FENTON, Sir Maurice, 1st bt. (1622-64), of Mitchelstown, co. Cork.

Family and Education

b. c. 1622, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Fenton of Mitchelstown, co. Cork, and Margaret, da. of Maurice FitzEdmund FitzGibbon. m. 23 Oct. 1653, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Hardress Waller* of Castletown, co. Limerick, 1s.CB. Kntd. 7 June 1658.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224. cr. bt. (by ld. protector) 14 July 1658, (by king) 22 July 1661. d.v.p. June 1664.CB.

Offices Held

Military: reformado officer, forces of Roger Boyle*, Ld. Broghill, July 1646.SP16/539/3, f. 226v. Capt. of horse, regt. of Broghill, English army in Ireland, Dec. 1649-Aug. 1653;SP28/64, f. 275; HMC Egmont, i. 499–500; SP28/96, f. 239; SP28/97, f. 97. regt. of Sir Hardress Waller, c.Dec. 1659.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 695, 700.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Cork 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657; co. Tipperary 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. ?Member for co. Waterford, gen. convention, 15 May 1660.Chatsworth, CM/31, no. 87; A. Clarke, Prelude to Restoration in Ire. (Cambridge, 1999), 236n. Commr. poll money, co. Cork 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 623, 642. MP, Fethard, co. Tipperary 1661–4.CJI i. 593.

Parlimentarian

FENTON, Sir Maurice, 1st bt. (1622-64), of Mitchelstown, co. Cork.

: 1st bt. (1622-64), of Mitchelstown, co. Cork. 1622 – 64.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FENTON, Sir Maurice, 1st bt. (1622-64), of Mitchelstown, co. Cork.

Will

Estates

lands in co. Cork: est. income of c.£2,000 p.a. in Jan. 1659.TSP vii. 597.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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