Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville
Nicholas Netterville of
Rebellion of 1641 and Confederacy
Despite the Crown's previous regard for him, his loyalty was gravely suspect during the
On 26 July 1644 he took the oath of association to the
Last years
Under the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Lord Netterville and his eldest son were denied a pardon for their lives and estates, but he does not seem to have been seriously ill-treated.[7] Whether this was because of his old age or because John's wife, a daughter of the leading English statesman Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, used her influence on his behalf, is uncertain.
Marriages and issue
The Viscount married firstly Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Bathe, Esq., of Drumcondra, Dublin, and had eight sons:[8]
- John Netterville, 2nd Viscount Netterville
- Luke, of Corballis, County Meath, married Margaret Barnewall, daughter of Sir Patrick Barnewall of Turvey and Mary Bagenal, and had issue, including Colonel Francis Netterville. After his death, she remarried Sir Richard Bolton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Luke was a man of considerable wealth, but his widow was reduced to a state of near poverty during the troubles of the 1640s. She was still living in 1663.
- Patrick, of Lecarrow, County Roscommon
- Robert, of Cruicerath, County Meath, married Jane Rigdon, daughter of Sir William Rigdon, and had issue, including Nicholas.
- Richard
- Christopher
- Thomas
- Nicholas
and five daughters:
- Mary, married Sir Luke FitzGerald, of Teroghan
- Margaret, married Cromwellianforce.
- Alison, married Walter Chevers, Esq.
- Ellen, married to Thomas Fleming, Esq.
- Jane, married to Matthias Barnewall, 8th Lord Trimleston.
Luke, Patrick, Richard and Thomas all took part in the 1641 Rebellion, in which Luke, described by his enemies as a "lawless and ruthless rebel", was killed. Christopher and Nicholas were Jesuits. Patrick and Robert founded junior branches of the family from whom later Viscounts were descended.
Eleanor died in 1634 and the Viscount remarried Mary, daughter of Alderman Brice of Drogheda; it was her third marriage. They had no children.
See also
References
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, Volume 6. London: George Bell & Sons, pp. 9-10
- ^ Courthope, William (1889). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland. London: J. G. & F. Rivington, p. 610
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, Volume 6. London: George Bell & Sons, pp. 9-10
- ^ Bagwell, Richard "John Netterville" Dictionary of National Biography 1885-1900 Vol. 40 pp.236-7
- ^ Bagwell, pp.236-7
- ^ Bagwell, pp.236-7
- ^ Bagwell, pp.236-7
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison and Sons, p. 392