The Grant of Delvin to Nugent ( Now Earl of Westmeath )

Section 13 of the Tenures Abolition Act 1662 , says:  XIII. Provided also, that neither this act, nor any thing therein contained, shall infringe or hurt any title of honour, foedal or other, by which any person hath or may have right to sit in the lords house of Parliament, as to his or their title of honour or sitting in Parliament, and the privileges belonging to them as peers; this act or any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

The Grant and the Rights of Delvin an Nugents who sat in Parliament on multiple occasions from the 1300s to the 1600s and later.

The form of instrument used before the year 1177 by Hugh de Lacy, when granting the district since called the Barony of Delvin to his kinsman Sir Gilbert de Nugent, appears to have been as follows :—

[From Clarendon Collection, No. 4798, British Museum.]
"Hugh de Lacy to all the sons of Holy Mother Church, "and to his Men and Friends, French, English and Irish, "greeting. Know ye, that I have given, and by this my "present charter confirmed, to Gilbert de Nogent and his "heirs, all Delvin, which the O'Finilans held in the time of "the Irish, with all the appurtenances and towns which are "contained within Delvin aforesaid (except the town of the "Abbot of Foure, by name Torrochelach), for the service of "five knights to be rendered within my land of Meath, "to him and his heirs from me and my heirs, freely and "quietly, and honourably and fully to be held, in wood and "in plain, in meadows and pascuages, in churches and "chapels, in roads and ways, in waters and fisheries, in "pools and mills and huntings, with all liberties and free "customs which there I have or ought to have. These "being witnesses," &c.*  https://books.google.com/books?output=text&id=nB9MAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22feudal+baronies%22+ireland&jtp=150

The ancient de Nogent family became Irish hundreds of year ago after Sir Gilbert de Nogent received the grant of the Delvin Region where the O'Finelan's lived in 1177 from Hugh de Lacy.  De Nogent or Nugent married de Lacy's sister, and thus, may have inherited rights to the entire country of Meath and Westmeath.

Early Origins of the O'Finelan family

The surname O'Finelan is historically found in Delvin, where they held a a caput or seat as chiefs Teffia or Westmeath. The clann, was of the Dalcassian race, a founding race/tribes of Ireland. Irelands history was greatly impacted by the Norman invasion of 1172, and hence, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman names became intermingled. 

Before the Norman invasions, the local lords were known as princes of principalities.  Areas such as Westmeath and Longford were owned and controlled by the Princes of Annaly and other kings and princes before that.  Baron Delvin/Nugent defeated and took control of the Longford/Annaly region in the 1500's and received several grants from King Philip, Edward, James and other monarchs of the Annaly region.

After the ceding by the British of the Irish lands of Annaly back to Ireland, the rights of the ancient titles still remained with citizens such as Earl Westmeath/Baron Delvin.   These seignory or feudal rights to the Longford-Westmeath ANNALY region were sold to various owners and now are held by the Seigneur of Blondel of Guernsey which is a Crown Dependency.
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History of Barons of Delvin

That the Family of the Nugent have been settled in Ireland since the Reign of King Henry the Second, as appears by an ancient Grant, by which Hugh de Lacy gave to Gilbert de Nugent all his Lands of Delvin, by trie Description of •« Delvin totam quam in tempore Hibernicorum tenuerunt O Finclani cum omnibus pertinentiis," to hold to him and his Heirs by the Service of Five Knights Fees:

That this Sir Gilbert de Nugent, not having any Issue at the Time of his Death, gave all his Estates to his Brother Richard, by the following Instrument: "De omnes conquestes et tenementa mea; viz4, Baroniam de Delvin, &c. quae quandum O Finclani et alii habuerunt fratri et consanguineo meo Ricard' de Capello de Nugent:"

That this Richard de Nugent had Issue only One Daughter, Rosa, who married John into whose Family the Barony of Delvin appears to have passed by this Marriage, for in 46th Edw. 3d, Anno Dom. 1371, John Fitz John (Baron of Delvin)  was summoned to Parliament by Writ, dated at Dublin, 13th February in that Year, as Baron of Delvin:

That this John Fitz John de Tuit had Issue only One Daughter, Catherine, who married Sir William Nugent of Balrath, by which Means the Family of Nugent again acquired the Barony of Delvin, for it appears that this Sir William Nugent was summoned to Parliament by Writ as Baron of Delvin, and is commonly called the First Baron of Delvin:

