David Roche, 7th Viscount Fermoy

David Roche
Tenure	1600–1635
Predecessor	Maurice, 6th Viscount Fermoy
Successor	Maurice, 8th Viscount Fermoy
Born	c. 1573
Died	22 March 1635 Castletownroche
Buried	Bridgetown Abbey
Spouse(s)	Joan Barry
Detail Issue Maurice & others
Father	Maurice, 6th Viscount Fermoy
Mother	Eleanor FitzGerald

David Roche, 7th Viscount Fermoy (1573–1635) was an Irish magnate, soldier, and politician.

Birth and origins[]

David was born about 1573,^[1] probably in Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland. He was the only surviving son of Maurice Roche and his first wife, Eleanor FitzGerald.^[2] His father was the 6th (also counted as the 1st). His father's family, the Roches were Old English and descended from Adam de Rupe who had come to Ireland from Wales with Robert FitzStephen.^[3]

His mother was a daughter of Sir Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald of Totane, younger brother of James FitzJohn FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond^[4] and third son of the de facto 12th Earl of Desmond.^[5] She also was a sister of James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, the "archtraitor", who led the first Desmond Rebellion. Her family were the FitzGeralds of Desmond, a cadet branch of the Old English Geraldines, whose senior branch were the FitzGeralds of Kildare.

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He was the eldest of three brothers: David (1573–1635) Theobald, married Grany daughter of Sir Owen MacCarthy[11] John, of whom only the name is known[12]

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Ellen, also called Joan, married Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond.[13][14] Amy, married Dermot MacCarthy of Duhallow [15]

Early life and Desmond Rebellions[]

Despite these family relations, his father and grandfather fought against the rebels in the Desmond Rebellions during which two of his paternal uncles were killed.^[16][17] His father succeeded his grandfather as the 6th Viscount Fermoy in 1581 or 1582. David was about ten in 1583 when the Desmond Rebellions ended with the killing of Gerald FitzGerald, the rebel earl.^[18]

His mother was still alive in 1590, but she predeceased his father, who remarried to Catherine FitzGerald, third daughter of the rebel earl and his second wife, Eleanor Butler.^[19]

Marriage[]

Before 1593 Roche married Joan, daughter of James FitzRichard Barry, 3rd Viscount Buttevant, by his wife Ellen MacCarthy Reagh.^[20] His wife's family, the de Barrys, were Old English like his own and descended from Philip de Barry, who had come to Ireland from Wales in 1183.^[21]

David and Joan had nine children, five sons:

1. Maurice (1593–1670), who succeeded as the 8th Viscount Fermoy^[22]
2. John, deaf and dumb, died unmarried^[23]
3. Theobald, married Julia daughter of Dominick Sarsfield, 1st Viscount Sarsfield but had no issue^[24]
4. Ulick, married Gyles (Cecilia) daughter of John O'Conor Kerry, of Carrigfoyll, County Kerry^[25]
5. Redmond went with St. Leger in December 1641 to reduce the rebellion in County Waterford.^[26]

—and four daughters:

1. Ellen, who married first Donnell MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain, secondly Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry, and thirdly Thomas Fitzmaurice, 4th son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron Kerry.^[27]
2. Elinor
3. Joan
4. Amy, married John Everard of Fethard, County Tipperary, as his second wife.^[b]

Viscount[]

He succeeded his father as the 7th Viscount Fermoy on 24 October 1600.^[31] He is also counted as 2nd Viscount.^[32]

Proclamation of James I[]

Lord Fermoy, as he now was, proclaimed James I as King, 13 April 1603, at Cork, the Mayor refusing to do so.^[33]

Parliaments[]

Lord Fermoy sat in the House of Lords of the Parliament 1613–1615,^[34] the only Irish Parliament of James I. He coordinated the opposition to the electoral abuses of James I together with ^[35]

The Irish Parliament of 1634–1635 was opened with all pomp on 14 July 1634^[36][37] by the new Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth^[38] (later to become Lord Strafford), who had taken up office in July 1633.^[39] Lord Fermoy, an old man, sat by proxy in the House of Lords of the Parliament 1634–1635.^[40]

Death and timeline[]

He died on 22 March 1635 at Castlerochetown and was buried at Bridgetown Abbey.^[41] He was succeeded by his son Maurice as the 8th Viscount (also counted as the 3rd).

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As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
Age	Date	Event
0	1573, about	Born[1]
8	1581 or 1582	His father succeeded his grandfather as the 6th Viscount Fermoy.[42]
10	1583, 11 Nov	His stepmother's father, the 14th Earl of Desmond killed at the end of the 2nd Desmond Rebellion.[18]
17	1590, 27 May	His mother was still alive but predeceased his father.[43]
20	1593	Eldest son, Maurice, born[22]
27	1600, 24 Oct	Succeeded as 7th Viscount Fermoy[31]
28	1601, 22 Sep	The Spanish landed at Kinsale[44]
30	1603, 24 Mar	Accession of King James I, succeeding Queen Elizabeth I[45]
40	1613, Mar	Took his seat in the Parliament of Ireland
52	1625, 27 Mar	Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I[46]
61	1634, 26 July	Took his seat by proxy in the Parliament of Ireland 1634–1635[40]
62	1635, 22 Mar	Died at Castletownroche[41]

Notes, citations, and sources[]

Notes[]

Citations[]

References[]

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• Cokayne, George Edward (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. 7 (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180891114. – S to T (for Thomond)
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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Maurice Roche	1600–1635	Succeeded by Maurice Roche

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