Beresford, David

Cranley, Thomas (c.1340–1417), archbishop of Dublin, chancellor and justiciar of Ireland, had a long career as a cleric and scholar in England before coming to Ireland. Cranley was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 1366, receiving his D.Th. before 1390. He held several…

Creagh, David (c.1450–1503), archbishop of Cashel, seems to have been a native of Limerick. He received training in both canon and civil law at Oxford, and was a canon and prebendary in Cork and Limerick before being provided to the archbishopric of Cashel in May 1484. He…

Crump, Henry (a.1350–p.1401), theologian and scholar, was a native of the Anglo-Irish lordship who joined the Cistercian house of Baltinglass before being sent to Oxford, where he gained the degree of D.Th. and probably served as the master of the Cistercian…

Dartasso (Dartas), Janico (d. 1426), soldier, was born in Navarre, possibly Artaxo on the frontier with Castile. As early as 1367 he was serving Charles ‘the Bad’ of Navarre in the garrison of Cherbourg. Twelve years later, collaborating with the English forces stationed there, he…

Dauntsey, Edward (a.1380–1430), bishop of Meath, of English birth, attended Oxford, where he showed an aptitude for the law, receiving a BCL before 1392, a DCnL before 1397, and a DCnL & DCL…

De Brana, George (a.1455–1529), bishop of Dromore and Elphin, was one of several foreigners provided to Irish sees in the second half of the fifteenth century. He is said to have been Athenian by birth and was almost certainly provided to the vacant see of Dromore on the…

de Prendergast, Maurice (fl. 1169–74), adventurer, a Fleming from Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, Wales, led a group of some ten men-at-arms and 200 archers to Ireland, landing (2 May 1169) at Bannow Bay, a day after Robert fitz…

fitz Anthony, Thomas (d. c.1227), administrator, first appears in the historical record when he was sent with gold and silver from Ireland to King John (qv) in February 1207. He held lands within the Marshal lordship of Leinster,…

Fitz Audelin, William (a.1140–p.1189), administrator, was son of Audelin de Aldefeld. A minor Hampshire landholder, he rose to become a member of the household (familia) of Henry II (qv). As early as 1160 he was…

FitzEustace, Roland (c.1430–1496), Lord Portlester , administrator, was son of Sir Edward FitzEustace of Kilcullen and Harristown, Co. Kildare, and a member of one of the most prominent families of the English lordship. His father served as deputy lieutenant to…

FitzGerald, Gerald fitz Maurice (c.1350–1432), 5th earl of Kildare , magnate, was eldest son of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 4th earl of Kildare, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew, Lord…

FitzGerald, Gerald fitz Maurice (c.1150–1204), lord of Offaly, second son of Maurice fitz Gerald (qv), and ancestor of the earls of Kildare, formed the basis of the lineage's landed wealth during his lifetime. He was…

FitzGerald, Gerald fitz Maurice (‘Gearóid Iarla’) (1338–98), 3rd earl of Desmond , justiciar of Ireland and poet, was son of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 1st earl of Desmond, and his second wife, Aveline, daughter…

Fitzgerald, James fitz Gerald (c.1380–1462), 7th earl of Desmond , was third son of Gerald fitz Maurice FitzGerald (qv), 3rd earl of Desmond, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of…

FitzGerald, James fitz Maurice (a.1500–1529), 11th earl of Desmond , was son of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 10th earl of Desmond, and Ellen Roche. He appears to have taken control of the earldom sometime…

FitzGerald, James fitz Thomas (c.1459–1487), 9th earl of Desmond, magnate, was son of Thomas fitz James FitzGerald (qv), 8th earl, and Alice Barry, and succeeded to the earldom after the execution of his father (…

FitzGerald, John (a.1377–1399) and Thomas fitz John FitzGerald (c.1386–1420), 4th and 6th earls of Desmond, succeeded in turn to the earldom but neither managed to make a lasting impact on the fortunes of their family. John fitz Gerald was the eldest son of…

FitzGerald, John fitz Thomas (c.1265–1316), 5th lord of Offaly and 1st earl of Kildare , magnate, was son of Thomas fitz Maurice FitzGerald (d. 1271), the fourth son of Maurice fitz Gerald FitzGerald (qv) (d.…

fitz Gerald, Maurice (c.1110–1176), second son of Gerald of Windsor, castellan of Pembroke , and his wife Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, Wales, was one of the early leaders of the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland and was ancestor both of the earls of…

FitzGerald, Maurice fitz Gerald (1194–1257), lord of Offaly, justiciar, was son of Gerald fitz Maurice FitzGerald (qv) and his wife Eva, daughter of Robert de Bermingham. He was still a minor at the time of his father's…

Fitzgerald, Maurice fitz Thomas (c.1460–1520), 10th earl of Desmond, was second son of Thomas fitz James FitzGerald (qv), 8th earl of Desmond, and Alice Barry, and succeeded to the earldom after the assassination of…

FitzGerald, Maurice fitz Thomas (c.1321–1390), 4th earl of Kildare , justiciar, was the third of three sons of Thomas fitz John FitzGerald (qv), 2nd earl of Kildare, and his wife Joan (d. 1328), daughter of…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz James (c.1420–1468), 8th earl of Desmond , eldest son of James fitz Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 7th earl, and his wife Mary, daughter of…

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FitzGerald, Thomas ‘fitz Maurice’ (a.1430–1478), 7th earl of Kildare , justiciar, son of John Cam FitzGerald (thus presumably a great-grandson of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 4th earl of Kildare), emerged…