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PEERAGE of IRELAND

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A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY

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PRESENT NOBILITY

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With ENGRAVINGS op their PATERNAL COATS of ARMS.

Collected from Public Records, authentic Manufcripts, approved Hiftorians, vvell-attefted Pedigrees, and perfonal Information.

By JOHN LODGE, Esq..

peputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower, Deputy Clerk and Keeper of the Rolls, and Deputy Regifter of the Court of Prerogative.

REVISED, ENLARGED, and CONTINUED to the PRESENT TIME,

By MERVYN ARCHDALL, A. M.

RECTOR OF SLANE IN THE DIOCESS OF MEATH, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL |RISH ACADEMY, AND AUTHOR OF THE MONASTICON HIBERNICUM.

VOL. IV.

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JAMES MOORE, 45, COLLEG E-.G RON.

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PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY,

THE FOURTH VOLUME OF

THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND,

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BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

X H E original defcent of this illuArious family is diverfely deduced by genealogifts*,. but we fhall begin with Heiveius, who is unqueftionably proved by Sir James Ware, and Wil- liam Roberts, Efq. Ulfter King of Aims in the reign of K. Charles I. and by the indifputabffc authority of ancient records, to be the true and direct anceflor of the family. Vol. IV. B 'He

* Some writers a (Tart, that their defcent is derived fromGodefroy or Geof- ircy, Regent of Brionir, in Normandy, fon of Richard, fir ft duke of Nor- mandy (grandfen of RJlo) who was trie father of Giflebert, furnamed Crii- pi.i, Earl of Brion, guardian to the Conqueror of England dur'mg his mino- rity, whofe fon Richard, accompanied the Norman Duke in his expedition to England (his name being in the roll of Battel Abbey, amongflthe Conqueror's attendants), and for his great fervices and propinquity of blood, was dignified ' iihthe Earldom of Clare. — He married Adeliza filler to Randolph Meichines, Earl of Chelter, and had five foils, viz. Giibert, furnamed de Tonbridge, from whom defcended the Earls of Clare, Glouceftcr, and Hertford, which ended in Gilbert, Earl of Clare, killed in the battle of Bannockfburn, 8 July S314 (3 Edward II.} j Roger, and Walt ci, both <Ud childteftj Hobert,

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BUTLER, Viscount MOUNT GARRET.

He accompanied the Conqueror in his expedition to Eng- land, and obtained large poiTeiTions in the counties of Nor- folk, Suffolk, and Laucafter ; in which he was fucceeded by Herveius Walter, his ion, having alfo a daughter Alicia, who became wife of Ormus Magnus.

Herveius

and Richard, wlio both (their father being cup bearer to the King), u fed in his life-time to execute that office for him and thence affumed the furname of Bouteillers. — Robert, at his father's death, hid the office conferred upon him, jrnd wascup-bf arer to K. Henry I. in which he was fucceeded by his eldeft ion Walter, whofe fm Herveius was father of Theobald the firft Butler of Ire- land. Mr. Carte, in his Hiftory of James, Duke of Ormond, difapproves of this pedigree (which was drawn by Mr John Butler a beneficed clergyman in the county of Northampton and cotemporary with Sir William Dugda'e) for which he there affigns his reafons. Others ' affirm that the firft of this fami- ly was Gilbert, furnamed Becket, a native of London, not inferior to any of hi? fellow citizens, for kindred and riches, and fupenor to meft of them in a angu- lar good carriage, and holy converfation and who, in the flower of his youth, voluntarily received the Holy Crofs to ferve again ft the Infidels, and travelled into the Holy land ; on his return, being taken priibner and made an infidel Admi- ral's captive, he fo continued for a year and a half during which time the Admi- ral's only daughter, ( M ahold or Maud) was fo taken with his good qualities and weighty teafoning, in matters concerning the Chriftian religion that obtaining his liberty by flight fhe forfock ail and fccretly followed him into England, where (after Lnftruction in the Chriftian Religion and beine baptifed by the Bilhop «f London, in St Paul's Church in the prefence of fix prelates) ihe was married So him, and had two ions and two daughters viz Thomas Becket Archbifhop of Canterbury; Waiter Fitz-Gi!bert ; Agnes, wife to Thomas Fitz-Theobald de Kelly; and Mary a nun, made ( 9 Henry II. ) Abbefs of Barking; 2 Wal- ter married Matilda de Manfeo, and had a fon Theobald Fitz-Walter (as ap- peareth by an ancient deed without date) of whom by Hooker, •> in his Chro- nicle of the Conquer! and Antiquities of Ireland it is thus written : " Theobald "' Fitz-Walter who, by his nation was made Becket, but, by his wife, Butler, ** was the fon of Gilbert, and was the firft Butler that came into Ireland, who ** being a wife and expert man ; was firft fent thither with William Fitz- Adelm, *fr when he came over, Governor of the kingdom, upon the death ot the Earl " of Chepftow. (who died 2,3 Henry II.) * and after with K. John 31 ** Henry III. to view and fearch the country, and in the end, grew to fuch great *' credit, that he was enfeoffed wiih great livings there, and alio advanced, (and " his poirerity after him) to great honours and promotions.'* And finding by feveral pedigrees made in England for Thomas, Earl of Ormond, and allowed and approved by the heralds there, and alfo by certain old books and pedigrees made in this kingdom, that the faid Walter, tather to the faid Theobald, was the fon of the faid Gilbert Becket, and brother to the faid holy martyr, Thomas Becket, Archbiliriop of Canterbury (fays Robert Rothe, Efq. one of the counfel to Thomas Earl of Ormond and Ofl'ory, in his Regiflry, collected in 161 cT, con- taining the pedigree, offices, and fervices, &c. out of the feveral Chronicles, pe- digrees, records, and evidences of this family both in England and Ireland.) But Mr. Richard Laurence fignifies to the Duke of Ormond, (in a note before a copy of Mr. Rothe's rtgiftry) that having examined and compared this R. with Roberts's MS. genealogy, he found no material difference, but in the 3 firft defcents and the little paper annexed to Mr. Roberts's arguments carried lo much, truth and ftiength, and his authority quoted was fo authentic and full for kValtsr ra- ther than Becket, that it was not to be anfwered.

