Paternal Family Tree: Boyle
Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork was knighted by George Carew 1st Earl Totnes at St Mary's Abbey, Dublin.
On 13th October 1566 Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork was born at Canterbury, Kent [Map].
Around 1576 Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 9] educated at King's School.
On 25th July 1603 Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 36] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 18] were married.
On 1st August 1606 [his son] Roger Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 39] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 21] at Youghal, Cork. He died aged nine in 1615.
In 1607 [his daughter] Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 40] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 22]. She married 21st July 1621 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore and had issue.
In 1609 [his daughter] Sarah Boyle Baroness Digby was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 42] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 24]. She married in or before 1631 Robert Digby 1st Baron Digby and had issue.
In 1610 [his daughter] Lettice Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 43] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 25]. She married before 1657 Colonel George Goring, son of George Goring 1st Earl Norwich.
In 1611 [his daughter] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 44] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 26]. She married 15th August 1630 George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare and had issue.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 20th October 1612 [his son] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 46] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 27] at The College, Youghal, Cork. He married 5th July 1635 Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington, daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland, and had issue.
On 22nd March 1615 [his daughter] Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 48] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 30] in Youghal. She married 1630 Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh and had issue.
On 10th October 1615 [his son] Roger Boyle [aged 9] died at Deptford, Kent [Map].
In 1619 [his son] Lewis Boyle 1st Viscount Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 52] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 34]. He married 26th December 1639 Elizabeth Feilding Countess Guildford, daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh.
On 26th October 1620 Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 54] was created 1st Earl Cork. [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 35] by marriage Countess Cork.
On 25th April 1621 [his son] Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 54] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 36]. He married Margaret Howard Countess Orrery, daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk, and had issue.
On 21st July 1621 [his son-in-law] David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 16] and Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 54] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 36].
In 1623 [his son] Francis Boyle 1st Viscount Shannon was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 56] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 38]. He married before 1650 Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess Shannon.
On 8th November 1625 [his daughter] Mary Boyle Countess Warwick was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 59] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 40] at Youghal. She married 21st July 1641 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick, son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.
In 1627 [his son] Robert Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 60] and [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 42].
In 1627 [his son-in-law] Arthur Loftus and Dorothy Boyle were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 60] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 42].
On 16th February 1629 [his wife] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 44] died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1630 [his son-in-law] Arthur Jones 2nd Viscount Ranelagh [aged 20] and Katherine Boyle Viscountess Ranelagh [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 63] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
On 15th August 1630 [his son-in-law] George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare [aged 18] and Joan Boyle Countess Kildare [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 63] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
In or before 1631 [his son-in-law] Robert Digby 1st Baron Digby [aged 31] and Sarah Boyle Baroness Digby [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Digby of Geashill in County Offaly. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 64] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
In 1633 [his daughter] Sarah Boyle Baroness Digby [aged 24] died.
Around 1635 Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 41] prosecuted Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 68] for misappropriating the funds of Youghal College; and ordered him to take down the tomb of his first wife in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, making another lifelong enemy.
On 5th July 1635 Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 22] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 21] were married at Skipton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 44] and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 42]. He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 68] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
On 26th December 1639 Lewis Boyle 1st Viscount Boyle [aged 20] and Elizabeth Feilding Countess Guildford were married at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh [aged 52] and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh [aged 56]. He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 73] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640. 4th January 1640. Savoy.
F. Lord Willoughby to his uncle, the Earl of Rutland [aged 60], at Belvoir Castle [Map].
When we ate your venison my wife and I drank your health and my Lady's and did not forget little Mr. George, whom, I am glad to hear, grows towards a man. "There hath beene a marriage at the court betweene one of my Lord of Corcke [aged 73] [his son] sonnse [aged 21] and my [his daughter-in-law] Lady Elizabeth Feelding, about which there is a greate stur, for it seemes he did not prove eoe rite as a man should be to goo about such a business. For the report goese that his manly part had lost something in his former serviocesse, and beside that he was soe full of severall disceases ... as that it was tould the Queene [aged 30], whoe sent for my Lady Elizabeth, and tould her that she must desier her not to lett her husband lye with her that night, whoe put of, modilestly making little answere, but she seemed so lothe to understand the Queene, as that she tould her she must command her not to come in a pair of sheets with him, and tould her the reasons; soe as that he is gone out of the way some say into France, others thinks he is in London under cower. It was discovered by his sister [aged 30] Mr. Goring's [aged 31] wife, to whom he had imparted his grevancess, and she had plotted it soe, to make an excuse for him, that he should falie downe stares that day, and she would come and take him up, and soe he should complane how he had breused himselfe and strained his back with the fale, that he should be soe ill he was not fitt to goe to bed to his wife that night. But could not keepe her counsel but must tell her husband Jorge Goring, and he presently ran and tould the Queene, and soe it was discovered and then it was presently in every buddy's mouth.".
My Lord Keeper is so ill that the physicians think he cannot recover. My Lord Chief Justice Bramstone is talked of to be Lord Keeper, and Bishop Wren [aged 54]. It is known to be between those two. My Lord Finch [aged 12] will be Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Attorney General to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Signet.
On 21st July 1641 [his son-in-law] Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick [aged 26] and Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 15] were married at the Church of St Nicholas Shepperton. Her father strongly disapproved due to her husband's lack of fortune. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 74] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. He the son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.
In 2nd September 1642 [his son-in-law] David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 37] led a regiment at the Battle of Liscarroll.
Lewis Boyle 1st Viscount Boyle [aged 23] was killed. His brother Richard [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st September 1659. I communicated to Mr. Robert Boyle [aged 32], son to the Earl of Cork, my proposal for erecting a philosophic and mathematic college.
[his daughter] Margaret Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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[his daughter] Dorothy Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. She married 1627 Arthur Loftus and had issue.
[his son] Geoffrey Boyle was born to Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.