Category: Family

  Freddie’s Flowers, £25 per week, take a lot of arranging. It’s hard work but I’m retired and neither Bertie or Robert are interested in floristry.

The first creation of the Bellew Barony only lasted three generations. A tombstone in Duleek tells the fate of John, 1st Lord Bellew. ”This Tomb hath been repaired and The Vault made by Dame Mary Bermingham Of Dunsert, Wife to John, Lord Bellew, Who was shot in the Belly in Aughrim Fight the twelfth of… Continue reading Rebellion Extinction

“In the Parliament of 1639, Sir John Bellew of Willystown, was Knight for the County of Louth; married Mary, 2nd Daughter to Robert Dillon of Clonbrock, Esq and had Sir Patrick Bellew of Bellew-Mount, otherwise Bermeath (sic) in that County, who had a Grant of Lands under the Acts of Settlement in 1678, and 6… Continue reading A Baron and an Outlaw

John Lodge’s information seems to come primarily from Wills and Court proceedings. I will spare you all the details and provide a few of the more interesting extracts.

“In the Reign of Edward I lived John de Bellew, who married Laderina, youngest of the four Sisters and Coheirs of Peter de Bruce, descended from the same Lineage as the Kings of Scotland, who died in 1271, and Daughter of Peter de Bruce, who died the 6th of that Reign, with whom he had… Continue reading The Ancient Family of Bellew

May I present Mr Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Bermingham Tower, Dublin Castle. As he will be your companion for a few days you may call him John.