252 BOURKE BOURKE OF BOPHINQ See Clanricarde, Earldom of [I.], under the 9th Earl. BOURKE OF BRITTAS BARONY [I.] I. Theobald Bourke, 4th s. of Theobald B. (s. and I ^ J. h. ap. of William, ist Baron Bourke of Connell [I.], who d. v.p.^ 1578), by Mary, da. of Donough (O'Brien), 2nd Earl of Thomond [I.], on the death of his two elder brothers assumed the rank and estates of the family, to the detriment of Edmund (then a minor), his nephew (whom he regarded as illegitimate), the s. and h. of Thomas, his next elder br. On 10 June 1600, there is a grant of a pension to him of ;^ioo p.a. as "Theobald, Lord Bourke of Connell, alias Castle Connell." In a paper of June 1600, which is endorsed "a remembrance for the Lord Burke," it is stated that the Queen was pleased by her letter, directed to the Lord Deputy, to grant that the applicant should hold the title of Lord Bourke until it was tried whether he or the reputed son of his deceased br. Thomas had the best right thereto. On 20 July 1600 he signed a letter to the Privy Council as "Theo. Castle Connell." On 16 June 1604, he had pardon as "Theobald, Lord Baron of Castle Connell." The said Edmund, however, having eventually succeeded in establishing his rights (see "Bourke of Connell," post) he, the said Theobald, was <:r., on 17 Feb. 161 7/8, LORD BOURKE, BARON OF BRITTAS, co. Limerick [I.]. He joined in the serious rebellion of the Confederate Rom. Cath. Irish, 1641-45, and shared in their defeat at Liscarrol, 3 Sep. 1642. He was dispossessed of his estates in CO. Limerick by Cromwell. He m. Margaret, widow of Richard Burke, of Derrymaclauchna, co. Galway, illegit. da. of Richard (de Burgh), 2nd Earl OF Clanricarde [I.], by Honora, da. of Turlough O'Brien Mac i Brien Arra. He d. 1654. II. 1654. 2. John (Bourke), Lord Bourke, Baron of Brittas [I.], s. and h., cr. a Baronet [S.] about 1638. He ;w., before 1654, Margaret, widow of Walter Bermingham, of Dunfert, co. Kildare (who d. 13 June 1638), da. of Thomas (Fitzmaurice), Lord Kerry [I.],«by his 2nd wife, Gille, da. of Richard (Power), Lord Power OF Curraghmore [I.]. He d. s.p.m., 6, and was bur. 9 Jan. 165 8/9. C") Fun. Entry. His widow, who was decreed innocent, 14 Mar. 1662/3, by the Court of Claims, m., 3rdly, Charles More, Col. of a Reg. of Foot, who was killed at the battle of Aughrim, 12 July 1691. She d. before him, at Athlone, and was bur. in the Franciscan Monastery there. (^) Bophin, or Boffin, is an island adjacent to co. Galway. () In a petition, 15 Jan. 1660/1, his widow mentions "her deceaied husband John, Lord Brittas." (Slate Papers, [I.], 1660-62, p. iSl). V.G.
