Sir Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket, of Rathmore

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Sir Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407-1471) was a leading Irish lawyer and judge of the fifteenth century who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He was an ancestor of the Duke of Wellington in the female line.

1. He married firstly Genet Cusack,[7] and by her had one son who probably predeceased him.
2. He married secondly Marion Cruise, daughter and heiress of Sir Christopher Cruise of Rathmore, County Meath, and in her right became Lord of the Manor of Rathmore.[8] His second marriage, though advantageous, was said to be a love affair, and there are some romantic but rather improbable legends about it, describing how Thomas as a young barrister in London restored Marion, then a penniless refugee in England, to her rightful inheritance.[9]

He and Marian had five children:

• Edmund, who inherited Rathmore but died without issue
• Sir Alexander Plunket, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
• Ismay, who married Sir William Wellesley of Dangan: their children included Walter Wellesley, Bishop of Kildare, and Garett Wellesley, ancestor of the Duke of Wellington
• Margaret, who married Barnaby Barnewall, judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland)
• Elizabeth, who married Christopher Barnewall, 2nd Baron Trimleston; their son John, 3rd Baron, was Lord Chancellor of Ireland[10]

He should not be confused with his nephew Sir Thomas Plunket of Dunsoghly Castle, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. The second Sir Thomas was the son of Sir Robert Plunket, who was briefly Lord Chief Justice in 1447.

• Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation (1892) Vol. 2
• http://movies01.archive.org/details/irishpedigreesor02ohar
• http://movies01.archive.org/stream/irishpedigreesor02ohar#page/148/...
• Pg. 148
• Thomas Plunket & Mary Cruys dau. of Christopher Cruys __________________
• Killeen, Baron (I, c. 1449 - 1984)
• John Plunkett, of Bewley or Beaulieu, co. Louth (d. after 1322), mar. Alice ...... and had issue:
  • 1. John Plunkett, of Bewley, co. Louth (d. after 1337), mar., and had issue:
    • 1a. .... etc.
  • 2. Richard Plunkett, of Rathregan, co. Meath (d. after 1374), mar., and had issue:
    • 1a. Richard Plunkett, of Rathregan, co. Meath (d. c. 1376), mar. Elizabeth ....., and had issue:
      • 1b. Sir Christopher Plunkett, of Rathregan, co. Meath, Sheriff of Meath (d. 1445), mar. before Oct 1399 Joande Cusack, dau. and hrss. of Sir Luke de Cusack, of Killeen and Dunsany, co. Meath, and had issue:
        • 1c. John Plunkett, of Killeen, co. Meath (dvp.), mar., and had issue:
          • 1d. Christopher Plunkett, later 1st Baron Killeen
        • 2c. Christopher Plunkett, later 1st Baron Dunsany
        • 3c. Thomas Plunkett, of Rathmore, Chief Justice of Ireland, mar., and had issue
        • 4c. Rowland Plunkett, mar., and had issue
        • 5c. Robert Plunkett (d. unm.)
        • 6c. Edward Plunkett (d. unm.)
        • 1c. Matilda/Maud Plunkett, mar. (1) Richard Talbot, Lord of Malahide, and (2) John Cornewalsh, and had issue by her first husband
        • 2c. Elizabeth Plunkett, mar. Sir Robert Holywood, of Holywood and Artaine, co. Dublin (d. bef. 12 Sep 1430), and had issue
      • 2b. .... etc.
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/killeen1449.htm?zo... ____________________________________
• Trimlestown, Baron (I, 1461/2)
• Robert [Barnewall], 1st Baron Trimlestown
• 2nd son of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Crickstown Catle, co. Meath, Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland, by his wife Maud Drake, dau. of ..... Drake, of Drakerath, co. Meath
• mar. (1) Elizabeth Broune, dau. and hrss. of Christopher Broune, of Roebuck, co. Dublin
• mar. (2) Anne Plunkett, dau. of Sir Thomas Plunkett, 2nd son of Sir Alexander Plunkett, of Rathmore
• died bef. 1471-2
• created 4 Mar 1461/2 Baron Trimlestown
• suc. by son by first wife
• note knighted by Richard, Duke of York bef. 1455; appointed to the Council of Ireland for life 1461/2
• Christopher [Barnewall], 2nd Baron Trimlestown
• mar. Elizabeth Plunkett (d. bef. Jun 1513), dau. of Sir Thomas Plunkett, of Rathmore, by his second wife Marian Cruise, dau. and hrss. of Sir Christopher Cruise, of Rathmore
• died bef. 3 Jun 1513
• suc. by son
• note a Commissioner to impose subsidies in co. Meath 1479-80; summoned to attend on King Henry VII at Greenwich Palace 1489; present at the Earl of Kildare's victory over Clanricarde at the Battle of Knockdoe 1504
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/trimlestown1461.ht... _______________________________________

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