That this Sir William Nugent left Two Sons, Richard his eldest Son, who succeeded him as Baron of Delvin, and having married Catherine Daughter of Thomas Drake, had Issue James Nugent his eldest Son, and several other Children:

That this James Nugent, who succeeded his Father, and thereby became the Third Baron of Delvin, married Elizabeth, elder Daughter and Coheir of Sir Robert Hollywood of Artane in the County of Dublin, and had Issue Three Sons, Christopher his eldest Son, and Successor in the Barony of Delvin, Robert Nugent, who settled at Drumcree in the County of WTestmeath, and Lavallin Nugent of Dysert, or Dysart, in the same County, from whom the present Claimant is descended:

That this Christopher was the 4th Baron of Delvin, married Elizabeth (or Anne) Daughter of Sir Robert Preston of Gormanstoun, by whom he had Issue Sir Richard Nugent, who succeeded him, and was the 5th Baron of Delvin:

That this Sir Richard Nugent, who lived in the Reign of King Henry the 6th and King Edward 4th, married the Lady Elizabeth Daughter of Gerald Fitz Gerald Earl of Kildare, by whom he had Issue Christopher the 6th Baron of Delvin, who sat in the Parliament which was held at Trim in the Reign of Richard 3d:

That Christopher the 6th Baron of Delvin was succeeded by his Son Richard, who was the 7th Baron of Delvin, and was summoned to Parliament in 1486, Anno 2° Henry 7th, and also in 1493; he was also summoned to the Parliament which met at Castledermot, 28th August 1498, but neglecting to appear was fined 40*. for Non-attendance:
That this Nobleman was made Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1527, and conducted the Public Affairs with great Integrity and Honor until he was taken Prisoner by O'Connor, at a Conference which he held with that Irish Chief in the Castle of Rathen. He died on the 28th February 1537, leaving by his Wife Elizabeth, Daughter to Lord Howth, Christopher his eldest Son, who succeeded him, and Sir Thomas Nugent of Carlanstoun, Knight, Ancestor to the late Earl Nugent:

That Christopher was the Eighth Baron Delvin, sat in Parliament 20th Elizabeth, and died on the 17th August 1602. He married Lady Mary or Margaret, Daughter of Gerald the 11th Earl of Kildare, and left Issue Richard his eldest Son, and several other Children:

That Richard the Ninth Baron of Delvin sat in Parliament in 1613 and in 1615, and by Privy Seal, dated at Westminster, 22d November 1621, he was (144.) created created Earl ofWestmeath, to him and the Heirs Male of his Body. He married Jane, Daughter of Christopher Killeen, and had several Sons, of whom the eldest, Christopher Lord Delvin, married Lady Ann M'Donnell, eldest Daughter of Randall Earl of Antrim, and died in the Lifetime of his Father, leaving an only Son, Richard, who succeeded to his Grandfather, and was the Second Earl of Westmeath:

That this Richard married Mary, Daughter of Sir Thomas Nugent of Mayrath, Baronet, and by her had several Sons, of whom the eldest was Christopher Lord Delvin, who married the eldest Daughter of the Honorable Richard Butler of Killcash in the County of Tipperary, Esquire, and Niece to James Duke of Ormond, and dying in the Lifetime of his Father left Issue Three Sons, Richard, Thomas, and John, and Three Daughters:
That Richard the eldest Son succeeded his Grandfather as Earl of Westmeath and Baron of Delvin, but having died without Issue he was succeeded by his next Brother Thomas:

That this Thomas, who was the Fourth Earl of Westmeath, having adhered to King James the Second at the Revolution, was outlawed for High Treason in 1691 j but being in the City of Limerick when it was besieged by King William, and One of the Hostages exchanged for the Observation of the Articles of Surrender, his Outlawry was reversed, and he was restored to his Estates and Honors:

That he married Margaret, only Daughter of Lord Bellew, and by her had Two Sons, Christopher Lord Delvin the elder, who died unmarried, at Bath, on the 12th April 1752, and John the Second Son, who died unmarried in 1725, in the Lifetime of their Father, and Two Daughters, Lady Mary and Lady Catherine Nugent:
That Thomas the 4th Earl ofWestmeath died on the 30th June 1752, aged 86 Years, and was succeeded in the Earldom by his Brother John, but the Barony of Delvin fell in Abeyance between his Two Daughters the said Lady Mary and Lady Catherine Nugent:

That Lady Mary Nugent married Francis the 21st Baron of Athenry, and had several Children, of whom Thomas was the eldest, who upon the Death of his Father became Baron of Athenry, and was afterwards created Earl of Louth:

That Thomas Earl of Louth died in January 1799, without any Male Issue, leaving Two Daughters, Lady Elizabeth, married to Thomas Baily Heath Sewell Esqr, and Lady Louisa Catherine' Mary, married to Joseph Henry Blake of Ardfry in the County of Galway, Esqr, and the Daughter of a deceased Daughter who died in the Lifetime of her Father, and who married Lord St. Laurence, Son to the Earl of Howth:

That Lady Catherine Nugent married Andrew Nugent of Dysert, Esqr, who was lineally descended from James the Third Baron of Delvin, and by her left Issue Lavallan Nugent of Dysart and Tullaughan, Esq1, her eldest Son, lately deceased, the Petitioner John Nugent Esq1, Lieutenant Governor of Tortola and the Virgin Islands, her Second Son, Patrick Anthony Nugent, late a Captain in His Majesty's Service, and who died unmarried in the Year 1785, and several Daughters:

That the said Lavallan Nugent, in the Year 1799, preferred a Petition to His Majesty, praying a Writ of Summons to sit in Parliament in the ancient Place of Baron of Delvin, his Ancestors, and lately died without Issue, and without ever having been married, leaving the Petitioner his only surviving Brother and Heir at Law, who is now seised and possessed of all the Estates, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of which said Lavallan Nugent was seised and possessed:

And Petitioner therefore prayed as follows, to wit, that as he is lineally descended from James the Third Baron of Delvin, and has considerable Real Estates in the County of Westmeath, and as the Two Daughters and Heirs of the late Earl of Louth and Baron of Athenry aforesaid have in them the ancient Barony of Athenry in Abeyance, and moreover are by reason of their Sex incapable of obeying a Writ of Summons to Parliament, he is the only Heir of Thomas the 4th Earl of Westmeath, his Grandfather, that can receive such a Summons, or do His Majesty the Service of a Parliamentary Baron: Wherefore he most humbly prays His Majesty, to grant him a Writ of Summons to sit in Parliament in the ancient Place of the Barons of Delvin, his Ancestors.

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SUMMONED TO PARLIAMENT

An original Record of a Writ of Summons to Parliament on the Roll in the Rolls Office in Ireland of the 46th Year of King Edward the Third. This Record is much obliterated and defaced by Time, but there remains enough to show that it is directed to the Archbishop of Dublin, and summoned him to a Parliament to be holden at Dublin on Wednesday next after the Feast of Saint Peter and Paul; it then sets out a Writ to the Sheriff to return Two Knights of the Shire, and to warn certain Persons named to attend at the said Parliament, and then states that similar Writs were directed to the other Sheriffs, and amongst the Persons directed to be warranted appears John Fitz John, Baron of Delvin:
An original Record remaining in the Office of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery of a Writ of Summons, dated at Naas the 20th November in the 48th Year of King Edward 3d, directed to the Archbishop of Armagh, by which the said Archbishop was summoned to a Parliament which was then appointed to be held at Dublin on the Octave of Saint Hilary then next ensuing; and a Writ of Summons, of the same Date, to the same Parliament, directed to James Butler Earl of Ormonde; which said Record mentions that the like Writs of Summons to the same Parliament, Word for Word, and of the same Date, were directed, Comitibus, Magnatibus, et Proceribus, thereto subscribed, and amongst others to Thomas Fitz John:
An original Record remaining in the Office of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery of a Writ of Summons, dated at Thristledermott the 22d January in the First Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second, directed to the Archbishop of Dublin, by which the said Archbishop was summoned to a Parliament which was then appointed to be held at Thristledermott aforesaid on the Monday after the Feast of Ash Wednesday next following; which Record mentions that like Writs of the same Tenor and Date, with necessary Changes, were directed to several Lords, and amongst others to Thomas Fitz John:
An original Record remaining in the said Office of the Rolls aforesaid, of a Writ of Summons, dated at Trym the 11th Day of September in the 4th Year of the Reign of Richard the 2d, directed to the Archbishop of Dublin, by which the said Archbishop was summoned to a Parliament which was there appointed to be held at Dublin on Saturday the Morrow of All Souls then next coming; which Record also mentions like Writs of the same Tenor and Date, with the necessary Changes, directed to several Lords, and amongst others to Thomas Fitz John:
An original Record remaining in the said Office of the Rolls of Chancery of a Writ of Summons, dated at Dublin the 29th of April in the 5th Year of the Reign of King Richard the 2d, directed to the Archbishop of Dublin, by which the said Archbishop was summoned to a Parliament which was then appointed to be held at Dublin aforesaid on the Monday after Fifteen Days of the Holy Trinity then next ensuing; which Record also mentions like Writs of the same Tenor and Date, with the necessary Changes, directed to several Lords, and amongst others to Thomas Fitz John.
John Fitz John being named in the first of the Writs above mentioned, and
Thomas in the Four which follow, the Presumption, as we humbly apprehend,
is, that between the Times of issuing the first and second Sets of Writs above
(144.) G mentioned, mentioned, John died ,and was succeeded by Thomas, although Thomas is not in any of them called Baron of Delvin, there being in said Lists very few Instances of any such Addition as the Title of Honour, and as far as appears no precise Rule to regulate the Adoption or Rejection of it.

