William Lynch of Lydican

Blake Family Records No. 175:

Will of Sir Thomas Blake of Menlough, in the county of the A - D - 1674. town of Galway, Baronet : October 10.

" My body, if I die in Ireland, to be interred with my ancestors in St. Francis' Abbey near Galway, in the chapel of my ancestors ruined by the late usurped power : I enjoin my son and heir to have special care to pay the debts and mortgages contained in the annexed schedule : and as to the mortgage of 300 on Carnmore to Doctor Vero, he ought to pay all allowing ten per cent. : I enjoin my son and heir and my executors to make good what I owe to the heirs of my cousin Patrick Kirwan deceased, and also what I owe to my cousin Patrick Lynch fitz William, Farragh McDonell, Alexander McDonell, cousin Francis Blake of Moyne, or cousin John Dorsy : I bequeath what I past on my brother John Blake to be made good to him : also 100 to my brother Francis ; and so much to my brother Henry on my share of Aghelaharde now in his possession and the half quarter of Barecregorye, being in all one quarter and a half, mortgaged to Eyne Mudwing McDonell for 60 : I bequeath the reversion thereof together with the half quarter of Duvilese in considera- tion of said 100 to my said brother Frank and his heirs. I leave to my dear wife all my stock and moveables : I leave all the estate to me descended in possession or reversion to my eldest son and heir and his heirs male, according to the estate perfected on my intermarriage with my wife Mary Martin deceased. I enjoin my son and heir and my executors to pay out of the rents and profits of my estate or such satisfaction as shall be had from his Gracious Majesty, the following : To my daughter Nelly 400 : to each of my other daughters 200 : to each of my younger sons 200 : and if the old estate be wholly restored, the said portions to be augmented as my dear comrade John Brown, Esq., shall think fit : I bequeath 100 to pious uses : I leave no portion to any of my daughters who shall marry without the consent of my mother and their own mother my wife, my brother Robert French and my brother John Blake or the survivor of them. I appoint my wife during her widdowship, my brother Robert French and my brother John to be executors, and my cousin John Browne, Esq., and Father Henry Browne to be overseers." Attested under the hand and seal of the testator, Thomas Blake, he " being bound beyond the seas." Dated October 10, 1674. Witnesses : " Edward Browne, Charles Daly, Charles McDonnell." " Copia vera."

"A SCHEDULE of all the mortgages and debts due by me the zoth October, 1674 :

"On the lands of Cullagh 500 mortgage to my cousin Patrick Lynch fitz William : On Menlough 170 : On Kinlaugh to my cousin John Dorsy 270 : On Clunine quarter to Oyne McDonnell 100 : On the lands specified in said will to said Oyne McDonnell 60 : To my cousin Alexander McDonnell 38 : To my brother Andrew Blake 230. If I be restored or my son, 230 to be secured to my brother Alexander Kirwan or his heirs: on the mortgages in Joyce country 70 to be made good to my cousin John Dorsy : 90 to be made good to my cousin Ambrose Lynch." " Copia vera."

NOTE. This will was never proved, and the above is the only existing record of it. The testator, Sir Thomas Blake, fourth Baronet of Menlo, died between February, 1675, and February, 1676; see post, Record No 194, Note (B).

254 Blake Family Records

Extract of the will of Walter Blake of Exning, Co. Suffolk, Esquire : 1674

" My body to be buried in the parish church of Whitechapel in London : I bequeath to my nephew Henry Blake fitz . Valentine a legacy of 12 to be paid to him within 6 months, or in lieu thereof" all writings relating to titles in Sir Thomas Blake's estate to be surrendered up to him : in case the said legacy be paid I bequeath all my papers together with the benefit thereof to my nephew Francis Lynch fitz James, to whom likewise I bequeath all my personal estate either in England or Ireland, including therein all debts and mortgages due to me, and all leases, lands, houses and tenements what- soever ; saving the moiety of the first two years rent to be received by him out of the lands now in my possession in Ireland, which moiety I bequeath to my nephew Nicholas Lynch fitz William. I appoint my aforesaid nephew Francis Lynch my sole executor. Dated November 21, 1672. Attested under the hand and seal of the testator. Witnesses : Ralph Rogars, Elizabeth Rogars, Martha Norwood. Will proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on April 28, 1674, by said Francis Lynch the sole executor therein named. [44 Bunce.] Will r1 October 10, 1674. Probate May 15, 1676.

Source: William Ireland from Chester settled in Ireland in the late 17th century, purchasing estates in counties Kildare and Laois and married Margaret de Courcey sister and heir of Almerius de Courcey, Lord Kingsale. Their grandson Richard Ireland settled in the vicinity of Headford, county Galway and married Catherine Lynch of Lydican. Their son the Reverend William Ireland, Warden of Galway, married Magdalen daughter of John Irwin of Lisbally, county Sligo and granddaughter of Henry Irwin of Roxborough, county Roscommon. They had 2 sons De Courcey Ireland and Richard Ireland. De Courcey Ireland and his wife Susanna Stanley, sister of Sir Edmund Stanley, whose grandfather acquired the estates of Low Park and Bethlem, Kilkenny West, county Westmeath, in the early 18th century, had 6 sons, including Arthur Ireland, bursar of Queen’s College, Galway.

From: www.landedestates.ie

The Memoirs and Letters – Ulick Burke Clanricarde (5th Earl of)

october, 1642 Propoſitions from the mayor of Galway, the 8th of Oétober, received the 10th, ſent by Sir Richard Blake, and Mr. P. Darcy, and the cauſes why the Eaſt gate was not opened. - FIRST, that the fort obſerves not the articles of the pacification ſince the making of it, no not fince my lord's laſt being at Terrellan, for fince that time ſome priſoners taken contrary to the pacification have been executed, and ſome threatened to be executed aboard of the ſhips kept by captain Willoughby in the harbour for his aſſiſtance, namely, William Lynch executed, and Geoffry Lynch threatened to be executed.

Also Registry of Deeds, Dublin, Ireland. Marriage settlement of 1758

Date: July 2 1840

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1840 A few days since of a decline, Patrick, second son of the late William Lynch, Esq. of Lydican, a young gentleman much esteemed and respected for his amiable and unobtrusive manners, and whose premature death is much lamented by his family and friends.