John King (1560 - 1636)

Born 1560 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Catherine (Drury) King — married 1585 in England

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1636 at about age 76 in Litchfield, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

John King came of a family formerly seated at Feathercock Hall, near Northallerton, Yorkshire. ^[1] & ^[2]

Noted on his Funeral Entry as Muster Master of Ireland. ^[3]

He married c. 1585 Catherine Drury (d. 1617), the daughter of Robert Drury, nephew of Sir William Drury, lord deputy of Ireland. ^[1]

By July 1585 he was acting as secretary to Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connaught ^[4] & ^[5]

1603 he was made clerk of the crown in chancery and clerk of the hanaper, ^[1] and the same year Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon was leased to two English soldiers, namelty himself and John Bingley, the former finally taking possession of the property, along with more than 4,000 acres in 1617".

"To sir John King, Knt., were granted by patent dated the 20th of November 1616, the abbey of Boyle, the rectory and tithes of Boyle. . . which had been demised for twenty-one years to John St. Barbe". ^[1]

He amassed extensive landholdings scattered throughout Ireland. ^[5]

1613 Constable of Boyle abbey, where he commanded a small garrison of ten to fifteen soldiers, John King was returned as M.P. for co. Roscommon ^[1] & ^[5]

In 1614 he was appointed to assist in the plantation of Wexford ^[6]

By 1615 he was living at Baggotrath, near Dublin

By privy seal from Rufford 8 August 161 9, he was appointed a commissioner for the plantation of the county of Longford, and the territory of Elye O'Carroll in the King's. County ^[2]

Styling himself Sir John King of the Close at Lichfield, Staffordshire, he made his will in may 1636 and died on 4 Jan. 1637, being buried in the church of Boyle, Roscommon, Ireland on 30th. March. ^[2]

Issue ^[3] & ^[5]

1. Sir Robert King ( b c 1599–1657) - heir. m. Francis daughter of Rt. Hon. Henry Folliott, Baron of Ballyshannon - Issue
2. John King Esq, Clerk of the Hanoper m. Margaret Edgeworth daughter of Francis Edgeworth, Clerk of the Hanoper.
3. Roger King
4. Edward King (1612–1637) friend of the poet Milton
5. Henry King ( d. 1639?)
6. Adam King
7. Mary King (b. c 1602 - 1668) m. Rt. Hon. Sir William Caulfeild (1587 - 1640) , Lord Caulfeild, 2nd. Baron of Charlemount _ Issue ^[7]
8. Margarett King m. Sir Gerald Lowther, Lord chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
9. Dorothy King m. Arthur Moore Esq son of Sir Garret Moore , Baron Mellifont, 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 31 King, John (d.1637) by Gordon Goodwin
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn; The peerage of Ireland : or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. Vol III Pub: 1789 pg 218 -222
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Funeral Entries, Vol. 17, containing armorial and genealogical notes made by officers of arms concerning deceased persons, with, in some cases, illustrations of their arms and funeral processions, ca. 1450-1861.pg 230 witnessed 1697 Ulster King of Arms
4. ↑ Cal. State Papers, Irish, 1574–85, p. 571
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} McCormack, Anthony M. in Dictionary of Irish Biography (rev. 2009
6. ↑ Cal. State Papers, Irish, 1611–14, pp. 138, 362, 496
7. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage; Charlemont, Viscount

See Also

The Peerage

Cal. State Papers, Irish, 1585–1625;

Carew MSS. 1603–24.

Wikipedia John King

[theirishaesthete.com/tag/boyle-abbey Boyle Abbey]

ECCLESIASTICAL REGISTER (1827), by John Erck, p. 238

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