r R<nkevs Rcgifiry. 2 Idem, 3 H«ok«r. p. 40. §4.. < I^Lm,

BUTLER Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Herveius Walter (which continued the furname until dif- Hervey tifed by Edmond, Ear! of Carrick, when (according to the cuftom) the Chriftian name only was to be ufed with the title) married Maud, eldeft daughter of Theobald de Valoines, and had ifTue five fons. Theobald, the firif Butler of Ireland, Hubert, Walter, Roger and Hamon. — Hubert, the fecond fon, was born at Weft- Derham in Norfolk, where he built a Monafferv ; and encompafled the tower of London with a ftrong wall and deep moat : He was brought up, with his brother Theobald, under Ranulph de Glanville, Juftice of England, his Uncle by the mother's fide ; and in Henr) lid's reign was one of the Barons of the Ex hequer, and De?n of York; whence K. Richard I. advanced him (1 No- vember 1 1 8q) to the fee of Salifbury ; and being taken pri- foner in the Holy Land, where he commanded the Englifh forces at the fiege of Aeon, was trar.tl.ited (while there) in 119} to the fee of Canterbury; and on his return, made Chancellor, Chief Juflice, andTreafurer of England ; which laft great truft he managed fo well, that in two years, (befides defraying the public expences) he faved the King of his own revenue it 0,000 marcs. He died of a fever, in July 1205, at his manor of Tenham, and was buried 13 at Canterbury.

Theobald, the eldeft fon, attended K. Henry II. into The3^ France, when that Prince came to an agreement with the Butler of French King on the behalf of Thomas Becket, Archbifhop h-dzzd. of Canterbury, murdered 28 December 1 1 7 1 ; and the next year accompanied him into Ireland, where he ferved in the reduction of the kingdom, and being rewarded with very large poflefTions, made it the place of his rcfidence r having alfo conferred upon him the Butlerfhip of Ireland in the year 1177, whereby he and his fucceflbrs were to at- tend the Kings of England at their coronation, and that day prefent them with the mil cup of wine ; for which they were to have certain pieces of the King's plate. — Some time after, that Kin£ granted him the prifage of wines, to enable him, and his heirs, the better to fupport the dignity of that office.* In ii$$ he was wimefs to a charter of K. John, then Earl of Morton, to the canons of Lanthony, of the lands of Ballybemmer and other eflates. In 1

B 2 Richard

* By this grant, he had two tons of wine out of every Pnip, which broke buik in any trading port of Ireland, and was loaden with 20 tons of that com- modity, and one ton from 9 to 20 ; fee a decree dated iz February 1584,2,*;* D. and proportionably for a lefs quantity , if it amounted .10 nine tons.

* Rothe'i Regiftry.

CUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Richard I. he accompted to the pipe-roll in the Exchequer 72I. 6s. 8d. of the fuitage of the Knights of the honour of Lancafter — In 1 194, he was appointed by his brother Hu- bert, collector of the fees to be paid to the King by thofc, who fhould perform tournaments or feats of arms in Eng- land, viz. from an Earl 20 marcs ; from a Baron 10 ; a Knight, who had lands, 4 ; and a Knight who had no lands, 2 marcs. In that reign he was a benefactor to the Abbe? of Furnes in Lancafhire ; was a perfon of large poffelTicns f in England and Ireland, being a Baron of both kingdoms ; and, 6 Richard I, was appointed, fheriff of the county of Lancafter, in which office he continued to the firft of K. John inclufive, and founded a monastery therein at Cock- erfands, as he alfo did at Arklow for Ciitertian Monks, 1 endowing it with his lands on the fouth fide of the river, the Salt Pits, and the ifland of Arklow to found the Abbey on. Helikewife in 1205 founded and endowed with all the lands of Wodeney O'Flinn, the impropriate rectories of Thurles and Arklow z the Abbey of Wotheney, or Woney (Abington) in the county of Limerick, having in the year 1200 founded and liberally endowed that of Ne- ragh in the county of Tipperary, being a priory or hofpi- tal of St. John Baptift, for the maintenance of Auguftine canons, with a provifion, that at lead 13 fick perfons mould be maintained in the houfe, with the daily allowance of a loaf, drink, and a dim of meat, and as their pofTeiTions fhould encreafe fo the number of canons were to be aug- mented 3.

