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of the reign (1613-15). To be both a sitting judge and an MP was unheard of in
England, but not unusual in Ireland, and there were several High Court judges in the 1613-15 Parliament. He was a Commissioner for the Plantation of
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after her burial records that several of their children had died in the meantime, including Henry, their eldest son, who was a member of the
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Dorothy (died 1650), married
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351:Ball, F. Elrington
92:John Blennerhassett
102:He studied law at
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317:personal property
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327:References
124:King's Inn
84:Ballyseedy
68:magistrate
30:as MP for
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260:barrister
206:in 1632.
80:Fermanagh
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305:Royalist
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241:diamonds
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