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Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle 1566–1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Oct 1566

Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent

Death Date: 15 Sep 1643

Death Location: Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland

Father: Sir Boyle

Mother: Lady Naylor

Spouse(s): Joan Apsley*, Lady wife)

Children(s): Mary Boyle, Jeoffry Boyle, Hannah Boyle, Lady Boyle*, Lady Boyle, Richard Cork, Lady Boyle, Sir Broghill, Francis Boyle, William Boyle, Lewis Boyle, Elizabeth Hill, Alice Boyle, Galfridius Boyle, Robert Boyle, Lady Boyle, Lady Boyle, Margaret Boyle, Joan (Boyle), Earl Orrery, Lady Jones, Sir Boyle, Lady Warwick, Sir Boyle, Lady Digby, Lady Fitzgerald, Lady Boyle-Loftusa-Talbot, Lady Boyle-Goring, Sir Just", Sir Kinalmeaky, Sir Boyle, Lady Barrymore, Lady Boyle, Lady Boyle, Susan Boyle, Elizabeth Hill, Sir Boyle, Lady Warwick, Hannah\Johanna Boyle, Galfridius Boyle, Lady Boyle, Lady Fitzgerald, Lady Boyle, Lady Boyle, Lady Rich, Earl Boyle, Boyle None

The story of Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle began in 1566 in Canterbury, Kent. Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle married Joan Johanna Apsley, Lady Catharina Fenton Countess Of Cork 2Nd Wife, and had children including Alice M1 Dbarry M2 Jbarry Boyle, Boyle, Earl Orrery, Earl Orrery Boyle, Elizabeth Mary Barstow Boyle Henderson Hill, Elizabeth Mary Barstow Boyle Henderson Hill, Francis The Just Boyle, Galfridius Boyle, Hannah Boyle, Hannah Johanna Boyle, Jeoffry Boyle, Joan Fitzgerald Boyle, Lady Alice Boyle Countess Of Barrymore, Lady And Countess Joan Boyle Fitzgerald, Lady Catherine Boyle, Lady Catherine Fenton Boyle Jones, Lady Dorothy Boyle, Lady Dorothy Boyle Loftusa Talbot, Lady Joan Boyle Fitzgerald, Lady Lettice Alice Boyle, Lady Lettice Boyle Goring, Lady Margaret Boyle, Lady Margaret Mary Boyle Rich, Lady Mary Boyle, Lady Mary Boyle Countess Of Warwick, Lady Mary Boyle Countess Warwick, Lady Sarah Boyle, Lady Sarah Boyle Digby, Lewis 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky Boyle, Margaret Mary Boyle, Mary Elizabeth Boyle, Richard The Rich Boyle Earl Of Burlington And Cork, Robert Boyle, Sir Francis The Wise St Viscount Shannon Park Boyle The Just, Sir Geoffrey Jeoffry Geffrey Boyle, Sir Jeoffry Boyle, Sir Lewis The Valiant 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky Boyle 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky, Sir Richard 1St Earl Burlington 2Nd Earl Of Cork Boyle, Sir Roger Boyle, Sir Roger Boyle 1St Earl Of Orrery Lord Broghill, Susan Boyle, William Boyle. Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle passed away in 1643 in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle began in 1566 in Canterbury, Kent.
  • Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle married Joan Johanna Apsley, Lady Catharina Fenton Countess Of Cork 2Nd Wife, and had children including Alice M1 Dbarry M2 Jbarry Boyle, Boyle, Earl Orrery, Earl Orrery Boyle, Elizabeth Mary Barstow Boyle Henderson Hill, Elizabeth Mary Barstow Boyle Henderson Hill, Francis The Just Boyle, Galfridius Boyle, Hannah Boyle, Hannah Johanna Boyle, Jeoffry Boyle, Joan Fitzgerald Boyle, Lady Alice Boyle Countess Of Barrymore, Lady And Countess Joan Boyle Fitzgerald, Lady Catherine Boyle, Lady Catherine Fenton Boyle Jones, Lady Dorothy Boyle, Lady Dorothy Boyle Loftusa Talbot, Lady Joan Boyle Fitzgerald, Lady Lettice Alice Boyle, Lady Lettice Boyle Goring, Lady Margaret Boyle, Lady Margaret Mary Boyle Rich, Lady Mary Boyle, Lady Mary Boyle Countess Of Warwick, Lady Mary Boyle Countess Warwick, Lady Sarah Boyle, Lady Sarah Boyle Digby, Lewis 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky Boyle, Margaret Mary Boyle, Mary Elizabeth Boyle, Richard The Rich Boyle Earl Of Burlington And Cork, Robert Boyle, Sir Francis The Wise St Viscount Shannon Park Boyle The Just, Sir Geoffrey Jeoffry Geffrey Boyle, Sir Jeoffry Boyle, Sir Lewis The Valiant 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky Boyle 1St Viscount Of Kinalmeaky, Sir Richard 1St Earl Burlington 2Nd Earl Of Cork Boyle, Sir Roger Boyle, Sir Roger Boyle 1St Earl Of Orrery Lord Broghill, Susan Boyle, William Boyle.
  • Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle passed away in 1643 in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland.