In 1204. he gave two Palfreys for licenfe to go into Eng- land, and dying in 1206 4 was buried in a tomb, made for him in Wotheney Abbey. $ He married Maud, daugh- ter and heir to Robert de Vavafor, a great Baron of

Yoikfhire,

*f» Arnongft which, wa*- the T.ordihip of Prefton in AmundernefV ia Lan- crihire, which wa:; confirmed to him and hit. heirs by the charter of K. Rich- ard, 2,2 April 1194; 6 to hold by the fervice of three knights fee?, ani containing almoft half that county. He had alfo a grant of the lands of Inchcmeholmoe, Kiipocn, Kylinewy, Suchmoyl, V«(hehan, Kylcarnewy, and divert, others, with the Advowfon of the chinches', and all liberties, from Richard, ArchLiihop of Dublin yielding to the Bilhops of that fee two marcs of filver yearly, and to each of the Cathedral churches two pounds of wax at Eafter. And John, Earl of Morton, gave and confirmed to him the caftle and town of Arklow, with the appurtenance?, to hold by the fervice of one Knight's fee.

1 Mon. Angl. V. ?.. p. :oa$. 2 Rothe's Regifter. 3 Men, Aug!. V. 1 p. 1044. 4 Rothe's Rafter. ? Idem. 6 Rothc.

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET. - $

Yorkshire, (with whom he had the manors of Edlington and

Newborough, and the lands of Bolton) and by her, who

was afterwards married to Fuik Fitz-Warine l had one fon

Theobald, and a daughter Beatrix, to whom he gave a large

cftate in marriage with Thomas de Hereford, after whofe

death (he remarried with Sir Hugh Purcell, Knight.

Theobald, the fecond, was about fix years of age at his Theobald,

father's death and attaining his full age 5 Henry III. %

had a livery of his eilate 18 July, 6th of that reign, and

thereupon aifumed the furname of Butler from the fa id office

of Chief Butler of Ireland. He gave a confiderable part of

his lands at Sleiwn, with the tithes that lay near the church,

to the priory of All-Saints in Dublin, % and in ^247 was

L. J. of Ireland. He married Joan, eldeff filler and

co-heir to John de Marreis (de Marifco) (father of Herbert,

father of Sir Stephen de Marreis, who died iffuelefs 14

Richard II.) a confiderable Baron in Ireland, to whofe ef-

tates, both in this kingdom and in England, his pcfterity fuc-

ceeded ; and departing this life in 1248 (33 Hen. 3) was

buried in the Abbey of Arklow: and left Theobald, the~, . ,, i-i 1 1 xr r r -, i ii i Theobala,

third, who was then alio fix years or age 3 and adhered to 3

the King in his wars with the Barons. He married Margery, eldefr. daugh er of Richard de Burgo, (anceftor to the Earl of C!anrick<ud) with whom he had, befides other lands, the manors of Ardmaile and Killmorarkill 4 and being buried by his father at Arklow, left Theobald, the fourth Butler of Ireland, who aiTifted K. Edward I in his wars with Scotland, and married Joan fourth and youngeit daugh- ter of John Fitz-GeofTrey-Fitz-Peter de Barronis lord of Kirtling, and L. J. of Ireland, youngeft fon of the famous Geoffrey Fitz,-Piers, Lord Jufficiary of England ; and co- heir with her three fillers to her brothers John and Richard. (She brought him the manor of Faubridge in Effex, the ham- let of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey, the Hamlet, called the Vacherie, and the manor of Ailefbury in Bucks) 5 and dying 26 September 1285 in the CafTle

of

1 Idem. 2 Idem. s Idem, and Inq poft mortem taken in 1149, which found that he died feized of the manors of Beliagh and other lands in Stafford/hire, the manors of Whichton in Lancafaire, 3nd Tibeilcy ia Yorkfhirfc. 4 Roihe. 5 Mi'. Annals, ia Tria, ColL

BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTGARRET.

Theobald, 5

Edmond, Eariof Car rick.

of Arklow, was buried in the monaftery there, leaving iflue by her, who died about i ;oi (31 Edw. I.) two daughters, Maud and Joan, and eight fons, Theobald; Edmond cre- ated Earl of Carrick ; Thomas, anceftor to the Baron of Dunboyne ; John; Richard; Gilbert; Nicholas, elected Archbifhop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never confecrated -3 and James.

