Christopher Plunkett (1370 - 1462)

Born 1370 in Rathregan, Meath, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Genet De Cusack — married Oct 1399 in Killeen, Meath, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1462 at about age 92 in Rathmore, Meath, Ireland

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Biography

1399 /10 Christopher Plunket married, at Killeen, co. Meath, Genet de Cusack (also known as Joan. By this marriage he acquired Killeen and other lands. ^[1] & ^[2]

He held the office of Justice of the Peace in County Meath in 1403.

He held the office of Sheriff of County Meath in 1409.

He was invested as a Knight before 1425.

1432 to 1433 Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Ireland to Sir Thomas Stanley. ^[3]

Christopher Plunket, 1462 created Lord Dunsany and died 1462 / 63 with a will directing he was to buried at Killeen ^[2]

Issue by Joan

1. Richard Plunket
2. Christopher Plunket 1st Lord Dunsany (b. c 1410 - 1467) ^[2]
3. Robert Plunket - Issue (Ancestor of Plunketts of Dunsoghly)
4. Edward Plunket - issue (ancestor of the Plunketts of Balrath, Co.Meath)
5. Edmund Plunket
6. Matilda Plunkett m1). Jenico D'Artois - Issue & m2). Thomas Hussey, 5th Baron Galtrim & m3).Richard Talbot - Issue
7. John Plunket (b. c 1403, d. b 9 May 1434) m. Elizabeth Holywood - Issue
8. Sir Thomas Plunket (b. 27 Sep 1408, d. 12 Jun 1471) m Marion Cruys - Issue
9. Anne Plunkett m Edmund Dillon - Issue

Sources

1. ↑ Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn; The peerage of Ireland : or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. Vol III Pub: 1789 Notes pg 26
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cokayne, George Edward; The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant; Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, Baron, b. 1880; Warrand, Duncan, 1877-1946; Gibbs, Vicary, 1853-; Doubleday, H. Arthur (Herbert Arthur), 1867-1941; White, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Henllan), b. 1873 Vol IV Pub:1910 pg 551
3. ↑ Nichols, Francis; The Irish compendium: or, rudiments of honour. Containing the descents, ... titles, ... and seats of all the nobility of Ireland. With their arms, crests, ... and parliament robes, ... engrav'd on eighty copper-plates. Also a supplement, shewing the ... use of armories, ... Together with ... funeral solemnities, and an account of the office ... of an herald. The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged to the year 1745. Vol. IV. Pub: 1745

See Also

Wills, James; in Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen,from the earliest times to the present period (Dublin: Macgregor, Polson 1840-47), pp.407-8

[http://www.thepeerage.com/p39362.htm The Peerage - Sir Christopher Plunket;;

• Family Tree maker.Genealogy.com - Sir Christopher Plunkett (b. Abt. 1370, d. 1445)

• [Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1240.