Lucas Netterville (abt. 1510 - aft. 1559)

Born about 1510 in Dowth, County Meath, Ireland [uncertain]

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Appointed one of the Justices of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Ireland in 1559.^[1]

Luke married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown. They had at least two sons:^[1]

1. John, the eldest, succeeded his father and was Knight of the Shire for Meath in the Parliament of 1585. He died 20 September 1601.
2. Richard, of Corbalis in Meath; born c 1545, died without issue in 1607. He was second justice of the court of king's bench. Sent in 1576 by the lords of the Pale on "a mission to Queen Elizabeth to seek redress from a burden imposed by Sir Henry Sidney, lord-deputy of Ireland.... In 1585 he was returned to parliament as M.P. for Dublin county. He died on 5 Sept. 1607 and was buried at Donabate, co. Dublin." Married to Alison, daughter of Sir John Plunket of Dunsoghly.^[2] Apparently died without issue.

Luke (Lucas) died about 1560.^[3]

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p49872.htm#i498717

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} In the House of Lords, Case on behalf of Arthur James Netterville of Cruicerath in the County of Meath, Esquire, claiming to be Viscount Netterville of Douth in the Peerage of Ireland. Netterville Peerage p 3
2. ↑ Stephen, Leslie, Sir. Dictionary of National Biography. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Vol. 40, edited by Sidney Lee, pp 235ff
3. ↑ Wikipedia Richard Netterville

See also:

• Stirnet.com
• Netterville peerage ... Case on behalf of Arthur James Netterville ... claiming to be viscount Netterville. [With] Minutes of evidence, publ. in 1861 by Parliament lords, proc, Vict, Arthur James Netterville (8th visct.). - - accessed 20 Mar 2015