The Robert Luttrell who settled on the banks of the
Liffey near
Dublin
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at Luttrellstown, was in 1226 treasurer of
St. Patrick's Cathedral and
Archdeacon of Armagh
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History
The archdeaconry can trace its history ...
, and in 1236 was
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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. There is mention of a Michael Luttrell in 1287, who owned the same estate at the close of the century, and later in 1349 of a Simon Luttrell, who died in the possession of the property. The next owner whose name we have is Robert Luttrell, who married a daughter of Sir Elias de Ashbourne, of
Devon
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,
England
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, and by this marriage added materially to his already large estate.
[ Ball, Francis Elrington]
''A History of the County Dublin''
Volume 4, Chapter 1, Dublin, Ireland, 1906.
It is not certain whether the head of the Irish branch was a son or a brother of
Sir Geoffrey, but it is reasonable that he bore either the one or the other relation, for the reason that the lands of
Luttrellstown
Luttrellstown Castle
Luttrellstown Castle, dating from the early 15th century (c. 1420), is located in Clonsilla on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell family, by the bookseller ...
secured by royal grant by Sir Geoffrey were from this time (of Geoffrey's death) owned by Sir Robert Luttrell, head of the Irish branch, who lived at
Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...
, near
Dublin
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, and that it remained in the family until the early part of the nineteenth century.
[Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, LL.D. (Editorial Supervisor)]
''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography''
Volume IV, Richmond, New York, 1915.
See also
*
Other members of the Luttrell family
*
Luttrellstown Castle
Luttrellstown Castle
Luttrellstown Castle, dating from the early 15th century (c. 1420), is located in Clonsilla on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. It has been owned variously by the eponymous and notorious Luttrell family, by the bookseller ...
References
External links
*
Lyte, Henry Churchill Maxwell, Sir
''A history of Dunster and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell'' Part I, London, 1909.
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People from Lucan, Dublin
Lord chancellors of Ireland
13th-century Irish people
Normans in Ireland
People from Lincolnshire