother

James, the eighth and laft Earl of Rofcomon, born in 1702, James,
who 29 Auguft 1723, fat firft in Parliament1, and had a penfion of S

300I. a year, but dying unmarried 20 Auguft 1746, at Harold's Earl.
Crofs, Dublin ; he was interred at St. Bride's Church, Dublin.
On the deceafe of this Nobleman, the titles continued to lie dor-
mant, and in the year 1776, the only perfon who could have
claimed, died in reduced circumftances at Knockrany, in county
of Rofcomon 2., confequently the titles being extinct, have been
expunged from the lift of the Houfeof Peers.

1 Lords Jour. II. 737. 2 Information of Lord Vifcount Dillon.

i6S DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

daughters, the elder of whom married — OcKelly, of Mul-
laghmore; and the younger, to Captain Patrick Mapholder.
—Peter, who fucceeded, married a daughter of Captain Patrick
Everard, (by a daughter of — Delamere, Efq. and had iflue
John, his heir; Theobald, of Mount-Alba, or Mount-
Dillon, Barrifter at Law, who married and reiided in Eng-
land; and a daughter Mary, married firft to George Fitz-
Gerald, of Mohenny, Efq. and fecondly to John Dillon,
of Low-Baikin, as hereafter. — John, the eldeft fon of
Killinynen and Randalftown, married in January 1732,
Therefa, third daughter of Thomas Plunket, of Tutrath in
county of Meath, Efq and widow of Colonel Chriftopher
Everard, of Randalftown aforefaid, in county of Meath,
and by her had iflue. Edward, (or Chriftopher) had fet-
tled on him the caftle, town and lands o('Moyvannane,
in county of Rofcomon, and marrying Mary, daughter of
Chriftopher Jones, of Lifnegraghan, in the county of Rof-
comon, Efq. who died there 13 February 1639, had
iffue four fons, viz. John, in Holy Orders ; Chrif-
ftopher; Gerald, alfo in Holy Orders; and Richard,
who abandoned his country, having been concerned in the
death of Pierce Dillon, Efq. — Chriftopher the fecond fon
fucceeded, his elder brother who bv becoming a Prieft, became
civiliter mortuus ; he married Sabina, daugnter of Redmond.
Bourke, ofTyaquin, in county of Galway, Efq and had
iffue Colonel Edward Dillon; and a daughter who married
the heir apparent to John pitz-Gferald, of Mohony, in
county of Mayo, Efq. Gerald, a Prieft. James, who
had the caftle and town of Lifhegree, allotted to him, with

their demefnes ; he married a daughter of — Dalv, of

Lifcloony, in the King's countv, bv whom he was father of
Gerald, who by the daughter of — O'Brennan, left James,
ofLiihegree, who married a daughter of Robert Dillon, of
Cannenifton (by his wife Margaret, daughter of Theobald,
the firft Vifcount Dillon) and had llfue eight fons, many of
whom ferved in the army, with diftinguifhed characters,
whereof Robert, married Honora, daughter of Theobald
Dillon, Efq (by his wiie Sarah, daughter of the Vifcount
Mayo's family) and fifterto Lucas, the fixth Vifcount Dil-
lon, and by her had iffue James, his heir. Thomas, who
alio had a dividend of the Hlate, the cnflom of Gavelkind ft ill

prevailing ; he married a daughter of Nangk of

Kildalkin, . by whom he had William, who died young ;

Thomas';

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 169

Thomas; and John, in Holy Orders.— The faidThomas,
was father of Henry, who fettled in county of Meath, and

had ilfue Henry, who married the daughter of — •

Leonard, Eiq. John (or Henry) who married a daughter
of O'Higgin of Gorteen, in the King's County, and
his defcendant, John, married Mary, daughter of Ed-
mund Malone, of Ballynahown, Eiq. and had Fran-
cis his heir, and feveral other fons, fome of whom
were religious, and other officers in the army of Fran-
ce, but this branch is extinct. — Nicholas and Ed-
mund were ecclefi attics. — Maurice Dillon, eldeft fon of
John, of Lcw-Bafkin, who fucceeded to that eftate, mar-
ried the daughter of Mac-Auley, Cor Mc. Gauly)

and had iffue two fons, viz. Richard, his heir; Edmund,
in Holy Orders ; and a daughter who became a Nun. —

Richard, who fucceeded, married a daughter of

Malone, of Ballynahown, and had iifue a fon James ;
and one daughter Jane, who married firft O'Ferrall Bane,
of Moate, county of Longford ; and fecondly Maurice,
fourth and youngeft fon of Gerald Dillon, pofieffprof Drurn-
rany, until 1649, or 1652. — James, of Low- Bafk in, mar-
ried Rofe, daughter of the faid Gerald Dillon, of Drum-
rany, by whom he had John, his heir ; and a daughter EI-

lice, married to Browne, of Ballyrankin, Eiq.

whofe great eftate was loft during the ufurpation of Crom-
well, as were Dillon's Country and territories. — John, the
only fon of his father, was the laft poiTefibr of Low-Bafkin;
he married Mary, daughter of John OcCarroIl, and had
iilue Hubert, his heir ; Margaret, (who married William
Davys, Efq. lineally defcended from Sir John Davyh,
Knight-Marfhal of Conaught and Munfter, and Receiver-
General of all the Crown Revenues in thofe provinces in
the reign of Q^ Elizabeth) ; and other children ;— The
faid Hubert was father of John Dillon, living at Carra-
more, in county of Mayo, about the year 1768, and mar-
ried to Mary, daughter of Peter Dillon, of Kiilinynen, as
before obferved. (a)

Edmund, fecond fon of Sir Maurice, of Drumrany, b^Kilcornaae.
his fecond marriage, had aligned to him the caftle and
town of Kilcornane, where he became feated, and was
poffefTed of a confiderable eftate about the river Inny ; he
married Anne, daughter of William Pcttyt, ftyled Baron of
Mullingar, and had two daughters, one of whom became a
Nun; the other married O'FerralJ, Lord of Callow, in
Annaly ; and three fons, viz* William, who died unmar-
ried ;

170 X> I L L O N, Viscount DILLON.

ried ; Edmund, heir to his father ; and James, in Holy
Orders. — The laid Edmund, was father of Edmund, living
in 1611, who married Catharine, daughter of Thomas
Dillon, of Killenfaghny, Efq. and filter to Theobald, the
firft Vifcount Dillon, by her he had iffue a fon Robert and
two daughters, viz. Rofe, married to — - Dillon; and

« Mary, to Dalton, of Nocoval. — Robert, the heir,

married Eilice, daughter of William Tuite, of Monilea,
Efq. (by his fecond wife, a daughter of Sir Edward Tuite,
of Tuiteflown) and ftep-daughter to the faid Lord Dillon,
by whom he had Walter, his heir, and other children ;

which Walter, married Eilice, daughter of — Hope,

of Lisdiftown and Hopeftown, and had two fons, Rich-
ard, (married to a daughter of Brabazon, and had

Mary, who married OReily) ; and Robert, who

married a daughter of Luther, and had Walter ;

Theobald ; and other children, of whom Theobald, was
an eminent merchant in Dublin, died j8 May 1736, and

having married a daughter of' White, had iffue fe-

veral fons and daughters, viz. Robert, (of London, mer-
chant, who married in November 1745, a daughter of
— Dickinfon, of Woolton, in Lancafhire, with a for-
tune of io,oool. and died of an apoplexy, at Bourdeaux in
January 1764) ; Thomas (Merchant and Banker of Dub-
lin, who 23 April 1737, married a daughter of-

HuiTey, Efq. and died in France in November 1764) ;
Michael, (who married a daughter of Comer-
ford, merchant of Cork, and had iffue) ; Stephen, of
London, merchant ; Theobald, (who carried on an exten-
five trade in Rotterdam); daughter Anne (married Am-
brofe Ferrali, of Dublin, Efq. a very eminent brewer, who
died 11 February 1741-2, leaving iffue by his wife, who
many years furvived him, feveral children, of whom Rich-
ard, the eldeft fon, became a partner in his uncle Dillon's
bank, and 19 April 175 1, married a daughter of James
Moore, of Ballyna, county of Kildare, Efq. and hath fe-
veral children; and Catharine, the only daughter, married Pa-
trick Latin, of Morriftown-Latin, in county of Kildare, Efq.
and hath feveral children) ; Mary, the fecond daughter
of Theobald Dillon, married 2 January 1747, Captain
Dennis Ferrali, alias Kelly, brother to John Kelly, of
Cloonlyon, county of Galway, Efq. ; and the third daugh-
ter was a Nun.
(3) Richard Dillon, (third and youngeft fon of Sir Maurice,

Cortmorc, of Drumrany, by his fecond wife) hadthecaftle, town, and

Bafcin. laJ1ClS

DILLON, Viscount DILLON 171

lands of Gortmore and High-Bafkin, affigned to him, with
divers others, in and about Ballymahon, in county of Long-
ford, in which eftateshe was fucceeded by his fon Maurice,
who marrying a daughter of Connell O'Farrell, ofTene-
lick, county of Longford, Efq. had feveral children ; the
eldeft whereof Pierce, married Cicely, daughter of Garret
Dillon, ofPortlick, Efq. and had Garret and Hugh, both
in the army, the elder of whom married a daughter of Judge
Jones, and had a fon Pierce ; and a daughter who married
Redmond Dillon, of Balleneghloghduff, fon of Pierce, by
his wife Margery, whofe marriage articles bear date 9 and
10 May 1666. — Pierce, the fon, was a Captain in General
Dillon's regiment, and was killed in France; by his death
without iffue, this branch of the family became extinct, and
the eftates reverted to the Baron of Drumrany, to treat of
whomwelrrall now proceed.

Thomas, the eldeft fon of Sir Maurice Dillon, of Drum- Thomas,
rany by his firft wife, fucceeded to the eftate ; he married of DrQmra*
Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Dillon, Attorney General to ny*
K. Henry VIII. and anceftor to the Earls of Rofcomon; by
this lady he had a fon Edmund *, Lord of Drumrany, who Edmund.

- • married

* This defcent Is extracted from Mr. Lodge's Collections, (where we find
that (.hi particular branch of Drumrany, is totally extinct, or fallen to de-
cay) appearing to be authentic, we inlert it by way of note.

Which Edmund, Lord of Drumrany, married to his firft wife, as in
text, and by her had iffue fix fons and two daughters ; he married
fecondly,. as in text, but the iffue of the firft wife were as follows:
-Maurice, a Capuchin Friar ; Thomas, a Francifcan Friar ; Gerald, who
fucceeded at Drumrany ; Col. Robert, who died abroad unmarried ; John,
(an eminent Lawyer, who acquired by his profeflion, a considerable eftate,
and refided at Cappagh, near Dublin, where he was fucceeded by his fon Sir
Lucas, who was appointed a Commiffioner 26" April 1587, by Q_ Elizabeth,
to fettle the forfeitures in the province of Munfter, and to make books to the
undertakers of laid province, which ftiould be a fufficient warrant to the
Chancellor, to pal's patents, accordingly'. He acquired fo great an eftate in
addition to his father's, that his defendant's claim thereof (on the ieftoration
of K. Charles II. although he was a minor during the war of 1641,) to the
year 1652, when Cromwell fettled the kingdom, was not then heard, it be-
ing adjudged too great an eftate for a fubject to be decreed to ; he being en-
titled to a great part of the city and county of Dublin, befides Caftle Dillon,
in county of Armagh, with their appurtenances ; and divers manors and here-
ditaments in the North, and in the provinces of Munfter and Leinfter, as by
the laid claims of record may be feen, but this branch of the family is now ex-
tinct) ; Lucas, an officer in foreign fervice, who left no iffue ; daughter Jane,

married to Plunket, of Rathmore, in county of Meath •, and Mary,

to Darcy, of Platten, in fame county. — Gerald, the third fon of

Thomas, owing to the, elder brothers taking orders, fucceeded at Drumrany,

married

i * - ...

» Cox, I. 305.

172 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

parried firft Anne^ daughter of William Petty t, Baron of
Mullingar, and iecondly, a daughter of Sir Chriftopher

Plunket,

married the daughter of Bryan O'Conor Offkley, and by her had James, an
Ecclefiaftic; Thomas; Gerald (who fettled in county of Cork, and marry-
ing the daughter of Mac-Carthy More, was anceftor to Sir Francis Dillon,
Knt.) ; daughter Bridget, became a Nun ; and Mary, married Fitz-Gerald,
of Newcaftle. — Thomas, l'econd ion and fucceffor to his father, was knighted,
and marrying Rofe, eldeft daughter of Thomas Dillon, Efq. and filter to
Theobald, the firft Vii'count Dillon, had iffue three fons, viz. Henry, who
being lent into France, became there a Friar; Gerald ; and James, who
with his fon Gerald, fettled in Mayo, whofe fon Captain James Dillon, du-
ring the war in 1641, married the Lady Bingham, of Csftlebar. The eftate
of this branch is loft, and the family in the male line, extindt. — Gerald,
who lucceeded at Drumrany, married Ifmay, daughter of William Tuite, of
Monilea (by a daughter of Sir Edward Tuite of Tuiteftown) half filler to Sir
Chriftopher and Sir Lucas, Ions of Theobald, firft Vii'count Dillon, and by her

had two daughters, Rofe, a Nun, Margaret, married to Reynolds,

then chief of his name, in county of Leitrim; and fix fons, viz. William,
a Dominican Friar; James, heir to his father; Henry; and Thomas,
whole lines are extintt ; Gerald, an Ecclefiaffc ; and Maurice, who mar-
ried Jane, daughter of Robert Dillon, of Low-Baflcin, by her he had a nu-
merous iffue, whereof Captain Robert, and his Ion a Lieut. Col. died in fo-
reign fervice ; Richard, who left pofterity, but they are extinct ; and Mau-
rice, who married the daughter of O'Kelly, and left Richard, of Curry-
Drumrsny, who married a daughter of Captain Molloy, and by her hadMau-
rire ; Gerald, and other children.— -Jam es, of Drumrany, fecond ion of Ge-
rald, was bred to the ftudy of the law, reprefenUd the county of Rofcomcn,
In K. Charles I. Parliament, and was Captain of an Independent troop, but
was killed in i649or 1650, in his 34 year. He married Frances, youngeft
daughter of William Davis, Efq. fon of S;r John, of county of Salop, Knight-
Marfhal of Conaught, Eicheater and Receiver General of that province;
and by her had Gerald, who died young in France, Chriflopher, living in the
reign of K. Charles II. who became a Francifcan friar, and died in Rome ;
William, who lived to a great age, and died unmarried; and Richard: — 1
Which Richard, lucceeded, and in 1 652, his mother obtained from Cromwell's
eommiffioners (in lieu of her dower} to her, and her heirs male, 3574 acres,
part of her deceafed hufband's eftate in the county of Rolcomon, as tranfplan-
taticn lands ; but by his death, dui ing the minority and abfence of her two
elder Ions, and the indolence oi William, her third fon, no care was taken of
the tranfplanted eftate, and the whole of which (lave a fmall pittance afligned
by her to the laid Richard) was loft. The laid Richard married to his firli

wife, when under age, Rofe, a daughter of Dillon, of Dunimoney,

and by her had William (a Dominican Friar, who after refided in London by
the name of Dominick, and although civib.ter martinis, was Lord Baron of
Drumrany, by the laid ancient tenure Cap. per Baroniam, this branch of the
family never luffering any attainder) ; Chriftopher, alio an Ecclefiaftic; and
James Dillon, a Colonel in the army of James II. in whofe fervice he loft his
life. The laid Richard, married fecondly Margaret, daughter of — — —
O'Molioy, of Ughterheere (by Mary his wife, daughter of Hubert Bourke)
and by her had three furvi'ing fons, viz. Gerald; Thomas, who married Mabel
Dillon, widow of Alexander Robinfcn, Efq. but left no iffue ; and William,
who married a daughter of laid Alexander Robinfon, and byherwho re-married

v.ith Butler, Efq. had an only fon Thomas. — Gerald, Dillon, Efq.

eldeft fon of Richard by his fecond wife, ftudied the law in the Ions of Court,

was

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. p&

Plunket, Knt by the latter of whom lie had iffue one fon. Gerald,
Gerald, his heir, who 12 September 1532, v»Tas made Pro- ^.^
thonotary and Curios Brevium, of the Court of Common
Pleas. On his marriage with Efma, daughter of Sir Ed-
ward Tuite, of Tuiteftown, Knt. his father fettled on him
the lands ofDunimoney, whereof he was denominated, and
had iffue three fons, and two daughters, Bridget, a Nun i
and Catharine, married to Sir Chriitopher Dakon, Knt.
The fons wTere

Robert, who married the daughter of OfFanell, of l**
Longford, by whom he had feveral fons, who continued to
enjoy the poftefiions and moft of the feigniorv of Duni-
money, until the ufurpation of Cromwell ; but the bulk cf
the eftate gavelled amongft the defendants until the reign of
James II. when they followed the fortunes of that King,
and attended him to France.

James, anceftor to the Vifcount Dillon, and ?a)

William. (3*

James, fecond fon of Gerald of Dunimonv, had affigned James.
to him, as his (hare of the inheritance, Ballanakill, Tully,
thecaflle and town of Lifdaifane, part of Athlone and Kil-
kenny-Weft, being then market and trading towns ; and
upon the diflohition of religious houfes in the reign of
Henry VIII he obtained a temporary leafe, of divers Mo-
nafteries, Convents, and Abbies, built and endowed by
his anceftors, in Athlone, Kilkenny-Weft, Ardnecrane,
Abbey-Shmel, Holy-Eland, &c. in Dillon's Country, and
the refpecfive lands thereunto belonging, whereupon, and
by his protecting and continuing divers of the clergy, in
the faid abbies and abbey-lands, he was nicknamed the
Prior, but Sir Lucas Dillon, Attorney-General to Q^. Eli-
zabeth, got a perpetual grant of the laid abbey-lands, with

ail

was feated at Dillon's Grove, in county cfRofcomon, and married firft Cathe-
rine, daughter of James Nugent, of Dyfert, in Weftmeath, Efq by whom
having no fuiviving iffue, he married ftccndly H;nora, daughter of Pier :c
Aylward, of Ba'tlynegar (a l.neal defcendant of Sir John and Sir Pierce of
PafTage and Fatlick, near Waterford, to whom K. Henry II. granted a large
eftate, with the duties and Royalties of Paffage) by his wife Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Chriftopher French, of Tyrone, Efq. — He was living after 1743, aad
by her who died in that year, had Richard •, Aylward ; Mary ; and Mar-
garet.

This family bore for their coat armour pearl, a Lion rampant, ruby, hoM-
ing in his dexter paw, a ducal coronet fupported by a fe''<-, iaphire, all within
a bordure, ermine \ creft, a demi Lion rampant, ruby, iffuing out of a ducal
coronet, holding in his dexter paw, a like coronet.

174 DILLON, Viscount DILLON,

all their appurtenances and hereditaments. — The faid James'
married a daughter of Sir Chriftopher Dalton, Knt. of
Dalton's Country, by whom he had Thomas, his heir ;
John and George, both Ecclefiaftics ; daughter Rofe, a
Nun; and Catharine, married to James Fitz-Gerald,
Efq.
Thomas, Thomas, the eldeit fon, fettled in Dillon's Country,
married Margery, daughter of Chriftopher Dillon, of Kil-
more, by whom he had three daughters, and five fons, viz.
Rofe, married to Thomas Dillon, fon and fucceffor to Ge-
rald, ofDrumiany; Catharine, to Edmund Fitz -Edmund

Dillon, of Kilcornane ; and Bridget, to Dalton,

of Moyvannane. The fons were,
(i) Gerald, who married Cicely, daughter of Dil-
lon, of High-Bafkin, and had iffue two daughters, viz.
Margery, (married to a defcendant of Edward Dillon, the
fhft poifefTor of Balleneghloghgduff, to whom he gave the
caftle and town of LifsdafTane) ; and Jeane, to -Dil-
lon, of Bonnoiver, whofe defcendants acquired by this
marriage, part of the caftle, town, and lands of Tulla,
with other poifefnons, and their pofterity exifted in
1768.
(a) Edmund, who fettled in the caftle of Ardnegragh, in
county of Weftmeath, which he purchafed from Edward
Dillon ; he married a daughter of O'Farrell, Lord
of Callow, and had iffue feveral fons, who were diftin-
guifhed in the army, church, and ftate. The elder branch
whereof loft their eftates in the troubles of 164 1, and are
now extincl, but Bartholomew Dillon, a junior defcendant
of the faid Edmund, being a Judge itinerant ofConaught,
in the reigns of K. James and K. Charles I. acquired a large
eftate in the county of Mayo, and fettled in Ballacowla, in
confequence however of Cromwell's fettlement, he was de-
prived of two-thirds of his acquired property. He married
Mary, daughter of O'Kelly, and by her had Edmund, his

heir; Efma, married to Crofton, of Mohill, in

county of Leitrim ; and a younger daughter, who married
Garrett Dillon, of Mayo, a defcendant of the Houfe of
Drumrany.- — Edmund Dillon, Efq. fettled at Lifduffe, in
county of Mayo, where he was living in 1692; he married
afifter of Counfdlor Richard Dillon, of the family of Clon-
brock, and had two daughters, one of whom was married
to Walter Jordan, of Ifland, Efq. the other to Captain
Taaffe ; and feveral fons, whereof only Lucas tlae heir,

and

BILLON; Viscount DILLON; 175

and Theobald, left iflfue. Theobald Dillon, the younger fon^
of Lifdtiffe, Gent, married 22 February, 1705, Alice, one of
the daughters of Francis Slingefby, of BailyglalYe, in Gal-
way, Efq. Lucas, the eldeft fon, fettled at Holywell, in
county of Mayo, married Juliana, daughter of Captain Jo-
fias Browne, of the Neale family, and had.iiTue live daugh-
ters, and live fons, viz. Barbara, the eldeft, married firil to
John Dillon, of Manriin, Efq. and fecondly^ to Chriftopher
Bellew of Mount- Bellew, Efq. ; the fecond, married George
Hynde, of Caftle-Michael, Gent. ; the third and fifth, became
nuns ; and the fourth died unmarried : of the fons, Ed-
mund fucceeded; Jolias married Mary, youngeft lifter, and
coheir to Captain Gerald Dillon, of Mannin, and in heir
right inherited part of his eftate ; Jofeph, the third, feated
at Kilkelly in Mayo; the fourth became a phyfician; and
the fifth an ecclefiaftic. Edmund, the eldeft fon, of Holy-
well, .married firft, a daughter of Martin Blake, of Moyen,
by whom having no irtue, he married fecondly, a daughter
of John Lyfter, of Corkhill in Rofcomon, Efq. and had a
numerous ifTue*.

Theobald, advanced to the Peerage. (3)

Garret, who was Captain of an independent company in ^ (4)
the reign of Q^ Elizabeth, and acquired from a junior
defcendant of Drumrany, the caftle and town of Port-
lick, with fundry iflands in the Shannon and Lough-
reagh, and a conliderable eftate in the county of Mayo;
where he married Margaret, daughter of Mac-Coftello,
anciently called Nangle, Baron of Coftello, fo ftyled from
the country of that name. By her he had two fons, Garret
Lis heir, and Gerald, who fettled at Femore, in Mayo, and

married

• Of the other fons of Edmund Dillon of Ardnegragh, Edmund marrietf
Anne, daughter of William, the Great O'Mulioy, of Ugbterheere, alias
O'MulloyVHall, alias Coote-Hzll, Governor, and Knight of the fhire for
the county of Rofcomon, and widow of Charles O'Conor, of Bailynegare,
Efq. fon to Sir Hugh O'Conor, of Eailintobber, Knt. but By her having no
iflue, James his brother, the younger fon of Ardnegragh, became pofTetTed
of his etlates, and marrying a daughter of — — — Hope, of Hope town, had
iffue Dominick Dillon, who fettled at EeUa, part of his faid uncle Edmund's
eftate, in county of Rofcomon, he married Efms, daughter of Richard Dil-
lon of the houfe of Clonbrock, and had two fons, viz. James, an eminent
Lawyer, who died unmarried; Edmund alio died unmarried; and three daugh-
ters, who thence became coheir , and were Margaret, married to Colonel
Thomas Daly, of K-ilcleagh, county of Weftrneath, by whom (he Was mo-
ther of James Daly of fame place, Efq.; Clara, to John French, of the
French-park family 5 and Al'ce, firft to Geo ige Hynde, Gent, and fecondly,
to Major Edward Dsreaikj. Governor of CouxJray ia Flaudexs. (Lodge.)

Portlick,

i>]6 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

married a daughter of George Crofton of Moate, in county*
of Rofcomon, by whom he had three fons ; Theobald
(who married Marcella, daughter of George Browne of
the Neale, and was father of Gerald, Recorder of Dublin,
and King's Council; and 15 February 1686-7, Prime
Serjeant to K. James II. whom he followed into France,
and became a Colonel in that fervice ; he married firft the
widow of Sir Edward Crofton of Moate, Bart. Secondly,
Mary, younger daughter of George, Vifcount Strabane,
by the latter of whom he had a numerous iffue, and Cap-
tain Theobald his eldeft fon, married firft, Mary, daughter
of Counfellor Richard Malone, by whom he had two
daughters; and by his fecond wife, the daughter of Coun-
fellor Read, of Dunboyne, and grand niece to Sir Richard
Nugent of Dyfert, Bart, he had two fons); Thomas (fa-
ther of Captain Lucas Dillon, who married a daughter of

■ — Kirwan, and had Theobald, whofe iffue male,

were in remainder to Captain Theobald Dillon, as obferved
in another place) ; and Chriftopher, Prior of the abbey of
Ballehaunes, and Provincial of the Auguftins ; he was in-
terred in faid abbey. Garret, eldeft fon of Garret, fuc-
ceeded at Portlick, and marrying Mary, daughter of his
coufin Hubert Dillon, of Streamftown and Killynynen, had
iffue Edmund his heir ; Captain Gerald, who died a Domi-
nican Friar; and feveral daughters. Edmund married
Honora, daughter of Richard Bourke of Terlagh, Efq.
and had iffue Garret ; John, who died unmarried ; and
James, who fettled at Rathane, county of Mayo ; married
Honora, filter to Lucas the fixth Vifcount Dillon, and
widow of Robert Dillon of Lifhegree, Efq. ; by this Lady
he left male iffue, who continued the eldeft branch of Port-
lick ; and his defcendant, Edmond of Rathmore, married
Frances, fecond daughter of John Dillon of Liffiane, who
died in January 1692. — Garret Dillon, the eldeft fon, mar-
.ried a daughter of Sir Henry Talbot, of Mount Talbot,
Knt. by whom he had Captain Gerald Dillon, of Mannin,
county of Mayo ; and one daughter, Margaret, married
to William Kelly of Turrach, in county of Rofcomon,
Efq; — The faid Gerald of Mannin, 17 April 1692, mar-
ried Ellice, eldeft daughter of John Dillon of Liffiane, in
county of Mayo, Gent, and dying in 1720, had iffue by
her, who furvived him, two fons and three daughters, viz.
Edmund, born in 1696, who died unmarried; John, (who
in February 1721, married Barbara, eldeft daughter of

Lucas

BILLON, Viscount DILLON. 177

Lucas Dillon of Holywell, in county of Mayo, Gent,
and dying without illue 22 April 173 1, his fitters became
coheirs, and were Frances, married to James Betagh of
Drimhill, in county of Galway ; Margaret, to Felix
Mac-Donnell of Killeigh, in county of Mayo ; and Mary,
to Jofias Dillon, Gent as before obferved.

James, fifth and youngeft fon of Thomas, was father of (5)
James, who lived in the reign of K. Charles I. and was
ieated at Carrownegarry, in county of Rofcomon ; he en-
gaged in the rebellion of 164 1, and from this branch de-
scended the families of Ballynakill, Tully, Portmore,
Rathmoyle, Cloontowart, &c with their cadets.

We return now to Sir Theobald Dillon of Coftello-Gal- Sir Theo-
len, county of Mayo, Knight, the third fon of Thomas bald»
Dillon, fon of James, nicknamed the prior, grandfon of vii'count.
Gerald of Dunimoney, who was the ion of Edmond, Lord
of Drumrany by his fecond wife.

Which Theobald, 25 March 1582, was appointed by
patent, General Collector and Receiver of all and lingular
the Competition Money, within the provinces of Conaught
and Thomond1 ; which employment was renewed to him by
K. James, 20 Auguft, 1 of his reign2. In the following
year he furrendered the fame, and in confidcration of his
allured truft and fidelity, and in regard of his divers and
fundry fervices, the King re-granted and confirmed to him,
27 June 1604, not only the faid office of Collector and Re-
ceiver General of the Competition Money, but alio that of
General CelTor and Collector of all and lingular the fevcral
counties of Gaiway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Rofcomon,
and Clare, alias Thomond 3. — He commanded an indepen-
dent troop in Q^ Elizabeth's reign, and in 1559, received
the honour of Knighthood in the field of battle ; and his
Majefiy K. James I. having by the faithful fervice of many
years, a full conftrlion of his fidelity and merit, was p leafed
to advance him to the Peerage of Ireland, by creating him
Vifcount Dillon of Coftello-Gallen in the kingdom of Ire-
land, by letters patent* bearing date at Weitminfter, 16
March 162 1-2, entailing the honour on his heirs male,

Vol. IV. N with

* The preamble. Sciatis quod Nos generis ac Virtutum Claritatem, ac erga
Nos et Coronam noftram Conftantiam et fummam Fidelitatem dile&i et
fidelis Noftii, Tibbotti Dillon dt Coftello-Gallin inCornitatunoft.ro Mayo
in Regno Ncftro Hibernix, Militis intuentes ; Necnon ipfius Tibbotti in aimis
ct Rebus Eellicis eximiam et ipe&atirTimam Fortitudinem pariter et pruden-

tiara,

1 Rolls Off. 2 Idem. * Idem.

i78 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

with the creation fee of 13I. 6s. 8d. out of the great and
fmall cuftoms of the port of Dublin. He fat as a peer in
Parliament, and died, as by Inquilition, 15 March 1624*
at fo advanced an age, fays the pedigree, that at one time
he had the fatisfaclion of feeing above an hundred of his

defcendants,

tiam, ac Gratiflima et fidiffima fervitia tarn Nobis quam prschariflimae nuper
forori n (Ira Domini Elizabeths: nuper Reginte Angliaj in prsedidto Regno
noftro Hiberniae, fumma cum laude preftita intime Confide; antes. Quorum
omnium quamplurima non minus ardua et d fficilia Quam praetlara in Guerris
Hibernicis ad diuternam ipftus Tibboiti Glor.am extant Monumenta Volcn-
fefque proinde Ipfius Virtutes condignis Honorum Radiis ccmpenfarf, de
Gratia noftra Special!. (Rot. Pat. Cane. A°. 19°. Jac. I. 4*. p. f. R. 14.)

* iiis Lordfhip's eftates in the counties ol Mayo, Sligo, Galway, Rolco-
mony and the province of I.einfter, were very cor.nderable. 2.6 June 1604,
he had a grant of a Weekly Monday market at Kilkenny-Weft, in Dillons
Country, and county of Weftmeath, and of two annual fairs there, to be held
on Whitfon Monday, and 13 Auguft, paying yearly for the fame 2,0 (hillings
Irifh. The King alio, in confideratiou of the fine of 40 marcs Infh, did by
patent, 19 July 1608, 6 of his reign, regrant, tell, and confirm to him, his
heirs and affignes for ever, the entire manor, caftle, or ftcne-fort and
town of Kilienfaghny, alias Killenfaghe, in the county of Weftmeath, with
their appurtenances, and divers cartrons of land in the faid county ; whereof
one might defcend to him in right of inheritance, and the other might belong
to him in right of his own purchaie-, alio the caftle or fort, town and lands
of Ballynekirly, with their appurtenances, and divers cartrons of land, mem-
bers of the faid caftle, the carrucate of. Kilmacarron, containing two cartrons
of Land, with many other cartrons in the faid county; the manor, caftle,
town and lands of Glas-Kerne ; the caftle and town of Ballyneferagh ; the
manor, caftle, and lands of Portlicke ; the cattle, town, and lands of Bally-
mullon, alias Ballywoten, Rcbcrtftown, &c. in the faid county of Weft-
meath , the. towns and lands of Ballymacmorchy, Clownavy, Twolaghe,
Tawnaghenamrilbge, Coilloim&ye, Skye, and Ballynedin; the manor, caftle,
town and lands of Balbigibhne ; with many other lands and hereditaments in
the county of Rofcomon ; the manor, cattle, and town of Caltlcmore ; the
caftle and lands of Kilcolman-, the caftle?, towns, and lands of Binfadday
Ballindowe, Monyne, lllanmacgillevallye, Bealanagare, Beakan, Anagh,
and Belaville ; the towns of Erigg, Cionemore, and Ballyndingan ; the ma-
nor, caftle, and town of Ballylahane •, the caftle and town of Rathalvine,
with divers other lands, rents, and hereditaments in the county of Mayo, to
hold all the premifFes,. by the twentieth part of a Knight's fee ; (except the
caftle, town, and lands of Eai'lymullan and Robertftown, with their appurte-
nance^, which were to be held by Fealty, only, as of the cattle of Dublin.)
with all privileges and jurifdiclions, ulually granted to manors: a weekly
Monday market at Kilkenny-Weft, and a yearly fair every 1 of Auguft,
paying to the crown for the faid market and fair, the annual rent of 6s. 8d.

The following mqu'fition, taken at Charlcllown in county of Rofcomon,
19 September 1623, finds that Theobald (the fuft) Viicount Dillon of Coftel-
lo-Galicn, was fei zed in fee of the manor, caftle, and town-land of Ga!lyr
containing three quarters, three cartrons, and half a cartron of land in faid
county, viz. the quarter of Carrowancaftlan ; the quarter of Can owdrfh gh ;
the quarter of Liffcehmny •, the half qunrter called Loggnemuky ; the car-
tron of C^cgan, and the half of a cartron ; parcel of the half quarter of
Cruit in Porte vryt •, all which premiffes were held from the King, as of the

caftle

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. \*fa

defcendants, in his houfe of Killenfaghny. He married
Eieanora, daughter of Sir Edward Tuite of Tuiteftown,
in Weftmeath, Knight, and widow of William Tuite of

N % Monilea,

eaflle of Dublin, by Knight's fervice — Inquifition taken at Ballymcre in
county of Weflmeath, 10 September 1625, tiads that the faid Lord Theobald
was feized in fee of the following land?, &c. in the county of Weflmeath
viz. the manor, cattle, town and iand of Killenfaghny, alias Killenfeagh, in
f aid c;unty, containing fix cartrons of land, viz. Lackan, Cloonedonnell, An-
nyclogla, Aghimcoile, Aghnegreny, and Aghn^rtaghly ; alio the town-land
of Tobberclare, containing a carucate, viz. the half cartrcn of Firaghmore.,
the cartrons of Lifmilkil, and Coghlea •, alio the caftie and town-land of Ral-
Jynekilli, containing feven cartrons and an half, viz. Knockan, Clonnekahill,
alias GlownekahilJ, Aghne-Connorfynn, the half cartrons of I.eighgneynlogb,
alia:; Leighgnewnegkgh, and of Aghreagh, alias Canaghreagh, and two
cartrons in Lifduffe ; alio the half carucate of Kilmackcarron, viz. the car-
tr >n- of Liffintcomc and of Parke ; the half carucate of Tallaghan with a
whter-mill ; half a cartron of Cartronkeyle ; the ifland of lnifhingyn in
Loghree, in this county, containing one cartron ; half of the ifland of ln.'fh-
more in laid lough, containing fifteen acres, with a water-mill called Moiling-
laffan ; alo the cailie and tswn-land of Glalscran, containing two carucates ;
the caftie and town-land of Ballynefcarragh and Bally broghton, containing z
ca. tron of land. An annual rent anfing out of the lands of J imes Diilon
Fitz-Richard, in Walttrilowne. The faid Lr>rd Theobald died, feized of the
premiffes, 1 5 March 1614; and Luca*-, wow Lord Dillon, giandfon and heir,
being the Ion and heir of Sir Chrillophtr Dillon, Ion and heir of the faid Lord
Theobald, was of the age of 14 years and 6 months, at the deceafe of his

grandfather. The laid Lord was alio p (Tefled of the following lands, viz.

In Dmoragh, the quaiters'of Dromackoe, Clonaghmore, and Carrowne-
croffe \ a quarter, and a third of a quarter called Tnenarkiliy in the town-
land of Kiltigcloghan ; two triens, or two third parts of land, called Trien-
Fl onghene, and Trien-Conmellente ; the quartern of Cah'eaghe, Fallearte-
non, Follen, Clonefyn, Gawell, Carrowleggagh, the half quarter of Cloon-
coole ; the quarter of Goorteloghan, the half quarter of Cloonemyne ; the
quarters of Large, G01 tevoodegane, and Barnechaoge : the half quarter of
Kiltycannon, the town-land of Liicarlery, containing four quarters, viz. Glan-
chaMry, Carrowbegg, Carrot hanrane, and Sonvololan ; a fo the quarteis of
Carrena, Gowlan, Carrowlilnebrocke, Carrowba^kcoylc, Carr^necloghy,
Carrowanmaghery.irde, Carrowicolty, Carrolaggalenny, Gortlooman, Baily-
an, Carrower, and Koylmore ; alio the town-land of Behy, conta;nmg four
quarters, viz. Behed, Cloonegarcnagh, Kilbragan, and Croffard ; ako the
two quarters of Breckloone, the quarters of Gortenegnawe and Broe ; alio
the caftle and town-land of Gilienally, containing four quarter?, viz. Skehum,
Mirenihily, Reaikagh and Largaboy ; alio the quarters of Killogge, Leggan,
Lifnedrougher, Cregaribracke, Koylaviony, Derrimore, Beakam, the quar-
ter, and a third part of a quarter, called Tryen-Clooncorry ; the quarter,
and a third part of a quarter ca led Tryen-Brackloone ; the quarters of Legan,
Gulfhyny, Cloonebubban, Lifshamike, Liff/nemeataghe ; the quarter, and a
third pat t of a quarter, called Trycn-Reogh ; the quarters of Pollecappuli,
and Grallaghnemaddy •, alio the town-land of Tomegie, containing four
quarters, the town-land of Killougher, containing four quarters, viz. Kil-
lougher, Coyner'erna, Lorga, and Derrynecouge ; aifo the cattle of Bealla-
cag ire, with two quarters of land cal;d Cloignaghe, and the half quarter of
Coirie ; alio the town-land of Ballentogher, containing four quarters, viz.
Togher, Carrov/reogh, -Ca:re\vQ.keavy, asd Killvanyn j alf© the quarters of

Adergowkj •

Uo DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

Monilea, infaid county; and by her, who died at Killinure
in Weftmeathj 8 April 1638, and was interred in the friary
of St. Francis, at Athlone ; he had iffue eight fons and
eleven daughters, viz.

Sir

Adergowle, Carrowfpmon, Carrowleifne-Rory, Donnonghmoyle, and Call-
dragh; the town-land of Ballidromnegarde, containing four quarter-, viz.
Carrowneanagh, Carrowcloontorriflfe, Corrownedroma, and Carrownemal-
iaght ; the town-land of K/iocke, containing four quiit^rs, viz. Carrow-
more, Bruen, Cloanely and Glanfagen, and Knicon ; alio the precn&s of
the monaltery of Bealahaunes, with the lands thereunto bcl nging ; the
monaftery of Uilare^ with the lands thereunto belonging •, alfo the town, and
fix quarters of Ballendewgen, excepting eight gneves of land, parcel of the
laid quarter of Ballendewgen, viz. the gneves of Moyhelker, Fargarrow,
Skehynelkelly, Shangarry, and Mahernylkehy, two gn<_ves in the half
town-land of Lilhinbrake, and the fame in the half town-land of Kilquicka'Jy,
which eight are sow in the tenure of Dominic French •, aifo the recloiy of
Kilmurry ; the advowfons of the churches of Kdcowllman, Templemore,
Templemurry, Kilbeagh, K llmory, Dinlacke, Bohola, and Killoenan ; ail
the laid premifleslye in the barony of Coftello •, ailo the manor, caftle, and
town-land of Ballylaghan, containing the quarters of Mullaghclare, Liflegown,
the two quarters of Gortingarry, the quarters of Mullaganrodd, and Cloo-
necomy ; alfo the town-land of Knocketanbally, and Ardclowne, containing
eight quarters in the. barony of Gallen ; a Certain annual rent of five fhillings
Englifh, arifing out of every quarter of chargeable land in the faid barony,cxcept>
ing only the twelve quarters in the occupation of Gerald Dillon of Mannyn,
which annual rent amounts yearly to the fum of 29I. 10s. Englifh money ;
alfo the rectories of Gal'en alias Templemore, Ballylahen alias Bohola,
with all the tithe?, &c ; alfo the caftle and town-land of Rathery, contain-
ing two quai ters ; the town-land of Loughballyandry, containing two quar-
ters; the town-land of Leaghballyngerran, two quarters; the town-land of
Loughballyleo, two quarters ; the quarter of Drombo'ym; the town-land of
Clonbockoughter, one quarter ; the quarter of Clonockaghter ; the quarter
of Dromderry; the quarter of Clontomcher; the caftle and town-land of
Bealavilc, leven quarters ; the quarter of Leghcarrow ; the half quarters of
Annaghavvaghary and Annaghkille ; the lmall quarter1, otherwife called car-
trons, of Carrownegoppan parva, Cariownfkardan, Carrownacoppie, Car-
rownkilltowran, and Carowlifh, Duffballiraghan ; tv/o parts of the caftle and
town of Tullrchane; the quarters of Carrowfcolty, Colhillagh, Cowllougra,
Lifficlowney, Kiliicraghan, Brolkenny, and Eleknock ; a thiid part of the
two quarters of Montame>, vz. Carrowmuck and Carrownccarnan ; a third
part of the quarter of Co^hftielly ; the quarter of Cloonmuere ; the lmall
quarters called Carrowfkdly, Carrowntobber, Carrownclhancrcggy, and
Carrowcafhell ; the town-land of Tujlaghanmore, containing a quarter and
third p.nrt of a quarter; the town-bnd of Creggannefarne, containing one
quarter ; alfo feven gneves, and the third of a gneve; parcel of the quarter
called Carrowcafhillan-Ballyndegnen ; (even gneves, a cartron, and half a
cartron, in the town-land of Kiltycackally ; and the land of Trientobrackan,
containing <.ne quai ter and the third of a quarter; all the laid lands are fitu-
ate in the barony of Coftelio, and county of Mayo, and held from the King,
as of the caftle of Dublin, by the 20th part of a Knight's fee, (Roils, and
Auditor General's Offices, alfo Liber iLquifit. poft mortem penes Honoratif.
W. Conynghnm.)

The manor of Ballyiahane, and the eftate in Gallen, were fold to MefTrs.
Palmer in the year 1745 ; — but ail the other lands belong to theprei'eot Lord,
And coauia the satire barony of Coittllo.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. tgi

Sir Chriftopher, his heir apparent. (O

Sir Lucas , from whom the prefent Lord Dillon de- (4)
fcends.

William Dillon of Tolchan, Efq; who had considerable (3)
eftates affigned to him : he married Margery, daughter of
James Magawly of Ballylohloe in Weftmeath, Efq. by
whom he had George his heir, who died without irTiie ; and

two daughters, Margery, married to Walfh; and

Elinor.

Thomas, on whom the eftates of his nephew George de- (1)
volvedhe was born in the Tower of London, and ftyled of Brack iooa.
Bracklyn or Biackloon, in county of Rofcomon. On the
breaking out of the Rebellion in 164 1, he was appointed
Captain of a meeting of the Gentry of the county of Rofco-
mon, at Ballintobber, and marrying Catharine, younger
daughter of Maurice Fitzgerald of Laccagh, in county of
Kildare, Efq. had ilfue two fons and three daughters, viz.
Theobald his heir; John (fometime of Tollaghane, coun-
ty of Rofcomon, and after of Lifhane, alias Liifyan in
county of Mayo; he married Frances, daughter of Captain
Anthony Brabazon, by Alice, daughter of Captain Dillon
of Killyninen, and dying in January 1692, left iifue by
her, who re-married with Edmond Lally of Tullaghane,
Efq. a daughter Ellice, married 17 April 1692, to Gerald
Dillon of Mannin, Efq.; John his heir, and other chil-
dren. Which John of Liffiane, who was living in 1742,
married in 1703, Honora, daughter of Edmund Lally,
and had John who died unmarried in 173? ; Patrick ; Ed-
mund ; Mary, married to Gerald Dillon ; Frances, to Ed-
mund Dillon of Rathmane, in county of Mayo ; and
Bridget); the eldeft daughter, Margery, married to Pierce

Dillon of BallyneloghdurTe; the fecond, to Browne,

Efq.; and the third, to Colonel Lucas Dowell of Rofco-
mon. Theobald, who fucceeded Thomas of Bracklyn,

married Sarah, daughter of Captain Anthony Brabazon
aforefaid; made his will 4 September 1687, whereby hede-
vifed all his eftates to Theobald Dillon then of Lough-
Glyn; John Dillon of Kilmore in Rofcomon; William
Brabazon of Loughmafk in county of Mayo, brother of
his wife (and was living in 1622); and Pierce Dillon of
BallyneloghduiTe, in Weftmeath, Eiqrs. to the ufes in the
laid Will mentioned; bequeathed the manfion houfe of
Brackloon to his wife, during her widowhood, or until a
year after the marriage of Thomas his heir. Soon after

his

*S« DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

his deceafe, the faid Sarah re-married with John Daly of
Lung, in county of Mayo, who died in April 1725, and
fhe died in April 1726, having had iffue by the faid Theo-
bald fix fons and three daughters, viz. Thomas his heir;
Chriftopher (of Lungmore in county of Mayo, who pur-
fuant to articles dated 30 and 31 March 1696, married
Mariana, youngeft daughter of Colonel John Talbot of
Belgarde, county of Dublin, by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Sir Henry Talbot, Knight, of Mount-Talbot
and Temple-Oge, county of Dublin ; by her he had
Thomas of Lungmore, who married a daughter of Doclor
Prendergaft ; Anthony ; Thomas ; the eldeft daughter mar-
ried to Plunket; Sarah, the fecond, to Dillon ;

and the third became a nun) ; George,, Gerald, James,
and William, who left no illue ; daughter Ellice (married
in 1703, to Dominick O'Dowde, who left her a widow in
1737, having iffue David, and other children) ; Elizabeth,

and Bridget, who died unmarried. Colonel Thomas

Dillon, who fucceeded at Bracklyn, married purfuant to
articles 23 March 1694, Catharine, third daughter of the
faid John Talbot of Belgarde, Efq. on whom and their
ilTue male, the real eftate of her faid father was fettled,
whereupon he became poiTelTed of eftates in the counties of
Rofcomon and Dublin, of the yearly value of 1700I. and
dying in May 172 1, ha*l illue by her who furvived him,
five fons and five daughters, viz. Henry his heir; Theo-
bald, Anthony, Arthur, and William died unmarried;
Ellice; Mary, who died unmarried; Sarah; Marcella ; and
Bridget, who alfo died unmarried. — Henry 'Dillon of Bel-
gaide, Efq. married jane, fecond daughter of Michael
Moore of Drogheda, Efq. and by her, who died in Capei-
ftreet, Dublin 5 March 1762, had Thomas his heir; John;

a daughter who married Trant, Efq. poffeffed of

coniiderable eftates in England, fhe died in 1747 ; and fe-
veral other children. — The laid Thomas married the daugh-
ter and heir of Luke Dowell of Moyntagh, county of Rof-
comon, Efq.

,-. ~ rnars of the Order 01 St.rrancis.

(6) George, )

(?j John, who had a command in the army, and died un-

married.

(t) Sir janes Dillon, Knt. who in 1640, was Captain ofa

company of 97 men, with the pay of 15 fhillings a day;
and after the rebellion broke out, had a com million from

the

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 1S3

the State in November 164 1, for the Government of the
county of Longford, with another Sir James Dillon, after
which he engaged in the rebellion ; and we are told by the
depolition of George Davis, that in his way from Dublin
to the county of Rofcomon, he met at Ballymore Sir James
Dillon the younger, accompanied with Henry Dillon of
Ballymullen in fame county, John Edgworth, and divers
others, who the next night went towards Longford, to have
relieved that place, but they finding it ftrongly befieged,
and all the paffages and ways blocked up, Sir James went
to the caftle of Rathclinc, which was alfo ready to be be-
lieged, and having ftaid fome days there himfelf; and
placed Henry Dillon there, where he continued till towards
Chriftmas, and had his wife and children with him; a few
days before Chriftmas, he delivered up the Cattle to Sir
James Dillon the elder, one of the Governors as hath been
obferved, of county of Rofcomon, and betook himfelf to
his own Caftle in faid county, but before he could arrive
there, Dowaltagh Mac Farry OHanly, Teige Mac Dermot
OcConnor, and Brian Farrell, accompanied with ioco or
1500 men, came to the faid Mr. Dillon's houfe and caftle,
took away all his cattle, money, and goods, detained his
caftle^ and lying in wait for him, took him prifoner,
and delivered him to Con OcRourk, who came at the
fame time into the county, and the faid O'Ro.urk kept Mr.
Dillon prifoner, he going with him on foot wherever he went,
until the meeting at Elphin, appointed by the faid Con and
the Gentry of the county of Rofcomon, whither Mr. Dil-
lon alio was carried, and Con would have taken him into
the county of Leixrim, but after much entreaty was pre-
vailed on by Hugh OcConor Dunn, to leave him in his
cuftody, after which Charles OcConor Roe, threatened to
cut oft, Mr. Dillon's head, if opportunity he might find;
he. was carried by the faid Hugh O'Conor to the meeting of
Ballintobber, after which he was conveyed out of the
couniy by the faid Hugh, and came to Dublin, his brother

Garret being then engaged in the rebellion. In April

1643, Sir James was at the fiege of Ballynakill, which
funendered 5 May, commanding at that time a regiment of
foot, after which he was Lieutenant-General and Governor
of Conaught and Athlone ; but on the reduction of the
kingdom by Cromwell, he was excepted from pardon for
life and eft ate by the acl of parliament for the fettlement of
Ireland, which palled 1% Auguft 1652; however, after the

reftoration#

x64 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

restoration, he had a penfion of 500I. a year, granted 25
May 1665, and became Marfhal de Camp, or Major-Ge-
neral in the French and Spanifh fervices. He married two
wives, firft Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Plunket of
Jlathmore, in county of Meath, Efq and had iftiie Ulick,
and James, who died young ; he married fecondly, before
1653, Mary, daughter of Roger Jones of Sligo, Efq. and
widow of Major John Ridge of Rofcomon, but by her had
no ifiue; and 24 January 1665, had his Majefty's direction
to receive the profits of her jointure, fhe being then lately
deceafed.

(0 Daughter Rofe, died young.

(1) Margaret, married to Robert Dillon of Canneftown, in

Weft meath Efq. Juftice of Peace for that county, and en-
gaged in the rebellion of 164 1 ; by him fhe was mother of
James Dillon of Ballymulvey, in Rofcomon, Efq. who
married Jane, daughter of Robert Dillon of Clonbrock, in
county of Galway Efq.

(3) Anne, to John, Vifcount TaafFe of Ccrran, and mother
of Theobald, Earl of Carlingford.

(4) Catharine, to Sir Ulick Bourke of Glinfk, in county of
Rofcomon, Bart.

(5) Mary, to Gerald Pettyt of Irifhtown, or Molyngar, in
Weftmeath Efq. and dying 13 May 1634, left ifTue by him
who died 10 March following, four foils and four daughters,
viz. Thomas, who married Mary, daughter of Kedagh
Mac Geoghegan ; William; James; Redmond; Elinor,
married to Garret Delamere ; Margaret ; Barbara ; and
Bridget.

(6) Elizabeth, to Thomas Fitzgerald of Newcaftle, in coun-
ty of Longford, Efq. by whom fhe had fix daughters, viz.

Margaret, married to Dillon of Clonbrock, by

whom fiie had Thomas and Elizabeth; Mary, to Coniy
Boy Mac Geoghegan, and had a fon, Hugh; Ellin, Cicely,
Anne, and Bridget, all nuns of the Order of St. Clare.

(7) Jane, to Hugh O'Conor Dunn, of Cafllereagh, in Rof-

comon, Efq- fon of Sir Hugh O'Conor, Knt.

p,, } Nuns of the Order of St. Clare, and who

A -l- /--ertablifhed the Francifcan Order of nuns in
(9) Cecdia, {Galway#

(,o) ^k^andldiedunmanied.

(ll) Barbara, )

S' Thrift - *^r Ohriftopher Dillon, heir apparent to Theobald, the
phcr. firft Vifcount Dillon, lived at Ballylaghan, alias Eealalahin,

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 185

in county of Mayo ; was Prefident of Conaught, and of
the Privy-Council, in the reigns of K. James I. and K.
Charles I. but died before his father, viz. 28 February
1623-4, as by inquifition taken at Rofcomon 23 Auguft
following, which found that he was feized of four quarters
of the lands of Owranycluby. — He married in November
1604, Lady Jane Dillon, eldeft daughter of James, the
firft Earl of Rofcomon, and by her, who furvived him, had
feven fons and five daughters, viz. Lucas, who fucceeded
his grand-father, in the title of V ifcount ; Thomas, who
alfo fucceeded to the honour ; Theobald, father of Lucas,
the fixth V ifcount; James, who died without iflue ; as did

John, who married the widow of Bingham, Efq.;

Chriftopher, and Francis, died young; daughter Joan,
married to John O'Mad, ;en, chief of his fept in the barony of
Longford, in county of Galway, and at that time poflefled of
large eltates; Elizabeth, and Mary, nuns of the order of St.
Clare ; Eleanora, and Mary, both died young.

Lucas, the eldeft fon, and fecond Vifcount Dillon, was L«ca«,
14 years and 6 months old, in September 1624, when he V;rc*uut>
fucceeded his grandfather; and 14 December that year, his
wardfhip and marriage were granted to Sir John King,
Knt. In 1625, when 15 years of age, he married Lady
Mary Mac Donnell, fecond daughter of Randal, the firft
Earl of Antrim, and dying, as by Inquifition, 13 April
1629 l , was conveyed in a coach from Killenfaghny, and
buried 14 September, in the Friary of Athlone; leaving,
iflue by his Lady (who remarried with Oliver, the fixth
Lord Louth) a fon and fuccenor,

Theobald, the third Vifcount, aged 3 months, at the Theobald,
death of his father, and he dying in ward to the King, 13 w^J*,
May 1630, as by inquiiition, was fucceeded by his uncle,

Thomas, the fourth Vifcount, who being within age, Tfcmtaf,
viz. 15 years old at the acceflion to the honour; K. Charles , 4
I. by indenture, bearing date 8 December fame year, de-
mifed and to farm fct, the eftates then very confiderable,
and extending into the counties of Mayo, Rofcomon, and
Weftmeath, to Sir Lucas Dillon of Lough-Glyn, in county
of Rofcomon, Knt. ; and 15 March 1635-6, his Lordfhip
having attained his full age, had livery of his lands. He
was bred a Roman Catholic, but when 15 years of age,
declared himfelf a Proteftant, and was prefent in the Par-
liament held at Dublin, 16 March 1639-40 2, and 23 0£k>-

ber

* Rolls. 2 Lori;- J.ur. I. 09.

int.

i$6 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

ber 1640, we find him a Lord of the Privy-Council1 : 16
February that year, he was of the Committee of Grievances,
and in November 1641, he, and the Lord Vifcount Mayo,
were appointed Governors of the county of Mayo, which for
fome months they kept free from all difturbances, without
any affiftance from the ftate. Soon after which, the two
Houfes of Parliament, coniiclering of more eile&ual me-
thods to quell the rebellion than had been hitherto taken,
to prevent its growth, to remove the difcontents of the na-
tion, and reftore the peace of the kingdom ; did thereupon
afl'ent to a representation to the King, and in certain in-ftruc-
tions given by the Lords (13 February 164 1-2) then in
town, after the prorogation of the former Parliament, the
Lord Dillon was charged with prefenting them to the King,
and to prefs for fpeedy and effectual orders therein. His
Lordfhip was well qualified for this important truft and
commifT;on, being a member of the Privy Council of Ire-
land, a Proteftant, a man of extraordinary parts and de-
meanour, generally beloved and elteemed, well affected to
the Crown, and very acceptable to his Majefty, who had
lately received and treated him with lingular marks of efteem
snd kindnefs; and at this time the Houie of Lords recom-
mended it to the King, that he might have fome command
id Conaught, where his power and intereft were conside-
rable. He embarked a few days after the prorogation, in
order to go to England, and execute this employment; but
being driven by a florm as far as Scotland, landed there,
and making all poihble expedition to London, with Lord
TaalTe, who accompanied him, was ieized on the road at
Ware in Hertfordiliirc, by an order of the Houfe of Com-
mons, dated 3 November, all his papers taken away, and
himfelf fecured with the Lord Taafte, remained in cuftody
fcveral months, till it was of no confequence to keep them
longer in restraint; and then being negligently guarded,
they made their efcape and went to the King at York, too
late to ofFer a remedy, when the rebels were ftrengthened
with foreign fupplies, and the rebellion was become almoft
univerfab We are told by Doclor Borlace, in bis hiftory
of that time, that his Lordfhip in his private inftruelions,
had orders to move, that no forces might be fent over out
of England, but that the whole work might be left to the

remonftTants,

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DILLON, Viscount DILLON. ^7

remonftrants, and that they would then undertake to fup-
prefs the rebels themfelves.

