A Marriage to John Moore
John Moore Esq was born 20th September 1763 and married Barbara Brabazon in 1788.
William-John Moore b 29th April 1780 who joined the clergy
John-Arthur Moore b 24th September 1791, resided at Hyderabad, in the East Indies. He was for many years signal officer to Admiral Blackwood, as blown from a port-hole of the Ajax, when the ship was destroyed by fire near the island of Tenedos, in the night o9f the 14th February 1807, but was saved, together with his captain, by a boat belonging to the Canopus, after having been in the water for more than half an hour. He married 31st July 1827, to Sophia, the daughter of Colonel Yates.
Charles Henry Moore b 1798 – 1870 m Eleanor Marsden
John Moore Ancestors
John Moore Ancestors
John Moore 1737 was the son of John Moore, esq 1703 of Dublin, and his wife Margaret Campbell.
His father, John, in 1721, acquired, under an act of parliament, passed for the sale of the estates of William Graham, esq the town lands of Balgatherine, Hill of Rath, Tullyhallen and Drybridge all in the barony of Mellifont, and count of Louth.
Dr Moore 1737 married 26th August 1752, Frideswide, daughter of Dixie Coddington, esq of Athlumney Castel in the county of Meath and Miss Waller of Allenstone.
His children were:
1. Charles Moore c 1760 – barrister-at-law
2. John Moore 1763 m Frideswide Coddington
3. Alicia Lucy Moore 1771 - 1827 who married 1795 Henry, Venables-Vernon 1747 – 1829 third Lord Vernon, and General Sir John Whiteford Bart
4. Another daughter married Colonel Cunningham
Upon his death in 1788 his two sons inherited his estate.
John Moore MD of Tullyhallen, then inherited the entire estate at the death of his brother Charles, who died a short time after his father.
The children of John Moore and Frideswide Coddington were
1. John Moore 1763 – 1842 m Barbara Brabazon and Charlotte Collyer.
2. Alice Fridewide Moore who married Thoma Ahmuty esq 1712 – 1758 of the island of Madeira, son of Thomas Ahmuty
3. Jane Moore 1773 – 1848 who married the Hon and Very Reverend John Hewitt, dean of Cloyne son of James Baron Lifford, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
4. Frideswide Moore 1775 – 1790 m in 1786 Col the Hon Robert Henry Southwell of Castle Hamilton second son of Thomas George Southwell, first Viscount Southwell
Dr Moore was shot at his own door by an unknown person, in 1788, and his son John succeeded.
The estates were – Tullyhallen, Balgatherine, Drybridge, and Hill of Rath, all in the barony of Mellifont, and county of Louth, acquired by purchase in 1721. It Grose’s Antiquities of Ireland, it is stated that these lands, together with the manor and Abby of Mellifont, were granted to Sir Edward Moore by Queen Elizabeth, in reward for his loyalty, and the hospitality shown by him to her majesty’s troops. Tara House and demesne, acquired by John Moore’s marriage with Miss Brabazon[1]
The Moore and Brabazon Common Ancestors
MOORE, Sir EDWARD (1530?–1602), constable of Philipstown, second son of John Moore of Benenden in Kent, and Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Brent, and widow of John Dering of Surrenden in Pluckley, was born apparently about 1530. Sir Henry Sidney speaks of him (Collins, Sidney Papers, i. 282) as his kinsman and the Earl of Warwick's man ; but it is uncertain what the relationship exactly was.
He came to Ireland about the beginning of Elizabeth's reign with his brothers Owen, the eldest, who became clerk of the check, and died in 1585 ; George, who was killed at Glenmalure in August 1580 ; and Thomas, the youngest, afterwards Sir Thomas of Croghan in the King's County, who was ancestor of the extinct house of Charleville, and died in December 1598.
