Joan Naylor

Joan Naylor (October 15, 1529 - March 26, 1586), the maiden name of Joan Boyle, was the mother of several children but notably Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork.

She was born at Canterbury, Kent, England, the daughter of John Naylor in Canterbury. She married at Canterbury on October 6, 1565, Roger Boyle (d. March 24, 1576), of Preston, near Faversham, Kent, England, when she was 35 and he was 41 (quite a late marriage and thus perhaps particularly notable for its productivity in terms of children). [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.150-1] They had issue:

* (1) John later D.D. (Oxford) and, from August 27, 1618, Bishop of Cork and Cloyne. He was born circa 1564 at Canterbury; died July 10, 1620 at Cork. He was interred two days later at Youghal. [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.150]

* (2) Richard, born October 13, 1566, at Canterbury, when Joan was 36.

* (3) Hugh, was born in about 1568 at Canterbury, died without children. [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.150]

* (4) Elizabeth, was born at Canterbury. She married Pierce Power, Esq., and was the mother of Roger Power, Esq., of Corbenny, county Cork. Elizabeth is buried at Youghal. [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.150]
* (5) Mary, was born circa 1572, when Joan was 43, at Canterbury. She married Sir Richard Smith, Knt., and was interred at Youghal. Their son Sir Piercy Smith of Ballynetra, county Waterford, died in 1657. [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.150]

Joan Boyle died at the age of 56 and was buried in the upper end of the chancel of the Parish Church of Preston near Faversham, Kent, England. Her husband was later interred with her, and their son the Earl of Cork "erected a fair alabaster tomb over the place where they were buried, with an iron grate before it, for the better preservation thereof." [ Lodge, John, & Archdall, Mervyn, A.M., "The Peerage of Ireland", Dublin, 1789, vol.1, p.151]

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