Volume 4

A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke.

  • Burke, John, 1787-1848.
Date:
1833-1838
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Credit: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Earl of Clarendon, lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He had a grant by privy seal, dated at Whitehall, 23rd Octo- ber, 1685, confirmed afterwards by another, dated at Dublin, 29tli Dec. in the same year, giving him the ex- clusive right of a copper coinage for the kingdom of Ireland for twenty- one years. He m. Hannah, sister of Colonel Roger Moore, or O’Moore, of Johnstown, in the county of Kil- dare, M.P. for Philipstown and for Mullingar in 1692, and 1695. Sir Johnd. s.p. 3rd November, 1687, and was buried in the chancel of St. Au- deons Church, Dublin. William, of whose descendants we have to treat. The second son, William Knox, esq. of Castlerea, in the county of Mayo, b. in 1630, whose name ap- pears to the loyal addresses from that county to Charles II. in 1682, and 1683, m. first, Mary, daughter of Francis Palmer, esq. of Farrow, and had by her, i. Francis, of Moyne, in Mayo, his heir. ii. Arthur, ancestor of the present John Knox, esq. of Castlerea. He wedded secondly, the daughter and heir of Crofton, of Rappa Castle, and had by that lady, two sons and a daughter, viz. William, ofDublin, clerk of the crown for the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Ros- common and Leitrim, and for the town of Galway. He m. (licence dated in 1733), Mary, daughter of Henry Osborne, esq. of Dardistown, in Meath, and had issue, John. William, who vi. Mary, daughter of Gillespie M‘Donald, of Dub- lin. Jane. Lucy, m. to Francis Darcy, esq. of Loftus Hall, in the county of Dublin. Mary, m. to William Ryves, esq. of the county of Wicklow. John. Mary, m. in 1705, to Thomas Bell, esq. alderman of Dublin, and lord mayor in 1702. William Knox, whose will dated 30th July, *705, was proved 20th November, 1707, was buried in the chancel of St. Audeons, Dublin, near his brother Sir John. His eldest son, Francis Knox, esq. of Moyne, in Mayo, served as sheriff of that county in 1718. ee™' Dorothy, fourth daughter and co-heir oi Maurice Annesley, esq. of Little Rath, in rvildare, nephew of Arthur first Earl of An- £lesea, and had, by her Thomas, d. unm. v. p. James, of Moyne, b. 22nd July, 1724; high sheriff of Mayo, vi. Dorothea, second daughter of Peter Rutledge, esq. of Cornfield, in that county, and died in 1806, having had issue, Francis, of Moyne, b. in 1754, as- sistant-barrister for the county of Sligo, and king’s-counsel. In 1797, he represented Philips- town in parliament. He d. unm. 12th April, 1821, and was buried in Moyne Abbey. John, of Summer Hill, Dublin, m. Sarah, daughter of Daniel Graham, esq. of the county of Mayo, and has issue. William, captain in the East In- dia Company’s service, d. aged nineteen. James, captain 51st foot, died at Armagh. Elizabeth, m. to Dowell O’Reilly, esq. of the Heath, in the Queen’s county. Dorothea, d. unmarried in August, 1807. Mary-Anne. Charity. Francis, of whom presently. Sarah, wife of Francis Blake, esq. Dorothy, b. 15tli November, 1729, m- to Thomas Rutledge, esq. of Killala. Ellinor, b. 22nd November, 1730, died unm. Mary-Anne, b. 3rd May, 1728, d. unm. 1800. Francis Knox, whose will dated 28th Feb- ruary, 1729, was proved 16th February,. 1731, died in 1730, and lies buried at Kil- lala. His third son, Francis Knox, esq. b. 16th July, 1726, settled at Rappa Castle, in Mayo, of which county, as well as of Sligo, he served as high sheriff. He m. 25th March, 1761, Mary, fourth daughter and co-heir of An- nesley Gore, esq. of Belleck, brother of Arthur first Earl of Arran, and by her, who died 31st October, 1818, had issue, Annesley-Gore, of Rappa Castle, his- lieir. Francis, a magistrate for the county of Mayo, d. unm. in 1803. James. (See Knox Gore, p. 582.) Henry-William, of Netley Park. (See Knox of Netley Park, p. 583.) Arthur of Bushfield, in Mayo, b. in 1785, vi. Barbara, only daughter of Joseph Lambert, esq. of Brookhill, and had issue. John, of Greenwood Park, in Mayo, b. 3rd November, 1786, m. Jane, daughter of Samuel Handy, esq.