After his return home, he was made a Lieutenant-Gene*-
ral, and the King repoiing efpecial truft and confidence in
the great indufhy, judgment, abilities, and good affeclion
of his Lordfhip, and Henry, Vifcount Wilmot, did 27
April 1645, appoint them joint Frefidents of Conaught1,
and Governors of the Fort of Athlone, but that Fort being
fuppreffed by Father George Dillon, in favour of the Nun-
cio's party, and his Lordfhip being very uneafy at the loft
of his Government, and hoping to recover it, went to Kil-
kenny for that purpofe, where 6 December 1646, he was
reconciled by the Nuncio, to the Church of Rome, accord-
ing to the Roman Pontifical in St. Mary's Church before a
vail concourfe of people ; upon which, the Supreme Coun-
cil refolved to deliver back to him Athlone, whither he
went in the middle of December; but O'Neill's forces re-
fufing to obey the order for giving him poffefuon, he was
then difappointed. He afterwards joined the Marquei's of
Ormond, who then commanded the army of the confede-
rates, and 25 July 1649, was left by him with 2000 foot*
and 500 horfe, to block up the city of Dublin on the
North; but the attack on the army by Michael Jones, be-
ing made on the Eaft, prevented them from action. Altliou g^
he had been difappointed of the Government of Athlone,
yet he afterwards was Governor of that Caftle, which he
held and maintained till 18 June 165 1, when article? wertf
agreed on between Sir Charles Coote, Lord Preildent of
Conaught, and Sir James Dillon, on his Lordfhip's be-
half, concerning the furrender thereof, for the ufe of the
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Lngland *, — His
Lordlhip's eftates, confining of federal manors, lands, and

here di-

* The article? were, i. That Sir Jame? did covtnart and agree, thst th?
faid callle fhould be lurrendered, with all arms, ammunition. artillery, ar.d
ftores therein contained, untoiikh. persons as the Lord Prefident (hould appoint
to receive the lame — z. That the officers and foldiers then in garrjfoa, ihon'd
have libeity to march away witlj their arms, colours flying, drums beatinp.,
bandaliers full of powder, with matches lit at both end-' , bag and baggage,
and with a fafe convoy to any luch garrifon within the province of Conaught,
as the Governor (hould direct, or elfewhere. — -?. That whereas the L-rd
Vil'count Dillqn of Coftello, h'as defired to fubmit to the Government of
England, as being of an Englilh defcent and extraction-, the laid Sir Charier.

C-OQiC.

» Roils GrT,

jS8 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

hereditaments, in the counties of Weftmeath, Rofcomon
and Mayo, being lei zed and fequeftered by the ufurped
powers of the Commonwealth of England, on account of
the rebellion, he was expelled by the faid powers, out of
bis faid eftate, lor his adherence to K. Charles I after which
he went abroad, and with four of his fons lived in exile in
France, Spain, &c. On the reftoration he returned home,
and by a provifion in the acts or' fettlement, was reftored
unto and veiled in all the eftates whatfoever, whereof he,
or any to his ufe were feized and pofleifed, on 2,2 October
164 1, or after, in purfuance whereof he exhibited his claim,
5 November i66z, before the Commiihoners appointed to
execute the faid acl, who, by their decree bearing date 19
Auguft 1663, did reftore him to the feveral manors and
other hereditaments he laid claim to, viz. Bracklyn, Bal-
lintogher, and many others in the counties of Mayo, Rof-
comon, and Weftmeath1. The number of acres in the
county of Mayo, amounting to 53,301, of profitable land,
plantation meafure ; 5864 of the fame land and meafure in
Rofcomon; and 5030 in Weftmeath4; and new quit rents
being impofed upon the fame by the acls of fettlement and

expla-

Coote, Lord Prefident of Conaught, by authority of Parliament, with ad-
vice of the Council of War, did engage and undertake to Sir James Dilhn,
that he will anfv.er and accordingly fettle with the Parliament, that the Lord
Dillon, his wife, children, and iervant% be indimpni/.td for all things done
by him during the war of Ireland, provided he aft nothing henceforth to the
prejudice of the Parliament of England, their Arm?, o\ Garrifons.— 4. That
the laid Lord D ilo.n (hull have liberty to refide at Portumns, or Loughreagh,
with fuch a c<mpefcncy of land allowed unto him, as (hou.d be convenient to
maintain a ftock, for the maintenance and iupport of hi> tamily. — 5. That
in regard, the faid L-rd Dillon is difbtnbabled fuddenly to pay his debts, he
fhall be protected from arrefls and futts, for any debts formerly contracted by
the fpace of 3 year*. — 6. That he {hail have a pals to go into Englan.i, or in-
to a foreign country, when he (hall dene the fame. — 7. That he fhall have
iiberiy to tranfport 1000 or 2000 of the Ir fh, if he can make condition with
any Foreigner, in Amty with the Pari ament of Lnglaiid.— 8. That thi«
condition be continued to his Lady and fam ly in his abience. — 9. That the
inhabitants of the town of Athione, fhall have quarter for their lives, with
affurance to enjoy their eftates and goods, and remain in the faid town, pay-
ing fuch contribution as others do, whilft they remain within the Engl fh
quarters. — 10. That luch of his friends or kindred as fnail muke their parti-
cular obligation, (hail be received upon reaf nable conditions — 1 1. That the
Caftle of Athione, fhall be delivered according to the before mentioned arti-
cle?, by Sir Robert Talbot, Governor thereof, at or before Sunday next, at
10 of the cloek aforenoon, and that Captain Bellew, ar.d Captain Fitzgerald,
be lent forth this mornings as hoftages for them. (Ret. O.Cromwell. 9. p. f. )

1 Roll% Aud. Gen. Chief Rcmtm. aod Forfeiture Off. 3 Enrolled j$,
ao Car. II. 10. p. f.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. i%

explanation ; he had a releafe of part thereof r I November
1663, and by his Majefty's directions of 17 November
1669, and 3 May 1670 had a further abatement of the faid
quit rents; the Government of Conaught having been con-
ferred upon his Lordihip, and the Lord Wilmot for life,
and to the furvivors of them; and his Lordfhip authorifing
the Lord Wilmot, did, 9 March 1660- 1, in conlideration
of a competent fum of money, and for divers other good
caufes, and valuable confiderations, furrender the faid poft
of Prelident of that Province, to K. Charles II. by whom,
in 1662, he was made Cuftos Rot. of the county of Weft-
meath.

Before 163$, he married Frances, daughter of Nicholas
White of Leixlip, Efq. with whom he had a fortune of
3000I. and dying in 1672, or the year after, had iffue by
her (who died in Winetavern-ftreet, and was buried in St.
James's, 9 January 1664) fix fons, viz.

Charles, his heir apparent, born in or before 1636, he (t)
ferved as a General in the armies of France, Spain, and
Flanders ; alfo in England and Ireland, during the exile of
K. Charles II. ; whilft abroad he was appointed Governor
of Tournay, and in obedience to an Engliih A61 of Parlia-
ment he returned home, and retired to his eftate, where he
died before his father, unmarried, and was interred in Hare,
or Holy Ifland, in Loughrea.

Chriftopher, who died in Winetavern-ftreet, unmarried, (*)
and was buried by his mother 20 June 1663.

Rupert, who, whilft Page of Honour to K. Charles II. (i)
being from his addrefs and figure coniidered an object of
envy, was fet upon, fays the pedigree, by the other pages,
and ilain in the Palace yard.

Thomas, who fucceeded to the honour, and became die (4)
fifth Vifcount.

Ormond, and ) ,. , (5)

Nicholas, J- died young. (6)

Thomas, the fifth Vifcount Dillon married Elizabeth, Thomas,
eldeft daughter of Sir John Bourke of Derymaclagtny, in .5
county of Galway, Knt. (by his wife Lady Mary, fecond v,lcatiat-
daughter of William the feventh Earl of Clanricarde) and
by her, who after married Sheffield Grace of Couitftown,
in county of Kilkenny, Efq. he had one fon, Thomas, and
one daughter, Elizabeth, who both died young, and his
Lordfhip decealing in 1674, the honour devolved on Lucas
Dillon, eldeft fon of Theobald, third fon of Sir Chriftopher
Dilton, eldeft fon of Theobald, the fiift Vifcount.

Which

Viicount.

190 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

Which Theobald, married Sarah Bourke of the Vi (count
Mayo's family, and had iiiue the faid Lucas ; Captain
James Dillon, who died without iluie; daughter Honora,
married fiift to Robert Dillon of Lifsnagragh, or Lifsna-
gree, fecondly, to James Dillon of Rathmane, Gent. ; and

Bridget, the younger daughter, married Dillon of

Mayo.
Lucas, Lucas, who fucceeded, and was the lixth Vifcount, fet-
fnnt tied, on the laft day of February 1674-5, a rent charge of
600I. a year, on the widow of Thomas the filth Lord, dur-
ing her life, to be ifluing out of his eftates in the counties
of Mayo and Rofcomon ; and being high in the favour of
K. Charles II. his Majcfty in coniideration of the many
iervices and fufferings of his family, did by his letter, dated
2.2, September 1675, direct a grant to be made under the Great
Seal (which was accordingly done 10 January following1)
whereby he remitted, releafed, and for ever quit claim, to
the yearly fum of 455I. 13s. ioh. of the new quit rents,
amounting together to the yearly fum of 700I. iSs. 10.
palled by the acts of fettlement, on the eftates decreed to
Thomas the fourth Lord ; of which eftates he levied fines,
and fulfered recoveries to the ufe of himfelf, his heirs and
affignes*. — He married to his firft wife, Urfula, daughter

* 2 September 1 6"8i, his Lnrdflvp made his laft Will, and thereby bequeathed
his Soul to his Saviour and Redeemer Jefus Chrift, through whole merits and
fufferings he hoped for a free rem.ftion of all his fins, and to became par-
taker of everlafting glory •, and his body to be buried where, and after fuch
decent and becoming manner, as his Executors and Truftees fhouid think fit
and appoint. He gave and bequeathed all his eftates whatfoever in the ftveial
counties of Weftmeath, Rofcomon, and Mayo, to Garret Moore of Moraine,
in faid county of Mayo, El'q. and Denis^Daly of Aghriane, in county of Gal-
way, Elq. Counfellor at Law, and their heirs, to fuch ufes, and (ubjetf to,
and chargeable with all fuch rents, rent-charges, debts, due^, legacies, and
eftates really due and payable, that are not by him particularly mentioned
and exprtffed, for them to have and to hold, all the aforeiaid premifTes, with
their appurtenances, to the fole ufe, benefit and behoof of his dearly beloved
wife, Anne, Lady Vitcountefs Dillon for her life, and alfo to be paid the
yearly rent of 400I. during her life: he bequeathed likewile to the laid Gai-
ret Moore, and Denis Daly, all the number of acres, lands, tenements, ;tnd
hereditaments in the county of Mayo ; parted in certificate and letters to his
beloved kinfman, Theobald Dillon of Loughglin, in the county of Rolcomon,
Elq. in truft for, and to his own ufe, together with the town and lands of Mo-
nymore in the laid county of Mayo, to hold the lall mentioned premiffcc, to
the ufe of Theobald Dillon for life, and after to the heirs male of his body
to be btgotten \ remainder to John Dillon of Ballyglofs, in county of Roi'co-
sn<n, Gent, and his heirs male, lawfully to be begotten; remainder to Theo-
bald Dillon of Killmore, in faid county of Rofcomon, and to his heirs. He
£*ve and bequeathed in like manner to the faid Garret Moore, and Denis

Daly ;

* Rolls and Audc Gen. Off.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. I9i

of William, Vifcount Dongan, and Earl of Limerick ; and to
his fecond wife, about the latter end of the year i63 1, the
Lady Anne Nugent, eldeft daughter of Richard, Earl of
Weftmeath, with whom he had 1500I. fortune, and fettled
a jointure on her of 400I. a year, but in a few months after
his marriage, being feized with a dropfy, or lome fuch
lingering diftemper, he died in September or October 1682,
at Killenfaghny in Weftmeath, the ufual manfion-houfe of
the family, and having had no iffue by either of his Ladies,
the title and eftates defcended to Theobald Dillon of Kil-
more, Efq. the next heir male of the body of Theobald,
the firft Vifcount, viz. the eldeft fon of Robert Dillon,
Efq. eldeft fon of Sir Lucas Dillon, Knt. who wras the fe-
cond fon of Theobald, the firft Vifcount Dillon.

Which Sir Lucas, was fettled at Lough-Glyn, in county Lougfc-
of Rofcomon, where he had a confiderable eilate fettled on Gl:n-
him by his father, and where he lived (fays the Pedigree;

Daly ; the town and lands of Rathelvine, and Grallaghbegg, in county of
Mayo, to the ufe of Onor Fitz-Morori, alias Dillon, her heirs and sfligne >
until ihe be paid the fum of 400I. together, with the lawful intereft thereof,
according to 10 per cent. He wills further, that 400I. be pai'd and laiied out
of his laid v dates in Mayo, to be paid over to his wife for the following ufe •-■,
t-hat is to fay, 100!. to be applied to fuch ufcs as his wife, and one Doctor WiU
liam Bourke fhould think fit ; 300I. to be distributed to fuch friends as his wife,
and Edmund Nugent of Carlanftowa in Weftmeath, Efq. fhouid think fit •„
and 300I. to be applied towards his burial and funeral charges. He wills*
that his beloved kinfman Henry Dillon, fon and heir to Theobald of Kil-
more, (hall during his father's life, hold and enjoy all his ecclefiailical Jiving*,
or impropriate tithes in the county of Mayo, and as for his peribnal eftate,
having before by other writing", given and afligncd over the lame to Thomas
Nugent, Efq. his loving brother in law, for the ufe of his laid wife, by deed
bearing date 17 April laft paft, he ratified and confirmed the fame by his will,
and further bequeathed unto her, her hciri and aflignec, the town and lands of
Drumrany, in county of Weftmeath, contain.ng 300 acres or thereabout ,
for ever, fubjeft neverthelefs to the payment of 250L 10 one Fletcher, to
whom theprem'ffes were mortgaged for the faid fum 5 and after the determi-
nation of the aforefaid u'es and limitations, he v/ills the faid eftates to defcehd
to Theobald Dillon of Kilmore for life, and after hi'; deceafe, to Henry his
eldeft fon for life, and after, to the heirs male of his body lawfully to be be-
gotten; remainder to Chriftopher, another f*n of the faid Theobald, and
his heirs male; remainder to the other fons which the faid Theobald might
have, and their heirs refpeclively ; remainder to Theobald D.llon of Lough-
Glyn ; remainder to John Dillon before named, brother of the faid The-
obald •, remainder to Theobald Dillon of Brackloore for life ; remainder to
his eldeft fon Thomas, and his heirs male ; remainder to the other fons which
the faid Theobald Dillon might have ; remainder to John Dillon of Talch -n,
brother to the faid Theobald of Eracklone, and their refpecL've iffue-rm.le}
Remainder to the right heirs male of Sir Theobald Dillon, the firft Lord Vif-
count Dillon. He appointed his wife jol'e executrix, and the faid Thomas
Ndg-nt, Edmund Nugent, Thtbald Dillon of Lout;h-Glyn, and Deai« I^aly,
trulteea. (Pr:iog. Office, acd Lodge.)

i92 DILLON, Viscount DltLON.

in fplendour, and in univerfal efteem. He was of the
Privy-Gouncil to K. James L-and Charles I. until the re-
bellion of 1 64 1 (in which it appears by the depofition of
Hugh O'Conor, taken 11 February 1642-3) that in or
about Chriftmas 164 1, he, with others of the county of
Rofcomon, were perfuaded and prevailed with, to toin, by
Hugh Oge OcConor, and certain others employed (as
they fa id) by Sir Lucas Dillon for that purpofe, affirming
to them, that Sir Lucas well knew it was the King's plea-
fure, that the faid Gentry fhould take up arms, for, that
the pretended Parliament of England, would otherwife de-
ftroy them ; and further alledged, that they fhould within
one quarter of a year, fee his Majefty himfelf, and the faid
Parliament in arms, one againft the other. Yet afterwards,
the faid Sir Lucas repaired unto the Preiident of Conaught,
and profeifing his fidelity, obtained his Lordfhip's protec-
tion, under colour whereof he played into both hands, and
at the meeting of all the Gentry of the county of Rofcomon,
at Ballintubber, there were prefent Sir Lucas Dillon, Sir
Ulick Bourke, William O'Molloy, Alexander Nugent,
Thomas Dillon, Hugh Oge OcConor, Charles O'Conor
Roe, Teige O'Conor, &c who all of them took an oath
(which was firft taken by Sir Lucas) and the fubftance of
it was, for the maintainance of the King's prerogative, and
for the eftablifhing of the Romifh religion, in and through-
out the kingdom of Ireland ; at which meeting it was alfo
agreed and concluded on, that the faid Sir Lucas, and
Hugh Oge O'Conor, fhould repair unto the Earl of Clan-
ricarde, with an offer from the county to make his Lordfhip
their General, which was accordingly done by them, who
returned his Lordfhip's anfwer to this effeel, " That he
cc could not accept of any fuch charge, until he had un-
iC derftood his Majefty's pleafure," and the faid deponent
underftood alfo from fundry perfons, that the purpofe and
meaning of the principal Aclors in the Rebellion was, to
have the kingdom of Ireland freed from all perfons befides
the Irifh, and that the plot thereof was contrived, and fet
on foot, at the late meeting of Parliament at Dublin, and
at the aforefaid meeting at Ballintubber, there were ap-
pointed Colonels and Captains, amongft whom Thomas
Dillon, brother to Sir Lucas, was appointed a Captain. —
Sir Lucas was afterwards a member of the Supreme Coun-
cil of Kilkenny ; and 4 January 1647-8, was with the Lord
Atbenry, and Sir Roebuck Lynch, appointed a Relident

Council

DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

*93

Council in the interval of the General ArTembly for
Conaught; for all which he had his eftates feized and fe-
queftered by Cromwell, and in 1653, was imprifoned in
the city Marfhalfea of Dublin ; but furvivingthefe diffract-
ed times, was in 1662, high Sheriff of the county of Mayo.
He married Jane, daughter of John Moor of Brees, or
Bryefs, alfo of Cloghan and Ball in county of Mayo, Efq.
and had ifllie eight fons and three daughters, viz. Robert
his heir; Theobald Dillon of Lough-Glyn, Efq. (to whom
and his heirs, the four quarters of Lough-G]yn, and the
four quarters of Ballymacmorough, in county of Rofco-
mon, being the fequeftered eftateoi'his father were let out, he
was Colonel of a regiment of foot, and married Alice,
daughter of John Dillon, Efq. Counfellor at Law, but
died without iilue) ; John, of Kilmore (who, with all his
younger brothers, were Captains of Independent troops of
horfe, or companies of foot, in the fervice of K. Charles

I. and II. he married Bridget, daughter of Bourke

of Ballyglafs, in county of Rofcomon) ; Chriftopher, Ge-
rald, Edward, Arthur, Lodowick, all died unmarried;
Bridget, married to Francis, Lord Athenry; Barbara, a
Nun of St. Clare ; and Mary, married to John O 'Carrol,
of Elye O' Carrol, Efq.

Captain Robert Dillon, the eldeft fon of Sir Lucas, mar- Robert,
ried Rofe, eldeft daughter of John Dillon of Streamftown,
or Killynynen, Efq. Serjeant, and Privy-Counfellor to K.
James I. and K. Chailes I. as before mentioned, and de-
ceafing at an early period of life, left iflue by his Lady
(who remarried with General John OcFarrell of Tyrlekin,
and died in 168 1) two fons and three daughters, viz. The-
obald his heir, and the feventh Vifcount Dillon ; Lucas,
who died unmarried ; Alice, or Elizabeth (married to
James Ferrall of Callows, in county of Longford, Efq.);

Jane (firft to Lally of Tullynedaly, Efq. by whom

fhe was mother of Brigadier General Lally, Colonel of an
Irifh regiment in the French fervice, and was wounded at
the battle of Fontenoy; the faid Jane married fecondly,

John Mac-Hubert Bourke) ; and Mary, to Dillon

of Sinoghweny, in county of Mayo, Gent.

Theobald, the eldeft fon, fucceeding to the title, was Theobald,
the feventh Vifcount Dillon. He reiided chiefly at Kil- VT 7
more, and was Lieutenant-Colonel to the Earl of Clan-
ricarde's regiment of Guards, in the army of K. James II.
and for his ferviceg to that King, was outlawed, in or about

Vol. IV. O the

Henrjr
VifcJunt. i0U

194 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

the year 1690 !, which outlawry' was reverfed by his fon, as
will appear. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry
Talbot of Temple-Oge, in county of Dublin, and of
Mount-Talbot, in county of Rofcomon, Knt. ; and his
Lordfhip deceafing in 169 1, left iffue by his faid Lady
(who was killed by the fecond bomb thrown into Limerick
by K. William's army) fix fons and two daughters, viz*
Robert, who died before him, unmarried .; Henry, his fuc-
ceffor in the honour; Arthur, father to Charles the ninth
Vifcount; Captain Chriftopher, James, and Lucas, who
were all in foreign fervice, and died unmarried ; daughter
Jane, married to Sir John Bourke of Mitford, Bart. ; and
Bridget.

Henry, the eighth Vifcount Dillon, reprefented the
unty of Weftmeath in K. James's Parliament, held at
Dublin 7 May 1689, in which year he was Lord Lieute-
nant of the county of Rofcomon ; he was foon after ap-
pointed Governor of the town of Galway, and was Colonel
of a regiment of foot in that King's army. — 4 July 1687,
articles oi marriage were concluded on, between his Lord-
fhip and Frances, fecond daughter of George, Count Ha-
milton (by his wife Frances, eldeft daughter and coheir to
Richard Jennings of Sandridge, in county of Hertford,
Efq. who after became the wile of Richard Talbct, Duke
of Tyrconnel) with his faid wife, having 3000I. fortune,
he fettled on her 400I. a year, at the fame time making a
fettlement of the eftate, whereby it was entailed on their
HTuemale; remainder to his Lordfhip's brothers, Arthur,
James, and Lucas^ and their refpecliveifTue male ; remain-
der to Theobald Dillon of Lough-Glyn ; remainder to
John Dillon of Kilmore ;• remainder to Theobald Dillon of
Bracklyn, then lately deceafed ;> remainder to John Dillon
of Bracklyn, brother to the faid Theobald ; remainder to
Edmund Dillon, fbme time of Ardnegragh, brother to Sir
Theobald the firft Vifcount; remainder to Garret Dillon,
fome time of Portlick*, another brother of the faid firft

Vifcount,

* From Garret here mentioned, defcended James of PortKck, whofe ne~
phew Gerald, 17 April 169a, ma:ried Elice, daughter of Juhn Dillon of Li P-
fiane, county of Mayo, Gent, who died focn after his daughter's marriage 5
■the laid Gerald lived at Moinin in laid county, and had two Ions, Edmund his.

heir,

" f Ca-fe, prefcated to the Houfc of Lords, on the claim af Lord DiiW

DILLON Viscount DILLON,

*9*

Vii'cwuut*

Vifcount, and their ilTue male refpeclively. After this pe*
riod it appears by a rule book of the Court of King's Bench,
in Trinity Term (6 Will, and Mary) that the outlawry
againft his father was reverfed by the judgment of faid
Court, and which judgment was duly entered up and en-
rolled, and alfo examined by the Houfe of Lords, 2 De-
cember 1697, when the Lord Vifcount Maflarcene reported,
that the faid outlawry was reverfed '. He is faid to have had
fummons to Parliament as a peer1; made his will 12 Ja-
nuary 17 13-14*, and departed this life on the following
day, viz. 13 January; he was buried on 23 atBallyhaunus,
in county of llofcomon, in the tomb of Chriftopher Dillon,
prior of that friary, leaving iiTue by his faid lady (who af-
ter married Patrick Bellew, then fon and heir apparent to
Sir John Bellew, Bait.) an only fon

Richard the ninthV ifcount Dillon, who was born in 1688 ; Richard,
16 January 17 15, in obedience to an order of the Houfe of x_ 9
Lords, 12 December preceding, he appeared in that Houfe,
delivered his writ of fummons in the ufual manner, and
took the oath of allegiance, but being alked whether he

O 2 would

heir, born in 1696 ; John; and feveral daughters; a!fo a fitter Margaret,
married to Widiam Kelly of" Tunach, County of Rofcomou, Gent. — The
faid J «hn of Liffiane, lived feme time before at Tullaghane, county of Rof-
comon, and died in January 1692,, leaving by France? his wife, whole filter
married Edmund Laily of Tollaghane, E:q. the aforefaid Eliice, and John
of L'fTiane, G;nt. lwing in 1 729, (L dge.)

* Whereby he deviled a'l his land.', tenements and hereditaments in the
refpecthe counties of Weltmcath, Rolcomon, and Mayo, wherein, cr
whereof he was leized of any eflate of inheritance, of fee fimplt, abfolute
or conditional; or of any eflate in equity, or wherein he had any equitable,
Conditional, or other juft right, to Denis Daly of Aghrane, in Galway, E.q.
his heirs and .flignes, to beforthw.th (old, to the intent and purpofe, and upon
truft and confidence that he the faid Denis fhoull and would, out of the firlh
money that ftiould come, or arife by fale of the laid lands, pay, fatisfy and
dilcharge, debts due by judgment, bond, or other contract-, and for which
there was then no real fecunty, by mortgage fiom him, or any of his ances-
tor-, lineal or collateral, Handing our, or of force; and after the payment of
fuch debts, that the I'm plus money arifing by the laid fale, fhould be applied
towards the d lcharging of the mortgage?, or other real fecuntie^, either in
law or equity, affe&ing, charging, or encumbering all or any part of the
jointure, by him or his deceafed father, or either of them, fettled on his La-
dy Frances, or any of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, fettled upon
or fecured to her by a late a£t made in England, in lieu and fiuisfa&ion of, or
as an equivalent for her jointure, or any part thereof, and appointed his Lady
i'ole executrix. (Prerog. Office.)

1 Claim ut antea and Lords Jour. I. 675. 2 Cafeutantea, and Ler&

Jour. I. 693.

,9$ DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

would take the other oaths, and make and fabfcribe the de-
claration purfuant to the ftatute, his Lordfhip was pleaied
to fay he would confider of it, and withdrew ' . His Lord-
fhip died in the year 1737 % and having married in i72o?
the Lady Bridget Bourke, fecond daughter of John ninth
Earl of Clanricarde, left an only daughter Frances, mar-
ried to Charles Dillon her own coufin-germain, and her fa-
ther's fuccefibr in the title, which Charles, was eldeft fon
of Arthur, third fon of Theobald the feventh Vifcount^.

Which Arthur went into France, where before he was 2,0
years of age, he commanded an Irifh regiment. In 1705, he
was made a Marfhal de Camp, was Governor of Toulon,
and diftinguifhing himfelf in the field, was advanced to the
rank of Lieutenant-General, in which ftation he acquired
ftill higher reputation, being efteemed by all the great Ge-
nerals of his time, and univerfally beloved by the foldieryv
— He married Chriftiana, daughter of Ralph Sheldon, Efq*
and niece to General Sheldon : and deceafing, 5 February
3732-3, N. S. left iffue by his Lady who died, 5 Auguft
i757j agec* 73> ^ve f°ns and three daughters, viz.
< ») Charles and > fucceffive yifcounts.

(z) Henry, J

(3) James, who about the year 1740, was made a Knight of

Malta, and Colonel of Dillons Regiment, at the head of
which he loft his life, at the battle of Fontenoy, in 1745,
when his regiment was given to his brother
{4) Edward, then 25 years old, who was wounded in the

battle of Laufelt, and foon after died at Maeftricht; and the
King of France, conlidering the fervkes rendered to him by
this family, was induced to declare, that he would not give
the command of that regiment (which he put on Englifh
pay) to any perfon fave of the name of Dillon, and
agreeable to the recommendation of the family.
^ Arthur, the youngeft fon, was firft made »Bifhop of

Evreux, in Normandy, thence promoted to the Archiepifco-
pal See of Touloufe, and laftly, to that of Narbonne.
He is a Commander of the Order of the Holy Ghoft, Pri-
mate of The Gauls, and Prefident of the States of Lan-

guedoc *•

Daughter

* To this Prelate, the Literal of this country confefs much obligation,
he has manifeilcd a liberality of principle almofl hitherto unknown, and
through his enquiries and exertions, the antiquities of Ireland have been late-
lj musk elucidated.

' Lords Jour. II. 491. fl Cafe, * Idem.

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 197

Daughter Frances, a Carmelite Nun, died at Pontoife. ( « )

Catharine, alfo a Carmelite Nun, died at St. Denis in
3754, and (2)

Bridget, married to the Baron Blaifel, a Lieut. General
in the fervice of France. (3)

Charles, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his coufin germain,
and became the tenth Vifcount; he was Colonel of a regi- Charles,
ment in France, which regiment he commanded upon the vil10unt
Rhine, againft the Germans in 1734. 16 January 1734-5,
he married Frances, only daughter of Richard the ninth
Vifcount Dillon, and in September 1736, came into Ireland
and took poneifion of his inheritance, which he enjoyed till
his deceafe. By his faid Lady, who died in London 18
January 1738-9, he had an only fon Charles, born 9 or 10
November 1738, who died in May 1739] and his Lordfhip
deccafing in London -24 October 1741, was fucceeded in
title and eftates by his brother.

Henry, the eleventh Vifcount, who ferved as Major of
Dillon's regiment whilft under the command of his brother, Henry,
and afterwards as Colonel, which command hereligned be- _"
fore the act for preventing Britifh fubjecls from entering into
foreign fervice, arrived in London 13 May 1744, and 26
Oelober 1744-5 man'ied Lady Charlotte Lee, eldeft daugh-
ter of George-Henry, the fecond Earl of Litchfield*, and
deceafmg in 1787, left iilue by her Ladyfhip, four daugh-
ters,

* The family of Lee took its furname from the Lordfhip of Lee in the
Pai i(h or' Wibonbury, and county of Chefter, whereof Sir Walter at Lee,
Knt. (who lived towards the clofe of K. Edward III. reign) left ifluc Sir
John, of Lee-Hall, whole Ion and heir John, was father of Thomas, and to
him fucceeded John of Lee-Hall, who married Margery, daughter of Sir
Ralph Hocknell of Hocknel-Hall, in Chcftcr, Knt. and had two fons,
Thomas, who fucceeded at Lee-Hail ; and Benedict, who, in the reign of
■K. Edward IV. removed from Chtfhire, to Quarendon in county of Bucks,
and by Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Jchn Wood of county of Warwick,
Eiq. had Richard his heir, who bore for his coat armour, Argent*, a Fefs be-
tween three Crefcentsy Sable ; and had iffue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
and coheir to William Sanders, of the county of Oxford, Efq. three fons,
viz. Sir Robert of Burton, Knt. (father of Sir Anthony, who married Mar-
garet, daughter of Sir Henry Wyat, Knt. and had Sir Henry, made a
Knight of the Garter by 0\ Elizabeth, and he lies interred in Quarendon
Church, where at the upper eud of the chancel, is a black marble fixed
againft the wall, with an infeription) ; Benett anceftor to the Earl of Litch-
field ; and Roger, of Pightefton in Buck?, anceftor to the family of Bin-
field. — Benett the fecond fon, married to hislaft wife, Elizabeth, daughter of
Robert Cheyne of Cheiham-Boyes, in Buck;, Efq. made his will 21 Febru-
ary 1 54S» wherein he bequeathed divers charitable legacies ; to his wife Eli-
zabeth,

J$8 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

ters, and three fons, viz. Frances, born 6 October 1747 ,
married in June 1767, to Sir William Jerningham, of Nor-
folk,

zabeth, the profits of all Irs lands in county of Northampton, and nt Stony-
Stratford, Huncote, Bcerfto.-i, Brownton, and Ov;ng in county of Bucks,
for term of her life, and after to his execut rs, towards finding hi.s ehJd en
till they came of age ; to his godfon, Benett Lee, his damalk gowr, and
all his bed apparel ; to Margaret, daughter of h<* brother R g.r, 20 maiCf ;
and conftituted Paul Dayrell, Chriftopher Wefcctt, and Ralpn Hani-, exe-
cutors; Sir Anthony Lee, Knt. and LLnry Braeftuw overiecr*, to each of
whom he bequeathed 10'. The probate of his wi 1, bears date 1 July 1^47.
His iflue were, Robert hi her; Mary, fir ft wife of Sir George Tyrrel cf
Thornton, in Buck", Knt. ; and Jane — Robert the fon was kn'ghted, and
his fon, Henry of Qusrer.don, became heir to his coufin Sir H< nrj, Knight
of the Garter; which Henry, was firft knighted, and 2.9 J :ne 161 1, v,as
created a Baronet. He married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Richard Woj tier,
of Wortley in Yorkfhire, Knt. and died in 1631, leaving Sir Francis his heir;
Eleanor, married to Maurice Berkley, Vifcount Fitz-Haiding ; and Elizabeth,
to Sir Samuel Tryon, of Boys Hall in county of EiTex, Bart. — Sir Francis,
fecond Baronet, of D^tchley in Oxfordshire, and Quarendon aforelaid, mar-
ried Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir John St. John, of Lyd.aid-Tiegozt, in
county of Wilts, Bart, and died about 1 64 1 , jeavir.g by the fad Arne (who
remarried with Henry Earl of Rochefter) two fon;, Henry, and Francis-
Henry, fucceffive Baronet?. — Sir Hcny, third Baronet, married Ar.ne,
eldeft daughter of Sir JohnDanvers of Cjinbury in Oxfcrdfhire, Knt. and lifter
and coheir to John Danvers, Efq. had two daughters his coheirs, viz. Eleanor,
married to James Bertie, Earl of Abingdon ; and Anne, to Thomas Lord
Wharton; and dying without male ;ffue, wa- fucceeded by his brother Sir
Francs-Henry, the fourth Baronet, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir
to Them as Pope, Earl of Downe, and by her (who remarried with Robert,
Earl of Liad:"ay in Scotland) he had Sir Edward-Henry his heir; and Franch-
H.nry Lee cf th; Temple, El'q. — Sir Edward-Henry, fifth Baronet, 5 June
1674, was created Baron of Spelibui y in Buck.y, and Earl of the city of
Litchfield. He was L. L. and Cuftos Rot. of county of Oxford, L. L. of
Woodftock-park, H;gh-Stcwaid of the borough of W(,odftock, a Lord of the
Bedchamber ; Colonel of a regiment of foot ; after Colonel of the firft re-
giment of Foot-Guards: and died 14 July 1716. He married Lady Char-
lotte Fitz-Roy, natural daughter of K. Charles II. by Barbara, Dachei's <f
' Cleveland, and by her (who died 17 February 1717-18) had twelve fens, and
five d.: a g iters, viz. Charles, who died young; Edward-Henry, born in 1681,
who d.ed 2,1 October 1713, being then a Colonel in the Royal regiment of
Foot-Guards; James (born 13 November 1682, Captain of the Litchfield
man of war, and having married Sarah, daughter of John Bagfhaw of Lon-
don, died at Bnifil in 1711 without iflue) ; Francis, d ed young; Charles-
Henry, born 5 June 1688, died at the Temple 3 Janua; y 1708; George-Hen-
ry, who fucceeded to the hcnour<- ; Francis-Henry-Fitz-Roy, died young;
Fitz-Roy-H^nry (born 2, January 1699, made a Lieutenant in his Majefty's
fleetin 1711 ; 2,5 October 172,8, fwo in Captain of the Loo man of war; 4
February 1730-31, appointed to the Pearl man of war; 2.5 February 1733,

Jn May

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 299

folk, Bart.; Catharine, born 4 June 1752; Laura, born
•21 April 1754; and Charlotte, born 11 September 1755,
who became the firft wife of Hon. Valentine Browne, only
fon of Thomas, Lord Kenmarc, and fhe died in 1782, *•
The fons were,

Charles, who fucceeded to the honour. (l)

Arthur, born at Braywick in Berkfhire, 3 September (*)
1750 ; a Major-General in the French fervice, Governor of
Tobago, and Colonel proprietor of Dillon's regiment. In
the late war, he diitinguifhed himfelf at the taking of Gre-
nada, St. Euftatia, Tobago, and St. Chriftopher's, which
latter jiland he held, till it was reftored to the Englifh at the
peace; he was likewife at Savannah, and fecond in com-
mand under Count d'Eftaing. — He married rirft, Lucy,
daughter of Count de Rothe, Lieutenant-General in the

French

houfe, of Radly in Berkfhire, Eirt.)j Lady Charlotte (mairied 2 January
1698-9 to Bened;£t-Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore) ; Lady Anne ; Lady
Ei.zabith (man-led firft to Colonel Lee, by whom fhe had one ion, and a
daughter married to Hen:y, eldeft i\>n of Henry V. Palnurftun, and iccondly,
47 May 1 731, to Rev. Edward Young, Rector of Welwyn in Hertfordshire,
Chaplain in Ord nary to his Majefty, and a celebrated poet; fhe died 29 Ja-
nuary 1739, leaving Arthur Yoing, Eiq. F. R, S. who has acquired much
fame in the literary world) ; Lady Barbara, married in May 172.5, to George,
only fon of Sir Charles Brown, of Riddir.gton in Oxfordfh're, Bart, j and

Lady I abella, who died young. -Georgc-Hcnry, L L.D. the fecond Earl,

was b-irn 12 March 1689, he fat as a peer 18 September 1716, and was made
Cufto- Breviumof thetJourt of Common Plea<;. He married Frances, daugh-
ter of Sir John Hale-, of Woodchurch, in county of Kent, Bart, and dr-
ceaied in February 1 741-3, leaving iflue by his Lady who died in London, 25
February 1769, three f-ns, and four daughter*, viz. George-Henry, VixounC

Q^arendon ; Edward-Henry, who married a daughter of Dei andcr,

a.id died without iffue 5 Charles-Henry, who died 7 July 1740, at St. Mary
le Bon j Lady Charlotte, married to Henry Vifcount Dillon, a- in text j La-
dy Hirriet, (in 1749 to John, Lord Btllcw, and dying in April 1730 with-
out iffue, was interred in South- Audiey Chapel, Weftm niter) j La»iy Anne,
born in February 1730, and married 17 December 1749, to Hugh Lord Clif-
ford j aid Lsdy Maty married in Auguft 1742, to Coimus Nevile, cf Holt
in county of Leicefter, Efq. by whom fhe had iffue. — George-Henry, third
Ear!, received his education at St. John's College Oxford, and 27 February
1739, was chofen to Parliament for that county, was elected Chancellor of
that Univerfitv, and complimented with the degree of I. C. D. He was
fworn of the Privy Council 14 July 1762 ; married Diana, daughter of Sir
Thoma; Frankland, Knt. one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and dying in
September 1771, without ifTue, bequeathed all his eftates to his uncle Robert,
the fourth Earl of Litchfield, for life, r<.ma nder to his nephew Charles, he
to aiiume the furname, and quarter the arms of Lee. The laid Earl
Robert, died in November 1776, when the title cf Litchfield ceafed, and the
eftates vefted in the Rt. Hon. Charles Dillon-Lee, now Lord Vifcount D.Hon.
< Collins edit. 1756, II. 473, 475, 476, 477, and 478, collections, and infor-
mation of Lord Dillon.)

' See Title Aylmer. n.

2oo DILLON, Viscount DILLON.

French fervice, and Colonel Proprieter of Rothe's regi-
ment; by this lady who died in September 1782, he had
one Ton who died young ; and a daughter married in 1786,
to Count de la Tour du Piu Gouvernet, a French Noble-
man of very high rank.- — He married fecondly in 1784,

the relicl of Count de le Touche, and daughter of

Girardiue ; by this lady who was born at Martinico, and is
porTeffed of coniiderable eftates in that iiland, he hath iifue
two daughters.
(3) Henry, born 28 June 1759.

Charles, Charles, Dillon-Lee, the twelfth and prefent Vifcount
v- J* Dillon, was born in London, 6 November 1745, and con-
formed to the eftablifhed church 4 December 1767 ; was
appointed a Lord of the Privy Council in Ireland, during the
adminiftration of Simon, Earl Harcourt, who commenced
L. L 30 November 1772; but was not fworn till the ad-
miniftration of the Duke of Rutland. In 1776, on the de-
ceafe of Robert, Earl of Litchfield, he fucceeded to theeftates
of his maternal anceitors, and was appointed High Sheriff
of Mayo, in 1787 : In which year on the deceaie of his fa-
ther, he fucceeded to the eftates and honour of his anceftors,
and 22 January 1788, prefented a memorial to his Excel-
lency, George Grenville-Nugent-Temple, Marquefs of
Buckingham, and L. L. praying that a writ of fummons
fhould be iffued for calling him to take his feat as a Peer of
the realm in the Parliament then affembled, which memorial
was referred by order, dated fame day, to his Majefty's
Prime Serjeant, Attorney General, and Solicitor General,
who examined faid memorial, and made their report 26
February 1788, which report (briefly ftating the pedigree)
being tranfmitted by the faid Marquefs oi Buckingham, L. L.
to the King, his Majefty was pleafed to refer the fame to
the Houfe of Peers of Ireland l, and 18 March following,
purfuant to an order of reference from the L. L. 11 of fame
month, Lord Ranelagh reported from the Lords commit-
tees, for privileges to whom the memorial was referred,
that, " it is the opinion of the committee, that the Rt. Hon.
cc Charles Dillon-Lee, hath fully proved his claim to the
cc title and honor of Lord Vifcount Dillon, of Coftello-
<c Gallen, in Ireland, and that he hath a right thereto."
Upon which report and refolution the queftion being put that
this Houfe do agree therewith, it was refolved that die

Lords

' Collections and Cafe,

DILLON, Viscount DILLON. 301

Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled,
nemine dijfentierte, that this Houfe doth agree with the com-
" mittce of privileges, in their report upon the memorial
" of the Right Hon. Charles Dillon-Lee, to his Exceilen-
" cy the Lord Lieutenant, and by his Excellency referred
" to this Houfe, by his Majefty's order, claiming the
" title and honor of Lord Vifcount Dillon, of Coftello-
" Gallen, in tlie county of Mayo, in this kingdom.

( c

cellency with the faid report and refolution of the faid

committee, and the refolution of the Houfe thereon, and
" their defire that the fame be transmitted to, and laid be-
c< fore his Majefty, as the opinion of this Houfe, on the
<c faid memorial and reference1."

The faid refolutions were accordingly transmitted to the
King, who eftablifhed the claim of his Lordfhip, and di-
rected a writ of fummons to be forthwith irTued, which
bears date 2 May 1788, calling him to take his feat in
Parliament as a Peer of the realm". His Lordfhip has
been enrolled amongft the Fellows of the Royal Society,
and is alfo a Member of the Royal Irifh Academy. In
1787, he was High Sheriff of the county of Mayo,
and 21 June 1788, was appointed a Governor of that
county. 19 Auguft 1776, he married at Brulfels, in the
Dutchy of Brabant, the Hon. Henrietta-Maria Phipps,
daughter of Conftantine-John, late Lord Mulgrave, and by
this lady, who deceafed 1 September 1782, he has Henry-
Auguftus, born atBruffels 28 Oclober 1777 ; and Charlotte-
Frances, alfo born at BrufTels, 17 February 17803.

Titles.] Charles Dillon-Lee, Lord Vifcount Dillon,
of Coltello-Gallen, in the county of Mayo.

Creations.] So created 16 March 162 1-2, 19 Jac. I.

Arms.] Quarterly, ift and 4th pearl, a Lion paffant
between three crefcents ruby, for Dillon. 2d and 3d, pearl,
fefs between three crefcents, diamond, for Lee.

Crest.] A demi-lion, ruby, holding between his paws
an etoile pearl.

Supporters.] Two angels proper, vefted pearl,
with wings elevated, the dexter having a fafh over her
fhoulder, faphire, each holding in her dexter hand a palm,
branch, proper.

Motto.] Dum Spiro Spero.

Seats.]

1 Extra&ed from the MS. Journals of the Houfe «f Lords. * Hanaper
Office. 3 Pedigree fr»ra his Lordihip,

q.oz NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

Seats.] Lough-G-lyn, in county of Rofcomon, 89
miles from Dublin ; Ditchley, in county of Oxford, 79
miles from London; and Lillies, in county of Buckingham,
4.4. miles from London*

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NETTERVILLE Viscount NETTERVILLE.

X HIS noble family is faid to deiive its pedigree from
Charles, Duke of Normandy, and to have come into Ire-
land, on the firft reduction of the kingdom, in the reign of

Sir Formal. Henry II. in theperfonofSir Formal Netterville, who mar-
rying Philadelphia, daughter of the Lord William deVefey,
(by his wife Ifabel, daughter of William, Earl of Salifbury,
natural fori of K. Henry II. by Rofamond, daughter of

Richard Walter, Lord Clifford) was father of Richard Netterville,
who married Catharine, daughter of Hugh de Lacie, L. J.

Henry. of Ireland, and had iffue Henry, who by Agnes, daughter
of Richard de Burgo, anceilor to the Earl of Clanricarde,

Nicholas, was father of Nicholas, the father by Catharine, daughter

John. of Sir Luke Fitzgerald, Knt. of John, who married Su-

fanna, daughter of Sir Chriftopher Darcy, of Platten, in

Sir Luke. tne county of Meath, Knt. and had iffue Sir Luke Netter-
ville, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Oliver Plunket,

John. of Killeen, and had John, his heir, whofe wife was Anne,

Tohn. daughter of Sir Richard Nugent, by whom he had John
Netterville, which John was feated at Kirkftown, married
Anne, daughter of Sir John Barnewall, and was father by

Luke. her, of Luke Netterville, Efq. Who by Catharine, daugh-

Nicholas, terof John Fleming, Baron of Slane, had Nicholas, his heir,
who marrying Elizabeth, daughter of John, Earl of Kil-

Sir Luke. ^are> ^ ^*uc ^1V I-U^e Netterville., which Luke maiTied

*"' ' * *' • Anne,

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. 203

Anne, daughter of Sir John Bellew, by whom he had two
Ions, John, his heir; and Luke, Archdeacon of Armagh,
and in 1Z17*, chofen by the chapter Archbifhop of that
fee, whereupon he repaired to England, for the King's con-
ient, who refilling to confirm the election, becauie made
without his approbation or licenfe, the Monks compounded
for 300 marcs of filver and 3 of gold, for liberty of 'election;
and repeating their choice, he was inverted with the pall,
and confecrated by Stephen Langton, Archbifhop of Can-
terbury. In 1224, he founded a Dominican friary at
Droghedn, and dying 17 April 1227, was buried in the
Abbey of Mellefont.

Sir John Netterville, of Douth, the elder fori, married s'r J0"0*
Mary, daughter of Sir Pat: ick Bellew, of Can k town, and
left Luke, his heir, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Luke.
John Cruife, of the Naul, in the county of Meath, by
whom he was father of Sir Patrick Netterville, who marry- Sir Patrick,
ing Jane, daughter of Sir John Bamewall, of Trimleftown,
left Sir Richard Netterville, of Douth, who took to wife Sir Richard.
Jane, daughter as we prciwme of Richard Plunket, Lord
of Rathregan, anceftor to Patrick, Lord Dunfany, and
had iffue Sir Nicholas Netterville, who in 1309, fued Wa- sir Nichow
ryn Mulys, to give his accouiy., whilft he was his Bailiif at las-
Drynan. lie married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Chrirto-
pher Darcy, of Platten, and had Luke, his heir, who by Luke.
Marian, daughter of the Lord of Howth, had Sir Nicho- sir Nicho-
las, his f uccelfor, who married Mary, daughter of Patrick 'as-
Plunket, the firft Baron of Louth, and had John Netter- John,
ville, of Douth, who was Juftice of the Court of Common-
Pleas, and married the daughter ol Chriftophejr Barnewall,
the fecond Lord Trimlellon, by whom he had three fons,
Patrick, of Douth ; George ; and Thomas, who was alio
a Judge of the Common-Pleas.

George, the fecond fon, married Margaret, daughter of Farn''y °*
Henry Dowdall, of Terfeighan, in the county of Louth, KUpatrkk.
Efq. and had George, his heir ; Patrick and Laurence,
who both died childlefs ; and Alifon, fecond wife to Tho-
mas Cufack, of Gcrarditown, Efq. by whom irie had Pa-
triae

* In this deduction, we have followed the pedigree of the family, but there
feems to be too many defcents (viz. \z in number) for 10 fhort a period, as
from the arrival of Sir Formal, at fooneft in i io~c, to the year 1217, which
being only 48 year?, they mult have lucceeded each other every fourth year,
a circumtlauce by no meanv probable. (Lodge.)

204 NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

trick Cufack, Efq. who married Frances, daughter of Bar-
tholomew Dill >n, Efq.1 - — — George, the eldeft fori, was
of Caftleton-Kilpatrick ; married Anne, daughter of Tho-
mas Fitz-John, of Fyanfton, and left John Netterville, of
the fame place, Efq. who married Margaret, daughter of
Luke Netterville, as will follow, and had iflue two fons,
James and Richard, and fix daughters, viz. Alifon (mar-
ried to Sir "William Talbot, of Caitown, Bart, and by him,
who died 1 6 March 1633, was mother of Sir Robert Tal-
bot, Bart, of Richard, Duke of Tyrconnel, and other
children) ; Jane, the fecond daughter, (to Chriftophei
White, of Clongill, county of Meath) ; the third, (to — —

Balfc, of Galmerfton); the fourth, (to Everard, of

Randalfton); the fifth, (to Drake, of Drakefton) ; and

the fixth,. (to — Weldon, of Ramn, Efq.) — James, the

elder fon, married, and had iffue three daughters, viz.
Anne, married to William, brother to Maurice Euftace,
Lord Chancellor ; Elinor, to Walter Barnewall, ofStack-

allan, Efq. ; and Margaret, firft to Plunket, of

Moreftown, and fecondly, to Captain James Wyers, High
Sheriff of the county of Meath. — Richard Netterville, the
younger fon, died without iflue, and bequeathed his ellates
to Lord Netterville's family, faving only a rent-charge ot
4.00I. on the lands of Ballymore, as a legacy to his nephew,
Henry White, of Ballymore, Efq.a.

P&trick' Patrick Netterville, Efq. who fucceeded his father at

Douth, married Anne, daughter of Peter Travers, ofCor-
tilagh and Ballykey, Efq. by his wife Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and coheir to Sir Robert Hollywood, of Tartaine, and

John. had John, his fucceffor, who 26 April 1499, was confti-
tuted one of the commimoners of the peace for the barony
of Slane ; married Alice, eldeft daughter of Nicholas,
Lord of Howth, and by her, wTho after married Patrick
Whyte, of Malaffen, fecond Baron of the Exchequer, in

Lucas. 1532, had iffue Lucas, of Douth, who 19 October 1559,
was made fecond Juftice of theK ing's-Bench, and marry-
ing Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell, of Lut-
trellftown, Knt. had four fons, and two daughters,
viz. ,
*t) John, his heir.

I v Richard, of Corballies, who in 1576, was fent, with

Barnaby Scurlock, and Henry Burnell, by the Lords of

the

1 Lodge Collect. 2 Idem.

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the Pale, to Q^ Elizabeth, to feek redrefs from the burthen
of the CefTe, impofed by the L. D. Sidney, who in his let-
ter on that occafion to the Queen, dated at Kilmainham
20 May 1577, thus defcribes them : <c They are not able,
they fay, to geve to youer Majeftie ether Stuffe or Money
for fynding your foldiours. But to furniflie that Trium-
virat, now fent to fupprefl'e your Majeftyes Frerogatyv-e,
they can make above ioool. if they have gather 'd fo
muche as they made their Reckninge for, whereof I wilhe
it would pleafe your Majeftye to give Order, that they
may be examined. And of their own eftates, m refpecl
of their Parentage ; firft for Scurlocke, I am fure he hath
purchafed more, and buylded more, than ever his Fa-
ther, Graundfather, or all his furname ever did ; and
his cheife Creditt and Meane to gett this, was by being
Attorney to your Sifter and yourfelf, from which Office,
for his Negligence and Wilfulnes, in the time of my
<c Lord of Suftex Governement, he was difplaced : Since
(C which Time (as he might) he never ceafed to impugne
<c Inglifhe Governement, and in cfpetiall your Majeftyes
" Prerogative. Nettervill is the younger fonne of a meane
" Family and fecond Juftice of one of the Benches, borne to
<c nothinge and yet onelye by your Majeftyes Bountye lyveth
<c in better Countenaunce, than ever his Father did, or his
" elder Brother dothe ; and notwithftandinge that all he hath,
<c he holdeth of your Highnes in ElTecle, yet is he (your fa-
tc cred Majeftye not offended with fo bad a Terme as his
" Lewdnefs deferveth) as fedicious a Varlett, and as great
" an Impugner of Englilli Governement, as any this Land
<c bearethe. Burnell's Father is alyve, and an old Man ;
tc but neither in Youth nor Age lyved, or was able to lyve,
" in halfe that appearaunce that this Man dothe. He
t( thirfteth earneftlyeto fee the Englifhe Governement with-
(c drawen from hence : But, for aught I knowe, he is the
" leaft unhoneft of the three. By theife, it may pleafe
<c your Majeftye to judge of the reft : I do not meane for
<c Malipe, but for Wealthe and happie Eftate ; which,
" indede is univerfall, as farre as your Authoritie is ex-
" tended, favinge the verie bafe Tenaunt who lyveth mife-
<c rablye, and not fo moche for any Burden of the Sol-
(i diour as thorough the Gredines of his covetous Landlord,
st for no where lyve they more wretchedlye, than where the
" Land is freed from tiieSoldioura."

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He then proceeds to fhew the efle6t of this nniverfal cor»-
fpiracy (as he terms it) to cleny any fupport for the army ;
and fays, " As confidentlye as I can conceive of any thinge,
which fenfiblye by fight or feeling I have not, ib proba-
blye am I perfuaded, that if Ncttervill had not bene, I
had before this tyme allured your Majeflye of above
10,000 Marcs of increafe of Revenue yearelye more than
I found you pofleiVd of; for I held a (freighter Hand
in the Matter of Cejfe, the rather to bringe theim to a
u certeineRent for the Rcleafe of the fame." And there-
fore, in his inftru&ions and memorial lent to the Queen the
" fame day, deiires, " that he may, for this refpecte,
and his other lewd, prefumptuous, airogant, and vn-
ductiful Dealings tome, the State, andGovernement, be
more feverelye dealt withal, above the reft, for exam-
ple's fake ; and his Companions to fynd as little Fa-
vour for their Preiumption, and bold Attempt againft
me and the Governement, as in Reafon, Equitie and
Honnor, may any Ways be fhewed theim '." — Hereup-
on they were committed to clofe confinement, for impugn-
ing the Queen's Royal Prerogative to take Cejfe, and affirm-
ing that none could be impofed but by Parliament, or
Grand Council, and that whatever was otherwife fet down,
was againft law, and the ancient cuftoms and ftatutes of the
realm : But they were releafed in Augur} 1577, by reafon
of the plague then in the Fleet-Priion, upon entering into
good bonds to remain either in the city, or within ten miles
thereof ; and before the end of the year were pardoned,
and the G?y<? reduced to five marcs theplowland, upon their
offering, with all humility, to do unto the Queen and her
realm, true and faithful iervice. — In 1585, he and the faid
Henry Burnell were Knights in Parliament for the county
of Dublin; and having married Alifon, daughter of Sir
John Plunket, of Dunfoghly, made 12 October 1559,
Chief Juftice of the Queen's Bench, died 5 September
1607, and was buried at Donabate, in county of Dublin V
and leaving no ifVue by her, who deccafed 1 of that
month, he bequeathed his eftates to Nicholas 3, fon of his
elder brother John.

(3) George, who fuccceded his brother at Corballies, left
alfo no iflue.

(4) Thomas.

Daughter

* Sidney"** Letter?, 1 iSi, 183. 186. c Lodge Colled. 3 Eider's Office.

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. 207

Daughter Margaret, married to John Netterville of Caf- ( « )
tleton-Kilpatrick, before mentioned.

Alifon, to Alexander Barnewall of Robertftown in Mcath, (*)
Efq., and had Thomas Barnewall of the fame place, Efq.
who died 25 December 1633, having married firft Mar-
garet, daughter of James Plunkct, of Dunfoghly, Efq. by
whom no ilfae ; and fecondly Margaret, eldeft daughter of
Sir Walter Dongan, of Caftletown, in the county of Kil-
dare, Bart, by whom he had Gerald, Waiter, Alifon,
Elinor, and Anne, with others who died" young.

John, who fucceeded at Douth, was reprefentative, with J°ko.
Richard Barnewall, of the county of Mcath, in the Par-
liament of 1585 ; and 31 May 160 1, making a fettlement
of his eftate, died at Douth 20 September following ; and
having married Eleanor, fecond daughter of Sir James Ger-
non (frequently called Garland) of Kilmacoole in the coun-
ty of Louth, Knt., by his wife Anne, younger daughter
and coheir to Thomas Plunket, of Kilfaran, Efq. left
lffue by her, who died 29 January 1620, an only fon

Nicholas, then 20 years old **, a perfon of many good Nicfaol«s,
qualities, and on that account confidered by K. James I. . ■
as one, worthy to be advanced to the Peerage of Ireland,
who accordingly by patent f , dated at Weftmirifter 3 April

1622,

* For the fine of $ol. he had a confirmation 1 6 December 161 1, of the
mefluage and land of Corbally ; the caftle and lands of Joidanftown, with di-
vers others in the counties of Dublin, M.ath, Chriow, Wickbw, Wexford*
Rilcomon and Weftmeath : Alo, a March following had a fpecial livery ,
as heir to his father and uncle Richard, of Coiballie^, for the fiac of 37I. 6">.
Inquifition ao Augull 1611, find that he wa;. fcized in fee of the town-land of
Cloan Mc. Gillevante, in county of Weftmeath, containing 8o acres of iand.
And by virtue of the commiflJion for remedy of defective titles, dated ai Oc-
tober 1634, he had a grant 1 1 May «636of the cafllc, manor, lake, fiihing,
mill, &c. of Bal.ymore-Loughtcwdy, with a Wedneid iy market, and fair
there on 4 0ilober, and many other lands in Weftmeath, to hold by the t~^r~
vice of a Knight' -tee and the rent of 17I. 5s. Lnglifh, no rent being iefcrve4
to the cr>wn before. And alio 10 May 1639, he had another grant, in vir-
tue of the fame commiflion, of the land^of Baronitown and others in thecjuntj
ofMeath, and el I c where. (Lodge.)

tV The Preamble. Ad Regni decus et Ornamentum cenducere nihil mag!*
arbitramur, quam Viro?, infignes Virtutib'us pariter et Maj jribus cLros, q-ui
de Rege & de Republics bene meriti funt, et laudabilia prseltiteiunt Obfcquii,
condignis Honoribus augere. Hinc enim Videmus ind e-; Virtutem ali, acque
ac in Anirnis generofis ac illuftribus Induftriam et Alacriiatem ad Respuecla-
rasperagendas foveri. Perpeudeates igttur quod dilpftus nobis Niche Laos

Ncttervilta

■* Intj. poll mortem patois acA Lodge Colteft,

Vi fee a at.

