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 552 DUNSANY III. 1480 ? 3. John (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], s. and h., sue. before 1482; was in 1472 one of the 13 knights of the Irish Order of St. George. (") On 25 May 1488 he had a general pardon along with six other Irish Lords, probably in connection with Lambert Simnel's conspiracy.C") He was one of the 15 Irish Peers () sum. by Henry VII to Greenwich in 1489; sat in the Pari. [I.] of 1490 and 1493, being fined 40J. for his absence in that of 1498. He >n. Catherine, da. of ( — ) HussEY, territorial Baron of Galtrim. He d. about 1500. IV. 1500. 4. Edward (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], s. and h. He m. Anne, da. and h. of Philip de Bermingham, by Ellen, da. and coh. of Nicholas Strangways, Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer [I.]. He d. 24 Jan. 1 520/1, being slain while fighting against the rebels O'Carroll and O'Connor, and was htr. in the church at Dunsany. M.I. /wy. />. OT. taken at Duleek. V. 1521. 5. Robert (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], s. and h. An order for his attainder issued about Nov. iS3S-{') On 29 Apr. 1537 he is reported on by the Irish Council to Cromwell as " neither of wisdom nor activity " and as keeping no men to defend the marches against the Irish.(') He sat in the Pari, of 1541. He had pardon (together with " Christopher Plunket of Old Castle, esquiere," presumably his s. and h. ap.) as " Robert Plunket Knt, Lord Dunsanye of Dunsany," 7 Apr. 1549, and in Dec. of that year was a member of the Irish Council. He m., istly, Eleanor, da. of Sir William Darcy, of Platten, by ( — ), da. of Christopher (St. Lawrence), Lord Howth [I.]. She was living 15 16. He m., 2ndly, Genet, widow of Alderman Robert Shillenford, da. of John Sarsfield, Alderman of Dublin. He J. in 1556, before Dec. His widow m. James Luttrell (s. and h. ap. of Sir Thomas L., of Luttrellstown), who ^. v.p., 30 Apr. 1557. She m., 4thly, Sir Thomas Cusack, sometime Lord Chancellor [I.]. She m., fthly, before 1579, Sir John Plunkett, of Dunsoghly, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench [I.] 1562 till his death, i Aug. 1582. She d. 23 Feb. 1597, and was l>ur. at Morechurch, co. Meath. M.I. Will pr. 1597 in Prerog. Ct. [I.]. VI. 1556. 6. Christopher (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. male.(') He was present in the Pari. [I.] of 1559-60. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Christopher (») See note sub Robert, Viscount Gormanston [1450 ?]. (•>) Materials illustrative of the reign of Henry VII, vol. ii, p. 316. V.G. (') See vol. i, Appendix A. ("*) Letters and Papers, Henry Fill, vol. ix, p. 249. V.G. {«) Letters and Papers, Henry VIII, vol. xii, part I, p. 485. V.G. (*) Elizabeth (his niece), who m. Nicholas Hollywood, of Tartaine, co. Dublin, was the h. general, she being da. and h. of John Plunkett, the first son of the 5th Lord, who d. s.p.m. and v.p., before 1556.