GORMANSTOX. 57 GORMAXSTOWN [I.], by patent,,;-') 7 Aug. 1178, ami was again iu U93, Dep. Ch.Gov. [I.], under the Viceroyalty of the Duke of Bedford. He m. Jauet, da. of Sir Richard Moi.yneux, of Sefton, co. Lancaster, by his first wife, Joan, da. and h. of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley. He d. 5 April 1500. Viscountcy[I.] IL Barony [1.] V. and J. William (Preston), Viscount Gormanstox, &c. [I.], B. and h. He was (as his - 1003 f :lt h er ) Dep. Ch. Gov. [I.], in 1193, and sue. to the peerage [Lj in 1503, being iu 1515 Chief Governor [I.], as Lord Justice. He was in command at the battle of Knoet'nve, 19 Aug. 1504. He m. firstly, Anne, da. of John Burnell, of Ballgriffin, co. Dublin. He m. secondly, Eleanor, widow of John Nangle, of Navan, da. and h. of Sir Thomas [or Henry] Dowdall, of Newtown and Termonfeighan. He d. 21 Sep. 1532, and was bur. at Strathmullen. His second wife survived him. Visoountcy[I.] 1 3. and 0. Jenico (Preston), Viscount HI Gorm.ynston, &.c, s. and h., by first wife, aged 30, at r 1532 * ie den.th of his father in 1532, when he sue. to the Barony [I.] j ' ' ' peerage [I.] He sat in the Pari, of 1559. H rirstlv. Catharine. 1st rla. of Gerald (FfTz-flKriArnV m. VI. J firstly, Catharine, 1st da. of Gerald (Fitz-Gerald), 9th Earl ok Kildare [1.1 by his first wife, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John ZorcHE. He m. secondly, Anne Luttrell, by whom he had no issue. He d. 1569. Will dat. 15 Feb. 1560. His second wife living Feb. 1560. Vis^ountcy [I.] 1 £ and 7. Christopher (Preston), Viscount jy Gormanstox, &c. [I.], s. and h., by first wife, aged 23, ^ 1569 u ' s father's death in 1569, when he sue. to the Barony [I.] j ' peerage [I.J He had spec, livery of his estate, 6 May ■y Tr 1570; 6at in the Pari, of 1585, and appeared at the VXL J "hosting " on the hill of Tara, 24 Sep. 1593. Hem. firstly, Catharine, da. and coheir of Sir William Fitz William, Clerk of the Hanaper, by Jane his wife. By her he had no issue. He m. secondly, before 1584, Catharine, da. of Sir Thomas Fitz William, of Meryon, co. Dublin, by Genet, da. of Patrick Fixglass, Ch. Baron of the Exchequer [I.] He d. 21 Jan. 1599, and was bur. at Strathmullen. Will dat. 3 days previously. His wife survived him. Viscountcyfl.] 1 5 and S. Jenico (Preston), Viscount y J Gormanston, &c. [I.], s. and h. by second wife, aged 15 S [599 years at his father's death in 1599 when he sue. to the Barony [I.] [ ' peerage [I.] ; had livery of his estates, 16 June 160S. -tttt He sat in the Pari, of 1613. He m. (when a minor) • ^ Margaret, da. of Nicholas (St. Lawrence), Lord Howth [I.], by his second wife, Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas Wuytk. He d. 14 March 1630. Will dat. 2 Nov. 1629,( b ) directing his burial to be in the chapel of Gormaustou at Strathmullen. His widow m. (as his 4th wife) Luke (Plunkett), 1st Earl of Fingali. [I.], who d. 29 March 1637, aged 48. She d. 16 Nov. 1637, at Dublin, and was bur. at Strathmullen afsd. 40 years previously by the creation (in 1440) of Viscount Beaumont. It is stated in Selden's " Titles of UoJiour," that this was a dignity conferred on one " that had three or four Baronies on every of which ten gentlemen at the least were depending." Gormawston was thejtrd Irish Viscountcy cr. by patent. Two prescriptive Visoouutcies [L], viz., Buttevant (or Barrymore) and Fermoy were ranked before it, temp. Hen. VII., but, of these, Fermoy, since 1733, and Buttevant, since 1823, became either dormant or extinct. ( a ) The preamble to the patent is given iu " Lodge," vol. iii, p. 76, where (sub "Ludlow " Earldom) is an account of this family. • (b) In it he gives several rings, worth 40s. each, with this motto " Remember Gor- mansion" and directs divers pictures to be placed near his " statue " in his chapel with these words under them "Pray for Gormanston."
