This is a list of members of the Irish House of Commons in 1560.
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Name | Constituency | Province and (for boroughs) present-day county | Notes |
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Walter Dowdall | Ardee (then known as Athird) | Leinster - County Louth | [1] From an Old English merchant family. [2] |
Walter Babe | Ardee (then known as Athird) | Leinster - County Louth | [1] From an Old English merchant family. [2] |
Ards | Ulster | Included in the lists of members, but not shired until 1570 and the names of the knights are blank [3] | |
Michael Moore | Athboy | Leinster - County Meath | [4] A local merchant. [5] |
James Blake | Athboy | Leinster - County Meath | [4] A cousin of the Galway Blakes and a local merchant. [5] |
Sir Thomas Cusack | Athenry | Connacht - County Galway | [6] Former Lord Chancellor of Ireland. An "obvious outsider ... it is more surprising that he was returned for a seat outside his own home area of Meath than that he represented Athenry." [7] |
Andrew Browne | Athenry | Connacht - County Galway | [6] A member of the family which controlled Athenry [7] |
Richard Mothill | Athy | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] McGrath suggests that the constituency was not incorporated until 1613. [9] |
Rowland Cassyn | Athy | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] McGrath suggests that the constituency was not incorporated until 1613. [9] |
John Neill | Carlingford | Leinster - County Louth | [1] From a local merchant family [2] |
Sir Henry Radclyffe | Carlingford | Leinster - County Louth | [1] Constable of Maryborough [2] |
James Wingfield | Carrickfergus | Ulster - County Antrim | [10] Settler, soldier and constable of Dublin Castle [11] |
Humphrey Warren | Carrickfergus | Ulster - County Antrim | [10] Settler [11] |
Henry White | Clonmel | Munster - County Tipperary | [12] Member of an important local family. [13] |
John Strich | Clonmel | Munster - County Tipperary | [12] Merchant. A surname more usually associated with Cork than Clonmel. [14] |
Connacht [a] | Connacht | The province was a single large shire until 1570. The identity of the 1560 knights is unknown. [15] | |
John Meade | Cork City | Munster - County Cork | Generosus [16] A member of one of the city's old ruling families [17] |
Stephen Coppinger | Cork City | Munster - County Cork | Generosus [16] A member of one of the city's old ruling families [17] |
County Antrim | Ulster | Included in the lists of members, but not shired until 1570 and the names of the knights are blank [3] | |
Sir William FitzWilliam | County Carlow | Leinster | Knight [18] Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, although McGrath says that he was Chief Governor [19] |
Edmund Butler | County Carlow | Leinster | Gentleman [18] A younger son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond [19] |
County Clare | Munster | The list of members of the 1560 parliament includes Clare, but not its MPs [20] | |
County Cork | Munster | The names of the knights are blank in the list in 'Tracts relating to Ireland'. | |
County Down | Ulster | Included in the lists of members, but not shired until 1570 and the names of the knights are blank [3] | |
Thomas Fitzwilliam | County Dublin | Leinster | Of Holmpatrick - Armiger [21] A major landowner in the county and an influential member of his community [22] |
Patrick Finglas | County Dublin | Leinster | Of Westphailstown - Armiger [21] [b] [23] A major landowner in the county and an influential member of his community [22] |
County Kerry | Munster | The names of the knights are blank in the list in 'Tracts relating to Ireland'. | |
Nicholas Eustace | County Kildare | Leinster | Of Cradokeston [24] A Roman Catholic from an old-established Old English local gentry family [25] |
James Flattisbury | County Kildare | Leinster | Of Johnstown [24] A Roman Catholic from an old-established Old English local gentry family [25] |
Nicholas White | County Kilkenny | Leinster | Of Whitehall, Wexford [26] From Knocktopher - a member of a local Old English family with substantial property in the area [27] citing [28] |
Walter Gall | County Kilkenny | Leinster | [26] From Gallstown - a member of a local Old English family with substantial property in the area. He served as High Sheriff of Wexford in 1562 and as High Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1572 [27] citing [29] See also [30] |
County Limerick | Munster | The identity of the 1560 knights is unknown. [31] | |
