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Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan

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33: 284:. But on surrendering his estate to the Queen, 10 October 1570, he was pardoned, (together with his brothers Edward and Piers) dated at Gorhambury 12 March 1573, of all their treasons. While she agreed to save his life, Elizabeth did not remove the attainder on Edmund. His brothers Edward and Piers Butler remained with the Desmond forces. 279:
Eventually Edmund's brother, the Earl of Ormond, fearing for the future of his lands and titles, responded by joining his erstwhile enemy Sidney and marched against Edmund. Under pressure from Earl Thomas, he was attainted by
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Following his escape from Dublin, Edmund regained control of Cloughrenan once more, however, his holdings were in a ruinous state and he never lived there again. He remained at large until his death at
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His father died in London in 1546 when Edmund was about 12 years of age. By his father's will, he received the Dullough - the western part of the barony of Idrone, which, with the
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Edmund, then heir to his brother, earned renown when he led the Butler Revolt in 1569. Alongside his brothers Edward and Pierce, Edmund's rebellion was in direct response to the
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property, was considered to be worth £400 yearly. The 9th Earl had purchased the Dullogh from the Kavanaghs who had been in occupation of the land since before the
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put forward his claims in right of his ancestors, the lords of Idrone. It was in defence of this property that Sir Edmund came into conflict with the Government.
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and were declared traitors by Sidney. This was all the more remarkable because the Butlers had long been famed for their strong loyalty to the Crown of England.
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where he was imprisoned. He rather ungallantly fell from a rope hung from the battlements and was forced to spend the night roaming around in the castle
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in the right hip with a pistol-shot, cracking his thigh-bone and throwing him from his mount. With their leader fallen, the
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In 1602, Elizabeth also reversed the attainder on his last remaining legitimate son
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The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland
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of Cloughgrenan (d.1642) (illegitimate). He married Anne Bagenal, with issue.
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in 1628. The Butlers remained in possession of Cloughrenan until 1715, when
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who unjustly granted Edmund's lands in Idrone to the English adventurer Sir
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Ormond, Duke of, Life 1610-'88: Thomas A. Carte, M.A. 6 vols. Oxford, 1851
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by their uncle Earl Thomas during another rebellion in 1596.
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on his eldest son Piers, who was granted ancestral lands in
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troops were routed and the Butlers, led by Edmund's brother
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In 1562, was in commission for presentation of the peace in
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Piers Butler (d.1596), who married Mary Butler, with issue.
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Nevertheless, the indefatigable Edmund, with the help of
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Katherine Butler, who married William Fitzjohn Eustace.
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Inistioge
County Kilkenny
Ireland
St Canice's Cathedral
Kilkenny
Family
Butler dynasty
Theobald Butler
Thomas Butler
James Butler
Joan Fitzgerald
Dullough
Irish
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
Lady Joan Fitzgerald
House of Ormond
Tudors
County Carlow
Shane O'Neill
baronies
Ormond Lower
Ormond Upper
Eliogarty
Ikerrin
Battle of Affane
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond
Geraldine
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond
Roscrea

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