So8 NETTERVILLE, ViscouniV NETTERVILLE.

162.2, created him Vifcount Netterville of Douth, with the
fee of 13I. 6s. 8d. payable out of the cuftoms of the port
of Dublin. He took his feat in the Parliament, which met
14 July 1634 x, but gave his attendance only a few days,
having leave, the 26, to retire into the country for that fei-
fion, in regard of his lady's ficknefs. — He was again pre-
fent the firft day of the fecond felfion (4 November) as he
was in the Parliament, opened 16 March 1639, when four
fublidies being granted to the King by the Commons, who
Intended to publifh a declaration to ferve his Majefty with
their bodies and eftates, he was appointed by the Peers,
24 of fame month, one of the managers, to agree and join
in the form of that declaration — Being in the country at the
breaking out of the rebellion 23 Oclober 1641, he repaired
to Dublin the day after, and waited on the L. J. with great
profeffions of his loyalty, and readinefs to affift in fuppref-
fing it %; but his olFer of fervice not being accepted, he re-
tired into the country, and joined with the Lords of the Pa/e;
for which he forfeited his eftate ; was outlawed 17 No-
vember 1642, and by the Commiihoners for executing the
acl of fettlement was adjudged Nocent.

He married firft Elenor, daughter of Sir John Bathe of
Drumconragh, county of Dublin, and Athcarne, in the
county of Meath, and fhe dying 27 Oclober 1634, was
buried 9 November, in the church of Douth ; his fecond

wife

Netterville dc Douth in Comitatu Meath in Regno noftro Hibemiae Armiger,
ex illufti i et antiqua Profapia et Genere ortus et prognatus fit ; quodque pri-
ma? iftius Familis in difto Regno noftro Hibernias Anteceflor, exiftens Ne-
pos Hugonis de Lacy quondam Comitis Ultonise et Domini de Conaught ct
M^.'th in di&o R-gno H;berniar, extra hoc Regnum Angliae in di&um Reg-
num Hibrrrise, lub auipiciis clarifiimorum Progenitorum noftrerum, ad Gen-
tem Hibcrnicam in Coronx regiae d\c\i Regni noftri Angliae Ji.gum et Obcdien-
tiam fubigtndam transtrctavit, et ibidem cum prsefato Hugone Clarifiima Ser-
vitia perpetravit ; a tempore cujus Subadtionis ct Conqueftu.1- Antectflbrcs
prsefati Nicholai Netterville antiqtiam hssreditatem eis et Meritorum iuotum
premium adtunc impenlam, hucuique tenuerunt, et eandem htereditatem idem
Nicholaus jam poflidet. Confiderant.es infuper fmgularem ipfius Familiae erga
Coronam noftram Anglise Fidem, utpote, in tot faeculi?, et tantis Regni iftius
tnrbis, nullam Sanguinis atumfturam aut Corruptioncm unquam pafta eft.
Obtervantes etiam fummam Fortitudinem, Prudentiam, Dexteritatem, In-
dulti iam, Conftantiarn et Fidelitatem ipfius Nicholai Nctierville erga no? ct
Coronam noftram, volentefque proinde eundem Nicholaum Netteiville con-
dignis Honoribus et regalibus Praemiis ornare, et ampliarc, Sdatis quod.,

* Lords Jour. I. %, a Temple p. 3 1

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. 209

wife was Mary, *3 daughter of Alderman Brice of Droghe-
da, widow of John Hoey, Efq. Serjeant at Arms, and aifo
the reli«Sl of Sir Thomas Hibbots, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, by whom he had no children ; and deceafing in
1654, was buried at Mountown in the county of Dublin,
having iiTue eight fons and five daughters, viz.

Sir John Netterville, his fucceiibr. (')

Lucas, of Corballies, in the county of Dublin f, who (a)
being engaged with the Irifh in their firft infurrec~tion, was Fan™7
at the head of thofe, who fent an anfwer to the ftate 10 De- corballies.
cember 164 1, when the L. J. inquired into the reafon of
their aiiembling and taking arms. He died in the rebel-
lion ; and for that reafon the Parliament of England r 3
Auguft 1648, granted the capital mefiuage, town and lands
of Corballies, with fo much of his eilate adjoining, as
fhould amount to 4001. a year, Englifh, to iVnne, Lady
Harcourt, widow of Sir Simon Harcourt, who loft his life
in that war. — He married Mabel, daughter of Sir Patrick
Barnewall of Turvey, and had iiTue Richard, who died
young ; and Francis, a Colonel in the Irifh army, who after
the reduction of the kingdom by Cromwell, t was employed
165 1, by Don Francifco Frifcott, who was licenfed by the
L. D. General to raife and tranfport 2000 Irifh foldiers for
the King of Spain's fervice. Fie married Mary, daughter
of General Thomas Prefton, and had one fon and one
daughter, Thomas and Mary, who both died young.
Vol. IV. P Patrick

* She lived at Cotlandflown in the county of Kildare, and, a^ appears from
her depofiton, luffcred much by the lebeilion; being between i November
1641 and 31 January, robbed and deprived by the lebeh, there and elfcwhei e,
of 2.000 fhecp, which (he accounted to he worth 6"ool. 70 milch cows, Worth
aiol. 42 oxen and 3 bulls, 1 3 5I. 40 horfes, 12.0I. corn in haggard, 360I.
con in ground 300I. 12,00 (tone of (hecp's wool, 100 (tone of Lmb's ■wool,
and 40 (t ,ne of loekes, 7 ol. houfhold goods, zool. yearly rent^, 700I. debts,
5000I. fo that (he had then loft 8951 1.

\ Which cftate he pollcrled, purl'cant to the will of his uncle Richard Net-
terville, of fame place, El'q. dated 11 April 1607, ('oon after which he ckd)
whereby his truftec-s by his Settlement of 16 June i6ofi, -were to (land Jeized
of his lands of inheiitancc in the county ana city of Dublin, to theu'eofhis
wife AJifon for life ; remainder to Luke, lecond lba of Nicholas, Vifcouat
Netterville in tail male ; and of his leaies and farms in the counties of Kilken-
ny and Tippcrary, for the payment of his debu, and afterward^ to Patrick and
Robert, third and fourth Ions of the faid Vifcount in tail mais, (Lilt «r
claims 1662. )

» Lodge Colleft.

210 NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

(3) Patrick Netterville, of Miltown, in Tipperary, Efq.
Fa™ly wno was al^° enSage<J in the rebellion ; and by Mary,

Longford, fitter of Sir Thadeus DufTe, Knt. had a daughter mairied
to Mr. Keravan ; and four fons, Nicholas ; Lucas ; Rich-
ard, who married Honeftas, daughter of Chriftopher Net-
terville, of Fethard, and left no iflue ; and John, a Prieft.
— Nicholas, the eldeft fon, together with his mother, had
a grant of lands in the county of Galway, 24 March 1676,
and became feated at Leighcarrow, in that county ; and
marrying Mary, daughter of Sir Redmund Burke, had
three fons, Luke, who left no iflue ; Patrick ; James (who
by Mary, his wife, left Chriftopher Netterville, a lunatick,
in 17311); and feveral daughters, the fecond of whom,
Mary, was-firft married in April 1674, t0 Sir Edmund
Burke, of Glinfk, Bart, to whom fhe was third wife, and
after to Roger O'Shaghnaffey, of Caftlegarre, county of
Galway, Efq.— Patrick, who fucceeded, was feated at
Lecarrow, and Longford, in the county of Galway ; mar-
ried Margaret, lifter to James Ferrall, of'Killmore, in the
county of Rofcomon, Efq. and dying in 1735, had three
fons and four daughters, viz. Edmund, of Longford,
and of Glafnevin, near Dublin, fheriff of the county
of Galway, for the year 1745 > (who married Margeiy,
eldeft daughter of Frederick Trench, Efq. Member of Par-
liament for the faid county, and died in June 1777/ leav-
ing two children, Frederick ; and Margery, who married in
Auguft 1760, Walter Lawrence, of Woodfield, county of
Galway, Efq.1); James and Patrick, who both died un-
married ; Cicely, married to Sir Henry Burke, of Glinfk,
Bart. ; Margaret, to John Fallon, of Ballyglafs, in Rof-
comon, Gent. ; Catharine, deceafed ; and Bridget, married
in 1744, to James Tully, of Dunmore, M. D. and died
in 174S.

(4) Robert, ofCrucerath, and of Knockcumber, in Meath,
a^' 7 who married Jane, daughter of Sir William Rigdon, of

Crucerath. Rigdon-Hall, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. and had fix fons and
four daughters, viz. Nicholas, his heir ; John, who mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Offeley, Groom-
Porter, and died after 1722, childlefs ; William, a Lieu-
tenant in the army, who married the Lady Frances Ridge-
way, elder daughter of Weft on Pitt, third Earl of London-
deny, which title is extincl, and died 20 February 1709;

Robert,

* Lods«CoIka.

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. oji

Robert, James, Patrick, Mary, Alice, Jane, and Eliza-
beth, who all died young. — Nicholas, of Crucerath x, in
February 1676, married Catharine, daughter of William,
Vifcount Fitz-William, and by her, who died in 17412,
had three fons and three daughters ; William ; Nicholas ;
John, of London ; Alice ; Dorothy, who died unmarried ;
and Mary, married to James Barnewall, Efq. and died in
1728. — William, the eldeft fon, married Mary, daughter
and heir to Robert Prefton, of Chareftown, in the county of
Dublin, Gent, (who died 22 June 17 16, by his wife Alice,
niece to Thomas Huffey, of Cullmullen, in Meath, Efq.)
and had iffue Robert, to (whom his grand-mother Alice,
who died in 1733, left the benefit of her farm of Chareftown,
and who 20 October 1755, married Margaret, daughter

and coheir to Sir Andrew Aylmer, Bart, and relict of

Luttrell 3) ; Catharine ; and Mary. — Nicholas Netterville,
of Hollymount, alias Rathallin, in Meath, Efq. (the fe-
cond fon of Nicholas) 7 June 17 iy conformed to the efta-
blifhed church, and 31 January, 1727, had his Majefty's
warrant for an annuity of 80I. a year, and the fum of 324I.
He married firft Elizabeth Jones, widow of Henry Lut-
trell, of Luttrellftown, Efq. father of Simon, late Earl
Carhampton 4-, and fhe dying in 1723, he married 20 Au-
guft 1724, Joyce 5, widow of Sir Ignatius Nugent, Knt.
and had one fon Nicholas, made an enfign of foot in 1747,
and one daughter Catharine 6.

Richard, who in 1640, commanded a company of 97 (O
foot, at 15s. a day 7.

Chriftopher, a Jefuit. (6)

Captain Thomas Netterville, of Black-Caftle8, who be- (-)
ing in England, when the troubles began in Ireland, had a
pafs from the King in November 164 1, to return to his na-
tive country ; but was flopped in his journey by the Mayor
of Chefter, and by an order of" the Houfe of Lords, ( 17 Ja-
nuary) taken prifoner to London ; but fome time after be-
ing releafed, he came into Ireland, and was engaged in the
rebellion ; after which he reiided at Black-Caftle, mar-
ried Catharine, daughter of Thomas Betagh, of Moinalty,
in Meath, Efq. and had Matilda or Maud, who married
Richard Everard, of Randalftown, in Meath, Efq. and had
feveral children, of whom the eldeft fon Thomas, by his wife
Anne, daughter of Thomas Barnewall, of Rowfton, in
Meath, Efq. had ilTue two fons Matthias and Chriftopher.

P 2 Nicholas,

1 Articles dated Z2. 2 Ker will was proved 25 Feb. that year in the

Court of Prerogative. 3 Lodge Collect. * See that title. * Pre-

rog. Office. « Lodge. 'Id. * Id.

212 NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

(3) Nicholas, a Jefuit, and Chaplain to L. D. Tyrconnel,

in 1688.

(1) Daughter Mary was married to Sir Luke Fitz-Gerald,

of Tecroghan, Knt. and was mother of George, who mar-
ried, Jane daughter of Sir Thomas Carey, of Portlefter,
and had an onlv child Mary.

(z) Margaret, in 1626, to Pierce Butler, fon and heir to Ed-
ward, of Grange, the firft Vifcount Galmoy, and by him>
who died in 1650, had Edward, fucceffor to his grandfa-
ther in that title.

(3) Alifon, to Walter Chevers, of Mountown, in the coun-
ty of Dublin, Efq.

(4) Ellen, or Eleanor, to Thomas Fleming, of Cabragh, in
the county of Cavan, Efq.

(5) Jane, to Matthias, Lord Trim lefton !.

Sir Jchn, Sir John Netterville, the fecond Vifcount, was knighted
2 in his father's life-time, and in 1640 commanded a half

Vikount. jlaneijng company of 97 men at 15s. a day ; with whom,
on the breaking out of the rebellion the year after, he ac-
companied the Lord Moore, into Drogheda, 26 Oclober,
for the defence thereof agai nit the Northern rebels : But his
religion inclining him to favour their infurreclion, he de-
clared much virulency in his affeclions, by giving ground-
Iefs alarms, railing falfe rumours, and infuling evil difpo-
fitions into the minds of the townfmen; who, as it after-
wards appeared, were but too forward to take part with the
rebels. It was believed, they had in the very beginning
concerted to cut off the Lord Moore, and feize upon his
troop, and that Sir John Netterville's part was to begin a
mutiny; which he attempted the night he was to be upon
the watch, by giving ill language and endeavouring to make
a quarrel with his Lordfhip ; which that Lord verydif-
creetly patted over, and fo carefully looked to the guards,
that they could take no advantage to execute their defign.
— After this, he retired to his own houfe, till he was forced
by the rebels to quit it, and throw himfelf into the
King's protection, by repairing to the Earl of Ormond,
at Garretitown ; but upon his arrival in Dublin, he
was committed prifoner to the cattle, and there conti-
nued, until, upon his petition to the King, giving an ac-
count of his conduct, (the fubftance whereof is inierted be-
low)

1 SeeV. K'ngflaad. af

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. 213

low *,) he was enlarged in April 1643 ; in which very
month, he. accompanied the Irifh army to the lieges of Bal-
lynekiil and Borrafs in the Queen's County ; and, after
the reduction of the kingdom by the Parliament, was, with

his

* In his petition he fets forth, that in the beginning of thefe troubles he
was at his dwelling-houfe, diftant lome few miles from Drogheda, to the
fiege whereof the rebel? came upon a fuddon in fuch number?, that he could
make no way into the town, and fo was torced to maintain his Houfe within
a mile of the enemy: But their multitudes lb increafed, that he was no way
able to refill them, and they broke and forced into his houfe in great parties
once or twice, and refided there againft: his will : But abhorring their ways,
he determined to leave his houfe, and come to his Majelty's forces with the
£. ft opportunity, which was when the Ea.l of Ormond came to Garretftown,
within ten miles of his dwelling ; to whom, of his own freedefire and accord
he immediately repaired (though with much hazard of his life) and humbly
fubmitted and prefented himfel< to hisMajefty's obeditnee and lervice, and fo
came to Dublin to hib fcrvice and protection; where, on hisc ming, the Lords
of the Council, 12 March 1641, committed him prifoner to the cattle, and
foon after he was indicted of treafon in the King's Bench, chiefly for receiving
the rebels into his Houfe, whereas he was not able to refift them.: And being
the 'ourth or fifth that prefented themfeiv»s, after his Majefty's proclamation
from Weftminller 1 January, and the number of them that fo came exceeded
not 14 or 15 perfons in the whole kingdom ; yet all were committed and in-
dicted-, fome put to the rack andotherwife affl cted, fo as many were deterred
from lubmiffion (as it may be conceived) by the feverity extended to thofe
few, that of their own accord came to his protection and lervice. Having in
great diftrefs rem >ined in prifon, above 1 2 months, bail being refufed, his re-
quell was, that the King would confider the inevitable r.eceffity of his receiv-
ing the rebels into hi.< Houfe, for which caufe chiefly he was indicted of high
treafon, and the indctment found by fuch men, againlt whom he had legal ex-
ceptions, and fome of the examinations taken againft him were extorted by
menaces with the rack and fuch like punifhments, and that himfelf, in exa-
mination, was much enforced, by leaving out all that might lawfully miti-
gate or ^.xcufe his offence ; and that it was conceived, his Majefly's procla-
mation, and the order of Parliament, with his humble iubmiffien and coming
to Dublin, as foon as poffibly he could, would in honour and juftice give par-
don to greater trangreflions. The benefit of all which he implored, and to be
releafed upon bail, that fo he might pieferve that little fortune, which was
not as yet poffeffed by the rebels, wiieieby to keep his wife and children from,
ftarving. — This was confirmed by the following certificate ;

" We, whole names are underwritten, are ready to depofe upon oath,
" whenfoever we fhall be thereunto required, that Sir John Netterville did

voluntarily come in, and fubmit himielf in fuch manner and form, as
in his petition is fct forth. Witnefs our hands this 5th day of April

44 1643

JOHN DONGAN.
EDMUND BUTLER.
HENRY TALBOT."

And all the articles of his petition he defended by the atteftations of credi-
ble witneffes.

i4 NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

his father, 12 Auguft 1652, excepted from pardon for life
and eftate. — However, his lady 20 April 1653, obtained
* an order of government to enjoy a fifth part of the profits of
the eftate, over and above contribution, towards the better
fubfiftence of herfelf and children ; and five days after,
in regard fhe was an Englifh-woman, and a ftranger in the
country, that fifth part was difcharged from contributing to
the reparation of loifes and robberies, committed by the
Iriiri in rebellion, and from debts contra6ted by her huf-
band during the time of the rebellion : Alfo, 12 May,
upon her petition, defiring to be continued in the poflef-
fion of Douth and Proudfootjfown, as part of her fifths,
the fame was allowed her, in regard fhe had no other place
to refort unto, for the accommodation of herfelf and fa-
mily.

She was the Lady Elizabeth Wefton, elder daughter of
Richard, Earl of Portland, Lord If igh-Treafurer of Eng-
land, and Knight of the Garter, by his fiift wife Elizabeth,
daughter of William Fincheon, ofWrittle, in Effex, Efq.
They were married in 1623 x, and his Lordfhip dying in
September 1659, * was buried in the church of St. Giles
in the Fields, London, having ifTue by her, who died in
1656, and was buried in the fame church, feven ions and
four daughters ; Nicholas, his fuccefTor ; Richard, who
died in Italy ; Hierome, a Prieft ; James, a Lieutenant in
the army, who married IJ-leanor, daughter of Sir William
Talbot, of Cartown, Bart, and widow of Sir Henry
ONeile; Lucas, Patrick, and Robert, died infants ; Ma-
ry, married in 166 1, to Henry, the fecond Vifcount Kingf-
land ; Frances ; Margaret, to William Archbold, of Ti-
molin, in the county of Kildare, Efq. and Eleanor, who
died young f .
Nicholas, Nicholas, the third Vifcount Netterville, being entitled
3 to the eftate of the family in tail, which had been feized
and fequeftered by reaibn of his father's and grandfather's

engagements

* By his will, dated a September 1659, (proved 27 July 1663) he com-
mends his body lo be buried as ivar to the body of his deceafsd lady, as coo-
veniently might be. (Prerog. Office. )

■\- After the reduction of the kingdom by Cromwell, a penfton of $0 (bil-
ling'- a week was granted to Hierome and feven more of his Lordfhip'* chil-
dren, for their fupport.

1 Purfuant to deed datf:d f) FebrttaTy 1643,

Vifcount*

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE. 215

engagements in the rebellion, was particularly mentioned
and taken care of, as one of the 36 nominees, by the King's
declaration for the fettlement of Ireland, 30 November
1660, and in confequence thereof, in 1662, put in his
claim before the commiffioners for executing the a6l of fet-
tlement, but had the misfortune to be judged Nocent by
them 23 March, upon the evidence of perfons, who were
all, or meft of them, after detected of, and punifhed for
perjury, contrary to univerfal expectation, and to the opi-
nion of feveral that were thought to be convinced of his in-
nocence ' ; whereupon his brothers and lifters claimed their
refpeclive portions, appointed by their father's marriage-
fetilement, dated 27 February 1623, and his brothers their
refpe&ive remainders after his death without iffue male,
they were accordingly decreed thereto in 1663, and had a
grant thereof by patent in 1666 ; and when the faid portions
fhould be fatisfied, Edward Smith, Sir Courtenay Pole
and others, entitled to the eftate, fo long as his Lordfhip
fhould have ilfue male, were to continue their poffemon. —
Being thus ftripped of his eftate, he repaired to England,
and applied to the King, who was fo well fatisfied of the
hardfhips caft upon him ; fo well affured of the loyalty of
him and his anceftors to the Royal Family; fo deiirous that
all juft interefts fhould be provided for ; and fo willing to
extend his mercy to his Lordfhip, as far as might ftand
with his juft ice, that he was pleafed to have it enacted by
the acl of explanation, that the commiffioners for execution
thereof? fhould fet out to the faid Edward Smith, Sir Cour-
tenay Pole, and others, their refpeclive two-third parts,
and then reftore h;s Lordfhip to all the eftate his father,
or grandfather had enjoyed on 22 Oclober 164 1 (fpiritual
livings and tithes, rectories and parfonages, impropriate and
appropriate tithes excepted) to hold the fame as if he had
been adjudged innocent, and that he fhould be thereby reftored
in blood to all intents and purpofes. —But notwithstanding this,
he could never get into poifeffion of more, than about a
fifth part of the eftate, for which he pafled patent 18 June
1666, after vaft trouble and expence.

He was of the Privy-Council to James II. in whofe reign
and that of his brother he had a penlion ; and being in
that King's army before the city of Deny, was taken prifo-
jier 6 May 1689, and outlawed ; he made his will 3 April

fame

1 Ledge.

2i6 NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

fame year, and dying foon after l, his children preferred a
petition to K. William and Q^ Mary, fetting forth, that he
was eiToneoufly indicted of high treafon before the grand
jury in the county of Weftmeath, fome months after his de-
ceafe, and judgment of outlawry given againft him: Upon
confideration whereof, the Queen fent her letters from
Whitehall 31 March 1692, ordering the reverfal of his out-
lawry, which was reverfed accordingly ; and in the a<5t of
Parliament, palled 9 K. William, to hinder the reverfal ol fe-
veral outlawries and attainders, it was provided, that no-
thing therein contained fhoukl extend to attaint Richard,
late Earl of Tyrone, Theobald, late V ifcount Dillon, and
Nicholas, late Vifcount Nettervilte, who died during the
late rebellion, before the third day of October 169 1

2 In April 166 1, he married Margaret, daughter of
Thady O'Hara, of Crebilly, in the county of Antrim, Efq.
(by his wife Catharine, fifter to Daniel O'Neile, Page of
Honour to K. Charles II. Captain of the firrt Troop of
Guards, Privy-Coimfellor and Poit-Mafter-General) and had
ifiue four fons and four daughters ; John, his heir; Nicho-
las, who died when about 16 years of age; Luke, born in
1679, (who 12 3 June 1707, conformed to the eitablifhed
church, and by the interceihon of the houfe of Peers 4, ob-
tained a peniion of 200I. a year on the Civil Lift. He mar-
ried Anne, daughter of Mr. Stanley, of Drogheda ; died
in 1742, and was buried with his anceftors in the church of
Douth, leaving iffue Nicholas, Hierome, and Margaret) ;
James, died in his infancy; Mary, Elizabeth; Catharine,
(married to Major John Bird, of Drogheda) ; and Honora;
one of which daughters was fiift wife to Nicholas Plunket,
ofDunfoghly, Efq.
John, John, the fourth Vifcount Netterville, at his father's

,rr4 death, was in foreign parts for his education, and after the

v^ 1! count* 7 cvj. *

redu6tion of Ireland in 169'z, returned home, being then
underage. 19 January 17 15, he took the oath of alle-
giance 5. On 30 May 1704, he married Frances, eldeft
daughter of Richard, Vifcount RoiYe, and died of a fever
at Liege in Flanders, 12 December 1727, in the 54 year of
his age, leaving an only fon

Nicholas,

i Lodge. * Articles dated i April, 2 $ooI. fortune. 3 Lords Jour.
III.818. 4 Lords Jour. JI. 758. 76a. S18. 5 Idem. 494.

NETTERVILLE, Viscount NETTERVILLE.

Nicholas, the fifth Vifcount,* born in 1708, who, after
two years ftay in the Univerfity of Utrecht, returned to Ire-
land in Auguft 1728 ; took his feat in the Houfe of Peers,
25 February 1729 l, and 28 of that month 173 1, married
Catharine, born 25 May 17 12, only daughter of Samuel
Burton, of Burton-Hall in the county of Carlow, Efq.2
and his Lordfhip departing this life 19 March 1750, was
buried at Douth, leaving by his lady, who died 24 May
1784, an only fon John, and two daughters, viz. Frances,

born 5 September 1733, married to Blake, Efq.

and died at Marfeilles in May 1764; and Anne, born in
1738, who died in December 1756.

John 3, the fixth and prefent Vifcount, born in 1744.

Title.] John Netterville, Lord Vifcount Netterville,
of Douth, in the county of Meath.

Creation.] So created 3 April 1622, 20 Jac. I.

Arms.] Pearl, a Crofs, Ruby, Frettee, Topaz.

Crest.] On a Wreath, a Demi-Lion Rampant, Ru-
by, Bezantee.

Supporters.] The Dexter, a Sea-Horfe, parti per
fefs, P.uby and Proper, the Mane, Legs, Fins and Tip
of the Tail, Gold. The Siniiter, a Lion Guardant, Ru-
by, Bezantee.

Motto.] Cruci Dum Spiro Fido.

Seat.] Douth, in the county of Meath, 25 miles
from Dublin.

217

Nicholas,

5
Viicouqt.

John,"
6
Vifcount.

* His L-.rdfhip was indeed i Auguft 1743, for the murder of Michael
Wulfh, in county of Meath, and 3 February following was tiied for the fame,
by the Houfe of Peers, 2nd honourably acquitted. (Lords Journals, IV.

$79-)

1 Lo.'ds Jour. III. 1 19.
Officfc.

2 See Titie Conyngh-m.

3 (Jitter's

NEEDHAM,

( 2'3 )

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY.

6 I HIS family of Needham, Nedeham, Nedham,
hath been of great note in the counties of Sslop and Chef-
Wiilitm. ter> and *13 defcended from William de Nedham, Lord of
Staunton in the laft mentioned county 1 102 (3 Hen. I.) whofe
wriam. fon William, living 1154 (1 Hen. II.) had Roger his heir,
Roger. living in the year 1200, the father of William, the father of
fohn*™' Jonn3 tne father of John de Nedeham, living 1330 (4 Edw»
Thomas. III.) whofe fon Thomas Nedeham, of Nedeham in the coun-
ty of Derby, living 1337, (ir Edw. III.) had iflue two
fons, Thomas his heir, and William, anceftor to Vifcount
Kilmorey, and of whom hereafter ; Thomas, the elder fon
was living in 1353, he married Maud, daughter of Roger
Melure, of Thornfet in county of Derby, and had inue,
Robert Needham, living in 138 1 (5 Ric. II.) whofe fon
Needham, of Needham (4 Hen. V.) had John Needham of
Thornfet (2 Hen. VI.) the father of Otwell, of Thornfet,
who had Chriftopher his heir, and Margery, married to
Thomas Whittington of Pantley, Efq.— Chriftopher fuc-
ceeded at Thornfet, and married Elizabeth, daughter of
John (alias Thomas) Shalcrofs, of Shalcrofs, and had iflue
Otwell his heir; Edward, Arthur, Humphry, Chriftian,
which four died unmarried; Agnes married to John Gref-
well of Chefter; and Ifabel to John Radifh. — Otwell was
feated at Thornfet, Needham, and Chowley, and marrying
Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Cadman, of Colly, had
ifTue eleven fons, and five daughters, viz. William his heir;
Richard of Senetoiton (who married firft Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Henry Sacheveral, by whom he had no irTue; and fe-
condly, Dcrothy, daughter of Henry Eyre, of Highlow,
and by her had three fons, Humphry, John, and William);
Humphry (who married Grace, daughter of William Ellis,
and had a fon Richard) ; Henry (who by Anne, daughter of

Hazlewood, had an only daughter, Anne, married

H Laurence Blanddton of Southampton); Edward, who

died

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY. 119

died young ; George (who by Clare, daughter of Jafpei

of Antwerp, had a fon Francis); Otwell (who by Eliza-

beth, daughter of Weftby, had William his heir) ;

Arthur, Triftram, Anthony, and John, all died unmarried :
daughter Elizabeth, married to Robert Radcliffe of Mel-
lor; Letitia, to Richard Windelley, of Windefley; Doro-
thy, to John Dakin; Grace, to William Bullock of Oun-

fton ; and Eleanor. William Needham of Thornfet, the

eldeft fon, married Margaret, daughter and heir to Nicho-
las Garlick of Whitfield, Efq. and had Otwell; and George
(who married Catharine, daughter of Stephen Eyre). — Ot-
well left iftue Henry of Benhes, who married firft, Mary,
daughter of Owen Williams, of the county of Caernarvon ,
and by her had William, and Dorothy; and he married fe-
condly, Hefler, daughter of John Tedcaftle of London,
and had iflue, Henry (who continued the line in county of
Derby) ; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah1.

William, the younger fon of Thomas of Needham, wiilwwu
living in 1375% was Juftice of Chefter, and mar-
ried Alice, daughter and heir to William (or Henry)
Cravach, of Cravach, living there 3 Ric. II. 1379, and
had Robert h:s heir, living 14 17, who had two fons, Ro- Robert.
bert; and Thomas, lather (by Catharine, daughter of Hum-
phry Hill) of Humphry Nedeham, who left a fon Ro-
bert.

Robert Nedeham of Cravach, Efq. the elder Ion. living Robe*.
18 Rich. II. married Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Savage
of Clifton in Chefhire, Knight of the Garter, by his wife
Catharine, daughter of Thomas Stanley, and dying in 1448
(26 Hen. VI.) was buried in Holme-Chapel, leaving by
her, who deceafed in 1430, four fons and one daughter,
Anne (or Agnes) married to John Starkey of Oulton, in
the county of Chefter, Efq. whofe fon and heir Hugh, died
in 1526, and by Margaret, daughter of Philip Egerton, of
Egerton, was father of Hugh Starkey, Efq. who built the
church of Over, in 1543, and died in 1555, without iflue*
The fons were,

Thomas, his fucceffor. V)

Sir John Nedeham, who in 1449 was chofen Serjeant of {,,)
London, for which city, the next year, he was Member of
Parliament, and in 1452, was Lieutenant- Juftice of Chefter,
•f which, in 146 1 he was made Juftice, and afterwards

conftt-

1 Pedigree Penes. J. L, 2 Idem,

2ZQ

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY.

(5)

conftituted a Judge of the Com! of King's Bench. He
married Margaret, youngeft daughter of Randal Man-
waring, of Over-Pever in Chefhire, Efq. widow of Wil-
liam, the fon of Sir John Bromley, of Badington, and
dying without iifue, in 1480, was buried in Holme-Chapel;
having fettled the lands, called Hallum-Lands in the coun-
ty of Chefter (which he had purchafed in 147 1, frcm Tho-
mas Chickford, who had married Elizabeth, daughter and
heir to Robert de Halium) and the reft of his eftate on his
next brother

Robert of Atherley, whofe defcendants lived atShauring-
ton (or Shavington) in Salop, and failed of ifiue male, in
1578 (li Eliz.) whereby the eftate devolved on Robert
Needham, of Shentcn, Efq. and is now enjoyed by the
Lord Kiimorey.

Hugh, of whom we find no farther mention.

Thomas Needham, of Crevach, Efq. the eldeft fon, mar-
ried Maud, daughter of Sir William Brereton, of Brere-
ton (by his wife Maud, daughter of John Dutton, of Dut-
ton, Efq. and widow of Sir William Booth, of Dunham)
and deceafing in 1463, was buried in Holme-Chapel, hav-
ing iflue Sir William his heir, and a daughter Anne, mar-
ried to Robert Greene, of Congleton in Chefhire, Efq.

Sir William Needham, of Crevach and Shavington, Knt.
married Ifabel, one of the three daughters, and coheirs to
Sir John Bromley, who died in 1487, by Joan his wife,
daughter and heir to William Hexftall, defcended from Sir
Walter Bromley, living in the reign of Henry III. and by
S-r Robert, her left Sir Robert Needham, Knt. who in 1506 (22 Hen
VIE) purchafed the ellate of Shentcn, and in the 20.27.
and 32 years of Henry VIII. was fheriff of the county of

Salop. He married Agnes, daughter of John Manwa-

ring of Baddeley, Efq. and died in 1556 (the probate of
his will bears date, 30 July 1557) having iflue Thomas his

Ssr Willi-

heir, and four daughters,

married to Robert Chol-

mondeley, of Chorley, Efq. ; Jane, to Sir Andrew Corbet
of Mo. ton, and was mother of Sir Vincent Corbet; Mary,
to John Winnington of Pantley ; and Maud, to Sir Tho-
mas V enables of Kinderton, Knt.
Tfatas*. Thomas Needham of Shenton, Efq. married Anne,

daughter of Sir John Talbot, of Grafton in the county of
Worcciter, and had irTue three fons, and three daughters;
Robert, Thomas, John; Anne, married to Sir Richard
Bulkeley of Beaumaris j Margaret, to Richard Stevenion

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY. %zi

of Dothell; and Margery, to George Coney, of Coney,

Efqrs. Robert, the eldert fon, in the 6. 28 and 37 Robert.

years of Q^ Elizabeth, was Sheriif of the county of Salop,
and in her reign, had confiderable commands during the
war in Ireland; after which he was made Vice-Prefident of
the Council, in the marches of Wales ; and by Frances,
youngeft daughter of Sir Edward Alton of Tixhall, in the
county of Stafford (by Joan, daughter of Sir Thomas Bow-
lefs, Baron of the Exchequer) had two fons and fix
daughters, viz.

Robert, created Vifcount Kilmorey. (1)
Thomas of Poolpark, in county of Derby, who married {-;
Ellen, daughter of Sir Henry Bagenal, Knight-Maiefchal
of Ireland, and widow of Sir Robert Salisbury, by whom
he had iffue, Sir Robeit Needham of Poolpark (who mar-
ried Mary, daughter and heir to Haitop of Surry,

and left pofterity) Richard, alfo of Poolpark; Arthur of
Cambridge; Thomas; and Francis, both of London, and
a daughter Elizabeth, living in 1633 l.

Daughter Maud, married to John Afton, of Alton m Ui
Chefhire, Efq Sewer, or Steward to Q^ Anne, wife oi K*
James I. and by him, who died 13 May 16 15, had three
fons and three daughters, whereof the eldeft fen, Sir Tho-
mas Afton, was created a Baronet 25 July 1628, and was
anceftor to the prefent Sir Willcughby Afton.

Jane, to James Collier of Darkflon, in StarTordfhire, {%}
£fq. who fold Stone and Darkflon to his father-in-law.

Anne, to Robert Powell of Park, Efq. (3)

Dorothy, fecond wife to Richard Chetwode, Lord of {A\
Chetwode Wood -hall, and Warkworth, in the county of
Bucks, and had five fons and fix daughters, viz. Robeit;
Thomas; John ; Tobias ; Francis : Grace; Mary; Dorothy;
Jane; Beatrix; and Abigail2.

Marv, firft to Thomas Onflow of Ber?ton ; and fecond- (5)
ly, to Sir Robeit Vernon of Hodnet, both in Shropihire,
and was mother of Sir Henry Vernon, created a Baronet
23 July 1660.

Elizabeth, died unmarried. ^

Sir Robert Needham, who fucceeded at Shenton, was Sir Robert,
knighted bylv. James I. ; feived the office of Sheriff for l
the county of Salop in 1606; was appointed 12, November
16 17, of Council to William, Lord Compton, Preiident

! Lodge1. CoiJca. 2 Idem,

222 NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY.

of Wales ; and by K. Charles I. created a Peer of Ire-
land, by letters patent, dated 18 April 1625 He
married to his firft wife, Jane, daughter of John Lacy,
Efq. Alderman of London, Hie dying 16 July 159 1, was
buried at Atherley in Shropfhire, without iifue ; he married
fecondly, Catharine, daughter of John Robinfon of Lon-
don, Efq. relict of George Huxley, of Wyrehall in Mid-
dlefex, Efq. who left her a widow 30 April 1627 ; and by
her he had two fons and four daughters ; Robert his fuccef-
for; Alexander of Newftead ; Anne, Elizabeth, both died
unmarried ; Elenor, wife to William Owen of Shrewfbury,
Efq.; and Frances, to Sir Rowland Cotton.
Robert^ Robert, the fecond Vifcount, married firft Frances, third
Yif ount daughter °f Sir Henry Anderfon, Sheriff and Alderman of
London in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, by whom hehad Ro-
bert his heir; Ellen; and Frances, the firft wife of Tho-
mas, fon of George Cotton of Cumbermere, Efq. and had
one fon, George, who by Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas
Smyth, of Haugh in Chefhire, Knt. had an only daughter,

who died young before him. His Lordfhip's fecond wife

was Eleanor, daughter and heir to Thomas Dutton of Dut-
ton, Efq. Widow of Gilbert, Lord Gerard of Gerard's
Bromley, and dying at Dutton, 12 September 1653, had
iifue by her, who died there 12 March 1665, aet. 69, and
was interred the 16 at Great-Bud worth, four fons and eight
daughters, viz.

(i) Charles, fucceflbr to his half-brother Robert in the ho-

nour.

(4) George, who died at Chefter without iffue, in 1644.

(3) Thomas.

(4) Arthur, overlaid by his nurfe.

(,) Daughter Anne, died in her infancy*

/2j Eleanor, firft married in 1638, to Peter Warburton of the

Lodge in Chefhire, Efq. fhe being then but 1 1 years old,
but he dying without iffue, and under age, of the fmall-pox
at Oxford, 1 Auguft 164 1, fhe became the fecond wife in
1644, of John, the firft Lord Byron, then Governor of
Chefter, who died in France without any iffue by her, in
1652; and fhe, who is defcribed to have been a Lady of
fuch beauty, fweet difpofition, and general repute, that fhe
fcarce left her equal, died at Chefter, 26 January 1663,
about the age of 36 years, and was buried in Trinity
Church.

Sufan,

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY, 223

Sufan, married in 1652,. to Richard Scriven, of Fordiley (3)
in Shropfhire, Efq. where ilie died ;n Auguft 1667.

Catharine, died unmarried at Dutton, 11 March 1665, (4)
the day before her mother, and was buried in the fame
grave.

Mary, died after the year 1669, unmarried1. (5)

Penelope, in 1653, became the fiift wife of Randal Eger-" (6)
ton, of Betley in Staffordfhire, Efq. and dying in 1670, lies
buried in the North-Aile of K. Henry VII. Chapel, Weft-
minfter Abbey, under a monument with this infcription ;

PENELOPE,

Filiaepluribus le6tirTima
ROBERTI Dom. NEDHAM Viceco. de KILMUPvRAY

et
HELENjE antiquifs. DUTTON de DUTTON

In Comit. Palat. Ceftr. Haeredis unicse,

Conjux mccftimmi

RANDOLPHI EGERTON de Betley Ceftr. Confmlo,

Carolino nuper in Excrcitu Majoris (ut vocant) Generalis,

Supremoque nunc Regni Confilio (Parliamentoregio)

Staffordienfium Delegati. (fidem

Cujus in utrumque Carolum Britanniar. Monarchas immobile

Refque praeclare geftas, Pofteri non tacebunt.

(Cui nunquam nili moriendo gravis)

Heic juxta EGERTONORUM Infignia

(Illuftrifs. Baronum de MALPAS)

Una cum RANDOLPHO Filiolo

Pofita eft ex voto.

(Quin ab ilia magis (credite) fe poiitum voluit Maritus^

Neque vita funclum alibi ponendum optat)

Filiolae dans vitam perdidit,

XIII. Kalend. April. Anno ^ Humanae M. D. CLXX0.

Reftitut. j Britannicae X°.

Stat fine pede Villus.

Her hufband died 20 October 168 1, and was buried with

her.

Dorothy, died unmarried at London, in June 1669. (7)

Elizabeth. {8}

Robert, the third Vifcount Kilmorey, married Frances, 3^,^

fecond daughter of the aforefaid Gilbert, Lord Gerard., by 3

fag ViicoasJ,
1 Lodge'* Celled.

224 NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY.

the faid Eleanor Dutton, and had an only child, Eleanor,
which died an infant in 1643 ; and his Lordfhip deceahng
in January 1657, was buried at Atheriey, when the honour
delcended to
Charles, Charles, his half-brother, and the fourth Vifcount, who
Vf 4 in 1659, met at Warrington in Lancafhire with the Earl of
Derby, and Sir George Booth, in a fmall party, to prepare
for the reftoration of K. Charles; having a fpeedy acceiTion
of great numbers of the Gentry, which encreaied to 500
men, they marched to Chefter, and by the intereft of Colo-
nel Werden, had the gates opened; but (5 Auguft) Gene-
ral Lambart being difpatched againft them with a good
body of men, took them prifoners to London, where his
Lordfhip died in 1660; andhaving married Bridget, daugh-
ter and coheir to Sir William Drury, of Befthorp in Nor-
folk, Knt. had irTue by her, who became the fecond wife of
Sir John Shaw of London, Bait, three fons, viz. Robert,
and Thomas, who fucceeded to the honour, and Byron,
who was educated at Cambridge, and in 168 1, incorporated
A. M. in the Univerfity of Oxford.
Robert, Robert, the fifth Vifcount, born in 1655, fucceeded his
5 father, and dying 29 May ]668, a minor, was interred in
the chancel of the church of Befthorp, in Norfolk, with
the following infcription over the vault;

Memorise

Praenobilis Domini

Roberti Nedham

Vicecomitis de Kilmorrai, ■

Carolo vicecomite (in utrumque Carolum Britanniarum

Monarchas temporibus Monarchomachis, fklelifTimo)

Ac Brigetta vicecomitina fuperftite,
Gulielmi Drury equitis Aurati et dominae Mariae filia

Prognati :
Eximia tarn virtute, quam eruditione, nobilitatem

Gem mantis :

Proceritate, venuftate, pulchritudine,

Oftenti :

Amoris publice ferreo faeculo,

Magnetis

Ingenio prsecoci maturae vitae fpem

Fruftrantis :

Anno Dom. 1668 °, aetatis 130 maii 29.

Sole," coinite et exemplo, ut alibi luceret,

Occidents :

Anaftafin

NEEDHAM, Viscount KILMOREY. %%$

Anaftafin Pafchatis diem, qui anno hujus
Obitus confcio defuit, aeternitaie penfaturam

Praeftolantis :

Hoc monumentum .dicavit avia

Quotidie viiitatura.

Dam jacet hie tumulo, manet haec tumulata dolore *.

r Thomas, the fixth Vifcount, who fucceeded his brother, Thcma»9
had his education in Chrift-Church, Oxford, and 4 Auguft »
1677, welcomed the Duke of Ormond, Chancellor of that VlfcoUQC«
Univeriity, with a fpeech, to his lodgings in the faid Col-
lege. -He married Frances, daughter and heir to Francis-

Levifon Fowler of Harnage- Grange, in Shropfhire, Efq*
(by his wife Anne, fecond daughter of Peter Venables, Efq.
Baron of Kinderton) and by her, (who remarried fiift, %
May 1690, with Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, and
fecondly, with the Chevalier de Ligondes, Colonel of horfe,
one of the French prifoners taken with Marefchal Tallard at
the battle of Hochftet; by the latter of whom fhe had one
fon the father of Anne-Conftantia Ligondes, who became
the firft wife of the Right Hon. John Beresford, fecond fon
of Marcus, Earl of Tyrone1; and Jier Ladyfhip deceafed
27 December 1723) had iiYue

Robert, the feventh Vifcount, who was under age at Robert,
the death of his father, and lies buried in the church —.- 7 {
of Atherley in Shropfhire, under a monument thus in-
fcribed ;

Near this place is interred the Right Ho-
nourable Robert, Lord V ifcount Killmorey ;
He left four fons, Robert, Thomas, Francis,
And John ; and four daughters, Anne, Ma-
ry, Elizabeth and Henrietta, by the Right Honou-
rable Mary his wife, daughter of John Offley of
Crew, in the county of Chefter, Efq.
Deceafed October 2 17 10,
Then aged 28 years*

Robert, the eldeft fon, and eighth Vifcount, dying un- Robert,
teamed, 19 February 17 16, his next brother 8

Vol. IV* Q^ Thomas, vifcount.

« BJomficItT* Hift. Norfolk^ I. 335. « S;« that title.

216

Thomas.

, 9
Vifcount.

John,
10

Vifcount.

NEEDIIAM, Viscount KILMOREY.

Thomas, became the ninth Vifcount, and 29 June 1730,
married the Lady Mary Shirley1, born 25 September 17 12
in Dublin, fhe was third (laughter, and coheir to Wafhing-
ton, Earl Ferrers, (by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Rich-
ard Levinge, Bart. Juftice of the King's Bench in Ireland)
and his Lordfnip dying 3 February 1768, without iffue, by
his Lady who deceafed 12 Auguft 1784 2, was fucceeded
hy his next furviving brother,

John, the tenth and prefent Vifcount Kilmorey; in July
1737, he was made Colonel and Captain of a company of
grenadiers, in the fecond regiment of foot guards, which
he refigned in November 1748. — 1 1 January 1738, his Lord-
fhip married Anne, relict of Peter Shakerley, in county of
Chefter, Efq. and had iflue, Thomas, who died 19 April
1773, unmarried J Robert; Francis, married to the daugh-
ter of Fifl>er, Efq.; and a daughter Mary.

Title. J John Need ham, Lord Vifcount of Kilmo-
rey, in the county of Clare.

Creation.] So created, 18 April 1625, 1 Car. I.

Arms.} Pearl, a bend, faphire between two bucks
heads caboffed and attired, diamond.

Crest.] On a wreath, a phoenix in flames, proper,

Supporters.] The dexter, a horfe bay coloured mane
and tail, diamond ; the linifter, a buck, proper.

Motto.] Nunc Aut Nunquam.

Seat.] Shenton-Hall, in County of Salop, 130 mile?
from London.

' Ulfters Office. * Lodge's CoUefl,

BOURKE,

( 2*7 )

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BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

N oar account of the Earl of Clanricarde, the antiquity 7
of this family is evidenced'; and in that of the Earl of
Mayo* we have fhewn, that Edmund Bourke, fecond fon of
Sir Thomas Mac-William-Qughter , is direc-1 anceftor to the
Vifcounts Mayo, which Edmund (Rarbatus, called by the Edmund,
Iiilli ny fefoig, i. e. bearded) fucceeded his brother in the
title of Mac-William, and enjoyed the fame to his death
in 1453, being fucceeded therein by his next brother Tho-
mas In 1443, the faid Edmund, and his confederates,

both Englifh and Iriin, raifed a powerful army, to fight
Ulick (Oge) Fitz-Ulick-Rickard-IV/ac-William of Clan-
rickard ; but the battle was prevented, by the latter going
to the former's houfe, and making a fubmilfion, becaufehe
had not at that time a fufficient force to defend his country,
and a peace was concluded, on condition of Clanrickard's

delivering to him 400 cows, a horfe and a mare. He

died in the latter end of the year 14.58, with this character,
ct That he was Lord of the Englifh, and many Irifh in
<c Conaught, and the only Englifhman in Ireland, worthy
<c to be chofen Chief, for his reiblution, proportion of per-
<c fon, generality, hofpitality, constancy, truth, gentility
<e of blood, martial feats, and all qualities, by which a

xi man might merit praife." He married firft Honora,

daughter of Ulick (Roe) Mac-William of Clanrickard;
fecondly, the daughter of OTlaherty, by whom he had
three fons, viz David (Duffe) of Gofydin; John; and
William of Ilean-an-Caca, or the dirty IJland: having alfo
three fons by his nrft wife, Sir Rickard his heir; Ulick,
from whom the Lord Mayo derives ; and Thomas (Pvoe)
anceftor to the Bourkes of Ballinghana in Tyrawly.

Qji Sir

* I iftj. 2 See that title in II!.

228 BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

Famiiesof Sir Rickard Bourke, the eldeft fon, (ftyled O'Courfkey

Caftlebar, from hjs being a great warrior, and uneafy to his neighbours

Newtown, in this and other kingdoms) was elecled Lord Mac-Wil-

Bailintob- liam Oughterin 1469, on the refignation of Rickard Bourke

ber, See. 0f Turlogh ; and by Celia, daughter of Mac-Jordan, had

certainly fix fons, Edmond, Walter, Thomas, John, Rick-

ard-Oge, and William, who died without iflue; fome al-

ledging he had four other fons, Ulick, David, Theobald,

and Meyler. His five fons who left pofterity were,

(1) Edmond of Caftlebar, who was murdered 2 February

15 13, in the monaftery of Rathbran, by the fons of his

brother Walter, leaving three fons, Ulick, David (Bane)

who both left pofterity ; and William, who had no iflue.

(*) "Walter, who had five fons, of whom Theobald (Reagh)

by a daughter of Theobald Fitz-Ulick Fitz-Edmond Bar-

batus, had Ulick, who left iilue.

(3) Thomas Baccagh (Lame) whofe three fons Edmond (Buy),
John, and William left pofterity.

(4) John of Tyrawley, who in 1506, was flain in the mo-
Family naftery of Ballintobber, by his nephew David Fitz-Ed-
~ awly mond, and had iflue a daughter, married to David Fitz-Ed-
mond Bourke, ancerior by her to the family of Partly ; and
many fons, whofe pofterity are all extincl, except that of
Oliver, who by the daughter of O Donnell, had eight fons,
Sir John, his heir; Sir Richard of Newtown, of whom pre-
fently ; Thomas, of Caftle-Cloghans, in Tyrawly (who had
five ions, Edmond (Buy) Walter, Theobald, John, a Friar,
and Richard); Edmond, anceftor to the family fometime
feated at Roppagh ; David of Rathroe, progenitor to the
Bourkes of Rathroe, Inifcoe, Carrukill, and others; Ulick,
Anthony, and Walter (the Giber) who all left iilue.

Sir John Bourke of Tyrawly, Ardnaree, &c. Lord Mac-
William, was commonly called 'Joannes Magnus ; and 14
June 1570 fought Sir Edward Fitton, Preiident of Co-
naught, and Rickard, Earl of Clanrickard, at Shruel, who
(he thought) were encroaching too far upon the county of
Mayo, on that iide. In 1577 he was Sheriff of that coun-
ty; and 24 June 1580, had a fmgular grant from Meiler
Barret (or Bareith) to him, his fons, grandfens, and all his
pofterity, of the caftle of Crofmcorlina, for certain consi-
derations, efpecially for the publick good, and that the
country might be reduced to civility. He died that yeary
leaving eight fons, viz. Walter (Kittagh) left-handed, of
£ellecky, in Tyrawly, of whom prefentiy ; Oliver, of
Inifcoe (who firft married Una, daughter of Cathald

O'Conc*

BOURKE, Viscqunt MAYO. 229

O'Conor Sligo, and had two fons and one daughter; Tho-
mas (Roe) who in 1638, made over his eftate to Miles,
Vifcount Mayo; and Walter, whobothdied childlefs ; and
Una, married to Sir George Boyle, brother to Richard,
Archbifhop of Tuam. By his fecond wife he had John,
anceftor to the Bourkes of Inifcoe) ; Ulick (Roe) of Croflf-
melina; John-an-Thleive, i. e. of the mountain; Wil-
liam (Fadha) the Long, of Caftlelacken; David; Rickard ;
and Thomas (Ciach) the Blinker,

William, the fifth fon, was accidentally killed in 159 1, Family
by one Alexander Mac-Donnell, leaving two fons, John, Ca^ie,
and Richard of Ainhagh. John married a daughter of Sir Lacken.
Hubert Burke of Glinfk, and was llain in 1642, leaving

W-illiam his heir; and Edmond, who died in Spain.

William, married firft the daughter of Rickard Bourke of
Newtown, by whom he had an only fon, Thomas, who al-

fo died in Spain ; and fecondly, Mary, daughter of ■

Sweeny, and by her had five fons, Edmond, Rickard, Wil-
liam (whofe eldeft fon Edmond, left three fons, William
Thomas, and Walter, living in 1750); John, and Walter,

who died unmarried in Spain. Edmond, the eldeft fon,

by Catharine, daughter of Edmond Bourke of Ballintobber,
Efq. had two fons and two daughters ; of whom Thomas,
the elder was feated at Moyne, near Killala in Tyrawly,
and married Bridget, daughter of Michael Cormick, of
Mullinmore, Efq. but had no iffue in 1754.

Walter (Kittagh) Bourke of Bellecky, Efq. the eldeft

fon of y^annes Magnus, married the daughter of 1

O'Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnel, and had three fons and
four daughters ; of whom Theobald, the eldeft fon, by the
aififtance of ODonnel, was made Mac-William in 1595;
but that title, and the fucceihon by taniftry having beeri
difcountenanced by the Government fome years before, dur-
ing the rule of Packard Mac-William, Bourke of Newtown,
(after the death of Rickard Mac-William, father of the firft
V ifcount Mayo, and the furrender of Mac-William Eigh-
ter, by Ulick of Clanrickardj Sir John Norris, aflifted by
the Earls of Clanrickard and Thomond, marched againft
him with a coniiderable army, and encamped at Ballinrobe
in 1596; whom, by the aid of his couiin Theobald-ny-
Lung, O'Flaherty, OcMaly, and ODonnel, he obliged to
decamp and quit the countiy, after leaving garrifons at
Conge and Galway : but foon after, the faid Theobald-ny-
Lung (upon a difguft, chiefly taken at his entertaining
many of Q'Donnell's men in his fervice, whereby the coun-
try

23o BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

try was harrafTed, and burthened with free quarter) deferted
him, and drawing after him O'Flaherty, his half-brother,
O'Conor Sligo his brother-in-law, and OcMaly his near re-
lation, joined the forces of Sir Coniers Clifford, Governor
of Conaught, and expelled him the province: whereupon
he and his adherents were attainted, and feekihg a fmclu-
ary in Spain, were kindly received by Philip II. who cre-
ated Theobald, Marquefs of Mayo, and fettled a penf on
upon him and his poflerity, fuitable to that dignity, which
he and his fon Walter (Kittagh) enjoyed, who dying with-
out iifue, left it in the cuftody of his half-brother, Colonel
plunket, until it ihould be claimed by fome of his heirs
general.
Family We now return to Sir Richard Bourke of Newtown in

of Tyrawly, fecond' fon of Oliver Fitz-Johri of Tyrawly. He

Newtown, ^ Lord Mac_Wmiam, after his couiTin Rickard (Iron),
and by the daughter of OcDowde had three fons, William
his heir; Moyler, who married Johanna, daughter of Mac-
Dermot of Carrick; and Ulick, who by Honora, another
daughter of Mac-Dermot, had two fons and two daughters,
Walter; Edmond; Honora, married to Edmond Bourke of

Rathroe ; and Sarah, to — ■ Bourke of the family of

Turlogh. Walter, the elder fon, married Celia,' daugh-
ter of William Bourke, younger' fon of Oliver, of Rop-
ipagh, and had William, who by Margaret, daughter of
Theobald Fitz -Moyler Bourke, had four fons and four
daughters, Walter, Thomas, David, Michael, Celia, Ma-
ry, Cicely and Winifred. Walter, the eldeft fon, mar-
ried Anne, Siller to Roger Palmer, of Palmcrftown, Efq.
and had two daughters, Mary, and Frances, and three fons,
William, who married Anne, daughter of Edmond Palmer
of Moylagh, in Tyrawly ; Oliver, unmarried ; and Wal-
ter, whole wife was the daughter of John O'Donnel, of.
Irrus. ■'-
William Bourke of Newtown, Loughmeafg, and Ardna-
ree, the elder! fon of Sir Richard, married Catharine,
daughter of Rickard (Iron) Mac-William Oughter, and
had five fons, Sir Thomas, who died chikllels; Oliver
(Kittagh) ; John; Ulick ; and David. Oliver, by his wife
Catharine Browne, had two fons, John (who married Agnes,
daughter of Gregory Nolan, of Ballinrobe, Efq. and had
five fons and two daughters, viz. Colonel Thomas Bourke,

who by Joanna, daughter of O'Shaghnaify, had one

fon, who died a Captain in Spain ; and four daughters,

Marian,

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 231

Marian, Lady Archdeckne in France; Agnes; Clare; and
Margaret, a Nun ; Richard, and Captain John, both died
jchildlefs; Counfellor Oliver Botirke, who married Julian,
daughter of John Bodkin of Carrowbegg, in Galway, Efq.
William, a Captain in France, died in Italy; Alice, mar-
ried to Colonel David Bourke, as hereafter; and Clare, to
Edmond O'Flaherty, of Ballynahenfy) ; Rickard, who
married Catharine, one of the feven daughters of Major
John Browne, of the Neale, and had two fons and two
daughters, Oliver (who married Agnes, daughter of Wil-
liam Skenet, Efq. and had iiiue William, Francis, Patrick,
Catharine, Joanna, and Celia); John; Celia; and Joanna,
who married Edmond Bourke, of Urey.

