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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
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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.
DUBLIN:
JAMES MOORE, 45, COLLEG E-.G RON.
MPCCLXXXIX.
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BARON CAULFEILD,
KNIGHT OF THE MOSTILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF ST. PATRICK,
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNCIL,
AND
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY,
THE FOURTH VOLUME OF
THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND,
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY
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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 Brioni r , 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<nke v s Rcgifiry. 2 Idem, 3 Hokr. p. 40. 4.. < I^Lm,
BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET.
Herveius Walter (which continued the furname until dif- Herv ey
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
of
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. * u t 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, i n 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. n y 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 a P~
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
K.
* 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 Moialiy 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. A 9 . 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
I3 C 6 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
of
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 Avica, 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 J oha >
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.
i
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 a i^ 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 jewel 1 ;, 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,
sa
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 * mar rying 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 Ear 1 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. ( 6 j
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
22
BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.
Richard
i.
Viicount.
James
9
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 j r 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 J ac# 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.
tt
tt
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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 Butler 3 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
of
* 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 daughter 11 . 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 the
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
of
1 Decree in Chancery 1617. 2 Rot de As 15*. 16 9 . 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[ J a 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
of
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 GrifTel 1 ,
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 from 1 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 ; and 3 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 Tipperary 3 ; 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 Luttrel 2, 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 up 3 . 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 Hon bu 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.
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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 execu f ed 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 h 3 peril ; ed in depriving the Earl of his right,
and in buffering him to be kept a prifoner for fo many years 2 .
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^i 3 , 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 tv f p. &2e 2 Biegraph. Br i tan. 3 m
#'* Office.
BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET. 3 9
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 ; Catharine 6 , 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.
4 o 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. 4 t
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 Lucia 5 ;
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.
/,\ Jh n 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.
j a ) 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 o 4 , 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 j t0 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 afwer 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 wa c 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
4 i.
* 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,
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*' 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*
4 6 ' BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.
married to John Comerford, of Ballybirr, Efq; Elizabeth,
to Edmund Wale, of Ruchlin, in county of Carlow, Efqj
and
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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-
mond 2 .
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 und p r 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 g rant 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 ciTation 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 fubjeb.
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 fon 2 ; 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,
to
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, E r q-, 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
of
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, w ith 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.
5 2
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. i a . 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
by
*< 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 crea ted 13 May, 1662, . (5)
Baron Butler of Cioughgrenan, Vifcount of Tullogh, and tarl ?', T f*
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 Kilkenny 2 , 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.
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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 J 2 . 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 was 2 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
deftrutive 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 jet, 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
o f 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, alon T
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 nobility 2 .
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
by
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 1684 2 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
or
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 at 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 Borra r s 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 dad by ficknefs. -Me con-
tinued to at 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 eftres 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, h e married thirdly in July 2 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 r x \
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!bn c , 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. 7 . &. Car. I. D.
2 Harris'* Ware, 165.
6S
BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.
U)
(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
a
a
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 Whitehall 1 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
ats 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. 13 . 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 l 9 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 ats 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 conScience 2 ; 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 Hou r e 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 o u '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 ^ u nt,
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 o f 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.)
n
BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.
"chard,
7
Vifeount.
fames,
J 8
Vifeount.
dmund,
9
Vifeount.-
Idrnund,
10
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 I735 2 , 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 Parliament 4 . 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. (,)
Richard 2 , 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. I 2 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.
7 g 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 Gifcey*
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- r te,
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
W ml 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 Rob 1 . Ne t n in Deere ti Ba^cal-
larii, quondam A r prehentic'i diVi 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,
g 4 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. T g t .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 r rce warren , to export
corn and other commodities growing upon the premifTes; to eret 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.
* it3ti? fuss xxx.
M. H.
Optimo Parenti
Barbara Clevelandise DucifTa
Pietatis eraro
p.
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
** cau r e, 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.
.
f5 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 France 2 .
{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 Frances 4 , 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 ii 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 Daughter a Anne, died young and was there buried,
^j Lady Elizabeth, who marrieo 1 Aland-John fVtafonof Wa-
ter.oid, Efq. and was created Countefs G.andifon 4 .
(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 Edward a
fourth fon of Sir Edward Viihers, Knt. Preiident of Munf-
ter.
.> Edwin 1 , 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)
)l
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)uke z .
( 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 Hampden 1 , 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 G gJp"
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>
l4, 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 pedigre 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,
to
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. had sir J ohn -
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 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 w r ife wa? Maud, daughter of John Aton,
by whom he had Tinman, who married Lucy, and had Sir John Chandos,
Knight of the Garter, who died without iffue, 35 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^h 1 - 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. ic 9
Mary, wife to Matthew Coney of Newport-Pagnel in county
of Bucks.
Sir Francis Annefley, the eliieft fon, made the?; kingdom su F t anc?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 Temple r artagh 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. id. 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-O c Carrol ; 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.
1
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. i a . 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. 15 . 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."
ii 4 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.
R, 45. 3 Lords Jour. I. a.
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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
* Lords jtur. I. 19. 3 Rot. Pat. de A. 1%; Car. I. 4' . p. D,
Ii$ ANNESLEY, Viscount VALENTIA.
