Richard Broughton Esq (aft. 1610 - 1678)

Born after 1610 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Amphilis (Tichborne) Broughton — married [date unknown] in Ireland [uncertain]

Died 1678 before age 68 in Scribblestown, Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Richard Broughton Esq was the younger brother of Sir Edward Broughton. ^[1]

He was "major of the foot-guards in Ireland, in the reign of King Charles II" [1660-1685]. ^[1][2]

He married Amphilis Tichborne. ^[3]

He was a son-in-law of Sir Henry Tichborne. ^[2]

He resided Scribblestown, Dublin. ^[4]

Richard died Scribblestown 1678. ^[4]

Research Notes

Was he "Lieut. Col. Broughton" committing massacres in Meath in 1642? ^[5] [Lieutenant Colonel is the next rank above Major.]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The English Baronetage, 1741, Tichborne of Tichborne, page 433, https://books.google.fr/books?id=EI9cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA433

   major of the foot-guards in Ireland, in the reign of King Charles II, younger brother of Sir Edward Broughton

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Francis Elrington Ball, A History of the County Dublin, volume 6, https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/f-erlington-francis-elrington-ball/a-history-of-the-county-dublin-the-people-parishes-and-antiquities-from-the-ea-lla/page-3-a-history-of-the-county-dublin-the-people-parishes-and-antiquities-from-the-ea-lla.shtml

   Scribblestown was the residence of Major Richard Broughton, of the Irish guards, who was a son-in-law of Sir Henry Tichborne, and who died in 1678.

3. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1841, page 527, https://books.google.fr/books?id=DqkTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA527
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Index to the prerogative wills of Ireland, 1536-1810, 1897, page 55, https://archive.org/details/indextoprerogati00vica/page/55/mode/1up
5. ↑ http://www.irishhistorylinks.net/Historical_Documents/MemoirNativeSaxon.html