Moore is described (Cal. Fiants, Eliz. 641) in May 1564 as Edward Moore of Mellifont, esq., from which it would appear that he had already, at that time, obtained a lease of the dissolved abbey of Mellifont, which, from its position on the northern confines of the Pale, was a post of considerable strategic importance, and as such had not escaped the notice of Shane O'Neill (State Papers, Ireland, Eliz. ix. 65). Moore, though not actually in the queen's service, frequently furnished information to the government of the movements of the Irish in the north, and on more than one occasion rendered valuable assistance to the marshal of the army, Sir Nicholas Bagenal, in holding them in check (ib. xxix. 34, 36, 54, 70). He was warmly commended by Sir William Fitzwilliam (1526-1599) [q. v.], and his services were recognised by leases of lands in the neighbourhood of Mellifont (ib. xxxiv. 31 : Cal. Fiants, 1723).
In 1571 he appears as sheriff of the county of Louth, and in the same year he extended his influence by a prudent marriage into the Brabazon family (Cal. Fiants, 1832; State Papers, Ireland, Eliz. xxxiv. 31). He rendered what assistance he could to the ill-starred colonisation scheme of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex; but in May 1574 he was appointed governor of Offaly, in place of Henry Colley, and on 2 June he was reported to have entered on his charge, and to have made a likely beginning against the O'Conors (ib. xlii. 58, xlv. 71, xlvi. 41, 54 ; Cal. Fiants, 2391, 2403). He was absent in England during the greater part of 1575, but on 24 May 1576 he obtained a grant during pleasure of the office of constable of Philipstown.
On 22 Oct. he was made a commissioner for concealed lands, and for ecclesiastical causes in May 1577 (State Papers, Ireland, Eliz. 1. 65, 73, 74 ; Cal. Fiants, 2810, 2906, 3047). He was knighted by Sir William Drury in 1579, and in the same year obtained additional leases of lands in the counties of Louth, Meath, Kildare, and Queen's County (ib. 3559, 3564-5, 3593-6, 3599, 3615). During 1579-80 he was 'a very good instrument' in effecting an arrangement with the Baron of Dungannon for the preservation of the Pale from the depredations of Turlough Luineach O'Neill, MacMahon, and others (Cal. Carew MSS. ii. 177, 232, 304).
In March 1587 he visited England 'for divers causes, much importing himself,' connected probably with some property he inherited from his cousin, Nicholas Moore of Cranbrooke and Wigmore. 'He is,' said Sir John Perrot [q. v.] in commending him to the attention of Walsingham, 'a valiant gentleman, and hath served her majesty long here, and very chargeably in all journeys with me since my coming over, having no charge of horsemen or footmen, or other certain entertainment from her majesty during my time, saving the constableship of the fort in Offaly ' (Cal. State Papers, Ireland, Eliz. iii. 281). Shortly after his return to Ireland he was, on 28 Sept. 1589, created a privy councillor (ib. iv. 241).
In the examination of the witnesses against Perrot he was regarded as leaning unduly in his favour, and at the instance of Sir William Fitzwilliam, who looked askance at him, as being 'grown to be a man of party in his quarters,' and a friend to the Earl of Tyrone, he was placed upon his bond to appear when required (ib. iv. 322, 357, 399, 451). He did not return to Ireland till September 1594, when he was at once, as always having lived on friendly terms with the Earl of Tyrone, despatched north in order, if possible, to effect a settlement between him and the state (Cal. Carew MSS. iii. 223).
Though unsuccessful, he displayed great prudence in his management of the business, and took a principal part in subsequent similar negotiations in 1595-6 (ib. iii. 181 ; Cal. State Papers, Ireland, Eliz. v. 529, 534). In May 1599, during the absence of the Earl of Essex in the 'remote parts of the kingdom,' and again in May 1601, during the absence of Lord Mountjoy, he acted as a commissioner for the preservation of the peace of Leinster (Cal. Fiants, 6293, 6326, 6527). He died early in 1602 (ib. 6590), and was probably buried in St. Peter's Church, Drogheda.