Theobald, the fifth honorary Butler of Ireland, was pre- fent in the Irifh Parliament of 1295, anc^ frauds the fifth on the Roll. In the fpring of 1296 he attended the King in his invafion of Scotland, and accompanied him in all thofe ex- peditions, wherein Edinburgh, with the lofs of 25,000 Scots, and all the fortrefTes cf that kingdom, were reduced ; and gained a great leputation by his valour. — In 1297 he * purchafed from Philip de Rupella the manor of Bree in the county of Dublin, with all the lands oftheBrinns; and alfo the cantred of Ornany in Conaughr, the lands in Cronn, and divers others. l He died unmarried at his manor of Turvey, 14 May 1^99, and was buried 27 in Wotheney- Abbey, being fucceeded in eftate, and the Butlerfhip of Ireland by his brother, ".

Edmond, who in 1302 fat in Parliament as a Baron, by "the name of Edmond It Botiller, and about the feaft of St. Hillary that year, recovered the manor cf Holhwocd near Ballymore from Richard, Archbifhop of Dublin, (except the advovvfon of the church) referving to the fee two pounds of wax, and hair an ounce of gold yearly, and re- leafing all his right to one mefluage and five acres ot land, with their appurtenances, in Lufke. — Pie was knighted in London by K. Edward II. in 15C9, and that year, with John, after Earl of Kildare, difperfed the rebellion in Conaught and Offaley; and in 1 3 7 2, being L. D. he re- preffedthe excurfions of the Byrnes and Tooles, numerous and potent clans, forced them to fubmit ; and being a great encourr.ger of fervitors, made a noble feaft: at Dublin on Sunday 29 of September 131 , when he created 30 Knights, 3 bv patent, dated at Langlev 4 January 1314, he was L. j. of Ireland, with the fee of 500I. a year, and 9 Ed- ward II, held a Parliament at Kilkenny, to raife a fubfidy for defence of the realm, againft Edward Bruce and the

Scots 5

* Rothe fajs the deeds of purchafe are in Birmingham Tower, 26 J Rothe's Rcgiftry. * ut 3 Mf. Ana.

BUTLER, ViscourfT MOUNTG ARRET. >/

Scots ; for his fervices againfr. whom, and the rebellious Irifh, he was created Earl of Carrick-Mac Griffyne in the county of Tipperary, by patent, dated at Lincoln i Sep- tember that year, i 3 1 5 ; and by a record of the fame l date, had given him the return of all the King's writs in the canrreds of Oieman, Elyogerth, and Elyocarroll in Tippe- rary ; to which was added, 12 November 1 .2, <, all the lands of William de Carran in Finagh and Favmolin in the county of Waterford; in which year (after many fervicef againft the O Mores, O Tooles, O Byrnes, O Murroughs, and other Irim fepts) going on pilgrimage into Spain to the ihrine of St. James of Compoftelia, he died after his return to London 1 September 1321, and was buried on St. Mar- tin's eve at Gowran in the county of Kilkenny.

In 1302 he married Joan, daughter of John, the firft Ear! of Kildare, and by her had three fons and two daughters;

James, his fucceiTor in the Earldom and Butlerfhip of Ire- ( , \ land.

John, who died in 1330, from whom the prefent Earl of (*) Carrick derives his defcent.

Laurence, who on the vigil of St. Cecilia the Virgin, in (3) 13 q, with Sir Henry Trahern, were taken prisoners by O Nolan, in Sir Henry's houfe of Kilbegg, in revenge of winch, h:s brother James waded their country.

His daughter Joan was married 1 "21 to Roger Mortimer, (0 fecor. i Ion of Roger, brother to Edward, Earl of March.

— to Sir Thomas Dillon of Drumranv, ancellor to the **' Vifcount Dillon.

James, who fucceeded, was under age at his father's James death, but notwithtlanding his nonage, had a licence, 3 December 1325, for the fine of 2qoo marcs, to marry ^oni. whom he plea fed ; and 1 March 1^26, had a grant and confirmation of the prize wines ; and was created Earl of Ormond (the north part of the county of Tipperary) by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury, the K. then holding a Parliament there, with the creation fee of iol a year out of the fee farm of Waterford; and by patent, dated at Wallingford feven days after, in confidera- tion of his fervices, and the better to enable him to fupport the honour, had given *o him the regalities, liberties, knights fees, and other royal privileges of the county of Tipperary, and the rights of a palatine in that county for life ; which feeing re-ailumed by that King were reilored to him again 23

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$ BUTLER, Viscount MOUNTG ARRET.

April 1337, and with the prize wines (which were alfo T re-aflumed by the King 1 7 November 1343) were granted in fee to his Ton James, and his heirs male, 5 June 1372 (46 Edw. III.) in virtue of which grant they were enjoyed by the family until the year 17 16.

