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b. 1602, 1st s. of Christopher Bysse of Dublin and Margaret, daughter of Alderman John Forster of Dublin.The Judges in Ire. ed. F. Elrington Ball (2 vols., New York, 1927), i. 344. educ. Dublin Univ. c.1623;Al. Dub. L. Inn, 6 Oct. 1624;L. Inn Admiss. King’s Inns, Dublin, 6 Nov. 1632.King’s Inns Adm. Pprs. 1607-1867 ed. Keane et al (Dublin, 1982), 70. m. Margaret, da. of Francis Edgeworth, clerk of crown in chancery [I], wid. of John King, clerk of hanaper [I], 21 children (20 d.v.p., surv. by 1da). suc. fa. 1615.McGrath, Biographical Dict. d. 28 Jan. 1680.HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 266; DIB; Judges in Ire. ed. Elrington Ball, i. 344
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Civic: freeman, Dublin Oct. 1634 – d.; recorder, Oct. 1634–10 Jan. 1661.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin III ed. J.T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1892), 295–6, 301; Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin IV ed. J. T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1894), 197. Freeman, Waterford 1662.McGrath, Biographical Dict.

Irish: MP, Charlemont, co. Armagh 1634; Dublin 1640. Justice, Munster assizes, 1636; Ulster 1655; Leinster bef. 1679;Judges in Ire. i. 344. high ct. of justice, 17 Nov. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 52. Trustee, Erasmus Smith’s schs. 1657, reappointed 1669.McGrath, Biographical Dict. Member for Dublin, gen. convention, 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 199–200. C. bar. exch. July 1660.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 9. PC, 1 Jan. 1661.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 142; DIB. Commr. settlement, 19 Feb. 1661;CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 306. to pay king’s debts, 10 Oct. 1671;NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, f. 142. accts. treasury, 21 Mar. 1677–d.CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 45; CSP Dom. 1678, p. 355.

Local: j.p. Leinster 4 Nov. 1651;TCD, MS 644, f. 110. Dublin 23 Jan. 1652.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin IV, 22. Commr. assessment, co. and city of Dublin 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; King’s County 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). poll money, Dublin 24 Apr. 1660; co. Dublin 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620, 621, 639.

Parlimentarian
BYSSE, John (1602-80), of Castle Street, St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.
: St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.
Likenesses

Likenesses: Portrait dated 1678, in the collection of the Molesworth Trust.B. McGrath, Biographical Dict. App.

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BYSSE, John (1602-80), of Castle Street, St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.

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inherited lands in Dublin, co. Meath and King’s County.NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, f. 130; CSP Ire. 1606-8, pp. 57, 62-3; 1611-14, pp. 233-4. From Dublin corporation: 99 year lease on house in St Catherine’s parish and Damasgate and Buttevant’s Tower, Dublin, from June 1639; 61-year lease on house in Oxmantown, co. Dublin, from Apr. 1643.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin III, 359-60, 403. Acquired lands at Brackenstown, co. Dublin, by 1640.Judges in Ire. 344. Grant of castle and lands worth £100 p.a. at Philipstown, King’s Co., 29 Mar. 1667.CSP Ire. 1666-9, p. 336. In 1670 also held lands in Nethercross and Balrudery baronies, co. Dublin, and Idrone barony, co. Carlow.Down Survey website.
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