According to Lodge (Peerage, ed. Archdall, vol. ii.), Moore married, first, Mildred, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Clifford of Chart in Kent, widow of Sir George Harpur of Sutton Valence, who died without bearing him children;
secondly, Margaret, daughter of William, fourth son of John Brabazon of Eastwell in Leicestershire,and widow of Warren and Blount, by whom he had
(1) Henry, who married Mary, daughter of Francis Agard of Fawston in Staffordshire, and died without issue during his father's lifetime, about 1590;
(3) Sir John, who died without issue; and
(4) William of Barmeath in co. Louth.
But according to Hasted (Kent, ii. 412), Sir Garret Moore, the ancestor of the earls of Drogheda, was son of Moore's first wife, Mildred Clifford*.
It is certain that in 1571 Moore married 'the Lady Brabazon,' and as Garret, according to Lodge, was born about 1560, it is evident that Hasted is correct (cf. Archæologia Cantiana, x. 327).
According to another account (Irish genealogies in Harl. MS. 1425), Moore is said to have been married three times.
The name of his first wife is not given.
His second is said to have been the widow of a gentleman of the name 'of Wentworth in Essex, and his third, the mother of Garret, and ancestress of the earls of Drogheda, is confusedly stated to have been the daughter of Clifford of Kent, widow to Sir William Brabazon, Humphrey Warren, and Mr. Blunt.
* Elizabeth de Clifford and Millicent de Clifford appear to be the same person, named Elizabeth Millicent de Clifford, who married William Brabazon, and whose daughter was Margaret Brabazon. Effectively Sir Edward married his step daughter.
This Elizabeth firstly married Sir William Brabazon
Sir Garrett Moore was a son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont and his wife Elizabeth Clifford. His father was a knight and owner of the former abbey of Mellifont in County Louth. Garrett's mother was daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas Clifford of Holme, Kent, and his wife Mary Harper. Elizabeth had already been married three times, and all her husbands belonged to the Anglo-Irish nobility: her first husband, Sir William Brabazon, had been Lord Justice of Ireland. Through this marriage Garrett was half-brother of Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee. Through his mother's third marriage, which was to Captain Humphrey Warren, he was half-brother of Sir William Warren.
In 1599, after his father's death in 1581, Garret was knighted by Elizabeth I. He held the office of Seneschal of the Cavan in 1601. He inherited his father's very substantial estates in 1602. Much of these were leasehold, held directly from the English Crown. He was a staunch friend of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and hosted the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Mellifont in 1603 and the ending of the Nine Years' War.
Despite his friendship with the Earl of Tyrone, his loyalty to the Crown was never seriously in doubt. However, after Tyrone's flight to the Continent in 1607, he was the target of vehement attacks by his enemies, especially the volatile and unreliable Christopher St Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth, with whom he had quarrelled bitterly, despite their being relatives by marriage. Lord Howth accused Moore of treasonable dealings with Tyrone, and pressed the charges with such vigour that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Sir Arthur Chichester, who had originally laughed at them as "too absurd even to charge a horse-boy with, let alone a knight", felt obliged to place Moore under house arrest.
Moore admitted that on the eve of the Flight of the Earls, Tyrone had visited him at his home, Mellifont, but he firmly denied any imputation of treason. Lord Howth, summoned before the Irish Council, refused to produce any evidence of the alleged treason, on the ground that since Moore was himself a Privy Councillor, that body was clearly guilty of bias, while his bizarre claim that he had seen Moore trying to raise the Devil did nothing to enhance his credibility. The case was transferred to England, and in due course Moore was cleared of all suspicion. Howth, undaunted, now accused Chichester and Moore of conspiring to murder him: the Council, which by now lost had all patience with Howth, ordered him to retire to his home in disgrace. Moore by contrast was assured that his loyalty to the King was not in question.
