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Cosby, Francis

(d. 1580)

Colm Lennon

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6368

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Cosby, Francis (d. 1580), soldier and planter in Ireland, was the second son of John Cosby of Hermaston, Lincolnshire, and Mabel Agard. Arrived in Ireland by 1548, he distinguished himself as a soldier in the midlands, writing detailed accounts of his exploits against the Gaelic clans of ...

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date: 28 February 2021

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