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Memoir of John Grace, Baron of Courtstown Memoirs of the Family of Grace, by Sheffield Grace F.S.A. (London 1823) pages 35 to 48 Memoir of John Grace, Baron of Courtstown The circumstances, connected with the downfall and extinction of the house of Courtstown, have also been carefully perpetuated in the family. On the subversion of royalty, the Courtstown estates were seized by the Commonwealth, and were officially surveyed, for the purpose of distribution among the soldiery, as forfeited land. The spoliation and cruelties, inflicted during this unjust and violent intrusion, were marked by more than republican sternness. Every description of property found within the walls of Courtstown Castle, including even pictures, books, and title- deeds, was either plundered, or wantonly destroyed. Tradition has also preserved many particulars, exhibiting the ruthless spirit of the fanaticism, avarice, and oppression, to which the inhabitants of Grace's country were the victims. In the history, likewise, by lord Clarendon, of "Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland," it is incidentally mentioned that, at this period, "some soldiers of the king's army being taken in a village in Grace's parish, colonel Daniel Aztell caused all the inhabitants of the said village to be apprehended, hanged three of them, and sold the rest to the Barbadoes." This ancient patrimony was, however, again recovered by baron John Grace, after an alienation of nearly two years, owing to the particular and personal interposition of the protector. Two private letters, of his own writing, in 1655, besides three official orders upon the subject, are still extant ; and to his son-in-law, the lord-deputy Fleetwood, he strongly, through guardedly, thus expresses himself. Deare Charless, The bearer, Mr. Grace, having obtained an ordinance from oursefe and councell, in reference to his compounding for his estates, and being, by reason of sickness, hindered from going over to Ireland to prosecute the same, the perfecting of his commission hath been retarded ; and, being now going over thither, hee hath besought me to recommend his case to you, that he may have a speedy and favourable dispatch of that business ; which I most earnestly desire of you, upon the merits and equity of his case, hee being, I think, the only person that the late lord-deputy did soe particularly recommend to favour, upon the account of his forwardness and readiness to assist the English forces and interest. I rest, your loving father, Oliver P White-Hall, August 9, 1655 Cromwell had previously stated, in a public ordinance, issued on the 30th of August, 1654, "that John Grace, of Courtstown Castel, in the countie of Kilkenny, in Ireland, esq., was, in the yeare 1641, (when the late horrid rebellion broke forth,) in ward, and under age * ; and, in the time of the said rebellion, hee did relieve diverse of the English." etc. etc. * He succeeded his grandfather, Robert Grace, baron of Courtstown, and was son of Oliver Grace, of Inchmore castle, in the cantred of Grace's Country, who died in his father's lifetime, on the 6th of July, 1637, leaving issue by Joan, daughter and sole heir of Sir Cyprian Horsfall, of Innishnag, county of Kilkenny, four sons, viz. John Grace, baron of Courtstown, as above ; second, Raymond ; third Cyprian ; and fourth Robert. In 1658, Cyprian Grace, of Kilbriken, in the county of Kilkenny, sold to Henry Lestrange, of Raharra, in the King's County, the lands of Tullanchichy, containing 544 acres, and the lands of Derymfinala, containing 156, situated in the parish of Faghy, barony of Longford, county of Galway. He also openly interfered to diminish the amount of composition-money which was imposed, and to lengthen the time stipulated for its payment. The high spirit, generosity of character, and singularly prepossessing appearance of John Grace, are said to have excited in him a most fortunate and efficient interest, of which tradition has preserved some marked instances. Ladlow observes, "that he was restored to his great estates by Cromwell himself," who was not displeased with his manly defence of them. The proposal of an individual, strengthened by the influence of his official power, to accept of a liberal indemnity in the province of Connaught in exchange for them, was, for a long time, urged and supported with hostile deeds and threats, but was as constantly rejected by John Grace, with a hazardous firmness. A possession of five hundred years must, doubtless, have rendered Grace's country valuable to this family far beyond its intrinsic worth ; and the recovery of their baronial castle, their patriarchal domains, and their feudal adherents, was the just and eager object of hereditary pride. “The lofty scenes around their sires recall, Fierce in the field, and generous in the hall ; The mountain crag, and stream, and waving tree, Breathe forth some proud and glorious history, To urge their steps where patriot virtue leads, And fires the kindred souls to kindred deeds. They tread elate the soil their