Rickard (Oge) youngeft fon of Sir Rickard OfCourfkey, (5)
had iffue fix fons, whereof Rickard (Oge) the fifth was of fir^f
Ballintobbcr, and had Edmond (Buy) the father of Rick- Ballintober,
ard, who had two fons, viz. Edmond, Buy (pf Ballintob-
ber, who by Mary, daughter of William Bourke of Rpp-
pagh, had Thomas, a Captain in Flanders, in Q^ Anne's
wars ; Oliver, David ; Catharine, married to Edmond
Bourke, of Cafllehacket ; and Bridget, to David, younger
fon of Ulick Bourke, of Tnifcoe) ; Thomas, who married
Mary, daughter of Mac-Donnell, and had two fons, Rick-
ard, a Captain in Flanders in Q^ Anne's reign ; and Wil-
liam, a Captain in the Duke of Lorain's fervice.

We now proceed with Ulick Bourke, fetond fon of Ed- uuck.
mond (Barbatus) anceftor to the Lord Mayo. He married
a daughter of Saba O'Kelly, of Callow, and had three
fons, Edmond; Walter Fitz -Ulick, anceitor to the Bourkes,
called Sloght-Illiac, or the offspring of Ulick; and Wil-
liam, an Abbot. — Edmond, who fucceeded, had alfo three Edmond.
fons, David; William of Corran ; and Rickard, who died
in Spain, leaving a fon of his own name, called Captain

Tringuf. David, t^c eldeft fon, married firft, the daugh- David.

ter of John Fitz -Oliver Bourke of Tyrawly, by whom he
had Walter (Fadda, the Long) of Partry, of whom pre-
fently; fecondly, Finola OTlaheity, and by her he had
two fons, Rifdaird an Iarain (Iron Dick) anceftor to the
Lord Mayo; and Wrilliam, called by the Irifh Theabb-
Kiagh, or the blind Abbot, who in 1584, with the fufpecl-
ed Bifliop Malachias Annaione, renounced the Pope before
the L. D. Perrott, fwore to the King's Supremacy, and the
Friar quitting his habit, they both publifhed their recanta-
tion, and a profeifion of their faith. His third wife was the,

daughte;

2SZ BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

daughter of David Fitz-Edmond Bourke of Turlogh, by
whom he had one fon Ulick ny-Timchil, or the V inter,
whofe fon Thomas, by warrant, dated at Greenwich, 5
July 1602, had a new grant of his eftate, but his iffue is
now extinct.

Family Walter (Fadda) the fon by the firft wife, married a

°f daughter of Mac-Philbin, originally a Bourke, and had if-

fue Miles; and Theobald, whofe pofterity hath ceafed.
Miles married Margaret, daughter of Murrough O 'Flaherty,
and had David, who byHonora, daughter of Macnamara of
Cratilagh, had a daughter Mary, married toThady O'Conor
Sligo ; and Colonel Rickard Bourke of Partry, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Bryan O'Flaherty, of .Aghnamar in
the county of Galway, Efq. and dying in 1687, left three
fons and two daughters, David his heir; Miles (who by
Bridget O'Maly had three daughters ; and three fons, Bar-
tholomew, Patrick, and Richard) ; Captain Thomas, (who
fhft married Bridget, elder daughter of Francis, Lord Athen-
ry, widow of Colonel James Talbot, of Mount-Talbot;
and fecondly, Mary Lynch, and had no iffue by either) ;
Celia, married to Captain William Bourke of Rathroe;
and Bridget, to Colonel Miles Bourke, great grand fon of

Theobald, the firft Vifcount Mayo. David Bourke of

Partry, Efq. by Sarah, daughter of — Crofton, >had

four ions and five daughters, viz. Richard, a Captain in
the King of Spain's army, and killed in the battle of Al-
manza, 1707; John, died a Captain in Spain ; Walter be-
came heir; Thomas, a Captain in the Spaniih fervice, and
flain in the battle of Campo-Santo in Italy, 8 February
1742,; Mary and Elizabeth, both unmarried in 1754; Ho-
nora, married to Rowland Bourke of Inifcoe, Eiq. ; Eli-
nor, to William Mac-Andrew of the Back in Tvrawly, bv
whom fhe had three fons ; and Clotilda, to John Fitz-Ed-
mond Coflello, and had two fons, Edmond and Jordan.

Walter, the third and only fon, who married, was alio

a captain in the Spanifh army, and loll his life in the fame
battle with his brother Thomas, leaving by his wife, the
daughter of « — Sweeny, one fon David, and two

Sir RItk- daughters, Sarah and Mary.

ard. ^yye ret;l:m nere to Sir Rickard (an Tarain) Fitz -David

Bourke, anceftor to the Lord Mayo. In the reigns of Ed-
ward VI. and Elizabeth, he performed conliderabie fer-
vices to the ftate, and became a lingular ornament to his fa-
mily, in that early time of reforming the natives to civility
and order, as appears by the left i monies of two Great Men,

the

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BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 233

the Lord Chancellor Cufack, and L. D. Sidney. In

1552, he was called the fecond Captain of molt power in
Conaught, and (fays Sir Thomas Cufack, in his letter to
the Duke of No- thu ruber land, concerning the ftate of the
kingdom) <c is a perfon of honeft conformity, and doth
hinder none of the King's Majefty's fubjecis, and is
ready to join with the Earl of Clanrickard, and every
other Captain, to ferve the King's Majefty, in any place
in Conaught ; fo as a Preiident, or yet a Captain, with
a competent number of men, continuing at Galway, will
caufe all the country to be good fubjecis ; aud he, with
the Earl of Clanrickard, and a Captain, will be able to
rule all Conaught, which is the fifth part of Ireland.'*
And the L. D. Sidney, in his account to the Lords of
the Council, of the itate of affairs in the province of
Conaught, dated 28 April 1576, informs them, that Mac-
William Ewghter very willingly came in to him, *■* and I
found him (fays he) verie lencible, though wantinge the
EngJifie tongue, yet underftandinge the Lattin; a lover
of quiet and civylitie, delierous to horde his landes of
the Qrieene, and fuppreffe Irifh extorcion, and to ex-
pulfe the Scotts, who fwarme in thofe quarters; and iu-
deede have almoft fupprefled theim; in fome prooffc
<c whereof, he tavied with me molt of the time I remayned
at Galway, and thence went with me to Athione, and de-
parted not till I went from thence, where, verie reve-
rentlye, by othe, he fliewed his feaultye, and did his ho-
mage, as humblye bynding hymfelfe, as well by othe as
<c indenture, ever hereafter to hold his lands of her Ma-
cc jeftie, and her crowne, and to pay yerelye 250 marcs,
<c fterlinge, and to fynde 2oofoldiors, horiTemcn and foote-
<c men, for two monethes by the yere, and to geve them
foode in that proporcion, as, I truft, in tyme fhai] fuf-
nee both for their meate and wagies. In one of his pe-
ticions exhibited unto me, he humblve beibught (doubt-
inge that I would have taken away the Bonnaught frorn
<l the Clandonells, which they have of him and his coun-
<c try) that they might (with-drawinge it from him) holde it
ei of the Queene. This devife was underhand practized
cf by me, and they, verie glade of this overture made bv
cc hym, humblye deiiered to holde it of her Majeftye, and
•*£ fo, by indenture palled betwixt the Galhglas and the
" Queene, they prefentlye doe. This, my Lords, is an
i( entraunce of no fmall confequence, bothe for the reduc-

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*f inge of the couhtrie to her Majefties obedience, and no

i( fmall increafe may be made beiides to her commo-

<f ditie, and the angmentacion of her revenue. He

<c received his countrie at mv hands, bv way of So

nefhallfhipp, which he thankefallye accepted. The

order of knighthoode I beftowed upon hym, where-

** of he iemed verie joyous ; and forrie other little triffles

<c I gave him, as tokens betwene hym and me, where-

<c with verie well fatisfied he departed. This is all

*< [ thought necefjary to write of Mat-William, favinge

:i that he was defierous I fhould fende thither an Engliihe

4,1 Sheriffe, as I have likewife donne in ail the other coun-

c* ties within that province, which, of late* .Ji^th bene

omitted: Mac-William protefte4 he would obey him [

font, and geve hym fmdinge for a fufficient ftrength ot

men on horffbback and foote, which 1 accomplished ac-

cordinge to his defier, and lent one with hym* Surelye,

my Lords, he is well wonne, for he is a great man$ his

land lyeth a longe the Weft-North- Wen coaft of this

<c realrne, wherein he hathe manev goodly havens, and is

<c a Lorde in territorie, of three fymes lb much land as the

*c Earle oi Clanrickarde is. He brought with him all his

iC brttheren, Mac-Phillipin, who in furname is a Bourke ;

iC as he is ; and, befides theim, a great nomber of owners

<c of landes and caftlles, lienge in the fame countrey;

iC OcMaylle came lvkewife with hym, who is an originate

*c Irifheman, ftrong in gallevs and feamen ; he earncftly

4C fued to hold of the Queen, and to pay her rent and fer-

iQ vice r.

That year ( 1576) he joined the Deputy in his march, to
fupprefs the infurrection of the Earl of Clanrickard's fons,
who had wafted his country ; and by his affiftance and ad-
vice, the deputy dividing his army, routed feverai paities of
the rebels, executed fome, killed many more, diiperied the
Sects who had joined them, and returned to Dublin, after
he had ftrengthened and reftored Mac-William to many of
his caftles, and left Sir Nicholas Malby, Governor of Co-
naught, poileiied of the houies of Rofcomon and Athlone,
and all the Lord Clanrickard's hpufes in Clanrickard. hi
his relation of thefe tranfaelions to the Lords of the Coun-
cil, from Galway 23 September, fche L. D. writes, that

JViac-

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Mac-William in that rebellion was the only man of power
in Conaught, that fhewed himfelf loyal, and had done beft
fervice upon the rebels; and in his Lordfhip's diipatches
from Dublin, 27 January following, he relates ( ' that after
lie underftoode that his Lordfhip's force was entred into
his countrie, whereof the Scotts ftoode moche in doubt,
he gathered his ftrength and people together, and fborth-
with gave a charge upon the Scotts, and cried Bowes,
Bowes, which voice fo foddeinely geven, and they think-
(< inge it indede to be true) itihicke ioche a terror into the
i( amafed mynds of the beggarly Scott?, as they leaft all
(C the pray behynde them, and faved theimfelves by flyeng
<c and ronninge away. I delyvered to hym the caftle of
iC Ibarrye, T had taken from the two fons of one Edward
" Bourck (who were fent from the Earl of Clanrickarde's
fens to entertain the Scots, to come into Conaught, to
the aid of thofe rebels) to kepe k to her Majefties ule,
<c and all the caftlles and piles beiides he was difpolfeiled
?c of; fettled him quietlye in his owne, with fuch creditt
{t and countenaunce, as I hope he rhall be hable to main-
f* teine hymfelf, in deipite of all his enemies, that Ifiall
(< hereafter attempt any thinge againft him1."

In 15^5 he fuitendered his eftate in the county of Mavo,
upon the compof tion then eftablifhed in Conaught, died
in that year (though fome fay, in 1583) and having married
Grany-na-Male, (that is, Gi ace O'Maly) daughter of Owen
O'Maly of the Oiv/es, an ancient Irijh Chief, and widow of
O'Flaheity (a lady much renowned by the natives of Co-
naught, who relate many adventures and remarkable a£tions
of her courage and undaunted fpirit, which fire frequently
performed on the fea) he had three fons and one daughter,
viz. Sir Theobald his heir; Walter and Edmond, neither
of whom left iifue ; and Catharine, married to William
'Bourke of Newtown.

Sir Theobald Bourke (called Tibbot-ny-Lung, or of the Sir Theo-
fhips, becaufe he was born at fea) in the reign of Q^ Eli- baW>
zabcth commanded a company in her Majefties pay, from vilcoiiat-
which he was cafhier'd, for defeating and hanging Dermoid
Oc Conor, in his way from Conaught to Munfter, as he was
marching with the Prefident's protection, in order to perform
lingular fervice in that province, on the arrival of the young
Earl of Defmond. In 1597, he was fent into England by
' • ■ Sir

* Sidney's Letter?, I. 149. 150.

236 BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

Sir Corners Clifford, Governor of Conaught ; and after his
return, did, with his followers, maintain, in 1599, 600 foot,
and 60 horfe, againft the crown in the county of Mayo;
but, upon the King of Spain's landing fome confiderable
forces, in conjunction with the Pope's Nuncio, atKingfale,
to fupport the rebel-party against the Queen, he levied at his
own expence 160 men, and fought there in the head of
them, under the Lord Mountjoy, when a glorious viclory
being gained, he was knighted for his gallant and loyal be-
haviour : and on the acceflion of K. James I. he exhibited
a petition in behalf of himfelf, and his two brothers by the
half-blood, Murroeh and Donnell Ikefgie OFlahertv of
leherconaght, praying his Majefty to accept of their refpec-
tive furrenders of their eftates, and to regrant the fame by
letters patent; to which the King (defiring his fubje<5ts
fhould hold their own according to Engliih tenure, and that
their poffefiions fhould be fettled in a certain and perpetual
courfe of defcent, for their encouragement to live in a civil
way, to the benefit of their lawful progeny) condefcended,
and by Privy Seal from "Winchefter, 25 September 1603,
ordered a commirlion to iftue, to inquire what lands they
held by defcent, or other lawful means ; then to accept of
their furrenders, and confirm the fame to them by patent, to
hold by knight's fervice.

In 16 13, he reprefented the county of Mayo in Parlia-
ment ; and being poffefled of a large eftate, and diilinguifh-
ed for his eminent afleclion to the crown, K. Charles I.
efteemed him worthy of a place among his Peers of Ire-
land*, and accordingly advanced him to the title of
Viicount Burke of Mayo, by Privy Seal dated at Weftmin-
£er, 8 February 1626, and by patent 21 June 1627 f. — —
He married Maud, daughter of Charles O'Conor Sligo,

* Either he, or his fori, was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, in the
•tign of K. Charles I. Ci but it muft have been (lays Mr. kodge) after he
*' was created a Vifcount, yet certain it is, that the eldeft fen of the Yif-
li count Mayo, enjoys the titte of Baronet, and is llyle.d, Sir during his fa-
41 ther's life.

+ The preamble. Cum dilcclum n-bis Hibernis Reenum turn patris nof-
tri feliciffims MemcriK, turn noltris temporibu' quamplurimum effloruiffe ;
Ct magis quam anten&is faeculi1, tarn Civilitaic quam Opulentia au&um novi-
ma'( ut fingulare Dei fieneficium agrr fcimur, ; ita multum gratulamur effe
iUam nobis oblatam Occafioncm, qua Magnifici Principis erga fuos fubditos
cxtet Tefttmonium, prafertim cum inter cetera, qua: multum interfunt Rii-
puhlits ad noftrum et fubditornna Emolument um, ex ilia emicuerunt hand
yaac; Viri, qui pi o PtHeiSoaura arnp'itudme fufliaere, et pro Generis fplen-

dore,

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 237

Efq. and lifter to the aforefaid Dermoid (who in the year
i5oo, killed Richard and Thomas Bourke, the third and
fourth Lords Caftleconnell, but was foon after killed by his
brother- in-law) and dying 18 June 1629, was buried with
his anceftors at Bailintober, having iffue four ions and three
daughters, viz. >

Miles, his fucceflbr. **'

David, who died without ifTue. (*)

Theobald (Riabbach, the Strong) ofCloghans in Tyraw- (3)
ly, married the daughter of Walter Bourke of Turlogh, *^p
Efq. and died in Spain in 1654, leaving three fons and three cio.eh*n«,
daughters, viz. Colonel David Bourke, who manied Alice,
daughter of John Bourke of Loughmeafg, Efq. and died in
France in 1694, whofe pofterity is extinct; Theobald- oge,
who by Catharine, daughter of Edward Fitz-Dominick
Browne, had five daughters; Walter died childlefs in Flan-
ders ; and of the daughters, one was married to — —
Mac-Jordan, and the other two died unmarried.

Rickard (commonly called Iron Dick) had ilfue Theobald (4)

Bourke, Efq. who married firft Grany, daughter of

O'Maly, and by her had one fon Colonel Miles Bourke*
who died in 17 15, and was buried at Ballintober, leaving
no iflue by his wife Bridget, daughter of Richard Bourke
of Partly, Efq Theobald manied fecondly, Celia, daugh-
ter of John Birmingham of Turlovaughan, Efq. by whom
he had three foas, Rickard Iron (who manied Mary,
daughter of Lynch, of Barna in the county of Gal-
way, Efq. and had Theobald, who died unmarried ; Miles,
who went into the French fervice ; Patrick ; Thomas ;

Luke;

dore, ct heroicae virtutis claritate altioris Honoris Titulo? demereri pcflinr.
Quocirca cum Theobaldus Burke Eques Auratus, ex illuftiilTima dim in An-
gha Profapia oriundus, non folum Latefundiis et Ocner s fui Nobilitate, fed
prscipue fmcera erga nos et Anteceflbres noftros Fidelitate et Bellicofa vir-
tute indaruit, quorum altcrum in immota Animi Conftantia etiam cum Reg-
num inteftinK lncendiis deflagraverit, alterum Rebus in Hifp:nos non ita pri*
dem appellentes fortiter geftis emicuerit ; squum certfemus et utriufq-, no-
mine repoi tet fubditi digni ac de fuo pr'ineipe optime mieremis Premium.
Cumque autem nihil repertum fuerit Honorum Titulis clarius aut eminentiu-,
quo principesfubditos fuos bene-meritos et pro Rebus ante geftis rernunerare,
et ad altiora ftimulari poflint, et foleant, quia et Carafter indelibile favoris
regii et virtutis fubditi futuris faeculis permaneant. Nos ex regia noftra favore
et munificentia ftatuimus diclum Theobaldum in numerum Parium Regni
noftri Hiberniae adl'cribere, et ad Vicecomitis havreditarii gradv.m promovere.
^ciatis igitur quod nos, intuitu Praemifforum, dittum Theobaldum cont:nuo
favore noltro profequenies gratioio, ac ipfius benemerita Honoris Titulo com-
penlare et nobilitare volentes in hoc ditto Regno noftro Hibernise, de Gratia
•oftra fpeciaii, &c (Rot, A«. 3 Car. L a. p. f.R. 8,;

23S BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

Luke ; and Apollonia) ; Theobald Reagh (married firft
the daughter of OcDbwde3 by whom he had no iifue ; and
fccondlv, the daughter of Ulick Bourke of Caftlehacket,
and by her had four daughters, living in 1754) ; David, who
married Mary, daughter of Richard Fitz -Maurice, near
Ball in Mayo, Efq. and dying in 1741, was buried at Agh-
agewr, near Weft port, leaving Theobald (who left one fori
and one daughter, living in 1754); Patrick ; Richard ;■ John;
Stephen; and Miles.

(1) Daughter Mary, married to O'Cohor (Dun) of the county

of Rofcomon, defcended from Roderick OcConor, the ialt
Ififh' monarch of that family. 1

(z) Honora, firft to Muvrogh OTlaherty of Aghnamurra in

the county of Galway, Efq. (whofe giandfon and fuccellof
married Bridget, daughter of Theobald, Lord Mayo, as
hereafter) and fecondly, Ulick Bourke of Caftlehackct,
Efq. whofe defcendants are now denominated of Ower in
the county of Galway

(s) Margaret, to Theobald, eldeft fon of Walter Bourke of

Turlogh.
Sir Miles, gjr Miles Bourke, the fecond Vifcount, took his feat hi
Vifcount. Parliament, 4 November 1634 x*i and being a Froteftant,-
was, on the breaking out of the rebellion, appointed by
the ft ate, with Thomas, Vifcount Dillon, joint Governor of
the county of Mayo, and had a commifTion for the fuppref-
iing thereof, and the prefervation of all his Majefty's loyal
fubjccls in thofe parts : by virtue of which, he raifed in

that

* His LorJlhip preferred a petition to K. Charles I. fetting forth, that by
reafon there was no certain p'ace appointed within the county or Mayo, fot
the holding of the affixes, goal-delivery, feffi n% and other publ.ck meetings
of the Minifvers of Juitice about the affairs of that county, ai.d that the g;,al
being kept in Conge, in the mod renr te part of the county, t.'*e inhabitants
did not only fuffcr in their eftate?, by the journeying cf the diford.rly prilbners
with their guard through the country, to the phce where the judges met: j
but juftice alio many times wae prevented by the ordinary efcape of notorious
malefactors °, and whereas the town of Bail.ncarra, otherwife Bdlcirra, was
a fit place, in all re!pe£ts for the laid publick meeting*: His M.rjefty being
gracioufly pleafed to embrace all fit occaficn< to expteis his royal cire of the
good and ea!e of his well affec-led fubjec"t*, fent his directions from Gieenwich,
jo July 1 632,, to the L. D. Wentworth, requiring him to confult the Judges
concerning hi. Lordfhip'.s petition •, and finding the convenience as fct forth, to
grant the fame by patent for 31 year?, unlefs in time of general contagion and

ficknefs1. And, 21 December 1637, he had the grant of a weekly Thurl*

day and Saturday market, and a fair at that place on the ieall of St,
Matthew.

1 Lords Jour. I. 45. * Rot. A°. 10 Car. I. %. p. f.

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 249

that county fix companies of foot, confining of 300 m^n,
beiides officers, and for fome months kept it free from all
dilturbances, without any ailiftance from the Government.
But (as Sir Richard Cox obferves in the preface to his hii-
tory) there being, during thofe detractions, no lefs than five
different armies in Ireland, each purfuing different interefts,
that, in which his Lordfhip ferved, among other exploits,
laid liege to Caftlebar; which he took, and upon the fur-
render, agreed by articles, that the Engliili fhould march
away with their arms, and be fafcly convoyed to Galway.

But many of them being murdered by the way, 13

February 164 1, at the Bridge of Shrule, which divides the
counties of Mayo and Galway, whither his Lordfhip had
fafely conducted them ; his fon Sir Theobald was brought
to his trial for that mail a ere, after the kingdom was reduced
by the Parliament ; and they were both excepted from par-
don (though he was dead, having departed this life in 1649)
by Cromwell's act of Parliament, palled 12 Auguft 1652,

for the fettlement of Ireland. His LordiTnp's conduct,

during this rebellion, having never been fet in a clear light,
we fhall fhew in the notes, by what fteps he forfook his re-
ligion, and how far he was infirumcntal in the iaid maf-
facre *-

# Mr. John Gouldfnvth, in -umbent of Biafhowle in the county of Mayo,
in his depofition before the Privy Council and Comrn fiioners authorized J or
that purpoie, informs us, that between 3 and 4 yea. s before the rebellion
began, Francis Gouldfmith his brother (who was a Romifh P.ieft cf good ac-
count, being Capiiian Majore of the Cafile of Antwerp in Brabant) lent him
a letter by one father Riccard Barret, a Jefuit and Spaniih Preacher, and (as
he had heard) an agent for the 1/iih in thole parti \ by which his brother re-
quired him, by many earnelt and attractive argument5, to leave .Ireland ;
and, removing all impediment-, delays and excufe-, thus concludes, IC I
44 wonder* brother, you wdl l.ve in fo bale a kingdom •, you'll fay, joj have
•* wife and children, and cannot come \ lell the little goods you have, and
** come away with your wife and children." And ab ut the latter end of
July, before the rebellion began, he observed that certain Irijb Smiths had in
a flv-rt lpace made a multitude of Skeinsy whereby he conceived that lemi
fudden mifchier" and iniurrection would ere long en ue, and which would
amount to no lefs than l'uch a rebellion, which, as he iirpected, had been dis-
covered to his brother.

The nrlt man robb'd in the county of Mayo, was one Mr. Perceval, where-
upon the Lord Mayo, with a certain number of men, purfued thofe rebels.
that had taken his cattle •, and coming to a pais thr >ugh a ford at Ballyhowoes,
the rebels had there fortified a mill i.gainft them with mul'queteers, their 21-
my being not far eff" p-epared for battle: but after fome intercourse between
his Lordfhip and th*,m by mt(T.ngers, he gave them a protection ; and then,
after much Ihoutir.g and joy on both fides (both parties being intermingled)
they lodged that night at the abbey of Eallyttowaes, among a company of

friar ,

240 EOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

He married firft, Honora, daughter of Sir John Burke
of Derrymaclaghtny, in the county of Galway, Knt. by the

Lady

friars, by whofe inftructions they then broke forth into all Inhuman practices,
barbarous cruelties, and open rebellion Upon which, the deponent in his
diftrefs, came with his wife and family to the Lord Mayo, who then had in
"his houle of Br. -or row, Mr. Gilbert, a diftreffed Minifter, with his wife and
family, and three other gentlemen, all which he entertained at his table, and
then made his complaint in what a deipicable cafe the ftate had left him, with-
out help or fuccour, he having fent to them for relief.

About that time, news came from the rebels, that they would have the
Lord Mayo go with them into open action and hoftility againft the Pro-
tcftants ; and quickly after, there came a report, that upon a certain night
his caftie frtould be bdeaguerM ; wherefore about midnight his Lordfhip went
forthwith his men f»r the encounter, but the rebels came not. His Loniihip
was miferably perplexed in the nights with anxious thought ; but not long
after he propounded a queftion to Mr. Gouldfmith and Mr. Bringhurft, whe*
ther he, in this great extremity, having no relief from the State, might not
<ake thofe men in rebellion into protection, and make ule of them as he
thought fit for his Majefty's fervice ? The former oppoied this ftep ; but his
Lordfhip's intentions being to fubdue thofe of Ceftilse by the men of Gotten^
and thofe of Gallen by the rebels that lived in the Carragh^ fent to Sir Henry
Bingham, and defired a consultation with him and his council in Caftlebar
about this matter ; but Sir Henry (fearing fome interruption in the way) dared
not to give him a meeting; upon which, my Lord propounded the matter id
writing ; defiring, that if he and his council fhould approve it, they would
put their hands unto it. Sir Henry approved and figned it, with Mr. Barnard,
Mr. Buchanan, and Dean Varges ; and his Lordfhip having received this, it
was alfo figned by Archdeacon Gilbert, Mr. Bringhurft, and Mr. Gouldfmith.

Immediately upon this, Mr. Gouldimith perceived motions towards popery
in his Lordfhip's houie ; Popifh books of controverfy were fent to him ; and
Laughlin Kelly, the titular Aichbifhop of Tuam, came and reconciled his
Lordfhip to the Ronaifh Church : about which time, Sir Henry Bingham lent
him a letter to this effect. I undsrjland your Lordjbip is gone tt Majs ; I am
your Lordjbip'' s fervant in ivhat nvay Joever your Lordjbipjball 'walk. And all
the Engl. fh in the country following their example, there remained not in the
whole county of Mayo one clergyman or layman, to preferve the memory
of the Proteftant religion, ten perfons only excepted, viz. the Vifcountefs
Mayo, the Lady Bourke, Mrs. Burley, Mr. Tarbock, Mrs. Hanmer, Owen
the butler, Alice the cook-maid, Mr. and Mrs. Gouldfmith, and Gracei
their child's nurfe ; fo that thole of the laity, who turned to maf , did amount
to iooo in number in that county ; (the clergy, fome being fled, lbme mur-
dered, and the reft turned tomafs) but Mr. Gouldimith, by hisLordfhip'sper-
miffion, continued his miniftry in the houle, difputed with priefts that came to
feduce the ladies, and publickly anfwered fuch Popifh bocks of controverfy,
as they put in their hands, infomuch that his Lordfhip was greatly maligned
and perfecuted about him J and the faid titular Archbifhop reproved his Lord-
fhip for keeping him to exercile his miniftry, and maintain his religion, fay-.
Ing, bemuft deliver bim vf to them. What will you do with him ? (fays my
Lord) We will, faid the bifhop, fend him to his friends % you will, faid my
Lord, fend him to Shrule to be flain, as you did others ; but if you will give
me fix of your priefts, to be bound bedy for body, for his i'afe conveying to
his friend , I will deliver him to you. The Bifhop refufed that motion; yet
fo far prevailed, that he was confined to a private part of the houfe, and of
a long time dared not publickly toexercife his miniftry, or fhewhimfelf in the
houfe, for fear of being murdered. Nevcrthelefs, oa fabbath-days he exer-
cile 4

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 24j

Lady Margaret Burke, daughter of Ulick, the third Earl

of Clanrickard ; and fecondly, Ifabella, daughter of

Vol. IV. R Freakc,

cifed the fame privately, fome times' in the prefence of but one, and feldom
to more than two ; till at leng:h the Lady Mayo perceiving that her 1'ervants
heard divine fervice privately, grew to fuch earned impatience and boldnefs,
-that flie plainly told her Lord, (he would not be an atheift, but would again,
enjoy the miniftry ; wherein (he prevaded fo far, that from thenceforth he
more publickly performed his function to thoie few remaining Proteftants,
until he came from thence.

But whiift he ftay'd there, Sir Henry Bingham's caftle of CafL'ebsr being
beleaguer'd by the rebel Edmond Bourke, Sir Henry defired the Lord Mayo
to take thnt caftle from him, and to keep it for his ufe, for that he rrimfetf
could hold it no longer ; whereupon he went thither with his forces, but the
reit of the caftle not affeming to part with it, he returned home. About
which time, the Bilh p of Killala [Dr. John Mixwell] having formerly loll
h;s caftle and good-, Contracted with Bourke of Caftleleaken t > give him a
la e convoy ; bat he moft perfidioufly brought him into the hands of the faiJ
Edmond Eourke (as he was befieging Caftlebar) who proposed to have put
him upon the engine or Sew, which he had piepared for undermining and
breaking down the caftle, purpjfely that if the befieged fhould fhoot againft.
the So?ot they might hit the Bifliop their friend: whereof the Lord Mayo
having notice, wrote a letter to Bourke the convoy, blaming his perfidioufnels,
and fignifying plainly unto him, that if he did not deal with the Bifhop ac-
cording to his promife, he would deal with him as an enemy, where.oever he
met him ; whereupon, Bou:ke brought the B (hop withn fight of his Lord-
ftiip's houl'e, and there left him. His Lordfhip then went to meet the Bifhop,
and took him and his family home, where he kindly entertained them, and
gave him a band to put about his neck, and a fhirt which he wanted, and kept
h m, with his wife, three children, fervantr, and five or fix of his minifters,
fjr 8 or 10 days. At that time Sir Henry Bingham again defired his Lord-
fhip to come and take his caftle, which he could no longer keep; whereupon,
he marched thither with an army, drove away Edmond Bourke, and entered
and poffrfTed the caftle, upon quarter, and his promife to convoy the garrifon
fafe to Galway. Whereupon, Sir Henry, with his company, the Bifhop of
Killala, and many of the neighbouring Englfh, above 60 in number (where-
of fome fifteen were Minifters) were taken to be convoyed to Cijway, his
Lordfhip covenanting with one Edmond Bourke for their lafe, convoy upon a
certain day, in whole cuftody he left them at Shrule •, but was not gone far,
when Bourke drew out his (word, direding the reft what they fhould do, and
began to maffacre thefe Proteftant^j fome whereof were fhot •, fome ftabb'd
with fkeins; fome run through with pikes ; fome caft into the water and
drowned; and the women, that were ftripped naked, lying upon their hus-
bands to fave them, were run through with pikes ; fo that very few el'caped ;
among whom was the Bifhop of Killalla, but was wounded in the head ; and
Mr. Crowd, a clergyman, was fo beaten with cudgels on his feet, that h*
died thereof fhortly after, the other Mmifter? being flain.

This bloody affair is more diftinctly Specified in the depofition of Henry
Bringhurft, of Kilkeran in the county of Mayo, Efq. who depofeth, that his
Lordfhip, with his fon Sir Tibbot Bouike, did perfonally accompany the faid
unhappy people from Caftlebar, Kinturk, and Bellcarrow, with five com-
panies of foldiers, for their better fecurity, to the town of Shrule, where
two companies were to receive them over the bridge, being in the county of
Gdway, and for their more lafe convoy, the titular Archbifhop of Tuam
faithfully prorhifed his Lordfhip to accompany them with his letter, and feve-

ra!

a4* BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

Frfake, and widow of Sir Benboe, Knt. and by

her, (who is called Ellis, in an order of government 29

March

ral Priefts and Friars, to fee them fafely delivered at the fort of Galway :
And being all come, to Shrule on Saturday night, 12. February i6"4r, the
Lord Mayo provided for them at the Houle of Serjeant Robert Lambert and
others, and the next day for their dinner, lying that night in one bed with the
Bifhop of Killala, whole wife and childien, according to his defire, lay in the
next chamber. The next day being Sunday, (that bloody day) the gentlemen
f)f the barony of Ki!maine, fmd:ng themlelves much burthened by the foldiers
(having lain upon them four nights) entreated to be eaied of them, by fending
them to their homec, for that they had brought them to the end of the county
of Mayo, where tbey were to be received by the companies of Murrough-na-
Doe O'Flaherty, and Uiick Bourke of Caftlehacket, who lay that night
within two miles of Shrule, and appointed to meet the company at Kllnema-
nagh, about a mile from Shrule, on Sunday morning. Upon which earneft
requeft of the gentry, the Lord Mayo diirnifled his companies (except one un-
der the command of Captain Walter Bourke, who lived within a mile of Shrule,
or little more) which company being then commanded by his brother Edmond,
was appointed to convoy the company to Killnemanagh, to the two compa-
nies there ready to receive them ; and it being almoft: twelve o'clock, and
the march long ( 14 miles) and having no place nearer for the poor travellers
to lodge at that night than Clare, which was ten miles, the faid Edmond
Bourke having, with his wicked company, b( en at Mai's, and the titular Bi-
fhop having failed to fend either Priefts, Friar?, or letter, and the town not
able to provide for the company another night, the faid Bourke defired to be
going, undertook for their fafe delivery at Killnemanagh, and the company
being defirous to get to Galway, the Lord Mayo furnifhed them with his own
and his fen's horfes, i"o that his fon had not a horfe left to go with him ; and
having leen the Bifhop, with his wife and children, and the reft that had hor-
fes, mounted, he took leave with them ; and accompanied only by two or
three horfemen, rode away towards Conge, Sir Tibbot Bourke's hor.fe, 6
miles from Shrule j who (notwithflanding that he rode a go d round pace,
for the weather was very cold) intending to ftay for his fon at the houfe of one
Andrew Lvnch, z miles fhort of Conge, a meffenger, as he was ready t«
difmount, came and told him, that prefently afurhe was out of fight, the
faid Edmund Bourke and his men fell upon the Bifhop and his company, had
wounded and ftripped him, with his wire and childien and all the reft, had
murdered fome, and were about to murder the remainder. Whereup jn, his
Lordfhip went inftantly into a chamber, and there wept bitterly ; pulling oft*
his hair, and refufing to hear any manner of perfuafit-n or comfort, or to be
patient, having no means at that time left him to be revenged of that inhu-
man bloody maffacre ; fearing befides the loft of h's fon, and that now they
were entered into blood, they would fall upon himielf, be^ng then a Protel-
tant with the few Englilh he had under his protection. And within half an
hour after came Sir Tibb ;t, his fon, who with tears related the tragedy,
but could not certainly tell who was killed, or who efcaped: But being de-
manded by his father, why he would ever come away, but ether have pre*
ferved their live, or have died with them ? Aniwereri, that when they began
the fkughter, they charged him, (naving his fword drawn aga nit them) both
with their p;kes and muf^uet^, and would have k lied him, but that John
Girvy, the Sheriff of the county of Mayo, (who was brother-in-law to Ed-
raond Bovrrke, the principal murderer) came in betwixt him and them, tcok

him

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 243

March 1654, allowing hev, an Englifh gentlewoman, the
fum of 25I. on account of her old and decrepid age, and
her low and neceffitous condition, to bear the charges of
her voyage to England, and 12 May following fhe had
another order for iol. on the fame account r ; fhe died in
1663.) he had no iffue, but by the firft had three fons,
Sir Theobald his fuccefibr ; John, Edmond, engaged in
the rebellion, both died chiidlefs ; and a daughter Marga-
ret, married to John Moore, of Bries, in the county of
Mavo, Efq. by whom fhe had no iffue.

R2 Sir

hirri in til* arm's and by the affiftance of others, forcibly Carried him over the
bridge, brought him a horfe, and caufed him to be gone after his father, for
that he could there dj no good, but would be killed or endangered, if he op-
poftd them, whereupon he came aWay. The next day his Lordfh p going to
Conge, lay in bed two or three days, without taking any fultenance ; but the
third day went to the houfe of the titular Archbifhop (being within a quarter
of a mile) where he was that day received to Mai's, and within two days after
took his way to a great meeting of the county at the tdwn of Mayo ; from
which time he wasevcr (or for them. ft part) under the command of the Re-
mifh clergy $ and i Auguft 1641 was chofen^ with the Lord Clanmorie*-, ta
reprefent the county of Gil.vay in the provincial council for Conaught •, by
which, held at Ballinrobe that month, he was elected Governor of the county
of Mayo} having for his guard an i attendants 100 foot and 50 horfe allowed
him in pay ; and that year* was appointed one of the Supreme Council at
Kilkenny. About which time, the Clan-Jordan?, Clan-Steevens, and Clan-
Dwnellscame to Strade and B.illylahan, and gathering together all the Britiift
they found there, *!ofed them up in a houfe (in the lame manner as had been
done at Siigo, where a butcher, with his axe, fl.w^o in one nght) with an
intent that night to murder them; but notice thereof being given to the Lord
Mayo, he prevented their wickednefs, and preserved the poor innocent peo-
ple from fl trghter. And being quite weary of his engagement with the Infh,
he made his efcape in January 1644) fiom the Supreme Council at K. ikcnny,
vowing he would never be under their obedience. — 'Sixty-five perfons were
killed at Shrule, among whom were two women great with-chlld, and were
all tumbled into two pit.-, dole by the high-way, without any ceremony or

order.

This narrative is confirmed by the dep: fitions of Sir Theobald Bourke (then
Lord Mayo) taken at Galway 15 November 1652 ; of William Baker, taken
there lo January following ; and of Edmond Dooney, otherwife Bourke,
fcrvant to Miles, Lord Mayo ; who faith, that his Lorufhip gave him 5I. and
bade hm del ver it to the Bilhop of Killala, when he (hould part with him at
Galway-Fort •, and with Miles Rochford, another l'ervant, was ordered to
carry with them the Eifhop's two daughters : But after they came over the
bridge, a (hot was made from between the bodies, whereupon Edmond Bourke
drew his (word •, and the examinant fpurring his horfe, rode back to the
bridge with the B. (hop's child behind him, where he was charged with pike-
men, but was refcued by Walter Bourke Mac-Rickard Mac-Thomas Roe*
who drew his fword and made way for him, and lb he got clear, with thc
child life, as Miles Rochfoi t did with the other. (Lodge J

* Council Office, Lib. A. I. 140- J00-

244 BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

sir T,he0- Sir Theobald Bourke, the third Vifcount Mayo, was
* * educated in the Univerfity of" Oxford, under the great

Vifcount. Archbifhop Laud, who, at his trial, boaftcd of having
brought up that young Nobleman in the Proteftant religion.
In 1639, he was Knight in Parliament for the county of
Mayo ; and during the courfe of the rebellion, performed
many good fervices to the King by his courage" and pru-
dence ; and, among the reft, perfuaded his Kinfman,
Rickard Burke, in 1649, to quit the Nuncio's faction, and
return to the King's obedience; who no fooner did fo, than
as a teftimony of his iincerity, he difcovered to Sir Theo-
bald a combination between Prince Rupert, then Admiral
of the fleet in the Irifli feas, and fome officers in Ireland, of
forming a fchemeto ferve their country, religion, and King
in an oppofite way to the L. L. which Sir Theobald imme-
diately communicated to the Marquefs of Clanrickard, who
made it known to the L. L. whereby it was prevented. —
But in 165 z, after the kingdom was reduced by Cromwell,
and the military fervice in a manner finifhed, the Commif-
fioners of Parliament began their civil adminiftration, by
erecting a High Court of Juftice (as they called it) to try
thofe, who were accufed of the barbarous murders commit-
ted in the rebellion. The commiihon for holding that in
Gonaught bore date 17 December 1652 ; was figned bv
Fleetwood, Ludlow, and Jones; and directed to Sir Charles
Coote, Peter Stubbers, Humphry Hurd, Francis Gore,
John Deiborough, Thomas Davis, P.obert Ormfby, Ro-
bert Clerk, Charles Holcroft, John Eyre, Alexander Sta-
ples, and others, who fat upon the trial of his Lordfhip, for
the aforefaid maflacre at Shrule, which they began 30 De-
cember, and ended 12 January, when he was condemned
by the vote of feven of the Commimoners, (Gore, Davis,
Clerk, and Holcroft diffenting) to be fhot to death, which
war executed upon him the 15 in Galway, where he was
buried. The foldiers, appointed to fhoot him, miffed fire
three times, but at laft, a Corporal, blind of an eye, hit
him.

His Lordfhip's firft wife was the daughter of

Talbot, of the county of York, Efq. ciefcended from the
Earl of Shrewfbury and Waterford's family, by whom he
had two fons and two daughters ; Theobald and M'ilesy
who both enjoyed the honour ; Margaret, married to Sir
Henry Lynch, of Galway, Bart, but died without iffue j

and

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 245

and Maud, to John Brown, of Weftport, in the county of
Mayo, Efq. anceftor to the Earl of Altamont. His fecond
wife was Eleanor, daughter of Sir Luke Fitz-Gerald, of
Tecroghan, in the county of Meath, Knt. and by her^
(who 15 April 1653, was permitted to enjoy fo much of her
jointure, as was then wafte and undilpofed of, and to re-
ceive the rent referved upon fo much thereof, as was then
fet, until further order, paying contributions ; to enjoy al-
fo the perfonal efiate, whereof her huiband died pofiefled ;
was aljowed a penfion, in 1656, of 40 fhillings a week,
and died in 1693) he had a fon Luke, who died
young.

Sir Theobald, the fourth Vifcount, being left a minor, SirTheo-
preferred a petition, upon his father's death, to the com- a '
mifiioners of Government for a maintenance; who declared, Vifcount.
15 April 1653, that if he would repair to Dublin, and
make application to them, they would take care that he
iliould be decently educated, and maintained, tie came to
Dublin accordingly, and 1 July, Mr. Samuel Winter and
Alderman Thomas Hooke, were ordered to confider of fome
godly and religious family, where he might be provided
with diet and other neceffary accommodations, and to agree
for his diet and fchooling at the Free-School ; which they
did, and he was placed under the tuition of Mr. John Ste-
phens, Mafter of the Free-School in Dublin *, with an al-
lowance of 20I. a year, for his education and diet ; and
10 Anguft 1656, in confideration of a letter from the L.
p. in his behalf, 30I. a year was allowed for his mainte-
nance, to commence from 25 March preceding; fome time
after which, he was fent for to England by his mother's re-
lations, with whom he lived till the reftoration of the
King.

On 14 May 166 1 he took his feat in the Houfe of Peers %
and 18 July, delivering a petition to be reftored to his ef-
tate, it was ordered by the Houfe, that he iliould be re-
commended to the agents in England, particularly to fup-
plicate his Majefty on his behalf, being comprised in his
declaration ; and 30 June 1662, the Lords addreffed the
L.J. that they would caufe to be inferted in the acl of ex-
planation a claufe, for the better fecuring fuch as had been
innocent of the rebellion, and yet loft their eftates ; in

compliance

1 Council Office. Book of Orders, A. I. aid. * Lord Jour. J. 434*.

2*6

Sir Miles,

5
Vifcount.

Sir Theo-
bald,
6
Vilcount.

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO.

compliance wherewith a provifo was inferted, and he was
decreed to his eftate, by the Commiflioners for putting that
act in execution, 1 1 April 1666, and so Auguft following,
had a grant of the benefit of that decree, confining of
50,000 acres of land, and 5 manors in the county of Mayo,
— He married firft Ellen, daughter of Sir Arthur Loftus,
of Rathfarnham ; and fecondly, the Lady Owens, fome
fhort time before his death, which was occalioned by too
large a quantity of laudanum, to compote him to reft, af-
ter taking phyfick in a fit of iicknefb : He died 5 June 1676,
was buried 8 of that month, in St. Patrick's, Dublin,
and leaving no iiiue, was fucceeded by his brother

Miles, the fifth Vifcount, who married Jane, youngeft
daughter of Francis, Lord Athenry, and for fome time af-
ter his marriage, having no profpecr. of ifYue, was prevailed
on to fell his eftate, for the difcharge of fome debts he had
contracted ; dying at Caftie-Bourke in March 168 ix he
was buried at Ballintober, having iffueby her, who died at
Turlovaughan, her father's feat, 6 June 1687, an only
child

Theobald, the fixth Vifcount of Mayo, born 6 January
168 1, who conformed to the eftablifhed church 19 June
j 709, being Trinity Sunday, and two days alter took his
feat in the Houfe of Peers l — He married to his firft wife,
8 July 1702, his firft coufin Mary, youngeft daughter of
the aforeiaid John Browne, of Weftport, Efq. by whom
he had three fons and five daughters, viz. Theobald, his
fucceftbr ; Miles, who died young ; John, after Lord
Mayo ; Jane (married to Murrogn-Morgan O'Flaherty,
of Lemonfield, in the county of Gal way, Efq. and had
five fons and one daughter, viz. Brian, who died in 1750 ;
Sir John, who married Mifs Royfe, of the county of Lime-
rick, and had Thomas, and Anabella ; Thomas, who
married Sulanna Bourke, of fame county, and had a fon
John-Bourke O'Flaherty, L. L. D and Member of Parlia-
ment for the borough of Cailan) ; Patrick; Michael ; and
Mabel, married to Captain William Patterfon1) ; Maud,
died young; Elizabeth, married William Mitchel, of Car-
fhalftown, in county of Surrey, Efq.fhe was upper houfe-
keeper of Somcrfet Houfe, and died 9 June 1770 ;

Mary,

* kords Jour. II. Z76. 2 Information of J. B. O'Flaherty, Efq.

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. 247

Mary, died young; and Bridget, married 11 October 1731,
to Jo 'in Gunning, Efq. then of the Middle-Temple, eldeft
farviving fon and heir to Bryan Gunning, of Caftle-Coote,
in the county of Rofcomon, Efq. and had one Ton Sir John,
and four daughters, Mary, married 5 March 1 " 5 2 to George-
William, Earl of Coventry ; Elizabeth 14 February 1752,
firft to James, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and fe-
condly, 3 March 1759, to Colonel John Campbell, who
after became Duke of Argyle; Catharine; and Lilly, who
died 1 January :~53, in the ninth year of her age.

Tn June 173 ix his Lordfhip married fecondly Margaret*,
rfdgft daughter of the faid Bryan Gunning, Efq. and de-
ceafing in Dublin 25 Jane 1741, without ilfue by her who
died in 177 j, was buried atBallintob er} being fuccecdedby
his eldeft fon SirTheo-

Sir Theobald Burke, the feventh Vifcount, who took ba!d>
his feat in Parliament 6 October 1-41 l3 and in March vifcount
1726, married Ellis, elder daughter of James Agar, of
Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny, Efq. whofe grandfon
James, hath been advanced to the Peerage, and by her,
who re-married with Francis, Lord A thenry, had two fons
Theobald and Agar, who died in their infancy ; and his
Lordfhip departing this life in London^ was interred at

Ballimober,

• She had been thrice married, namely, firfl to John Edward?, of Dublin,
E!'q. Attorney at Law, who war, killed by endeavouring to get out of *he'
Four Courts, 16 June 1721, upon a talfe report of theLr being en fixe. By
hm (Tie had a daughter Catharine, married 8 November 172.6, to Robert
Gunn;ng, of Cloondera, county or" Longford, Efq. and had ilfue Robert, of
Cloondera, who d;ed 30 June 1750 •, and William. She married i'econdly,
William Lyfter, of Athlengue, in county of Rofcomon, E q. by wh< m fhe
had Ma-gar^t ; Jane ; and El z,abeth, married 1 7 February 1 753, to Will am
Dv yer, fc'.q. Barriffrr at Law, and was left enciente of a fon J ^n, bom in
November 1711, who dying unmarried z8 No ■.-ember 1753, his eitatcs de-
volved on his two married fillers, their hufbands ufing the name of Lyder,
viz. on the faid M3rg:,ret, man ied to William Dwyer, E:q. a:. d Jane, who
married Chriftopher Kirwan, n«,v/ Kirwan-Lvfter, Efq. She married to
her third hufb-md in 1717, Captain Francis Houfton, of Afhgrove, in Rof-
comon, Efq. who dying in 1731, fhe became the wife of Lord Mayo, and
died o June 1771. (Lodge.)

1 Lords Jour. III. 479.

34S BOURKE^ Viscount MAYO.

Ballintober, where his Lady erecled a monument to perpe-
tuate his memory, with this infcription :

A faithful Friend, a dutiful Son,
An affecYionate Brother,
And a tender Huiband ;
He palled through Life
With unblemifhed Honour, beloved and efteemed
By all that knew him
His manners were eafy ;
His Temper gentle and humane ;
The knowledge of his high Birth
Had no other Effect upon him,
Than to make it his Study, in all the Offices of Life,
To live up to the Character, to which he was born ;
Being fenfible that thetrueft Nobility

Is that of the mind ;

And to polfefs it in the higheft degree,

Is to walk fteady in the paths of Virtue;

Which he did to the day of his Death.

He died at London the 7th day of January 1741,

In the 36th year of his Age,

Much lamented ; but by none more fincerely

Than by his much beloved and afflicted Confort,

Ellis, Lady Viicountefs Mayo,

The eldeft Daughter of James Agar

Of Gowran in the county of Kilkenny, Efq;

And of Mary his wife, daughter of Sir Henry Wemys,

By whom he had two fons, Theobald and Agar,

Who both died young.

In Teftimony of the affectionate Refpecl,

Which his Lady

Moft defervedly retains for his Memory,

This Monument was by her erected.

His Dowager was in 1758, created Countefs of Bran-
don.
Sir John ^s onty brother John fucceeding to the honour, was
8 the eighth Vifcount of Mayo, and took his feat in the Houfe of
Vifcount. peers 10 November 17431. He married Catharine, daugh-
ter and heir to Major Whitgift Aylmer, of the Weft-Indies
(defcended from Dr. John Aylmer, Bifhop of London, and
from Dr. John Whitgift, Archbifhop of Canterbury, both

* Lords Jour. Ill, 54a.

BOURKE, Viscount MAYO. *49

in the reign of Queen Elizabeth) widow of Mr. Hamil-
ton, of the county of Galway, and had iflue one fon Sir
Aylmei Bourke, born 17 November 1743, who died 21
July 1748, and was buried in the church oflrifhtown, near
Dublin; and one daughter Bridget, married n May 1758,
to Edmund Lambert, of Boyton, county of Wilts, Elq.
purfuant to articles dated 28 April 1758, and died in May
1773, leaving by him a fon Aylmer-Bourke Lambert.
His Lordfhip died in Fall-Mall, London, 12 January 1767,
(lince when the title has lain dormant) and Catharine, his
lady, re-married in July 1770, with Edmond Jordan, of
Legan, county of Mayo, Efq. and died in January
1776 !.

Titles.] Sir Bourke, Lord Vifcount of Mayo*

and Baronet.

Creations.] Baronet of Nova-Scotia, by K. Charles
I. and V of the county of Mayo, 21 June 1627, 3 Car. L

Arms.] Parti per Fefs Topaz and Ermine, a Crofs>
Ruby, the firft Quarter charged with a Lion Rampant*
Diamond, and the lecond with a dexter Hand couped at the
Wrift and ere6t, Ruby.

Crest.] On a Cap of Maintenance, a Lion fejant,
Pearl, gorged with a golden ducal Collar.

Supporters.] The Dexter, an Harpie guardant,
with wings and a Lion's body, Topaz ; a human face,
neck and breaft, proper, and armed, Ruby. The Sinifter,
a Man in Armour to the middle of his thighs, having a
{word, proper, in a belt, Ruby, and about his neck a
fquare white band, his hands naked, landals, diamond,
and in his exterior hand a battle-axe, proper.

Motto.] A Cruce Salus.

1 Cotte&ioas.

LUMLEY,

[ 250 )

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY

o 1 HIS noble family takes its name from Lumley-Caille,

fituate on the banks of the river Weare, in the bifboprick
oibert. of Durham ; and is defcended from Oibert de Lumlev, of
Liuipho Lumley-Caftle, whole fon Liulph, a coniiderable noble-
man in the time of K. Edward the ConfelTor, married Al-
githa, younger daughter of Aldred, Earl of Northumber-
land, fon of Earl Uchtred, by his wife Edgina, youngeft

daughter of K. Ethelred II. Liulph, in leipecl ot

his parentage, pofleffions and good qualities, became the
favourite of the inhabitants of the bifboprick of Durham,
and grew into fuch efteem with Walcher, Bifbop of Dur-
ham, and Earl1 of Northumberland, that he confulted him
in the management of all his temporal affairs ; whereat Le-
ofwyn, his Chaplain (finding himfelf lefs frequently called
to Council) conceived fuch envy, that he procured one
Oilbert (to whom the Bifhop had committed the care and
overfight of the Earldom) to murder Liulph by night, in his
manor-place not far from Durham, in the year 1080 ; but his
death was foon revenged by the people, who put the mur-
derers and the Bifhop himfelf to a tragical end.

He had iflue four fons, Uchtred ; Oibert, whofe only
child Ormonda, was married to Robert de Prflhale; Adam,
to whom the Conqueror gave the lands of Uldell and Gil-
crn ce; and Oclo, to whom he gave Talentire and Caftle-
L'chtrcd. rigge, with the foreft between Galtire and Gracca, — Uch-
tred, the elder! fon, had iilue Sir William ; and Matthew,
of Lumley-Magna, the father of Martin, whofe wife was
Sir Willi- named Chriftiana. — Sir William de Lumley, had a grant
*ob» from Hugh, Bifhop of Durham, of the fame immunities

and privileges, his other palatine Barons enjoyed, which
K. Henry by charter confirmed ; and in gratitude for fo

great

A&* J Cellias, IV. 115.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 251

great a favour, he gave to that See his village of Diclon, in

Alverton. He married Judith, daughter of Hefilden,

ofHeyfddenand was father of SirWill.de Lumley, who had Sir Wit
two fons, William his heir; and Marmaduke, the father of lum*
John Fitz-Marmaduke, Lord of Horden, in the bifhop-
rick of Durham, who 12 February 130 1 J, 29 Edward I.
was one of thofe Barons, that withftood the papal ufurpa-
tion, and fubicribed a memorable letter* to the Pope ( in
anfwer to a haughty bull he had lent the King, wherein he
fet himfelf up for judge of the controverfy betwixt him and
the Scots, and commanded him to forbear further proceed-
ings againft them, claiming fovereign authority over them,
in right of the church) wherein they owned and claimed the
dominion of Scotland, and peremptorily concluded, that
the King JhouJd in no wife undergo his Holinefs's judgment
therein ; which was accompanied by a very fmart reply from
the King himielf, aflerting his fovereignty over that king-
dom.

Wrilliam, the elder fon of Sir William and Judith de William.
Lumley, married the daughter and coheir of Sir Walter
D'Andre, of Morton-D'Andrc, in the biihoprick of Dur-
ham, and left iffue Sir Roger -.e Lumley, who by Sybil, Sir Roger,
eldeft daughter and coheir of Sir Hugh de Morewyc, an
eminent Baron in Northumberland, who died 45 Henry II.
left two fons, Sir Robert ; and Sir Roger (anceitor to the
families of Harlefton and Clipfton in the county of North-
ampton) ; and a daughter Margaret.

Sir Robert de Lumley in 1298, on the death of his mo- sir Robert,
ther (then the widow of Laurence de St. Maur) iucceeded
to her eitate, viz. the manors of Weft-Chivington, More-
wyc, and Bamburgh-Cartle, with divers other lands in Nor-
thumberland, being then 26 years of age, of which the
next year he had a fpecial livery, for the fine of 5 marcs,
fterling; and married Lucia (rather Ifabel) eldeft daugh-
ter of Marmaduke de Thweng, a great Baron, Lord of
Thweng and Kilton Cattle, with feveral other manors in

the

* An exemplar of this inftrument, with their feveral feals affixed, is pre-
ferved in Corpus-Chnfti College Library in Oxford, and thefeal of this f hn
Fitz-Marmaduke, is a fiefs, between three parrot-, circumfciibe'l Johanna
Ftltus Mermadua \ which arras the family Itill retain. (Collins IV. 117.)

* Collins IV. 116. and Lodge Colleft. 2 Lodge Collect;

%& LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

the counties of York, Lancaftcr and Weftmoreland*,
and coheir to her brothers Thomas, William, and Robert,
by whom he had three fons, Sir Marmaduke, Thomas, and
William.

