272 HOWTH. IT. U30. 2. Christopheb (St. Lawrence), Lord IIowth [I.], s. anil h. He hml lie. (1151), 29 lien. VI., to search for a mine within his Lordship of Uowtli and was appointed IS June (1461), 1 EM. IV. (with his son "Robert Howth, Ksq.," and otliers) a Keeper of the Peace, co. Dublin. lie lit, Elizabeth, da. of ( — ) Beiimingham. III. 14651 ■>■ Rorert (St. Lawrence), Lord Howth [I.], s. and b., was in favour with the Yorkist kings ; Chancellor of the Green Wax of the Exchequer [I.J 23 Feb, (1487/8), 7 Ed. IV., and in. 1172 was one of the 13 persons elected a Knight of St. George [I.]'*) He was made, 10 July 1183, Loan Chancellor [I.]; b ) He in or before Aug. 147S, Joane, sister and (1171) coheir of Edmund, Duke of Somerset, da. of Edmund (Beaufort), Dike of Somerset, by Eleanor, da. and coheir of liichard (Beauciiamp), Earl ok Warwick. He it. about 1485, His widow m. Sir Richard Fry and was living 1 April 1510. IV. 1485? J,. Nicnoi.AS (St. Lawrence), Lord Howth [I.], s. and h. In MSG he discovered the designs of Simuel, Pretender to the Crown, to the King, who rewarded him, 1 .March 1189, by a confirmation of the lands of Howth. He sat in the Paris. [I.] of 1490 and UM and was at the head of the billmen at the battle of Knock-Tuagh 19 Aug. 1504. On 10 June 1509, he was made Lord Chancellor [I,] He m. firstly Janet, da. of Christopher (Pu nkett), 2d LORD Kii.leen [I.], by Janet Rei.i.ew, his v ife. He m. secondly Anne, widow of ( — ) liERMINGHAM, of Ballydui gap, da. and h, of Thomas Berford. of Kilrowe, co. Meath, by Janet EuSTACB, his wife. He in. thirty Alice, widow of Nicholas Cheevers, sister to Walter Fitzsimons, Archbishop of Dublin (1484— 1511), da. of Robert Fitzsimons, by Genet, da. of (— ) Ci s.u k, of Gerards- ton. He d. 10 July 152C, and was bur, at Howth. Inq. y.ost morion 18 Hen. VIII.. reciting his will dat, 1 Feb. 1504/5. His widow in. ( — ) Flasket, of Loughcrew. V. 1526. ■">. Christopher (St. Lawrence), Lord Howth [I.], s. and b. by 1st wife, aged 24i c ) and upwards 1520. He nt. before 1509 Anne, sister and h. of Richard BBRMJNCiHAM, of Ballydungau afsd., da. o£ ( — J Birmingham, by Acne, da. of Thomas Bkrford, which hist named Anne became afterwards Baroness Howth [I.], as above mentioned. He rf. at Howth 20 April 15 12, and was bur. there. His wife survived him. VI. 1"42. G. Edward (St. Lawrence), Lord IIowth [I.], s ami h , 34 years old in 1512. He in. by dispensation (mar. setti. 19 Nov. 1538), Alison, da. and coheir of James Fitz Lyons, ef Ancheston. He d. in Dublin s p.m s. 2 July 1549, and was bur. at Howth.' 11 ) His widow 111. (— ) Heron and was living 28 Feb. 1589, when Queen Elizabeth granted her lands under the name of 11 Alison Heron, alius St. Laurence, alias Howth." " John, Lord of Ireland, and Burl of Mortaigne," soon after 1177 to " Amalric de Sancto Laurentio," the ancestor of the succeeding Lords of Howth. See " Lynch" p. MS. This Almaric ile Tristram, having (among other notable victories over the Irish, Are.), defeated the Danes near Clontarf on fit. Laurence's day, assumed I he name of St. Lawrcncn. (") See p. 56, note " a," sub " Gormanston," for an account of this " Brotherhood of St. George " (which lasted but 12 years) and for a list of the 13 Knights. ( b ) Considering the obscurity that hangs over all the preceeding Lords of Howth and that (with the exception of Almarie, the Founder of their race), their achieve- ments are in no way remarkable, it would seem more probable that a peerage should have been created or recognised about 1460 in favour of Robert, the Yorkist Lord Chancellor [I.], than of his grandfather to whom the inscription on the monument of 1430 assigns it. (■=) Probably nearer 44. (*) He left two daughters and coheirs, viz. (1) Anne, in. (as 2d wife) Bartholomew Dillon, of Keppoch, and [2) Alison, in. John Goldiug, of which marriage the eventual heir, Alison Guiding, in. James L'usaek, of Glonard, and was ancestor of the family of Cusack, of Abbeville, co. Dublin. Among the descendants of these ladies the heir general of the first Peer is'to be found.
