Col. Toby Purcell , of Ballymartin and Cloghpooke, co. Kilkenny. Colonel of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 26 October 1691. The Royal Welch Fusiliers, 'The Nanny Goats' have a regimental day where an Officers toast is made to 'Toby Purcell, His Spurs and St. David'. Purcell was the regiment's second-in-command at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690; his spurs were handed down to be worn by successive seconds-in-command until 1842, when they were lost in a fire in Montreal. See http://www.battlefield-site.co.uk/traditions.htm May 29 1699 The Treasury Lords to the Lords Justices, Ireland. We have laid before the King your letter of Feb. 24 last in which you recommend a grant to Col. Toby Purcell of 400l. per an. of forfeited lands. It is the King's pleasure that you send a schedule of forfeited lands to that value. Out Letters (Ireland) VII, p. 514. May 10 1707 May 10. 14. Letter from Mr Edward Southwell to Mr Lowndes, asking him to lay before the Lord High Treasurer a letter from the Lords Justices of Ireland, together with a report of the Solicitor General upon the petition of Col. Toby Purcell [Governor of Duncannon Fort]. There was no Act of Parliament or anything to hinder Her Majesty's favour to the petitioner. [The favour was the grant of Her Majesty's title to certain lands in Ireland purchased of one John Butler in the county of Tipperary.] Dated 10 May 1707. There are two other letters and a copy of a report, in all six papers. Minuted:—“5 June 1707. A wt to be prepared accordingly.” 8 pages.
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