Sir Mar- Sir Marmaduke married Margaret (or Mary) daughter

madukc. anc| heir of Holland, and aiTtiming the coat-armour

oi his mother, his pofterity has ufed the fame to this day.
He died in 1370, (44 Edward III.) having four fons, Ro-
bert, Ralph, Thomas, William, and a daughter Ifabel,

Rahext. married to Sir William Fulthorp. — Robert de Lumley, the
eldeft fon, being under age at his father's death, was in
ward to William, Lord Latimer, 48 Edward III. when a
partition was made of the lands of Thomas de Thweng,
Baron of Kilton-Caflle, whereof he had the manors of Mo-
relTome-Magna and Parva, with divers odrers in the county
of "i'ork, and Roveley, in Northumberland ; of which he
died feized 12, December 1374, (48 Edward III.) leaving

sir Ralph. Ralph, his brother and heir, then 13 years old, who in
I3^5 (9 Richard II.) was a Knight, and in the retinue of
Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in the expedi-
tion to Scotland, when he behaved fowell, that he was made
Governor of Berwick upon Tweed the enfuing year, and
fo continued until he was taken prifoner by the Scots, two
rears after ; being in 139 1, Deputy-Governor of the fame
place, under the 1 aft Earl. — In 1392, he obtained licence to
make a caftle of his manor-h&ufe at Lumley ; and was fum-
moned to Parliament among the Barons, from 8 Richard II.
to 1 Henry IV. incluiive; being attainted next year oftrea-
fon by Parliament, and had his lands feized, for being
concerned with Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, and
other Lords his confederates, who not affenting to the de-
pofal of Richard II. joined in a confederacy againft Henry

iv •

* Marmaduke Thweng, of Kilton, married Lucia, daughter of Peter de
Bruce, of Skelton, a great Baron in the reign of K. Henry III. and coheir to
her brother Peter, by whom (he had Sir Robert de Thweng, living in that
reign, who by Maud, daughter of Gilbert Hanfard, had Sir Marmaduke,
who married Ifabei or Dorothy, daughter of William Rois, and had Robert,
whole wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir Bryan Say, (by Maud, daughter
and heir lo John Monceux) and filler to Patrick Say, Governor of the Marches
of Wales in 1158, and had iffue the fiid Marmaduke de Thweng, who had
three fnns, Thomas, a Prieft ; Sir W.lliam, and Robert, who died with -
out irTue • and three daughter?, who became coheirs and were the fai 1 Lucia,
or Ifabel ; Margaret, married to Robert Hilton, ofSwtyne, in Weftmore-
fand ; and Catharine, to Ralph Daubignv, anceltor to the Lord Daubigny.
(Lodge Collea.)

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLBY. 253

IV binding themfelves by indenture, to be diligent and
faithful to each other in their undertaking, and to attend
carefully upon the execution of it. But their deiign having
mifcarried by an unforefeen accident, and being afterwards
difcoveredto the King by Edward, Duke of Albemarle and
Earl of Rutland, they refolved to pull off the mafk ; and as
they knew how the people ftood affecled, drelTed up Mag-
dalen, one of K. Richard's Chaplains, who very much re-
fembled his mafter, in royal robes, and gave it out that the
King had made his efcape from prifon : Whereupon the
people flocked fo haflily to their colours, that in a few days
they amounted to 40,000 men, and narrowly miffed iiir-
prifing K. Henry at Wind for : After which mifcarriage be-
ing afraid to attack him, who waited for them upon Hounf-
low-Heath with 20,000 men, they refolved to retire towards
Wales, which was well difpofed in Richard's favour, and
encamped without the gates of Cirencefter ; but fome of the
principal commanders having the imprudence to lodge
within the town, they were furprifed in the night by the
Mayor, who cut off two of their heads ; and the army with-
out being terrified by the noife of that tranfaclion, and dif-
perfed, thirty-one Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, the
chief leaders of the rebellion, were taken to the King at
Oxford, who immediately caufed them to be executed:
But the Lord Lumley died in the field of battle, which is
evident from the record, whereby his eftatc, real and per-
fonal, was adjudged in Parliament to be 'brfeited.

His wife was Eleanor, daughter of John Lord Nevil, of
Raby, and fitter to Ralph Nevil1, the firft Earl of Weft-
moreland, by his wife Jane, daughter of John of Gaunt,
grandfon of K. Edward III. and their furviving i flue were
four fons and three daughters, viz.

Thomas, who was attainted with his father, and died a CO
minor, 31 May 1404, feized of many manors in the bifhop-
rick of Durham, and in the counties of York and Nor-
thumberland, notwithftanding that John, Earl of Somerfet,
had a grant of fo much of the eftate, as amounted then to
360I. a year.

Sir John, heir to his brother, being then 20 years old. {*)

William, or George. (3)

Marmaduke, rector of Stepney in Middlefex, elected in (4)
1429, Mafter of Trinity-Hall, and Chancellor of the Uni-

veriity

* Collins IV. 119.

254 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

verfity of Cambridge ; 16 April 1430, he was confcerated
Bifhop of Carlifle, being alfo conftituted 18 Dcceniber
1446, Treafurer of England, and after he had fat 20 years
in that fee* was tranQated to Lincoln, which he enjoyed
fcarce a year, deceafing in his attendance on the King nt
London. He contributed largely towards the building of
Queen's-College, Cambridge, and bellowed 200 marcs '
a considerable ium at that time, upon its library; with ma-
ny valuable books.

(») Daughter Margaret, was married to Sir John Clervaux,

of Croft, in county of York, and was mother of Richard
Clervaux, Efq. who by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Va-
Vafor, Efq. had two foris, Marmaduke, who married Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Sir John Stranguifh, (and had a fon
John, whole daughter Elizabeth, was married to Thomas,
Lord Hilton); and John, who by Jane, daughter of John
Hurley, of Sleaford, in county of Lincoln, Efq. had a
daughter Margaret, married to John Fitz -William, of
Sprotborough, Efq.

(a) Catharine, to Sir John Chideok, ofChideok, in county

of Dorfet, Bart. 2 and had two daughters, coheirs, Catha-
rine, married to Sir John Arundel, of Langherne, in Corn-
wall ; and Margaret, to William, Lord Stourton.

(3) Elizabeth, to Adam Tyrwhit, of Kettleby, in Lincoln-

fhire, whofe fon Sir Robert, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Richard Warburton, was father of Sir William Tyrwhit,
who married Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Conftable, and
had Sir Robert, who married the daughter of Sir Gilbert
Talboys, and was father of Sir Robert Tyrwhit, who by
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Oxenbridge had an
only child Catharine, the wife of Sir Henry D'Arcie,
Km.
Sir John. Sir John Lumley, heir to his brother Thomas, doing
his homage in 1405, 6 Henry IV. had livery of all the el-
tate, whereof his father was feized at the time of his at-
tainder, and being reftored in blood by act of Parliament,
13 Henry IV. was knighted that year for his fervicesinthe
wars of Scotland and Fiance. He alio lignalized himfelf
with K. Henry V. in his wars, but in the laft year of his
reign, loft his life in the field of battle with Thomas,
Duke o£ Clarence, the King's brother, Governor of France,

who,

1 Collinr, IV. ixo. 2 Idem. 1 if ,

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 25$

who, being betrayed by his Scout- Matter Andrew Forgufa,
a Lombard, who mifreprefented the enemy's numbers, pre-
cipitated himfelf into a battle at Baugie in Anjou, on Eaiter-
Eve 142 1, and was {lain by the Earl of Buchan, (who had
brought 7000 Scots to ainft the Dauphin) widi the Lords
Lumley, Tankerville, Angus, and Rofs, who difapproved
of this rafh defign, yet terrified their duty, by obeying their
General, while living, and their valour, by accompanying
him in his death. — He married Felicia, daughter of Sir
Matthew Redman, Governor of Berwick, and had iffue
Thomas, his heir; Edmond ; and Maud, married to Sir
Henry Thirkeld, of Cumberland, Knt. l

Thomas, Lord Lumley, in 1432 (10 Henry VI.) had a SirThomas*
fpecial livery of his eftate ; was knighted for his fervices in
the wars, and concerned in divers negociations. — In 28,
29, and 31 years of Henry VI. he was one of the King's
guarantees in three feveral treaties with the King of Scots ;
and his Majefty, having experienced his fidelity, prudence
and conduct, conftituted him in 1453, Governor of^Scarbo-
rough-Caftle for life. In 35 Henry VI- he was again em-
ployed to treat with the Scots ; and two years after %^as
alfo a guarantee in another treaty. — On the acceifton of K.
Edward IV. to the crown, he petitioned the Parliament for
the reverfal of his grandfather's attainder; which was ac-
cordingly reverfed in the firft year of that King's reign, and
he had fummons to Parliament among the Barons in the 3.
7. 12. and 22 years of that King. — In 1465, he was ap-
pointed a Commimoner to treat of a marriage betwixt
lome perfon of the King's allegiance, and James, King of
Scotland ; and concerning certain mutual breaches of the
truce : About which time he was at the liege of Bamburgh-
Caftle, in Northumberland, held out, with fome other Nor-
thern garrifons, by the Lancaftrians ; and 10 Oclober 1466,
in regard of his fidelity, circumfpeclion, and induilry, was
chofen a Cominiifioner, to treat at Newcastle upon Tyne,
with the deputies of the King of Scots, concerning certain
grievances between the two nations. — He married Margaret,
daughter of Sir James Harrington, brother of Sir William
Lord- Harrington, Knight of the Garter, and dying in 1484,
had iffue George, his lucceflbr, and three daughters ; Joan,
married to Bertram Harbottle, of Northumberland ; Mar-
garet*

« Coll rj, IV. j '.1,.

256 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

garet, to Bertram Lumley, of Ravenfholm, in the bifhop-
rick of Durham*; and Elizabeth, to William Tylliot,
Efq.
Sir George. George, Lord Lumley, was honoured with knighthood
before 7. Edward IV. when he was Sheriff of Northumber-
land, as he was the fucceeding year > an office in that age of
great power and trult, the Sheriffs of that county never ac-
compting to the King in his Exchequer, until 3 K.EdwardV I.
but received the iffues and profits of their bailywick to their
own ufe, with all other debts, fines, and amerciaments,
and all emoluments accruing from alienations, intrufions,
wards, marriages, reliefs, &c. which was granted chiefly
to encourage them to be on their guard againft the Scots :
But that care being leffened by fettling the wardenfhip of
the marches, it was enacted the faid year, that the fherifls
of Northumberland, fhould account for their office, as others
did, in the Exchequer.

In 1466, (6 Edward IV.) he reprefented the faid county
in Parliament, and two years after being conftituted Sheriif
thereof, fo continued for four years fucceffively; and in
148 1, bearing the title of Lord Lumley, a treaty being
concluded between K. Edward IV. and Alexander, Duke
of Albany, brother to James III. of Scotland, who aflumed
the title of King, and whom Edward engaged to affift in
placing upon the throne ; he was a principal commander
tinder Richard, Duke of Gloucefter, the King's brother, at
the retaking of Berwick (which had been furrendered to the
Scots by Q^ Margaret, to gain a fancluary for Henry "VI.
when he was expelled England) and K. James having fhut
himfelf up in Edinburgh Cattle, he attended the Duke to
that city, who entering without oppofition, made publick
proclamation, that if he did not give the King of England,
entire fatisfa6f ion before 1 September, Scotland fhould be laid
wafte with fire and fword ', and for his valour and conduct

was

' Lodge Colkft.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 257

was made a Knight-Bannaret in Hooton-Field, 22 Augufl,
with the Lords Fitz-Hugh, Scrope of Mafham, and
others.

On the acceffion of Henry VII. he attended his Majefty
in his progrefs to the Northern parts of England ; and in
1498, (13 Henry VII.) was in an expedition with the Earl
of Surry againft the Scots, who, with their King, were be-
iieging Norham-Caftle, fituate on the Tweed, dividing the
two kingdoms ; which liege they raifed, and marching in-
to Scotland, levelled feveral fortreffes, particularly Ayton-
Caftle, one of the ftrongeft between Berwick and Edinburgh,
in fight of the Scots army; which difpofed that King, who
had efpoufed Perkin Warbeck, to give him up, to conclude
a truce for feven years, and refer the deciflon of their quar-
rel to the arbitration of K. Ferdinand and Q^ Ifabella of
Spain : But this truce being very near broken in 1499, Dy
a fkirmifh at Norham between the Englifh and Scots, in
which the latter were ufed very fcurvily, K. James demand-
ed fatisfaclion ; and while the affair was in debate, an op-
portunity was taken to treat of a marriage between that King
and the Princefs Margaret, Henry's eldeft daughter, which
taking effecl, the Crown of England was thereby carried to
the family of the Stewarts ; and the marriage being folem-
nized at Richmond, by Earl Bothwell, on St. Paul's day,
1502, Lord Lumley and his fon met the Queen at Darling-
ton, in Yorkfhire, with feveral gentlemen in his retinue
and 80 horfemen in livery, and attended her to Berwick,
where fhe was received by Sir Thomas D'Arcie, the Go-
vernor.

He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Roger Thorn-
ton, a very wealthy merchant of Newcaftle upon Tyne,
founder of the houfe of White-Friars in that town, by his
wife Elizabeth, one of the four daughters of John, Baron
of Greyftock, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Ferrers, Baron of Overfley, by Jane, daughter of John
of Gaunt, brother to K. Henry IV. and fon of John of
Gaunt, third fon to K. Edward III.- With her he had the
Lordfhips of Witton, in Northumberland, and Lulworth
and the Itle in the bifhoprick of Durham; concerning which,
great fuits andfharpcontefts arofe between his Lordfhipand
Giles Thornton, natural fon of the faid Roger, whom he
killed in the ditch of Windfor-Caftle, before the law had
decided the matter; and departing this life in 1508, he left

Vol. IV. S three

2$S LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

three fons, Thomas ; Roger (who married the daughter of
Sir Richard Ratcliffe, and had a fon of his own name); and
Ralph (or John) Lumley.

Thomas, the eldeft fon, when the three eftates of the
kingdom were fummoned to meet at Weftminfter 27 Octo-
ber 1495 ( i 1 Henry VII.) appeared on behalfof the clergy
and commonalty of the diocefs of Durham; and 14 Henry
VII. the King having called a like aifcmbly for their affent
to the peace, made with France 3 November, he and Sir
George Manners were the two fpecially deputed by
the Lords and Commons of the faid diocefs, to meet the
King and give their alfent thereto. — He died before his fa-
ther, and having married Elizabeth Plantagenet, natural
daughter of K. Edward IV. by the lady Elizabeth Lucy ',
had iflue four fons and three daughters, viz. Richard ;
John ; George ; Roger, (who had three daughters, his co-
heirs, Agnes, married to John Lambton, of Lambton, in
county of Durham ; Ifabella, to Richard Conyers, ofHor-
den, in fame county; and Margaret to Thomas Trollop,
of Thornleys, Efqrs.); Anne, married to Ralph, Lord
Ogle, of Bothal, and was mother of Robert, Lord Ogle ;
Sybil, to Sir William Hilton, Baron Hilton, of Hilton,
in the bifhoprick of Durham, whofe fon Thomas, Lord
Hilton, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir to John

Clervaux, of Cioft, Efq.; and Elizabeth to Crei-

wall, of Northumberland, Efq.
Richard. Richard, the eldeft fon, fucceeding his grandfather, had

fummons to Parliament 1 Henry VIIL and died on Tri-
nity Sunday 26 May 15 10, (2 Henry VIIDfeized of the
manor and caftle of Kilton, in the county of York, and of
the manors of Kirkby, Kendale, Heliington, Sec. He
married Anne *, daughter of Sir John Conyers, of Hornby-
Caftle, Knight of the Garter, by his wife Alice, daughter
of William Nevil, Lord Falconbridge, and Earl of Kent,
and had two fons and two daughters; John, his heir, then
18 years of age ; Anthony, anceftor to the Vifcount Lum-
ley ; the eldeft daughter, married to Richard Grey ; and

the younger! to Conyers, of Scarborough.

John,

* O.i the monument at Cheam, in Surry, for John Lord Lumley, ftie is
calkd Anne-, daughter of William Lord Coigniers. (Collins IV, ii<j. a.)

'Collins IV. 113.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 259

John, Lord Lumley, in 15 13, (when James IV. of John-
Scotland, invaded the kingdom of his brother-in-law,
Henry VIII. whilft he was at the fiege of Therouenne, in
France, and made himfelf matter of Norham-Caftle) brought
a considerable ftrength to the Earl of Surry, Lieutenant of
the North, who had marched to York with 500 men only,
and was a principal commander of the van- guard in the bat-
tle ofFlodden-Field (fought 9 September) where the King
of Scotland fell, and his army was defeated. — In 6 Henry
VIII. he was fummoned to Parliament, as Lord Lumley,
and the enfning year had livery of his inheritance. In 1520
he was prefent at the meeting between his Sovereign and
the Emperor Charles V. at Canterbury ; and croifmg the feas
the fame year, attended the King to his interview with Francis
King of France, between Ardres and Guifnes.— In 1523,
he was in the army under the Earl of Shrewfbury, to invade
Scotland, had not a peace enfaed ; and the next year, in
the expedition under the Earl of Surry againft the Scots,
who, with a iupply of 3 ceo foot and 1200 men at arms
from France, having entered England were put to flight,
with the lofs of Jedburgh and other places. — In 1530, he
had fummons to that Parliament, which gave the fiift ftroke
to the dilfolution of the monafteries in England ; and the
next year figned that memorable letter to Pope Clement VII.
intimating, that unlefs he complied with the King in his
divorce from Q^ Catharine, his elder brother's widow, the
acknowledgment of his fupremacy in England would be
much endangered : But notwithstanding this, in 1537, he
was among the chief of thofe Northern Lords, who ap-
peared in the infurre6Hon, called The Pilgrimage of Grace ;
and a pardon being offered by the Duke of Norfolk, Ge-
neral of the army lent to fupprefs them, he was delegated
to treat with the Duke at Doncafter, and fo well accommo-
dated matters, that all concerned in the tumult were per-
mitted to repair to their refpective habitations, without be-
ing queftioned for their oifence, which was confirmed by
the King.

He married Joan, daughter of Henry, Lord Scrope of
Bolton, by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Percy, Earl of
Northumberland, by whom he had an only fon George,
who being engaged in an infurreclion with the Lord Darcy,
Sir Thomas Percy brother to the Earl of Northumberland,
and others, was apprehended with tnem, committed to the

S 2 Tower,

26o LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY/

Tower, arraigned at Weftminfter in June 1537, before the
Marquefs of Exeter, High Steward of England, and being
found guilty of high treafon, furfered death. — Having mar-
ried Jane, fecond daughter and coheir to Sir Richard Knight-
ley, of Upton, in county of Northampton, Knt. by Jane,
daughter of Sir John Spencer, Knt. he left iffue by her.,
who remarried with John Knottesford, of Malvern Priory
in county of Worcefter l , John, fucccflbr to his grandfa-
ther; Jane, married to Geffrey Mark ham, Efq. who died
childlefs ; and Barbara, firft to Humphrey Lloyd, of Den-
bigh, Efq- the Antiquary of Wales*; and fecondly to
William Williams, of Cloghwillane, in Wales, Efq.
John. John, Lord Lumley, the only fon, was an infant at his

grandfather's death ; but, upon his petition 1 Edward VI.
letting forth, <c that he was a perfon in lineage and blood
<c corrupted, and deprived of all degree, eftate, name,
(i fame, &c. by reafon of his father's attainder;" it was
ena6ted, cc That he and the heirs male of his body fhould
cc have, hold, enjoy and bear the name, dignity, ftate and
<c preheminence of a Baron of England." — On 29 Septem-
ber 1553, two days before the coronation of Q^ Mary, he
was made a Knight of the Bath, being firft knighted by
the Earl of Arundel, his father-in-law, Lord Steward of
the Houfhold, commilfioned by the Queen to confer that
honour. He and his lady attended the coronation ; he
amongft the Barons, and fhe, one of the fix principal la-
dies dreffed in crimfon velvet, that fat in the third chariot of
ftate ; next to whom rode ten ladies in the like drefs, their
horfes trapped with the fame;coaches in that age notbeing ufed
by any of the nobility, and, as Stowe relates, were not brought

into

* Hk was the only fon of Robert Lloyd, otherwife Roffindalle, of Denbigh,
Efq. and had iffue Henry Lloyd, of Cheam, in Suiry, Elq. who by Mary,
daughter or' Robert Prowe, of Bromfield, :n Ellex. had Henry, his heir, wh»
mar ud 1 abs_lla, daughter of Sir Ifham Parkyns, of Bunney, in Nottingham-
fhlre, and had Henry Lloyd, of Cheam, Liq. who died 3 December 1704,
set. 66, leaving ny Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Goodwin, of Stretham,
E q. (who died in November 1705, and was buried with him in the church of
Ch.am) th _ed >ughter<, Elizab"th,Sufan, and Catharine, and one Ion Dr. Robert
Lumley Lloyd, R-dlor of Covent-Gardcn, who in 1723, laid claim to the
anc enc Bnr ny of Lumley, but which claim was not allowed by the Houie of
Lords, and he died in November 1730.

' Collins. IV. 125.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. *6r

, into England till the year 1564. She alio rode in the pro-
cellion at the funeral of that Queen ; and his Lordfhip 24
April 1556, with the Lord Talbot, introduced Ofep Na-
pea, Ambaffador from the Emperor of Ruifia, to his au-
dience of leave, who brought rich prefents from his
mailer, and concluded a treaty of amity and commerce,
being the firft AmbaiTador to England, from that
Court.

In 1559 (1 Elizabeth) he was appointed a Commimoner
to receive the claims of fuch, as held of the Queen by the
tenure of Grand Serjeanty, and were required to perform
their refpeclive fervices at her coronation. In 1566 he was
employed to treat with Cofmo Medicis, Duke of Florence,
about the fum of 1 125c!. due to K Henry VIII. which the
Queen received with intereft. — In 1570, he was taken into
cuftody, with hlr father-in-law, for being privy to divers
tranfacYions relating to the Queen of Scots, and to her de-
figned marriage with the Duke of Norfolk ; but in 1587,
he was commifuoned with other Lords, for the trial of that
Queen, and fat in judgment on her in Fotheringay-Caftle;
being alfo the following year in the commiffion for the trial
of Secretary Davifon, for contempt towards the Queen,
breach of his allegiance, and neglccl of his duty, in fending
the warrant for putting the Queen of Scots to death, with-
out her Majefty's knowledge ; and the commiffioners dif-
fering in their fentiments about him and his punifhment, his
Lordfhip declared, that the fentence was juftly pronounced
againft that Queen ; but that never in any age was there
fuch a contempt againft a Prince heard or read of, that the
Queen's Council, in the Queen's palace, in the Council-
Chamber, near the Queen, who was, as it were, Preiident
of the Council, fhould refoive upon a matter of fuch con-
fequence, without her advice or knowledge, when both they
and Davifon might have had fo eafy acceis to her : Protcft-
ing, that if he had but one only fon, and he were in the
fame fault, he would cenfure him to be feverely puniihed.
But being perfuaded of the man's ingenuous and honeft in-
tention, he would iniiicl no heavier punifhment upon him,
than the reft had done before ; which was, that he fhould
be fined io,oool. and impriibned during the Queen's
pleafure ; to which the majority of the. commifnoners af-
fented.

26a LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

In 1582, his Lordfhip and the learned Richard Cald-
well, M. D. founded a publick lecture in chirurgery, to
be read in the college of phyficians, to begin 6 May 1584,
and to continue for ever, twice a week, viz. on Wednes-
day and Friday. — In 44 Eliza, he was one of the Peers for
the trial of Robert Devereux, Earl of Eifex ; and on the
accefiion of K. James I. appointed one of the Commimoners
for fettling the claims at his coronation, and making Kn-ghts
of the Bath. — He was, as Camden writes, " a perfon of
" entire virtue, integrity, and innocence, and in his old
c< age a complete pattern of true nobility ; had ib great a
" veneration for the memory of his anceftors, that he cauied
" monuments to be erected for them in the collegiate
" church of Chefter, on the ftreet (oppofite to Lumley-
cc Caftle) in order, as they Succeeded one another, from
" Liulphus, down to his own time ; which he had either
cc picked out oi the demolished monafteries, or made new."

. Having no iifue, he took care that his eftate fhould de-

fcend to one of his own name and hlood, by his laft will,
which he made 28 January 1605, and by deeds of Settle-
ment. By his will, he ordered his body to be buried in
the church of Cheam in Surry, whereof he was patron, with
as little extraordinary charge, as conveniently might be ;
and bequeaths to his kinfman and heir male Richard, fon
and heir apparent to Roger Lumley, Efq. fon of Anthony,
brother to John, Lord Lumley, his grandfather, his caftle
of Lumley, and all Such manors, &c. as be had made a
leafe of in truft, 20 February 1594; and ordered 200I. to
be distributed amongntiie poor.

He married firft Jane, elder daughter and coheir to Henry
Fitz-Alan, the laft Earl of Arundel, of that Surname, who
die! 25 February 15-9, act. 08. (the other daughter Mary
being married to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, the
Earldom of Arundel ftill Subbfts in that illuftrio-uS family)
and had iffue Charles, Thomas, and Mary, who died in-
fants, and lie buried with their mother in the chancel at
Cheam. His Second wife was Elizabeth, only daughter of
John, Lord D'Arcie, of Chich, in EfTex, and lifter to
Thomas, created Earl Rivers, who furvived him without
iffue and lies buried at Cheam, under an arch of white
marble, Supported with white fluted pilafters, with her effi-
gies

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. %6$

gies lying at full length, and over her, in capitals this in-
fcription :

Elizabethae nobili Darccorum Familia
Oriunda, Johanni Baroni de Chiche unica
Filia, Johanni Baroni de Lumley fecunda
Conjux, omni Virtutam et Honoris fplendore
Cumulata, Corporis reli qui as huic Monu:
:mento, Animam multo pretiofifnmam bea:
rtorum Sedibus Paradili Gaudiis commendavit.

HisLordfhip deceafed 10 April 1609, set 76, and was bu-
ried in the vault with his firft lady, having a noble monu-
ment of white marble erected to his memoiy, againft the
north-eaft fide of the chancel, adorned with the arms of the
feveral families his anceftors had married into, with a long
infcription*, exprefling his virtuous qualities and high de-
fcent, concluding with thefe lines ;

Confcia Mens Reeli, Mentis fpes, Anchora San6be

Spei chara Mater, vel Soror alma Fides,

Praefentis Vitae Comitefque Ducefque fuere,

iEternae Vitae pignora certa manenu

The ancient Barony of Lumley being thus extinguifhed, Anthony.
we muft return to Anthony Lumley, Efq. younger fon of
Richard, Lord Lumley, by Anne, niter to William, Lord
Conyers, anceftor to the Vifcount Lumley, as before ob-
ferved. — He married the daughter of Richard Gray, of
Northumberland, Efq. and was father of Roger Lumley, Roger.

who by Anne, daughter of Kurtwyche, Efq. left

Richard, his heir; George; and John l ; and feveral daugh-
ters, one of whom was married to Sir John Conyers of
Horden, in the bifhoprick of Durham ; and Elizabeth, to
Sir William Langley, of Higham-Gobions, in Bedford-
Hi ire,

* Againft the Eaft w.tII of the chancel is very curicufly painted on a
wooden tablet, his Lordfhip's Bull; which, with a figure of the monument
and the inlciipt on at large, may be fcen in Sandh,rd% Genealogical hifloiy
of the K ngs and Queens of England, folio, p. 44a, 4Z3. Edit. 1707.

* Collins. IV. 131.

264 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

fhire, and of Stainton, in Yorkfhire, created a Baronet 29
May 1 64 1, and was mother of Sir Roger Langley, who
fucceeded to the title in 165 1, and refided at Sheriff-Hutton-
Park, in the county of York.
SirRichard, Sir Richard, who fucceeded his father, was the chief heir
1 male of the family, after the deceafe of John, Lord Lum-
Vifcount. Yeyf 'm J6C9, and inherited the greater! part of the eftate,
by his Lordfhip's deed of fettlement and laft will. — On 19
July 16 16, he was knighted at Theobalds, by K. James I.
created Lord Vifcount Lumley, of Waterford, by pa-
tent, bearing date 12 July 1628 ; and 4 November 1634,
took his feat in the Houfe of Peers ' . — In the time of the civil
war he adhered to the King, and made his houfe of Lumley-
Caftle, a garrifon ; was a principal commander under
Prince Rupert, with whom he marched into the Weft of
England ; was at the liege of Biiftol, and remained there
when it was furrendered to the Parliament forces 10 Sep-
tember 1645, he afterwards compounded for his eftate at
the fum of 1955b 10s. 2. He was alio among thofe loyal
Peers, who fubferibed a memorable declaration juft before
the meeting of that Parliament, which reftoredK. Charles II.
and which very much contributed to it, by appealing the
minds of many, who had incurred guilt.

He manned Frances, daughter of Henry Shelley, of
Warminghurrl-Park, in Suflex, Eiq. and by her who died
in February 1657, and was buried in Weft minfter- Abbey,
had one fon John, and a daughter Julia, married firft to
Alexander Jermyn, of Lordington, in Suflex, Eiq. (by whom
fixe had Frances, firft married to Francis, fon and heir to Sir
Henry More ; and fecondly to John Shuckburgh, of Bar-
ton, in Warwickfhire, Eiq.) and by her fecond hufband,
Sir Chriftopher Conyers, of Horden, in the palatinate of
Durham 3, Bart, had alfo an only daughter Julia, firft mar-
ried to Sir William Blacket, of Newcaftle, and of Wel-
lington, in Northumberland, Bart, and fecondly, to Sir
- William Thompfon, Recorder of London, and Baron of
the court of Exchequer.

John Lumley, Efq. the only fon, married Mary, fecond
of the three daughters and coheirs to Sir Henry Compton,
of Bramble-Teigh, in Suflex, Knight of the Bath (youngeft
fon of Henry, the firft Lord Compton, anceftor to the Earl

> Lords Jour. I. %6. 2 Collins, IV, 131. 3 id. ^z.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY, 26^

of Northampton) by Cicely, daughter of Robert Sackvilie,
Earl of Dorfet, and dying in 1658 (before his father, who
lies buried with his kinfman John, Lord Lumley, at Cheam)
was interred 9 October, in the church of St. Martin's,
London, having ifTue two fons and three daughters, Richard ;
Henry ; Elizabeth, married to Richard Cotton, of Water-
gate, in Suii'ex Efq. ; Frances ; and Anne, who died un-
married.

Henry Lumley, Efq. the younger fon, embraced a mili-
tary life; was a very brave and good officer ; ferved in the
wars of Ireland, at the revolution; and 10 Auguft 1692,
was made Colonel of the King's regiment of horfe, on the
death of Sir John Lanier, at Steenkirk, in which flation he
diftinguifhed himfelf in feveral campaigns, particularly at
the battle of Landen, where his regiment, by the noble
Jiand they made, faved the King from being taken prifoner.
On 7 May 1694, he was made a Major-General, and ferved
under the Duke of Marlborough, during the courfe of
Q^ Anne's wars ; by whom 24 February 1702-3 ', he was
constituted a Lieutenant-General, and in April 1703,
Governor of Jerfey, being alfo in January 17 10, made
a Lieutenant-General of the horfe in Flanders, as he
was again 5 April 17 12; and appointed 12 Decem-
ber 17 14, of the board of general officers for the regulation
of the army. — He married flrft Elizabeth, daughter of

Thimbleby, of the county of Lincoln, Efq. and

fecondly, in July 17 13, Anne, daughter of Sir William
Wifeman, of Great Canfield-Hall, in ElTex, Bart, bv his
fecond wife Arabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Hewet, of
Piiliiobury, in Hertfordfhire, Bart, lifter and heir to George,
Lord Vifcount Hewet, of Gowran, in whole family-vault
at Sabridgeworth, they lie buried under a neat marble mo-
nument, thus inicribed :

Here licth
The Honourable Henry Lumley, Efq.
Only brother to Richard, Earl of Scarborough,
Who was in every battle, and at every liege,
As Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, or General of the Horic
With King William, or the Duke of Marlborough,
In twenty campaigns in Ireland, Flanders and
Germany, where he was honoured, efteemed and
Beloved by our own armies, by our allies, and even

1 Gx)]jinr, IV. xi%.

6 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

By the enemies, for his lingular politenefs and
Humanity, as well as for all his military virtues
And Capacity.

He fat long in Parliament [for Arundel]
Always zealous for the honour of the crown, and
For the good of his country, and knew no party, but
That of truthj , juftice and honour.

He died Governor of the Iile of Jerfey the
i3th of October 1722, in the 63d year of his age.

Here lieth alfo
Mrs. Frances Lumley, his only dear and beloved
Child, of great beauty and greater hopes, who
Died the 13th of Oclober 17 19, in the 6th year of
Her age; iometime the joy, then the anguifli of

Her fond parents.

Here lieth alfo
Dame Anne Lumley, daughterof Sir William
"VVifeman, Bart. ofCanfield, in EfTex, who fet
Up this monument in 1723, in memory of the
Beit of huibands, and her dear child, near whom

She wyas depohted, An°. 1736-7.
She died on the 4th of March 1736-7 in an
Advanced age. She was a lady polleffed of all
Thofe amiable qualifications, which adorn her
Sex, and rendered her, wThiift living, the delight
Of all thofe, who had the happinefs of her
Acquaintance, by whom her death was greatly
Lamented, as well as by the poor, to whom (he
Was, living and dying, a moft bountiful

Benefaclrefe.

Vifcount.

Richard Richard, the fecond Vifcount Lumley, who fucceeded
4 his grandfather, having all the advantages of education, at
home and abroad, rendered himfelf fo acceptable from his
iirft fetting out in the world, that he vras particularly taken
notice of by K. Charles II. and diftinguifhed amongft the
molt polite men of that polite age. — On 1 1 September
1680, he was appointed Matter of the Horfe to Q^ Catha-
rine, and in that ftation fo far recommended himfelf, that
the King, in coniideration of his great merit, approved

fidelity

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 267

fidelity and high defcent, advanced him to the Feerage of
England, by the title of Baron of Luriiley-Caftle, in the
county of Durham, 31 May 1681, with limitation of the
honour to the heirs-male of his brother, but was not intro-
duced in the Englifh Parliament, until 19 May 1685 J.

On the Duke of Monmouth's iniurrecfion in the Weft,
he was appointed (31 July 1685; to the command of the
King's regiment of carbiniers, and had a principal fhare in
the vicro.y of Sedgemore ; the Duke, with his companions
the German Count, and the Lord Grey, being by his vigi-
lance difcovered, furrendered pri loners to his Lordfhip.
Neverthelefs, when he obferved that K. James's delign was
to introduce Popery, and to fubvert theeftabhfhed laws of
the country, he forfook the Court ; appeared on the behalf
of the feven Bifhops at their trial; and was among the chief
of the nobility, who had the courage to confuit with Mr-
Dykvelt (whom the Prince of Orange entrufted to manage
his arTairs in England) and to concert fuch meafures, as
might be fit for the Prince to govern himfelf by ; and often
met at the Earl of Shrewfoury's to confuit how to proceed;
and drew the declaration, on which they advifed his High-
nefs to engage; being alfo chiefly entrufted hy the Earl of
Orford, who went to Holland, and had the Prince's direc-
tion for the management ot the revolution.

When matters were concluded, the Lords of Devonshire,
Danby, and Lumley undertook for the North; and retiring
into their refpeclive counties, his Lordfhip, by his interefl:
and friends, fecured the important town of Newcaftle,
which declared for the Prince foon after his landing. Pie
was no lefs instrumental, by his arguments in Parliament,
in gaining the vote, that theThrone was vacant, and that the
Prince and Princefs of Orange fhould be declared King and
Queen of England. For which fervices, the day after their
proclamation ( 14 February 1688) hewasfworn of the Privy
Council, declared a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber,
and 2 April 1687, made Colonel of the firft Troop of Florfe-
Guards ; being aLo, before their coronation, created Vif-
count Lumley, of Lumley-Caftle, by patent, dated 10
April 1689; and further advanced 15 April 1690, to the
title of Earl of Scarborough.

On 16 January 1689, he attended K. William into Ire-
land; was at the battle of the Boyne ; waited on his Ma-

jeity

» Collins, IV. 1 33.

*65 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

jefty to the great Congrefs of Princes at the Hague, and re-
turned with him to England. In 169 1, he went again to
Holland, and attended the King in his campaigns in Flan-
ders until the peace of Ryfwick ; was made a Major-Ge-
neral 1 April 1692; Lieutenant-General, 24 October 1694;
and in that reign was L. L. and C. Rot. of the county Palatine
of Durham, county of Northumberland, the town and
county of Newcaftle upon Tyne, and V ice-Admiral of thole
fea-coafts ; in which ports he was continued by Q^ Anne,
until he religned them on 20 April 17 12; ofwhofe Privy
Council he was fworn 10 May 1708 ; was one of the Com-
miffioners to treat of a union between England and Scotland ;
and Surveyor of the cuftoms and fubiidies, inwards and
outwards, in the port of London. — On the acceffion of K.
George I. his Lordfhip was one of the Peers, entrufted by
his Majefty with the Government, until his arrival, his
name being written with the King's own hand ; and 1 Oc-
tober 17 14, he was fworn of the Privy Council ; appointed
(the 9) L. L. of the counties of Durham and Northumber-
land ; constituted, 21 November, one of the Court-Martial,
to examine into the ftate of the army, to fettle the Seniority
of the feveral regiments, and the ranks and claims of the
officers; and 9 March 17 15-16, made Chancellor of the
dutchy of Lnc after, which he rehgned in May 17 17, and
thereupon had a grant (the 31) of the office of Vice-Trea-
furer, Receiver and Pay mafter- General, and Treafurer at
War in Ireland, jointly with Matthew Ducie Morton,.
Efq.— He departed this life by an apoplexy 17 De-
cember 1 72 1, and was buried, with his anceftors, in the
church of Chefter in the Street ; and having married Fran-
ces, daughter and heir to Sir Henry Jones, of Alton, in the
county of Oxford, who diftinguifhed himfelf and was {lain
in. the wars of Flanders (whole wife was Frances, lifter to
Thomas, Earl of Faiconberg) inherited in her right, among
other lands, the manor of Farmington, in Gloucefterfhire ;
and by her, who was a Lady of the Bedchamber to their
Majefties, Mary and Anne, and died 26 November 1737,
had iflue feven Ions and four daughters, viz.
H) Henry, Lord Lumley, elecied to Parliament in 1702 for

the county of SufYex, and in 1709, for the borough of Arun-
del, who died of the fmall-j.ox 24 July 17101, and

was

» Collins, IV. 13^.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. ao>

was buried with his grandfather at St. Martin's in the
Fields.

Richard, who fucceeded to the honours. (O

William, killed at fea, in the Mediterranean, 9 April (3)
1709, having both his legs fhot off, on board the Mary-
Galley.

Thomas, who alfo fucceeded to the honours. (4)

Charles, who in May 1724, was made Groom of the \$)
Bed-Chamber to K. George II. when Prince of Wales 5
ferved in Parliament for Chichefter, and died 1 1 Auguft

1728.

John, appointed 5 December 1728, Grocm of the Bed- (*}
Chamber to his Royal Highnefs Frederick, Prince of Wales;
chofen 23 February 1727, Member of Parliament for Arun-
del, in SufTex ; was a Captain in General Honeywoods
dragoons, whence in November 173 1, he was promoted
to a company in the Coldftream Regiment of Foot-Guards;
was made 23 April 1734, Avenar and Clerk-Martial of the
King's Stables, and in 1*736, Gentleman of the Horfe fee
his Majefty ; but died in London 16 October 1739, and
was buried near his brother Heniy.

James, chofen in February 1728, Member of Parliament (7)
for Chichefter, and in May 1741, for Arundel ; appointed
in May 1727, Equerry to the King, and in 1736, fucceed-
ed his brother John, as Avenar and Clerk-Martial, being
alfo Groom of the Bed-Chamber to Frederick, Prince of
Wales; and died 14 March 1766, unmarried.

Daughter, Lady Mary was married to George, Earl of (1)
Hallifax, and died 10 September 1726, in the 35 year of
her age.

Lady Barbara, in Auguft 17 16, to the Hon. Charles (2)
Leigh, of Leighton-Beaudefert, in the county of Bedford,
brother of Thomas, Lord Leigh, which county he repre-
fented in two Parliaments, and died 28 July 1749, and Hie
died 4 January 1755, without i Hue.

Lady Anne, in October 1727, was made a Lady of the jjj
Bed-Chamber to the Princefs Anne, and in 1735, -to the
PrincerTes Amelia and Caroline; 19 February 1738, fhe
became fecond wife to Frederick Frankland, Efq. late
Member of Parliament for Thirik, in the county of York,
a Commiiuoner of the Revenue in Ireland^ and a Commii-

lionei

VlicounU

270 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

ilonerof Excife in England, brother to Sir Thomas Frank-
land, Bart.; and deceafing 29 February 1739-40, was bu-
ried 4 March, with her brother the Earl of Scarborough,
in St. George's Chapel, Audley-Street.
(4) Lady Henrietta, died unmarried in 17571.

Rxhard Richard, the third Vifcount Lumley, from the feventh
3 year of Q. Anne's reign, ferved in Parliament for the bo-
roughs of Eaft-Grinfted and Arundel; and 10 February
17 10, received from her Majefty a Captain's commiflion in
the army. On 21 September 17 14, he was appointed a
Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to George, Prince of
Wales, and in November, M after of the Horfe, being 8
February following, made Colonel of the firft Troop of
Grenadier Guards, which he refigned in December 17 17.
On 10 March 17 14, he was fummoned by writ to the Eng-
lifh Houfe of Peers; was nominated 20 June 17 15, one of
the Commiihoners for eftablifhing the houfhold of the
Prince and Princefs of Wales ; and 2 May it 21, had the
honour to repreient his Royal Highnefs Erneft-Auguftus,
Duke of York, at the baptifm of William, Duke of Cum-
berland.— On 26 December that year he fucceeded his fa-
ther, as L. L. and C. Rot. of Northumberland and New-
caftle ; and 22 June 1722* was conftituted Colonel of the
ieconct regiment of foot guards ; was eleeled 4 July 1724,
a Knight of the Garter, and inffalled 28 at Windlor; ap-
pointed 14 June 1727, Matter of the Horfe to his Majefty,
which he reiigned 22 February i"33 ; was Iworn of his
Privy Council; and in September 172'-, made L. L. and
C. Rot. of Northumberland, anciV ice-Admiral of the county of
Durham. — On 18 December 1^35, he was made a Major-
Gcneral; and 2 July 1739, a Lieutenant- General ; but died*

unmarried

* His L >rdfhip*s character is thus drawn by amalteily pen, 'n 2 pamphlet,
written on the occaficn of his death, intituled, The Court Secret* a Melancholy
Truth. " There wat yet about the Sul any one man of the r^ce oi Ah Ebn.
*' Azra, who {coined the V.zicr as much ?s he loved his Sovereign ; who
*' Teemed to be left a an example to the Great , or all the virtues th' y ought
44 to imitate ; fond of fame, but more of virtue ; loyal, but not for reward ;
44 free in the delivery of truth, but gentle in the m inner ; m< deft in defend-
44 ing himfelf, re'olute in the defence < f others ; n t void of human frailties,
44 but not too proud to acknowledge them •, incapable of flattery, though to
44 oblige the woman he loved, or temporize with the Pr:nce he revered ; of
*4 fucb. exemplary honour, that no confederation, though of life ttfelf, was of

44 any

* Collins, IV. 13S.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. 2^1

unmarried 29 January following, and was fucceedcd by his
brother.

Sir Thomas Lumley-Saunderfon, the fourth VifcountSirThomas,
Lumley, who in feveral Parliaments reprcfented the v- 4 .
county of Lincoln ; was elecled 25 May 1725, a Knight-
Companion of the Order of the Bath ; appointed in 1721,
Envoy-Extraordinary to the King of Portugal ; and 28 No-
vember that year, Clerk of the dutchy Court of Lancafter; 28
November 1728, was chefen Knight of the {hire for Lin-
coln ; alfo in May 1738, was made Treafurer of the Houf-
hold to the Prince of Wales, and Steward of the Lordfhip
ofKirton, in Lindfey, Lincolnfhire; was one of the prin-
cipal Surveyors of the port of London ; was a Commiifion-
er of the navy ; and Lieutenant-Colonel to a regiment of
foot, raifed to fupprefs the late rebellion. — On 2Z May
1723 James Saunderfon, Earl of Caftleton, dying at Rich-
mond without ilfue, 3et. 56. bequeathed his eftate to him, on
condition that he took and ufed the name of Saunderfon,
which he did by a6t of Parliament. — He married the Lady
Frances Hamilton1, fecond daughter of George, laft Earl
of Orkney, and by her, who was a Lady of the Bed-
chamber to the Princefs of Wales, had iffue Richard,
Lord Lumley; George, who died 11 December 1739; and
three daughters, Lady Anne ; Lady Frances, married in
June 1753, to Peter Ludlow, of Ardfallagh, county of
Meath, Efq. who was created Earl Ludlow; and Lady
Henrietta, who died 6 November 1747, aged 16.

His Lordfhip departed this life 15 March 1752, and was
fucceeded by his only fon,

Richard,

u any weight in the fcale againft it : In a word, he was in ail thing- the rc-
44 verle of the Vizier; and therefore, until he w». undone, the Fixitr aev^r
•« thought himfelf iafe."

His Epitaph.

** W:th the befr. Virtues of a private State ;
With the belt Talents of the truly Great ; .
In Courts he liv'd without one flivifh Fear,
Nor loft the Briton in the Britijb Peer ;
HonoiirM and lov'd by all the World b.fide,
One Man accus'd him, and the bale on« hed,"

Ulfter's Office.

a72 LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY.

Richard, Richard, the fifth Vifcount, who in July 1765, was
W oh t aPP°*nted Cofferer of his Majefty's Houfhold, and on the
12 of fame month, fworn of his Majefty's Moll Honoura-
ble Privy Council, in Great Britain, his Lordfhip was al-
fo Deputy Earl-Marfhal of England, to Edward, ninth
Duke of Norfolk, Colonel of a battalion of the Lincoln-
fhire Militia, at the General Eleelion in 1774, he was
chofen to reprefent the city of Lincoln, and jo April 1782,
was appointed one of the joint Vice Treafurers of Ireland ;
12 December 1752, he married Barbara, lifter to Sir George
Savile, of Thornhill and Rufford, in county of York, Bart,
and deceafed 12 May 1782, having had by her who died
at Bath in January 1773, fix fons and two daughters,
viz.

(1) George-Auguftus, who fucceeded to the honours.

^ Richard, born 3 April 1757, to whom his uncle Sir

George Savile bequeathed his eftates5 on condition of hi*
taking the lirname of Savile.

(3) Thomas-Charles, born zz June 1760, now in Holy-
Orders.

(4) J°hn- .
f5) Frederick.

/,6y William, born 28 Auguft 1769.

*t\ Lady Frances-Barbara-Ludlow, born 25 February 1756,

died young.

{%) Lady Mary- Arabella, born 1 June 17581.

George- George-Auguftus, the lixth and prefent Vifcount, who

Auguftus, was born 22 September 1753, and was baptized 24 Oc-

.„ 6 tober following, his prefent Majefty (then Prince of Wales)

the Princefs Augufta, and the Marquefs of Harrington,

after Duke of Devonfhire, being fponfors.

Titles.] George-Auguftus Lumley-Saunderfon, Earl

of Scarborough, Vifcount Lumley, of Waterford, and

Vifcount and Baron Lumley, of Lumley-Caftle.

Creation. J V. Lumley, of Wraterford, 12 July

1628, 4 Car. I. B. Lumley, of Lumley-Caftle, in the Bi-

jhoprick sf Durham, 31 Mav 168 1, 33 Car. II. V. of the

fame

CtllinsIV. 138. aad Suppl«ment.

LUMLEY, Viscount LUMLEY. %n

fame place, 10 April 1689, 1 Will, and Mary; and E.
of Scarborough, in the county of York, 15 April 1690,
3 Will, and Mary.

Arms.] Pearl, a Fefs, Ruby, between three Parrots,
Emerald, collared, as the fccond, being the bearing of the
ancient Barons, Thweng, and were aflumed by Sir Mar-
maduke Lumley, fon of Sir Robert Lumley and Ifabel
Thweng; the ancient arms of Lumley, being Ruby, 6
Martlets, Pearl.

Crest.] On a Wreath, in her neft, proper^ a Pe-
lican feeding her young, Pearl, vulned, proper, as the
firft.

Supporters.] Two Parrots with wings expanded.
Emerald, Beaks and Members, Ruby.

Motto. J Murus jEneus Conscientia Sa-
na.

Seats.] Lumley-Caftle, in county of Durham, 196
miles from London. Stanfted, in Suffex, 56 miles from
London ; and Sandbeck, near Tickhill, in the Weft Riding,
of Yorkfhire.

Vol. IV, T SMYTHE,

t *74 )

SMYTHE, Viscount STRANGFORD.

9 XT I S Lordfhip derives his defcent from John Smythe, of
John. Corfham, in Wiltfhiie, Efq. (whofe anceftors were of
good antiquity in that county) living there in the reign of
Thomas. Henry VIII. who left ifTue Thomas, his heir, and a daugh-
ter Elizabeth. — Thomas Smythe, Efq. removed from Cor-
fham, into the county of Kent, and feated himfelf at Often-
hanger, now generally called Weftenbanger, which he pur-
chased in Q^ Elizabeth's reign, from Sir Thomas Sack-
ville, and very much improved, by augmenting the build-
ings of the houfe, &c. which had been damaged by fire.
He alfo purchafed the manor of Poftling, from Sir Antho-
ny Aucher; Halden from Robert, Earl of Leicefter; and
the manor of North-Afh, which lafthe fettled on his fecond
fbn : and being cuftomer, or farmer of the cuftoms in that
reign, acquired a very coniiderable eitate, which he fur-
ther increafed by his marriage with Alice, daughter and heir
to Sir Andrew Judd, of Afhford, in the fame county, ^here-
by obtaining the manors of Afhford, and Wefture ; and
deceafing 7 June 159 1, was buried in the church of Afh-
ford, leaving three fons and three daughters.

(1) Sir John, anceftorto the Lord Strangford.

(2) Sir Thomas Smythe, of North-Afhe, (by his father's fet-
Family tlement) who purchafing from the Lord Berkeley, in the

fi-*h°f hrei§n °f James E tke manor of Bidborough, in Kent, made
it the place of his reiidence. — He was alfo cuftomer to Q^
Elizabeth after his father's death, and had fuch a fhare in
the favour of her faccelfor K. James, that 19 March 1604,
he fent him Ambaifador to the Emprefs of RufTia ; after his
return from which honourable employ, he was made Gover-
nor of the fociety of Merchants, trading to the Eaft-Indies,
Mufcovy, the French and Summer Iflands, and Treafurer
for the colonies and companies of Virginia. During this
appointment, he relided at Deptford, where his magnifi-
cent houfe was burned $o January 16 18 ; io that in April

following,

SMYTHE, Viscount STRANGFORD. 27$

following, he refigned thofe employments. — He married
Sarah, daughter and heir to William Blount, Efq. and by
her who became the fecond wife of Sir Robert Sidney, the
firft Earl of Leicefter, had iffue two fons; the elder of
whom, Sir John Smythefucceeded him at Bidborough; was
alfo farmer of the cuftoms ; and married the Lady Jfabella
Rich, youngefi daughter of Robert, the firft Earl of War-
wick, by his firft wife the Lady Penelope Devereux, daugh-
ter of Waiter, Earl of EfTex, and left Robert S my the, Efq.
his fucceifor at Bidborough, who was alfofeated at Sutton-*
at-Hone, and at Bounds in Kent, and 8 July 165 z, married
the Lady Dorothy Sidney, eldeft daughter of Robert, the
fecond Earl of Leicefter, ( by the Lady Dorothy Percy, eld-
eft daughter of Henry, the ninth Earl of Northumberland,
by the Lady Dorothy Devereux, his wife, daughter of
Walter, Earl of EiTex) and widow of Henry, Earl of Sun-
derland, and had Robert Smythe, Efq. Governor of Do-
ver-Caftle, who married Catharine, daughter of William
Stafford, of Blatherwick, in the county of Northampton,
Efq. and had Henry his heir, father of Sir Sidney-Stafford
Smythe, of Bounds, Knt. appointed in 1750, one of the
Barons of the Exchequer in England, whofe wife was Sa-
rah, eldeft daughter of Sir Charles Farnaby, of Kipping-
ton, in Kent, Bart. — The younger ion of Sir Thomas
Smythe, of Bidborough, and Sarah Blount, in November
1618, marrying the daughter of Charles Blount, Lord
Mountjoy and Earl of Devonfhire, by the aforefaid Lady
Penelope, Countefs of Warwick, without the confent of
his father, left England about the middle of July fol-
lowing, upon fome difcontent, without taking leave either of
father or wife.

Sir Richard Smythe, who married Jane, daughter and (3)
heir to John White, of London, Efq. who dying in 1607,
lies buried in the parifh church of St. Stephen, Coleman-
ftreet, (to the poor whereof he gave iool. a year, for pro-
vilion of fea-coal) where, on a pillar in the choir, is
erecled a handfome monument, with this infcrip-
tion :

Here lieth Dame Jane, Daughter and fole Heir of
John White of this Parifh, Efq. firft married
To Samuel Thornhill of Bromley in the county
of Kent, Efq . by whom fire had ifTue two fons,

T 2, Timothy

2$$ SMYTHE Viscount STRANGFORD.

Timothy and John, and one daughter named
Elizabeth. She fecondly married Sir Richard
Smythe, Knt. fon of Thomas Smythe of Oftenhanger
In the county of Kent, Efq. and had iffue by
Him one but daughter named Mary. The laid
Dame Jane died the 13th of October 1507, being
About the age of 33 years.

In whofe remembrance her laid huiband
Caufed this monument to be made, 1608.

/,) Daughter Catharine, was the fecond wife of Sir Row-

land Hayward, Lord Mayor of London, who died 5 De-
cember 1593, having iflue five ions and five daughters,
of whom the furvivors of their infancy were, George, John,
Alice, Catharine, Mary, and Anne.

(t) Elizabeth, fiift married to Simon Horfepoole, of Lon-

don, Efq. free of the Drapiers company, and of the ancient
Wool-Staple ; Merchant-Adventurer of the Old-Hanfe
and Mufcovy Companies ; Sheriff of that city in 159 1 ;
and by him, who died 14 January 160 1, aet. 75, Hie had
three fons and three daughters, William, Simon, Thomas;
Elizabeth, married to Alexander King, Efq. one of the
Auditors to Q^ Elizabeth ; Hawys, to Francis Dorrington,
Merchant of Tripoli; and Joan, to John Whitebrooke,
Gent. — Her fecond huiband was Sir Henry Fanfhaw, as in,
the note.

(3) Jane, fecond wife to Thomas Fanfhaw, of Ware-Park,

in Hertfordfhire, Efq.* Remembrancer of the Exchequer,

and

* This branch of the family defcended from the Frinfhaw.% of Fanfhaw*
Park, in Derbyfhire, John Fanfhaw of that place having two fim , Henry
and Thomas, fucceilive Remembrancers of the Court of Exchequer ; the lat-
ter of whom purchafing Ware-Park from Catharine, Countefs of Hunting-
don, about the year 1570, refided there ; and by his firft: wife Mary Bour-
chier, had an only fen Henry, who in 1600, fucceeded him in the office of
King's Remembrancer ot the Exchequer; was knighted ; died 10 March
1 61c,, and married as in the text, by whom he had ten children, but only left
Sir Thcmas ; and Sir Simon, who married Catharine, daughter to Sir William
Walter, of Wimbledon, and widow of Knighton Ferrer?, fon to Sir John
Ferrers, of Beyford, in Hertfordfhire, Knt. and Sir Richard, an eminent
Poet, and an accomplifhed Gentleman, who in 1635, was appointed Refident
to the Court of Spain, whence being recalled in 164?, he adhered to the
royal caufe ; was oeated in 1644, Doctor of the Civil Law ot Oxford ; made
Secretary to the Prince of Wale*, whom he attended in his flight to Jerfey ;
was in 1648, made Treasurer of the Navy, under Prince Rupert; was created

a Baronet

SMYTHE, Viscount STRANGFORD. 277

and by him, who died in February 1600, had iffue Tho-
mas; William; and Alice, married to Sir Chriftopher
Hatton, Knight of the Bath, by whom fhe was mother
of Chriftopher, created Baron Hatton, of Kerby, and
grandmother of Chriftopher, created Vifcount Hat-
ton.

