Sir John fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne

✓ Sir John fitz Edmund FitzGerald (c.1528-1612), of Cloyne and Ballymaloe, co. Cork, 'landowner and loyalist'; illegitimate eldest son and partial heir of Edmund fitz James, lay dean of Cloyne, by Honor Ní Donogh; succeeded to the deanery lands by 1560 and was recognised as (unordained) dean of Cloyne 1566; sheriff of co. Cork 1570 and 1585-6, MP for the county 1585-6; crown loyalist through both Desmond rebellions, his lands raided 66 times 1579-81, chiefly by David Barry of Buttevant (I101756 - later his son's father-in-law) and by his cousin the seneschal of Imokilly; defrauded the diocese of Cloyne of its lands 1565-75; by purchase, mortgage and intimidation amassed c.84,000 acres; indicted for treason by Chief Justice Saxey 1596, acquitted and pardoned 26 May 1597; godfather of Florence MacCarthy Reagh; knighted by Mountjoy at Ballymaloe Mar 1602; d. 15 Jan 1612, bur. Cloyne cathedral under an altar tomb. Sons James, Edmund (our line, d. c. Mar 1612), Gerald, Thomas, Redmond; daughters Joan and Eleanor. Wife unknown (the reputed Honora O'Brien 'cannot have been the mother of his children'). Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography, 'Fitzgerald, Sir John fitz Edmund' (Terry Clavin, 2009), dib.ie/biography/fitzgerald-sir-john-fitz-edmund-a3169, read 26 Oct 2026 (citing McCotter, 'The Geraldine clerical lineages of Imokilly and Sir John fitz Edmund of Cloyne', 2004). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]