Nicholas Bagenal
| Nicholas Bagenal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1509 probably Newcastle-under-Lyme, England |
| Died | February 1591 (aged 81–82) |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Griffith |
| Children | Sir Henry Bagenal, Dudley Bagenal, Ambrose, Frances, Mary, Margaret, Isabel, Anne Sarsfield, Mabel. |
| Parent(s) | John Bagenall, Eleanor Whitttingham |
Sir Nicholas Bagenal or Bagenall or Bagnall/ˈbæɡnəl/ (1509 – February 1591) was an English-born soldier and politician who became Marshal of the Army in Ireland.
He was born the second son of John Bagenal (died 1558), a tailor who served as Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Whittingham of Middlewhich, Cheshire and cousin of William Whittingham, Dean of Durham. His elder brother, Sir Ralph Bagenal, was one of Henry VIII's courtiers.
In 1538 Nicholas fled to Ireland to escape justice for killing a man in the Staffordshire village of Leek; his two brothers were apparently also involved in this crime. In Ireland he became acquainted with Con O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone and on 7 December 1542 the Irish council, at the suit of Tyrone, begged the King for pardon of Bagenal. Bagenal returned to England in April 1544 and took part in the campaign in France in the following summer.
The Bagenals had family links with the Irish government through Sir Patrick Barnewall, who was the Master of the Rolls in Ireland and married to a cousin of Nicholas. This connection may help to explain how Nicholas was recommended for military service in France in 1544. His descendants gave their name to Bagenalstown in Co. Carlow. During the Colonial wars, his whole family were involved in the undertaking of land in Ireland.
In March 1547 he was appointed Marshal of the Army in Ireland by Edward VI. In November 1551 he was sent by James Croft to expel the Scots who had invaded Dufferin. He was knighted in the same year, and on 22 April 1552 was granted the lands of St. Patrick's and Saint Benedict and St. Mary's Abbey, of Newry and the Cistercian abbey of Carlingford, County Louth. When Mary I's accession took place, Bagenal lost his office of marshal, which she conferred on Sir George Stanley. Accordingly, with this change on 7 May 1556 he was fined a thousand pounds ?. In 1559 he was elected to Parliament as member for Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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