Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory
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Barnaby Fitzpatrick (c. 1485-1575) was, by patent dated 11 June 1541, created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory
by King Henry VIII of England
as part of the King's policy of Surrender and regrant
. Barnaby Fitzpatrick was subsequently knighted on 1 July 1543.
and the Butlers acted out their cruel revenge on him. That being done, Brían, in 1537, submitted to the English king and gave up all his ancient rights. Unfortunately for his kinsmen, he gave up all the rights of his kinsmen as well "who of course were not consulted as to this act of treachery towards them." So in 1541, Brían Óg became Brian ( Barnaby ) Fitz-Patrick, the First Baron of Upper Ossory at Castletown, and married Margaret Butler, daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, the Lord Deputy of Ireland. In this year, with Brian's submission, "chieftaincy merged into the landlord, and the clansman became mere rent-payers or tenants on their ancestral territories forever.".
He was afterwards imprisoned at Waterford till he restored "some preys he had seized in Leix."
About 1530, he married Margaret Butler, widow of Thomas FitzGerald (of Desmond), first daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. His issue by Margaret Butler were:
His son Barnaby, the second Baron, was invited to study in London with the boy-king Edward VI
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Baron Upper Ossory
The title of Baron Upper Ossory in the Peerage of Ireland was created on 11 June 1541 for Barnaby Fitzpatrick. This was in pursuance of the Surrender and regrant policy of King Henry VIII of England. Under the policy, Gaelic chiefs were actively encouraged to surrender their lands to the king and...
by King Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
as part of the King's policy of Surrender and regrant
Surrender and regrant
During the Tudor conquest of Ireland , "surrender and regrant" was the legal mechanism by which Irish clans were to be converted from a power structure rooted in clan and kin loyalties, to a late-feudal system under the English legal system...
. Barnaby Fitzpatrick was subsequently knighted on 1 July 1543.
Career
Brían Óg, finding his brother an embarrassment and a hindrance to his ambitions of becoming an English Baron, gave up his brother to the ButlersButler dynasty
Butler dynasty refers to the several branches of the Butler family that has its origins in the Cambro-Norman family that participated in the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Variant spellings include le Boteler and le Botiller. The surname has its origins in the hereditary office of...
and the Butlers acted out their cruel revenge on him. That being done, Brían, in 1537, submitted to the English king and gave up all his ancient rights. Unfortunately for his kinsmen, he gave up all the rights of his kinsmen as well "who of course were not consulted as to this act of treachery towards them." So in 1541, Brían Óg became Brian ( Barnaby ) Fitz-Patrick, the First Baron of Upper Ossory at Castletown, and married Margaret Butler, daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, the Lord Deputy of Ireland. In this year, with Brian's submission, "chieftaincy merged into the landlord, and the clansman became mere rent-payers or tenants on their ancestral territories forever.".
He was afterwards imprisoned at Waterford till he restored "some preys he had seized in Leix."
About 1530, he married Margaret Butler, widow of Thomas FitzGerald (of Desmond), first daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond. His issue by Margaret Butler were:
- Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory (c. 1533-1581), his successor.
- Florence Fitzpatrick, 3rd Baron Upper Ossory, who succeeded to Upper Ossory on the death of his brother.
- Grany, or Grizzel, who was married to her first cousin, Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 2nd Viscount MountgarretEdmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret , was the son of Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret and Eleanor Butler. He married Grany or Grizzel FitzPatrick, daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory....
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His son Barnaby, the second Baron, was invited to study in London with the boy-king Edward VI
Edward VI of England
Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...
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