John Bysse

John Bysse (c.1602–1680) was a member of the Parliament of Ireland during the 1630s and 1640s. He was excluded from office during the Interregnum, but became one of the most senior Irish judges after the Restoration of Charles II.

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John Bysse was born around 1602, the eldest son of Christopher Bysse (or Bisse), who died before 1615. Christopher was an official of the Exchequer, as was his own father, Robert Bysse. John's mother was Margaret Forster, daughter of John Forster, an alderman of Dublin. He had a brother, Robert, and a sister Elinor (died 1680), who married William Ball, MP for Kells 1642-49.

Bysse was educated at Trinity College, DublinHe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[1] admitted as a member of the King's Inns in 1632. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as member for Charlemont in 1634 and became Recorder of Dublin in the same year. He was re-elected to the Commons in 1640.

At the outbreak of Irish Rebellion of 1641 John Bysse, along with his younger brother Robert (who was Recorder of Drogheda) and his brother-in-law William Ball were among the leaders of the royalist and Protestant faction in Parliament.[2] This faction opposed the royalist Catholic faction, but were allied with it from 1649 to oppose the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

Family

John Bysse married Margaret Edgeworth (died 1676) daughter of Francis Edgeworth of County Longford, who held office as Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper from 1606 to c.1620, and his wife Jane Tuite. Francis was the brother and heir of Edward Edgeworth (died 1595), Bishop of Down and Connor, and ancestor of the celebrated novelist Maria Edgeworth. Margaret was the widow of John King junior (son of Sir John King and Catherine Drury, brother of Sir Robert King and uncle of Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet), who had been Clerk of the Crown jointly with his father-in-law.[6]

John and Margaret had numerous children who died young,[7] and two surviving daughters:

1. Judith, who married firstly Robert Molesworth,[3] (died 1656) by whom she was mother of Robert, the 1st Viscount Molesworth, and secondly Sir William Tichborne of Beaulieu, by whom she had several further children, including Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard;
2. Catherine (died 1664), who married the politician Sir Richard Bulkeley, 1st Baronet, and had issue, including Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet.

References

• Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 124: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1871-1928 Publication date 1912. Page 204. < Archive.Org >
• Ball, F. Elrington (1926). The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921. London: John Murray. Page 344. < GoogleBooks >
• Gilbert, John Thomas (1859). A history of the city of Dublin. Vol. 2. J. McGlashan. p. 22.
• Hayton, David, ed. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 826. ISBN 0-521-77221-4.
• Perceval-Maxwell, M (1994). The outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (illustrated ed.). McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 75. ISBN 0-7735-1157-1.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168992625/john-bysse