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Nicholas Luttrell 
of Dublin

b. after 1574 d. 1610

Son of 
Simon Luttrell of Luttrellstown
and
​________ Gaydon, dau of Nicholas Gaydon, Dublin, merchant

Siblings of Nicholas
Thomas (Simon’s heir, b1574) Robert, Richard,
Katherine, Elizabeth, Margaret & Matilda
“Chancery Pleadings” Betham Genealogical Abstracts Dublin, Ireland
Nicholas Luttrell is shown in 1597 to be in possession of Powerstown (Poocestowne) - in Civil Parish of Mulhuddart, in the Barony of Castleknock, 
in the County of Dublin. 
 “John Luttrell of Woodstock, County Kildare, is a Trustee for N. L. and is probably his uncle”
Will Abstract –
Nicholas Lutterell of Lutterellstown, Gent. 22 June 1609
Bro. Thomas
Uncle? Nicholas Gaydon 
(mother’s father named Nicholas but no record on brother)  Irishtown?

Ireland, Index to the Prerogative Wills, 1536-1810, p294
Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810; Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Publisher Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
NameNicholas Luttrell
Probate Year1610
Probate PlaceLuttrellstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Nicholas Luttrell , who died in 1610, “made a Will the previous year in which he mentioned that he had 
‘intended to apply his study toward Oxford, then after to the Inns of Court’, but that through want of means 
‘he had altered his course’ and intended to go into other countries where ‘he might attain the faculty of physic’.” 
F E Ball in History of the County Dublin, Parish of Clonsilla, Vol 4. . .
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It is not certain that the story below relates to Nicholas Luttrell, son of Simon Luttrell of Luttrellstown, but. . .
the quote by F E Ball, above, and the dates seem to be highly suggestive that it may apply.

A Nicholas Luttrell is in prison in Spain 1592 through early 1596 or later.

Examination of John Gough of Dublin, merchant. Mentions he saw in Madrid three Irishmen in prison believed to be spies, namely Capt. Butler, a Munster man and Thomas Tirrell and Nicholas Luttrell of Dublin. Also mentioned Richard Stanist, a physician. Dec. 21, 1595.
NLIhttps://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_016273?sid=36781505 
MLA (9th ed.) Citation
Examination of John Gough of Dublin, Merchant. Mentions He Saw in Madrid Three Irishmen in Prison Believed to Be Spies, Namely Capt. Butler, a Munster Man and Thomas Tirrell and Nicholas Luttrell of Dublin. Also Mentioned Richard Stanist, a Physician. Dec. 21, 1595. 1894.


Extract From Portuguese StudiesVol 61990
Printed for the Modern Humanities Research Association
By W S Maney & Son LTD

Alarms and Excursions in Lisbon under Castilian Domination : The Case of Captain Richard Butler 
MICHAEL E. WILLIAMS

LISBON UNDER CASTILIAN DOMINATION : A CASE HISTORY

Pg 101     III     Before we come finally to the meeting of Butler with the Secretary , another character has to be introduced .
 Nicholas Luttrell , an Irishman from Sarston Herea , Dublin , baptized in the parish of Malahide , was also being held in the castle , as a vagrant . 
He had left Ireland seven years previously in the service of a Portuguese merchant and had been , amongst other things, 
a servant to the exiled Bishops of Mayo and Ferns , a pilgrim to Rome , employed at the court in Naples , in the service of Viscount Baltinglass and then of Andrew Wisse , He was now under the care of Richard Stanihurst and had a poor record of health . However , he was now called upon to act as interpreter for Butler and Terrel when they were summoned to appear before the Cardinal Archduke 's Secretary , Luttrell knew more of the Irish residents in Lisbon than either Butler or Terrel and claimed acquaintance with Viscount Baltinglass , Walter Lee and Thomas Geraldine , He was also known to the Secretary , Mateo de Otten . The interview concerned a memorial that Butler and Terrel had sent , begging for alms and for letters of favour to the King . It took place in December 1592 and we have both Butler 's and Luttrell 's account of what happened . Butler did the talking , Luttrell acted as interpreter. . . .

Pg 110. . . by a shorter note to the King in which he gave his own views of the case . He recommended that as there was no case against Luttrell 
and he was solely a witness , he should be released .

Pg 111 . . . these recommendations of Valladares were not carried out immediately since on 21 December John Gough , a merchant of Dublin , made a statement to the effect that , after visiting Bilbao on 15 May , he had gone to Seville and then Madrid , where he visited three Irishmen in prison : Butler Terrel , and Luttrell . They were living on a maintenance of nine pence a day 

VIII The case continued into 1596 . On 20 March Nicholas Luttrell wrote to the King , saying that it was now many years since he had come to Spain in order to flee from the persecution of Catholics in his own country . He had served with the armada at Flores and was now in need of sustenance .  
This petition implies that by this time Valladares 's recommendation in his regard had been carried out and that he had been released from prison.