156 LOUTH. Barony [I.] 1. Sir Oliver Plunkett, of Kilearan, co. Louth, 2d s. T 1 54-1 eventually h. male of Sir John (or Sir Patrick) PuraKETT, of Bewley, Kilsaran, and Talanston, in that co., by Catharine, da. of Thomas NANC.LE,of Navan, was, by Henry VIII., cr.,15 June 1541,( a ) BARON LOUTH, co. Louth [I.] He m. firstly Catharine, da. and h. of John Rochfort, of Carrick, co. Kildare. He m. secondly Maud, widow of Walter Golding, da. and coheir of Walter Bath, of Ratlifeigh. She survived him and m. (thirdly) Richard Bellew. II. 1555? 2. Thomas (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], s. and h., by first wife J was in the Pari. [I.] of 1559, &c, knighted by the Lord Deputy in 1566. He m. Margaret, da. and h. of Nicholas Barnewall, of Dromnah, by Catharine, da. of Richard Luttrell, of Luttrellstown. He rf. 1 May 1571. Will dat. 26 April 1571. His wife survived him. III. 1571. 3. Patrick (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I,], s. and h., aged 23 when he sue. to the peerage [I.] in 1571. He m. before 1571 Maude, 1st da. and coheir(b) of Christopher (Plunkett), 7th Loud Killkeh [I.], by Kllice, da. of Sir Christopher Barnewall. He d. s.p.m., being slain in 1575 in a raid at Essexford, co. Monaghan. His widow m. ( — ) Sheroold. IV. 1575. 4. Oliver (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], br. and h. male ; sue. to the peerage [I.], 1575 ; was present at the Pari. [I.], 26 April 1585, and also at the hosting at Tara, 24 Sep, 1593, with six mounted archers where he was made Leader of the county of Louth. He m. firstly Frances, da. of Sir Nicholas Bagnall, Knight Marshal of Ireland, by whom he had eight children. He secondly Genet, widow of John Bath, Ch. Justice of the Common Pleas [I.], 1556-59, da. of Patrick Dowdaia, of Termonfeighan. He d. 5 March 1607, and was bur. at Tallanston. His widow, by whom he had no issue, d. 3 July 1617. V. L607. 5. Matthew (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], s. and h. by first wife ; sue. to the peerage [I.] 5 March 1607, and was present at the Paris [I.] of 1613 and 1615. He m. Mary, sister of Thomas, 1st Viscount Fitz- william of Meuton [I], da. of Sir Richard Fitzwilliam, of Mount Meryon, co. Dublin, by Jane, da. of (— ) Preston. He d. 19 July 1629. Will dat. 4 Dec. 1625. Inq. post mortem. His widow m. Gerald Atlmer. VI. 1629. 6. Oliver (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], s. and h., aged 21 years and 4 months and unm. when he sue. to the peerage [I.], 19 July 1629 ; lived chiefly at Carrick ; had spec, livery of his estate, 1 April 1631 ; was present in Pari. [I.] 14 July and 4 Nov. 1634, being, 24 March 1639, on the Committee for Privileges. He, however, joined the rebels in Nov. 1639. and was at the siege of Drogheda, being named Col. Gen. of the forces to be raised iu the county of Louth. He was taken prisoner in 1642 and outlawed, ( c ) in the county of Meath, 17 Nov. 1642. He was also excepted from pardon of life and estate by Cromwell's Act, 12 July 1652. He was among the remonstrant Roman Catholic nobility fl.] in 1662. ( d ) Hem., after 1629, Mary, Dow. Viscountess Dillon [I.], da. of Randal (Macdonnel), 1st Earl of Antrim [I.], by Alice, da. or sister of Hugh (O'Neill), Earl of Tyrone [I.] He d. about 1679. VII. 1679 1 7. Matthew (Plunkett), Baron Louth [I.], only surv. e. and h. He served Charles II. when in exile, from whom (after 1600) he (as well as his Father) received several grants of lands, &c. He was ( a ) The preamble is given in " Lodge" vol. vi, p. 164, note. ( b ) See vol. iv, p. 377, note " b," sub " Killeen." ( c ) This outlawry was by a resolution of the House of Lords [I.] in 1698, but apparently not previously, held to have deprived the family of their privilege of peerage. The retrospective effect of this resolution would be to deprive the 7th Barou of his peerage, but (tho' he never sat in the House of Lords) he appears to have been repeatedly recognised as a Peer both by the Crown and others. (*) See vol. ii, p. 148, note "d," sub " Carliugf ord " for a list of theee.
