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.
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.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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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.
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.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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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.
[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.