KILDARE. 369 1316. 2. Thomas Fitz John (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [!•]■ 2il'») but 1st surr. s. ami h., received in 1317 the office of Sheriff of Kildare (which bail been reserved in the grant of the Earldom) with rem. to his heirs mule. From 1820 to 1321 ha was LOBI) JuSTTOS of Ireland and again from Feb. 1326 till his death in 1323. He m., 18 Aug. 1312. at Greai Castle, on OarUngford Lav. eo. Down, Joan.fh) 3d da. of Richard (dk BoaOH), 2d EiKt OP Ulster [1.1 (the lied /■;.;!). by Margaret, da. of Sir John i>e Butinn, of Lanvalley. Hh d. at JIaynooth 9 April 1828, and was bur. in the Orev Abbey at Kildare. His widow >»■ 3 July 132!), at Maynooth, Sir John Dahcv, Lord Justice of Ireland 1321, 1320, 1332, 1334, and 1310 .She d. 23 April 1359, and was bur. in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. HI. 1 .328. S. Kichard Fitz Tho.u as (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [I.], 2d(*) bnt 1st snrv. s. and h., 6. 1317. He d. unm. 7 July 1320, at Rathangaii, aged 12, and was 4hi in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. IV. 1320. 4. Maurice Fitz Thomas (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kii.dake [I.], br. and h., b. 1313, was under the guardianship of his stepfather. Sir John Darcy, till he came of age in 1339. He served in the French wars and was kni'ihted by Edward III. at the taking of Calais, 4 June 1317 ; was Justiciary of Ireland. 1858 and 1357; Lord Justice [I.]. 30 March 1360; Lord Dkpcty of Ireland ami Cuatos of the Realm, 22 March 1371, as atain 10 Feb. 1375, and in 1377. He m. at Calais, in 1317, Elizabeth, da. of Bartholomew (dk Buroiikrsh). Lord Bi'rshkhsu, by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Theobald (de Vkrdon). Loud Vkhdox. He d. 25 Aug. 1390, and was bur. at Trinity (now Christ Church), Dublin. V. 1390. 5. Gerald Fitz Maurice (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [t.]j s. and h. He was, from Sep. to Oct. 1405, Deputy to Thomas of Lancaster, afterwards Duke of Clarence (s. to King Henry IV.) the Viceroy [I.] He m. at her age of 14, before Dec. 1381, Margaret, da. and h. of Sir John RnciiFOUT. He d. 1110 and was bur. in the Grey Abbey at Kildare. VI. 1410. 0. John (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [I."), s. and h„ called " Shane Cam" or "Crouch Buck." He enlarged the Castles of Maynooth( d ) and Kilkea and served against the rebels in Ireland in 1420. He m. Margaret de la Hehne.(») lie d. 17 Oct. 1427, and was Sit!", in the monastery of All Hallows (the site of Trinity College), Dublin. VII. 1-127. 7. Thomas (Fitz Gerald), Earl of Kildare [I.], s. and h. He was. from 1454 to 1460, Deputy to Richard, Duke of York, the Viceroy [I.] ; was Lord Justice [I.], 1460-01 and 1468-75 ; Lord Chancellor [I.] 1463, for life ; was attainted (with his br. in law, the Karl of Desmond [I.], who was beheaded) in 1467 but was restored next year and re-appointed Lord Justice as afsd. ; Loud Deitty [I.J, 1 171 to 1475. He established the Irish Order of the "Brothers of St. George" to resist the Irish and English rebels.( f ) He m. Joan, da. of James (») Gerald, the eldest son, d. unm. and v. p. in 1303. ( b ) Of her five sisters (1) Ellen, m. Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (2) Maud, m. Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester (3) Catharine, m. John (Bormingham), Earl of Louth [I.] (4) Margaret, m. Maurice Fitz Thomas (Fitz Gerald), 1st Earl of Desmond [I.], while (5) Eleanor is said to have m. John, Lord Multon of Egremont. (") John, the eldest sou, b. 1314, d. v.p. 1323 in his 9th year. ( d ) This, which for more than a century had been the principal residence of this family, was then "one of the largest and richest Earl's houses in Ireland." (') Sic in the "Earls of Kildare," hut Mr. E. If. Boyle, a good authority for the history of this family (who d. 11 Aug. 1S85), writes, "her surname is doubtful— JJelnherne or Rassctt. O'Clery says she was da. of a Butcher." ( r ) The Earl's son, Gerald, was the first Knight elected and was appointed " Captain," tho' sonic consider the Earl himself, to have been such Knight, See p. 56, note "a," mb " Gonnanston." 2 A
