An Answer for Ramana
Clotworthy House
Last Friday morning in a short post about Clotworthy House, Ramana asked how it got the name. Now I know! While looking for information about Antrim Castle I discovered the following from Library Ireland.
THE original Castle of Antrim is generally supposed, according to Dr. Petrie, to have been erected in or about the year 1662, by Sir John Clotworthy, Lord Massarene, who died in 1665, and whose only daughter and heiresss, Mary, by her marriage with Sir John Skeffington, the fifth baronet of that name, carried the estate and title into the latter family.
The present Castle appears to have been originally erected in the early part of the reign of the First James, by Sir Hugh Clotworthy, who by that monarch’s patent had the charge of certain vessels on Lough Neagh. His son, Sir John, was one of the most distinguished leaders of the Parliamentary forces during the Civil War, and notwithstanding this fact, was, oddly enough, raised to the peerage by patent of Charles II., under the title of “Baron of Lough Neagh and Viscount of Massarene.”
All that remains of Antrim Castle
Nick said,
September 6, 2009 at 10:29 am
Personally, if everyone referred to me as the Baron of Lough Neagh and Viscount of Massarene, I’d feel a bit of a prat….
Baino said,
September 6, 2009 at 11:57 am
Sorry GrannyMar I missed the Clotworthy posts (call me a Clot). Lovely facade to the estate. I do miss the ancient here . .
Fran said,
September 6, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Memorable and unusual surname, mind you I should talk.
kenju said,
September 6, 2009 at 1:12 pm
The building looks like it had some Spanish or Moroccan influences.
Grannymar said,
September 6, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Nick - That name is a bit of a handful alright! I wonder if he was called clotty at school?
Baino - That was the stable block!
Fran - See my comment to Nick!
Judy - I thought that too.
Rumuuser said,
September 6, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Thanks for making all the effort to get this clarification Grannymar. This post has given me the historical background to the castle and how it got the name. My query however remains unanswered. I hope that if there is a Clotworthy somewhere, he will forgive me for asking this but was the first Clotworthy, worthy of giving blood clots causing cerebral and cardiac infarcts to whoever he came in contact with? Is that how he got that name?
Grannymar said,
September 6, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Ramana - Sometimes you ask impossible questions!
Grannymar said,
September 6, 2009 at 4:22 pm
There are three entries in the phonebook want the numbers?
Rumuuser said,
September 6, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Good Heavens! No thanks. I hope that none of them read my question!
Grannymar said,
September 6, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Darlene said,
September 6, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Clotworthy is a most unusual name. I think if it were mine I would drop the CLOT and just be WORTHY. I thought the name I gained when I married was strange, too, until the actor, Kevin Costner, made it more desirable. At least people know how to spell it now.
Grannymar - I am stealing the Splash award. Thank you for saying it’s okay.
Darlene said,
September 7, 2009 at 12:20 am
Thank you for letting me take a bite of your Splash Award. It is not residing very prettily on my sidebar.
I have tagged you for a Meme and if you don’t want to play, that is certainly okay.
Darlene said,
September 7, 2009 at 12:21 am
Hoo boy, I have to start previewing my comments. The award is NOW residing, etc.
wisewebwoman said,
September 7, 2009 at 2:02 am
H’mm we have many examples of another variant here in NL - Noseworthy. I wonder if the clots and noses got together….?
Never mind, sounds nasty.
XO
WWW
As an aside GM, a few years a go we fell in love with Mount Stewart up in your neck of the woods, have you been???
bikehikebabe said,
September 7, 2009 at 3:01 am
Ramana in India, is not pronounced Ra-ma-na like Ramana Inn. It’s
RAM-A-NA.
Grannymar said,
September 7, 2009 at 10:12 am
Ramana - What will you pay me not to phone them
Darlene - Sharing the Award was the whole point in this piece. I will be over shortly to check out the meme!
WWW - ‘Noseworthy’ is a new one to me… Ramana, another one for your collection I think!
I have spent many a wonderful day rambling about Mount Stewart, and indeed the whole of the Newtownards Peninsula. Alas, they were before my camera days. When the new hip is ‘run-in’ properly, I intend returning there and to Castlewellan with the Camera.
BHB - RAM-A-nah! He is a pussycat really!
lois D'iana Penrose Buck said,
September 7, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Hi, I found you thru DarlenesHodgepodge. I love history and I love these photos. I am fascinated with Ireland’s, Scotland’s and England’s history. My ancestors are from England and I believe my Uncle Francis lived in Ireland for awhile. I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado u.s.a (Darlene was born and raised here also). I find your blog fascinating.
Grannymar said,
September 8, 2009 at 8:27 am
Lois - Welcome to the Tour. From time to time I take my camera for a walk and once home, use my blog to share what I have seen & enjoyed. Ireland is a beautiful country…. pity about the rain!
gaelikaa said,
September 8, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Well, Grannymar, I’ve just dropped in to tell you that Ramana left a nice message for you on my diary blog gaelikaasdiary.blogspot.com and it is some comment indeed. If I can’t mail it to you at least I can let you know!
Grannymar said,
September 8, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Gaelikaa - I have just left an answer.
john clotworthy said,
July 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm
hi!im a direct descendant of the first john clotworthy an i dont know how i come across this site but hahaha! you,s all very funny!from what i know from my father an from his hather etc etc the ist clotworthys came with the normans in around 1200 or so and the name was Dclotworthy. and they droppd the d after settling in england and becoming poms etc! so stick that up your noses! haha.from john clotworthy, wanganui. new zealand.
Grannymar said,
July 15, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Hi John - Thank you for filling in the blanks for us. Have you visited Clotworthy House recently? I am sure you would see many changes.