{{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The Barony of Navan was an

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which was held by the de Angulo family, whose name became Nangle. It was a customary title: in other words, the holder of the title was always referred to as a

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, and this privilege was hereditary, but the Baron was not a

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in the strict sense, and was not entitled to a seat in the

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. The title was conferred by

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, on his trusted lieutenant Jocelyn de Angulo, in or about the year 1172. Jocelyn is thought to have taken his surname from his birthplace at

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. Junior branches of the Nangle dynasty founded the

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and Costello families. Jocelyn acquired not only

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but also Morgallion and

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. His building of Navan Fort is generally regarded as marking the foundation of the town of Navan. Jocelyn's son Gilbert de Angulo, the 2nd Baron, rebelled against

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in 1195. He was

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and his estates declared

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to the Crown; but he was later

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by King John. He was killed in a skirmish in 1212 or 1213. The family acquired wealth and substantial lands, but they played a curiously obscure role in Irish history. John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan, like most of the

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nobility of the time, supported the

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pretender to the Crown,

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, and after the defeat of Simnel's cause at the

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, he shared in the general pardon issued by

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. Described as a ''lusty warrior'', he fought on the winning side at the

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in 1504. Patrick, 18th Baron, was one of the

nobles of

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who were involved in the ''cess controversy'' of 1577, concerning the Crown's right to levy taxes for the upkeep of garrisons, and was briefly imprisoned for non-payment of the tax. Peter Nangle, a younger son of Thomas, 17th Baron, was in the entourage of

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and played some part in the events leading to the

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. In the early seventeenth century the family increased their influence by marrying into powerful "New English" families like the Boltons and Loftuses. Thomas, 19th Baron, took part in the

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, and signed the "Catholic Remonstrance" issued at Trim, County Meath in March 1642 addressed to

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. As a result, he was

as a

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and forfeited much of his property. Although his son George, 21st Baron (who succeeded his brother Patrick), recovered part of the family estates at the

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, the family's fortunes had begun to decline. John, 21st Baron, was a supporter of

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: after the

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he was

and the Nangles left Ireland for good. Patrick, 23rd Baron, was a soldier in the

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, and supporter of the

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. Francis, 24th and last Baron, spent many years serving in the

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; he died unmarried in

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in 1781, when the title became extinct.

Barons of Navan 1172-1781

* Jocelyn de Angulo, 1st Baron of Navan (fl. 1172) * Gilbert de Angulo, 2nd Baron of Navan (died 1212/3) * William de Angulo, 3rd Baron of Navan * Philip de Angulo, 4th Baron of Navan *

Miles de Angulo Miles de Angulo (Irish: ''Miles Bregach Mac Goisdelbh'') Anglo-Irish knight and baron, fl. 1245–1259. Son of Phillip fitz William de Angulo. Called by the Irish 'Mac Goisdelbh' (i.e., the son of Jocelyn). Walter de Lacy gave a grant of Conmaic ...

, 5th Baron of Navan * Hugh de Angulo, 6th Baron of Navan * Jordan de Angulo, 7th Baron of Navan (living 1266) * John de Nangle, 8th Baron of Navan (living 1325) * Barnaby de Nangle, 9th Baron of Navan (living 1346) * William de Nangle, 10th Baron of Navan (died before 1377) * Barnaby de Nangle, 11th Baron of Navan * John Nangle, 12th Baron of Navan (died 1407) * Walter Nangle, 13th Baron of Navan (succeeded his father 1407) * Barnaby Nangle, 14th Baron of Nangle (died before 1443) * Thomas Nangle, 15th Baron of Navan (living 1470) * John Nangle, 16th Baron of Navan (died 1517) * Thomas Nangle, 17th Baron of Navan (died before 1543) * Patrick Nangle, 18th Baron of Navan (died 1595) * Thomas Nangle, 19th Baron of Navan (born 1580, died after 1642) * Patrick Nangle, 20th Baron of Navan (died before 1660) * George Nangle, 21st Baron of Navan (died 1676) * John Nangle, 22nd Baron of Navan (born c.1661, died after 1691) * Patrick Nangle, 23rd Baron of Navan ( born c.1690, died c.1757) * Francis Nangle, 24th Baron of Navan (1720-1781)

References

*Lt. Colonel Frank Nangle ''A Short History of the Nangle Family'' (1986) *Edward MacLysaght ''The Surnames of Ireland'' (1973) *A.J. Otway-Ruthven ''History of Medieval Ireland'' (Reissued 1993)

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