Sir John Smythe, the eldeft fon, of Oeftenhanger and of Sir Johu.
Afhford, Knt. received his education in the Univerfity of
Oxford, and 42 Elizabeth, was High Sheriff of the county
of Kent. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir to
Jchn Phineux, of Hawhoufe, in Kent, Efq. (Sheriff
of that county 29 Elizabeth, and fon to Sir John Phi-
neux, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir to the family
of Apuldorfield, of Hawhoufe) and thereby confidera-
bly augmented his eftate, obtaining the manors of Whitfta-
ple, Bonnington and Northcourt, with a defcent in blood,

from

a Baronet in 1650, and fent Envoy to Spain ; whence being recalled into Scot-
land, he l'erved there in quality or' Secretary of State •, was madepriioner in
1 65 1, at the buttle of Worcefter, but being releafed on account of his health,
"he repaired to the King at Breda, in February 1659, who knighted him in
April following, and after the reftoration made him Matter of the Requefb,
and Secretary of the Latin Tongue. In 1661, he was chofen to Parliament
for the Univerfity of Cambridge (where ht received his education) wasfworn
a Privy Counfelior of Ireland; fent Envoy to Portugal, and fhortly arter Am-
baffador to that Court, where he negotiated the marriage of K. Charles II.
and the Infanta Catharina, daughter of K. John IV. to which Coutt he re-
turned Ambuffador in 1662., and the next year was fworn of the Privy Council
in England ; being alio in February 1664, lent AmbafTador to Philip IV. of
Spain, died at Madrid 16 June 1666, set. 69, and was buried in a vault,
made for himfelf and family in the church of Ware, near which a handfome
monument is erected to his memory, fctting forth that he married Anne, eld-
ell daughter of Sir John H union, of Balls, in Hertfordfhire, Knt. by whom
he had fix fons and eight daughters, of whom only one fon and four daughters
furvived him. — Sir Thomas Fanfhaw, the eldeft fon of Henry, fucceededhim
in eftate and office ; was inverted Knight of the Bath at the coronation of
Charles I. ferved in Parliament for the borough of Hertford, under James and
Charles 1. and continuing firm in his, loyalty to that unhappy King, fupplied
him with great Aims of money, and quantities of arm«, for which he was im-
priibned, with his Ion, and his eftate fequeftered ; but on the restoration, he
wa- chofen to Parliament for the county of Hertford, and for his eminent fer-
vices, created 5 September 1661, Baron Fanlhaw, and Vifcount Fanfhaw, of
Dromore j in which he was fucceeded by his eldelt Ion Sir Thomar, who re-
prelented the borough of Hertford, in the aforefaid Parliament, and fold
Ware-Park to Sir Thomas Byde. He married fiift the only daughter and
heir of Knighton Ferrers ; fecondly Sarah, daughter and heir to Sir Joha
Evelyn, of Wiltfhire, and was fucceeded by Charles, Vifcount Fanfhaw, who
in October 1680, was fent Env«y Extraordinary to the Prince Regent, of
Portugal, and was Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer ; in which and his
honours he was fucceeded 28 March 1710, by his brother Simon, who died
23 O&ober 1716", and the titles are now extinct, by the death of his fucccflbr
Evelyn, VilcountFaafhaw.

278 SMYTHE, Viscount STRANGFORD.

from the famous family of Apuldor£eld, and a right of
quartering their arms, with thofe of Phineux. — He de-
parted this life in the beginning of the year 1609, and
was buried with his father in' Aihford church, leaving if-
fue.
SirThoma? Sir Thomas Smythe, of Oeftenhanger, who purchafed
1 the manor of Otterpool, from Sir Edward Hales, and alio

Vifcount. tne manor of Peckmanlion ; and being a perfon of diftin-
guifhed merit and opulent fortune, was made a Knight of
the Bath in 16 16, at the creation of Charles, Prince of
Wales ; and was further advanced by that Prince, when
King, to the dignity of a Peer of Ireland, by the title of
Vifcount Strangford, by letters patent, bearing date 17
July 162S. — Pie married the Lady Barbara Sidney, feventh
daughter of Robert, the firft Earl of Leicefter (by his firft
wTife Barbara, daughter and heir to John Gammage, Efq.
of Coyttie, in the county of Glamorgan) and niece to the
learned and memorable Sir Philip Sydney ; and his Lord -
fTiip deceafmg 30 June 1635, was buried in his chapel,
adjoining to the church of Afhfbrd, leaving iffue by her,
who was born in 1559, and re-married with Sir Thomas
Culpeper, of St. Stephens, near Canterbury, one foil

Philip, and a daughter married to Burrows, of the

county of Suffolk, Efq.
Philip Philip, the fecond Vifcount Strangford, refided at Oef-

a tenhanger, until he difpofed of it, with other lands, to the

Vifcount. family of Finch ; and %% Auguft 1630, marrying his firft
coufin the I,ady Ifabella Sidney, feventh daughter of Robert,
the fecond Earl of Leicefter, was father of

Thcmas Thomas, the third Vifcount, who died in Auguft 1^08,

3 at his feat near Canterbury, and was buried at Afhford;
Vifcount. having

, Philip, the fourth Vifcount, who marred Mary, daugh-

4 ter of George Porter, of the county of Middlefex, Efq.
Vifcount. eld eft fon to Endym ion Porter, Groom of the Bed-Chamber

to K. Charles I. by his wife Olivia, fourth daughter of
John, Lord Butler, of Rrantfield ; and dying in Septem-
ber 1 7 1 5, left iifue Endymion, his heir ; and feveral daughters,
of whom Catharine, was the firft wife of Henry Roper, Lord
Teynham, had two fons Philip and Henry, who both fuc-
ceeded to that title, and died at Kenfington 16 April 17 1 1 ;
Elizabeth, was married to Henry Audley, of Bear-Church,
in Eifex, Efq. whole widow ilie died 25 January 1732,

and

SMYTHE, Viscount STRANGFORD.

and was buried 4 February at Charf, in Kent ; and Oli-
via, married to John Darell, of Calehill, in Kent, Efq.
died his widow 15 January 1753, in the 82 year of her

27$

age.

Endymion, the fifth Vifcount, took his feat in Parlia- Endymion,

ment, 12 November 17151, married Elizabeth, daughter
of Mr. Le Larget, of St. Martin's, London 1 died 8 Sep-
tember 1724, and was buried the 10 in St. Peter's Church,
Dublin, leaving by his faid Lady, who died in Holland,
28 June 1764, one daughter and one fon

Philip, the lixth Vifcount Strangford, born in 17 15,
who took his feat in Parliament 9 06iober 1739 2 ; and 1 1
April 1742, entering into Holy Orders, was prefented that
day in 1743, to the prebend of Killafpugmullan, and the rec-
tories of Templeufque, Kilkoan and Kilroan, otherwife
Ballydelogher, in the county of Cork ; being alfo 26 May
1746, collated to the Precentorfhip of the Cathedral Church
ofElphin; created 22 Oclober 175 1, Doclor of Laws, by
the Univerlity of Dublin ; and 7 April 1752, prefented to
the Deanery of Derry, which he afterwards religned. — In
174 1, his Lordfhip married Mary, daughter of Anthony
Jephfon, of Moyallow, in the county of Cork, Efq. and
had one fon Lionel, his heir; and two daughters, Mary
and Anne. His Lordfhip died 29 April 1787, and was
fucceeded by his only fon

Lionel, the feventh and prefent Vifcount, who was born
at Londonderry, 19 May 1753, entered into the army at
an early period of life, and ferved many campaigns in
Noith-America, but retired from the military proieifion ;
in 1785, he entered into Holy Orders, and was pre-
fented in 1788, by George, Marquefs of Buckingham,
L. L. to the living of Kilbrew, in the diocefs of Meath.
5 September 1779, his Lordfhip married at New-York^,
in North-America, Maria-Eliza, eldeft daughter of Fre-
derick Philips, of that province, Efq. and hath iflue two fons
and two daughters, viz. Percy, born in London, 31 Auguft
1780; Lionel, 28 March 1783 ; Eliza, 5 September 178 1 ;
and Louifa, 2 March 1785 3.

Vifcouat.

Philip,

Vifcount;

Lionel,

VifcounJ.

Title.]

» Lords Jour. II. 451,
L©rU Strangtord.

2 Idem III. 44O0 3 Information of Lionel

*8o WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN.

Title.] Lionel Smythe, Vifcount of Strangford, in
the county of Downe.

Creation.] So created 17 July 1628, Car. I.

Arms.] Pearl, a Cheveron ingrailed between three Lions
paffant, Diamond.

Crest.] On a Wreath, a Leopard's Head erafed,
Pearl, gorged with a plain Collar and Chain, affixed,
Diamond.

Supporters.] The Dexter, a Lion, Topaz, Guttee
de Larmes. The Sinifter, a Leopard, Pearl, gorged and
chained, as the Creft.

Motto.] Virtus Incendit Vires.

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WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN

jq# X HIS family of Wenman hath been long feated in the
Henrjo counties of Oxford and Berks; of which was Henry Wain-
man, or Wenman, Efq. (for the name was diverfly written)
of Blueberry, county of Berks, who in 1482, married Em-
motte, daughter and heir to Sympkin Hervey, of the coun-
ty of Hereford, Efq. and died in the reign of Edward IV.
leaving iffue by her, (who after married Thomas Fermor, of
Witney in Oxfordfhire, whom fhe alfo furvived) two fons
and two daughters, viz. Richard, his heir; John (who by
Alice his wife left a fon Thomas, and a daughter Alice) ;
Alice; and Elizabeth, married to Lawrence Fermor of the
fame county, by whom fhe had William, Joan, and Mary.
Richard. Richard Wenman, Efq. the elder fon, married Anne,

daughter of John Bufh of the county of Gloucefter, by

whom

WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN. -8t

whom he had two fons and three daughters, Thomas, Wil-
liam, Alice, Joan and Mary. Thomas was knighted by Th«na*.

Q^ Elizabeth, and married Urfula, daughter and heir to
Thomas Gifibrd, of Twyford in the county of Bucks, Efq.
by which marriage he became poflefied of the manors of
Twyford, Pounden, and Chamton, in that county ; and his
iffiie were, Sir Richard, Henry, William, Anne, and Eli-
zabeth

Sir Richard, who fucceeded, was Sheriff1 of the county SirRidm*
of Oxford, in 1562, (5 Eliz.) and marrying Ifabel, elder
daughter and coheir to John, Lord Williams of Thame*,
left lflae Sir Richard his heir ; Sir Thomas ; and a daughter
married to Tafburg.

Sir Thomas Wenman of Dublin, Knt. the younger fon,
18 February 1627, obtained the directions of K. Charles I-
to have the firft vacant company in his army, after former
warrants were fupplied; was made 18 November 1628, Go-
vernor of the fort, then lately erecled at Cork ; and 7 July
1629 Provoft-Marefchal of the province of Munfter, with
the pay of 5s. 7b.. a day for himfelf, and i6d. a-piece for

12 horfemen, during life. He died in 1637, having

made his will 3 September 1636, wherein he leaves hiswiie
Margaret, relict of Sir Francis Aungier, Mailer of the Rolls a,
executrix, and refiduary legatee; devifes to his nephesy

Philip,

* John, L*rd Williams of Thame, was the fecond fon of Sir John "\Vi1-
/iams, of Bu field in Berkshire, by his wire Elizabeth, daughter and coh.:ir
lo Richard Moore of that place. Efq. and by his ieveral preferments to thi
xeign, of Henry VIJI. Mary, and Elizabeth ; of Treafurcr of the Jewel Houv\.
and Court of Augmentation, Lord Ch.imbeilain, of the houfcold to K. Pi • p%
and Prefident of tht Council in the Principality of Wales, acquired a 're;y con-
siderable eilate, and 5 April 1554, was created Lord Williams of Tharne^
— He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir to Thomas Bediow, Ef<j. -wi-
J jw of Andrew Edmonds, of Crcffing-Tempk in Eflex, ahd dying 14 Octo-
ber 1559, was buried at Thame under a wh'te marble tomb, where he hsd

founded and endowed a beautiful l'chool and alms-houle. Hi- iflue v ere

two daughters, Ifabel, Lady Wenman j and Margaret, wife to Her.ry Nor-
ris, created Lord Norris in 15*2, whole grandfon by her was created Vis-
count Thame, and Earl of Berklhire; but he leiving only a daughter El;za-
beth, (he became the wife of Edward Wray, E'q. Groom of the Bedcham-
ber to K. James I. (third Ion to Sir William Wr*y, of Glentworth in Lin-
colnfhire, Bart.) by whom having an only chiid Bridget, fecond wife to
Montague Bertie, the fecond Earl of Lindfey, (he was mother of Jarne:,
Lord Norris of Rycote in her Right, created Earl of Abingdon. — And, m
the divifion of the eflate, Thame-park, &c. falling to Lady Wenman, b*Ui
©•niiqued the chief feat of thL noble family.

1 Fuller's Worthies. * See Countefs of Longford, ».

23* WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN.

Philip, and the heirs male of his body (after his Lady's de-
cease) the manor of Ballintogher, and all his eftates in the
counties of Sligo and Leitrim; remainder to his nephew
Sir Thomas, and his heirs for ever; bequeathing legacies
to his nieces Penelope, Jane, Elizabeth, and Agnes.
&r Richard. Sir Richard Wenman, who fucceeded at Thame-Park,
ferved the office of Sheriff for Oxfordfhire, 13 Eliz.1 and
married Jane, daughter of William, Lord Delawar; by
whom he had Richard, created Vifcount Wenman, and the
faid children mentioned in their uncle's will, viz. Philip,
who fucceeded his nephew in the title ; Thomas, whofe on-
ly daughter Mary, was married to Francis Wenman, as
hereafter ; and of the daughters, Agnes, the youngeft, was

married to — ■ Clarke; Elizabeth, to— — — Floyde;

Jane, to Goodwin ; and Penelope, a lady of great

fidelity and courage, was the fecond wife of Sir John Dyn-
ham (grandfon of Thomas Dynham, Gent, by Catharine,
fole daughter and heir to Leonard Rede, Efq. grandfon and
heir to Edmund Rede of Borital, living in 1487) and by him,
who died 16 February 1634, had three daughters his coheirs,
Mary, Alice, and Margaret, the eldeft of whom was then
the wife of Lawrence, fon and heir to Sir Robert Banaftre,
whofe only daughter and heir Margaret, was married to Wil-
liam Lewis of the Van, in the county of Glamorgan, Efq.
in 1648, and had iifue Edward, who died unmarried, in
1672; and two daughters, of whom the eldeft, Mary, mar-
ried firft Wiliiam Jephfon, Efq. who dying on Trinity Sun-
day 169 1, fhe remarried with Sir John Aubrey of Leantrithed,
in county of Glamorgan, Bart, fon of Sir John, grandfon
of Sir Thomas, and great grandfon of William Aubrey,
L. L. D. a perfon higly efteemed in the reign of Q^ Eli-
zabeth.
Kr Richard. Sir Richard Wenman, the eldeft fon, who fucceeded at
Thame-Park, for his gallant behaviour at the taking
of Cadiz, in 1596, where he ferved as a Volunteer,
and Sheriff of the county of Oxford for the year 1627 2 ; was
honoured with knighthood; and by letters patent*, dated

* The Preamble. Et Soli! regii fulgor, et Regni uniufcujufque Gloria
fingularem adipifci /blent acceflionem, cum Viri iniignioribu.<: eminentiorum
Virtutum, clarorum Natalium, amplique, et quod futtinendis Dignitatibus
par (it, Patrimonii, Mcritis conipiciendi, ad altiores Honorum Cradus evo-

caHtur,

* Fuller's Worthies. » Idem.

Viicount,

WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN. a83

at Canbury, 30 July 1628, created Baron Wenman of Kil-
maynham, and Vifcount Wenman of Tuam, with the an-
nual creadon fee of 13I. 6s. 8d. Irifh, payable out of the
cuftoms of the Port of Dublin.

His loyalty and duty inclined him to the intorens of K.
Charles I. during the Civil war5 whofe fervice he promoted
to the utmoft of his power; and in his Lorclihip's family it
was, that Doctor Seth Ward, the great ornament of Eng-
land, (Bifliop of Exeter, and of Salifbiify after the Resto-
ration) when he had been expelled Sidney-College in Cam-
bridge, and long harailed for his allegiance, found an afy-
lum, his incomparable learning and obliging temper, making
way for a kind and generous reception from the Lord Wen-
man. His Lordfhip married Agnes, eld eft iurviving

daughter of" Sir George Fermor, of Efton-Ncfton in the
county of Northampton, anceftor to the Earl of Pontefra6r,

and

cantur, atque ejufmodi illuftrantur Titulis, qui velut perpetui verse Dignitatis
Tcftes et praefenti JEvo fint, et ad PofteroR tranfmittantur. Nam at ingens
Reipublicse felicitas ex id genus Virorum copia nafcitur, ita e publica atq;
principal! eorum Agniiione, quae H' norib'is fit rite difpenfandis, augctur ilk
fulgor Solium circumilipans, cujus difFufiori Luce non foium alacriores fiant
eorum Animi, et excitatiores qui in Attu et adminifhatione pcfiti Rom op-
time gerunt ; fed ctiam alii, qui nondum Virtutis Specimina edidere, ad Res
praeclara capefTendas, ut ejufmodi etiam Praemia fortianfur, non me^iocriter
incenduntur. Hsc ferio nos rccoJentes cgregia Merita Viri clarifiimi Ri-
chardi Wenman de Thame-Park in Comitatu noftro Oxcnite Militia intuemur,
cujus five Natalium lplendorem, five Patrimonii amplit>. dinem, five Aaimi
fortitudfntm, prudentiam, Morumque prasftantlam confidtremus, eumtalem
agnofcimus eiTe Virum, quaiem ad altiores Honorum Gradus cum Primis
evehendum efle cenfemus. Natalium ejus lplendorem (prseter eum, qui
Equeftri vetuita. fibique ipfi Ccgnomini Familise debetur) variatim auxerunt
Matiirtvinia a Decefforibus ejus i'erie continuacum Familiis aliquot Illuftribns,
unde ipfe lineatim extrahiti r, contrafta; Urlul.i fc. licet ejus Proavia, Uxor
nempe Thcmae Wenman eju^ Proavia filia erat unicaet rueres Thorn* Gifford
de Twiford in Comitatu noftro Buekir.ghamiae, cujus Majores, unde ipfe
originem traxit, et Baronum Parliament Re gni noftri Angiise, et Comitum
de Longa-Viil in Normania, atque Comitum dicli Comitatus noftri de Euck-
inghnmia titulis quondam floruerunt. Ifabella Avia eju^ filia erat primogenita
atque Ceharedum altera Johannis William' M litis, Baronis olim de Tame;
et demum Jana, Mater ejus, filia erat Wiiiielmi nuper Baronis Delaware;
nee vero tantxe Natalium Claritati eximia Animi fortitudo defuit, quam lar-
giter exhibuit ipfe in celeberrima iUa Gadium fub Regina Elizabeth* direp-
tione, in qua, ut famS audivimus, feVirum bellicofum et Honoris adjeclione
plene dignum praebuit. Hifce, velut Corona accedit inviolata fides, quam
erga Patrem noftrum gloriofae Memoiis, atque erga nos-ipfos et Negotia
noftra nunquam non fervavit, et peramanter et fummo cum Judicio prasftitit;
adeoque, ut necquidquam Ei deccfTe, necefTarium eft ut agnofcamus quo mi-
nus amplioribus Honoribusjure Optimo fit donandus : Quocirca eum in Stafus,
Gradus, Honores, et Titulos et Baronis et Vicecomitis in Regno noftro Hi-
bernian creandum et evehendum meritifliraum duximus. Sciatis igitur, Sec.
(Rot. A°. 4 Car. I. 5. p. f. R. 54.)

2$4

WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN.

Thomas,

z
Yilcount.

«c

Philip,

"Viiccunt.

and had hTue Thomas his heir; and Elizabeth, married to
Grevile Verney, Efq. who died 9 December 1648, leaving
her with child of a ion, born 26 January following, and
named Grevile.

Thomas, the fecond Vifcount Wenman, was one of the
adventurers in Ireland, when the kingdom was reduced by
the Engl.ifh Parliament, and fubfcribing the fum of 600L
had an allotment of 617 acres, 1 rood, 15 perches of land
plantation meafure, amounting to icoo acres, ftatute mea-
sure, in the barony of Garry cattle, and King's County : he
was appointed by Parliament one of the CommifTioners to
cany the Propositions for peace to the King at Oxford, in
1644, and was again appointed Commiffiorier for the treaty
at Uxbridge that year ; as he was for the treaty at Newport
in 1648 ; and was one of the 41 members, who, for giving
their vote, " That the conceffions of his Majefty to the pro-
portions upon the treaty at Newport, were fufficient
grounds for the houfe to proceed upon, for the fettlement
of the peace of kingdom," were feized by the army, and
committed to clofe imprifonment. In the year 1645, he was
coniidered as one of the fufferers, and received 4I. a week,
by order of the Parliament, for the damages he fuffered on
his eftates in the county of Oxford, by the King's forces J.
This Nobleman had his introduction to the Houie of Peers
of Ireland by Lord Aungier, his proxy, 13 July i66iz:
but leaving only daughters, Frances the eldeft was married
to Richard Samwell, of Upton in Northamptonfhire, Eiq.
(by whom (Tie had Sir Thomas Samwell created a Baronet,
%% December 1675, and feveral daughters, of whom Mary
was married to Adolphus Oughton, Efq. and was mother
of Sir Adolphus Oughton, of Tetchbrooke in Warwick-
fhire, Bart, and Frances was wife to Sir Thomas Wagitafte,
Knt. whofe only daughter and heir Frances, was firii mar-
ried to Sir Edward Baggot, of Blithfield in Staffordfrrire,
Bart. ; whofe fonand heir Sir Walter Wagftaffe Baggot, re-
prefented that county in the Britifh Parliament, and was fuc-
ceeded by Sir William, created Lord Bagot; and fecondly,
to the faid Sir Adolphus Oughton, Bart.) and Penelope was
married to Sir Thomas Cave of Stamford, created a Baronet
30 June 164 1, by whom (lie had Sir Roger, and other chil-
dren.

To Thomas, Lord Wenman, fucceeded Philip his uncle,
the third Vifcount, who, after the death of his only fon, with-
out

1 Salmon's Pe«ragc

a Lords Jour. I. 301,

WENMAN, Viscount WENMAN. a*j

eut iffue, by Barbara his wife, eldeft daughter of Sir Ed-
ward Villiers, and fifter to William, the firft Vifcount Gran-
difon, procured from K. Charles II. 30 January 1683, a
new entail of the honours on his next heir male, Sir Rich-
ard Wenman, Bart, in reverfion after his own death, with
the fame precedency that he enjoyed; who accordingly fuc-

ceeded to tk* title. He derived from the family, leated

at Cafwell, in the county of Oxford; whereof Francis
Wenman, in the reign of (^Elizabeth came into Ireland,
where he died, and left iffue Sir Francis Wenman, Knt.
then of very tender years, whofe wardihip was granted, 6
Auguft 1603 to Allen Apfley, Efq. but after he attained his
full age, he had a fpecial livery of his eftate, 17 February"
1623, and 13 April 1640, reprefented the county of Ox-
ford in Parliament. — He married Anne, third daughter of
Sir Sam ud Sandys, of Omberflade in Worcefterfhire, Knt.
and had Francis his heir ; and a daughter Anne, the firft
wife of Sir John Fettiplace, of Childry in Berkshire, ctc-
ated a Baronet, 30 March 166 1, by whom fhe had fivefons
and five daughters.

Francis Wenman, Efq. 29 November 1662, was created
a. Baronet, and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Wen-
man, Efq. before-mentioned; which Lady lies buried in
the church of Witney, in Oxfordshire, under a marble mo-
nument, with this memorial ;

To the memoiy of
Mary, late wife to Francis Wenman of Cafwell,
Efq. daughter to Thomas Wenman of Thame:
:Parke, who departed this life the 13th of November
Anno Dn"*i 1657, being the twenty-fourth year of her
Age. She had iffue Thomas, Francis, Ferdinando,
Elizabeth and Richard.

Sir Richard, the youngeft fon, by thedeceafe of hisbro- g.
thers, fucceeded to the title of Baronet, as he did to thofe Richard,
of Baron and Vifcou nt Wenman: and in the Parliament, 4
which met at Oxford 21 March 1680, reprefented the town Vl»»*fft.
of Brackley, in the county of Northampton, for which
placehe had ferved before, as he did in the reign of K. Wil-
liam, being on that account excufed his attendance (20
Oclober 1692) in the Parliament of Ireland.

He married Catharine, elder daughter and coheir to Sir
Thomas Chamberlayne of Wickham, and Northbrooke- in

the

286 WENMAN* Viscount WENMAN.

the county of Oxford, Bart, (fonandfucceflbr of Sir Tho-
mas Chamberlayne, created to that dignity 4 February
1642) by his wife Margaret, daughter of Edmond Priueaux
of the Inner-Temple, Efq. and by her (who in 1608 re-
married with James, the firft Earl of Abingdon, and after
his deceafe, on 2% May 1699, with Francis Wroughton of
Hefkett in Wiltfhire, Efq-) had iflue Sir Richard his heir,,
and two daughters ; Catharine3 firft married to Robert Ber-
tie of Benham in Berkshire, Efq. fourth fon of the afore-
fa id Earl of Abingdon, who leaving her a widow without
iflue, 16 Auguft J710, lire became the wife of Sir William
Ofbaldefton, of Chudlington and Nethercote, in Oxford-
shire, Bart., and by him, who died 17 September 1756, had
Sir Charles his fucceifor.— The younger daughter was mar-
ried to John Wickfted, Efq.
Sir Sir Pvichard Wenman, the fifth Vifcount, married Sufana,

Richard, daughter of Seymour Wroughton, ' of Hefkett, Efq. fitter

Vifcount. to n^s mother's third hufband, and departing this life at his
feat of Thame, 28 November 1729, was there buried with
his anceftors, leaving iflue two ions, Sir Philip his iuccef-
for; and Richard, who in 1773, married Jemima, reli£t of
Colonel Caulfield.

Sir Philip Sir Philip, the fixth Vifcount, was born 23 November
6 y 17 19, ferved in the Britifh Parliament for the city of Ox-

Vifcount. ford, married 13 July 174 1, Sophia, eldeft daughter and
coheir to James Herbert, of Tythorpe, in county of Ox-
ford, Efq. and deceafed 16 Auguft 1760, having had by his
faid lady, who died 20 June 1787, four ions and three
daughters, viz. Sir Philip, who fucceeded to the honours;
Thomas-Francis, born 18 November 1745 ; Richard, bom
13 November 1746; and Henry-Herbert, born 18 July
1749, died young; daughter Sophia, (born 7 Auguft 1743,
married in 1768, William-Humphry Wykham, of Swal-
clirTe in county of Oxford, Efq. and by him who is de-
ceafed had William ; Philip ; Sophia ; and Harriot) ; Su-
fanna, born 10 November 1744, died young; and Mary,,
born 27 March 1748, died in 1757 !.

Sir Philip, Sir Philip, the ieventh and preient Vifcount, was born

«... 7 t 18 April 1742, and married 7 July 1766, to Eleanor, fifth
"daughter of Willoughby, Earl of Abingdon2.

Titles.] Sir Philip Wenman, Lord Viicount Wenman
of Tuam, Baron Wenman of Kilmaynham, and Baronet.

Creations.]

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TAAFFE, Viscount TAAFFE. 287

Creations ] B. Wenmanof Kilmaynham in thecountv
©f Dublin, and V. Wenman of Tuam in the county of
Galway, 50 July 1628, 4 Car. I.; Baronet, 2,6 November
1662, 14 Car. II.

Arms.] Parti per Pale, ruby and faphire, a crofs patonce,
topaz.

Supporters.] Two greyhounds, ruby, gorged with
plam collars, gold.

Crest.] On a wreath, a cock's head erazed, faphire,
crefted and jelloped, topaz.

Motto.] Omnia Bona Bonis.

Seats.] Thame-Park 37 miles from London :
Cafwell, near Witney in the county of Oxford ; andTwyford
in the county of Buckingham, 52 miles from London.

»>»»>£3a<<«C«C€<C€c««.

TAAFFE, Viscount TAAFFE.

1 HE family of Taaffe hath been of great antiquity and 1 1
considerable repute in the counties of Louth and Sligo, and
hath produced many eminent perfons, among whom was
Sir Richard Taaffe, who flourished in the time of K- Ed- Sir Rich-
ward I. and died in 1287; contemporary with whom was ard-
the Lord Nicholas Taaffe, who by deed, dated at Clan- Nicholas,
tarffe, Craft' Animarum 1284, gave in pure alms to
God, the Blefled Mary, and the Knights Templars in Ire-
land, his lands of Killergy; and died 30 05k>ber 1288,
(16 Edw- I.) leaving iflue John Taaffe, Archbifhop of Ar-
magh, who died in 1306, and Richard Fitz-Nicholas R;charJ.
Taaffe, againft whom, by viitue of his father's faid charter,
Adam, Prior of the Holy Trinity, in Dublin, recovered
400 acres of land in Killergy, with 20 marcs coft, in Hil-
lary term 129 1, — Fie left iflue (probably) two ions, Rich-
ard ; and Nicholas, who about 13 ro, gave and confirmed
the manor of Donacumper, in the county of Kildare, to

the

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TAAFFE, Viscount TAAFFE.

the priory of St. Wolftan; and in 1334 (8 Edw. III.) had
a grant from the crown of lands in Kenlys, &c. to the va-
lue of iol. a year, during pleafure, for his profccution of
Sir Richard de Mandeville, John Cogan, and others, the
murderers of William de Burgo, Earl of Ulfter.

Richard Taaffe, Efq. was feated at Ballybraggan, and
Caftldumpnagh, and in 1315 (9 Rich. II.) was Sheriff of
the county of Louth, when Hugh de Lacie, the younger,
Earl of Ulfter, for inciting Edward Bruce to invade Ire-
land, for joining him with all his force, caufing him to be
proclaimed King, and committing divers murders and out-
rages, was condemned to be drawn with horfes, afterwards
to be hanged and quartered, one quarter, with his head,
to be fet up in Dublin, and the others in Drogheda, Dun-
dalk, and Trim, and his bowels to be burned : But the
Archbifhop of Armagh and others interceding with the L.
J. to refpite his execution, until the King's pleafure might
be known, his body was delivered for fafe cuftody to this
Richard Taaffe, who kept him, until he was ordered to be
hanged at Drogheda.— On 19 March 1336, by the name of
Richard Taaffe, of Cafllelumpnagh, he obtained the King's
Writ of Eafe; being excufed by patent, during life, from
attending, or being put on aflizes, Juries, &c.

He was founder of the families of Ballybraggan, Ath-
clare, Bolies, Stormanftown, Cookftown, Stephenftown,
Ranitty, Dromin, and Harleftown, from the laft of which
the Lord Vifcount Taaffe derives. — By his wife Joan (who
after married John Rochford, and pleaded her dower in
1384, againft her fon of 40 merTuages, two mills, 8 cam-
cates of land, 80 acres of meadow, 200 of pafture, 200
of wood, 500 of moore and bogg, and 12 pence rent
in Ballybraghan, Duncaifiell, Athclare, Mandevilftown,
Dromyng, Rathefkyr, Wodeton, Drakefton, &c. in county
of Louth) the faid Richard, left John Fitz -Richard Taaffe,
who in 1349, was tne King's coroner, being then ftyled
John Taaffe, fenior, of Ballybraghan, Lifcartan, and Rath,
near Platen ; and by Rofe his wife, wras father of John
Fitz-John Taaffe, who in 1342, purchafed half a carucate
of land, in Kiltaltyn, from Michael Bath, and' Mariot
his wife, and his iflue were Thomas Fitz-John; Nicholas
Fitz-John Taaffe, of Rathmolyn (who by Joan his wife had
Adam Fitz -Nicholas of the fame place, his fecond fon,
his eldeft being probably Simon, who was living in 1363,
which Adam, in 1368, pleaded 300I. againft Walter Cu-

fack);

TAAFFE, Viscount T A A F F E. 2S9

fade); and Richard Fitz-John of Gibfton, who had iffue
Nicholas Fitz-Richard his heir; and John Fitz-Richard,
of Ballybraggan, and of Lifcahan, who in 141 1, fued
William More of Bermeath, coufm and heir to John Taaffe,
of Caftlelumpnagh for ioool. which John was living iri
1382, and probably is the fame perfon who was Sheriff of
Louth in 1377, and maried Alicia, who on his deceafe,
remarried with John Talbot. Nicholas Fitz-Richard, the
etdeft fon, fucceeded at Ballybraggan, and was father of
Richard Fits-Nicholas, his fucceffor there, living in 1355,
the father of Walter Fitz-Richard, living in 1365, whole
fon Nicholas, in 14 14, 2 Hen. V. Was appointed one of
the Keepers of the Peace in the county of Louth, with
power to alfefs men, horfes and arms : and to him fuc-
ceeded Sir Nicholas Taaffe, who in 144 1, was fheriff of Sir
the county of Louth, when he did great fervice to the Eng- ^koi^
iifh Government in Ireland; and his fon Sir Robert, 13 Sir Robert*
April 1468, with 70 horfe, joined the Mayor of Drogheda
at Ardee, who, with 500 archers, and 200 pole-axes,
marched againft O'Reily and his fon, Mac-Cabe and Mac-
Bradv, who had entered and wafted Louth with 2400 men:
At Malpas-bridge they came to an engagement, where
O'Reilv, his fen and 400 men were (lain; for which fignal
fervice, K. Edward IV. the next year gave the town of
Drogheda a fword, to be carried before the Mayor, and
the annual fum of 20I. for the maintenance thereof*

To him fucceeded Sir Lawrence Taaffe, Knt. who in Sir
1472 was one of the 13 honourable and moll faithfully dif- Lawrence*
poled perfons in the counties of Kildare, Dublin, Meath,
and Louth, ertablifhed by acl: of Parliament a fociety, by
the name of the Captain and Brethren at Arms, or the Bro-
therhood of St. George, for the prefervation of the Englijl?
Pale. — From him defcended Peter Taaffe of Ballybraggan, peter.
Efq. whofe fon and heir Nicholas, in 1552 (6 Edw. VI.) Nl ,j10iai.
had a fpecial livery of his inheritance, and reprefented the
county of Louth in the Parliament, which met 2 January
1559. — He left iffue John Taaffe, of Ballybraggan and of John.
Harlefton, Efq. who had three fons, viz.

Chriftopher, to whom a fpecial livery of the eftate was (x)
granted, 4March 1606. He married Sufanna, third daugh-
ter of Luke, the firft Earl of Fingall, and was fucceeded
in his eftates by his fon, John of Braganftown, who had a
like livery by patent, 5 Auguft 1633 ; but he, with his fon
Chriftopher, being engaged in the rebellion of 164 1, the
fame was forfeited.

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(2) Sir William, anceftor to the Lord Taaffe.

(3) Peter, of Dromin in Louth, who, during the rebellion!
in Q^ Elizabeth's reign, was murdered in his own houfe,
and left iil'ue, Jenico, the father of John ; and Lawrence,
who in 1583, lived at Moymet, and 31 March that year,
received a warrant from the Queen, to have the firft pen-
lioner's place that fliould fall void, (after the preferring of
Richard Wood and Roger Lucas) and that in the mean
time he fliould be otherwife relieved, the manner of which
relief fhe referred to the Deputy's difcretion, who could
befi judge what was meet to be done, for the prefent ne--
celiity of the poor Gentleman, whom fhe was induced to
relieve for his good fervices, funclry times done, both be-
fore and in the time of the rebellion, following therein his
father's fteps, who was murdered in his own houfe, and
had his goods carried away, and his houfe burned and fpoil-
ed, in revenge of a fpecial good piece of fervice performed
to her by his faid fon : And K. James I. for the fame rea- -
fon, by patent, dated 16 October 1624, purfuant to Privy
Seal at Weftminfter, 17 July, gave and confirmed to him
and his heirs, the caftle, town, and lands of Peppardftown
in the county of Louth, which were then, and had beeit
for many years in the occupation of him and his an-
ceftors*

SirWiiram. Sir William Taaffe of Harlefton, of Eallymote, and of
Smarmore, the fecond ion of John Taaffe of Harlefton and
Ballybraggan, diftinguifhed himfelf by his fervices to tho
crown, during the courfe of Tyrone's rebellion. — On 1 No-
vember, 1597, he was made Conftable of St. Leger's caftle;
and after the Spaniards in 160 1 had landed at Kingfale,
and, in order to fubliit, had taken a large prey of cattle
and fheep, which were in a feeming ifland, on the South
fide of the town beyond the water, not to be entered, but"
by a march to a neck of land, of 8 or 9 miles about, Cap-
tain Taaffe ufed fuch expedition, that he attained the place
before night, and by a hot fkirmifh recovered the prey, al-
though under the cover of Caftlenyparke, mann'd purpofe-
ly to fecure them. — On 10 February 1601, the Lord Barry
and he routed Donogh Moyle Mac-Carthy's men; and at
the liege of Kingfale he behaved with fuch fmgular courage
and condu6t, that he was knighted ; and in December 1602,
commanding the Irifh in the Queen's pay in Carbery, he
engaged a band of rebels under the Apoftolick Vicar Owen
Mac-Egan (whofe barbarity was fuch, as to caufe every

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Irifhman, that ferved the Queen and fell into his hands, to
be confeffed and abfolved, and then inftantly executed)
whom he killed, 5 January with 14.0 of his men, near the
river Bandon, took all their cattle, and (upon G'Suillevan's
flight) wafted his country and reduced his caftles ; whereby
and the Nuncio's death, the Mac-Carthies of Carbery fub-
mitted to mercy. — -By this fuccefs over the Irifh, the king-
dom was fettled in a ftate of peace ; and when K. James
afcended the throne, he put fuch methods in execution, as
he judged molt conducive to the eftablifhment thereof; the
principal of which was the plantation of the forfeited lands,
and the difpofition of them to fuch perfons, as he was af-
fured not only deferved a reward for their part fervices, but
would continue to promote the tranquility of the kingdom,
and fecure it from future commotions: Among whom, Sir
William Taaiie had not the leaft fhare of his Majefty's
Bounty, as well as That of Q^ Elizabeth, having ferved
them both with great fidelity *■•

On 21 April 1630, he makes his will, and thereby be-
queaths his body to be buried in the chancel of the church

U 2 of

* The Qjjeen, in reward of his fervice, by her letter from Greenwich 6
July 1592., ordered him a leafe, or leafes in pofleflion or reverfion, of Co
many crown lands in Conaught, as fliou Id amount to 30I. a year, for 30 year?,
without fine; and K. James by patent, 9 J.:nuary 1603, gran'ed to him in
fee-farm the Rectory of Ballykilly, parcel of the Priory ol Iniftiock, late*
ly demifed to Sir Lucas Dillon, the Precinct of St. Mary de Infula vita in
O'CarroPs country, with other religious poflefiions in the counties of Water-
ford and Cavan •, and 20 of that month, the manor of Smarmore in the coun-
ty of Louth; the town and lough of Ballinlowre, in the county of Dublin ; the
Abbey of Odorney in Kerry j the Rectories of Odorney, Mollahifte and
Rathreogh, with other hereditaments in thofe counties, and in Cork, Wa-
terford, Sl'go, Longford, Meath, Wellmeath, Kildare, Mayo, Tipperary,
and Queen's county, to hold by the 20 part of a Knight's fee, and 37I. 8s.

6d. rent. Alio, 16 July 1604, he had a grant of the entire territory or

countiyof Ichouloe in the county of Cork, containing 28 fmall carucatet
of land, each confifting of 120 acres, lying in Mufkeiy, to hold by the like
tenure, and the rent of 5I. is. Irifh. — Farther, he paffed patent 2,0 January
1 610 for 1 000 acres of eicheated lands in Cavan j and 2 July 1617 the King
gave him the town and land of Ballintogher, Drumconragh and many others
in the baronies of Corren and Tirrerill in the county of Sligo, to hold as of
the caftle of Athlone by Knight's fervice; in which patent is contained a
grant to his Ion and heir John, (then of Cotletftown) his heirs and aflignes,
of the cattle, town and lands of Cotletftown and divers others in the laid
laft county ; fome parts of which having been by former grants given to
Francis Edgeworthe of Dublin, Efq. from whom Sir William Taaffe at ft
great expence, for the better lecurity of his eftate, had acquired them, and
feme of them being pretended to lie in the county of Leitrim, he parted *
new patent (to avoid all doubts and queftions) 17 April 1620, of the landi
of Ballintogher, &c. to hold in capite, which were created iaco &e manor
of Ballintogher,

I
^lfcount

*%% f AAFFE Viscount TAAFFE.

of Athirdee, where his anceftors lay, and direcls his well-
beloved fon Sir John Taaffe, immediately after his death,
to caufe to be' erecled a monument over his burying-place,
for effecting whereof he left 50I. if in his life-time the fame
\vas not finished ; and that his fon, the fecond year after
hisdeceafe, fliould pay the fum of 170I. to fueh perfons
and pious ufes, as his frufty and well-beloved coufin and
friend, Walter Evers of Bingerfkm, in Meath, Efq. fhould
diftribute and appoint, &c. — He married to his rirft wile
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Brett, of Tulloch in
Fingall ; fecondly, Ifm-ay, daughter of Sir Chriftopher,
and lifter to Sir John Bellew, Kilts ; and dying 9 Febru-
ary 1630, was buried in Ardee, leaving iffue by his fecond
wife1, Sir John'his heir; Mary, married to John Taaife of
Arthurfton; and Eleanor, to Richard Taatfe of Cookftown,
both in the county of Louth.
Sir fcfiot, Sir John Taafle was knighted in' his father's life-time,
and the King (as he exprelTeth himfelf in his Privy Seal,
dated2 at V/eftminlter 27 June 1628) having received fpecial
commendation of his virtues and abilities ; of his father's
long fervices, in the wars of Ireland with much valour and
reputation; and that he was a principal gentleman of an
ancient Englifh- family, and well affecled to his Majefty's
kiterefts ; was pleafed to advance him to the dignities of
Baron of Ballymote, and Vifcount Taaffe of Corren, by
patent*, bearing date at Dublin, 1 Auguft 1628 ;. and 14

July

*" The preamble. Cum ad Coronae regiac honorem ct clarltatem nihil
magi-> condueeie videatur, quam ut Heroum et clariorum Virarum copia in
orrl ifbu < R:gni partibus ltabil atur, utpote eorum Coniiliis, Prudcntia, Vir-
6'utibus et Fidelitate, folium Poegis non lclum firmatur, et quafi t->t Columnis
aureis und'que tuffulcitur, Vcrum etia'm eorum nitore et fpiendore, tanquam
Radii's a Majcitaie regia deriv2ti , eftiniktio Principis 2pud rudes et agrelli-
ores Subditcs rhagis veneranda eftic'tur, et in remotionbus Regni Partibus
fisera reddatttir. Nofcjue dileftum tt f.dtlern noftrum Johannem Taaffe dc
Paliy.note in Comitatu Sligo Milifcm, gratiofe intuentes, in ipfuque nsn ib-
lim Fafmrliae ibx AnJqu tatem, ex illaflxilTima olim in Anglia PrTapia on'-
undum, verumetiam P> .ffeflionum ampfitudinem et latefundum, neenn he-
r \cx Virtut'is tarn ir.fius, turn Patr:^ fui Wiliieimi Taiffe Militff, qui finee-
ram et imrnotam Animi Conftantiam erga Corortam nolram, tarn in nuperri-
mis irttdtinis hujus Regni SeJitiombus-, quam in Acie K.n-falienfi contra Hif-
p.mos prsellit't, i.bi p/sediclu? WiJelmus Tr.affe non iolum frrc'nu; Miiitis, ve-
1 ■iiir.etiam fagadiffifni Ducis Gloriam reporiavit ; de qubus omnibus per-am-
plum Teitmionium'recepimus : Nos p/ssjidtum Johannem Taaffe Militem,

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r Pcdig-ee comrrlunicated to J. L. by Nichola; Lord Taaffv ia 176*.
2 Rot. A°. 4. C«tr. II, 1. p. D< R. a 6".

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TAAFFE, Viscount TAAFFE. 2.93

J'^Jy 1634, he took his feat in the Houfeof Peers l. After
the commencement of the rebellion, he received a letter at
his feat of Billymote, written bv friar Peter Taaffe, and
ligned by Sir Phelim OcNeile at Braganftown, in February
1641, to this purpofe: cc That his Lordfbip, with the reft
of the F.oman Catholic!: confederates in the province of
Conaught, iliould vigoroufiy proiecute the war, accord-
ing to their firft undertaking, until all the Hereticks were
routed out; and that if they did not unanimoufly pro-
<c ceed in thai bufinefs, he would, as foon as he had re-
cc duced Drogheda, march thither with his army, to fpoil
and deftroy all thofe that were refractory, for that they
were all as deeply engaged in the bufinefs as he was, and
fhould not withdraw when they pleafed." If the con-
tents of this letter were true, his Lorclfhip was foon freed
by death from his engagements, for he departed this life be-
fore 9 January 1642 2, and was interred at Ballymote, the
burial-place of the family — By Anne, daughter of Theo-
bald, the firft Vifcount Dillon, he had fourteen fons, and
three daughters, viz.

Theobald, created Earl of Carlingford. /,**

Chriftopher, who died unmarried after the year 1625, in /aj
the 21 year of his Age,

Lucas, who during the rebellion was a Major-General (3\
in Conaught, and in October 1649, made Governor of
Rofs, with 1 500 foot, to defend the place againft Cromwell ;
after whofe reduction of the kingdom he fubmitted, with
his brother Francis, and the forces under their command,
upon the articles concluded at Downemore ; yet was ex-
cepted from pardon for life and eftate, and being forced to
retire, ferved for fome time as a Colonel in Italy and Spain ;
but deceafed in Ireland, and was buried at Ballymote. — He
married firft Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Stephenfon of
Dunmoylin, in the county of Limerick, Efq. and left an
only child Mary? married to Rickard Burke of Derryma-
claghtny, in the county of Galway, Efq. and fecondly,
Annabella, fifth, and youngeft daughter of Thomas Springe,

Efci.

non modo prsdi'Sti Williclmi fiiium x.atu maximum, fed et:am paternamm
Virtutum Haeredem, altioribus Honorum tituiis infigniendum, et in Clafleng
Nobilitatis collocandum, ipiumque et hseredes matculos de Corpore iuo pro*
creatos et procreandos, in nuroerum Hi roum et Parium hujuc Regni H.bci>
niae adferibendum ftatuimus. Sc-atis igilur, &c.

1 J^ords Jour. I. 2. 2 D^pufitions of the Protcfiantst

294 T A A F F E, Viscount T A A F F E.

Efq. (the firft of that name in Kerry, by his wife Annabel-
la, eldeft daughter of John Browne of Awny, Efq.) by
whom he had one fon Chriitopher, a Captain in the regi-
ment, whereof Dominick Ferreter was Major, in the time
of K. Charles's exile in Flanders, with whom having fomc
angiy words, the Major commanded two of Doclor Field's
fons his kinfmen, then in their company, to fhoot Captain
Taaffe, if he did not quit the place, which one of them ac-
cordingly did. — By the daughter of Fitz-Gerald of

Ballynafquiddane he left one fon Lucas, a Captain in the
Jrifh army, w^ho retired into France upon the revolution,
and by Elizabeth Gunter his wife, left one fon Abel Taaffe,
of Tipperary.
^ \ Francis, a Colonel in the rebellion of 164 r, died at Na-

ples, and having married an Italian Lady, left a fon
Charles .

(5) Edward, died unmarried.

(6) Peter, a Canon of the Order of St. Auguftine, and
was killed at Drogheda, 10 September 1649.

(7) Jafper, married the daughter of Sir William Hill, Knt.
and was killed in battle, without irTue.

(8) Captain William, anceftor to the prefent VifcountTaaiTe.

(5) Thomas, married in Flanders, and had three fons and

one daughter; Lucas; Theobald, who died unmarried;

Charles ; and Anne.

(10) Charles, was Abbot of the Ciflercian Abbey of Boyle,
in the county of Rofcomon,

(11) Patrick, died in the 14 year of his age.
0*) John, a Capuchin Friar, died in Italy.
(13) George died in the 16 year of his age.
(u) James, was a Francifcan Friar.

/x \ Daughter Ifmay, was married to Bryan Mac-Donogh of

the county of SligO, Efq.
(2) Eleanor, a Nun of the Order of St. Clare.

/q\ Anne, a Nun of the Order of St. Dominick.

Sir Th ^ir Theobald Taafle, the fecond Vifcount, in 1639 re-

bald, prefented the county of Sligo in Parliament, and during
* the courfe of the rebellion, was conftituted General of the,
VMcount; pr0vince of Munfter; of which port being deprived by
1 0/ir the peace, concluded by the Marquefs of Ormend
CarJingfbrd with the Irifhin 1646, and the Earl of Carlingford, he re-
mained without employment until April 1649 ; when, upon
the death of Sir Thomas Ilucas, he was made Matter of
the Ordnance; a charge, for which he was well qua lined
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by his capacity and experience, and which he well defend-
ed by his extraordinary affection and fervices to the crown.

1111651 he was fent, with Sir Nicholas Plunket, and

Geffrey Browne, by the Marquefs of Clanrickard, the
King's Deputy, to the Duke of Lorain, to folicit his aid
in favour of the (then) unhappy kingdom of Ireland ; and
was excepted from pardon for life and eftate, by Crom-
well's A6t of Parliament for the fettlement of Ireland : But,
after the Reftoration, until the King's Order for reftoring
him to his eftate could be executed, he had his Majefty's
Letters of direction, dated 17 Auguft 166 I, to the L. J.
to grant him 800I. a year towards his immediate fupport,
to be paid monthly out of the treafury. — But notwithstand-
ing, his Lordfiiip being detained from the poiTeilion of his
eftate, and the laid annuity being flopped, he addrefTed the
King for relief, who 30 November that year, required his
Chief Governors, to ufe all diligence for the reftoring him
to his eftate ; and in the mean time, from the date of his
faid former order, to allow him the faid annuity, or other-
wife the immediate pofTeffion of his eftate, with the rents
due, according to former orders. — Accordingly, by the
Acts of Settlement he was reftored to his eftate, together
with thofe of Chriftopher Taaffe of Braganftown, and
Theophilus Taaffe of Cookftown, which they had refpec-
tively forfeited ; and had the benefit of his provifoe con-
firmed by patent 16 April 1667, and by feveral future pa-
tents a difcharge of the new quit-rents, impofed by thofe
acls.

cc His Majefty having a particular efteem for his Lordfhip,
<c was pleafed, as an efpecial mark of the gracious fenfe he
(e had of his eminent fervices for him and his interefts, (o
honour him with the dignity of Earl of Carlingford
in the county of Louth, entailing that honour on
fC the heirs male of his body," by Privy Seal, dated at
Whitehall 17 June 16611, and by Patent* 26 June
j66z, he was accordingly advanced to that title with the

creation

* The Preamble. Cum regiam noftram Majeftatem optime decet, lit
qui Obfequio & Fidelitate nobis i'e libere obtulerunt, praecipuis Honoribus
Imperii noftri regalis primo dignarentur •, nos regis mente commemorantes
fximia Merita et Servitia prasdile&i et perquam fidelis Confanguinei noftri

Theobald;,

I Rot, A<\ 13 Car, II, i.p. D,

%$$ TAAFFE, Viscount T A A F F E.

Creation fee of zol. ; and for the better fupport of the ho-
nour, his Majefty, by patent, dated at Tedington, 25 Au-
guft 1670, gave him 4000I. of the rents, payable to the
crown out of the retrenched lands of adventurers and fol-
diers, during fuch time as the fame remained in the com-
mon nock of Reprifals, and out of forfeited jointures,
mortgages, &c ; and alfo 4 Auguft 1676 fettled on him a
peniion of 500I. a year.

His Lordfhip married firft Mary, daughter of Sir Nicho-
las White of Leixlip, with whom he had a large fortune,,
end by her had fix fons and one daughter; and his fecond
wife was Anne, daughter of Sir William Perfliall, Knt.
but by her, who in 1693, re-married with Randal, Lord
Dunfany, he had noifTue; and dying 3 1 December 1677,
was buried at Ballymote. — His children were, William and
Robert, who both died unmarried ; Nicholas and Francis,
fucceifive Earls of Carlingford j Dillon, who died without
iffue ; John, father of Theobald, late Earl of Carlingford ;
and Lady Anne, firft married to Sir Jofeph Throckmorton,
fecon .Ily, to Nicholas Plunket, Efq. fecond fon of Chrif-
topber, Earl of Fingall, and died in July 1742, in the
county of Monaghan,
Nicholas, Nicholas, the third Vifcount TaafTe, and fecond Earl of
Vi count Carlingford, was of the Privy Council to K. James II. and
and ' fent in 1689, his Envoy or Ambaflador to the Emperor

2 Leopold ; but the next year commanding a regiment of foot
in his army, loft his life ( 1 July) at the battle of the Boyne ;

and leaving; no ifTue by his wife Mary, daughter of •

Wild of Wildhoufe, Efq. was fuccceded by his brother

Trznzh, Francis, the third Earl, the famous Count TaarTeof the Em-

v.r A pb'e? who was above 30 years in the Imperial fervice, being

»nd Colonel of the Royal Cuiraifiers, and Lieutenant-Generai.

3 of the horfe. — He was placed by his father to profecute his
Eil '• fiudiesj in the city of Olmutz in Germany, where his ta-
lents

Theobald;, Domini Vicecomitis Taaffe de Corren, Bnroni- de Ballymote in
Provincia noftra Conaciae in diOo regno noilro, Hiherniae, nob;s et Antecel-
ibribus noflris prfeftita et4mpeofaa tarn in remoris Pirtibus et tranfmarinis,
qu,:m in Dominiis noft'rjs ct fufj rfcgali. noftra Poteftate, ipfum Theobaldiihi
inemi-ientiorem Dignitatis titulurtil promoveve r'ecrevimUo ; nrn Iblum i;t in-
figr.i regio magi- publ ce decoretivr, led ut qnibus Gratia et AfFetStu propter
ind :fatigata Fidclitads !'us Serv-itia r.cbis et Dom: et apttd Exteros praslb'ta
indulgamvi':, univerfis enuntietur ; sequum enim efle ceniemu , ut qui nobit-
cum in aJvcfis publ'ce compre{L:s fit, io S^cuudis eiiam nobifcum publcc
falicitctur. Sciatis igitur, ,&c. ,| . j.

TAAFFE, Viscount T A A F F E. 297

Icnts were fo great, that to this day his portrait is preferred
there. The Emperor Ferdinard made him one of his Pages
of honour; and Charles the fifth Duke of Lorain, gave
him a Captain's commiftion in his own regiment of cuiraf-
fierSj which regiment he afterwards b eft owed upon him, and
committed to his care the education of all his children, par-
ticularly of his eldeft fon, Leopold : His conduct being
equally confpicuous in the cabinet and the field; he in
his younger days, obtained the golden key, as Chamber-
lain to the Empeior, was advanced to be a Marfhal, Coun-
sellor of the State and Cabinet, and obtained from the King
of Spain, the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was fo
highly efteemed by moil of the crowned heads in Europe,
.that when the hereditary honours devolved to him on his bro-
ther's death, he was exempted from forfeiture, by a fpecial
claufe in the Englifh A 61 of Parliament, 1 Will, and Mary;
and in the Acl, paiTed in Ireland, 9 of that reign, to hinder
the reverfal of divers outlawries and attainders, it was pro-
vided, that nothing therein contained fliould extend to at-
taint or convicl of High Treafon, Nicholas, late Earl of
Carlingford, or his brother John Taafie, Efq. or to veft in,
or forfeit to the crown their efiates. — But his Lordfhip dy-
ing* without irTue, in Auguft 1704, the honours defcended
to his nephew Theobald, fon of his brother John. Which
John, in December 167 1, married Lady Rofe Larnbart,
third daughter of Charles, the firft Earl of Cavan, and be-
ing a Major in K. James's army, was killed before Derry
in April 1689, leaving ifTue the faid Theobald ; Larnbart,
killed at the liege of Cremona in Italy, in 1701; and a
daughter Mary.

Theobald, the fifth Vifcount, and fourth Earl, married Theobald
Lady Amelia Plunket, youngeft daughter of Luke, third 5
Earl of FingalL, and 25 April 173-, receiving a pafs from v"cojjint'
the Government to go into Germany, died at Lifie in Flan- 4
ders, 24 November 1738, O. S. without ifllie (by her who Earl,
died 4 October 17^7, at Bruflels) and was buried the 26
in the chapel of the college of Liile, whereby the Earldom

* His death was very mBch lamented at the Imperial Court, and efpeci-
ally by Charies the fifth Duke of Lorain ; who, to exprefs his concern for the
lol's of fo great a man, and one th.it had been, fo faithful and lerviceable to
his Highness family, and to the Krnpe:- <r and Empire in genera!, caufed the
Cathedral church of Nancy to b^ bung with black, and his corpfe to lie in
fiate the fpace of a month, attend;d by his guar J?.

2y8 T A A F F E, Viscount T A A F F E.

of Carlingford became extinct; but the titles of Baron and
Vifcount devolved on his next heir-male, Nicholas Taaffe
(defcended from William, eighth fon of John, the firft
Vifcount) whom, by his will, dated 7 May 1737, he con-
ftituted his heir, iefiduary legatee, and joint executor.

Which William Taaffe, Efq. married Margaret, daugh-
ter of Conor O 'Kennedy Roe (Dynaft of Ballyartil in Or-

mond, by his wife Eleanora, daughter of Purcell,

titular Baron of Loughmoe, in county of Tipperary) by
whom he had one fori Francis, and three daughters ; Eli-
zabeth, married to Hiberus O'Hara of Ballyhara, in the
counto of Siigo, Efq. ; Elinor, to John, fon of Major
Walter Philips of Ballinduth, in the county of Mayo; and
Mary, who died young. — Francis Taaffe, Efq. married
Anne, daughter of John Crean, of OCreanVCafUe in
Siigo (by his wife Sarah, daughter of William Ormfby,
Efq. by his wife Mary, of the family of Mapolder1) and
by her5 who after married Mr. Philips of Ballinduth, in
the county of Mayo, and died in 1736, had Nicholas,
Vifcount Taaffe, and two daughters; Anne (married to
John Brett, of Rathdoony in the county of Siigo, Efq. by
whom fhe had feveralfons, alldeceafed, and four daughters,
Anne, married to Roger Irwin, of Lifbailin in the faid
county, Efq. ; Sarah ; Mary; and Elizabeth) ; and Mary, to
Theodore, Ion of Major Chriftopher Verdon, of Cluni-
gafnell, and died child] efs.
Nicholas, Nicholas, the fixth Vifcount Taaffe, Count of the Holy
6 Empire, was educated in Lorain, appointed Chancellor tq
Leopold, father to the Emperor Francis I. from thence he
entered into the Auftrian fervice, where he was raifed to the
rank of L. General. He obtained the Golden Key from
the Emperor Charles VI. as he did from his fuccefTor,
which mark of diftincrion both his fons enjoyed0, ; his Lord-
fhip was Colonel of a regiment of fufiliers ; and pofiefl'cd
a confiderable eftate in Silefia. — He diitinguifhed him-
feif, by the name of Count Taaffe, during the war in 1738
with the Turks, and behaved at Belgrade with fuch re-?
markable bravery, chat he gained the victory with great
honour. — He married Mary-Anne, de Spendler, or Spend -
ley, Countefs of the Empire, daughter and heir to Count
Spendler of Lintz in Upper-Auftria, of an ancient
and illuftrious family of the Empire, a Lady of the bed-
chamber

Pedigree. 2 Idem,

"Vifcount.

