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Oxenden, Capt. Richard"<ref>John O'Hart, ''The Irish & Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell Came to Ireland; Or, a Supplement to Irish Pedigrees'' (Dublin, 1884), pp. 384, 401</ref>
 
Oxenden, Capt. Richard"<ref>John O'Hart, ''The Irish & Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell Came to Ireland; Or, a Supplement to Irish Pedigrees'' (Dublin, 1884), pp. 384, 401</ref>
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===Land grant, County Wexford===
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"Martin Codd, Castletown, Cam, died, 1627.
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Houses, Premises, &c., in the town of Wexford, granted
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to Sir Richard Gethin and Sir Richard Aldworth, in trust
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for the ofiicers of 1649 that served in Ireland, 1680. This
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grant was certified under the Acts of Settlement and Ex-
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planation, and we merely introduce it here to give some
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idea of the town of Wexford at that period. We may
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also state that this same Indenture or grant included
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houses and premises in the city of Dublin, and about 480
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acres of land in the county of Cork. The premises in
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Wexford were as follows : — Part of a house to the street,
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an additional back building slated, a curtledge, garden,
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ya^-d, a thatched red-herring house, a shed, stable, and
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another shed thatched, Is 6d ; a front house slated, a
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thatched shed, and a yard, 5s 3d ; a front house, an ad-
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ditional building backwards, a castle, and red-herring
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house slated, a yard, a shed, and a house place, £1 10s ; a
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front and back house, a yard, and two sheds, 9s., all in St.
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Mary's street, Wexford. An old castle to the street, a
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row of low built houses slated, a yard, and a key to the
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river, £1 4s. in Hayes lane, in Wexford. A house thatch-
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ed, and garden, 6s ; a house thatched, old walls of a house
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394
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FEBRUARY.
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and garden, 5s 8d ; a house slated, a yard or court, walls
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of a house therein, a house where a mill stands, a malt
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house slated, and a garden, £1 4s ; a front house, a back
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kitchen slated, a curtledge, and backside, a house or stable
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to the street stated, 7b 6d., in St. Mary's street, Wexford.
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A yard to the street, and a cabin or shed in it, 9d., in St.
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Bride street, Wexford. A house slated, a yard, and a
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shed in it, 4s 6d., in St. Mary's street, Wexford. A front
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house slated, a backside, two gardens, a red-herring house,
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8s 3d., in St. Bride's lane, Wexford. Walls of a house
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backwards, 5s 3d., in Bride street ; a house backwards
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slated, a house backward thatched, a yard, and garden
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plot, lis 3d., in Bride street ; a house thatched, a garden,
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another garden plot by the town wall, 3s 9d ; a house
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slated, a yard with thatched sheds, 4s 6d., in Bride street ;
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a ruined house, 2s 3d , in Bride's lane ; walls of a house,
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Is l^d., in St. Mary's street ; a front house slated, a yard,
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and red-herring house, 6s., in same street ; a plot of ground
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to the street, old walls, and a cabin. Is lO^d., in same
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street ; a red-herring house, 2s 7id., in Peter's lane ; a
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garden plot in said street, 4^d ; a house slated and a yard,
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a house backwards slated, and a backside, in St. Mary's
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street, 10s 6d ; a front house, a yard, an out-house, and
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garden plot, 7s 6d ; a front house slated, and an house
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plot backwards, 6s 9d ; walls of two houses, and a gar-
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den plot by St. Maiy's Church, and another garden. Is 6d ;
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stone walls of a thatched house, and garden plot, Is lO^d ;
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a ruinous house, next the Church, slated, containing 33
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feet in length and 16 in breadth, a garden next the same,
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36 feet long and 21 feet broad, m St. Patrick street, Is 6d ;
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a ruinouse house thatched, a house backwards slated, a
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backside, a yard, and a shed in it, and a key to the river,
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in St. Ibyrius or Ivory's street, 9s ; a front and back-house
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slated, a brew-house slated, a shed, and a garden in ditto,
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10s 6d ; walls of a house to the street, 3s ; a ruinous house
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next St. John's gate, containing 36 feet in length and 36
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feet in breadth, Is 6d ; a yard near the Corn market, 2s 3d ;
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395
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FEBRUARY.
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a front house, an additional building backwards slated, a
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courtledge, a shed and stable slated, a yard and slated
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sheds in it, with a key to the river, in the Market-place, all
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in Back-street, 10s l^d., town of Wexford. A house and
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back building slated, a slated kitchen, a courtledged, and
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a yard, 9s 4^d ; a front house and back building slated, a
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courtledge, a yard, and a key, £1 7s ; stone walls to the
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street backwards, a house slated, a yard, two gardens, and
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a small house slated, 12s., in Selskar street; a house
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thatched, a yard and garden in Upper street. Is 6d ; &>
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thatched front house, a back building slated, a yard, a plot
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of ground, and walls of a house in Selskar street, 5s 3d ;
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old walls of a house near Upper-street and to the hospital,
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with a yard, and a cabin, and a slated house next to that,
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9s ; a house slated, a plot of ground, a yard backwards in
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Corn-market, 4s 6d. Total rent in Wexford, £15 15s 6d.
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In this Indenture there was a clause inserted reserving to
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Laurence Walsh his judgement on the house and yard in
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Corn market. The names of the officers in favour of whom
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this grant was made, were — Lord Viscount Catherlogh,
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Sir John Powlett, Sir William Gilbert, Lieutenant Wm.
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Gilbert, Captain Richard Oxenden, Lieutenant Richard
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Andrews, Captain Charles Crawley, Mr. William Rigway,
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Captain William Hyde, Major James Piercesey, Lieuten-
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ant John Moore, Major John Love, Quarter-Master Henry
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Floyd, Lieutenant Charles Fullwood, Captain Thomas
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Grames, Ensign James Ferguson, Captain William Dutton,
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Ensign George Bostock, Thomas Wynde, Roger Fortescue,
 +
William Johnston. " pp. 393-395