There being no Journals of Parliament existing in this Kingdom so early as the aforesaid Times, no positive Evidence to prove that the said John or Thomas Fitz John sat in Parliament in pursuance of the said Writs of Summons was or could be given; but from the Probability that such an Honor was not declined, and from the other Evidences herein-after stated, we humbly apprehend, that whether Thomas was summoned as Heir to John or in another Right, the Presumption is, that John Fitz John aforesaid sat and voted in Parliament in the 46th Year of the Reign of King Edward the Third, in pursuance of the said Writ of Summons, as Baron of Delvin, and thereby became and was seised in Fee of the said Barony, no Barony by Letters Patent having been created earlier than the 11th Year of the Reign of King Richard 2d.

From the Fifth Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second, there is, for a very long Period, no Parliamentary Record or Document extant. In order therefore to prove the several Steps by which the Barony of Delvin descended in the Family of the Petitioner, we were referred to an antient Manuscript Book in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, entitled " Irish Pedigrees," purporting to contain the Pedigrees of many Irish Families. We attended in consequence at the said Library, with the College Librarian; and in a Chamber of the said Library set apart for the Preservation of antient Manuscripts, which have been heretofore collected with great Care, as entitled to a Place in said Library, we there examined the said original Manuscript, and the Circumstances on which its Claim to Credit are founded.

It is stated in the Books of the Library to have been in the Collection of Doctor Sterne, formerly Bishop of Clogher, and to have been by him bequeathed, amongst other Manuscripts, to the College of Dublin, and to have been in the Year 1741 received into the College Library, where it has, in common with other Manuscripts, been preserved from that Time with the utmost Care and Attention.

This Manuscript bears every Mark of Authenticity, and appears to contain much Information respecting the antient Nobility of Ireland, corresponding with their known History. Under these Circumstances it was admitted in Evidence by the House of Lords on the Examination into the Claim made by the present Earl of Fingall to his Peerage; and even without that judicial Determination of its Admissibility we should have humbly conceived it to be admissible Evidence in the present Case. In the first Side of Folio 22, in said Manuscript Book, is the Pedigree of the Barons of Delvin, an attested Copy of which, and also of the Entry concerning said Book in the Catalogue of the College Manuscripts, both duly verified, we have annexed to this our Report. From thence it appears that in the 7th Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second John Fitz John was Baron of Delvin; that he was succeeded by John Fitz John, Baron of Delvin, his Son,, who dying without Issue, Catherine, his Sister and Heir, succeeded to the Barony; that she married William Nugent Knight, Son of Nicholas Nugent of Balrath; that their Son Richard Baron of Delvin married Catherine Daughter and Heir of Drake, by whom he had Issue James Nugent, who married
Elizabeth Daughter of Hollywood of Farbane; that James died in the Lifetime of his Father, leaving a Son, Christopher Lord Delvin, who married Anne Daughter to Lord Gormanstoun; that their Son Richard Lord Delvin married Elizabeth Daughter of Gerald Earl of Kildare; that they had a Son, Christopher, who died before his Father, and consequently never became Lord Delvin, but having married a Daughter of Lord Howth left Issue Richard Lord Delvin. To confirm the old Manuscript in this Part of its Statement, an attested Copy was produced to us of an Inquisition taken in the 29th Year of the Reign of King Henry 8th, on the Death of Richard the Grandfather. It is there found by the Jury, that Richard then late Lord Baron of Delvin had died in the Beginning of that Year; that Richard then Lord Baron of Delvin, of the Age of Fourteen Years, was his Cousin and Heir; to wit, the Son and Heir of Christopher deceased, who had been the Son and Heir Heir of the said Baron Richard deceased; and in the said Inquisition the Will of the said Baron Richard deceased is set out, in which it appears that Part of the Estate of the Family of that Time was Drakestoun, a Circumstance tending, as we humbly conceive, by manifest Presumption, to confirm the Statement above made from the said Manuscript, of the Marriage of One of their Ancestors to an Heiress of the Family of Drake. An attested Copy of said Inquisition is annexed to this our Report.

