Born 1500 in Cussington, County Meath, Ireland

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Died 1 Apr 1571 at about age 71 in Trevet, County Meath, Ireland

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Biography

Sir Thomas Cusack was an Irish judge and statesman of the sixteenth century. ^[1] & ^[2]

He was born between 1490 & 1505 Thomas was the eldest son of John Cusack of Cussington / Cushinstown, Co. Meath and his wife Alison de Wellesley youngest daughter of Sir William de Welesley ^[1]

He married 1). a distant cousin, Joan Hussey, (living 1581) with whom he had at least three children. The marriage was annulled for consanguinity. ( Joan m2. _ Bathe of Drumcondra, Dublin) ^[1] &^[2]

1532 He became Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer ^[2]

He was Knighted in 1640. ^[3] The same year he obtained a lease of the abbey of Lismullen in co. Meath where his sister Mary had been the Abbess.

He m2). Matilda / Maud Darcy daughter of George Darcy, of Plattyn / Platin, Co. Meath and the widow of 1). James Marwoode, Baron of Scryne & m2). Richard Fitzgerald. ^[2] & ^[4]

He m3). 1559 / 60 Genet Sarsfield of Sarsfieldstown, Co. Meath, as her 4th husband ^[2] & ^[1] & ^[5]

He died in 1571 and was buried at Trevet, co. Meath where a memorial was raised to him and Maud by their son John

Issue by Joan Hussey

1. Robert Cusack, (1516 - 1570) Baron of the Exchequer m. Catherine Nugent (b c 1517) (widow of Peter Barnewall 6th Baron Trimlestown) - Issue

Issue - by Maud Darcy (3 son 5 dau)

1. Katherine Cusack (1530 -1597), m1). Sir Henry Colley (1520 - 1584) - Issue. m2). William Eustace of Castlemartin
2. Mary Cusack (1548 - 1601) m. Theobald Butler, (1542 - 1596), 1st Baron Cahir - Issue ^[4]
3. Alice Cusack (post 1537 - 1600) m. Sir Christopher Bellew (1540 - 1610) of Bellewstown - Issue
4. Margaret Cusack ( b c 1564 ? ) m. Murrough O'Brien, (1550 - 1573) Baron Inchiquin - Issue
5. Alison Cusack m. Thomas Aylmer . ^[6]
6. Edward Cusack (d. 1596) of Lismullen m. Elizabeth Aylmer - Issue. He was (convicted of treason in 1582 along with Nicholas Nugent, but received a full pardon).
7. John Cusack (living post 1571).

Research Notes

He held the offices of

• Master of the Rolls in Ireland - The office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland originated in the office of the Keeper of the Rolls in the Irish Chancery and became an office granted by letters patent in 1333
• Lord Chancellor of Ireland - The office of Lord High Chancellor of Ireland known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922
• Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland - The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland was a member of the government of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Kingdom of Ireland. He headed the Exchequer of Ireland and sat as an MP in the Irish House of Commons.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Dictionary of Irish Biography,Terry Clavin pub 2009
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} The judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 by Ball, F. Elrington (Francis Elrington), -1928, author Pub: 1927 pp200-202
3. ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Pub: 1906
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom,Vol. II: Bass - Canning, 2nd edition (London, 1912) pg 466 Theobold Butler, Baron Cahir
5. ↑ The Complete Peerage (Edition 1, Volume 3) by (Cokayne, George Edward) 1825-1911. (from old catalog) Pub: 1890 Robert Plunkett pp 222 - 223]
6. ↑ Burke, B., Fox-Davies, A. Charles. (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. New ed. Rev. London: Harrison & sons. pg 20

See Also

Life Of Sir Thomas Cusack To The Death Of Henry VIII & Life Of Lord Chancellor Cusack - Concluded.

Google Books - A New History of Ireland: Volume III: Early Modern Ireland 1534-1691 edited by T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne

Thomas Cusack (Irish judge)

Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland

Journal of the Association for The Preservation of The Memorials of The Dead in Ireland (Ponsonby & Gibbes, University Press, Dublin, 1890) Vol. 1, Page 223.

History of Lismullin

Thomas Cusack’s tangled marriage history