Thomas Plunkett (abt. 1520 - 1571)

Born about 1520 in Ireland

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Died 1 May 1571 at about age 51 in Ireland [uncertain]

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Thomas Plunkett was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Thomas Plunkett was born in Ireland.

Biography

Thomas Plunkett, 2nd Baron Louth, married Margaret Barnewall, dau. and heiress of Nicholas Barnewall, of Dromnah, by his wife Catharine Luttrell, dau. of Richard Luttrell, of Luttrellstown. ^[1]

Issue ^[1]

1. Hon Patrick Plunkett (1548 - 1478) later 3rd Baron Louth m. m. pre 1571 to Hon Maude Plunkett eldest dau. and cohrss. of Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron Killeen, by his wife and second cousin Ellice Barnewall, dau. of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Crickstown. dsp.
2. Hon Oliver Plunkett, later 4th Baron Louth m. Frances Bagenall - Issue
3. Hon John Plunkett, of Deenes, co. Meath, mar. Margaret Cusack, dau. of Robert Cusack, of Cussington co. Meath, - issue
4. Hon Anne Plunkett
5. Hon Alice Plunkett (d. 11 Apr 1610), m1). Walter Lynam, of Adamston, & m2). Walter Hussey, of Mulhussey, co. Meath (b. 1547; d. 1614) - issue by her second husband
6. Hon Mary Plunkett

1561: William Cantwell^[2] served as the Irish Council's negotiator with Shane O'Neill, Prince of Ulster, in August 1561. The 4 men (presumably of the Irish Council) who authorised Cantwell's role were Baltinglass, Howth, Slane and Louth.^[3]

Thomas was a justice during the absence of the Lord Deputy 1563; knighted 1566. ^[1]

Thomas died 1 May 1571, reportedly while endeavoring to recover cattle that had been stolen from him (according to Burke's Peerage), and was succeeded by his son, Patrick, 3rd Baron Louth, who died without heirs. Patrick was succeeded by his brother, Oliver as 4th Baron Louth. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Cracroft's Peerage; The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage.
2. ↑ For background on the Cantwells, a family of ecclesiastics in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland, see the page Cantwells in Ireland (1200-1600).
3. ↑ The author references the item "Sussex and Irish council, remembrances or instructions given to William Cantwell, 6 Aug 1561," as recorded in the State Papers for Ireland, 63/4/29.
   • Gerald Power, A European frontier elite: the nobility of the English Pale in Tudor Ireland, 1496-1566 (216 pages; published in 2012), p.177:
     • https://www.academia.edu/35307943

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