Revision as of 22:46, January 30, 2012

30th March 1663, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX, ff. 66-67

Editorial history

13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki




Abstract & context


Richard Oxinden, Sir George Oxenden's cousin, wrote to Sir George Oxenden on March 30th, 1663, from London


Suggested links


See 3rd March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO, Old Baily Corner
See 21st March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO, London
See March 1665/66, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO
See 5th January 1666/67, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO, Lambeth
See 1st October 1667, Letter from Richard Oxinden to Sir GO, Lambeth

See biographical profile of Richard Oxinden

See biographical profile of Sir George Oxenden
See biographical profile Edward Kelke

See The Ship, London
See Ludgate Hill


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Transcription


Transcription completed, 21/05/09; requires careful checking

[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX, ff. 66-67]

S:r

You cannot Imagine w:th w:t Content & satisfaction I make inquiry after yo:r health & safety, unlesse you coulde be convinced; y:t my owne well being weare wrapt up in yo:s Surte I anm y:t nothing would please mee more y:n y:e undoubted asurance y:t these lines might bee soo happy as to finde you in pfect health, & give you the assurance y:t my future happiness will cheeflely Consiste in being in á Capacity to serve you, and honor I feare y:t fortune will deny mee & inso sooing macke mee totally unhappy. But how ever I may faile in my ábilities yett never in my will & Desires w:ch I know yo:e goodnesse will excep:t I shall give you this short Acco:t of yo:e relations y:t they are all well & in health as you left them there being no change or Allteration, onely yo:r Brother S:r Harry[1] left this Citty y:e last weeke, his stay was very short but however wee went some tymes to y:e Ship[2] our purpose to drinke á health to S:r George whome God preservem yo:e Lady Sister Oxinden[3] proves a very, very excellent good Wife & Mother, yo:e deare M:rs Masters[4] ws á bout a month since w:th much Joy delivered of a lusty boy to y:e great Contentmen:t of all her relations; yo:e freinde & admirer S:r Bassill[5] was w:thin this few dayes in London very well; I shall not undertake to write newes because y:t many á good tale is spoyled in y:e telling, but leave y:t taske to my Nobel Brother Millett[6]; I must w:th greefe say that heeere is no reformation for those you left Roges[7] are pure & perfect Rogues still & soo you will finde it when you have recd an Acco:t of yo:e Businesse S:r á mongst some bookes y:t you will receave from yo:e sister Dalyson thereis one named Hudibrase w:chis y:e most admired peece of Drollary y:t ever came forth it was made by o:e Old acquaintance M:r Buttler[8] whome wee did use to meete in Grassenn walkes hee did use to keepe Comp:a w:th Ned Kelke[9] & Collonell Mathuse[10] & D:r Morgin[11] & M:r Will:m Morgin[12] I onely write this for feare yo:e multiplicity of Businesse should cause you to forgett him & y:t you may y:e Better understand his Booke hee sends you these Inclosed lines w:ch y:d presentation of his service; M:r W:m Morgin & Collonell ??Chester[13] [Or, Cheston] desire to Kiss yo:e hands, & many more of yo:r freinds w:th word and loss [or less?] to name I have now but one boone to begg of you & shall at present give you no further trouble , & y:t to Continue yo:e wanted goodnesse in y:e beleefe of this great truth y:y I am w:thout reservation

