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1. JAMES, c.1305-1338; 1^st.s. of Edmund, 6^th. Chief Butler of Ireland, c.1270-1321, by his wife Joan (da. of John (FitzGerald) 1^st. Earl of Kildare). James was knighted, 1326, and created, 1328, EARL OF ORMOND (semble: in the Peerage of Ireland and in tail male - see Butler Jo. Vol.1 No.4 p.246); m. 1327, Eleanor, da. of Humphrey (de Bohun), 6^th. Earl of Hereford, by his wife, Elizabeth (da. of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile); by her who d. 1363 he had Nos. 2 & 3.

 

2. JOHN, 1330-13..; d.s.p. in infancy.

 

3. JAMES, 1331-1382; succ. 1338, as 2^nd. Earl of Ormond; m.13.., Elizabeth, da. of John (Darcy), 1^st. Lord Darcy, and by her who d. 1390 had No. 4.

 

4. JAMES, c. 1360-1405; succ. 1382, as 3^rd. Earl of Ormond; m. 13.. Anne, da. of John (de Welles), 4^th. Lord Welles, and by her who d.1... had Nos. 5 & 6.

 

5. JAMES, 1390-1452; succ. 1405, as 4^th. Earl of Ormond; m. 1413, Joan da. of William (Beauchamp), 1^st. Lord Bergavenny, and by her who d. 1430 had Nos. 7, 8, 9, & 10; m. in or after 1432, Elizabeth, da. of Gerald (FitzGerald), 5^th. Earl of Kildare, and by her who d. 1452 before him, had no issue.

 

6. RICHARD, 1395-c. 1440; m. 14.., Catherine, da. of Gildas O'Reilly and by her who d. 1... had No. 11.

 

7. JAMES, 1420-1461; succ. 1452, as 5^th. Earl of Ormond; created 1449, Earl of Wiltshire (in the Peerage of England, in tail male); m., c. 1438, Avice (d. 1457), da. of Sir Richard Stafford; m., c. 1458, Eleanor (d. 1466), da. of Edmund (Beaufort) 1^st. Duke of Somerset; James was beheaded 146l, s.p. and attainted with Nos. 8 & 10 in England, 146l (reversed under Henry VII - see No. 10 infra) and in Ireland, 1462 (annulled 1475 - see No. 8 infra)

 

8. JOHN, 142.-1476, unmarried; succ. 1475, as 6^th. Earl of Ormond; the 1462 Irish attainder (see No. 7, supra) was annulled by an Irish Act of Restitution, 1475.

 

9. HENRY,14..-14.. There is no reason to suppose he survived infancy, if indeed he existed. He is here included on the authority of Cal. Carew MSS., vol 630, p. 20 in Lambeth Palace Library which was followed by William Ratcliffe, Rouge Croix, 1812, in his MS Pedigree of the Earls of Ormond, in Coll. Of Arms, London.

10. THOMAS, 14..-1515; succ. 1476, as 7^th. Earl of Ormond; the 1461 English attainder (see No. 7, supra) was reversed by the first Parliament of Henry VII; created 1489, Lord Ormond, by writ (in the Peerage of England, in tail general); m. 1^st., c. 1445, Anne, da. of Sir Richard Hankeford, and by her who d. 1485 had Anne (wife of James St. Leger) and Mary (wife of Sir William Boleyn) both of whom survived him as his co-heiresses and had issue; Thomas m. 2^nd., 1..., Lora, da. of Sir Edward Berkeley, and by her who d. 1501 had Elizabeth who d.v.p. unmarried 1510.

 

11. EDMOND, 14..-1464; m. 14.. Gylys, da. of Mulroney O'Carroll and by her who d. 1506 had No. 12.

 

12. JAMES, 14..-1487; m. 1465, Sabina, da. of Donell Keagh Kavanagh and by her who d. 1503 or 1508 had Edmond, Theobald and Piers (No. 13), the first legitimate son. Sabina's husband, O'Nolan, seems not to have died until shortly before her marriage to James (No. 12) in 1465 (Butler Jo., I, 38); her illegitimate sons, Edmond and Theobald Butler "lay under a cloak" at their parents' marriage in 1465 (Ormond Deeds, iii, 296-300).

 

13. PIERS, c. 1466-1539; succ. 1515, as 8^th. Earl of Ormond; for his purported 1528 surrender of, and 1538 restoration to, this earldom see: Butler Jo. Vol. 1 No.4 p.246; created 23 Feb. 1528, Earl of Ossory (in the Peerage of Ireland, in tail male) at Windsor (Cal. Carew MSS., 1515-74. Pp. 37-39); m. 1495, Margaret, da. of Gerald (FitzGerald), 8^th. Earl of Kildare, and by her who d. 1542 had Nos. 14 & 15.

