Person:Richard Bagnall (2)

Pg 22, 23: "He is provisionally identified with a Richard Bagnall who lived 1720-1773 and, taking up property at Piercetown in Co. Meath in 1749, was there reputed to have come from Tipperary: Arms are similar to those of Edward Bagnell of Tipperary and the Matthew family. (Betham's abstract of his will gives a sketch of the Arms, which show a single-headed eagle displayed.) He was of the right age for this identification, while his daughter Anne was of the right age to be daughter of Aphra. "By a coincidence it so happened that the Piercetown estate where Richard settled had formerly belonged to the Bagenal family (Walter Bagenal of Co. Carlow, sold the property in 1715, p. 18); Richard presumably was aware of the family interest in this part of the country. "Richard was survived by a widow, Anne, presumably his second wife. This marriage may be the one recorded at St. Michan's Parish Church, Dublin, between Richard Bagnall and Anne Williams in 1745. "Richard did indeed have a family of young children toward the end of his life, when his two elder daughters were already grown up. "After Richard had settled in Piercetown he extended his lands by purchase; he acquired Hawkinstown and a part of Balleeth in 1753 and Cushinstown in 1762... "

1. ↑ Appleton, Eva Gertrude Plewman. A Family Tapestry: Interwoven Threads of Some Anglo-Irish Families. (Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1948)
   Pg 19, 22, 23.

   Pg 19: "Richard Bagnall married Aphra Sargent, the widow of Philip Fitzgibbon (see p. 22), whose forerunners are described in 'Burke'." This comment in regard to the Bagnall family being exciled to Tipperary which would explain why Richard is said to have been from Tipperary. Whether he was actually born there or not is not said.

2. ↑ Appleton, Eva Gertrude Plewman. A Family Tapestry: Interwoven Threads of Some Anglo-Irish Families. (Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1948)
   Pg 22, 23.
3. ↑ Appleton, Eva Gertrude Plewman. A Family Tapestry: Interwoven Threads of Some Anglo-Irish Families. (Cambridge, England: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1948)
   Pg 23.