Valentine Greatrakes
- Born: 14 Feb 1629, Waterford, County Kildare, Ireland UK
- Marriage (1): Ruth Godolphin in 1647
- Died: Cir 1683, Affane, County Waterford, Ireland UK about age 54
Noted events in his life were:
• source. Mary-Ann Cook who writes:
Greatrakes flourished in the reign of Charles II born 1628 at Affane co Waterford and educ in the free school of Lismore, later in England at the house of a maternal uncle. Back in Ireland he sought seclusion in the Castle of Cappoquin; in 1649 he obtained a commission in Lord Broghill`s regiment then on service in Munster and in 1656 on disbandment he returned to his estate at Affane and was shortly afterwards appointed JP. About 1662 he had the compulsion that he could cure the kings evil. In 1665 at the request of the Earl of Orrery, he went to England to try his hand on the head of Lady Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire. He failed to cure her, but is supposed to have cured others in the county. See The Miraculous Conformist or an account of several Miraculous Cures performed by Mr Greatrick by Mr Foxcraft Publ Oxford 1666. In Philosophical Transactions No 256 p 332 the celebrated Ralph Thoresby gives several instances of cures effected by Greatrakes, including Thoresby`s own brother.
Valentine married Ruth Godolphin, daughter of William Godolphin and Ruth Lambe, in 1647. (Ruth Godolphin was born in 1633 in Cornwall England and was christened on 18 Aug 1633 in St Mabyn, Cornwall England.)
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