Tituladoes

See also: titulado

English

Etymology

From Spanish titulados

Noun

Tituladoes pl (plural only)

1. refers to the English and Anglo-Irish elite, particularly those who held official positions, land, or military authority in Ireland during the early modern period (16th–17th centuries). The term was used to describe individuals who were titled or held significant status, often granted by the English Crown.
   • 1867, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy., volume XXIV Polite Literature, page 321:

     I have compared the names of the Tituladoes appearing in the transcript, and the townlands returned as their respective places of residence, with the names of the Commonwealth tenants of corresponding townlands and counties in the years 1657, 1658, and 1659, and have found complete and convincing identity in numerous instances.

   • 1992, Marilyn Silverman, P. H. Gulliver, editors, Approaching the Past: Historical Anthropology Through Irish Case Studies, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, page 244:

     However, it is clear that the “Tituladoes” (the highest taxpayers) could easily be identified from the original parish returns of the poll tax lists; …

   • 2013, Kevin Terry, The Terrys of Cork: Merchant Gentry 1180-1644, Phillimore & Co, page 78:

     In Mallow town, Domini Thirry was a Tituladoes name in Pender’s Census, 1659.