S:r
Yo:r Kinds & reall faithfull
Freind & servant
Richard Oxinden


Notes

The Forty-Nine Officers


"Finch, Henry

Oxenden, Capt. Richard"[14]


Land grant, County Wexford


"Martin Codd, Castletown, Cam, died, 1627.

Houses, Premises, &c., in the town of Wexford, granted
to Sir Richard Gethin and Sir Richard Aldworth, in trust
for the ofiicers of 1649 that served in Ireland, 1680. This
grant was certified under the Acts of Settlement and Ex-
planation, and we merely introduce it here to give some
idea of the town of Wexford at that period. We may
also state that this same Indenture or grant included
houses and premises in the city of Dublin, and about 480
acres of land in the county of Cork. The premises in
Wexford were as follows : — Part of a house to the street,
an additional back building slated, a curtledge, garden,
ya^-d, a thatched red-herring house, a shed, stable, and
another shed thatched, Is 6d ; a front house slated, a
thatched shed, and a yard, 5s 3d ; a front house, an ad-
ditional building backwards, a castle, and red-herring
house slated, a yard, a shed, and a house place, £1 10s ; a
front and back house, a yard, and two sheds, 9s., all in St.
Mary's street, Wexford. An old castle to the street, a
row of low built houses slated, a yard, and a key to the
river, £1 4s. in Hayes lane, in Wexford. A house thatch-
ed, and garden, 6s ; a house thatched, old walls of a house


394

FEBRUARY.


and garden, 5s 8d ; a house slated, a yard or court, walls
of a house therein, a house where a mill stands, a malt
house slated, and a garden, £1 4s ; a front house, a back
kitchen slated, a curtledge, and backside, a house or stable
to the street stated, 7b 6d., in St. Mary's street, Wexford.
A yard to the street, and a cabin or shed in it, 9d., in St.
Bride street, Wexford. A house slated, a yard, and a
shed in it, 4s 6d., in St. Mary's street, Wexford. A front
house slated, a backside, two gardens, a red-herring house,
8s 3d., in St. Bride's lane, Wexford. Walls of a house
backwards, 5s 3d., in Bride street ; a house backwards
slated, a house backward thatched, a yard, and garden
plot, lis 3d., in Bride street ; a house thatched, a garden,
another garden plot by the town wall, 3s 9d ; a house
slated, a yard with thatched sheds, 4s 6d., in Bride street ;
a ruined house, 2s 3d , in Bride's lane ; walls of a house,
Is l^d., in St. Mary's street ; a front house slated, a yard,
and red-herring house, 6s., in same street ; a plot of ground
to the street, old walls, and a cabin. Is lO^d., in same
street ; a red-herring house, 2s 7id., in Peter's lane ; a
garden plot in said street, 4^d ; a house slated and a yard,
a house backwards slated, and a backside, in St. Mary's
street, 10s 6d ; a front house, a yard, an out-house, and
garden plot, 7s 6d ; a front house slated, and an house
plot backwards, 6s 9d ; walls of two houses, and a gar-
den plot by St. Maiy's Church, and another garden. Is 6d ;
stone walls of a thatched house, and garden plot, Is lO^d ;
a ruinous house, next the Church, slated, containing 33
feet in length and 16 in breadth, a garden next the same,
36 feet long and 21 feet broad, m St. Patrick street, Is 6d ;
a ruinouse house thatched, a house backwards slated, a
backside, a yard, and a shed in it, and a key to the river,
in St. Ibyrius or Ivory's street, 9s ; a front and back-house
slated, a brew-house slated, a shed, and a garden in ditto,
10s 6d ; walls of a house to the street, 3s ; a ruinous house
next St. John's gate, containing 36 feet in length and 36
feet in breadth, Is 6d ; a yard near the Corn market, 2s 3d ;