In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg, on the river Suir in the county of Waterford for Francifcan Friars ; to whom, 3 June that year, r he gave his caftle and eftate of Carrick, of which they took pofleffion on Sunday the feaft of St. Peter and Paul 3. He is characterifed by Clynn, the Annaiift to be a liberal, amicable, facetious, and comely perfon, and dying in the flower of his youth, 6 January t 337, was buried at Gowran ; having, in '327, tfnarried Elenor, fecond daughter of Humphrey Bohun, the fourth Earl of Hereford and EiTcx, High Conffable of Eng- land, (by Elizabeth his wife, feventh daughter of K. Ed- ward I) and by her, who after married Sir Thomas Dag- worth * had two fons and one daughter, viz. John, born at Aroee on St. Leonard's day 1330, died an infant; Jam^s his fucceflbr; and Petronilla, the fir ft wife of Gil- bert, Lord Talbot, anceflor to the Pari of Shrewsbury. Jame*, James, the fecond Earl of Ormond, was born at Kilken- Earl. ny 4 October 1 3 3 1 > and given in ward, 1 September 1 344, to Maurice, Earl of Defmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs; and afterwards to Sir John Darcy L. J. of Ireland, who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was ufually called the noble Eail, on account of his defcent from the Royal Family ; and by the Irifh, James the Chaftc, an appellation procured by his modefty and virtue. Through his extraction, and in recompence of his fervices, he ob- tained feveral grants of lands and other favours from K. Edward III. and Richard II. 18 April 1359, *ie was aP~ pointed L. J. of the kingdom, as he was again, 15 March 1360, in which year he publimed proclamations and made divers regulations, for the advancement of the Englifh inte- rcfl in Ireland ; and did great fervice againft the rebellious Irifh in the provinces of Ulfter, Leinfter, and Munfter. 8 September 1361, Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third fon of

K.

* A corhmifuon, dated at Dublin r8 October 1344, t8 "Edward TIT. was granted to this Thomns de Da.'wort:h, and Alianorc his wife, of the cuftody of the catties of Nenagh and Moiali»y with the appurtenances, and the manors of KarkenlifT.) Bretage, and Carricmregriffin in Munfrer ; which, by reafon of the minority of Jame% Earl of Ormond, were in the King's hands, to hold ti'l he accomplished his full ?ge, rendering yearly into the Exchequer the full extent hereof.

1 Rot. A9. 17°. Edw. III. D. R, 8, 2 Mf. Annals in Trin Col. 3 Id.

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K. Edward III, being made L. L. he attended him from England with many other great men, having an allowance for himfelf of 4 s. a day and for his retinue ; 2 s. a-piece for two Knights ; nd. for 7 Efquires; 6 d. for 20 hobel- lars armed; and 4 d. for as many unarmed. In 1562, he flew 600 of Mac Murrough's followers at Teigftaffen in the county of Kilkenny; and 22 April 1364, was appointed L. D, to the faidDuke of Clarence ; as he was L. J. 24 July 1376, with the ufual falary of 500I. a year, in which office he was continued by K. Richard II. On 2 April 1372, he was made conftable of the Caftie of Dublin, with the fee of 1 SI. 5s. a year ; was fummoned to the Parliaments held by K. Richard II ; and 16 January 1 381, had a com million dated at Cork, during pleafure, to treat with ail rebels, Englifh and Irifh, though indicted and outlawed, and to grant them fafe conduces, in order to reform them to peace, and pre- ferve the tranquillity of the country ; fo as fuch treating fhould not tend to the prejudice of the King's faithful fub- jec~b. He died 18 October 18? (or 1.383) in his cailie of Knocktopher (near which he had, in J 3^6, tounded a Fria- ry for Carmelite friars) and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Canice in Kilkenny.

Bv his faid wife, (who re married with Sir Robert Her- ford, and by her deed, 5 Rich. II, furrendered to her fon all her dower in Ireland, except that of the prize wines,} he had two fons, James, his heir, then under age ; Thomas who by commilTion, dated at Kilkenny 25 May 1380, was comlituted, with Nicholas White of Clonmell, the King's Juftices in the county of Cork, during pleafure, to inquire upon oath, of ail {editions, tranfgreflions, felonies, oppref- fions, confpiracies, confederacies, and other crimes whatso- ever, committed again ft the K. or his liege people, and to adminifter juftice throughout thar county, &c„ and two daughters, Ellen married to Gerald, Ear! of Defmoru., and died in 1404 ; and Jean to Teige O Carrol,- Prince of Elye, and died of the plague in 1 -83.

