Lucas Dillon (judge)

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  1. This family tree is based on the genealogies of the earls of Roscommon. [1] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.
  2. 1 2 He died on 17 February 1593 at the age of 64. [2] [3]
  3. Some authors give 1592, probably because they did not know the month of the unadjusted OS format. [44]

Citations

  1. Lodge 1789, pp.  139–142 (footnote).
  2. 1 2 Clavin 2009, 13th paragraph. "... his death in February 1593."
  3. 1 2 Jocelyn 1973, p.  160. "... having reached the age of sixty-four years ended his days on the seventeenth February ..."
  4. Ball 1926, p.  211, penultimate line. "... was son of Robert Dillon and Elizabeth Barnewall;"
  5. 1 2 Lodge 1789, p.  154, line 24. "... advanced, 3 September following [1558], to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ..."
  6. Webb 1878, p.  149, line 7. "... [Sir Henry Dillon] came to Ireland in 1185 as secretary to Prince John ..."
  7. Lodge 1789, p.  154, line 37. "He [Robert Dillon] married Genet, younger daughter of Edward Barnewall of Crickstown."
  8. Lodge 1789, p.  154, line 40. "... had issue four sons and three daughters."
  9. Ball 1926, p.  211, last line. "... entered the Middle Temple 1551; returned to Ireland;"
  10. Clavin 2009, 2nd paragraph. "... was appointed solicitor general for Ireland and was resident at Moymet, Co. Meath, later that year."
  11. 1 2 3 Clavin 2009, 2nd paragraph, 4th sentence. "About this time, he married Jane, daughter of Sir James Bathe (qv), chief baron of the court of exchequer; they had seven sons and five daughters."
  12. Cokayne 1895, p.  410, line 15. "1. James Dillon s. [son] and h. [heir] of Sir Lucas Dillon of Newtown and Moymet co. Meath, Chief Baron of the Exchequer [I.[Ireland]] and Senechal of the Barony of Kilkenny West, by Jane da. [daughter] of James Bathe, also Chief Baron of the Exchequer [I.] ..."
  13. Lodge 1789, p.  157, line 8. "Henry Dillon, (the second son) of Kentstown, in Meath and of Strokestown and Ardnecrane in Dillon's Country, married Elizabeth, daughter to the Lord Culpepper and dying 18 April 1609 (or 20 April 1610) had four sons and three daughters ..."
  14. 1 2 3 4 Lodge 1789, p.  156, line 36. "Christopher, Olivers, Alexander, and John, all died childless;"
  15. Crawford 2004, p.  220, left column, line 27. "Another son, John, married the daughter of Sir William Sarsfield of Lucan, co. Dublin.
  16. Lodge 1789, p.  156, line 37. "Robert, who settled in the King's County, and left posterity in Munster and in England;"
  17. Lodge 1789, p.  156, line 38. "Genet, married to Christopher, the ninth lord Killeen, and was mother to Lucas created Earl of Fingall."
  18. Lodge 1789, p.  156, line 40. "Elinor, to Robert Rochfort of Kilbride, in Meath, Esq.."
  19. 1 2 Lodge 1789, p.  157, line 5. "Elizabeth; Margaret, to John Sarsfield of Shurninges, in the county of Kildare, Esq;"
  20. Lodge 1789, p.  157, line 6. "Anne, to Richard Plunket of Rathmore, Esq."
  21. 1 2 3 Clavin 2009, 2nd paragraph, 6th sentence. "... he was made attorney general on 8 November 1566, sat in the Irish parliament of 1569–70, succeeded his late father-in-law as chief baron of the exchequer on 17 May 1570, ..."
  22. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, p.  603. "1569 / 11 to 13 Eliz. I / 17 Jan. ..."
  23. 1 2 Smyth 1839, p.  163. "Sir Lucas Dillon ... Dillon made Chief Baron, -patent 4 June 1570."
  24. Crawford 2005, p. 98. "Junior officials in England vied for the high office  ..."
  25. Ball 1926, p.  212, line 13. "... became high in favour of Lord Deputy Sidney; was called by him 'meus fidelis Lucas' ..."
  26. Shaw 1906, p.  73. "1567, Dec., Robert Dillon (de Lion), of Newton, Co. Meath, lord chief justice of Common Pleas, (ibid. [in Ireland])"
  27. Pollard 1901, p.  133, left column, line 46. "... an unpopularity which was increased by their [Robert and Lucas Dillon] being largely responsible for the exaction of the 'cess' from the gentlemen of the Pale."
  28. Pollard 1901, p.  133, left column. "They [Lucas & Robert Dillon] were thanked by the government on 14 Jan. 1581-2 for their diligence in discovering and examining into the Nugents conspiracy;"
  29. 1 2 Ball 1926, p.  142, line 2. "The same master of the rolls being chancellor of your exchequer, and the chief baron thereof, being both sick and impotent, are forced to be absent ..."
  30. Bagwell 1885, p.  349. "... September 12 [1578], exactly three years after his arriveal, Sidney embarked at Woodquay ..."