395
FEBRUARY.


a front house, an additional building backwards slated, a
courtledge, a shed and stable slated, a yard and slated
sheds in it, with a key to the river, in the Market-place, all
in Back-street, 10s l^d., town of Wexford. A house and
back building slated, a slated kitchen, a courtledged, and
a yard, 9s 4^d ; a front house and back building slated, a
courtledge, a yard, and a key, £1 7s ; stone walls to the
street backwards, a house slated, a yard, two gardens, and
a small house slated, 12s., in Selskar street; a house
thatched, a yard and garden in Upper street. Is 6d ; &>
thatched front house, a back building slated, a yard, a plot
of ground, and walls of a house in Selskar street, 5s 3d ;
old walls of a house near Upper-street and to the hospital,
with a yard, and a cabin, and a slated house next to that,
9s ; a house slated, a plot of ground, a yard backwards in
Corn-market, 4s 6d. Total rent in Wexford, £15 15s 6d.
In this Indenture there was a clause inserted reserving to
Laurence Walsh his judgement on the house and yard in
Corn market. The names of the officers in favour of whom
this grant was made, were — Lord Viscount Catherlogh,
Sir John Powlett, Sir William Gilbert, Lieutenant Wm.
Gilbert, Captain Richard Oxenden, Lieutenant Richard
Andrews, Captain Charles Crawley, Mr. William Rigway,
Captain William Hyde, Major James Piercesey, Lieuten-
ant John Moore, Major John Love, Quarter-Master Henry
Floyd, Lieutenant Charles Fullwood, Captain Thomas
Grames, Ensign James Ferguson, Captain William Dutton,
Ensign George Bostock, Thomas Wynde, Roger Fortescue,

William Johnston. " pp. 393-395
  1. ↑ Sir Henry Oxenden
  2. ↑ The Ship tavern, on the west side of the Old Bailey, just to the north of Ludgate Hill.
  3. ↑ Sir Henry Oxenden had recently married, and had taken as his third wife the widow of XXX Dixwell
  4. ↑ Mrs Masters may be Ann Masters, Richard Oxinden's cousin and Sir George Oxenden's sister
  5. ↑ Sir Basil Dixwell
  6. ↑ Captain Nicholas Millett. It is not clear if and how Millett was related to Richard Oxinden
  7. ↑ Richard Oxinden is referring to William Love, Thomas Breton, Edward Pearce, and others, who had brought a series of legal actions against Sir George Oxenden regarding both the King Fernandez venture and the Smirna Venture joint stock
  8. ↑ Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. Elizabeth Dallison refers to the book, which she had sent to Sir George Oxenden, in her letter of XXXXX. Samuel Butler separately wrote to Sir George Oxenden. See 19th March 1662/63, Letter from Samuel Butler to Sir GO, London
  9. ↑ The Gray's inn lawyer, Edward Kelke
  10. ↑ Colonel Mathuse was XXXX. See Missing faces
  11. ↑ Dr. Morgin was XXXX. See Missing faces
  12. ↑ William Morgin was XXXX. See Missing faces
  13. ↑ Colonel Chester was XXXX. See Missing faces
  14. ↑ John O'Hart, The Irish & Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell Came to Ireland; Or, a Supplement to Irish Pedigrees (Dublin, 1884), pp. 384, 401

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