BOURKE 255 the defeat (19 Aug. 1578) of James Fitz Maurice, that "arch traitor,"(^) in which engagement two of Sir William's sons were slain, was, on 16 May 1580, cr.(^) BARON BOURKE OF CONNELL in Ireland [I.]. He m. Catharine, da. of Sir John Fitz-Thomas Fitz-Gerald styling himself Earl of Desmond,(') by Maud, da. of Mahon O'Brien, of Carrigogunnel, co. Limerick. He d'. 1584. II. 1584. 2. John (Bourke), Baron Bourke of Connell, or Castle Connell [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Theobald Bourk.e, by Mary, da. of Donough (O'Brien), 2nd Earl of Thomond [I.], which Theobald was s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, and was slain, v.p., 19 Aug. 1578, in the fight abovenamed. He sat in Pari. [I.] as a Baron 26 Apr. 1585. He <:/. unm., being murdered, 14 Jan. 159 1/2, on Hounslow Heath, Midx., by one Arnold Cosby, who was hanged accordingly. III. 1592. 3. Richard (Bourke), Baron Bourke of Connell, or Castle Connell [I.], br. and h. He was knighted at Cadiz 1596, by the Lord Admiral (Lord Howard of Effingham) and the Earl of Essex. On 26 June 1598, he was granted an annuity of ;/^2oo by the English Govt. He signed a document, 21 Aug. 1599, as "Rich. Castleconnell." He also d. unm., being slain at Ballynecargy, co. Limerick, 2 or 3 days before 28 Jan. 1 599/1600, ex parte regis, in the rebellion excited by the Earl of Tyrone. IV. 1599 Theobald Bourke, yst. and only surv. br., styled to himself (being for a time, and to a certain extent, recog- 1618. nised as) Baron Bourke of Castle Connell [I.], on the ground of the alleged illegitimacy of his nephew, Edmund Bourke, hereafter named, which was disproved before 4 Feb. 16 17/8, though the said Theobald was allowed to hold the house of Castle Connell at a fair rent during his nephew's minority. He was cr., 1 7 Feb. 161 7/8, Baron Bourke of Brittas [I.]. See that title. IV. 1599- 4- Edmund (Bourke), Baron Bourke of Connell, or Castle Connell [I.], nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Thomas Bourke, by Honora, da. of Connor O'Mulryan, of Armagh, co. Limerick, an " arch rebel," which Thomas was next br. to Richard the late Baron, and was slain shortly before him in the same conflict, Jan. I599.('^) He was b. in 1598 or 1599, being, according to his (*) See Vincent's Nohiles Hiberniae, in Coll. of Arms. C^) See Creations, 1483-1646, in 47th Rep., Dep. Keeper P.R. ('^) See note sub Jamts, Earl of Desmond [1535]. (f) So found by the Jury of 1606, who added that his widow was "precluded from her title of honour" or dower, and yet this Thomas is called "Lord Bourke of Castle Connell" in the funeral certificate of their son, Edmund, Baron Bourke of Connell, 1638. V.Q.
