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Seneschal of Imokilly was a Title given by the Irish Earl of Desmond, South Munster, Ireland in County Cork.
"JOHN FITZTHOMAS, “John of Callann”, Lord of Connello and Dungarvan, and jure uxoris also of Decies and Desmond, killed 23.7.1261 at Callan in Glennaraghta by the McCarthies, buried in the Dominican Abbey of Tralee which he had just founded, m 1stly Margery dau and co-heir of Thomas Fitzanthony, Lord of Decies and Desmond (see under FitzAnthony for ancestors)
- MAURICE FITZJOHN
MAURICE FITZJOHN, killed with father on 23.7.1261, m MAUD (MATILDA) de BARRY, daughter of Lord Barry of Olethan (see under Barry for ancestors)
- THOMAS FITZMAURICE
- RICHARD FITZMAURICE, ancestor of the Seneshals of Imokelly"
"MAURICE FITZRICHARD, Knight of Kerry, m by 1382 MARGARET dau and co-heir of Sir NICHOLAS FITZJOHN de COURCEY, who brought her husband the Manors of Ballycrenan, Rathcourcy and Killeagh in Co Cork (see under Courcy for ancestors). ...
MAURICE also had a "natural" son
- RICHARD FITZMAURICE, living in 1442, ancestor of the FitzGeralds - Seneschals of Imokelly." ...
"JAMES FITZGERALD, 7th Earl of DESMOND, called “James the Usurper”, not acknowledged as Earl till 1422, but in 1420 made Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin and Yougal, d 1462, buried at Yougal, m MARY, daughter of William FitzRichard Burke (see under Burke for ancestors)"[1]
"In 1420 James FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond, was Seneschal of Imokilly, Inchiquin, [[Yoighal], lord of Mogeely, Lisfinny, Ageherne, Tallow, Shean, Mocollop, etc."[2]
"In 1575 the castle, then called the castle of Ballymartyr, was garrisoned by Fitzgerald, seneschal of Imokilly, but was attacked by the Lord-Deputy Sidney and his forces, aided by 200 of the citizens of Cork, who, after a protracted and vigorous defence, compelled the garrison to surrender, and Fitzgerald narrowly escaped by flight."[3]
"In 1579, the Earl of Desmond, on being proclaimed a traitor, lead his forces to this place, plundered the town, and carried off the property of the inhabitants to his castles of Strancally and Lisfinry, in the county of Waterford, at that time occupied by the Spaniards. The Earl of Ormonde, receiving intelligence of this attack, sent a ship from Waterford with troops which entered the town, but, being overpowered by the forces of the seneschal of Imokilly, most of them were killed and the remainder escaped with difficulty to their ships. The mayor had before this perfidiously refused to receive an English garrison, promising to defend the place to the last extremity; but having made no effort for that purpose, he was tried by court martial, found guilty, and hanged before his own house. The devastation to which the town was subjected during this rebellion compelled the inhabitants to abandon it; but on the retreat of the insurgents in 1580, they were invited to return, and in order to inspire them with confidence a garrison of 300 foot was left for their defence. In 1582 the seneschal of Imokilly, with all the forces he could muster, came suddenly to Youghal and sealed the walls; the alarm however being given, he was repulsed by a portion of the garrison, with the loss of 50 of his men."[4]
"The plantation of Munster progressed at best very slowly, and every day brought fresh rumours of invasion. The defences of the province were weak in the extreme, and, though the general appearance of things was tranquil, the embers of the rebellion still smouldered; and in consequence of instructions from England, Norris, in March 1587, arrested John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald [q. v.], seneschal of Imokilly; Patrick Condon, and others, whose loyalty was at least doubtful."[5]
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John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald (died 1589), seneschal of Imokilly , was an Irish baron of the Desmond Rebellions . Life: seneschal of Imokilly ... 6 KB (868 words) - 02:12, 15 August 2012
James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond Although not acknowledged until 1422, he was in 1420 made Seneschal of Imokilly , Inchiquin , and the town of Youghal , by James Butler, 4 ... 4 KB (624 words) - 16:33, 20 July 2012
Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond But Fitzmaurice had fled to Brittany in company with other leading Geraldines, John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald , seneschal of Imokilly , who ... 12 KB (1,805 words) - 23:06, 14 August 2012
Second Desmond Rebellion John and his brother, James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald , the Seneschal of Imokilly , marked their entry into the rebellion by assassinating ... 33 KB (4,963 words) - 20:49, 22 July 2012
James FitzMaurice FitzGerald In March 1575 he and his family, along with the Geraldine Seneschal of Imokilly , James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald and the White Knight, ... 10 KB (1,619 words) - 10:13, 9 December 2011
James Fitzgerald (traitor) In March 1575, accompanied by the White Knight and the seneschal of Imokilly , he and his family sailed on board La Arganys for France , ... 10 KB (1,708 words) - 15:29, 1 August 2012
Richard Grenville of Clancar, James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald (the Seneschal of Imokilly ); Edmund Fitzgibbon (the White Knight); and others, attacked Tracton. ... 15 KB (2,219 words) - 14:37, 16 July 2012
James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald (died 1589) was the hereditary Seneschal of Imokilly , an Irish nobleman of the Welsh-Norman FitzGerald dynasty ... 4 KB (548 words) - 00:28, 15 August 2012
Lord High Steward of Ireland sometimes known as the Hereditary Great Seneschal The Earls of Shrewsbury (Earls of ... Seneschal of the Baronies of Imokilly and Inchicoin ... 25 KB (3,892 words) - 23:11, 5 June 2012
Midleton The Seneschal , or steward of Imokilly, on being expelled from the castle, took refuge in the Abbey, but was again forced to flee by ... 11 KB (1,539 words) - 19:05, 12 August 2012
Castlemartyr The Fitzgeralds of Imokilly were traditionally known to the local ... one seneschal, John FitzEdmund, and hung her from the wall of the castle. ... 19 KB (2,891 words) - 06:01, 31 July 2012
1343 in Ireland Maurice Earl of Desmond occupies Imokilly (east County Cork ) May 19 Robert Savage appointed Seneschal of Ulster Births : Deaths ... 2 KB (252 words) - 08:47, 17 February 2011
William Stanley (Elizabethan) During this tour of duty he assisted in the pursuit of the earl of Desmond and James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald , the seneschal of Imokilly, ... 10 KB (1,639 words) - 14:25, 15 July 2012
Sir Thomas Norris Under instructions from England, Norris, in March 1587, arrested James Fitzedmund Fitzgerald , seneschal of Imokilly, Patrick Condon , and ... 8 KB (1,241 words) - 16:20, 4 April 2012
References
- ^ pages 270-9 in ANCIENT ANCESTORS
- ^ 1420 James FitzGerald from "The Castles in North-East Cork" by Eaton W. Waters which appeared in the JCHAS, Vol XXII, No III, Second Series, July-September 1916, pps 97-109, 162-168 and Vol XXIII (Second Series) 1917, pps 30-35 and in Vol XXIV
- ^ Castlemartyr
- ^ Samuel Lewis, "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" (London: 1837) Extracts "Youghal"
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography volume 41. p149 NORRIS, Sir THOMAS (1556-1599), president of Munster, fifth son of Henry, baron Norris of Rycote [q. v.]