Richard, who thus at the Age of Fourteen succeeded to his Grandfather, obtained, in the 4th and 5th Year of Philip and Mary, a Grant from the Crown of divers Estates in the County of Westmeath, as appears by an attested Copy of an original Record of said Grant remaining in the Office of the Rolls, which attested Copy has been laid before us, and is hereunto annexed.

In a few Years after the Grant last mentioned, to wit, in the Second Year o^ Elizabeth, a Parliament Roll was made, which amongst other Things contained the Names of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in a Parliament held in that Year by Thomas Earl of Sussex at the City of Dublin. This Parliament Roll was in the Office of the Rolls aforesaid so lately as the Year 17t55, for in that Year the Claim of the late Countess Dowager of Tyrone to the Barony of Le Poer was depending; and a Copy of it was then taken in the Rolls Office, and duly attested by the then Keeper of the Rolls, or his Deputy, and was One of the Documents relied on by the Attorney and Solicitor General of that Time, in their Report in favor of her Ladyship's Claim; nevertheless this antient and important Record is not now to be found; and where a Document of such a Nature has been lost or mislaid, it is not surprising that the Copy so taken and attested should likewise have escaped the Search of the Complainant, a Misfortune by which there is Reason to believe that the Claimant has been deprived of a Piece of Evidence which would support his Statement in the strongest Manner, for we have seen a Copy of that Record, which, tho' not attested, has every Appearance of Authenticity; it is preserved by the Family of Lady Tyrone in a Copy of the Proceedings and Documents in her Case, and amongst the Temporal Lords it mentions Richard Nugent Baron of Delvin, agreeing in the Christian Name with the Record aforesaid in the Reign of "Philip and Mary.
It appears from the old Manuscript above mentioned, that this Richard married a Daughter of LordGormanstoun, and that their Son was named Christopher, and married a Daughter of the Earl of Kildare. The exact Time when Richard died does not appear, but it must have been before the 24th Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, for there has been laid before us an attested Copy of an Inquisition found in Dublin before the Barons of the Exchequer in that Year (which is annexed to this our Report), whereby it appears that one Nicholas Nugent had been then recently attainted of High Treason, and that Part of his Property was an Estate in Tail Male in certain Lands in said County which he held under a Grant made to him thereof in that Year (24th of Elizabeth) by Christopher Lord Baron of Delvin; a Record whereby the said Manuscript is again confirmed.

In the 27th Year of Queen Elizabeth another List was made of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, Counties, Cities, and Borough Towns, as are answerable to the Parliament of this Realm. This List is circumstanced in all respects as that in the 2d Year of Queen Elizabeth above mentioned; and we have, as in that Instance, seen a Copy, which seems to be authentic, and contains the Baron of Delvin, but it states no Christian Names. The old Manuscript states that Christopher died in the Year 1602, in Prison in the Castle of Dublin, leaving a Son, Richard, who is therein called Comes, and states to have been created Earl of Westmeath on the 4th of September in the Year 1621. The Patent of his Creation is not to be found, but in the First Volume of the Lords Journals a full and exact Copy thereof is set out, a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed, which agrees exactly with the old Manuscript above mentioned, and from which it appears that the said Earldom was granted to the said Richard Baron of Delvin in Tail Male; and it is notorious that under that Patent the present Earl of Westmeath sits in Parliament at this Day, and has been elected one of the Representatives of the Irish Peerage in the Imperial Parliament.

We humbly conceive, therefore, that it is sufficiently proved that the First Earl of Westmeath was seised in Fee Simple of the Barony of Delvin from the old Manuscript; that Richard the First Earl married Jennetta Daughter of Lord Killeen, and that Christopher is in the Manuscript stiled Lord Delvin; and it is stated that he was married to Anne, a Daughter of the Earl of Antrim, afterwards the Wife of William Lord Slane, and left a Son Richard, who became Earl of Westmeath.

