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Sir Lewis Kirke

Male Abt 1599 - 1663  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Sir Lewis Kirke  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Born Abt 1599  Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 5 Jul 1628 
    Took part in the expedition that captured the ship carrying Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 
    Military 18 Jul 1628 
    Took part in the expedition that captured the fleet of Admiral Claude de Roquemont de Brison at Tadoussac 
    Military 19 Jul 1629 
    Second-in-command of the expedition that captured Québec (war had however ended on 24 April without his knowledge) 
    Occupation 20 Jul 1629 
    Took formal possession of Québec (with 200 men) and raised the English flag over Fort St. Louis 
    Occupation 21 Jul 1629 
    Signed the inventory taken of the stores in Québec 
    Occupation 24 Jul 1629 
    Left in charge of the fur-trading post at Québec (with 90 men) 
    Occupation 9 Feb 1631 
    Witnessed the birth of Élisabeth Couillard at Québec 
    Occupation 1 Dec 1631 
    Named Governor of Canada after returning to England 
    Occupation 1 Dec 1631 
    The coat armour of Admiral Roquemont de Brison is granted to him in London for valour in vanquishing the French fleet and subsequent taking of Canada 
    Occupation 29 Mar 1632 
    King Charles consented "to give up and restore all the places occupied in New France, Acadia, and Canada" 
    Occupation 5 Jul 1632 
    Émery de Caën (French fur-trade monopolist) arrived at Québec, commissioned to reclaim that stronghold from Kirke 
    Occupation 13 Jul 1632 
    Québec is handed over to Émery de Caën and Vice Admiral Raymond de La Ralde 
    Occupation 1633 
    Sustained a loss of £12.500 by the depredations of the French and seizure of his ship "Marie Fortune" that he commanded at Tadoussac 
    Occupation 1635 
    Captain of the "Leopard" that was engaged in battles with Dunkirk ships and in a search for Turkish pirates near Guernsey 
    Occupation 1636 
    In command of the "Repulse" 
    Occupation 1637 
    Transferred to the "Margaret" when he refused to serve under Admiral Rainsborough in the fleet off the Netherlands 
    Occupation 1638 
    Collected £50 from a 140-ton Dutch sack ship at Bay Bulls (Baie des Taureaux) in Newfoundland 
    Occupation 1638 
    Collected a 5% tax on the cargo of a 260-ton Basque ship at Trinity Bay in Newfoundland 
    Occupation 1640 
    Lieutenant-colonel in charge of the levies in the eastern division of Northampton County 
    Occupation 1641 
    Charged and convicted of murdering Captain Peter Clarke with Lord Morley who was acquitted (believed to be the principal agent in the crime) 
    Occupation 1643 
    Pardoned and served in the royalist army during the Civil War 
    Occupation 23 Apr 1643 
    Knighted by King Charles I at Oxford 
    Occupation 1644 
    Governor of stronghold at Bridgnorth 
    Occupation 1650 
    Gave two sureties of £1.000 for his good behavior towards the revolutionary government enabling him to visit his brother Sir David in Newfoundland 
    Occupation 1654 
    Petition to Oliver Cromwell concerning £48.383 claimed from the French for the restitution of Canada 
    Occupation 19 Jul 1660 
    Petition to the Committee for Foreign Relations whereby his legitimate rights to Acadia had been committed to the benefit of Thomas Temple 
    Occupation 11 Dec 1660 
    Petition to the King: £60.000 sterling due to him by articles of agreement with the French at the surrender of Québec 1632 
    Occupation 11 Dec 1660 
    Prays that Nova Scotia and Canada may not be put into the hands of any other until his grievances are heard 
    Died 1663  London, Savoy Parish, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 21 Aug 1663  "All the Estate that their late Father Sir David Kirke and their mother did give unto me" Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 21 Aug 1663  Restored the family estate to his Newfoundland nephews George, David II, Phillip and Jarvis Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 7 Oct 1663  Prerogative Court of Canterbury Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6791  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Gervase Kirke,   b. 1568, Norton, North Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1629, Basin Lane, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Élizabeth Gaudin,   b. Abt 1575, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1638  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 1596  Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S37] Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Général en Acadie, et son temps, 1593-1666, L'abbé Azarie Couillard-Després, (L'Imprimerie d'Arthabaska Incorporée, Arthabaska, Québec, 1930), 157.

