20th Generation  

530784. Earl [1st] James BUTLER of Ormonde was born in 1305 in Arklow Co. Wicklow Ireland, died on 6 Jan 1338 in Gowran Co. Kilkenny Ireland at age 33, and was buried in Gowran Co. Kilkenny Ireland.

James married Countess Eleanor de BOHUN of Ormonde [120237]. Eleanor was born on 17 Nov 1304 in Knaresborough Yorkshire England and died on 7 Nov 1363 in Aldgate Middlesex England at age 58.

The child from this marriage was:

265392       i.  Earl [2nd] James BUTLER of Ormonde [120894] (born on 4 Oct 1331 in Kilkenny Castle Co. Kilkenny Ireland - died on 18 Oct 1382 in Knocktopher Castle Co. Kilkenny Ireland)

530785. Countess Eleanor de BOHUN of Ormonde, daughter of Earl [4th] Humphrey VII de BOHUN of Hereford [81793] and Princess Elizabeth PLANTAGANET [81792], was born on 17 Nov 1304 in Knaresborough Yorkshire England and died on 7 Nov 1363 in Aldgate Middlesex England at age 58.

Eleanor married Earl [1st] James BUTLER of Ormonde [120245]. James was born in 1305 in Arklow Co. Wicklow Ireland, died on 6 Jan 1338 in Gowran Co. Kilkenny Ireland at age 33, and was buried in Gowran Co. Kilkenny Ireland.

530786. 1st Baron John DARCY Darcy de Knayth was born in 1290 in Knaith Lincolnshire England and died on 30 May 1347 at age 57.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Joihn Darcy,
The son of Roger D'arcy and Isabel d'Aton, he may have been born at Knaith, Lincolnshire, circa 1280. Darcy became one of the most trusted advisors to Edward III of England and was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1319, High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1323 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1327. He served as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1320. He was summoned to Parliament in 1331, 1333 and 1341 as "Johanni D'arcy le Cosin".

In 1323 (until 1326), 1332 (until 1333) and again in 1340 (until 1344) he was chief governor of Ireland. In 1324, he presided at the trial of Alice Kyteler, the celebrated Witch of Kilkenny and her associates, and condemned several of them to death by burning (Alice herself, helped by her influential friends, escaped from prison and fled the country).

Darcy was named a Knights Bachelor in 1336.[2]

He was steward to the king (1337\endash 1340) and then chamberlain (1342\endash 1346).[3] An ambitious programme to reform the Irish administration produced little result, possibly because it was delegated to his Deputy, John Morice, a long serving and conscientious but not very competent civil servant.[4]

In 1342, he joined the Earl of Northampton on an expedition to Flanders and on his return was made Constable of Nottingham Castle (1343\endash 1344) and of the Tower of London (1345\endash 1346). He took part in a number of wars against the Scots and French and fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346, being sent home by the king to announce the victory in Parliament. He was created the first Lord Darcy of Knayth.

Darcy married twice. He had one son with his first wife, Emmeline. She was the daughter of Sir Walter Heron of Silkston and Alice de Hastings. Darcy's second wife was Joan, widow of Thomas FitzJohn, 2nd Earl of Kildare. Her parents were Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and his wife Margaret. Darcy and Joan de Burgh had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde

Noted events in his life were:

• Invested: 1st Baron Darcy, 1317.

John married Joan de BURGH [120897].

The child from this marriage was:

265393       i.  Countess Elizabeth DARCY of Ormonde [120895] (born on 3 Apr 1332 in Platten Co. Meath Ireland - died on 24 Mar 1390)

530787. Joan de BURGH .

Joan married 1st Baron John DARCY Darcy de Knayth [120896]. John was born in 1290 in Knaith Lincolnshire England and died on 30 May 1347 at age 57.

606208. Sir John BEAUMONT 4th Baronet Beaumont, K.G. P.C. son of Sir Henry BEAUMONT 3rd Baronet Beaumont [120695] and Margaret de VERE Baroness de Vere [120696], was born in 1361 in Folkingham Lincolnshire England.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: Falkingham [or Folkingham] Castle, 1361, Folkingham Lincolnshire England.

• Appointment: Constable of Dover Castle, 1392, Dover Kent England.

• Appointment: Ambassador to France, 1395.

• Knighted: 1396.

John married Catherine de EVERINGHAM Baroness Beaumont [120689].

Children from this marriage were:

             i.  Sir Henry BEAUMONT 5th Baronet Beaumont [120691] was born in 1380 in Folkingham Lincolnshire England.

303104      ii.  Sir Thomas BEAUMONT Seigneur de Basqueville [120684]

           iii.  Richard BEAUMONT of Whitley Hall [120692]

            iv.  Eleanor de BEAUMONT [120693]

             v.  Elizabeth de BEAUMONT Baroness Botreaux [120694]

606209. Catherine de EVERINGHAM Baroness Beaumont .

Catherine married Sir John BEAUMONT 4th Baronet Beaumont, K.G. P.C. [120688]. John was born in 1361 in Folkingham Lincolnshire England.