Thomas
Molyneux
Born in Calais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catharina (Slabbaert) Molyneux
— married
1565 in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Molyneux, Ester (Molyneux) Gayton, Daniel Molyneux, Catherine (Molyneux) Newcomen and Thomas Molyneux
Died
at about age 65
in Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
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Biography
Thomas Molyneux born in 1531 at Calais, under the dominion of England at that time. [1]
Thomas was taken prisoner in 1558 when Calais was retaken by the French. He ransomed himself for 500 French Crowns and went to Bruges, Flanders where he married the daughter of Slabbaert aka Slaberd, a Burgomaster of Bruges.
About 1568 Thomas withdrew himself and family from Bruges to London, then about 1576 moved to Ireland. Thomas lived in Thomas Court, Dublin.
Children:
- Samuel was Surveyor General to Queen Elizabeth
- Daniel b 1568 at Bruges and was appointed Ulster King of Arms in 1597.
- Katherine married Sir Robert Newcomen of Thomas Court, Dublin. They had 21 children
- Ester married to Simon Gayton of Kilmainham. She died in her first childbirth with her child.
Thomas died about the middle of Jan 1596, in the 66 year of his age. He is buried in the church of the Holy Trinity in Dublin, commonly called Christ's church. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540672 page 10
Sources
- ↑ "An account of the family and descendants of Sir T. Molyneux, Kt, Chancellor ..." by Sir Capel MOLYNEUX, Sir Thomas PHILLIPPS [1]
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9qJVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP15&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Molyneux_(statesman)
See also:https://www.dib.ie/biography/molyneux-molinel-thomas-a5879
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He moved to Bruges when Calais was sacked in 1558 after paying a ransom of 500 crowns and married in 1568 at Bruges, Catherine the daughter of Ludovic Slabbaert/Stabeort a wealthy dean in the Cloth Cutters Craft, by his first wife Adriane Cobrysse. Ludovic second wife was Godelieve Wouters. Catherine had other siblings, Godefroot, Loys and Adriaen.