Harrington
Memorial to Sir James Harington (died 1592), Exton.
Photo 2018.
See
full size.
From
here.
Sir John Harington,
of
Exton, Rutland,
died 1524,
had issue:
John Harington,
of Exton,
mar Elizabeth Moton [daughter and heiress of Robert Moton of Peckleton, Leicestershire],
died in London, 25 August 1553,
had issue:
Sir James Harington,
of Exton,
descendant of
Duncan II, King of Scotland.
He
mar 1539 to
Lucy Sidney
[descendant of Edward I].
He was knighted in 1565.
"Lady Lucy Harryngton" wrote on 20 Oct 1566 to
Cecil
begging him to prevent a match between her son (apparently the 1st Baron) and a "Mistress Wynser"
[Complete Peerage].
Sir James died Jan 1592.
Memorial in
church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton.
Sir James and Lucy
had issue:
- John Harington, 1st Baron Harington.
Created
Baron Harington of Exton
in 1603.
- Sir Henry Harrington,
or Harington, born 1541.
His brother is Baron "Harington",
but he is spelt "Harrington" on the
Agard monument.
See thepeerage.
He
mar 1stly, 1577, to Cecilia Agard.
She was dau of
Francis Agard (died 1577), Secretary to Sir Henry Harrington's uncle Sir Henry Sidney, the Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Through her, Sir Henry Harrington inherited
the
manor at Grangegorman, Dublin.
Sir Henry Harrington became Seneschal (military governor) of Wicklow 1578.
Cecilia died 1584.
See Agard monument in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
He
mar 2ndly, licence 10 July 1587,
to Ruth Pilkington.
She was dau of James Pilkington (born 1520),
Bishop of Durham.
She is the mitochondrial DNA ancestor of
Letitia Blennerhassett of Tarbert.
Sir Henry was admitted to the freedom of Dublin in 1599.
During
Essex's 1599 campaign,
Harrington suffered a heavy defeat
by the rebel Phelim MacFeagh O'Byrne
(son of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne)
in Co.Wicklow
on 29 May 1599.
The battle was at Deputy's Pass, between Rathdrum and Wicklow
(see map).
See a drawing of the battle,
"Sir Henry Harrington's Defeate in the Bernes Countrie (neere unto Wicklow)"
in the Hardiman atlas
at TCD.
Sir Henry and his house at Grangegorman
are
mentioned in the
"riding of the bounds" of Dublin
in 1603.
He died 1612, age 71 yrs.
Ruth died 1627.
Sir Henry
had issue by 2nd wife:
- Anne Harrington,
born est c.1588.
She mar Sir Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass
and had issue.
- Elizabeth Harington, mar
Sir Edward Montagu
and had issue.
Title and cover of
"Sir Henry Harrington's Defeate in the Bernes Countrie (neere unto Wicklow)"
in the Hardiman atlas
at TCD.
The "riding of the bounds" of Dublin in 1603
Sir Henry Harrington and his house at Grangegorman, Dublin,
mentioned in the
"riding of the bounds" of Dublin
in 1603.
See
pp.196-197.
The manor
("the Dean's Orchard")
at
Grangegorman, N side of Dublin city.
Granted to Francis Agard in 1560.
When he died 1577 it was inherited by his son-in-law Sir Henry Harrington.
Harrington died 1612.
Grangegorman manor was later held by
Thomas Stanley
and his son
Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet
(died 1744).
The street leading to the manor was called Stanleys St or Stanley St.
The manor at Grangegorman
("Grange Gorman House")
on
1797 map of Dublin.
See
wide view.
The manor house at Grangegorman (at end of Stanley St)
on 1798 map.
See larger.
The Grangegorman manor site on
1887 to 1913 map.
The convent is on the approximate site of the vanished manor house.
See modern
street view
of Stanhope St entrance.
References
Sources yet to be consulted
- HARRINGTON in
[NLI] GO
- GO MS 526. Irish Coats of Arms (Fota) p. 65
-
GO MS 199. Ecclesiastical Visitations p. 411
-
GO MS 223-54. Betham Will Abstracts 2147, 3/81, 7/298, 8/99, 17/40,
21/10, 23/144, 25/6, 26/291 - Lodge 2/113, 3/69, 4/59
- Harrington
of Co. Kildare -
GO MS 215-219. Anglo-Irish Pedigrees III p. 83
-
Sir Henry Harrington - bur. 1612, died in England.
GO MS 64-79. Funeral Entries Vol. 3
- Harrington and Agard in
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland for 1571-1575.
- Sir Henry Harrington and the Battle of Rathdrum 1599,
Aideen Day, 2013.
-
Paper on the Battle of Deputy's Pass,
John Cronin, 2013.
- Descent of Harrington from
Duncan II, King of Scotland:
- History of the Pilkington family of Lancashire
by John Pilkington, 3rd edn, 1912.
- James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham, on p.104.