James, the third Earl of Ormond, by building and ma- T>me* king the caftie of Gowran his ufual rcfidence, was com- monly called Earl of Gowran; bur, 1 r. September 1301, he Earf" concluded the purchafe of the caftie of Kilkenny -f which

became

•f- Th's caftie was built by William, Earl Marflial, the elder, who came into Ireland in 1207; and alio founded the Houfe of the Black Fiiars there; and his ion William fucceed ng him in jiac, granted a charter to the town € April IZ23, with privilege?, which they enjoy to this day. The Eari of

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became the chief feat of the family. He alfo built the cattle of Dunfert, (commonly called Danes-Fort) and in I3C6 founded a Friary of minorites at Ailefbury in Bucks. In i 384. he was deputy of the kingdom to Philip deCourte- nay, the King's coufin ; and, 25 July 1x92, again made L. J. as he was in 1401 ; and 26" October 1404, on the departure of Sir Stephen Scrdpe to England. By commif- fion, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appoint- ed f'by reafon of the exceiTive lodes and damages, fufrained by the Fling's liege fubjedts in the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, by the Irifh and Engltfh rebels,) keeper of the peace and governor of thofe counties and the people thereof, as well wiihin liberties as without, with full power to treat with, to execuie, to protect, and to give \zte conduct to any rebels, eVc. In 1397 he availed Edmond Pari of March, L. L. againft O Brien, and in 1 igg took prifoner Teige O Carrol, Prince of Elye, who efcaping the year after from Gowran, was {lain in 14/07 by the L. D. Scrope. By com- miffion dated at Kilkenny 9 May 1400, he, Sir Edward Perers, and others, were appointed Commiflioners of Oyer and Terminer in the counties of Kilkenny, Wexford, Wa- terford, Tipperary, Cork, and Limerick ; and, ,0 May 140.,, a writ, dated at Trim, by Thomas, Earl of Lan- cafter, L. L. was directed to him and John Lumbard, ap- pointing them juTrices or commi/Tioners of Oyer and Ter- miner in the county of Kilkenny, to adjourn tha Parlia- ment fummoned to meet at Kilkenny; and on the anni- verfary of St Vitalis the martyr in 1404 J he held a Par- liament in Dublin, which confirmed the flatutes of Dub- lin and Kilkenny, and the charter of Ireland. Being a mighty ftrong man, he is ftiled in fome annals, the head of the chivalry of Ireland, which kingdom he governed to the content of the King and his good fubjecls 2. He mar- ried Anne, daughter of John Lord Welles, and dying 7 September on the vigil of the BleiTed Virgin 3 1405 at Gowran, greatly regretted, after his return from invading O Connor's country, was there buried, leaving two fons, James his heir ; and Sir Richard Butler, whofe god-father was K. Richard II, of whom mention will be made here- after.

James,

Ormond purchafed the caftle, with divers manor? and lordfhips, from the beirs of Sir Hugh le Defpenfer, Earl of Gloucefter and Ii'abel his vftfe, daughter and coheir lo Gilbert de Clare, Karl of Gloueefter.

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James, the fourth Ear! of O.'mond, commonly called trie J;

imes,

White Karl, was a man of goad pans, and m after of a great g^ fh - of learning, (which at, that time was very rare in no- li' an J ami before he attained his full age, was, on V'hit- funday, 4 Henry VI, together. with the King, knighteJ by- John, Duk.e of Bedford, the King's uncle and regent ; af- tei which, returning: into Ireland, he accompanied the de- puty Scrope in his invafion of Mac-Murrough's territory, when that fept was routed, and O Nolan, with his fon and many others, made prifoners l and being informed that Walter de Burgp and O Carrol had ravaged the county of Kilkenny, they marched to Callan with fuch expedition, that they furprized and defeated the rehels with the {laughter of at leail ) u % On his return to Dublin, not yet being of age (Tor that year his wardship was granted to Thomas, Duke of Lancafter, fon of K. Henry, IV) he was left L. D. of the kingdom, his commiiTion bearing date 18 December 1407 ; 9 Henry IV. and held a Parliament there, which again confirmed the flatutes of Dublin and Kilkenny, and the charier granted under the Great Seal of England 3. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, having a fon born in Dublin, well known afterwards by (lie name of George Duke of Claience, his Lordfhip and the Earl of Defmond, were godfather?. In harveft, 14?, he accompanied Tho- mas of Lancafter, Duke of Clarence, into France, in which year Henry V. mounting the Throne, he was in great favour with that victorious Monarch -j- ; by whom he was appointed L. L. by a very large commiiTion, bearing date 10, February 1410, and landing at Waterford 10 April, held a Parliament 7 June on St. Laurences day 3 which granted the King two fubfidies, and to him- felf ~o marcs; after which he made great preys upon O Reily, 4 Mac-Murrough, (who at that time made all Leinfter tremble,) Mac-Mahqn^ and others ; for his fer vices againft whom the Parliament granted him a further fum of 300 marcs after the feaft of St, Andrew 5. Ori the nones

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•f* At his motion his Majefty firft created & King of arms in Ireland, np- pointing John Kiteley, hcra'.d in England, to that effice, by the title of Ire- land King of Arms •, which continued a* long as the Kings of England were ftiled Lords of Ireland, when it wa< altered by Henry VIII. to tha; of TJlfrer King of Arms, Bartholomew Eutler, York Hern Id, being the firft f ap- pointed: And his fon Philip Butler was the firft puriuivant at aims in Ire- land, being fo created io~ June 1 552, by the title of Athlone purfuivant, by John, Duke of No. thumbcrland, Eari Marfnal of England.