  31. Ball 1926, p.  212, line 9. "... married as his second wife Marion Sharles, widow of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Turvey 1575."
  32. Crawford 2004, p.  220, left column, line 12. "After the death of his first wife, Jane, he [Lucas Dillon] married Marion (née Sharl), widow of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Turvey, in 1575 "
  33. 1 2 Clavin 2009, last paragraph. "After the death of his first wife he married (1575) Marion Sherle, widow of Sir Christopher Barnewall; they had no children."
  34. Cokayne 1895, p.  411, line 1. "He [James D. 1st Earl] m. Helen, 2d da. of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Turvey, co. Dublin, by Marion da. of Patrick Challis, otherwise Serle, of Shallon, co. Meath."
  35. Brewer 1829, p.  254, line 23. "... the costly monument of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Turvey, grandfather of Nicholas, first Viscount Kingsland; and his lady Marian ..."
  36. 1 2 McCormack & Clavin 2009, 3rd paragraph. "... his death, which occurred shortly before 5 July 1579."
  37. Pollard 1901, p.  135, line 45. "... his death in April 1580 ..."
  38. Ball 1926, p.  206, line 39. "died 1580;"
  39. Ball 1926, p.  147, line 11. "On the one hand Nugent was accused of endeavouring to contrive the assassination of Sir Lucas Dillon and Sir Robert Dillon ..."
  40. Pollard 1901, p.  133, left column, line 21. "In May 1581 it was proposed to make him lord-chancellor (Cal. State Papers, Ireland, 1574-85, p. 302)"
  41. Ball 1926, p.  212, line 26. "... was offered while there by Elizabeth, who considered him worthy of a better office, the chief justiceship of the Queen's bench 1583."
  42. Ball 1926, p.  212, line 31. "... as some compensation Dillon was, on 5 June 1583, made seneschal of Kilkenny West."
  43. Crawford 2005, p. 110.
  44. 1 2 Crawford 2004, p.  220, left column, line 5. "... Dillon's death which took place in Dublin in 1592 ..."
  45. Pollard 1901, p.  133, right column. "... Sir Lucas Dillon died early in 1593 ..."
  46. Pollard 1894, p.  73. "... he was appointed chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland, under a writ of privy seal dated 10 April [1593]."
  47. Ball 1926, p.  212–213. "... died 1592; was buried in Newtown church;"
  48. Brewer 1826, p.  174. "Among several monuments at this place is that of Sir Lucas Dillon, of Newtown and Moymet, in this county, and his lady. Sir Lucas was one of the ablest Irish lawyers of Elizabeth's reign ..."
  49. Hoare 1807, p.  269. "I observed another altar tomb exposed to the rude elements, on which there were the recumbent effigies of a male and female figure, habited in the costume of Queen Elizabeth. On its base is an inscription, which I did not have time to decipher, but I am told by a gentleman of the country that this monument was erected to the memory of two personages of the Roscommon family."
  50. Gerrard 2004, p.  265. "... look out for the famous tomb of the jealous man & woman."
  51. Jocelyn 1973, p.  160 ps=. "... having reached the age of sixty-four years ended his days on the seventeenth February ...".
  52. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  43, line 15. "Edward VI ... acc. 28 Jan. 1547;"
  53. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  43, line 27. "Mary I … acc. 6 Jul. 1553;"
  54. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  43, line 41. "Elizabeth I … acc. 17 Nov. 1558;"
  55. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  168, line19 . "1565, 13 Oct. / 20 Jan. 1566 / Henry Sidney, L.D. [Lord Deputy]"
  56. Shaw 1906, p.  77. "1575, Sep., Lucas Dillon (de Lion), lord chief baron of the Exchequer, (in the church at Drogheda by Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy)"
  57. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  168, line 27. "1580, 15 July / 7 Sept. / Arthur, lord Grey, L.D. [Lord Deputy]"
  58. Fryde et al. 1986, p.  168, line 29. "1584, 7 Jan. / 21 June / John Perrott, L.D. [Lord Deputy]"
  59. Clavin 2009, paragraph 13. "... his death in February 1593."
  60. Ball 1926, p.  147. "The conduct of the trial is a striking revelation of the methods on which justice was then administered by men of Irish birth."
  61. Crawford 2005, pp. 109–110.
  62. Pollard 1901.

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Lucas Dillon
Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
In office
1570–1593
Legal offices
Preceded by
James Barnewall
Attorney-General for Ireland
1566-1570
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
1570–1593
Succeeded by

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