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FitzWilliam, Richard

FitzWilliam, Richard (d. 1595), landowner, was son of Thomas FitzWilliam, of Merrion and Baggotrath, and his wife Genet, daughter of Patrick Finglas of Westpalston. The FitzWilliam family achieved little prominence in public affairs in the early modern period: they neither sought…

Garvey, John

Garvey, John (c.1515–1595), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was the eldest son of John Garvey (or O'Garvey) of Murrisk, Co. Mayo, and his wife, Fionnghuala, daughter of ‘Le Botiller’ (that is, Butler), of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo. He was said to have been educated at…

Gerrard, Sir William

Gerrard, Sir William (d. 1581), lord chancellor of Ireland, was son of Gilbert Gerrard of Ince, Lancashire, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Davison, alderman of Chester. He was a cousin of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, master of the rolls in England. William Gerrard entered…

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1537–83), soldier and explorer, was second son of Otho Gilbert (d. 1547) of Compton, near Dartmouth. Sir Walter Ralegh (qv) was his half-brother from the second marriage of his mother, Catherine, daughter of Sir…

Goodacre, Hugh

Goodacre, Hugh (d. 1553), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, graduated BA (1529), MA (1532), and B.Th. (1552), from Oxford University, where he was recorded as…

Googe, Barnabe

Googe, Barnabe (c.1538–94), poet and translator, and provost-marshal to the presidency court in Connacht, was son of Robert Googe, recorder of Lincoln, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Walter Mantell. He was born at Alvingham, Lincolnshire, and educated at Christ's…

Grey, Arthur

Grey, Arthur (1536–93), 14th Baron Grey of Wilton , soldier and lord deputy of Ireland, was born at Hammes castle in the English Pale in France, the elder son among the three children of William, 13th Baron Grey of Wilton (d. 1562), and Mary (d. 1571/2), daughter of Charles, earl of…

Grey (Gray), Lord Leonard

Grey (Gray), Lord Leonard (d. 1541), lord deputy, was sixth son of Thomas Grey, 1st marquis of Dorset, and his wife Cecily, daughter and heiress of William Bonville, Lord Harington. He spent some time at court, in which he held the ceremonial office of carver to the royal household…

Hampton, Christopher

Hampton, Christopher (1552–1625), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was born at Calais, France, son of John Hampton of Hampshire, clergyman, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, to which he was admitted as a scholar (1570). He became a fellow in 1574, receiving his…

Hanmer, Meredith

Hanmer, Meredith (1543–1604), cleric and historian, was born at Porkington, Shropshire, England, son of Thomas Hanmer. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was appointed to a chaplaincy in 1567. He graduated BA (November…

Harington, Sir John

Harington, Sir John (1560–1612), courtier and author, was born at Kelston near Bath, England, son of John Harington, confidential servant to Henry VIII, and Isabella, daughter of Sir John Markham of Cotham. A godson of Queen Elizabeth, he was chosen to accompany the 2nd earl of…

Herbert (Harbert), Sir William

Herbert (Harbert), Sir William (1553–93), undertaker and vice-president of Munster, was son of William Herbert of St Julians, Monmouthshire, Wales, and Jane, daughter of Edward Griffith of Anglesey. He claimed to have attended Oxford: there is no record of his doing so, but he may…

Holcroft, Henry

Holcroft, Henry (fl. 1600–50), king's secretary for Irish affairs, was son of Sir William Holcroft and his wife Joan Roydon, who later married (c.1592) Sir Oliver St John (qv). Holcroft first came to Ireland in 1600 as…

Holywood, Christopher

Holywood, Christopher (1559–1626), Jesuit priest, was son of Nicholas Holywood of Artane castle, Dublin, lord of manors in Co. Dublin, Co. Meath, and Co. Wexford. His mother was a niece of Christopher Nugent, Baron Delvin. He was educated at the University of Padua and entered the…

Houling, (Howlin), John

Houling, (Howlin), John (1543/4–1599), Jesuit and martyrologist, was born in Wexford and entered the priesthood at an unknown date. He is first recorded in 1577 when he was at Alcala de Henares, Spain (where he was a friend of William Walsh…

Jones, Thomas

Jones, Thomas (1550–1619), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin and lord chancellor of Ireland, was the younger son of Henry Jones of Middleton, Lancashire; nothing is known of his mother. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge (BA,…

Kearney, David

Kearney, David (c.1558–1624), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born in Cashel, son of Patrick Kearney and his wife Elizabeth (née Coney). He was appointed archbishop in May 1603, filling the vacancy created nineteen years previously by the execution of…

Kinrechtan (MacKenraghty), Maurice

Kinrechtan (MacKenraghty), Maurice (d. 1585), catholic priest and martyr, was a native of Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. Contemporary accounts of his death, which are the principal sources of information, credit him with a degree in theology, so that it is likely that he was educated…

Kirwan (Kirovan), Stephen

Kirwan (Kirovan), Stephen (d. 1601/2), bishop of Clonfert, was a native of Galway. He was educated partly at Oxford (c.1571) and partly in Paris. On his return from Paris he conformed to protestantism and was made archdeacon of Annaghdown (13 April 1573). The…

Lambart (Lambert), Sir Oliver

Lambart (Lambert), Sir Oliver (d. 1618), 1st Baron Lambart of Cavan , soldier and Irish administrator, was the son of Walter Lambart, of Preston, Yorkshire, England, and Rose, daughter of Sir Oliver Wallop and niece of Sir Henry Wallop…

Lambert, Matthew

Lambert, Matthew (d. 1581), catholic martyr, was a Wexford baker of whom little is known apart from the circumstances of his death, which were described in the contemporary martyrology of Fr John Houling (qv). He inadvertently…

Lee (Leae), Charles

Lee (Leae), Charles (1545–86), Jesuit, was born in Cloyne, Co. Cork, son of Maurice Lee, medical doctor, and his wife Mary Sheehy. He was educated at Oxford, Paris, and Cologne, where he obtained an MA. He entered the Society of Jesus in Rome in…

Lee, Thomas

Lee, Thomas (c.1550–1601), army captain and author, was second son of Benedict Lee of Oxfordshire, England, and cousin of the influential Elizabethan courtier Sir Henry Lee; his mother was Margaret, daughter of Robert Packington of Worcestershire. He first came to Ireland…

Luttrell, Thomas

Luttrell, Thomas (c.1490–1554), chief justice of the common pleas, was son of Richard Luttrell, of Luttrellstown near Dublin city, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Patrick Fitzlyon. Appointed solicitor general and king's sergeant in Ireland in September 1532, he was one…

Lynch, Alexander

Lynch, Alexander (c.1585–p. 1620), schoolmaster, was son of Thomas and Letitia Lynch. As a boy he was educated in Galway, reading humanities for four years under English and Irish teachers. In 1602 he left Galway for the Irish Jesuit college in Salamanca, where…