1 Id. 2 Id. 3 Id. 4 Mf. Annals in T. Coll, s Id.

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of May 142 1, a {laughter was committed on the family of the Earl, whilft L. L. near the monailery of Leys, where 27 Enghfh wereflain, the chief of whom were Puree! and Grant, noblemen, ten were taken pnfoners and 200 faved themfelves by flight, in the caftle ; and 7 June the Earl in- vaded Leys, and obiged the Irifh to fue for peace l.

K. Henry V deceafing 31 Aug;uft 1422, his Lordfhip was continued in the government until the arrival of Edmond Mortimer, Eail of March, to whom, 9 May 1424, he was made deputy, as he was the next year to John, Lord Fur- nival, and again 15 April 14.26; and 13 September follow- ing", he Tent James CornwaKh, chief baron of the Exche- quer, to lay before the King and council the irate of affairs, and to profecute feveral matters relating to the benefit and prefer* ation of the kingdom, for which he was allowed 6 s. 3 d. a day. Alfo, 28 Augisif. 1427, he declared to the coun- cil, that he had expended 40 marcs in refilling Gerald O Ca- venagh, an Irifh enemy, who had lately affembled a mul- titude of Kerns, to deilroy the king's fubjecls ; for which fum he had a liberate 11 October following ; and the day after, another for 50 marcs, for maintaining and keeping in fafe cufrody, divers Irifh hoflages, for the good conduct of Bernard Mac-Mahon and Neylan O Donne!, captains of their nations, Owen O Neile and'Meiler Birmingham.

In 1440 he was twice again made chief governor, firft as L. L. and after as L- I), and that year had ths temporal- ties of the fee of Cafhel granted to him for ten years, after the death of the Archbifhop, Richard O Hedian. — In 1443 he was again made L. L. and 24 June 1444, he affem- bled at Drogheda many of the privy council, nobility, and gentry of the Englifh Pale, and declared, that he had now held the place of chief governor of the kingdom for the fpace of three years and more, and that it had pleafed the King by his lettei and writ under the privy feal, fent by Robert Mansfield, Efq; groom of his bedchamber, to com- mand him over to his prefence, without delay or excufe, notwithstanding the commotions then fubfifring in Ireland ; wherefore he required of them, that they would declare be- fore the faid meffenger, if he had committed, during his government, any extortion contrary to the laws, or had been remifs in executing the laws. "Whereupon, after fome time fpent in confideration of his conducl, Sir James Allen de- clared, that there was not one there that could in any mat- ter

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ter complain of him, but were all fully thankful to him for his good and gracious government ; for the pains he had taken in defence of the land, having undergone grear and continual labours ; and had alfo, befides the allowance of the government, been at great expence for the honour of the King and defence of the kingdom ; and added, that if at that time he mould leave the kingdom, it would be ex- pofed to great danger ; and defired that Richard Wogan Chancellor, father Hugh Mideletcn, or Robert Mansfield, would repair to the King, and procure a fafe paflage fcr him ; and declare, that there was then great confederacy to deftroy his liege fubje&s, and that if it pleafed his highnefs to give the L. L. leave to ftay till Michaelmas, fo that his fubje&s might gather in their harveft, it would be a great comfort to them, and contufion to their enemies. Upon this reprefentation, the King difpenfed with his attendance in England: But two years after (144.6) fome of the Lords and Commons petitioned his Majefty for his removal, fet- ting forth, u That he was old and feeble, and had left ■' many of his old caftles for want of defence, and there- " fore was not likely to maintain, much lefs enlarge, the " King's poffeflions in Ireland." Upon this he was dif- mifled, though the bifhop and chapter of Cork, the cor- porations of Cork and Youghall, the Lords Barry, Roche, and others, gave a full teftimonial of his great fervices ; which however had this good effecl:, that the next year, when the Earl of Shrew (bury L. L. accufed him of high treafon before the Duke of Bedford, Conftable of England, in the Marfhal's court, the King quafhed the accufation ; and examining the caufe himfelf, was fo fully convinced of its being founded in malice, that he ordered all the pro- ceedings to be cancelled, and declared by patent, 20 Sep- tember 1448, " That the Earl of Ormond was faithful in " his allegiance, meritorious in his fervices, and untainted ** in his tame ; that no one mould dare, on pain of his tn- " dignation, to revive the accufation, or reproach his con- <f duel ; and that his accufers were men of no credit, nor " fhculd their teftimony be admitted in any cafe." And a writ reciting all this, dated 21 November, attefted bv his mortal enemy, Richard, Archbifhop of Dublin, deputy to his brother Shrewfbury, was fent to the Magiffrates of Li- merick and other towns, to caufe proclamation thereof to be made throughout the kingdom.

