Chidley Coote (abt. 1644 - abt. 1701)

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Biography

Chidley Coote, Esq. was born to Chidley Coote MP and Alice (Philips) Coote.

History

He was seated at Kilmallock, in the county of Limerick, was attainted, and had his estate sequestered by K. James' Parliament of 1689, by the name of Chidley Coote Fitz-Chidley, Esq. of the county of Limerick. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and 3 June 1695, made lieutenant of the ordinance, with a fee of £300 a year which was renewed to him be Q. Anne, 20 August, 1702.^[1]

In 1689 Chidley was a captain in Sir Hy Ingolsby’s Regiment of Foot and later was a Lt. Colonel. Childley lived in Kilmallock, County Limerick.

During “The Glorious Revolution”, Chidley was on the side of the Prince of Orange and his wife, Mary who subsequently became King and Queen of Britain as William & Mary. He was mentioned in the Act of Attainder by King James II:

“An Act for the Attainder of Divers Rebels, and for Preserving the Interest of Loyal Subjects.

Whereas a most horrid invasion was made by your Majesty’s unnatural enemy the Prince of Orange, invited thereunto and assisted by many of your Majesty’s rebellious and traitorous subjects; and having likewise raised, and levied open rebellion and war in several places in this Kingdom and entered into association, and met in conventions, in order to call in and set up the said Prince of Orange, and the said rebels and traitors, having the impudence to declare for the Prince of Orange against your sacred Majesty, BE IT ENACTED, that the Persons hereafter named, viz… Capt. Chidley Coote of Voughtershire, Roscommon… whether dead or alive, or killed in open rebellion, or now in arms against your Majesty, and every one of them shall be deemed, and are hereby declared and adjudged traitors, convicted and attainted of high treason, and shall suffer such pains of death, penalties, and forfeitures respectively, as in cases of high treason are accustomed…” ^[2]

Marriage

He married 16 June, 1675, Catherine, daughter of Col. Robert Sandys (son of Edwyn Sandys, of Narbonne in Kent, Kt) by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Roger Jones, the first Viscount Renelagh, by his second wife, and had issue Chidley his heir; Robert, who died young, Anne, Married to Bartholomew Purdon, of Ballyclogh, who left her a widow, 10 July 1737; Catherine to Henry Boyle, created Earl of Shannon; and Elizabeth, who died and infant. ^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ De Vlieger, Rev. A. “Historical and Genealogical Records of the Coote Family”, Lausanne: Bridel, 1900, pages 21-22
2. ↑ The Scotch-Irish or The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland and North America- Charles A Hanna, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, London, 1902- Vol. I, pp. 610-1
3. ↑ De Vlieger, Rev. A. “Historical and Genealogical Records of the Coote Family”, Lausanne: Bridel, 1900, page 22
4. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 15 October 201

• Research done by Nick Reddan, Fellow of Irish Genealogical Research Society available at: http://members.webone.com.au/~nickred/trees/coote.PDF; his homepage is at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/
• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, Alan Sutton Pub., Gloucester- Vol. III, p. 84
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition- Charles Mosley, Ed, Burke’s Peerage, Ltd, 2003- Vol. I, p. 892-3