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unusual facts about John Perrott



Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire

A member of the Ó Maolconaire bardic family of Connacht, Tuileagna is known from a number of extant works, including Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann, addressed to Sir Nicholas Walsh, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Speaker of the third Irish Parliament convened in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, (Perrott’s parliament) of 1585–6.


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Perrott's Folly

Built in the open Rotton Park by John Perrott in 1758, who lived in Belbroughton, the tower now stands high above the local residential and business housing.

St Mary's Church, North Leigh

In 1723, John Perrott, Lord of the Manor, engaged Christopher Kempster of Burford to refit the church and build a burial chapel for the Perrott family to the north of the north aisle.