TAAFFE, Viscount TAAFFE. 299

chamber to her Imperial and Hungarian Majefty, and by
her, who died 21 November 1769, set. 69, at the caftle
of Elifchan in Bohemia, had iffue two fons, viz.

John, who was born 1 Jan. 1 740-1, in Soho-fquare, Lon- (jj
don, appointed in 1761 a Counfellor Imperial Aulick of the
Empire. He had the honour to attend the Emperor and Em-
preis from Vienna to Infpruck, in Auguft 1765, and was pre-
fentat the celebration of the marriage ofthe Infanta of Spain,
with the Archduke Leopold, which marriage he was ap-
pointed by their Imperial Majefties to notify to the C*>urt
of Naples ; and died, before his father, upon his return, at
Gortz, 10 December 1765, of a fever. He married Maria
Choteck, Countefsof the Empire, and left iffue Rodolphus,
fucceffor to his grandfather, another fon, and a daughter.

Francis, younger fon of Nicholas, is Colonel Commandant (*)
ofthe regiment of Deux-Ponts, a Lord of the bedchamber, or
Chamberlain to their Imperial Majefties, a General in the
Auftrian fervice, and a Count ofthe Sacred Roman Empire.
In January 1772, he married at Bruffels, the eldeft daugh-
ter of John, late Lord Bellew, but hath no iffue.

His Lordfhip deceafed 30 December 1769, at the caftle
of Elifchan, being fucceeded by his grandfon,

Rodolphus, the feventh and prefent Vifcount Taaffe, in Rodoiphus,
the Imperial fervice, and now in Hungary. His Lordfliip r . 7
is married, and has iffue two fons.

Titles.] Rodolphus, TaaiTe, Lord Vifcount Taaffe of
Corren, and Baron of Ballymote, both in the county of
Sligo.

Creation.] So created 1 Auguft 1628, 4 Car. I.

Arms.] Ruby, a crois, Pearl, Frettee, Saphire.

Crest.] On a wreath, a dexter arm in armour embow-
<d, brandifhing a fword, all proper.

Supporters.] The dexter, a horfe, pearl, femee of
eftoils, diamond. The linifter a Wyvern, or fea-dragon3
yrith wings expanded, proper.

Motto,] In. Jloc Signo Spes Mea,

JONES,

3°° >

JONES, Viscount RANELAG1L

*2- A II E family of Johns or Jones, anceftors of this noble
Lord, had their refidence in the county of Lancafter, from
SirPvoger. whence defcended Sir Roger Jones, Knt. Alderman of
Thomas. London, father of Thomas Jones, who received his educa-
tion in Chrift Church College Cambridge, where he took the
degree ,of M. A. but that of D. D. was conferred upon him
at Dublin, in 1614 ; was fu,cceihvcly Chancellor and Dean
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in Dublin, from whence he was
promoted by letters patent 10 May 1584, to the epifcopal
fee of M'eath, was confecrated two days after, and 8 No-
vember 1605 !, he was tranfiated to the archiepifcopal fee
of Dublin, purfuant to Privy Seal, 8 October preceding,
in which the King thus writes, cc Whereas iince the death
of the late Archbifhop of Dublin, we have given no
order for fupply of that fee, becaufe the fame being a
place fb eminent within the kingdom^ we took time to
advife of a meet perfon for it, we have fince, upon con-?
<f ference with divers of our Council, found no one more
" fit for the prefent time, than the Bufhope of Meath, in
regard of his long experience in the kingdom, both in
the ecc'eriaiticalftateas a Bufhope, and in civil affairs as
Counfeilor, (having been fworn a Member theieof in
June 1584) wherefore we have made choice of him, and
we are further pleafed that hefhall hold in commenclam,
a prebend which now he hath in poffeihon, which he will
nominate unto you2." He held the faid prebend, viz.
that of Caftlenock, and the rectory of Trim, in commen?
dam, with this fee, and for the reafons contained in the
faid Privy Seal, was made Lord Chancellor of Ireland in
Oeloher 1605 3, which high office he filled until his deceafe.

18 May

1 War. Bp*. 156. ?.nd Lodge. 2 Rolls Ofii. and Editor's copy of War.

#PS- 354- 355- 3 Id-

cc
cc

■it

JONES, Viscount RANELAGH. 301

18 May 1608, he obtained a licence to hold a yearly fair
at Ballymore, in Weftmeath, on the feaft of the aiTumption
of the bleffed Virgin, at the rent of 6s. 8d. Irilri, and in
16 12, a cuftodiam was granted to him of the bifhopricks
of Kilmore and Ardagh 1 .

He married Margaret, daughter of Adam Purdon, of
Luigan-Race, in county of Louth, Efq. relic! of John
Douglas, Gent, (by whom flie had a numerous iilue) and
deceafmg 10 April 16 19, was buried in St. Patrick's Ca-
thedral, under a monument of black and white marble,
compofed of feveral columns, pillars and pyramids, and
two infcriptional plates of white marble, with his ltatue on
its knees reprefented under an arch above the tomb, and on
the monument this infcription :"

Thomas Jones, Archiepifcopus Dublin,
Primas et Metropolitianus Hiberniae,
Ejuidem cancellarius, necnonbis e Juftitiariis unus,
Obiit decimo Aprilis, anno reperatae ialutis humanae

1619.
Margarets, ejufdem Thorn ae Uxor Chanmma,
Obiit decimo quinto Decembris,
Anno a paitu Virginis, 16 18 *.

The irTue of the Archbifhop were fix children, three of
whom died young, and thofe who furvived, were Sir Roger,
his heir ; Margaret, married to Gilbert Domvile, Efq.
Clerk of the Hamper, and died 5 July 16 15; and Jane,
married to Henry Piers, of Trifternagh, in county of Well-
meath, Efq.2.

Sir Roger Jones, of Durhamfton, in county of Weft- St Roger/
meath, Knt. fucceeded to the eitates which his father had „.f '
formed, and puriuant to Privy Seal at Weftminiter, 21
July, and patent j at Dublin, 25 Auguft 1628, was created

a Peer

* This monument was rep.ur»d by the family in 1 73 1, through the folic:-
tatim of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's. (War. Bps. 355-)

4- The Preamble. Cum in diiecto ncftro Ragero Jor.e , cquite aurato, exi-
miam quandam propenfitatem et alacritatem ad res nod: as promovendas jam-
d.u anhnadvertinius et ex antiqaorum parentum na^ritL et vinutibu3 fuis iu

r.crociis

1 Rolls Off. and Editor's Copy of War. Dps. *<4. 355- 2 See Fito-

Ivljuiicej. Earl of Kerry, a.

30* JONES, Viscount RANELAGH.

a Peer of Ireland, by the titles of Barcn Jones, of Navah,
and Vifcount of Ranelagh, and his Lordfhip fat fiift in
parliament, 14 July I6341.

He married firft Frances, fecond daughter of Gerald
Moore, the firlt Vilccunt of Drogheda, fhe dying 23 No-
vember 162c, was interred in the family vault, at St. Pa-
trick's, and he married fecondly Catharine, daughter of Sir
Edward Longueville, of Wolverhampton, in county of
Bucks, Knt. and dying in 1620, had iflue by her a daugh-
ter Elizabeth, married to Colonel Robert Sandys, fon of
Sir Edwyn Sandys, of Narbonne, county of Kent,
Knt.

The ifTue by his firft wife> were two fohs and two daugh-
ters, viz.

(t) Arthur, who fucceeded to the honours.

rt\ Thomas, from whom the prefent Vifcount defcends.

, v Daughter Margaret, married to Sir John Clotworthy,

Vifcount MafTareene.

Mary,

uegotiis noftris affidue preftitis abunde exploratum habemu? prasdi&um Roge-
rum ad altiora et magis et ardua Regni negotia fufcipienda et peragenda, per
habilem fore utpote qui per multos exinde arms retroacla fecretioribus confi-
liis nobi.., et pro chariffimo Patri n>ftfo beatae memorise extiterit, aciniii-
dem prudentia, integritate, et fidciitate apprime poilcntem fe Temper preftite-
rit ; reperientes etiam in di&o Rogero per eximia merita et virtute? pro-
priis fibi miiitaribus memorise defuncVi, coronse noftri multipl citer preftitis
ct impends qui per multos annos curriculos non iolum Canccllarius dicli regni
noftri H.be.nise, magna cum integritate et equali juftitis diitributione inter
fubditos hujus Regni feliciter geffit, verum ut etiam primitus confiliarius et
dicto Patri noftro ac nuper Reginse Elizabeth.se in dubiis et vacillaniibus intef-
i.ni belli temporibus rebus pubiicis hujus Regni fauftiflime prefidcbat ac locum-
ienentis officio vacante lupremi magiftratus five unius fupremoium jufticiarurn
munere femel atque iterum perfun&us eft, ac in iifdem omnibus exequendij
frudentia, gravitate et provida circumfpectione celcbri inclaruit, ac fubnato-
rus picftantiffimi, necnon omnibus, numeris ablolutis (in perennium normnis
fui clogium) gloriam ut portavit horum intuitu, ac ut tempore cmaibus qucra
fufuris feculis ir.notefcat, qualis erga di&um Rogerum propter meritis pre-
dicTtis noftri fuerit affedtus, qualis apud nos meritcrrm ipfms Rogeri exift ma»
tione eaque intentione ut candore et munifkentia noftra praedi£tum Rcgerum
de nobis et patria bene meritum ad altiora excitent di&ufque Rogerus quodcun-
que munus fibi a nobis impofteris concreditum fuerit honorificentius geratum
et alacrins exequatum dittum Rogerum in numero Parium ct heroum hujus
Regni noftri Hiberniaj adferihendum et in gradum Baronis et Vicecomitis he-
reditarium hu-jus regni promovendum cenfuimus. Sciatis igiiur quodoos ds
gratia noftra fpeciali, &c. Jour. I. 81.

* Lords Jour. I. z.

JONES, Viscount RANELAGH. 303

Mary, married firft to John Chichefter, Efq. of the fa- (*)
mily of Donegal ; and fecondly, to Colonel Chriftopher
Copley.

Arthur, the iecond Vifcount, took his feat in the Koufe Arthur,
of Peers, 5 February 1644 '. He married Catharine, y-^V^
daughter of Richard, firft Earl of Cork, died 17 January
1669*, and was buried the 14 at St Patrick's, having if-
fue Richard, his heir, and three daughters, viz. Catharine,
(married firft to Sir William Parfons, of Bellamont, county
of Dublin, Bart, and fecondly to Hugh, Earl of Mount-
Alexander, which title is extinct); Elizabeth, to

Maultfter, Valet de Pe, and had iilue ; and Frances, died
unmarried, or without iflue.

Richard, the third Vifcount Ranelagh, was chofen to the Richard,
Englifh Parliament for the borough of Caftlerifing, in Nor- viic3ount
folk, alfo for Weftlowe, in county of Cornwall, was ap- ' c°^ *
pointed Vice-Treafurer of Ireland 4 June 1674, 17 of that 1
month, Conftable of the Caftle of Athlone, and was created EarL
Earl of Ranelagh. — He was feveral years Pay-Mafter to the
army ; was fworn of the Privy Council to K. William,
1 March 169 1; 3 November 1704, appointed one of the
Governors of Q^ Anne's bounty for the augmentation of the
maintenance of the poor clergy, and departed this life 5 Ja-
nuary 17 1 if. He married firft Elizabeth, daughter of

Francis,

* About the lad day of December 16691 he declared his laft will, nuncu-
pative, and appointed Sir John Cole, executor, in truft for his three daugh-
ters, to each of whom he" bequeathed zoooL for their portion ; that his
daughter Mount-Alexander be firlt paid ; and that Elizabeth and France*,
fhould have their portions on condition they married with the content of his
daughter Mount-Alexander, his Ion and Sir J ,hn Cole, or any two of them i,
and in cafe either of them died unpreferred, her portion to accrue to his ion,
he paying 500I. to his furviving fifter. (Prerog. Off. and Lodge.)

•f By his will, made 2.0 February 1710, he ordered that whatfoever re-
mained of the effects affigncd for the payment of his debto fhould be divided
(his (aid debts, funeral charge?, and'lcgacies, being fi-fl: paid thereout) into
• four equal (hares or parts ; one of which he deviled to his eldeft daughter Kil-
dare, by his firft wife ; and by a codicil of the fame date, left her two of hisfil-
ver falvers, gilt and godroned about the brim^, marked No. 1. and No. a ;
snd four of his 1% Giver gilt plates, godroned about the brims 5 and his dear
mother's picture hanging up in his clofet at Chelfea. To his coufin the Lady
Catharine Fitzgerald, of whofe hearty friendfhip to him and his, he was al-
ways fenfible, he bequeathed his chagieen cal'e, with a gilt fpoon, knife,
fork and a fpooa for eggs and marrow, in it. (Prerog. Off. and Lodge.)

1 Lords Jour. 1. 117.

.'-'

304 JONES, Viscount RANELAGH.

Francis, Lord Willonghby, of Parham ; and fecondly7
Margaret, daughter of James Cecil, third Eari of Saliibu-
ry, relict of Jonn LordStawell: by the laft lady he had no
iffde, but by his firft, had two fons, viz. Arthur and Ed-
ward, who died young ; and four daughters, viz. Eliza-
beth., - ) clied yo'uhg ; Elizabeth, married to John, eigh-
teenth Karl of Kildare; Frances, to Thomas, Earl Ccningf-
by, being his fecondwife; and Catharine, who died un-
married 12 or 14 April 174c, at Chelica, in an advanced
age ; the title of Earl thus became extinct, but thofe of
Vifcount Ranelagh, and Baron ofNavan, having lain ma--
ny years dormant, were revived in the perlons of

' Charles Jones, the lineal heir and fourth in defcent from
Thomas Jones, feconu fon of Sir Roger, the firft Vifcount,.
which Thomas Jones took to wife, Elizabeth, daughter of
John Harris, of Winchefter, Efq. and had iifue two fons,
Roger; and Thomas, who died without iffue. Roger, the
cldeft Ion, ferved in the Englifh Parliament for the city of
Winchefter ; married Martha, daughter of the Rev. Mr.
Gulfton, Recror ofWaltham, and Prebendary of Winchef-
ter, and by her had iffue a fon Charles, and three daugh-
ters, viz. Elizabeth, married to William Whitacre, Efq.;
Martha, to jofeph Etherfea,Efq. ; and Anne, to John De-
vile, Efq. Charles, the only fen, was feveral years a Cornet in
the regiment of Dragoons, commanded by George, Lord Car-
penter : He married Elizabeth, daughter of James Douglas,
of Haddington, in Scotland, Efq. and died in Ireland,
leaving iifue a ion Charles, arid three daughters, viz. Mar-
tha ; Margaret, married to Thomas Garden, Elq. ; and
Wilhelmina, to Doctor John Hill, of London.

Charles, Charles Jones, the prelent Vifcount Ranelagh, fat firft
4 in the Houfe of Peers, on the death of his coulin Richard,

Vifcount. jate Eari an(i Vifcount Ranelagh, 16 Ooloher 1759 l< On
22, July 1760, he obtained an annual pcniion of 300I. and
10 October 1764, his Majeity was pleafed to augment the
fame to 400I. per annum2. . 16 May 1760, It was " re-
*'■ folved by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parlia-
<c ment aifembled, nemine contradicente, that an humble ad-
"- drefs be prefented to his Excellency, the L. L. that his
" Excellency will lay before his Majeity the requeft of this

" Houfe,

* Lords Jour. IV. 140. * Pcniion Lift.

JONES, Viscount RANELAGH. 305

'* Houfe, that his Majefty will be gracioufly pleafed to
c< grant to the Right Hon. Lord Vifcount Ranelagh,
ct the fum of 1000I- in teriimony of their approbation of
cc his Lordiliip's particular merit and faithful fervice in
<c thefe four laft felfions of Parliament, as Chairman to the
cc feveral committees appointed to confider the bills that have
*e parted this Houfe I." 21 December 177 1, and 28 Febru-
ary, 1774 we meet fimilar resolutions*; 18 December 1775,
a like resolution paffed in his Lordiliip's favour, augmenting
the fum to 1600 3, which was repeated %% December 1777,
and 21 December 17794-. tffj December 178 1, and 15
December i783,refolutions paifedinhis Lordfhip's favour,
augmenting the furn to 2000I. $, and 4 April 1785, 13
March 1786 6, and in 1787, like refolutions palled in his
Lordiliip's favour for the fum of 1400I. fterling. He mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of Thomas Montgomery, Efq. Mem-
ber of Parliament for Lifford, in county of Donegall, and
had iffue ten ions and three daughters, viz. Charles, born
29 October 176 1 ; Thomas, born 2 February 1763 ;
Richard, (born 23 March 1764, married 13 September
1785, Sophia, only daughter and heir to the late John
Giddart, of Blakeley-hunt, in county of Lancafter, Efq.);
John, born 15 January 1768, died young ; Benjamin,
born 8 September 1770 ; John, born 1 June 1772 ;
Roger, died young; William; Richard-Montgomery , born
13 September 1776; Alexander, born 9 March 1778;
Robert, born 30 March 1780, died young; daughter Ma-
ry, born 15 June 1766; Sarah, born 7 September 1767;
and Margaret, born 9 May 1769, who died young 7.

Titles.] Charles Jones, Baron Jones, of Navan, in
county of Meath, and Vifcount Ranelagh, in county of
Dublin.

Creation.] So created 25 Auguft 1628. 4 Car. I.

Arms.] Saphire, a crofs, topaz, charged with 5 mul-
lets, ruby, between 4 pheons, of the fecond.

Crest.] A dexter arm couped and armed, holding a
dart, proper.

Supporters.] Two Griffins party per fefs, eme-
rald and pearl.

Vol. IV. X Motto ]

1 Lords Jour. IV. 487. 5 Idem. 608. 715. 3 Idem 813.
4 Idem. V. zQ. 148, 5 Idem. 255. 417. 6 Id&m 585. 704*

1 UJfter'cOff.

3o« FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM.

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Motto.] Ccelitus mihi vires. "\

Seat.] Monkftown, county Dublin, 5 miles ftom-
Dublin.

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FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAIVL

1 HE prime defcenf of this family may be feeft under the
title of Earl Fitz-William ; one whereof (whofe chriftian
name is now toft) attending K. John into Ireland, when
Chief Governor of the kingdom, founded this branch,
which hath fkftixifhed from that time to the prefent,
as the following records, made in their favour, fully de-
monstrate.
John, In the year 1282* John Fitz-William, the elder, fon of
Richard and Margery, recovered fix meiVuages in Swerdes,
foom William Wycombe ; and 29 Auguft i3 Edward IIJ.
Philip Fitz-William, and William Fitz-Bernard, entered ir>-
to a recognizance before the Chancellor at Cork, to pay to
the Prior of St. John, of Jerufalem, and his fuccelTors, 40s.
in fifteen days after St. Martin, the Michaelmas Term ne^t
enfuing, with power of difbeis, and the forfeiture of ioos»
in cale of non-payment.

Ricfcard.- Richard (or Robert) Fitz-Williara, of Ballyrnon, living

in the reign' of Edward II. left iflue by El-lcna, his wife,

Wil];am. twofons.. William; and Robert, living in 1342.' — William,
the elder, in 1348, (22 Edward III.) was pardoned by the
King, all tranfgreiuons and murders, he had, or might
have committed in the exercife of martial law upon the Irifh,
who bordered on the EngHJJ; Pak 'r to reftrain whofe incur-

iions,

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM. 307

fions, he built the caftle of Wicklow, of which he was made
Conftable ; and in 1375, 49 Edward III. appointed Chief
Commander and Governor of all that part of the country.
He was alio in 1367, Lord of Kilkenran, and left iffue a
daughter Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas deMufgrave;
and a fon

William, who in 138 1, and 1382, was Sheriff of the William;
county of Meath, which office he ferved by commimon, da-
ted at Cork, 13 January 138 1, for the county of Dublin ;
and two davs after was commiilioned to arreft, and in fafe
cuftody to keep the perfons of Richard White and Reginald
Talbot, late Sheriffs, and Robert Lichteburgh, late Ef-
cheater of Ireland, who were endeavouring to go beyond fea,
without rendering an account to the King, into the Exche-
quer, for the feveral debts due to him in refpecl of their of-
fices.— On 8 March following, he and Sir Richard Talbot,
Nicholas Houthe, Richard Netterville, and others, were
appointed, jointly and feverally, Keepers of the Peace in
the county of Dublin; and he was made Senefchal of all
the Temporalities in that county, with power to appoint his
Deputy. — On 16 June 1382, he was conftituted Conftable
of the Caftle of Wykynglow (Wicklow), with the annual
fee of zol.j which patent being renewed to him 15 Auguft
1385, a mandamus iffued to Anaftacia, late wife of Richard
Netterville, Thomas Netterville, and John Humfray, Chap-
lain, Keepers of the faid caftle, to deliver it up to him,
with the arms, armour, and all other things thereto belong- •
ing. — By patent, dated at Trim 20 September 1385, he
was made Keeper of the Great Seal of the Exchequer, with
liberty to name a Deputy; and by commimon, dated at
Triftledermot, 8 May 1389, he and Sir Richard Talbot,
John Cruys and Thomas Marward were appointed, jointly
and feverally, Keepers of the Peace in the county of
Dublin, and to render an accompt before the Prior of
the Holy Trinity, and the Mayor of Dublin, and not
into the Exchequer: with which authority he was iblely
invefted in 139 1; to arm the inhabitants at pleafure
for its defence ; to punifh offenders, and to do all fuch
things as he fhould think fit, and conducive to that end :
Being alfo again made Sheriff of the county for the years
1394 and. 1397 ; had the cuftody of the Staines , near Dub-
lin, in order to prefervethe water-courfe free and clean, for
the benefit of the city; and was made Keeper of all the Lands
and Tenements in the marches of Leinfter5 which James,
Earl of Ormond had held for life.

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3o3 FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM.

John. In this laft mentioned year of 1397, he died, and the

King granted a pardon to his fon John, for all tranfgreffions ;
who being (lain the next year, left iliue by Chriftiana, his

Henry. wife, Henry Fitz-Wiiliam, Efq. who by his petition to
K Henry IV. fet forth, That he had undergone divers
great expences and labours in the King's fervice, and the
wars in Leinfter, in which he was wounded, without any
confideration or regard from the King, to the manifeft de-
triment of his fortune; and that he had a leafe of ceitain
lands and tenements in the Nardeneiie, Berragh and Fin*
gowere, in the marches of the county of Dublin, wThichwere
the King's demefnes, and which he preferved at very great
expense and care, and were not worth maintaining againft
the Irifhfc without the aififtance of the ft ate ; in refpeer.
whereof, and of his fa id fervices, the King committed unto
him the cuftody of thofe lands for 20 years, with the fee of
ttn marcs a year thereout, by patent, dated at Dunboyne,
14 June 1403.

Thomas. To him fucceeded Thomas Fitz-Wiiliam, who in the

fa id King's reign, was Conftable of the town of Swordes ♦
and had irTue a daughter Felicia, married to Walter, third
fon of Sir Robert Cruife, of Grallagh and Tirrelfton, (by
his wife Elinor, daughter of Simon Geneville) whofe eldeit

Richard, fon was Simon Cruife, Efq.*; and a fon Richard Fitz-
Wiiliam, who was living at Donnybrook, near Dublin, in

Philip. 1432 ; and (we prefume) was father of Philip Fitz-Wiiliam,
Efq. to whom K. Henry VI. granted a certain fum of mo-
ney out of the crown rents, which he was to pay for his
manor of Thorn-Caftle, in order to enable him to build a
fort there, which in 1437, had been deftroyed by the King's
Infh enemies. — In 1442, he was living at Merryong ; and
in 1446, being one of the Counfellors and Servants to
Richard, Duke of York, had a remittal of all the chief
rent he was to pay the King, during life.

Stephen. To this Philip fucceedea Stephen Fitz-Wiiliam, who in

1463, held the manor of Thorn-Caftle; and to him William
Fits-Wiiiiam, who married Anne, only daughter of Tho-
mas Ciuifr, of the l\aull, in the county of Dublin, Efq.

* By hi'-n (he hidTh masCrui'e, Erq. who by Joan, daughter of Rich-
ard D lit , had a daughter Lyfine, m i ted to John Roche, ofNoby; and
a j ihnGrxiife, Eiq. who married Joan, daughter f Peter Beliew, of

] ., and had William, who left no nTuc, and a daughter Elizabeth.

(LodgeJ

William.

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM. 309

by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hollywood, of
Tartaine, Efq.* and left Richard, his heir, who married Richard.
Genet (or Margaret) Hollywood, of the feme family, and
had Thomas Fitz-William, Efq. of Mervon, Brey, andThora:iS»
Baggotrath in the county of Dublin, of which county he
was Sheriff in 15 11 ($ Henry VIII.) and is proved by in-
quilition to have died in 20 of that reign, 1529 -—He mar-
ried Eleanor +, daughter of John DowdaU, Efq. third ion

* Which Thomas, was Ton and heir to faid Simon Cruife, of O'allagh,
Efq. (eldeft fon of Sir R<bcrt) by his wire Margaret, daughter and heir to
John Cruife, of the Naull, Efq. — The faid Thomas, father of Ame Fitz-
William, had two Tons William, (who married Margaret, da&ghte^of Henry
Eetagh, ofMoynalty, E;q. d;ed i November 143 1, and L ft three daughters
Maud, Joan, and Anne, his coheirs) ; an i Chriftopher, who died in France,
in the time ot H.sry V. without iffue. (Lodgv.)

f The Bill in Cheery, filed by 1. F z William, of Eaggotrath, his
grandfon, in Michaelmas Term 35 Henry Viil. proved this Bis mair age,
that |fais fon and heir was Richard, and h;.~ grand: n named Thomas, who
was found rightful heir of the bodies of John Dowdall, Gent, and Dame
Margaret Jenico, his wife, by the anfwer upon oath of Sir Walter De la ide,
of Moyclare, Knt. of the age of 40 years, \\hod.pofed, that a certa.n time
Sir M auryfhe Eulb.ce, of Baliycot;ande, Knt. and Dam.. J >han Ei ft.. Ce, his
wife; Sir John Plunket, of Bewlye. Kni. and Dame Mid F.uf.ace, his
wife, the laid Sir Walter DJahyde, and Dame Jn.t Euftace, his wife,
daughter of the laid Dame Margaret jenico, and the faid T. F;lz-W liam,
of Ba -gotftrath, Gent, grandfather to the firfl: above-named T. Fitz-W»ll;am,
being then married to the afore/aid Elianor. Dowdall, daughter and heir to the
laid J'hn Dowdall, and Dame tyargardt Jenico, their bode- awfully be-
gotten, as aforefaid, repaired and went t gethei to one W liiam Godyngt'^
honle in Dublin, to fea»ch upe certain evid n es concerning the faid Dame
M. Jenico's lands and tenement ; and a. ter th..t t;.ty had iearched awhile,
the laid Sir Maurice Euftace, being iomewhat prafiil'ed and learned in (he
laws, perceiving a certain fuit of deede , v. her, by the faid Dame M. Jenico
made a furetie of ail her faid lands and tenement- to herfelf and the laid John
DowdaU, and the heirs of th;;r two bodies together, he fecretly conveyed
the laid fate of deeds with him, an i fo immediately they all departed fiom
thence. And forthwith the faid Sir Maurice and Johari his wife, SirJ.Piun-
ket and Dame M..ud his wife, Si; Walter Deiahyde an 1 J net his wife, went
together to the faid Sir W Iter': ch.mbcr, then being in the late day Frexps,
befides the faid city of Dubi n, and as foon as they came to the fai 1 <"hamber,
Sir Maurice laid, that he had found a thing in the faid cheft, that did make
very much for all their puruole ; and they alked him what it was? He anfwei-
ing, faid that it was a fuit of deeds whereby Dame Margaret Jenico made a
furety of all her whole lands to herfelf and the faid J. pbwdail, and the heirs
of their two bodies together ; which fuit cf deeds if the laid T. Fitz-Wil'iam
had, he would, in the rghr < f the faid Elyanore Dowdall, his wife, take all
the faid lands from them, whereunto the faid Dame J han his wife anfweripg
faid, it were better that all they t( gether, being filler , fhould inherit and
have the faid lands as heir*- to the faid Dame, M. Jenico their mother, than
that the faid E. Dowdall fhould have all the faid whole lands. Thereupon
they conclnded forthwith to burn the faid fuit of deeds ; but Sir Wiiliam De-
iahyde

310 FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM.

of Sir John Dowdall, of Newtown, and coheir to her mo-
ther Margaret, daughter and heir to Sir Jenico D'Artois, a
Gafcoign, by his wife Maud, daughter of Chriftopher,
Lord Killeen, and widow of Richard Talbot, of Mala-
hvde, Efq. ■ and had iflue three fans and two daughters,
viz.

Richard^

lahyde would not in any waysconfent or agree thereunto, but defiredthera t®
keep the fame fecret and fure, and not to burn them. And fo upon this com-
munication betwixt them, the bell in the laid Freres church began to knoile
to thefacrynge of maft, and Sir Walter departed, and went then to the church
to the facring and to hear mafs. And fo he being then abfent, Sir Maurice
and the reft immediately called for a faggot to the chimney, which being put
a fyre, they forthwith, according to their conclufion burned all the (aid fuit
of deed-, left the fame at any time ever might be had, or come to light ;
which thing the laid D«me Jenet hi* wife Ihtwed him immediately after he
heard the laid facring and mafs, and came to his faid chamber, wherewith he
was very forry and di contented. And the next Lent after, he and his wife
being fore moved in their confeience to keep the burning and imbelelynge of
«he faid deeds Icciet, went to a Frere of the faid houfe of Gray Freres to
fhryfte, 2nd fo declared entirely the fame matter unto him, who required and
counielled them, in difcharge of their confeience afore God, to maniieft and
declare the fame unto them that rightfullv was entitled and ought to have the
i'aid evidences of land?.— —Whereupon Sir Walter, being in eftimation and fa-
vour with the late Earl of K.ldare, and knowing that the faid Richard Fit7.«
William late of Baggoterath, Gent, kinfman and fervant unto the laid Far!,
•was rightful inheritor to the faid lands, moved the Earl of the circumftances
and effect of all the faid matter, and dcfired him to fpeak to the fa;d Richard,
and to further and br;ng the matter to pal's after fuch fort, that faid Richard
fhould make Sir Walter and hi^ wife and their heirs fure of the portion of the
faid lands, which wa at that time in their poffeffion, in confideration that by
themanifefticg and declaring of the truth, ac i^ aforefaid, unto the laid Richard,
he might the fooner attain the right and poffeffion of all the refidueof the laid
Dame Margaret's lands, which then was out of his poffeffion, whereupon the
faid Earl, S r Wajtei and wife handled the matter after fuch fort andfafh'on
in the true deck: ition'cf the whole circumftance of the enbe clinge and bum-
inge of the faid dee is, fo that the faid Richard by means thereof, and by the
advice of other his trufty kinfmen and friend , made a furcty to Sir Waiter
and wife and their heirs of the portion then in their p .ffeffion. — And Sir Wal-
ter, further depofed, that his wife, long afore this time, in the life of the faid
Richard F.tz-William, in prefence of the faid Earl and many others, examined
upon thedrloly EvangelifU, tcrtified the full effect and force of the whole con-
tents of this teftimonial to be true •, whereupon there was then an inftriiment
made thereof fubferibed with the (aid EariYhand, and others there being pre-
fent. All which matters afcrefaid the faid Sir Walter, without mede, re-
ward, or any other manner of cccafibn or means, faving only to diicharge his
confeience afore God in declaring of the truth in that behalf, hath deputed and
teftified to be true, by the Holy contents' of his oath aforefaid. (Rot, 34*.
Hen. VIII. D. R. 6.) •••«-.. • •

Lcdg^o

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ -WILLIAM. 311

Richard, of Baggotrath, his fucceflbr. (')

Sir William, of' the Great-Park atWindfor1, appointed <z)
26 Auguft 1532, Clerk of the Hanaper, and reprefented
the county of Carlow, in the Parliament held 12 January
1559, (2 Elizabeth) having iiTue by Jane, his wile, four
daughters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Catharine, and Elizabeth,
whereof Catharine, was the firft: wife of Chriftopher, Vif-
count Gormaniton, and died in 1595 .

Sir Nicholas, a Prieft, Prebendary of Ballymore, and (3)
Treafurerof the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin, to whom
lifter the diffolution of that church, viz. 26 June, firft of his
reign, K. Edward VI. granted a penfion of 661- 13s. 4d.
Irifh for li:e.

Daughter, Margaret, was married to William (Mac-The- (1)
cbald) Walfh, of Carrigmaine, in the county of Dublin,
Efq. and had a daughter Joan2, and a ion Richard, who
by Eleanor, daughter of William Euftace, of Clongoofe-
wood, Efq. by his wife Margaret, daughter Of Maurice
Fitz-Gerald? of Alnoon, county of Kildare, Efq. 3 was fa-
ther of Howell Walfh, whole wife was Elinor, daughter
of Michael Fitz -William, of Dunore, hereafter men-
tioned.

Alifon, firft married to Chriftopher Ufsher, Bailiff of (zy
Dublin, in the year 150U, twice Mayor thereof in 15 18
and 1524, and by K.Henry VIII, in 15255 made Cufto-
mcr and Colle61or of that port. * Her fecond huiband was
Sir James Fitz-Symons, of Dublin, by whom fhe had a
fon Nicholas ; and her third was Alderman James Sedgrave,
but by him fhe had no iflue 4.

Richard Fitz-William, of Baggotrath, Efq. in 1527, Richard.'
(19 Henry VIII.) was one of the Gentlemen of the King's
Bedchamber, and that year made Senefchal for life of his
Majefty's four manors of Newcaftle near Lyons, Eflcer,
Taffagard, and Cromlin, with power to fubftitute a deputy,
and to yield no accompt. — He married Catharine, daugh-
ter

* She was his fecond wife, and mother of John Ufsher, Mayor of Dublin
in 1561, who by Aiifon, daughter of William Newman, was father of Sir
William Ufsher, Clerk of the Council, knighted by the L. D. Carew, 23
April 1603, who married Label, daughter of Dr. Adam Loftus, Archbifhop
of Dublin, and Lord Chancellor, and had Arthur, his heir, drowned at Don"
aybrook.

* Ulfter, 2 Idem. 3 Lodge. * UIft«r.

3i2 FITZ-WILLIAM," Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM'.

ter of Robert Bathe, of Kepoke, in the county of Dublin,
Efq. by his firft wife Rofe Woodlocke, and had three fons,
Sir Thomas, Michael, and John ; the fecond ofwhom Michael
was feated at Donamore (or Dunore) in the county of Meath,
and in the reigns of K. Edward, Q^ Mary, and Q^ Eliza-
beth, was Surveyor-General of the Crown-Lands; for his
fervices in which ftation, and in refpe6f of the lingular fa-
vour, which the Queen bore to his uncle Sir William Fitz-
Wiliiam, deceafed, her Majeffy by Privy-Seal, dated at
Greenwich, 25 May 1560, granted him a leafe in reverfion,
of the manor and re£rory of Donamore, for 21 years, after
the end of his former intereft of two years to come. He
married Mary, daughter of Jenico, the third Vifcount Gor-
manfton, and had iflue William who, as by inquifition,
fucceeded at Donamore, married, and had iflue Elizabeth,
who married firft Edward Plunket, of Loghgor ; and fe-
condly, Peter Taaffe, Efq.1; Patrick; Eleanor, married
to Howell Walfh, Efq. afore-mentioned; Catharine, the
fecond wife of George King, of Clontarffe, Efq. who died
without iffue by her, 13 July 163 1 ; Jane; and Elizabeth,
married to Gerald Fitz-Gerald, executed for murder in the
time of the rebellion.
SirThomis. Sir Thomas Fitz-William, of Meryon, and of Baggot-
rath, the eldeft fon, had a grant of a fpecial livery, a par-
don of licence of alienation, and a pardon of intrufion, as
fon and heir to Richard Fitz-William, of Baggotrath, de-
ceafed, 10 December 1541 a. He had a warrant from the
Council of England 30 April 155 1, to have a leafe in re-
verfion for 21 years, of the diflblved Houfe of Holmpa-
trick, in the county of Dublin; which county he repre-
fented, with his father-in-law, in the Parliament of 1559,
and in 156 1, was Sheriff thereof; being alfo appointed
Conftableof Wicklow, in 1566, 8 (^Elizabeth, and by a
large commiifion, "Senefchal or Chief Ruler of the Marines
of Dublin, the barony of Rathdowne, and over the Sept of
the Archbolds, and all perfons, of what degree or quality
foever, within his jurifdiclion ; with a power to fummon
all the forces under his government at pleafure, and to take
fuch order for the profecuting of rebels and punifhing male-
factors, either in their lands, bodies or goods, as he fhould
think fit ; being alfo entrufted with full power to hear and

determine

* Decree 10 May 1605. 2 Rot. 33 Henry VIII, 1. p. f.

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WTLLIAM. 313

determine all caufes whatfoever, growing and arifing be-
tween any the faid inhabitants, or any other within the faid
marines: And 15 Elizabeth, being again conftituted She-
rifY of the county of Dublin, a power was granted him to
execute martial-law therein, upon all malefa£tors.

On 21 February 1578, he was nominated a Commiflion*
er, for the making of limits and bounds of certain tern tories,
appointed to be made fhire-ground, and named the county
ofWicklow, with the diviiion thereof into fix baronies. —
In 1584, he made a fettlement of his eftate of Thorn -Caftle,
otherwise Meryon, which he held by Knight's-fervice, to
the ufe of his eldeit fon Richard Fitz -William, for life, re-
mainder to the fons of the faid Richard, viz. Thomas,
William and Chriftopher, in tail-mail, and to every other
fon that the faid Richard fhould beget by his wife JanePref-
ton, or any other wife; remainder to his own fecond fon
Nicholas, and his heirs male; remainder to his third fon
Thomas, and his heirs male ; remainder to William, eld-
eft foh of his late late brother Michael * . 10 October 1592*
he gave to his well beloved fon and heir Richard, all his
corn in Holmpatrick, Skerries, Meryon, Bcterftone, Si-
mon's-Court and eliewhere, as well fown as unfown, or
which thereafter fhouid be fown, and all other his goods
and chattels, which were not comprized in a former gift,
made to his faid fon, to hold to fuch ufe, as by the faid
former gift and his laft will was limited, and for further de-
claration of his faid will, did thereby declare and notify,
that his full mind, will, and bequeft was, "that his daugh-
ter Dame Catharine Fitz-Williams, Lady Gormanfton,
fhould have his full crop of corn, growing upon the de~
mefnes of his farm-houfe of Holmpatrick, at the time of
his death to her own ufe, and if the fame was not then
fully fown, then his will was, that all the fallow and birche,
of that his demefne fhould be fown with fuch corn, as he
then fhould have in his haggard or granaries there, and that
fhe fhould have the fame to her own ufe. And to his faid
fon Richard, he left all fuch debts, rents, and duties, as
fhould be due unto him, both out of all his lands and titlies,
as otherwife, at the time of his death, to his own ufe ; in
confederation whereof, and of other things, he had left a
portion and fum of money with his fons Nicholas and Tho-
mas.— His wife wTas Genet, daughter of Patrick Finglas.

314 FITZ-WILLXAM, Viscount FITZ-W'ILLIAM,

of WeftpaliloR, Efq. Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
by his wife Ifabella, alias Elizabeth, daughter of Robert
Golding, of Churchtown, Efq. and departing this life (as
by inquiiition) 9 November 1592, had three ions and one
daughter, viz.

/j) Sir Richard, his fucceflbr.

-aj Nicholas, of Holmpatrick and Balldungan, in the coun-

ty of Dublin, who married Mabel, daughter of Walter
Nangle, of Kildalky, in Meath, Efq. died 5 December
16355 and was buried with his ancestors in the church of
Donnybrookc, having iifue two ions and two daughters,
Thomas ; Nicholas or Patrick ; Mary, married to Bartho-
lomew Ruffeil, of Scaton, county of Dublin, Gent.; Jane;
Elizabeth, to John, fon of Sir Richard Bolton, Chief Baron
of the Exchequer ; Eleanor, to James Birmingham, of Bal-
logh, Efq.*; and Margaret, to William Underwood, of
Dublin, Merchant.

/3) Thomas, of Moylagh, who married Mary, daughter of

Chriftopher Segrave, of Dublin, Efq. and had a ion Tho-
mas, who died without iuue.

(1) Daughter, Catharine, married firft to James Plunket, of

Dunfoghly, Efq fon and heir to Sir John Plunket, Chief Juf~
tice of tiie King's-Bench, and fecondly, to Chriftopher,
the fourth V ifcount Gormanilon, to whom fhe was fecond
wife, and was buried 10 February, 16c?,1*
$!r Richard. Sir Richard Fitz-William, of Meryon, was of full ag«
at his father's death and married. He was Conftable of the
Cattle of Wicklow, Lord Warden of the marches of Lein-
ftei, in the reign of Q^ Elizabeth ; and 24 September
j 593, brought two archers on horfeback to the general
£iofYing at Tarah ; but died c March 1595, and (as is

proved

* He wii elckft fon of Richard Birmingham, who died 13 March 1638 j
and with his wife Eleanor, lies bu.ied under the Kail window, in the North
aiie of the" church of Lufic, having a large table monument over them, with
bis cfHgies upon his knee?,- in compJeat armour, and on the North-Ledge,

For James Eirmyngham of Bailogh Efquire,

On the South Ledge,

iktd his wife Elinor Fitz-Wiiiiams 1637

and on the Weft Ledge,

W^ IHI Mtrcatori

* Ulfter,

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM. 315

proved by inquilition pofi mortem) was feized of Baggot-
rath, Finftown, Kepock, Beye, Kiltiernan, Laftornan,
Rathellin, Dullick, Chaunteritowne, Kintale, and Kil-
clogher, in county ol Louth.1. He left iffue by Jane,

daughter of ■ Prefton, five fons and two daughters,

viz. Sir Thomas, created Vifcount Meryon; William, of
Dundrum, who in 16 14, married Mary, daughter of Mr.
Smyth, and widow of Dr. Henry Ufsher, Archbifhop of
Armagh*, but died 16 July 16 16, without iffue; Chrifto-
pher died childlefs in 1649 ; Patrick, killed by Sir Ro-
bert Newcomen, unmarried ; Richard, of the Rock, the
youngeft fon, who married the daughter of Sir Triad y
Duffe, of Dublin, Knt. and lifter to Richard Duffe, Efq. ;
Catharine, (wife to Henry Chevers, of Monktown, in the
county of Dublin, Efq. fccond fon of John Chevers, of
Macetown, fon of Sir Chriftopher, fon of Sir William or
Walter, of Macetown, fon of Sir Nicholas, of Ballyhally,
in the county of Wexford, and by him, who died in June
1640, had Walter, who married Alifon, daughter of Nicho-
las, Vifcount Netterville ; Thomas ; and Patrick, who
died unmarried) ; and Mary, firft married to Matthew
Plunket, the fifth Lord of Louth ; and fecondly, \o Gerald
Aylmer, Efq.

Sir Thomas Fitz-William, who fucceeded at Meryon, sirThomas;
was 14 years of age, at the time of his father's deceafe, and . '
23 Auguft 1608, was honoured with knighthood; he 1*count'
was Sheriff the enfuing year of the county of Dub-r
lin; had a grant 17 December 1610, of 1000 acres of
land, in the barony of Orier and county of Armagh, at the
rent of 81. Englifh ; and by K. Charles I. was advanced
to the dignities of Baron Fitz-William, of Thorn-Caftle,
and Vifcount Fitz-William of Meryon, by letters patentf,

dated

f By Primate Ufche" fhe had three daughter?, Margery, Mary, and Eli-
nor ; to the eldcll of whom the faid William, as.executor to ihe Piimaie, was
to pay 150I. and to the two younger !ool. each. (Lodye. )

•f* The Preamble. Vere Rcgium cfL CcOl'emus intei Subditos fuos, quos
•b eis Virtutibus p:sec^llenti'.res ct N> bilitate Sanguin". emin^ntiorct. inve ■
rierunt, cos .id Hoc-.rum Gradus pts cseter:« ejuidem Ord inis cvchere, et in
Honoribus rite diYponcndis hoc pr;t ft.;t rhaxime, ut in ei.dem Loci^, ubi et
pr»pria et Anteeefforum iuorum Merita iMULcflei int, cptime merent, quail
ip prop: ia Sphera lua moventes, Noblutis titulis inftghtre. Hir.c eft quod
nos Thomam Fitz-William dc Merryonn in Comiiatu noltro Dublintnfi, five

4 Chancery Decree made at St. Mary's Abbey, 23 June 1619,

3i5 FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM.

dated at Cornbury, 5 Auguft 1629, with the annual creation
fee of 13I. 6s. 8d payable out of the cuftoms of the poit
of Dublin. — In the firft Parliament after his creation, held
in the cattle of Dublin 14 July 1634., he too.c his feat in the
Houfe of Lords, and was again prefent (after the recefs)
4 November fallowing1:; 24 Oftober 1041, the day after
the breaking out of the rebellion, his Lordfhip repaired to
Dublin, and waited on the L. J. with great profellions of
his loyalty to the King, and readinefs to aflift in fuppref-
fing it ; but their Lordfhips declining to accept his offer
(being a Roman Catholic*-) he went into England, and,
with his two fons, there ferved K. Charles I. who, in re-
compence thereof, granted him a privy-feal for an Earldom
of that kingdom ; in virtue whereof the patent was drawn,
and bears date at Oxford 1 May 1645, 21 Car. I. but the
great leal not being then in the power of that unfortunate
Prince, the patent could not be legally perfected ; and, af-
ter the reftoration, the family having a great man to their
enemy, they were obliged to drop their undoubted claim to
that honour : for theie his fervices he was outlawed in
Ireland, which outlawry was reverfed by K. Charles II.

23 Auguft 1605, he married Margaret, eldeft daughter
of Oliver, the fourth Lord of Louth, by his firft wife
Frances, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bagenal, Knight Mare-
fchal of Ireland, and hisiffue were four fons ; Richard, (by
fome falfely named Thomas) who married EJlinor, daugh-
ter of — Stanihurft, widow of Sir Henry Pierce, of

Shercock,

in Comitatu Ci/itatis ncftrse Dublinenfis Mil'tem ex antiqua Familia ejuf-
<km Cognominis in Angiia, fed per aliquot Scecula jam retroacla, in Regno
noftro Hibernis tranfplantata, criundum reipiciente?, rccolientefque gene-
rofam Profapiam fuam et Sanguinis Nobilitatem , et Antecefforum iuorum
fideiifl"i;Ta Servitia et Oblequia Cororwe noftrae Angi.^s ; utp«te qui tempore
Pads Officio Capitalis Cuftodi Pacis in ditto Comitatu Dublinenfi, Cuftodi
Caftri de Wickloe in eodem Regno, zt Vicecomitis difti Comitatus Dublinen-
fi , et piimi Vicecomitis ejufdem Comitate, et aliis Muneribus lumma cum
fidditate et diligtntia fungebantur ; et qui tempore Belli contra Holies et
Rebeiies fortiter et fideliter fefe geficrint. Denique Virtutes et Fortunas
proprias praedicti Thomse animadvertentes, Progenitorum fuorurn haud mi-
nores, et Honori noftro et Mentis i'uir contentaneum efie duximus, ut eum
in Baronem et Vicecomitem illius Regni noltri Hiberniae erigeremus. Sciatis
igitur, &c.

* It appears from the lift of claims in 1662, that his Lordfhip frequently
received and entertained rebel0 at Merrion, who robbed many perions about
Baggotrath of their fheep, &c.

* Lords Jour. I. 2. and i€.

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM. 3*7

Shcrcock, in the county of Cavan, and died before his fa-
ther without iflue ; Oliver, the fecond Vifcount :; Chrifto-

pher, who by Jane, daughter of Brereton, of Mai-

pas, in Chefhire, Efq. left a daughter Alicia ; and William,
who fucceeded his brother Oliver, in the honours.

Oliver, the fecond Vifcount Fitz-William, a(terhisfuc- Oliver,
cellion to the titles, ftipulated with the French King, to vifcount,
take 3000 men from England and Ireland, into France for
his fervice, which he performed, and commanded them
there as Colonel ; and by articles, concluded in that king-
dom with the Queen of K. Charles I. he was made Gene-
ral of 10,000 foot and 3000 horfe, to be fentout of Ireland,
to ferve his Majefty in Englanc. ; but the defeat at Nafeby,
(where he fought for the King) put a flop to this proceeding.
— He was alfo a Lieutenant-Genera 1 under the Marqueis
of Ormond ; acquired a compleat vi£tory at Rofcomon,
and gained the province of Conaught to the King's fervice;
for which and other i.gnal fervices, K. Charles II. created
him Earl of Tyrconnel by patent, dated 2c April 1663 *,
or rather 166 1, for we find him Earl of Tyrconnel, 29
July that year, and 9 July 1662, he took his feat by proxy,
in the Houle of Peers '.

He married ftrft Dorothy, fifter to his brother Chrifto-
phei's wife; and iecondiy the Lady Eleanor Holies, eldeft

daughter

* His I.ordfhip being declared Nocent by the act of fettlement, upon the
account of a feditions and rebellious letter lent by him in 1646, to the Supreme
Council, that claufe \vas> rendered null and void by the act of explanation,
snd he was reftored to his eftate in fuch condition, as if no fuch decree had
been male : And it was further enacted, that he fhould hold and enjoy to him
and his heirs, the lands in Keppccke in the county of Dublin, with thofe of
Hanlafton and Athronan, in Meaih, mortgaged by his father and forfeited
to the crown •, and that his Majefty*s patent under the great leal of England,
bearing date at Weftminfter, 8 June 1664, containing his gracious pardon to
him of all crimes, treal'ons, &c. committed before 2,9 December 1660, in re-
latirn to any war in England and Ireiand, or under colour of any commiflion
cr inflrucVion of the King or his father, or any perfon in authority under
them, or both houfes of Parliament ; and a claufe of reftitution to his eftate,
{hould be confirmed. He paffed patent accordingly 11 July 1666, for Ringf-
end, Meryon, &c. in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Wicklow ; and
that year made a fettlement thereof to theufe of him; elf and his Countels Elea-
nor, for their refpective live^, remainder to the heirs male cf their bodies:,
remainder to his brothe- William, for life; remainder to Thoma?, fon and
heir apparent of the laid W.lliam, and the heirs male of his body, with other
remainders over. (Lodge Collect.)

1 Lords Jourtl. 274. 317.

$i8 FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM,

daughter of John, the firft Earl of Clare *; but departing
this life without iflae, his brother William fucceeded to the
titles of Baron and Vifcount, the Earldom, limited, to the
heirs male of his body, becoming extin6r ; and he lies bu-
ried under a handfome tomb of black marble, in the chapel
of the family's foundation in Donnybrooke-Church, with
this infcription, over which are the arms of Fitz -"Willi am,
and the coronet, but no crcft or fupportcrs :

Here lyeththe Body of the Right Honourable
And moft Noble Lord Oliver, Earl of Tyrconnel^
Lord "Vhcount Fitz-Williams of Mervonge,
Baron of Thorn-Cattle, who died at his
Houfe in Meryong April 11th 1667, and was
Buried the 12th day of the fame month.

William, "William, the third Vifcount Fitz -"William, was Lieute-

..., 3 nant-Colonel of the 3000 men, which his brother took into

Vxlcount. 1 • i_ • c 1 • -t /-i £>

r ranee, and in the time ot the civil war was Governor 01

Whitchurch, in Sbronfhire, and Lieutenant-General of that

county. — He married the daughter of Thomas Luttrell, ot

Luttrellltown, and filter to Thomas Luttrell, of Ranaghan,

in Weftmcath, Efq. (who by his will, dated 4 July 1673,

fettled his eftate of Ranaghan, and Callaghtowne, on his

nephewThomas, Lord Fitz-William) and dying before the

year 168 1, had ifiue the faid Thomas, his only fon, and five

daughters

(0 Mary, married in May 1685, to John Browne, ofClon-

goofewood, in the county of Kildare, Efq. fon and heir to

Thomas

* She fnrvrved him, and preferred a petition to K. Charles II. for an abate-
ment of the quit-rents, impofisd on the eftate by the a6t of explanation ; in
which (he fet forth, lt That her Lord was ever faith ul to the mterefts and
** perfons of his Majefty and hic father, and had feveral times expofed his life
44 and fortune upon that account ; but notwithftanding, upon a very great
44 miftake, it was his misfortune to pais for a Nccent in the Court or Claims,
44 and to have hiseftate adjudged forfeited : But, upon better information, his
44 Majefty being fully fati-ficd of his loyalty and integrity, was nltaftd to
" take eff that mark of delinquency, to reftore him t< the p- fleffion of his
44 eftate, and to give order for taking oft" the quit-rents ; but hi1-- Lordfhip
44 dying before, he could enjoy th>: benefit of his Majcfty's intentions, (he
*' prayed for a dii'chargt thereof." Which was not only granted 6 Novem-
ber 1667, but (he had alio a penfion of 300I. a year for life, from his Ma-
jefty's bounty. — She is called Ellen in the grant of her prayers, anl in the
revcrficnary grant thereof to Adam Loftus and Samuel Kingdon, Ef^r:*
30 May 1677, flb« is called Bridget. (LoJgeafld Rells Office.)

3i9

(3)

(4)

(5)

Thoraas,

4
Vifcount*

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WlLLIAM,

Thomas Browne, Efq. Counfellor at Law, and by him,
who died in 1693, had three fons and two daughters, Ste-
phen Fitz-William; Chriftopher, of Caftle-Browne ; Bru-*
no, Counfellor at Law; Alice, married to Mr. John Tay-
lor; and Anne, who died unmarried in 1737, and was bu-
ried at Maynham, with her brother Chriftopher.

Rofe, to Chriftopher Mapas, of Winfton, Efq. who
died 19 February 17 18, and was buried at St. Audeon's,
leaving by her, who deceafed 1 March 1744, John Mapas,
of Rocheftown, in the county of Dublin, Efq.

Margaret, to James Crawley, Efq. whofe daughter Ifma,
married RufTel, Efq*

Catharine, to Nicholas, fon of Robert Netterville, of
Crucerath, in Meath, Efq.

Dorothy, to Thomas Maglier, of the Queen's County,
Efq.

Thomas, the fourth Vifcount Fi'tz-William, was of the
Privy-Council to K.James II. by whom he was appointed
17 June 1690, a Commiffioner of theTreafurv ; command-
ed a regiment of horfe in his army ; 12 Oclober 1695, he
appeared in the Houfe of Lords to take his feat, but bring-
ing no writ of fumrnons, his Lordihip was not admitted, on
the 19 he again appeared and took the oath of fidelity, but
being again required to take the other oaths and make and lign
the declaration his Lordfhip faid he would confider of it and
withdrew; and. 2 December 1697, the Lord Vifcount Maffa-
reene reported from the committee appointed to infpe6t the
journals, &c. of that Houfe, that the faid Lord Fitz- Wil-
liam had been outlawed, but had rcveried the fame1. — He
married to his firft wife Mary, daughter of Sir Philip Sta-
pleton, of Wigill, in the county of York, Bait, by whom
he had Richard, his heir; and a daughter married to her
firft coufin the faid Stephen Fitz-Willism Browne, of Caftle-
Browne, in the county of Kildare, Efq. who died 23 July
1722. — His Lordfhip's fecond wife, was fitter to George
Pitt, of Straffieldfea, in the county of Southampton, Efq-
and by her he had a daughter Mary, married 11 March
1 7 18, to George, Earl of Shrewfbury. He departed this
life 20 February 1704, and was fucceeded by his only fon

Richard, the fifth Vifcount, who 18 May 17 10, con- Rxfou-<J,
forming to the eftablilhed religion, took his Jfeat in the

Houfe

Vifcauat,

1 Lords Jour. I. $t$. 530, and Cj},

3*0 FITZ-WXLLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM.

Hoafe of Peers the 25 of that month r ; his Lordfliip
was of the committee appointed 14 November 17 15,
to prepare an addrefs to congratulate K. George I. on
his acceffion to the throne; 9 October 17 14, he was called
into the Privy-Council, as he was by K. George II. on his
accefiion to the Crown; and in January 1726, he was elected
to Parliament for the borough of Fowey, in Cornwall. — He
married Frances, only daughter of Sir John Shelley, of
Michael- Grove, in Surlex, Bart (who died 25 April 1703,
by his firit wife Mary, only daughter of George Nevil, Lord
Abergavenny, who died 2 June 1666, and filter to Lord
George, who /lied without ilfue 26 March 1695) and his
Lordfliip deceafing at Thorpe, in Surry, 6 June 1743, left
iffue by his fa id wife, who died 1 1 December 177 1, aged
99, three fons and two daughters, viz.

(,) Richard, his fucceflbr.