Moore admitted that on the eve of the Flight of the Earls, Tyrone had visited him at his home, Mellifont, but he firmly denied any imputation of treason. Lord Howth, summoned before the Irish Council, refused to produce any evidence of the alleged treason, on the ground that since Moore was himself a Privy Councillor, that body was clearly guilty of bias, while his bizarre claim that he had seen Moore trying to raise the Devil did nothing to enhance his credibility. The case was transferred to England, and in due course Moore was cleared of all suspicion. Howth, undaunted, now accused Chichester and Moore of conspiring to murder him: the Council, which by now lost had all patience with Howth, ordered him to retire to his home in disgrace. Moore by contrast was assured that his loyalty to the King was not in question.
Moore was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland in 1604 and served in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Dungannon in the Parliament of 1613-15. He held the office of Lord President of Munster in 1615. On 20 July 1616 he was created Baron Moore, of Mellifont in the County of Louth in the Peerage of Ireland. He was further honoured when he was created Viscount Moore, of Drogheda, also in the Peerage of Ireland, on 7 February 1621.[2] His principal residence was Mellifont Abbey, near Drogheda, which remained in the Moore family until 1927: it is now a ruin.
He married Mary Colley, daughter of Sir Henry Colley and his wife Catherine Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by whom he had twelve children, three sons and nine daughters:
The couple had seven sons:
1. Edward, who predeceased his father;
2. Thomas, who predeceased his father; and
3. Charles, who succeeded as the 2nd Viscount;
4. James;
5. Arthur;
6. Francis;
7. John.
—and five daughters:
1. Ursula, who married Sir Nicholas White of Leixlip in County Kildare;[4]
2. Frances, who married Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh;
3. Anne, who married the prominent Royalist commander Sir Faithful Fortescue;
4. Eleanor, who married Sir John Denham, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, best known to history as one of the Ship Money judges: they were the parents of the distinguished poet Sir John Denham; and
5. Jane, who married Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney.
Moore's grandson, Henry Moore, was created Earl of Drogheda in 1661.[5]
Moore's widow Mary remarried Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot: she died in 1654, and was buried beside her first husband in St. Peter's Church, Drogheda.
John Moore married Charlotte Collyer
After the divorce in 1805, from Barbara, John Moore married Charlotte Collyer.
They lived at New Lodge House, Berkhamsted. The house is photographed below. They later lived at Deanefield House, Henley on Thames.
She was the daughter of Sir George Collyer, who was an Army agent, and his wife Mary Clinton.
Charlotte was born in 1798, and was 26 when she married John Moore in 1825. He died in 1842. At Deanefield House, Henley on Thames, where she remained.
She married in 1843, Rev Charles James Fox, in All Saints Essex
Her father was a rather wealthy gentleman, who left Charlotte, 30,000L when he died in 1858.
Berkhamsted’s New Lodge was supposed to form part of a 54 luxury homes development in Bank Mill Lane under plans approved by Dacorum Borough Council.
Those interested in protecting the house spent years working with developers and planners before council chiefs were happy to let building work go ahead.
The approved plan required that New Lodge would be retained and converted into four flats.
But Dacorum Borough Council enforcement officers were called in last week by Councillor Laurence Handy after he discovered that the house was being taken down piece by piece.
The Coddington Lineage
Dixie Coddington was born in 1665.1 He was the son of Nicholas Coddington and Anne Dixie.2 He married Anne Coddington, daughter of John Coddington and Anne Stearne, in 1686.1 He died on 22 July 1728.
He fought in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, on the staff of King William III. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1695. He lived at Holm Patrick, County Dublin, Ireland
He married his cousin Anne, the daughter and heiress of his uncle John Coddington of Clonerry King’s Co. They had 8 children
Of the children his son Dixie Coddington who was sergeant at arms until his death. He married Hannah Knox daughter of Thomas Knox. Some researchers (the Peerage) say Hannah Waller daughter of Robert Waller. He died in 1776. They lived at Athlumney Castle.
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