DESMOND 247 a force of 5,000 men to assist in suppressing the ravages of O'Conor and Meiler Bermingham, he was granted a subsidy from the towns of Meath, and was appointed, 23 Aug. 1423, Constable of Limerick Castle, in compensation for his expenses. (") He obtained lie, /or ///c, 11 Aug. 1445, ^° appear in Parliaments and Great Councils in Ireland by proxy whenever he could not conveniently attend in person. C") He m. Mary, ist da. of Ulick mac Rickard Burk, the MacWilliam Uachtar {i.e., of Clann Rickard). She d. in 1435. (") He d. at Mocollop in 1462 or I463,() and was bur. at Youghal. VII. 1462. 7. Thomas FitzJames (FitzGerald), Earl of Desmond [I.], s. and h. Steward of Connaught and Constable of Limerick Castle, 2 Aug. 1462; in which year he raised the siege of Waterford, which had been invested by the Lancastrian forces under Sir John Butler. Lord Deputy of Ireland to George, Duke of Clarence, 1463-67; founder of the College of Youghal, 27 Dec. 1464.0 He m. his cousin, EllicejO da. of William (Barry), 8th Lord Barry or (>) Patent Roll [I.], I Hen. VI, no. 6 1, and d, no. 118. He is styled Earl of Desmond in both writs. (•>) Patent Roll, 23 Hen. VI, p. 2, m. 12. The 13th Earl, in renouncing this privilege for himself and his heirs [5(V], stated that the "Erles of Desmond have ever claymed syns the behedding of my grandefather [the 7th Earl] in Drougheda, coming to a Parliament ther holden, to have privelege and exemtion to apeare in no Parlia- ment ne Grande Counsaill to be holden in this lande, nether to come within walled town under the Kinges obedience." The disinclination of the Earls of Desmond to attend Pari, dates however from the time of the 1st Earl. As to James fitz John, the Lord Deput)-, Sir Anthony St. Leger, in sending in that Earl's submission (of date 16 Jan. I 540/1), which includes the above renunciation, says, "he will not failc God willing to be here at Dublyne at the Parliamentc. Wherfore if it may please Your Majestie to geve unto him parliamente roobes and som aparell, wherof he hathe grete laclce and not furnisht with substance to bye the same ... it shalbe to him a greatc comforte. I as a poore man gave unto him gowne, jackette, doblette, hose, shertes, cappes, and a riding cote of velvet, whiche he toke very thankefuUy, and ware the same in Lymerycke, and in all places where he wente with me." {State Papers, temp. Hen. Fin, vol. iii, pp. 285-290). {') " 1435. The Countess of Desmond died this year, namely the daughter of Mac William Burc, and wife of James the Earl." [Annals of Ulster, vol. iii, p. 134). (^) 1463, according to the Annals of Loch Ce, vol. ii, p. 164, Annals of Ulster, vol. iii, p. 208, and the Annals of the Four Masters, vol. iv, p. 1 024. In the letters patent, of date 2 Aug. 1462, mentioned in the text, Thomas fitz James is styled Earl of Desmond: but he perhaps was so only practically, his father being then very old. The genealogists give the year 1462 as the date of the death of Earl |ames. (*) He also built the chancel of St. Mary's Church in that town. V.G. (*) In a list of "the Earl of Desmond's evidences," Carew mentions a "grant by William Barry of Oleghan to Thomas FitzJames, Earl of Desmond, and Ellice Barry his wife," dat. (l 458-9) 37 Hen. VI. V.G.