 

14. JAMES, 1504-1546; succ. 1539, as 9^th Earl of Ormond and 2^nd. E. of Ossory; created v.p., 2 Jan. 1536, Viscount Thurles (in the Peerage of Ireland, in tail male) (Cal. Chanc. Rolls (1),1514-75, p.32; Ormond Deeds, iv, 166); m. 15.. Joan, da. of James (FitzGerald), 10^th Earl of Desmond, and by her who d. 1565 had Nos. 16 to 22.

 

15. RICHARD, 15..-1571; created 23 Oct. 1550 Viscount "Montegarret" (in the Peerage of Ireland, in tail male) (Cal. Pat. & Close Rolls (I), I, 209); m. 1^st., 15.., Eleanor, da. of Theobald Butler and by her who d. before 1535 had No. 23.

 

16. THOMAS, 1531-1614; succ. 1546, as 10^th. Earl of Ormond, 3^rd. E. of Ossory and 2^nd. V. Thurles; m., c. 1559, Elizabeth (d.s.p. 1582), da. of Thomas (Berkeley), 6^th Lord Berkeley; m. 1582, Elizabeth, da. of John (Sheffield), 2^nd. Lord Sheffield, and by her who d. 1600 had No. 24; m. 1601, Helen, da. of David (Barry), 3^rd. Viscount Buttevant and by her who d. 1642 had no issue.

 

17. EDMOND, 153.-1602; knighted, 1560; attainted, 1570 (see Butler Jo. supra); m. 15.., Eleanor, da. of Rowland (Eustace), 2^nd. Viscount Baltinglass, and by her had 4 sons (Nos. 25 to 28) none of whom survived the 10^th Earl (N0. 16), or had issue save Pierce (No. 25) who had one da. only.

 

18. JOHN, 15..-1570; m. c. 1558, Catherine, da. of Sir Cormac McCarthy and by her who d. 1... had Nos. 29 & 30.

 

19. WALTER, 15..-1560; m. 15.., Anne, da. of Conor Mc.Brien Counagh and by her who d. 1... had No. 31. Typescript notes, compiled by the late T. Blake Butler, c. 1960, and now in possession of Lord Dunboyne, add two other sons, John (without any source-reference) and Walter (on the basis of Chancery Bill No. 1851); but Carte, supra, (I), p. lii, stated positively in 1736 that Walter (No. 19) had one son, Pierce.

 

20. JAMES, 15..- c. 1566; m. 15.., Margaret, da. of James Tobyn, and by her who d. 1... had No. 32 (John Butler of Aston le Wells, Northants, who d. 1563 and was ancestor of the Butlers of Amberley, Sussex, was son of Ralph Butler of Sawbridgeworth, Herts and not of James (No. 20) as has been erroneously supposed).

 

21. EDWARD, 15..-1605; misnamed "Sir Edward" in some of the indices to Cal. S.P.; attainted, 1570 (see Butler Jo., supra); m. 1^st., 15.., Margaret, da. of Richard (Burke), 4^th. Earl of Clanrickarde and by her had only No. 33; m. 2^nd., 15.., Eleanor, da. of James FitzGerald and by her who d. 1589 had no issue.

 

22. PIERCE, c. 1547- c. 1604; attainted, 1570 (see Butler Jo. supra); m. 15.., Catherine, da. of John (Power), Lord Power and by her who d. 1597 had "a great number of sons" (H.M.C. Salisbury, vii, 106-107). So far as is known, the male line from Pierce (No. 22) expired on the death in 1746 of Thomas (No. 92). Mr. Swan's 1968 Pedigree is particularly erroneous with regard to the all-important last generations known to be descended from Pierce (No.22.). Lord Dunboyne is satisfied that Mr. Swan has simply miscopied the 16^th. Viscount Mountgarret's additions to an 1849 MS. Pedigree by Betham. [The Chevalier O'Gorman's contention of 1788 (B. 71, O'Gorman MSS, Nat. Lib., Dublin), that the French family of de Butler descends from Pierce (No. 22), is manifestly wrong (see their 1720 pedigree by W. Hinde in the Archives de Charente Maritime, La Rochelle, their 1750 pedigree by J. Hawkins in MS. 162, G.O., Dublin Castle and their 1760 pedigree by P. d'Hozier in Dossier de Butler, No. 1439, Cabinet des Titres, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; see also Butler Jo., (I), 67 &108-112)].

