sentences:  He fought under the Earl of Essex in the Nine Years' War (1593–1603) and was knighted by him on 24 July 1599.To put this into perspective it should be said that Theobald was already in his sixties and that Essex knighted a great many people and was mocked by saying "he never drew sword but to make knights".On 19 July 1608, King James I gave him a patent confirming the possession of the manor and town of Kilfaughny in County Westmeath where he then lived and finally died.