Martin Lynch, (aka Martin Lynch fitz James, i.e., Martin son of James Lynch),
Mayor of Galway 1537-38.
Lynch was Mayor when Galway was visited by
Lord Deputy of Ireland
The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive (government), executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland. He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland ...
,
Leonard Grey
Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1479/149228 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540.
Family
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, on 11 July
1538
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Year 1538 (Roman numerals, MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 24 – Treaty of Nagyvárad: Peace is declared bet ...
. This was the first visit of a King's Deputy to the town, and marked the start of closer relations between the sometimes-beleaguered town and the Anglo-Irish administration in
Dublin. He was lavishly entertained and stayed for seven days.
Town statues during Lynch's term included one regulating sanctuary seekers, their goods and debts. Lynch may have been the father of a later Mayor, Ambrose Lynch fitz Martin, who served the term 1558-59.
References
* ''History of Galway'',
James Hardiman,
Galway, 1820.
* ''Old Galway'',
Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942.
* ''The Tribes of Galway'', Adrian James Martyn, Galway, 2001.
* ''Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001'', by William Henry, Galway, 2002.
Mayors of Galway
16th-century Irish politicians
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