fathers trod, The same their country, and the same their God!" It will be a very cold feeling, and little in sympathy with the sentiments here expressed, to regard the loss of mere property as the most severe portion of the visitation. In the laceration of our best affections that thus afflicts our bosoms, and there snaps but too many a link, which fastened us to the memory of those who have gone before us. But such sentiments were not confined to the immediate family of the proprietor : they were the vivid feelings of a numerous race or clanship of the name, occupying the wide extent of Grace's Country. During the progress of this eventful struggle, the baron of Courtstown was assisted by the advice and influence of the duchess of Ormonde, who possessed a more distinguished pre-eminence in sense, spirit, and personal character, than she did even in birth and rank. The measures, which she adopted to obtain the restitution of a portion of her maternal inheritance from the commissioners of the Commonwealth, enabled her to efficiently manifest her friendship on this occasion. Cromwell uniformly treated her with the utmost respect, and probably wished to testify it in the instance of his favourable interference already mentioned. It should, perhaps, be observed, that Robert Grace, baron of Courtstown, this gentleman's grandfather, was the feoffee of the duchess of Ormonde's mother, lady Elizabeth Butler, the only child of Thomas tenth earl of Ormonde, K.G., (by Elizabeth Sheffield, daughter of John Lord Sheffield,) and wife of Richard Preston, earl of Desmond, to whom the duchess was sole heir. This circumstance, which arose from a relationship by blood, sufficiently accounts for the great interest she took in his welfare ; and her constant residence at Dunmore Park, near Kilkenny, from 1653 to 1660, while the duke remained in exile with the king, afforded her frequent opportunities of evincing a continuance of these sentiments. On the restoration of the royal family, he was especially confirmed in the possession of his property, by the following clause or proviso, in the Act of Settlement, passed in the Irish Parliament of 1662. "And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the commissioners for the execution of this Act shall forthwith restore unto John Grace, of Courtstown-Castle, esquire, and colonel Richard Grace, (of Moyelly- Castle,) and their respective heirs, all and singular the messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, except impropriations and appropriate tithes, and except the houses of Kilkenny, which they or either them respectively, or any other person or persons in trust for them, or either of them respectively, had, held, or enjoyed, upon the two and twenty twentieth of October, 1641, and which are not already restored to the said Richard Grace, by some decree or the commissioners for execution of the said former Act herein confirmed, the respective adventurers or soldiers, their heirs or assignees, now in possession thereof, or claiming the same, being first satisfied their respective charges and proportions, and for their several and respective improvements, which will be due to them by the rules of this Act ; and from and after such restitution so made as aforesaid, the said John Grace shall hold, and enjoy to him and his heirs, all and singular the lands, tenements, and hereditaments so to be restored ; and the said Richard Grace shall hold and enjoy to him and his heirs, the lands so restored, any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding." The baron of Courtstown, and his eldest son Robert, together with Sheffield Grace, Robert Grace, John Grace, Walter Grace, William Grace, Oliver Grace, Richard Grace, and Thomas Grace, affixed their signatures to "the address of the nobility, grand jury, and gentry, to the county of Kilkenny, agreed on 27th April, 1682, to be presented to Charles II." He was appointed in 1686, high sheriff and lieutenant-governor of the county of Kilkenny, and, in three years afterwards, he represented the same county in parliament. On the revolution, he raised and equipped a regiment of foot, and a troop of horse, at his own expense, for the service of king James, whom he further assisted with money and plate, amounting, it is said, to £14,000. Possessing a high character, and a great local influence, he was early solicited, with splendid promises of royal favour, to join king William's party ; but, yielding to the strong impulse of honourable feelings, he instantly, on perusing the proposal to this effect from one of the duke of Schomberg's emissaries, siezed a card, accidentally lying near him, and returned this indignant answer upon it, "Go, tell your master, I despise his offer : tell him that honour and conscience are dearer to a gentleman than all the wealth and titles a prince can bestow." This card, which he sent uncovered by the bearer of the rejected offer, happened to be the "six of hearts," is to this day very generally known by the name of "Grace's card," in the city of Kilkenny.
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