Richard BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF CORK
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One of the main sources for the Boyle line is "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant," New ed., 13 Volumes in 14 (1910-1959); reprinted in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K., Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000. Will dated 24 November 1642; probated in 1668 He was called "the great Earl of Cork." He was educated at King;s School, Canterbury, Kent, England. He matriculated at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England in 1583. He emigrated to Ireland, arriving on 23 June 1588. He was sub-Escheator to the Excheator General in 1590, and Clerk of the Council of Munster on 8 May 1600. On 7 December 1602 he bought all the lands of Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland, 12,000 acres, for 1,500 pounds. He was invested as a Knight on 25 July 1603 at St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin. Other offices and titles: Privy Counsellor for Munster, Member of Parliament for Lismore, Governor of Loughfoyle, 1st Lord Boye, Baron of Youghal, County Cork, 1st Earl of Cork, 1st Viscount of Dungarvan, County Waterford, Lord Justice of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. In 1602, when Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London for high treason, he sold Lismore along with 42,000 acres for £1,500 to Richard Boyle, who later became the first Earl of Cork. Richard Boyle's youngest son, Robert Boyle, the philosopher and father of modern chemistry, was born at Lismore in 1626.
He married Catherine Fenton 25 Jul 1603 at Dublin, Dublin, Ireland . Catherine Fenton was born at of Canterbury, Kent, England Abt 1582 daughter of Geoffrey Fenton and Alice Weston .
They were the parents of 14
children:
Roger Boyle
born Abt 1605.
Alice Boyle
born 20 Mar 1607.
Sarah Boyle
born 1609.
Lettice Boyle
born 25 Apr 1610.
Joan Boyle
born Jul 1611.
Richard Boyle
born 20 Oct 1612.
Catherine Boyle
born 22 Mar 1614.
Geoffrey Boyle
born 1616.
Dorothy Boyle
born 31 Dec 1617.
Lewis Boyle
born 23 May 1619.
Roger Boyle
born 15 Apr 1621.
Francis Boyle
born 25 Jun 1623.
Mary Boyle
born 11 Nov 1624.
Robert Boyle
born 25 Jan 1627.
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork died 15 Sep 1643 at Youghal, Cork, Ireland .