 

23. EDMOND, 15..-1602; succ. 1571, as 2^nd. Viscount Mountgarret; before joining the Tyrone Rebellion, he was claiming the Ormond earldom in 1596, apparently on the thin ice that he was entitled to the earldom through his mother; m. 15.. Grany, da. of Barnaby (Fitzpatrick), 1^st. Lord of Upper Ossory and by her who d. 1... had No. 40.

 

24. JAMES, 1583- c. 1590 s.p. He had no legit., but more than 6 illegit., bros. (Carew MSS, 626 & 635, pp. 38-40). The inclusion, in Betham's 1849 MS. Pedigree (supra), of Theobald as a brother, is an obvious mistake and is repeated in Swan's 1968 MS pedigree (supra).

 

25. PIERCE, 15..-1597; m. 1^st., 15.., Honora, da. of Tologh Mclbrien Ara and by her who d. 1594 had no issue save one da., Ellen; m. 2^nd. 1596, Mary, da. of 2^nd. Viscount Mountgarret (No. 23) and by her who d. 16.. had no issue. (Piers, a waterman of Galway, claimed to be their son but she denied maternity and he, being s. of Donogh Lenan, was found to be an impostor - Cal. S.P. (1), Jas. I, V, 463 & 523).

 

26. JAMES, 15..-1597 s.p.; m. 1596, Donnie, da. of Rory oge O'More.

 

27. JOHN, 15..-1597 s.p.

 

28. THEOBALD , c. 1580-1613 s.p.; created 1603, Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim (in The Peerage of Ireland, presumably in tail male); apparently restored in the blood by an Act of the Irish Parliament, 1611 (Cal. S.P. (1), Jas. I, iv.), notwithstanding his father's attainder.

 

29. JAMES, c. 1558-15.. s.p.

 

30. WALTER, 1559-1633; succ. 1614, as 11^th. Earl of Ormond; 4^th. E. of Ossory and 3^rd. V. Thurles; m. 158. Ellen, da. of 2^nd. Viscount Mountgarret (No. 23) and by her who d. 1631 had Nos. 41, 42 & 43.

 

31. PIERCE, c. 1558-1627; the evidence of his three marriages and heirs-male descendants is highly material, but has not been treated methodically by Carte, (supra in 1736, or even by T. Blake Butler, supra, in 1960. The loss of the family's estates at Nodstown, Co. Tipperary, in the time of Cromwell, makes the tracing of any subsequent male line extremely difficult, if not impossible. Pierce (No. 31) m. 1^st., 15.., ....., da. of Conor O'Mulryan (Carew MSS., 626 p. 127); m. 2^nd., before 7 Aug. 1586, Ellen da. of Thomas Purcell and by her who d. 15.. had Nos. 44 to 49 (No. 45 is named as 2^nd. son in Funeral Entries, G.O. Dublin (hereinafter "F.E.") No. 65, Chas. I, and vii, 316, but is omitted from F.E. v, 119 which names the sons as James, Thomas, Edmond, John and Pierce); after Ellen, née Purcell had died ( S.P. (I), Jan. 1600, Eliz. I, x, 171), Pierce (No.31) m. 3^rd., 1..., Giles, da. of Sir John Power (Carew MSS., 635, p.40). She was then the widow of Donough Mc Carthy and there is no suggestion that she bore No. 31 any issue.

 

32. JAMES, 15..- c. 1579; s.p. (Carte, supra, I, lii). In 1567 when he must have still been a minor, he was granted the annual rent of Duiske Abbey, Co. Kilkenny (Fiant, Eliz. I, No. 1175). His death s.p.m. is indicated by the lease of Duiske Abbey on 2 Nov. 1580 from the 10^th. Earl of Ormond (No. 16) to that earl's illegit. Son, Peter (N.E. White, Irish Monastic Deeds, 271 & 274). James (No. 32) may have been slain at the Battle of Gortnabrid,Co. Limerick, on 22 Oct. 1579, when he would have been in his teens.

 

33. JAMES, 15..-1598; s.p. (Carte, supra, I, lii); killed in a skirmish (Four Masters, 625).

 

34. JAMES, 15..- c. 1602; m. 15.., Ann, da. of Meiler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel, and by her who d. 16.. had No. 50.

 

35. WILLIAM, 15..-1... (Ormond Deed No. 3204, B.M., C 16); not being mentioned in either of the Carew pedigrees (Carew MSS. 626 & 635), he probably d.s.p. before 1600.

 

36. THOMAS, 15..-l...; his elder bro., William (No. 35) and he (Thomas, No. 36) are respectively named as 2^nd. And 3^rd. sons in Ormond Deed No. 3204, supra, of 28 Dec. 1595, but neither is mentioned by Carte, supra, or in either of the Carew pedigrees, supra; their father, Pierce (No. 22) had several illegit. sons, one of whom was called Thomas.