His Lordfhip was a great lover of hiilory and antiquities, and gave lands for ever to the College of Heralds, for which,

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until the reformation of religion, h< was prayed for in all their public meetings, and conftantly after remembered as a fecial benefactor. He built the caftles of Tuleophelim, Neriagh, Ro<crea, and Templemore ; and gave the manor andadvowfon of Htickcote in Bucks to the Hofpital of St. Thomas D' Acres in London, which was confirmed by Par- liament 3 Hen. VI. atthefuit of his fon. Remarried firft Johan, daughter of Gerald, the fifth Earl of Kildare, who dying 3 Auguft 143°, was buried in the faid hofpita! ; and fe- condlv in 1432, Elizabeth, daughter of William Beauchamp, Lord Bergavenny, and widow of John, Lord Grey of Wil- ton ; but by her, who died 6 Au gull 1452, a few days be- fore him, he had no ifiue; having by the firft three fons, James, John, and Thomas, fuceefitve Earls of Ormond ; and two daughters, Elizabeth, the fecond wife of John, the fecond Earl of Shrew fbury, and died on the Saturday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary I in 1473 ; and Anne, who died unmarried, and lies buried in the church of Shene in Surrey, under a marble graveftone, on the north fide of the High Altar, with this memorial;

Hie jacet Anna filia Ccmitis (1'Ormond, qua? Ohiit iv. die Januar. AnnoDni mccccxxxv.

Fie died at Ardee 23 Ausruft 1452? on his return from an expedition againft Connor O Mulrian, and was buried in St. Mary's Abbey near Dublin ; being iucceeded by his eldefl fon Jamet James, the fifth Earl of Grmond, who was born ^4 No-

vember 1420, and knighted when very young by K. Henry VI. with whom he was in great efleem. He attended Richard, Duke of York, Resent of Fiance into that kins:- dom ; and, inconfideration of his adherence and fidelity to the Lancaftrian interefr. againft the Houfe of York, was created a Peer of England 8 July 1449, by the title of Earl of V/iltfhire, to him and the heirs male of his body; and in T450 conflituted one of the commiflioners, to whom the cuftody of Calais, the tower of Rifehank and Marches of Picardy were committed for the term of five years. — -In 1451 he was made L. D. of Ireland, the next year fuc- ceeding his father in the title of Ormond, was appointed L.L. 12 May 14571 for ten years ; and that year going to Englandj he undertook, with the Earl of Salifbury, and other

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Lords, the guarding of the Teas for three years, receiving the tonage and poundage to fupport the charge thereof ' alio 15 March 1455, was appointed Lord High Treafurer of Eng- land; and fhortlv after attended the King at the battle of St. Al- bans, where the Yoikifts prevailing, he fled, cafting his ar- mour into a ditch; yet, on a turn of affairs, was reftored to his poft of Treafurer 37 Henry VI. and the next year created a. Knight of the Garter, and made keeper of the foreh; or parkof Pederton in Somerfetfnire, and of Cranbourn Chace in the counties of Wilts and Dorfet.— • He foon after fitted out five great mips of Genoa, to fioht the Earl of War- wick's fleet, with which he failed to the Netherlands ; but returning before the battle of Wakefield, fought 31 Decem- ber T460, he commanded one wirg of the army, which inclofed and flew the Duke of York, father of K. Edward, IV ; but 29 March 1461, being at the bloody battle of Towton-Field, he was taken prifoner by Richard Salkeld ; beheaded at Newcaftle 1 May, and in the enfuing Parlia- ment, which met 4 November, attainted.

He married three wives ; firft Avic»a, only daughter of John Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, Duke of Touraine in France, and heir to her brother Humphry, who died 16 Henry VI; to his fecond, Avicia, daughter of Sir Pvichard Stafford, a great heirefs ; and to his third, Elenor, eldeft daughter of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerfet, and Earl of Mortaigne in Normandy, and coheir to her brother, Edmond Duke of Somerfet, beheaded 5 May 147 1, two days after the battle of Tewkfbury for his adherence to the Lancaftrian line ; % but having no iiTue, was fucceeded by his brother

John, the fixth Earl of Ormond, who was knighted at Joha> Leiceiler by the Duke of -Bedford, the King's uncle, 3 Ea,.{> for his faithful adherence to K Henry VI. for which he was alfo attainted ; yet by K. Edward IV. was reflored in blood, and to all his eftates, except the manor and hundred of Rochford, and other lands in Eflex. — That King was ufed to fay of him, " That he was the goodlieft Knight he " ever beheld, and the fined: gentleman in Chriftendom ; cc and that if good breeding, nurture, and libera! qualities " were loft in the world, they might all be found in John, " Earl of Ormond." He was a perfect mailer of all the languages of Europe ; and there was fcarce a Court in it,

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