Moyses Hill

Sir Moyses Hill (often written as Sir Moses Hill) was an English army officer who served in Ireland and later settled in Ireland. He was the governor of Olderfleet Castle, mareschal of Carrickfergus, provost mareschal of Ulster, and represented County Antrim in the Irish parliament of 1613.[1]

Moyses arrived in Ireland in 1573 as part of the Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux's army to subdue or colonize Ulster.[2]

In 1597 he was present at the Battle of Carrickfergus. He was appointed the governor of Olderfleet Castle and knighted in 1603. In 1611, he was given possession of the village of Cromlin (now Hillsborough).[3] The position of Provost Mareschal of the Province of Ulster was created for him in 1617. He was granted 2,000 acres in County Antrim and 40,000 acres in County Down for his services to the Crown.

He died in February 1629–30.

  1. ^ Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1878), P605
  2. ^ "Sir Moyses Hill, The Peerage". Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  3. ^ "History of Hillsborough, County Down". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)