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Sir Boyle's Ancestors

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Sir Boyle
1566–1643
Birth Place: Canterbury, Kent
Parents
Sir Roger II Boyle
1524–1576
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Lady (Joan) Naylor
1529–1586
Canterbury, Kent, England
Grandparents
John (Robert) Naylor
1499–1566
Canterbury, Kent, , England
Lady (Godley) Cobb
1513–1581
County of, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Cobb
1480–1541
THOMASYN Dearth
1480–1581
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Boyle's Descendants

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Sir (Richard "The Great") Boyle (13 Oct 1566–15 Sep 1643) m. Joan ((Johanna)) Apsley* (14 Dec 1575–14 Dec 1599) m. Lady (Catharina Fenton*, Countess of Cork, (2nd) wife) (1565–16 Feb 1629)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Boyle 1595–1665
  2. 2. Jeoffry Boyle 1599–1599
  3. 3. Hannah Boyle 1590–1659
  4. 4. Lady (Catherine) Boyle* 1614–1691
  5. 5. Lady (Sarah) Boyle 1609–1633
  6. 6. Richard ("The Rich" Boyle, Earl of Burlington and) Cork 1612–1698
  7. 7. Lady (Lettice (Alice)) Boyle 1610–1667
  8. 8. Sir (Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Lord) Broghill 1606–1615
  9. 9. Francis ('The Just') Boyle 1623–1699
  10. 10. William Boyle 1627–1691
  11. 11. Lewis ("1st Viscount of Kinalmeaky") Boyle 1619–1643
  12. 12. Elizabeth (Mary Barstow (Boyle) Henderson) Hill 1585–1685
  13. 13. Alice ((m1.DBarry m2.JBarry)) Boyle 1608–1666
  14. 14. Galfridius Boyle 1616–1616
  15. 15. Robert Boyle 1627–1691 m. Lady (Margaret Howard Countess of) Orrery 1622–1689 m. Lady (Elizabeth Clifford of) Cumberland 1613–1691
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Boyle, Countess Consort of Inchiquin and Lady in Waiting to Mary of) Orange 1636–1689
    2. 2. Roger (Boyle 2nd Earl of) Orrery 1646–1682
    3. 3. Mary (Anne) Boyle 1644–1671
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Boyle) Tufton 1643–1725
    5. 5. Frances Boyle 1638–1673
    6. 6. Richard Boyle 1640–1665
    7. 7. Henrietta (Boyle) Hyde 1646–1687
    8. 8. Charles Boyle 1639–1694
    9. 9. Mary Boyle –1709
  16. 16. Lady (Mary) Boyle 1625–1678
  17. 17. Lady (Dorothy) Boyle 1617–1668
  18. 18. Margaret (Mary) Boyle 1610–1656
  19. 19. Joan (Fitzgerald) (Boyle) 1611–1656
  20. 20. Earl Orrery 1621–1679
  21. 21. Lady (Catherine Fenton Boyle) Jones 1615–1691
  22. 22. Sir (Roger) Boyle 1606–1615
  23. 23. Lady (Mary Boyle Countess of) Warwick 1624–1678
  24. 24. Sir (Richard "1st Earl Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork") Boyle 1612–1698
  25. 25. Lady (Sarah Boyle) Digby 1609–1633
  26. 26. Lady (and Countess Joan Boyle) Fitzgerald 1611–1656
  27. 27. Lady (Dorothy) Boyle-Loftusa-Talbot 1617–1668
  28. 28. Lady (Lettice) Boyle-Goring 1610–1657
  29. 29. Sir (Francis the Wise, St Viscount Shannon Park Boyle "The) Just" 1623–1699
  30. 30. Sir (Lewis the Valiant "1st Viscount of Kinalmeaky" Boyle 1st Viscount of) Kinalmeaky 1619–1643
  31. 31. Sir (Geoffrey \Jeoffry\Geffrey) Boyle 1616–1617
  32. 32. Lady (Alice Boyle Countess of) Barrymore 1606–1667
  33. 33. Lady (Margaret) Boyle 1629–1637
  34. 34. Lady (Margaret) Boyle 1610–1660
  35. 35. Susan Boyle 1586–1625
  36. 36. Elizabeth (Mary Barstow Boyle Henderson) Hill 1585–1665
  37. 37. Sir (Jeoffry) Boyle 1599–1599
  38. 38. Lady (Mary Boyle Countess) Warwick 1625–1678
  39. 39. Hannah\Johanna Boyle 1590–1659
  40. 40. Galfridius Boyle 1616–1617
  41. 41. Lady (Sarah) Boyle 1609–1633
  42. 42. Lady (Joan Boyle) Fitzgerald –1656
  43. 43. Lady (Lettice (Alice)) Boyle 1610–1657
  44. 44. Lady (Dorothy) Boyle 1610–
  45. 45. Lady (Margaret Mary Boyle) Rich 1610–1656
  46. 46. Earl (Orrery) Boyle 1621–1679
  47. 47. Boyle 1599–1599

Sir Boyle's Timeline

2 Records

1566
13 Oct 1566
Birth of Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle in Canterbury, Kent
Canterbury, Kent
1643
15 Sep 1643
Age 77
Death of Sir Richard "The Great" Boyle in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland
Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1566
    Event Place: Canterbury, Kent

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1643
    Event Place: Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland

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