/a\ William, baptized 11 September 17 12, was appointed

in July 17475 Ufherofthe Black-Rod in Ireland, 4 December
1750, married the only daughter of Thomas Bouchier, Efq.
and had an only child Julia, who died of a confumption at
Abergavenny in July 177U 2.

/,) John, baptized 28 March 17 14, was made Page of Ho-
nour 17 November 1726, to his Royal Highnefs the Prince
of Wales ; was one of the Equerries to Prince William ;
was appointed 30 September 173 1, a Cornet in the Horfe-
Guards, Blue, and in November 1745, Captain of a
troop in the fame regiment; being alfo in January 1746,
made a Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highnefs
the Duke of Cumberland; in 1754, returned to Parliament
for the borough of New Windfor; in 1755, made Colonel
of trie fecond regiment of foot ; and 26 March 1765, a
Lieutenant- General 3. — In October 175.1, he married Bar-
bara, daughter of Doctor Chandler, Bifhop of Durham,
and widow of Cavendifh, Efq. 4-.

(1) Daughter Mary, appointed 27 April 1726, Maid of Ho-

nour to Caroline, Princeis of Wales, in which ftation {he
ferved her when Queen, was firft married 28 Auguft 1733,
to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, by him, who died 9 January
1749, hath an only fon Henry, Earl of Pembroke, born
3 July 1734; Ine married fecondly in September 175 1,

North

TOoa's Peerage,

FITZ-WILLIAM, Viscount FITZ-WILLIAM. 321

North Ludlow Bernard, Efq. Major of Dragoons, who
died at Nenagh in November 17543 and fhe died 1$ Fe-
bruary 1769 '.

Frances, married 18 May 1732, to George, Lord Car- (*)
bery.

Richard, the fixth Vifcount Fitz-William, baptized Richard,
in St. Andrew's Parifh, Dublin, 24 July 17 1 1, was appointed • *
18 November 1733, Cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horfe,
commanded by his brother-in-law the Earl of Pembroke,
and at his father's death was, in Germany, in his Majefty's
fervice. — On 28 May 1744, being elected a Knight Com-
panion of the Order of the Bath, he was inftalled 20 Oc-
tober following ; and in April 1746, was made a Member
of his Majefty's Privy-Council ; he was Vice-Admiral of the
province of Leinfter, and Fellow of the Royal Society. —
On 3 May 1744, his Lordfhip married Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir Matthew Decker, of Richmond, in Surry, Bart.
who died 18 March 1748, and had fourfons, viz.

Richard, his heir. 0)

William, married 25 Auguft 1782, to the only daughter (a)
and heir of John Eames, Efq. one of the Mailers in the
High Court of Chancery, in England.

John, and (3)

Thomas1, who in July 1780, married Agnes, daughter (4)
of Macclesfield, Efq.

His Lordfhip deceaiing 25 May 1776, was interred in
Donnybrook-Chapel3, near Dublin, being fucceeded in the
honour by his eldeft fon

Richard, the feventh and prefent Vifcount, born in An- Richard

£uf* *745- ,rrl

Titles.] Richard Fitz-William, Lord Vifcount Fitz-
William, ofMeryon, now Merrion, and Baron Fit z-Wil-
liam, of Thorn-Caftle, in the county of Dublin.

Creation.] So created 5 Auguft 1629, 5 Car. I-

Arms.] Lozengy, Pearl and Ruby.

Crest.] In a ducal Coronet, Topaz, a double Plume
of five Oftrich Feathers, Pearl.

Supporters.] Two Oftriches, Pearl, each holding
in its Beak, a golden Horfe-Shoe.

Motto.] Deo Adjuvajnjte, Non Timendum.

Vol. IV. Y Seats.]

Lodgt. 2 Ulfter. -3 Idem.

■>

Vifcouflt?

ZZZ COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

Seats.] Mount-Mem on, in the county of Dublin, 3
miles from the city ; and Thorpe, in the county of Surry,
23 miles from London,

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COCKAINS, Viscount CULLED.

r~*~i

14.. A HE family of Cokyii, Cokeyn, Cockaine, for many

ages was feated at Afhburne, in the county of Derby,
J lhn- whereof was John Cokevn, the father of Andreas, whole
William'. ^on William, by Sarah, his wife, had a fon of his own
name, who taking to wife Alice, daughter of Hugh de
Dalbury, left two fons, Roger, living in 1284 ;■ and John,
living in 1276, who married Matildis(Maud) daughter of
Robert Olderney, and had a fon Andrew, who died, with-
out ilfue in 1284, 12 Edward I. and a- daughter Mar-
gery.
Sogar. Roger Cockeyn, of Afhburne, Efq. by Elizabeth, his-

wife had two fons and three daughters, William, Richard,
William. Margaret, Elizabeth, and Sarah. — William, the elder fon,
lived at Afhburne, in 1299 (28 Edward I.) and married Sa-
rah, daughter of Adam, the lifter of Aldercinder, a Mer-
chant of Afhburne, by whom he had John his heir: and
John. Robert, who left ilfue William and Elizabeth.— John was

living at Afhburne, $3 Edward I. 1305, and was father of
John. John Cockayne, refiding there 17 Edward II. who by Le-

Jbha. titia, his wife, Was father of another John, living 46 Ed-

ward III. a perfon of great diftinelion in that King's reign,
in feveral of vrhofc Parliaments lie reprefented the county of
Derby ; and in the 22 year, with Adam de Houghton, the

county

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN. 323

county of Lancafter, being allov?ed their expences of 15I. 4s.
for thirty days attendance.

He married Cecilia, daughter of Vernon, of thepamiy of

county of Derby, and had two fons, Edmund, his heir ; Cockaiac-
and Sir John Cockaine, of Bury-Hatley, in the county of Hatle>"*
Bedford, which manor he purchafed from Sir Edward But-
ler, and (as Fuller, in his Worthies of England, writes)
Founded a worfhipful family at, and imparted his name to
Cockaine-Hatley. — He was born at Afhburne, in the county
of Derby x. — In 1394, was Recorder of London 2; 15 Nc^
vember 140 1 (2 Henry IV.) Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
and 14 May 1405, made one of the Juftices of Common-
Pleas, by that King, with whom he fided in 1403, againft
Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy
Earl of Worcefter, Henry Percy furnamed Hot/pur, and
their adherents, who in July the year before, with the Earl
of Dunbar, (who had deferted his countrymen) obtained a
fignal victory over the Scots at Halwedown-Hill, wherein
Earl Douglas, their General, was wounded, and taken pri-
foner with many others ; all whom the King demanding of
the Earl of Northumberland, not only took them from him,
but forbad him his prefence; which treatment, together
with his refufing to reimburfe the expences he had been at,
in his wardenfhip of the marches, raifcd fo great a difcori-
tent, as to effect the ruin of himfelf and fon : for hereupon
flying into rebellion, he raifed a coniiderable army in Nor-
thumberland and Scotland, with which he met and fought
the King at Shrewsbury who obtained the victory over
him, after a very iharp engagement ; but Sir John Cock-
aine loft his life on Saturday, the eve of St. Mary Mag-
dalen, having in the morning received the honour of Knight-
hood.

He lies buried in the North-Aile cf the parifh church of
Afhburne, under a monument, with his effigies in his Judge's
robes, thus inferibed :

Tumuli Alabaftrini Jo h ann is Co k a in primoCapitalis
Baronis de Scaccario, deinde unius Juiliciariorum de
Communi Banco fub Rege Henrico uii" accurata

Effigies.

Yz He

I Fuller's Worthies, s M&.'tkjid II, 1:2,05*

3^4 COCKAINE, Viscoi^nt CULLED.

He married Edith, fifter to Reginald, Lord Grey, of
Authen, by whom he had four fons and two daughters*
Reginald ; Henry ; John, living 13 Henry VI. ; Thomas,
Chaplain to his uncle the Lord Grey ;■ Elizabeth, married
to Sir Philip Butler; and Cicely, to Edward, fon of Nicho-
las Fitz-Symons, of Symonfid and of Almeffe, in Hertford*
{hire. — Reginald, of Cocka'm-Hatley, the elder! ion, was
living in 1424 > (2 Henry VI.) and married Beatrix, one
of the four daughters and coheirs of John Walleys*, by
Joan, daughter and heir to Sir Richard Turk, which John,
in 1430, gave to them his manor of Woodcraft, in Bedfbrd-
fhire, and by her he had John, his heir, John, called the
younger ; Philippa ; and Margaret. — John, the elder fon,
married Elizabeth, eldeft of the three daughters and coheirs
of John Boyville, Efq. who died in 1468, in which year
on 17 May, the manor of Little Packington, in Warwick-
fhire, came by partition to her, and he deceafing 22 June
1490, left a daughter Beatrix, married to Sir Thomas Tyr-
rei ; and Edmund Cockaine, his fucceffor, fheriff of the
counties of Bedford and Bucks, 8 Henry VII. who fold
the laft mentioned manor to Sir Robert Bruderiell, of Dene,
about the latter end of that King's reign, and died in 1515*
leaving iifue by Elizabeth Lock, his wife, four fons and
one daughter, viz. William ; Humphry, w;hofe wife's name
was Margaret j John ; Edmund ; and Anne ; the eldeft of
wThom died in 1527, having married to his firft wife Doro-
thy, and to his fecond Catharine,, daughter of John Sa-
vage, by which laft he left illue two fons and three daughters,
Chad ; John,- who left no iftue ; Frances, married to Wil-
liam Markham;- Iiabel, to Michael' Fifher, of Clifton;
and Margaret. — Chad, the elder fon, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Walter Luke, Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, and had four fons and as many daughters, viz. John;

Nicholas ; George ; William ; Rofe, married to ■

Spender, of Copley, in the county of Bedford ; Margery;
Judith, married to John Reynont, of Afhwell, in the county
of Herts ; and Frances. John, the eldeft by Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Stacey, had fix ions, viz, Lodowkj,
John, Oliver, Nicholas, Lawrence, and Thomas. Lcdowic,

the

* Son of SirWilH?m, Lord of Pst-hmgton, in SufTex, i Henry IV. who
"•a- Ton and heir to Sir John Walufle, Jiving 14 Kdward III. the fca cf S:r

Godfrey de W»li*iTe? .the ion of anotber Sir Godfrey. (Lodge).

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN. 325

the eldeft was anceftor to Samuel Cockaine^ of Cockaine-
Hatley, Efq. a Captain in his Majeily'snavy, who died in
January 1745.

We now return to Edmund Cockaine, of Afhburne, Efq. Edmund,
elder! ion of John, by Cecilia Vernon. He was living there
in the reigns of Richard II. and Henry IV. and marrying
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard de Herthull, of Poo-
ley, in Warwickfhire, heir to her nephew William, who
died in 1403, 3 Henry IV. had that eftate, and by her,
who after married John Franc.eis, of Ingleby, in the fa id
county, he had Sir John Cockaine, who tor fome time re-,s;r joha.
fided at Pooley, where he made three feveral wills, the firft
in 6 Henry IV. the fecond in 13, and the third in the 14
Henry IV. each fealed with his army of three cocks, and
the creft a cock's head. The occaiion of -his making the
fecond will was, his being fummoned to France in aid of
the Duke of Orleans againft the Duke of Burgundy; it
bears date the Thuriday next after the Feaft of St. Barnabas,
and therein it appears, that having enfeoffed Sir John Da-
bridgecourt, and others, in his manor of Badiiey-Endfor,
in Warwickfhire, to raife a certain fum of money thereout,
For payment of his debts, and towards a marriage-portion
for his daughter Elyn ; he directed, that then his feoffees
fhould make an eftate thereof unto John his fon and heir,
and the heirs of his body ; and in cafe of his death without
ifTue, it fhould be amortized to find as many Priefts, ling-
ing to the world s end, for his foul and thofe of his wife,
children, and all his anceftors, as the rent thereof would
reafonably maintain; namely, in St. Marie Chapel at
Polfeworth, 5I. to one prieft in St. Marie Chapel ; near
Afhburne, 7 marcs to another, and the remainder to be
fpent in wax, vigils and alms-deeds, on the eve and day
of his Obit.

He lived many years after this voyage, was a Juftice of
Peace in the county of Warwick from 5 Henry V. to the
end of that reign, and in 14 18, a Commiifioner of Array.
In the 1. 7. and 13. years of King Henry VI. he was
Sheriff of the counties of Nottingham and Derby1;
and 12, of that reign, Knight in Parliament for the latter
county, and one of the King's Commiiiioners to make a
return of the gentry thereof. — He generally bore the arms of
his mother's family, fhe being a great heireis, which were

argent,

f Falier's Worthies.

526 COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

argent, two barrs, vert; and died in 1438 (16 Henry VI.)
leaving iffue by Ifabel, daughter of Sir Hugh Shirley, an-
ceftor to Earl Ferrers, four fons and one daughter, viz.
John, anceftor to the family of Afhburne ; William,
from whom the Lord Cullen derives ; Roger ; Reginald ;
and Ellen (or Alice) married to Sir Ralph Shirley,
Knt.
FamlJj of John Cockaine, of Afhburne, Efq. married Anne, daugh-
A&bufnc. ter of Sir Richard Vernon; died in 1505, 20 Henry VII.
and had twro fons Thomas and Roger; the elder of whom
lived at Pooley, and having fome difference with Thomas
Burdet, of Bramcote, in Warwickshire, Efq. his near
neighbour, fo irritated him w7ith affronts, that he was killed
by Burdet, in his pailage to Polefworth-Church, in his fa-
ther's life-time; and having married Agnes, daughter of
Robert Barlow, of Barlow, Efq. left two Ions, Thomas,
fucceffor to his grandfather, and Henry.' — Which Thomas,
attended K. Henry VIII. into France, and there purchaied
knighthood by his gallant behaviour at the lieges of Therou-
enne and Tournay. In the 12 and 21 years of that King,
he was Sheriff of the counties of Derby and Nottingham,
and refided chiefly at Pooley, wThich manor-houfe he rebuilt
with brick, andin 1507, (22 Henry VII.) imparked the woods
lying weftwards thereof, where his grandfon Sir Thomas
frequently refided in QJElizabeth's time.— On 4 April 1537,
(28 Henry VIII.) he made his will, directing his body to
be buried in our Lady's choir in Afhburne, (where his an-
ceftors lay interred) before the image of St. Modwen, and
appointed his executors to caufe a marble tomb to be made
there for him ; which was accordingly performed with this
infer iption :

Here chefted in this tomb, and clofed in this clay,
Doth lye Sir Thomas Cockaine, Knt. and muft till Judg-
ment-day.
This martial man fo bold, and eke this warlike Wight
At Tyrwin and at Turney Siege was dubb'd a worthy

Knight.
Three goodly houfes he did build, to his great praife and

With profts great and manifold belonging to the far

Three

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN. 327

Three parks he did impale, therein to chafe the deer,

The lofty lodge within this park he alfo builded here.

He did his houfe and name renew, and eke the fame re-
ft ore,

Vv hich others had with negligence in time decayed be-
fore.

This virtuous Knight had ilFue male 3 fons of manly
port,

And eke 3 daughters virtuous, and married in this fort ;

The eldeft to her hufband had a Knight of worthy fame,

Sir William Bafiet, Lord of Blore, he called was by
name.

To Vincent Lowe of Denby Squyer the fecond married

The third to Robert Burdet Squyer, as fate did bring to

pafs.
The bodie of this worthy Knight fhall never come to

Hell,
But jQi in tomb of marble ftpne 'till Judgment day fhall

dwell.

His wife was Barbara, daughter of John Fitz-Herbcrt,
Efq. Remembrancer to K. Henry VII. and his iffue were
Francis, his fucceflbr.; Thomas ; Anthony, who died child-
lefs ; Anne, married to Sir William Ballet, of Blore, in
Staffordfhire, Knt< Jane, to Vincent Lowe ; and Elizabeth,
to Robert Burdet, of Newton-Burdet, Efq. Member of
Parliament, for the county of Warwick, 1 Edward VI. who
dying 1 t January following, was by her, great-grandfathe?
of Sir Thomas Burdet, of Sekington and Bramcote, < -
ted a Baronet 25 February 16 18.

Francis Cockaine, of Afhburne and Pooley, Ef~
ricd Dorothy, only daughter and heir of Thomas ft
Efq. Serjeant at Law, in the reign of Henry VIL
wife Ifabel, daughter of Nicholas Brome, of Bad(T< 1-

and by her (who remarried with Sir Humphry
was buried in the chancel of Badfley-Clinton C ! , W .
wickfhire, under a large ftone, with a plain cro,
but no^ inscription) he had three fons and two dai
^L^ptrras ; Francis, who married the daughter and heir of
fj&*—- Browne, of Wiltfhire; WilKapfj £tice, who Irs

1544, (36 Henry VIII.) was die v ! if Sir Edward Lyt-

—

328 COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

telton (feventh Ton of Sir Edward of Pillaton-Hall) Sheriff
July of the county of Stafford 5 Eliz. by him, who died 19
1574, had eight fons and feveral daughters, and me lies
buried with him in Penkrich-Church, under an altar tomb
of white marble ; and Barbara (or Dorothy) was married
to John Ferrers, of Tamworth-Caille, Efq.

Sir Thomas, who fucceeded, in 1544, accompanied Ed-
ward, Earl of Hertford, in his expedition to Scotland, by
fea, with a large fleet and well provided army, and was
knighted by him at the taking of Leith and Edinburgh ; af-
ter the plundering and binning of which places, he attend-
ed him by land into England. In 3 Edward VI. and 1 and
1 1 Elizabeth he was Sheriff of the counties of Nottingham
and Derby, as he was 21 and 27, of the latter county.1-—
In 1539, he married Dorothy, daughter of the before-men-
tioned Sir Humphry Ferrers, and dying 1 ^ November 1592,
was buried with his anceftors at Afhburne, having had iffue
five fons and five daughters, viz. Francis, born in 1545,
who 35 Elizabeth, was fheriff of Derbyfhire, married Anne,
daughter of Sir Valentine Knightley, of the county of
Northampton, and died childlefs in 1595 ; Thomas, born
in 1550, died young; Edward, who became heir; John,
Thomas, Tabitha born in 1549, Florence, Jane, Maud,
all died unmarried; and Dorothy, wife to Jermyn Poole, of
Radburne, Efq.

Edward Cockaine, of Afhburne, Efq. born in 1 554, was
Sheriff of the county of Derby, 42 Elizabeth, married Jane,
daughter of Nicholas Afhby, Efq. died in 1606, and left
Thomas his heir; who by Anne, daughter of Sir |ohn
Stanhope, of Elvafton (anceflor to Charles, Earl of Har-
rington) was father of Sir Affon Cockaine, born 28 Decem-
ber 1608, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Gilbert
Kniveton, of Mircafron, in Derby fhire, Bart, and being
a Romanift, ftiffered much for his religion and the King's
caufe in the civil wars ; and then pretended to be a Baronet,
created, after the King had by violence been compelled
to leave the Parliament, about 10 January 164T, yet not
fo deemed by the officers of arms, becaufe no patent was
either inrolled, or mentioned in the docquet books belong-
ing to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, to juftifv it.
He was efleemed by manv an ingenious gentleman, a good
poet, and a great lover of learning ; yet by others a perfect

boon

* Fuller's Worthies.

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN. 3^

boon fellow, by which means he wafted all his eftate, hav-
ing fold his Lordfhip of Pooley, to Humfrey Jennings,
Efq. (referving an annuity for life) feveral years before his
death, which happened at Derby in February 1683, and
the 13 of that month he was buried in the Chancel of Poief-
worth-Church.

We now proceed with William, younger fon of Sir John VRSSmm.
Cockaine and Ifabel Shirley, Progenitor to the Lord Vif-
count Cullen.— He was the father of Thomas Cockaine, Thomas.
Efq. the father of Roger, of Baddetley, in the county of Roger.
Warwick, the father of William Cockaine, of London, wijikm.
Citizen and Skinner, and alfo Merchant-Adventurer in the
Mufcovy, Spanifn, Portugal and Eaftland Companies, of
which laft he was Governor; he married twice, but by
the firft wife Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Medcalfe, of
Wenfgale had only iffue ; and deceafmg in 1599, was bu-
ried in the church of St. Peter Le Poor, London, under a
handfome monument at the Eaft end of the Chancel, with
this memorial :

Herelieth the Body of the Worfhipful Mr.
William Cockaine the Elder, Citizen and Skinner
of London, who departed this Life the i'8lb.
Day ofNovembr. 1599. Alio here lieth the Body
of Elizabeth Medcalfe his firft wife, by whom
He had 7 Sons and 4 daughters. All which
Daughters departed this Life before anv of them
Accomplifhed the Age often Years. The 7 Sons
Lived, and the youngeft of them (at his Death)
Was fully 28 Years of Age. Which faid Elizabeth
Departed this Life the 5th. day of April 1589.
Here alfo lieth the Body of Catharine Wonton,
His fecond Wife, who died the 19th of September
1596, by whom he had no Ilfue.

Sir William Cockaine, who fucceeded his father, wasSu-TTiiii
alfo a Citizen and Skinner of London, and in 1609 She-
riff of that city; elecled foon after an Alderman; and in
16 12, K. James having the plantation of U liter much at
heart, granted a confiderable tracl of land in that province
to the city of London; who fent over about 300 artificers,
to begin and forward the plantation thereof, and appointed
Mr. Cockaine their hiitDireilor and Governor, who had lands

ITS,

aiugned

B& COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

aiTigncd him there, and under whofe directions the city of
Londonderry was eflablifhed. — On 8 June 1616, the King
honoured him with his prefence at dinner, at his houfe in
London, when he was pleafed to make him a Knight;
with whom he was in fuch efteem, that he was often heard
fay him in parliament, and at the Council Table, and con-
sulted with him in more private affairs ; and fo well fatis-
fied was that King with his comprehcniion of bulinefs ; his
manner of expreiiing his intentions ; digefting and uttering
his purpofes, that he ufed to fay of him, He never heard
any man of his breedings handle bufinefs more rationally , more
pertinently, more elegantly, more perfuajively. — In 16 191, he
ferved the office of Lord Mayor of London, and that, year
purchafed the manor of Elmfl'hor pe in the county of Leicef-
ter from Sir John Harrington : but in 1626, after two days
ficknels, he departed this life, in a moft exemplary man-
ner, and was buried 12 December in the Cathedral Church
of St. Paul, when a fermon was preached by Dr. John
Donne, Dean of that church, in which his character may
be feen at large; and in the South Aile a Monument was
fet up, in memory of fo good a Magiftrate, and worthy a
Citizen, with the following infeription :

M. S.
Gulielmus Cockainus, Eques Auratus
Civis et Senator Londineniis, fep :
:temque abhinc Annis Urbis praefec:
:tus : AntiquaCockainorum Derbit
:cnfium Familia oriundus. Qui Bo:
:no Publico vixit, et Damno Publico
Deceifit, et Gaudio Publico Regem
Jacobum, ad Decorem hujus Domus
Dei, fenefcentis jam et corrugate, re:
•.ftltuendum, folenniter hue venieri :
:tem Confulatu fuo, magnifice exce:
;pit ; idcirco in Tempi o Publico, ad
iEternam Rei Memoriam,
Hie fitus eft.
At vero et Famae celebritas, quae viget
in Ore Hominum, et Gloria Beatitu:
:dinis, quam migrando adeptus eft,
Et Splendor Sobolis, quam numero:

s&m

1 Maitland, II. 115^.

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN- 33i

;fam genuit, atque nobilem reliquit,
Junclim efficiunt omnia, ne dicatur.

Hie iitus eft.
Una cum illo, tot Homines mortui, quoi
In illo defunclae funt virtutes ; limul:
:que et Acies Ingenii et popularis Elo :
:quii fuada, et morum gravitas, et
Probitas vitae, et Candor Mentis, et
Animi Conftantia, et Prudentia iingu:
:laris, et veri Senatcris Infignia

Hie fepulta funt.
Jam tuum eft, Lector, Felicitatis ad cul:
:men anhelare per ifta vcftigia Laudis,
et venerandi Imitatione Exempli, cu:
:rare, ne unquam virtutis lie Semina
Intercant, ut dicatur,.

Hie fepulta funt.
Obiit 20 Oelob. An. Dom. 16 z6.

Et iEtatis fuas 66.

His wife was Mary, daughter of Richard Morris, of Lon-
don, Efq. by whom he had two ions, Charles, created
Vifcount Cullen; William; and fix daughters, viz.

Mary, married 22 April, 1620, to Charles Howard, the (0
fecond Earl of Nottingham, to whom {lie was fecond wife,
and had no iifue.

Anne, the fecond wife to Sir Hatton Form or, of Eafton- f*'
Nefton, in Northamptonihire, Knt. and grandmother of
William, created Loid Lempftcr, anceftor to George, Earl
of Pomfrct.

Martha, fecond wife to John Ramfay, created 30 De- (3)
cember 1620, Earl of Holdemefle, for preferring the life
of K. James I. from the confpiracy of John Ruthen, Earl
of Gowrie on 5 Auguft 1600 ; but he dying without iifue
in February 1625, fhe became the firfi wife of Montagu
Bertie, the fecond Earl of Lindfey, and died in juiy
164 1, being grandmother of Robert, created Duke of An-
cafter.

Elizabeth, firft married to Sir Richard Fanfhaw, Knt. (4)
and Bart, (younger brother of Thomas, Vifeoo it Fanfhaw,
of Dromore) Mailer of the Requefts, Secretary of State, and
4mbafl"ador in Spain and Portugal.; after wbofe death fhe

became

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

became fecond wife of Sir Thomas Rich, of Sunning, in
Berkfhire, created a Baronet 20 March 1660*.

(5) Abigail, the fecond wife of John Gary, Earl of Dover,
and having an only daughter Mary, married to William.
Heveningham, of Heveningham, in Suffolk, Efq. that ti-
tle became extinct.

(6) Jane died unmarried.

Charles Charles Cockaine, Efq. the elder fop., was feated at
1 Ruihton, in Northamptonfhire, of which county he was

Vifcount. Sheriff in 1635 (11 Carl.) and advanced to the Peerage of
Ireland by patent, dated 11 AuguM 1642. — He married the
Lady Mary O'Brien, fecond daughter and coheir to Hcnrv,
the fifth Earl of Thomond, and bv her, who re-married
with George Blount, Efq. had Bryan, his fucccflor, and a
daughter Elizabeth,
feyaa, Bryan, the fecond Vifcount, in 1662, gave to the Vi-

v. * carage of Drenchworth, in Berkfhire, as an augmentation,

* the annual itipend of 23I. 6s. 8d. being worth before only
about twenty nobles a year ; and marrying Elizabeth,
daughter and heir to Sir Francis Trentham, of the county
of Stafford, Knt. ihe brought him the rich Lordfhip oi
Hofceter, in that county, and Caftle-Heveningham, in
E'ffex ; by her, who died 30 November 17 13, a^t* 50,
his Lordfhip had three fons and two daughters, Charles,
Trentham, George* Elizabeth and Mary.

Charter, Charles, the eldeft fon, and third Vifcount Cullen, was

vr a left a minor, and married Catharine, youngeft of the five
daughters of William, Lord Willoughby, of Parham, by
}iis wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Cary, by whom
he left

Charley, Charles, the fourth Vifcount, who marrying Anne, lif-

.. * ter to Borlace Warren, of Stapleford, in the count/ of Not-

\i.VuurS. . y-, r '■!,-

tingnam, Liq. was tamer 01
Charles, Charles, the fifth and prefent V ifcount, vi ho was born
the 2 of September 17 10, and 4 May 1732, married his firft
couiinAnne, daughter of the faid Borlace Warren, Efq. who
was chofen 8 May 1734, Member of Parliament for Not-
tingham,

* They were of an uncommon charitable d'fpofition and generous fpirit.
F ■: befides his large charities whflft living:, he left 16, cool, to thelikeuies°
and foe ie '- feme thoufahds in annual charities for ever to debtor? in Ludgat<i
and St. Peter Le Poor, and to 'clergymen's widows. He died 15 Oftobc-r
1667, ae£. 66. and had one fon Sir William, anceftor to the prefent Sir Tho-
rra;. Rich, Brt. 5 and one daughter Mary, married to Sir Robert Gaye.-j,
Knight 0; the Bath.

Yiicoum.

COCKAINE, Viscount CULLEN.

tingham, (and died in May 1747) and by her Ladyfhip
who died in London, in July 1754, had Charles, Borlace,
and John, who died unmarried, and iix daughters, of
whom Anna-Maria, the only furvivor, became the wife of
Nathaniel Mapletoft, of Broughton, in Noithamptonfhire-
— His Lordfhip married fecondiy, Sophia, daughter of
John Baxter, Efq. by whom he has iifue William, who
married Barbara, youngeft daughter of George Hill, of
Rowell, in county of Northampton, Efq. his Majeiry's
Prime Serjeant at Law, and has iflue *.

Title.] Charles Cockaine, Lord Vifcount Cullen^
in the county of Donegall.

Creation.] So created 11 Auguft 1642, 17 Car. K

Arms.] Pearl, 3 Cocks, Ruby, crefted and jelloped,
Diamond, a Crefcent upon a Creicent for difference.

Crest.] On a wreath, a Cock's Head erafed, Ruby,
crefted and jelloped as thofe in the coat.

Supporters.] The Dexter, parte per Fefs, Topa^
and Pearl ; a Lion, Guardant. The Sinifter, an Oftrichj,
Pearl, holding in his Beak, an Horfe Shoe, proper.

Motto.] Virtus in Arduis.

Seat.] Rufhton, in the county of Northampton, 6j
sniles from London.

1 Infornution of Lord Vifcount Cullesu

mitrnttMrm

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T H E

INDEX,

CTON, John 103

Aldworth, George 81

Allen, James 13

Thomas 146

Altham, Lord * 129

Arthur 130, 134

James 130

t — Richard ib.

Anderfon, Francis 82

■ -Henry 222

- Jonn 82
Andrews, William 66
Annally, O'Farrell, Prince

of 21

Anneflei, Richard de 99
Anneiley, Arthur 121, 128

1 Charles 126

■ Francis 109

■ • ■ ■ George 108

Hugh 104

■ — James 127

1 - John 101, 128

■— Maurice 118

Vol. IV.

run '" ■" Ralph

■• Reginald

Annefley, Robert

■ Thomas
Antrim, Earl of
Archbold, William
Archdeckne, Richard
Argyle, Duke of
Arran, Earl of
Arthur, Prince
Arundel, Earl of
Amburnham, Lord

William

Afhwell, John
Afton, Arthur
"• ' ■ ■- Edward
Athenry, Lord
Aubrey, John
Aungier, Lord
— "«-» — Francis
Auvuquerque, Lord
Aylmer, Andrew 40,
Ay 1 ward, John

99
99
108
104
185
214
60
247

*S
63

83
100

221

247

;282
27

28l

Axtell, Colonel

67, 70
Babington,

INDEX.

Babington, John
Bagenal, Dudley
George

X04
70

32
6o, 70
284

Walter

Bagot, Edward

John

■" ' ■■- W alter-Wagftaffe 284
Bagfhaw, John 198

Baker, John 120

Baltimore, Lord 199

Banaitre, Robert 282

Barlow, Robert 326

Barnewall, Alexander 207
- Chriitopher 160

154

202

*43
259

327

*43

142

208

, 88

, 42

*75

139

195

225

26
62

177

■ ■ 1 ■ — — — Edward
—— — —- John

— Peter

— Thomas

Barrett, Richard
Ballet, William
Bath, Lucas

■ ** Bartholomew-
Bathe, John
Bayning, Vifcount 84
Bealing, Richard
Henry-
Beaufort, Edmund
Beaumont, Anthony

Richard

Becket, Thomas

Sellers, John

Bellew, Lord 71

— Chriftopher

><« • John 195,

— — — Patrick
Bellingham, Edward
Beresford, John
Bergavenny, Lord
Berkeley, Lord
Berwick, Duke of
Betagh, James

Betagh, Thomas 211

Bingham, Henry 241

Bird, John 216

Birmingham, Meiler de 1 .7

26, 264
1 19
1 19

167

Blacket, William
Blake, Francis
■ ■ m~ Henry
— — Martin
Richard

Blanchville, Edmund 19, 39

— Gerald

Blandefton, Laurence
Blayney, Lord
Blount, Richard 105,

29
218

119

106
107

72
23I

164

194, 228

232

Redmond 38, 168
Richard 228

Rickard Fitz-David

232
Ulick
Walter

Blundel, William
Bodkin, John
Bodley, Laurence
■ ■.«.' »-■ — Thomas
Boteler, John
Bourke, John
Miles

Boyle, Richard
Boynton, MatheW
Bowiefs, Thomas
Brabazon, Anthony
Bradftreet, Samuel
■ - Simon

Branthwaite, Richard
Bredalbane, Earl of
Brereton, William
Brett, William
Bridgewater, Duke of
Briftol, Earf of
Broc, Richard del
■ ■» >»■'- Robert del
Brome, Nicholas
Broughton, Chriftopher 129

Browne,

184
118
109
165
2^r
181

7$
ik

220

292

97
86

100

327

INDEX.

Browne, Dominick

Francis

— — Geoffry

1 — Valentine

1.39

139

199

252

25
255

Bullen, Thomas
William

235

Bruce, Edward

Peter

Bryan, Francis
Buchan, Earl of
Buckingham, Duke of 130

, «.- Marquefs of

200

V
16

2T9

326

5
119

244

217

105

97
Buttevant, Vlfcount

38, 163
Butler, Vise. Mount-
garret 1

. Herveius 2

, .«— Herveius Walter

- Theobald 3, 5,6

. ~ ■ ■ Richard 1

i— Edmund 6

James 7, 8, 9,

II, 14, :2, 43, 59

_ John 15

Thomas 16, 31
Pierce 19, 28,

35
Walter 28,
Philip

Bulleyne, Thomas
Bullock, William
purdett, Thomas
Burgo, Richard de
Burke, Bingham

. Dominick

— Theobald

Burnell, John
Burton, Samuel
Bufby, Edmond
Bully, George

Byde, Skinner
Byron, Lord
— - — Robert
Byrne, Gerald

Cahier, Lord 21,
Caldwell, Richard
Callow, Lord 169,
Cantilupe, Nicholas de
Carden, William
Carey, Thomas
Carew, Peter
— Richard

222

30? 41
262

174

102

120
212

106

Carpenter, Lord
Carrick, Earl of
Cafrick-Mac-Griffyne, Earl

Carter, Thomas
Carteret, George
Caftlehaven, Earl of
Caftleton, Earl of
Cafllemaine, Earl of
Cave, Henry

Cavenagh, Morgan Mac-
Bryan

Bryan

Donnell

3°4
6

165
124

271
88
84

Mac-Murrough

Murtogh

Cavendifh, Henry

Reogh

19
18

Byd«

George
John

8 Chamberlayne, Thomas 28$

Chambre, Calcot 81

Chandos, John 103 '

Walter ib.

Chatham, Earl of 91

Ghaworth, George 105

Chernocke, St. John 84

.__ Pynfent 84

Villiers 84

Chefterfield, Earl of $7

90 Chetwode, Richard 221

ib. Chevers, Walter 212

60
11

Z 2

Chevercourt,

N D

Chevercourt, Jordande
Chicheley, Thomas
Chichefter, John
Chiffinch, William
Cholmondeley, Robert
Clancarthy, Earl of
Claneboy, Vifcount
Clanrickarde, Earl of

Clarence, Duke of
Clarke, Richard
Clervaux, John
Clifford, Lord

Coniers

Clifton, Gervaife
Clovile, William
Clynch, Patrick

CoCKAINE, Cui,I,EN,
COUNT

-I., ■ .. »- Bryan

■ .. — - — Charles
. Edward

Francis

— - — — John

Roger

■ Thomas

William

•~f

Cockeyn, Andreas

«~— . — John

— Roger

Coke, William
Colclough, Thomas
Collier, James
Comerford, John
Compton, Henry

— Thomas

Coney, George

— Matthew

Cooke, George
Coote, Charles
Copley, Chriftopher
Cork, Earl of
Corbet, Andrew

IOO

125

203

220

39
161

189,

291

2 54
202

230
104
108

141

Vis-
322

332

ib.

328

327
326

329

329
329

ib.
ib.
48

43
221

*3
it?.

221

109
120

187

303

ib.

220

Vincent

Cornwall, John
Cornwallis, Lord
Coflello, John Fitz-Ed

Cotton, George

Rowland

Courtenay, Thomas
Courtenay, Peter
Coward, William
Creiff, Thomas
Crew, Lord
Crofton, Edward

George

Cromwell, Oliver
Crofbie, John
Cruife, John
Culpepper, Lord
Curfon, John
Cufack, Chriftopher
■ — Thomas

22C?
108

56
mond
232
222
222
165
121
126

64
176

ib.

*93
118

203

157

104

143

203

Dagworth, Thomas
Dakin, John
Dalton, Chriftopher

_ Walter

Daly, Denis

■ - John
Dandre, Walter
D'Arcie, Lord
Darcy, John

' — Nicholas
foargll, John
Davis, George
Dayrell, Paul
Decies, Lord of
Dclawar, Lord
Delion, Henry

« — Lochan

Delvin, Lord
Deriham, John
Denmark, Prince of

219

174
47

182

251

262

138

2 79
183

198

282
I SO

133

%
6l

Denn,

INDEX.

Denn, Patrick 28 Dillon, William -181

De le Touche, Count 200 Doily, Robert 67

Derby, Earl of 128 Dorrivile, Gilbert 301

Defmond, E. 2$, 32, 33, 43 Donegal, Earl of 57

D'Eftaing, Count 199 Dongan, Vifcount I91

Devenifhi Edward 174 Donnelian, Lochlin 139

Devereux, John 27 Dorrington, Francis 276

, Nicholas 24, 29 Dove, Robert 108

Devonshire, Duke of 59 Doyne, Robert 1 1 8

Digby, Jonn 80 Dowell, Lucas 181

Dillon, (Dillon) Vis- Luke 182

count 135 Drury, William 224

Archbifhop 196 Duff, Thadeus 210

Arthur 196 Dunboyne, Lord 21, 41,

Bartholomew 19, Dungannon, Vifcount 40

142, 14 }9 145 Dunn, Hugh O'Connor 183,

~- Chriftopher 160, 184

174, 184 Dunfany, Lord 203

— Edmund 174, Dutton, John 220

181, 194 Richard 166

— Garrett 194 Dwynham, John 282

— George 187

— Gerald 169, 172, E

181

— Henry 136, 137, Egerton, Randal 223

157 Elye, Prince of 9, 10

— James 160,172, Efmond, Earl of 27

182, 184 '■ John 43

— John 148, 181, Laurence 28, 43

193, 194 Eflcx, Earl of 96

- — Jofias 177 Eufrace, Maurice 28

— Lucas 155 Rowland 26

— Lucius 192 Everard, Richard 211

— Maurice 140 Evers, Walter 292

— Pierce 181

— Redmond 171 F
Richard 170,

1 74, 1 75 Falconberg, Earl of 268

Robert 71, 137, Falkland, Vifcount 91, 92

144, 161, 172, 184, 193 Fallon, John 210

Theobald 177, Fanfhaw, Thomas 276

190, 193, 194 Farnaby, Charles 275

— • Thomas 137, Farrell, Brian 183

I70, 182 Feiton? Thomas 86

Ferdinand*

INDEX.

Fe^bi^^ndo, King of Folliott, Lord 164

Spain Bo Forguia, Andrew 255

termor, L^nn-nce 280 Fortefcue, James 147

»., 1. — Thomas /£. Fowke, Thomas 93

Ferr&il, Dei inis 170 Fowler, Francis-Leyifon 225

<~ James 193, 210 Frankland, Frederick 269

Ferrers, John 56, 28 ■ - Thomas 199

jpeareter, Doasntek 294 French, John 157

Feitiplace, John 285 Frifcott, Don Francifco 209

pienes, Richard 84

Fiii-i, Earl of 41 G

Fitz Gerald* Edmund 45

- Gerald 144 Galmoy, Vifcount of 48

«-— — — - Gerald Fitz- Gammage, John 274

John 21, 29, 90, 168 Gayer, Robert 127

». _ ■ Maurice 21, Gennour, Richard 105

181 Geoghegan, Charles 244

Fifcfcharding, Vifcount 94. Gerard, Lord 222

Fitz-Herbeit, John 327 Glen, Gilbert de 78

Fitz- James, Fierce-Butler Goddard, Auflin Parke 142

41 Goldfton, Thomas 16

Fttz-Fatrick, Andrew 67 Gere, Arthur 119

fc — «*„ John 40 Gormanftown, Vifcount 30

Fitz-Ralph, Robert 102 Gough, Edward 2<*

Fitz-Roy, Charles 88, 89 Gouldfmith, John 239

«-— George 89 ~— - — <— Francis ib.

Fitz-Warine, Yu\k 5 Gouvernet, Count de la

Fitz-William, (Fxtz- Tour du Pin 200

William, Viscount Gowran, Earl of 9, 56

306 Grace, Gerald 47

— _«to- Henry 308 - — * — Oiiver ib. 74

_ ^ John ib. — William 49

*~ — - Philip ib. Grandifon, Lord 81

—r- Richard ib. Greene, John 130

309* 311 Gregoi, Thomas 102

„ _, — Stephen 308 Grenvil, John 122

• — ___ „ Thoma-3309, Grey, Lord 14

310 Griffin, Edward 84

. — _ William •' 04, Guifcard, Count 62

3°7j 3°8 Gunning, Brvan 247

Fleming-, George 19 ■ ■ John ib,
' — ' ""j John 68
Florence, Puke of 261 H

Flood, Frederick 133 Hales, John 68

Hall

N D

John
Halium, Robert de
Hamilton, Lord
~ — ■ George

Hankiord, Richard
Harrington, Karl of

*- — ■ ' — John

Harris, R.alph
Harrifon, Richard
Haterington, Thomas

Hatton, Fermor
Haverfham, Lord
Hayward, Rowland
Herald, William
Herberr, John
"• * Nicholas

Hereford, Thomas de
Hern, Frederick
Hervey, John

■ -— Sympkin
— Thomas

Hexflall, William
Hewett, George
Hibbots, Thomas
Hoey, John
Holdernefle, Earl of
Hollywood, Robert
Horden, Lord of
Home, [ohn
Horfepoole, Simon
Howard, Lord
Hughes, Francis Annefley

118
HinTey, Thomas 2ii

Hyde, John , 78

Hynde, George 174

106

220

93
40

328
81

198
90
de

103

331
128

276

140

105

107
280
107
220

20Q
ib.

331
204.
25I
IO5
276

Jermyn, Alexander
Jerningham, WiiJiam
Jerfey, riarl of
— — — • Lv>rd

264

H
78

Jeflbn, William

jocelyn, Thomas

Jones, Viscount Rane-

LAGH 300

184^ 3OO,
3d

Roger

1 Thomas

John

Jordan, Walter
Judd, Andrew

Sr, 300
123
174

*74

Kelly, V m 176

Kenmare ^oid 43

Kent, E irl of 79

KJdare, Earl of 6, 14, 21,

.02

KlLMOP.EY, (NEEJ>HAM)

Viscount :i8
King, John 113, 185

K i nglland, Vi i count l\\.

Kirtiing, Lord of 5

Kittiey, John 11

Knightley, Valentine 328

Kniveton, Gilbert /&.

Know, Francis 119

Lacy, John
Lally, hdmund
— — General

I and J

Ikerrin, Vifcount
Iwareby, John
Jennings, Richard
Jephfon, Anthony

106
194

279

Lam born, John
Lanfdown, Lord
Langdale, Lord
Langley, Roger
Lanier, John

Latimer, Lord 103

Latin, Patrick 17a

.Lautierdde,

222

n
264

265

INDEX.

Lauderdale, Duke of 125

Lawlefs, Richard 61

Lee, Family of 197

Leech, Randolph 105

Legge, Mr. 122

Leigh, Charles 129

' — Francis 82

— — Reginald ib.

Lennard, Henry 107

■ William ib.
Lenox, Earl of 25
Levinge, Richard 126
Lichteburgh, Robert 307
Ligondes, Chevalier de 225
Lincoln, Earl of 101
Litchfield, Earl of 84, 197
Longueville, Edward 302
Lovelace, William 105
Lucas, Lucas 185
Theobald ib.

■ 1 - Thomas ib.
Lumbard, John 10
Ludlow, Edmund 123

LUMLEY, (LUMLEY) VlS-

COUNT 25O

— Liulph ib,

Marmaduke 252

Mac-Carthy, Doriogh Moyle

290
Mac-Dermot, Terence 160
Mac-Donnell, Felix 177
Mace, Philip de , 100

Mac-Egan, Owen 290

Mac-Geoghegan,Bryan 109,,

113

Mac-Mahon, Bernard

Bryan

Mac-Shane, Dermoid
Macworth, John

— mmm Thomas

Magawly, James
Magrath, Meiler
Mahon, Nicholas
Malby, Nicholas
Mallady, Patrick
Malone, Richard
Mandeville, James
Manfel, Buffy
Mansfield, Robert
Manwaring, John
Randal

Ofbert

Ralph

« — ■ Robert

Roger ib,

■ Uchtred

William

Luttrell, Thomas 36, 204
Luxemburgh, Marechal de

Lynch, Henry 244.

Lyfler, John 175

250
252
251
262
250
251

Mapholder, Patrick
Mapletoft, Nathaniel
March, Earl of
Markham, Robert
Marlborough, Duke of 82
Marreis, John de 5

Mafon, Aland- John 92

MafTareene, Vifcount 195

44
21

104

ib.

181

28, 30

167

234
160

176

220

ib.

i6g

333
12

129

Mafterfon, Richard
Mathew, George

— ■ Theobald

Toby

40
70

3°

49
119

Vis-

227

Mac-Carthy, Charles
. — ,— — , Cormac

Maynard, William
Mayo, (Burke)

count
Maximilian, Emperor

Meering, William 79

Melure, Roger 2i3

Mefcincs, Randolph 1

Meyler,

INDEX.

Meyler, Nicholas 29

Moigne, John 103

Molyneux, Vifcount 30

— Robert 77

Monmouth, Duke of 61

Montacute, John 16
Montgomery, Thomas 305

Moor, John 193

Moore, Lord ■ 212

Garrett 190

Michael 182

. William 289

Mordaunt, Mr. 122

More Mac-Carthy 172

O'Sullivan 33

Morres, Hervey 49

Morris, William 122

Mortimer, Roger 7

Morton, Earl of 3, 4

— — MathevvDucie 268

Mount-Garret, (But-
ler) Viscount i

, Lord

33> 4*> 45

Mountjoy, Lord 106

Murray, Walter 49

Nangle, Robert 26

Napea, Ofep 261

Needham, John 219

Robert ib.

-— Thomas 220

William 219

Netterville, (Net-
terville) Viscount

208

Formal

203
1 Patrick

210

■ ' Richard

jfc

Vol.IV,

Neville, Cofmas
Newbur^h Thomas
Newman, Dillon
Newport, Earl of
Nithfdale, Earl of
Norfolk, Duke of
Norris, John
Norton, Dudley
Nottingham, Peter
Nugent, John

O '

199

IL9

147

I?, 26

106

III

143

139

O'Brien, Donald
Donogh

William

3*
21

144

O'Carroll, Carroll 28

John 27, 169,

193
■ Moe'rony 1 7

Tv.ige 10

O'Cavanagh, Gerald 12

O'Connor, Bryan 47

— — Hugh 192

■ Hugh Oge ib.

■ Teige Mac-Der-

mot 183

O'Dcnnel, Neylan 12

O'Dowde, Dominick 182
O^Dwyer, John 28

O'Farrell, Lord Callow

169, 174
■ ■ Connell 17^

■ John 193
■■ Major General

167

— Roger i6q

O'Ferrall, Prince of Annaly

137
Offeley, Thomas 210

O'Flaherty, Bryan 232

■ Edmund 231
■' "» 1 ■■ Finola ib.

A a

O'FIaherty,

I N D E X,

O'Flaherty, John Bourke

246
— Murrough 232

139

OeFlinn, Wodeney
O' Flynn,
Ogle, Lord

Oc Flvnn, Columb

Samuel

259

28
109

O'Gonagh, Mac-Brien
O'Hanlon, Patrick
O'Hanly,.-- Dowaltagh Mac-

Farry
O'Hara, Thady
r*& — ■ — Hiberies
O'Hedian, Richard
O'Kelly, Cornelius
—~— — - Saba
■ •' ■ ' ■— William

183

216

298

*"39
231

139

298

1-85

235
160

O'Kennedy, Conor

O'Madderi,

O'Maly, Ov^n

O'Mol'ioy, William

O'More, Rory

— ~* O'wny Mac-Rbry

. ' " 33

O-'Mulrian, Connor

O'Neile, Charles

— Daniel

■ Owen

■ — i— : Phelim

1 Shane

Onflow, Thomas

22,

Orange, Prince of
O'Reily, Gildas
Ormond, Earl of

29,

" " ' Marquis

O'Rourke, Con 183

O'Shaghnefley, Roger 210
Oflbry, Earl' of 59

Oughton, Adolphus 284
Oxenbri dge, Edward 254

74
ib.

293

154

221

59
*1

27>

187

Pakeman, Simon
Park, James
Parker, Henry John
Parkyns, Ifham
Parfons, William
Patrick, Mac-Gill
Paul, Jeffrey
Paulet, Amias
■ -- Philip
Pegge, Strelly
Pennington, John
Perkins, John
Perrot, John
Perfhaii, William
Petty, John
Pettyt, William
Peyton, Thomas
Phaire, Robert
Phillips, John
Phineux, John
Pierpoint, John de
Piers, Henry
Pincheon, William
Pitt, George
■ . Robert
— Wefton

I37i

19
81

142

260

162

68
ib,
118
92
107
117
296
106
169
122
132
I£7

277
101

301

21 4

3*9

91
210

1 72

H3
206

168
157

— Thomas 164, 184

Poer, Lord 21, 38

Pointx, John 39

Pole, Courtenay 215

Pope,

Plantagenet, Richard
Plunkett, Alexander
-- Chriftopher
— — George
— .- John 155,

Oliver

■- Patrick

Richard

INDEX.

Pope, Thomas 198

Porter, Endymion -83

Portland, Earl of 83, 94,

214
Powell, Robert
Prendergaft, Thomas
Preft, John
Preftori, Richard

Robert

Prowe, Robert
Pugil, Arnold
Pu'uTars, Marquefs
Purceil, Hugh
Philip. 60,

RufiTel, George
. S

J-57

•— • Thomas
— Toby

Purdon, Adam
R

221

28
130

3*
1 41

260

100

28
74

RadclifFe, George 44

Robert 219

Radifh, John 218
Ranelagh, (Jones) Vis-
count 300
Rayner, William 83
Reilly, Hugh 74
Ridge, John 184
Rigdon, William 210
Rimbrkck, Colmaa 135
Roberts, Lord 52
Robinfon, James 85

1 John ih.

Rochester, Earl of 63

Rochford, Vifcount 20

— — - Robert 45

Roper, Robert ' 140

Rofcommcn, Earl of 46

RofTe, Vifcount 2 16

Roffiter, John 93

Roumarfh, Lord 100

Rupert, Prince 125

Rupella, Philip de 6

Salisbury, Earl of 16

Saikeld, Rjchard 1 5

Sam well, Thomas 28 4

Sanfta Maria, Adam de

100
Sandys, Samuel 285

Sarsfteld, Dominick 112

John

William

Saunders, Arthur

— -— - Richard

— William

Savage, John

_ Philip

Savilfe, Thomas
Say,, Bryan
— — Patrick
Sedlev, Charles
Selby, James
Scriven, Richard
Scrope, Stephen
Scurlock, Barnabas
Shakerly, Peter
Shaw, John
Bh.ee, Edmund

Richard

, Robert

Sheldon, General

Gilbert

~ Ralph

— The mas

Shelley, Henry
— — - Jchn
Sherlock, John
Shirley, Hugh
Shortall, Nicholas

— Oliver

Shuckburgh,

Sidney, Robert
A a 2

157
J 46

1 19

108

219

72
84

252

ib,
J27

zb.
223

10
204
226
224

4O
40, 72

60
196

2^4

^20

326

18, 28

28, 30

264

275

Simeons,

N D E

Simeon?, George
Slane, Lord
Slinfoy, Francis
Smith, Edward

— ■ Erafmus

. William

Smyth, Lionel
Philip

Thomas

Snape, Edmund

1 J°hn

■ Richard

Somerfet, Duke of
Edward

215

55
81

279
29

274

106
zb.

105

164

57
66

142

118

106

7i
219

SouthhUI, John

Southweil, Robert

Spencer, Thomas

Spendiowe, Peter

Springe, Thomas

Stafford, Richard

Stampe, John

Standim, Ralph

Stanly, James

Starkey, John

Steuart, Brigadier General

•— James 163

- — William 91

St. John, John 85

— Oliver 86

St. Laurence, Chriftopher

141
St. Leger, George 16

Stocdale, Thomas in

Stcurton, Lord J03

St. Quintin, Robert de 100
Strangford, (Smythe)
Viscount 274

Stranguifti, John 254

Suffolk, Rartof .86

Suffex, Earl of 84

Surrey, Earl of ig

Taaffe, (Taaffe) Vis-
count 287

Lord 186, 294

George 144

John 288, 289

288

287.
298

288

287

294

288

8, 103

176, 194

Lawrence
Nicholas
288, 2
Peter
- Richard
Theobald
Thomas

Talbot, Lord

Henry

■ John

Matthew

•■ Richard

— ■ Robert

142,

7i,

182

131

160

71
219

153

Tedcartle, John
Temple, Nugent
Thomond, Earl 21,27, 31
Thompfon, William 264
Thorp, John 160

Thurles, Vifcount 24, ifi

■ - — Lord
Thweng, Marmaduke

Tobin, James

—- Jonn

Thomas

Toole, John
Touraine, Duke of
Townfhend, Lord
Trahern, Henry
Trentham, Francis
TrefTenville, Ralph de
Trimbleftown Lord
IVyon, Samuel
Tuitc, Edward

251

49
29

L34
15

x53

35*
101

203
198

173

Tuite,

N D E X.

Tuite, William 170

Tulleophelim, Lord 37

Tully, James 210

Turner, John 106

Tynte, Robert 30

Tyrconnel, Duke of 194,

204
Tyrone, Earl of 66, 216
Tyrrel, George 198

Tyrwhit, William 254

Twifden, Philip 97 Wenman, (Wenman)

Walfo, Walter 28,

James

Wandesford, Mr.
Warburton, Peter
VVarren, Abel
'■ — Bcrlace

— — Henry
Warwick, Earl of
Wafhington, William
Waterhoufe, Edward

144,

222

Upper- O (Tory, Lord 38

Viscount

- Lord
■- Henry

— Richard

Valaines, Theobald de
Valentia, Lord
Vaflen, James Lewis

Vaux, Lord
Vavefor, Robert de
Venables, Thomas
Vernon

!I2

220

George Venables

9^
81,

97
79

Villiers, Alexander

Edward

■ George,

Geoffrey

1 John 78, 79, 80

« Nicholas 78

" ' ■ Paganus 76, 77

William 77, 78s

70, "81, 85
Vylers, Alexander de 78

— — Thomas

Went worth, Lord
Weflcot, Chriftopher
Weftmeaih, Earl of
Wefton, Benjamin
Wharton, George
Whitaker, William
White, James

— Nicholas

Whitebrooke, John
Wildgofe, John

— Annefley

Willoughbv, Lord

— — — Edmund

Wilmot," Vifcount
Wingar, John
Winnington, John
Wolverfton, George
Woodhoufe, Ernulph

28a

280

281

44
19S
191

84
163
304

276

107

tit.

304
104

187

47
de

100
ih.

Wake, Lord
Wale, GeraW

79
28

Wotton, Henry
Wright, Nathaniel
Wroughton, Seymour 284
Wycombe, William 306
Wyers, James 204

Wvkham,

INDEX.

Wykham, William Hum- Young, Edward 199

phrey 286 '*

Z
Y

Zobel, Colonel 35

York* Duke of 11, 15

FINIS.

Vol. IV.— •=— Corrections and Additions*

Page 4, line 2, for fuitage read fcuitage. p. 38, note 1. 34, for Bierce read
Pierce, p. 49, n. I. 22, after Efq. read grandfather to Harvey, created Vif-
count Mount-Morres. p. 62, n.l. 11, for fet read tent, p. 92, /. 12, died
at Waterford add 12 December 1732. />. 96, /. 22, Lancafter, <*</</ which
he refigned. p. 97* I- 37 y read gentlemen penfioners, which he refigned
in December following, p. 103, /. 4, for Margaret fecond read third
of the three fifters. p. 117, /. 17, after family add and anceftor to the Lord
Milford. p. 133, «. /. 12 rW 21,2041. 6s. id. p. 140, «. /. 2. /or 1624
r^W 1424. p- 147, «• /• 34, read the late Right Hon. James Fortefcue,
knight of the fhire for Louth, p. 148, n.l. 20. for Ratoath nW boroughs
of Wicklow and Blefington. p. 158, n. I. 6, /or honores read honoris, p*
169, /. 9, for other r«?ai others, p. 171, «. /. 1, <&/<? is. />. 1 73, margin t
for Drumrany razi Dunimony. /. 201, /. 26, Conftantine-John cfe/tf
John. p. 229, /. 34, dels the comma at Mac-William. /. 248, /. 38,
after Brandon add and died 1 1 March 1789. p. 272, /. 22, Frederick mar-
ried 21 February 1786 to Mifs Bodington. p. 274, /. 7, for Weftenbanger
read Wcftenhanger. p. 275, h **» «/fer England e<& appointed 28 October
1772 Chief Baron, which he refigned in November 1777. />• 276, /. J,
for one but read but one. p. 304, /. 12, /?r perfons rrai perfon. jp. 328*
/. 2, <&/e July and read 19 July 1574.

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