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 X. IRISH PEEK AGE, ETC. 1. CUBWW or GaTEBSUOOB, obtained & 1245 by the first sister, Maud, Countess of Warren, whose s. and b. (by a former husband) Roger (Eigwl), Karl of Norfolk and Earl Marshal), succ. He d. 1270 and was ««cr. by his nephew Earl Roger, who surrendered it and all his other dignities to the Crown in 1302. They were then granted to Thomas (Plantayenet) de Brotherton, rr. Earl of Norfolk in 1312, from whom they passed, through the families of Seyrave and Mowbray to that of Howard, Dukes of Norfolk, who were deprived of this Lordship by the Irish act of absentees, 20 Hen. VIII, when the Honour of Carlow became vested in the Crown. % WSXFORD, obtained in 124". by the second sister, Joan, wife of Warine de Moncltcnsi, whose only da. and b. Joan, " Lady of Wexford," Countess of Pembroke, was mother of Aymer (de Valence) Earl of Pembroke, who d. s.p. 1323, leaving two sisters and co-heirs, viz. : 1, Isabel, m. John, Lord Hastingt, and 2, Joan, m. John Comyn of Badenoek. The issue male of Lady Hastings became ex. in 1391 on the death of her great great grandson John (llvslinys), Earl of Pembroke, when Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthin, the grandson of her only da. Elizabeth, became her heir. He appears to have assumed the style of Lord of Wexford, (*) though the estates passed to the Talbot family in right of their descent from Richard Talbot and Elizabeth, da. of the said John Comyn by Joan, the other sister and coheir of Aymer, Earl of Pembroke. Richard, Lord Talbot, to whom the eo. of Wexford was awarded in 1891, was grandson and h. of Sir Richard Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn abovenamed ; be was father of the renowned Sir John Talbot, " Lord of Wexford," who was cr. Earl of Shrewsbury in England 1442, and Earl of Waterford [I.] I44G. The Honour of Wexford followed the succession of those titles till, being forfeited by the Irish Act of Absentees, 20 Hen. Vlfl, it became vested in the Crown. 3. Kilkenny, obtained in 124") by Richard {de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, s. and h. of the third sister Isabella. In 1290, Ralph Mouthermcr, who m. the widow of the next Earl, held it till her death, 130;'.. On the death of Earl Gilbert (grandson of Earl Hichard) in 1314, it passed to one of his sisters and coheirs, Eleanor, wife of Hugh La Despencer the younger. They sold it to Edmund [/hitler), Earl of Com'ck [I.], ancestor of the Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Ormonde [I.], who do not however appear ever to have exercised therein any especial rights or authorities. 4. Kir.DAliE, obtained in 1245 by the fourth sister, Sybil, Countess of Derby, first wife of William (Ferrers), seventh Earl, who d. 1254. Agnes, eldest of her seven daughters and coheirs, m. William de Vetcy, and was mother of William de Vesey who conveyed the Honour of Kildare to Edward I. — See Plea Rolls, 25 Edw. 1, in the Record Tower, Dublin Castle. It was granted by the Crown to John (FiU [Thomas), Lord Ofl'alcy, who, by Edward II, was cv. Earl of Kildave. 5. Leix or Ossoiiy, sometimes called Dumas alias Dunamask in Ossory, now called " King's County " and " Queen's County." This was obtained in 1245 by the fifth and youngest sister Eva, wife of William dc Ilraose, Lord of Brecknock ; their da. and h. (or coheir) Maud, m. Roger Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore. In this family (Earls of March) it remained till the heiress, Ann, brought it to her husband, Richard (Plantayenet), Earl of Cambridge; his grandson and h. ascended the throne as Edward IV, when the Honour of Leix became merged in the Crown. ("J Edmund, Lord Grey de Huthyii, his grandson and h., was, under the designation of Lord of Hastings, Waisford [i.e., Wexford] and Ruthyu.cr. Earl of Kent in 1405. — See " Courthope," p. 226, note " y," and p. 434, note