    2. [S186] Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Gouverneur en Acadie, 1593-1666, au tribunal de l'histoire, L'abbé Azarie Couillard-Després et Louis Riboulet, (Le Courrier de St-Hyacinthe, Saint-Hyacinthe, 1932), 16-17 & 30.
      In 1627, a war arising, Sir David Kirke, his brethrens and relations, by his Majesty's Commission sent nine ships to expel all the French from the river Canada, and seized 18 French ships, with 135 pieces of ordinance, designed for the relief of Royal Fort (Port Royal, sic) and Quebec, under command of M. de Rochmond and the La Tour, father of the Governor of Royal Fort, whom with said ships and guns they brought to England. (Representation of Sir Lewis Kirke and John Kirke, concerning Acadia and Nova Scotia, Calendar State Papers, vol. XVI, N° 1, British Museum, London).

    3. [S115] Voyages du sieur de Champlain, ou Journal Ès Découvertes de la Nouvelle France, Samuel de Champlain, (Tome Second, Paris, imprimé aux frais du gouvernement, août, 1830), 261-326.
      Lewis Kirke remit les clefs de Québec (l'habitation) à Jean le Baillif le 21 juillet 1629 : Français d'Amiens qui avait accompagné Champlain à Québec en 1622, 's'estant volontairement donné aux Anglois pour les servir et aider à nous ruiner, comme perfide à son Roy et à sa patrie, avec trois autres que j'avois autrefois mené en nos voyages, il y avoit plus de quinze à seize ans, entre autres l'un appelé Estienne Bruslé, de Champigny, truchement des Hurons, le second Nicolas Marsolet de Rouen, truchement des Montaignais, le troisième de Paris, appelé Pierre Raye, charon de son mestier, l'un des plus perfides traistres et meschants qui fust en la bande. Ledit Baillif estoit venu autrefois en ces lieux avec ledit de Caen, qui l'avoit fait un de ses commis, l'ayant chassé pour estre grandement vicieux. Cestui-ci entre au magazin, se saisit de tout ce qui estoit dedans, et de trois mille cinq cents à quatre mille castors, qui appartenoient au sieur de Caen, comme de toutes les autres commoditez qui estoient en l'habitation pour servir à icelle.' (pp. 269-271)

    4. [S253] Pages d'histoire du Canada, Benjamin Sulte, (Granger Frères, 1699 rue Notre-Dame, Montréal, 1891), 119-123 & 148.
      Le Baillif (John Bailey), natif d'Amiens, arrivé (à Québec) en 1622 en qualité de sous-commis et chassé par de Caen 'pour être grandement vicieux;' il se donna aux Kertk, qui en firent leur commis et lui confièrent les clefs du magasin des Français, qu'il avait eu la précaution de se faire remettre afin de se venger de de Caen.

    5. [S606] Histoire du Canada, huitième édition, revue et augmentée par Hector Garneau, François-Xavier Garneau, (Éditions de l'Arbre, Montréal, 1944), Tome I, Livre I, chap. 3, pp. 183-188 & Tome II, Livre III, chap. 1, p. 5.

    6. [S742] France and England in North America, Francis Parkman, (The Library of America, Library Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, 1983), Volume I, pp. 317, 320 & 323-324.
      Before me is a copy of the original agreement for the restitution of Quebec and Port Royal, together with ships and goods taken after the peace. It is indorsed, Articles arrestés entre les Députés des Deux Couronnes pour la Restitution des Choses qui ont été prises depuis le Traité de Paix fait entre elles; 24 avril, 1629 (à Suze, pp. 323-324).

    7. [S762] The History of Canada, William Kingsford, (Rowsell & Hutchison, Toronto, Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, London, 1887-1888), Volume I, p. 142.

    8. [S644] Dictionnaire général du Canada, Louis Le Jeune, (Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Imprimé en France, Firmin-Didot et Cie., Mesnil, Eure, 1931), Tome 1, pp. 356 & 859-860.
      Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, moeurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada.

    9. [S643] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB/DBC), (University of Toronto Press & Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979 & 1982), Volume I, p. 407.

    10. [S740] Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574-1660, Volume 1, Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edited by W. Noël Sainsbury, Esq., (Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London, 1860), 137, 415, 481, 484-485, 488 & 494.

    11. [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Volume 40 (1886), p. 177.
      Minutes from the Records of the Privy Council at Whitehall relating to Nova Scotia, dated 26 Feb. & 7 March 1661 and 23 April 1662, referring to petitions of Sir Lewis Kirke Knight John Kirke Esq. and others on the one part, and Col. Thomas Temple in his own behalf. The business of the last meeting was a grant of the Government of Nova Scotia &c. to Col. Thomas Temple during life. Egerton MS., No. 2395, British Museum.

    12. [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume I, pp. 70-72.

    13. [S5] Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal.


  

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