Английская Википедия:Elizabeth Dowdall

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Elizabeth Dowdall (Шаблон:Nee Southwell); Шаблон:Circa – after 1642) was a member of the Irish gentry, famed for having defended Kilfinny Castle, County Limerick, against the insurgents during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

Birth and background

Elizabeth was born about 1600 in England,Шаблон:Efn probably in Cornworthy, Devon, the only child of Sir Thomas Southwell and his wife, Anne Harris.Шаблон:Sfn Her father's family was from Spixworth in Norfolk.

Elizabeth's mother was an English Calvinist poet. Her father was Thomas Harris (Serjeant-at-Law). Her father's family was from Cornworthy, Devon.Шаблон:Sfn Elizabeth's parents had married at St Clement Danes in London on 24 June 1594.Шаблон:Sfn

Early life

It is quite well accepted that Elizabeth's father was knighted. However, the person knighted in July 1603 as part of the coronation honours of James I seems to have been her maternal grandfather, Thomas Harris (Serjeant-at-Law),Шаблон:Sfn not her father as has been said.Шаблон:Sfn

Elizabeth's maternal uncle Edward Harris (Irish judge) was sent to Ireland in 1608 and made chief justice of Munster.Шаблон:Sfn He helped his brother-in-law to obtain land at Poulnelong,Шаблон:Efn County Cork, Ireland as part of the Plantation of Munster,Шаблон:Sfn which had started in 1583 after the Desmond Rebellions ended with the death of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond. Elizabeth's uncle Sir Edward Harris played a leading part in this plantation.

First marriage

Elizabeth married Sir John Dowdall, a wealthy settler in County Limerick, Ireland (alive in 1623).Шаблон:Sfn

John and Elizabeth had five daughters:

1. Anne, married John Southwell of Rathkeale, brother of Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baronet, and Anne's fifth cousin three times removed. John was killed by the rebels in 1642 and died childless.Шаблон:Sfn She later married George Piggott, of Kilfinny.Шаблон:Sfn
2. Elizabeth (died 1658), married Sir Hardress Waller in 1629Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
3. Jane (died before 1638), married Redmond Roche as his first wifeШаблон:Sfn
4. Bridget, married Thomas Casey of Rathcannon, County LimerickШаблон:Sfn
5. Honora (died 1638), married Lawrence Dowdall of Mountown, County MeathШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Father's death and mother's remarriage

Her father died on 12 June 1626 in Ireland.Шаблон:Sfn Her mother remarried Captain Henry Sibthorpe and after two years the new couple moved back to England.Шаблон:Sfn Her mother died on 2 October 1636 in Acton, London, England.Шаблон:Sfn

Second marriage

Elizabeth married secondly Donough, eldest son of Daniel O'Brien, brother of Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond and future (1662) 1st Viscount Clare. Elizabeth appears to have been married to him by 1626.Шаблон:Sfn Donough died on 6 August 1638 in Limerick predeceasing his father.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Defence of Kilfinny Castle

Phelim O'Neill launched the Irish Rebellion of 1641 from the northern province of Ulster in October 1641.Шаблон:Sfn The rebellion reached Munster in spring 1642. The rebels attacked the castles of the English settlers. Dowdall defended Kilfinny Castle against the rebels, and is reputed to have hung several of them during the fighting.

It is not known what happened to Dowdall after 1642.Шаблон:Sfn

See also

• Lettice Digby, 1st Baroness Offaly, who also coordinated the defence of a castle during the rebellion.

Notes and references

Sources

• Шаблон:Cite book – D to M (for Ship-pool in Leighmoney parish)
• Шаблон:Cite book – 1221 to 1690
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• Шаблон:Cite book
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• Шаблон:Cite book
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• Шаблон:Cite book – Letters, acts, and Lady Dowdall’s narration
• Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
• Шаблон:Cite web
• Шаблон:Cite book – G to Z (for Ship-pool)
• Шаблон:Cite book – Earls 228
• Шаблон:Cite book – Viscounts, barons (under Southwell)
• Шаблон:Cite thesis – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloadable from given URL)
• Шаблон:Cite book – Normans, English, Huguenots etc.
• Шаблон:Cite book – Preview
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