Nicholas Taaffe | County Louth | Leinster | [32] Of Ballebragane - from a family established in the area for many centuries [33] |
Edward Dowdall | County Louth | Leinster | [32] Of Glassepistell - from a family established in the area for many centuries [33] |
Sir Christopher Chevir (or Cheevers) | County Meath | Leinster | [34] Knight - member of the local commission for musters and an important landowner in the county - one of the leaders of the anti-cess campaign [5] |
Patrick Barnewall | County Meath | Leinster | [34] Of Stackallan - Armiger - member of the local commission for musters and an important landowner in the county - his son was MP for the county in 1569 and 1585 [5] (which describes him as of Crickstown) |
Patrick Sherlock | County Tipperary | Munster | [12] From an old Norman family. [35] |
Oliver Grace | County Tipperary | Munster | [12] From an old Norman family. [35] |
Thomas Power | County Waterford | Munster | Of Comshen [36] From a major local Old English landholding family represented in every Parliament until 1639 except 1585. [37] |
Peter Aylward | County Waterford | Munster | Of Faithlike [36] From a major local Old English landholding family. [37] |
Sir George Stanley | County Westmeath | Leinster | Knight [38] - New English - Marshall of the Army (1553) and Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Causes (1562) [39] citing [40] |
Sir Thomas Nugent | County Westmeath | Leinster | Knight [38] - Old English [39] |
William Hore | County Wexford | Leinster | Of Harperstown [41] - among the county's major landholders [42] |
Richard Synot | County Wexford | Leinster | Of Ballybrennan [41] - among the county's major landholders - he was MP for Ferns in 1585 and his son Walter was MP for County Wexford in 1613 [42] |
John Weston | Drogheda | Leinster - Counties Louth and Meath | [21] Apparently a local merchant, of a family originally from Dublin [43] |
Robert Burnell | Drogheda | Leinster - Counties Louth and Meath | [21] Apparently a local merchant, presumably of the north Dublin family usually based at Castleknock [43] |
James Stanihurst | Dublin City | Leinster - County Dublin | Recorder of Dublin [21] |
Robert Golding | Dublin City | Leinster - County Dublin | Alderman [21] Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1558-9 [44] |
Christopher More | Dundalk | Leinster - County Louth | [1] A Roman Catholic. [43] |
Patrick Stanley | Dundalk | Leinster - County Louth | [1] A Roman Catholic. [43] |
Henry Stafford (or Gifford) | Dungarvan | Munster - County Waterford | [38] New English with no local connections. [37] |
John Challoner | Dungarvan | Munster - County Waterford | [38] Secretary of State (Ireland) - new English with no local connections. [37] citing [45] |
Nicholas Hackett | Fethard (County Tipperary) | Munster - County Tipperary | [12] A member of an old English merchant family of strictly local significance which had been settled in the town for centuries. [46] |
Theobald Nash | Fethard (County Tipperary) | Munster - County Tipperary | [12] A member of an old English merchant family of strictly local significance which had been settled in the town for centuries. [46] |
Jonoke Lynch | Galway Town | Connacht - County Galway | [47] One of the [Lynches] and an alderman of the city. |
Peter Lynch | Galway Town | Connacht - County Galway | [47] One of the [Lynches] and an alderman of the city. |
Thomas Shiele | Kells | Leinster - County Meath | [4] From a family influential only within the Kells barony. [5] |
Nicholas Ledwiche | Kells | Leinster - County Meath | [4] From a family influential only within the Kells barony. [5] |
John Abells | Kildare Borough | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] Little is known of him. [9] |
John Moore | Kildare Borough | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] Little is known of him. [9] |
Robert Shee | Kilkenny City | Leinster - County Kilkenny | [26] From an important catholic merchant family [48] Father of Elias Shee, MP for Kilkenny City in 1585 [49] See also [50] |
Walter Archer | Kilkenny City | Leinster - County Kilkenny | [26] From an important catholic merchant family [48] See also [51] |
Kilmallock | Munster - County Limerick | The identity of the 1560 knights is unknown. [52] | |
King's County | Leinster | The identity of its 1560 knights is unknown [53] | |
Sir John Alan | Kinsale | Munster - County Cork | Knight [16] A complete outsider [17] |
