Benjamin granted Mt Lucas by CromwellOrdered by the lord protector to“put to the sword every man and boy of an area inIreland that had resisted the English invasion”Benjamin replied“I will not be his Highness’ butcher”Cromwell relented and spared the peopleTHE LUCAS/BALL CONNECTIONElizabeth Lucas heiress and daughter of John Lucas and Elizabeth Wakeley married Benjamin Manly ... Read more
