History: Loftus, Nicholas - Communion Cup 1639 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Wexford Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: C. Hunt June 15, 2012, 5:24 pm LOFTUS, NICHOLAS - COMMUNION CUP 1639 Description of Cup (Communion) Inscription: "Ex dono NICHOLAI LOFTUS de Kilcloggan Armigeri Anno. Salutis 1639 Calix parochialis Ecclesiae Beatae Marieae Virginis de Templetowne in Comitatu Wexfordiae." 'The arms and crest here given are those of Nicholas LOFTUS, of Fethard, Esq., second son of Sir Dudley LOFTUS, son and heir of Archbishop LOFTUS, born 1592, sheriff of Wexford, 1620; married 28th May, 1623, Margaret, daughter and heir of Thomas CHETHAM, Esq, of Nuthurst, in Lancashire, and Hacketstown, County Dublin, died 1666, buried on N. side of chancel of Fethard Church [where Ely vault now is]. Additional Comments: From Journal of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland FHL #1279285