Francis Agar or Agard | Kinsale | Munster - County Cork | Armiger [16] A complete outsider. Constable of Ferns and Wexford Castles, and Commissioner for Ecclesiastical Causes. [17] citing [54] |
Edward Arthur | Limerick City | Munster - County Limerick | [55] Wealthy, prominent citizen, an alderman who might have been expected to represent his city in Parliament. [52] Mayor of Limerick in 1558. [56] |
Clement Fanning | Limerick City | Munster - County Limerick | [55] Wealthy, prominent citizen, an alderman who might have been expected to represent his city in Parliament. [52] Mayor of Limerick in 1557. [56] |
Nicholas Casey | Mullingar | Leinster - County Westmeath | [57] A local Catholic merchant [58] |
James Reling | Mullingar | Leinster - County Westmeath | [57] A local Catholic merchant, from a commercial family of equivalent local importance [58] citing [59] |
John Sherlock | Naas | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] A member of a local merchant family [9] |
Henry Draycott | Naas | Leinster - County Kildare | [8] Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland and a new English settler [60] |
Patrick Warren | Navan | Leinster - County Meath | [61] Member of a local family also called "Waring" - related to Thomas Warren (MP for Navan in 1585) and John Warren (lawyer and MP for Navan in 1613-15). [62] |
John Wakeley | Navan | Leinster - County Meath | [61] New English settler, who acquired lands near Navan by 1547 and married Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth's daughter. Father of Thomas Wakeley, MP for Navan in 1585. The father and son both had many interests in King's County. [62] |
Nicholas Heron | New Ross | Leinster - County Wexford | Burgess [41] - apparently from the local merchant community [63] |
William Dormer | New Ross | Leinster - County Wexford | Burgess [41] - apparently from the local merchant community [63] |
Queen's County | Leinster | Its 1560 members are unknown [62] | |
Francis Cosby | Thomastown | Leinster - County Kilkenny | [64] New English settler [48] See also [65] |
Henry Colley | Thomastown | Leinster - County Kilkenny | [64] New English settler [48] |
John Parker | Trim | Leinster - County Meath | Armiger [4] - Englishman and Master of the Rolls [62] |
Patrick Martell | Trim | Leinster - County Meath | [4] Local merchant [62] |
Maurice Wise | Waterford City | Munster - County Waterford | [36] From a family active in the government and commercial life of the city and which also had other property in the county and surrounding areas. [66] |
Peter Stronge | Waterford City | Munster - County Waterford | [36] From a family active in the government and commercial life of the city and which also had other property in the county and surrounding areas. [66] |
John Hassane | Wexford Borough | Leinster - County Wexford | [41] Active in the town's government and a member of its oligarchy. Seems to have been part of the town's strong merchant community. [67] |
Richard Talbot | Wexford Borough | Leinster - County Wexford | [41] Active in the town's government and a member of its oligarchy. A member of a local family. Seems to have been part of the town's strong merchant community. [67] |
John Walch | Youghal | Munster - County Cork | [16] From one of the borough's old-established merchant families. [68] |
John Portyngall | Youghal | Munster - County Cork | [16] From one of the borough's old-established merchant families. [68] |
The following present-day counties did not yet exist:
As appears from the above list: -
1. No county in the province of Ulster sent members. 2. The only borough in Ulster which sent members was Carrickfergus. 3. The province of Connacht constituted a single large county, which did not send members. 4. The only boroughs in Connacht which sent members were Athenry and Galway. 5. The only counties in Munster which sent members were Tipperary and Waterford, the two easternmost counties.
As appears from the above list, the House of Commons contained the following serving members of the administration: -
1. John Challoner, Secretary of State (Ireland).
2. Sir William FitzWilliam, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.
It also contained the following former members of the administration: -
1. John Alan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1548–1551.
2. Thomas Cusack, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1551–1554.
The following officials sat in the House of Lords: -
1. Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, Lord Treasurer of Ireland.
2. Archbishop Hugh Curwen, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.