There are in the Journals of the Lords Two Lists of the Peers in the Years 1634 and 1639 respectively, whereof attested Copies are annexed to this our Report; in the former whereof the Earl of Westmeath is mentioned as one, and in the latter, Richard Earl of Westmeath. The Manuscript states, that Richard the Second Earl married the Widow of Lord Dunsaney's eldest Son, and had a Son, Christopher Lord Delvin, who died before his Father, leaving by his Lady, a Daughter of Richard Butler of Kilcash in the County of Tipperary, several Sons, Richard the eldest, who became a Monk, and consequently left no Issue; Thomas, who succeeded to the Earldom; John; and another Thomas married a Daughter of Lord Duleek. This is the latest Fact stated in the old Manuscript, and probably happened about the Year 1690. The Descent from the Second Earl Richard to Earl Thomas is stated in a Book kept for that Purpose by the Ulster King at Arms, and subscribed by Earl Thorflas, pursuant to a Standing Order of the House of Lords, a Copy of which Entry is annexed to this our Report.

The Petitioner then laid before us a Certificate from the Deputy Clerk and Keeper of the Rolls, and also another from the Deputy Keeper of Bermingham Tower, which are hereunto annexed, and by which the said Officers respectively certify that they have made diligent Search in their respective Offices aforesaid, and could not find any Enrollment of Letters Patent granting to any Person the Barony of Delvin; from all which, as we humbly conceive, it clearly appears that the said Thomas Earl of Westmeath was the Heir at Law of the First Earl of Westmeath, and of the ancient Barons of Delvin, and as such seised of the said Barony in Fee Simple.

The Affidavits hereunto annexed, of Richard Byrn of Queen Street in the City of Dublin, Gent", aged Seventy Years and upwards, of Christopher Fleming of Ballyboy in the County of Westmeath, Gent", aged 70 Years and upwards, and of George Mathews of Mullingar in the County of Westmeath, aged Ninety Years and upwards, were produced to us. The Substance of their Testimony is, that they knew the said Thomas late Earl of Westmeath and Baron of Delvin; that he was always reputed to be the Heir of the antient Barons of Delvin, and to have succeeded to the said Barony as such; that the said Earl Thomas died in the Year 1752 at a very advanced Age, leaving no Son, nor any Issue by a Son, whereby on his Death the Earldom of Westmeath descended to his Brother; that he had Two Daughters, Lady Mary and Lady Catherine; that Lady Mary died before him, having married Francis Lord Athenry, and left Issue by him a Son, Thomas Lord Athenry, afterwards Earl of Louth ; that the Earl of Louth died in the Year 1799, leaving no Son, nor any Issue by a Son, but having had Four Daughters, Lady Elizabeth, Lady Mary, Lady Louisa, and Lady Matilda; that Lady Elizabeth was married, first to Thomas Baily Heath Sewel Esq1, and second to Francis Duffield Esqr, and is now living; that Lady Mary died before her Father, having first married Lord St. Lawrence, and left Issue by him Four Daughters only, to wit, Henrietta St. Laurence, Isabella St. Laurence, Matilda St. Laurence, and Mary St. Laurence; that Lady Louisa is now the Wife of Lord Wallscourt; and that Lady Matilda died before her Father, unmarried; that Lady Catherine aforesaid married Andrew Nugent Esq', of Dysart and Tullaghan, a younger Branch of the Family of her Father; that she is dead, having left Issue by her said Husband Three Sons, to wit, Lavallin Nugent, who since died unmarried, John Nugent, the Petitioner, and a younger Son, since dead, unmarried, and Two Daughters.

Upon Consideration of the whole of the Evidence aforesaid, we are humbly of Opinion that Petitioner has proved all the material Allegations of his Petition—that the said Barony of Delvin is an antient Barony in Fee, and has already already been inherited as such by a Female; that the said Barony is now in Abeyance between Petitioner as the sole Heir of Lady Catherine Nugent aforesaid, and the Coheiresses of Lady Mary Nugent, to wit, the Lady Elizabeth Duffield, the Four Daughters of Lady St. Laurence, and Lady Wallscourt aforesaid; and that it depends wholly upon His Majesty's Royal Pleasure whether the said Barony shall remain in Abeyance, or shall vest in any of the said Persons, and whether His Majesty shall, according to the Prayer of the Petition, and for the Reasons therein mentioned, or any other, grant Petitioner a Writ of Summons to sit in Parliament in the antient Place of the Barons of Delvin, his Ancestors.

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