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  1. According to the Irish Tree Council, legend has it that Silken Thomas played a lute under the boughs of the now oldest planted tree in Ireland, the Silken Thomas Yew, the night before he surrendered to King Henry VIII. In October 1535 he was sent as a prisoner to the Tower of London.

    • Elizabeth Zouche
    • Title forfeited
  2. Mar 19, 2024 · Silken Thomas. Born: 1513, London, Eng. Died: Feb. 3, 1537, London (aged 24) Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of Kildare (born 1513, London, Eng.—died Feb. 3, 1537, London) was the leader of a major Irish rebellion against King Henry VIII of England.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. The Rebellion of Silken Thomas Fitzgerald (1534-1537) Patrick Weston Joyce. A Concise History of Ireland. 1910. 332. When the lord deputy, Garrett Oge Fitzgerald, went to England in obedience to the king's mandate, he left his son, the young Lord Thomas, as deputy in his place. On his arrival in London he was sent to the Tower, on various charges.

  4. Contributed by. Lyons, Mary Ann. FitzGerald, Thomas (‘Silken Thomas’) (1513–37), 10th earl of Kildare , magnate and rebel, was the only son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv) (1487–1534), 9th earl of Kildare, lord deputy of Ireland, and his first wife, Elizabeth (d. 1517), daughter of Sir John Zouche of Codnor, Derbyshire, and his wife ...

  5. Silken Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare. Alfred Webb. A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. FitzGerald, Thomas, 10th Earl of Kildare, son of the 9th Earl, commonly known as "Silken Thomas," was born in England in 1513. In 1534, then bearing the title of Lord Offaly, he was appointed Vice-Deputy by his father.

  6. Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (died 1537), "Silken Thomas", eldest son of the 9th earl, led an insurrection in Ireland and his honours were forfeit, and he died unmarried Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525–1585), the "Wizard Earl", second son of the 9th earl, was given a new creation in 1554, then restored to his brother ...

  7. Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. Fitzgerald, Thomas, Tenth Earl of Kildare ("Silken Thomas")Thomas Fitzgerald, Lord Offaly, tenth earl of Kildare (1513–1537), leader of the Kildare rebellion (1534–1535), was born in London and spent much of his youth in England.

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