CAHER 467 widow m., without licence, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart., but received a par- don for the same 19 Mar. 1629. She ^. 16 Jan. 1644/5, ^"^ was i/ur. at Ardcavan, co. Wexford. Fun. cert. V. 1627. 3. Thomas (Butler), Baron Caher [I.], nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Piers Butler, of Cloghcullie, CO. Tipperary, by EUenor, da. of Piers Butler, of Callan, co. Killcenny, which Piers B. first-named was next br. of the last Lord. On 6 June 1640 he had a confirmation of the Manors of Caher, i^c. He was in arms with the Confederated Rom. Cath. Irish in 1641-42. He m., Feb. 1624/5, Ellinor, who in certain proceedings taken by her husband in 1633 to dis- solve their marriage (") is called "grandchild to the Lord Power" [I.]. She was da. of John Power, who J. v. p. (ist s. of Richard, Lord Power), by Helen, 2nd da. of David (Barry), Viscount Barrymore. He d. in or shortly before 1648. VL 1648. 4. Piers (Butler), Baron Caher [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Edmund Butler, by Eleanor,() da. of Edmund (Butler), Baron Dunboyne [I.], which Edmund B. first-named was s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, and was living 1642. He was a ward 1648-62. He »;., in 1663, Elizabeth, da. of Theobald [or Toby] Mathew, of Thurles, by Margaret, da. of Sir Valentine Browne, Bart. [I.]. He d. s.p.tn., "of a surfeit of claret," at his house in Ireland, 30 Jan., and was bur. I Feb. 1676/7, at Clonmell,('=) having made his will 29 Jan. of that year. His widow ?«., 1685, Daniel MacCarthy, of Carrignavear, co. Cork, and d. 1 704. VII. 1677. 5. Theobald (Butler), Baron Caher [I.], cousin and h. male {i.e. cousin of the last Lord's grandfather), being s. and h. of Piers Butler, of Knockananomagh, co. Tipperary, by Catharine, da. of Donogh O'Brien, which Piers was 2nd s. (his elder br. Thomas d. s.p.tn.) of Richard Butler, of Knockananomagh afsd., 4th s. of Theobald [III] ist Baron Caher [I.] abovenamed. He sat in the Pari. [I.] of James 11, 7 May('^) 1689, and was outlawed 1691, but was restored 19 Jan. 1692/3, though his estates suffered considerably by these proceed- ings. He ;«., istly, Mary, da. of Sir Redmond Everard, 2nd Bart. [I.], by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Butler, of Kilcash, co. Tipperary. He m., 2ndly, Feb. 1693, Margaret, da. and coh. of his predecessor. Piers (Butler) [VI], 4th Baron Caher [I.], by Elizabeth, da. of Toby Mathew (^) See an elaborate account thereof in Lodge, vol. vi, p. 230, note. C') See note "d" on previous page. ("=) " He was never to be reclaimed from that vice of drinking, otherwise a very pretty man." (G. Mathew to the Duke of Ormonde, 31 Jan. 1676/7). V.G. {^) For a list of peers present in, and absent from this Pari., see vol. iii, Ap- pendix D.