(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
w r as 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 P aI *don under the great feal 1 ,
(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 Fam f lie s f
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; w T e do therefore by thefe our
" letters,
J Idem. Pat, de A. u. Car. I. 4 T *. p, D, R, 3?, 2 Uliler's Office.
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 place 1 ." 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
1 Rot. de de A*. 14. Car. II. 1*. p. f. 2 See Earl of Gkndore.
3 Mr. Paul's Will.
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 young 1 , 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, w T ho married *
Margaret, youngeft daughter and coheir to Edward Eyre,
of Galway, Efq. w T hodied 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 infant 1 , 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, an d 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. i 2 i
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
St, Werburgh'e Regiftry.
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
* Rot. pat. Car. II. A^ **. Car, H". a*, p..f.
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-
ther 1 .
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 Whitehall x 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.)
1 Lords Jour. I. %$$, 2 Lodge. 3 litm
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 Collet. 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 1690 2 , 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 J am *%
guardianlhip of James Selby, of the Inner-Temple, Efq.4- Vllc 4 aafltr
but after he came of age, took Ills feat in the Parliament of
Ireland 27 Augull 5 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. ;. Gi. III. 4. p. f.
i 2 S 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 l j 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 ftrit 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. f ucce ^r lon t the 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, w T here 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
W r oodftock, 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 College 1 . 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 fequeftered 2 , 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.hm
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.
i 3 c& 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 Exeter 1 , 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. J u ty I 7 Il4 an d 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. h onourSj W as 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. i 3 r
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 1761 3 , 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 li r e, 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 IV 3
8e3Q. * Collect, and Sir F. Flood.
i 3 z 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
iffue 1 ,
Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur,the eighth and prefentVifcount Valentia, was
8 born 7 Auguft 1744 2 '> on tne death of his father, he fuc-
Vjfcount. ccec ] e d 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.
( 3 j 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.
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DILLON, Viscount DILLON- i 5 $
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 mils
from Dublin.
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DILLON Viscount DILLON'.
T
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. + 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
in
* 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.
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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 ;
I
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-
? i J roudi'- 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.
io
DILLON, Viscount DILLON.
Sir Mm- Sir Maurice, the eldeit fori, was knighted in the life-time
3!uc Q c ]^j S 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
of
* 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 Mearh r 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
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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 f Meath (his mother's inheritance) and marrying Elizabeth,
daughter of Bartholomew Bath, ofDullardfton, Efq. and widow
f 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
i 4 4 DILLON, Viscount DILLON.
and Bridget, who became firft the wife of O c More, 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 O c Carrol, 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. i 4 j
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.
i 4 8 BILLON, Viscount DILLON.
(i) Maurice, to whom his father gave the caftle and town of
Families of kg a jk" ( f 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
l 7 itz-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
tg* DILLON, Viscount DILLON.
fucceeded at Low-Bafkin, married Celia, daughter ofSir John
Eugan, Hugan, orEgan, ofco. of Kilkenny, Km. by whom
he
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 fubjeb 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
" higheit
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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
to
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.
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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
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T 54 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 Conaugh 1 :,
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 tehe 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 Ro r comon, 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 fon y 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 Parliament 1 , 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
in
* Lords Jour. I. 170.
\
2
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,
3
Earl.
Went-
worth,
4
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 1642 1 , 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,
Galway 9
! 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;et 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
of
1 Lodge. 2 Lords Jour. I. %6o. 3 See Leinfter I. 104. n.
* Vrerofc. Office and Lodge. 5 R. t. A 23 . 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
c 5 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,
er it November 1 7 1 7 % ; was Cornet of a troop of horfe on this efta-
E ar I # 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 Parliament 1 , 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.
1
*
i6S DILLON, Viscount DILLON.
daughters, the elder of whom married O c Kelly, 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 O c CarroIl, 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 D r Q mra*
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 T as 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 w T ere
Robert, who married the daughter of O f Fanell, 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 Thomond 1 ; which employment was renewed to him by
K. James, 20 Auguft, 1 of his reign 2 . 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.
i 7 8 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-
mon y 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 Binfadda y
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!ly r
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 L r >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 De r rynecouge ; 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 quarter 1 , 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
O c Connor, 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 O c Rourk, 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 O c Conor Dunn, to leave him in his
cuftody, after which Charles O c Conor 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 ^ and ldiedunmanied.
(ll) Barbara, )
S' Thrift - *^ r Ohriftopher Dillon, heir apparent to Theobald, the
phcr. firft Vifcount Dillon, lived at Ballylaghan, alias Eealalahin,
in
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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 Lca,
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 0k>-
ber
* Rolls. 2 Lori;- J.ur. I. 09.
int.
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ber 1640, we find him a Lord of the Privy-Council 1 : 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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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 Conaught 1 ,
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 Weftmeath 1 . 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 Weftmeath 4 ; 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-
f nnt 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 following 1 )
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
of
* 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 premiffc c , 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 Aud c Gen. Off.
DILLON, Viscount DILLON. I9 i
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 w r as 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;
in
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 afligne c , 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, 