 

37. EDWARD, 15..- c. 1626; m. 1..., Eleanor, da. of Pierce Butler and by her who d. 1... had No. 51; m. 16.. Ellen, da. of Gerald Blanchville and by her who d. 16.. had only one child, Ellen, wife of Richard (No. 52).

 

38. RICHARD, 15..-16..; m. 1^st., 1..., ....., da. of ...........; m. 2^nd., 1..., Catherine, da. of Henry Power. Richard (No. 38) had Nos. 52, 53 & 54, probably by his 1^st. wife.

 

39. EDMOND, 1...-1...; m., 1..., Ellen, da. of Pierce Butler (Harleian MSS.,1425, p. 92) and by her who d. 1... had 3 das., Margaret, Ellen and Joan.

 

40. RICHARD, c. 1578-1651; succ. 1602, as 3^rd. Viscount Mountgarret; outlawed, 1641 (which was reversed, 1721, see No. 95);m. 159., Margaret, da. of Hugh ("The Great O'Neill"), Earl of Tyrone and by her who d. 1... had No. 55; m. 161., Thomazine (d.s.p. 1625), da. of Sir William Andrews; m. 1631, Margaret (d.s.p. 1655), da. of Richard Branthwaite.

 

41. THOMAS, c. 1586-1619 v.p.; m. before 1610, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Poyntz and by her who d. 1673 had Nos 56, 57 & 58.

 

42. JAMES, 15..-16..; d. young in England, s.p.

 

43. JOHN, 1...-16..; d. young in France, s.p.

 

44. JAMES, 1...-1633; m. 1612, Eleanor da. of Sir John Fitzgerald and by her who d. 1... had Nos. 59 to 68 (F.E., vi, 19). But in view of 17^th. Century infant-mortality, James (No. 44) is not likely to have had as many as ten legitimate sons all of whom survived to be named in his Funeral Entry and the fact that four (Nos. 60 to 63) of them have exactly the same names in the same sequence as Nos. 46 to 49 suggests the possibility that Nos. 61 to 63 were included, through a copyist's error, in F.E., vi, 19. If so, they were sons of No. 31 as shown in F.E., v., 119), and not of James (No. 44), apart from Thomas (No.60) of whose existence there seems to be separate evidence. According to Carte, supra, (I), p. lii, the descendants of No. 44 were extinct temp. Chas. II when the family estate (of Nodstown) should have reverted to the Duke of Ormonde (No. 56) if he had not barred himself by the Act of Explanation.

 

45. RICHARD, 1...-1637; m. 1^st., 1..., Fynola, da. of Charles O'Carrol and by her who d. 1... had No. 69; m. 2^nd., 1..., Ellen, da. of Garret Wall and by her who d. 1... had No. 70.

 

46. THOMAS, 1...-1... (F.E. v, 119)

 

47. EDMOND, 1...-1... (F.E. v, 119)

 

48. JOHN, 1...-1... (F.E. V, 119); m. 1..., Ellane, da. of Edmond Butler (F.E. vii, 224 or 264)

 

49. PIERCE, 1...-1... (F.E. v, 119)

 

50. JAMES, c. 1590-?1662; m. 162., Ellen, da. of 11^th. Earl of Ormond (No. 30) and by her who d. 16.. had Nos. 71 to 74; m. 165., Mary da. of Thomas (Fitzmaurice), 18^th. Lord Kerry and by her who d. 1... had no issue. By 1654 he had obtained a Transplanter's Certificate (record destroyed in 1922) but he never received a Loughrea, or Athlone, Certificate for lands beyond the Shannon and he appears as proprietor of Ballycarron and Rathgullen in Petty's Down Survey of 1655.

 

51. JAMES, 1...-1...; s.p. (Lodge, iv, 29)

 

52. RICHARD, 1...-1...; m. 1..., Ellen, da. of Edward Butler (No. 37)

 

53. EDMUND, 1...-1...; m. 1..., ....., da. of ....... and by her who d. 1... had No. 75.

54. JOHN, 1...-1...; witnessed his brother's (Edmund's) lease, 1628 (Ormond Deed 3706).

 

55. EDMUND, c. 1595-1679; succ. 1651 as 4^th. Viscount Mountgarret, but for the 1641 outlawry (see No. 40); m. 1^st., 16.., Dorothy, da. of Mervyn (Touchet), 2^nd. Earl of Castlehaven and by her who d. 1634 had No. 76.

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