ELY. 261 ELY [England.] i.e., "Ely, Isle op," Marquessate (H.It.H. Frederick Lewis), cr. 1726, with the Dukedom of Edenbcrqu, which Bee ; merged in the Crown, 1760. ELY [Ireland.] Barony [I.] Teige O'Carroll is said to have boen cr. by Edward IV. L 1552. 1852 BA KON ELY or ELY O'CARROLL [I.], but no record of this latent is to be found. Viscountcy [I.] jf. Sir Adam Loftus, Lord Chancellor [I.J, was, 10 I. 1G22. M:ly 1622 ' cr - VI SCOUNT LOFTUS OF ELY/-') King's County [1.1 He was 2d & of Robert Loftus (br. of Adam Loftus, Arch- bishop of Dublin ; Lord Chancellor [I.], 1578-1605) was cr. LL.D. ; made Judge of the Marshal-Court IXJ 17 Sep. 1597 ; Master in Chancery [I.], S Nov. 1598 ; was knighted by the Lord Deputy [I.] at Christchurch, Dublin, 25 Dec. 1604 ; Lord Chancellor [I.], 13 May 1619, being raised to the peerage, as above stated, three years later and beiug continued iu his post as Chancellor (by'the new King) 11 April 1625, till his removal therefrom 25 May 1638, for " misdemeanours and irregularities " He was also three times one of the Chief Governors of Ireland as joint Lord Justice, dic, 1622-25, 1629-33, and finally 1636. He signed the proclamation, 23 Oct. 1641, notifying the discovery of the Irish rebellion, by which having lost "to the value of £8,330 and £2,106 a year"( b ) he quitted that kingdom. He m. in 1597 Sarah, widow of Richard Meredyth, Bishop of Leighlin (1589-96), da. of ( — ) Bathow. He d. at Middleham, co. York, about 1646 and was "bur. at Corkham."( b ) Admou. 24 Feb. 1646/7, to his son Edward. His widow d. 1 Aug. 1650. II 16 16. 2. Edward (Loftus), Viscount Loftus of Ely [I.], 2d( c ) but 1st surv. s. and h. male ; Custos Rot. co. Kildare. He m. Jane, da. and coheir of Arthur Lindlkv, of Middleham Castle, co. York. He d. Easter Day, 11 April 1680, in his 82d year-, was bur. 22d at Monasterevan. His widow d. 14 Nov. 1684, and was also bur. there. Her will dat. 27 Oct., pr. 23 Nov. 1684, in Dublin. III. 1680, 5. Arthur (Loftus), Viscount Loftus of Ely ILJ, to only s. and h. 6. 1744. He m. firstly Douglas, da. and coheir of 1725. William Savage, of Castle Rhebau, co. Kildare. She d. s.p. and was bur, at Monasterevan. He in. secondly, in 1676, Anne, widow of Sir Andrew Owens, da. of William HAWKINS. She d. 17 March 1702, and was bur. in her father's vault, at St. Werburgh's, Dublin. He m. thirdly, 2 April 1702, Letitia, da. of Sir John Rowley, of Castle Roe, co. Derry, by Mary, 1st da. and coheir of Sir Hercules Langford. He d. s.p.rn.s., 6 Nov. 1725, in his 82d year, and was bur. the 16th, at Monasterevan, when the Viscountcy became cxtinct.( A ) His widow m. (as his 2d wife) Nicholas (Loftus), 1st Viscount' Loftus of Ely [I.], who d. 31 Dec. 1763, aged 76. She d. s.p. 19 July, 1765, at Summer Hill, co. Meath. ( a ) There is no preamble to the patent ; that to the privy seal (dat. at Westm. 23 April 1622) is given in " Lodge," vol. vii, p. 247. The privy seal directs the title to " descend upon his posterity, that thereby his virtues may be recorded to future ages, so long as there shall remain an heir male of his house." ( b ) "Lodge," vol. vii, p. 247. ( c ) His elder br. Sir Robert Loftus, Knighted 5 Nov. 1619, by the Lord Deputy [I.], d. v.p. at Mellefont, 11 Oct. 1640, leaving Anne his da. and h. who m. Richard Lennard Barrett, o£ Bellhouse, EBsex, and brought him a considerable estate in co. Monaghan. ( d ) The estate of Monasterevan (since called Moore Abbey), devolved on his grand- son and h. Henry (Moore), 4th Earl of Drogheda [I.], whoso mother, Jane, was his only child that had issue, bomg his da. by his 2d wife.
