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 244 DESMOND caused by the King's ministers, 30 May 1363, being then styled Earl of Desmond. (') Appointed Justiciar of Ireland, 20 Feb. 1 366/7. p On 3 IVIar. 1368/9 William de Windesore was appointed to succeed him, with the title of King's Lieut, in Ireland. ('') On 10 July 1370, he was cap- tured, with many others, in an engagement with the native Irish under Brian O'Brien, King of Thomond, at Monaster Nenagh, co. Limerick.(') He was sum. to four Parliaments (three at Dublin and one at Castle Dermot), 20 Nov. 1374 to 29 Apr. 1382, by writs directed Geraldo fitz Morice comiti Dessemon .(^) He had a quarrel with the Earl of Ormond in 1384, a treaty between them being at length effected by the King's agents after a 1 5 days' conference at Clonmel, Oct. -Nov. of that year.(') Was appointed a deputy of the Lieut, of Ireland for the defence of Munster, 4 Jan. 1385/6,0 a justice of assize in the cross of Kerry, 15 Jan. 1385/6,0 a guardian of the peace in cos. Limerick and Kerry, 8 Dec. 1388 and 8 Sep. 1391,0 and in cos. Cork, Limerick, and Kerry, 26 Oct. 1391.0 He had another quarrel with the Earl of Ormond in 1386/7, the Earl of Kildare being appointed, 14 Mar., to settle the dispute. Q He was sum. to a Council at Kilkenny, 7 Apr. 1395.O He m., after 20 July 1359, Alianore, ist da. of James (le Botiller), Earl of Ormond, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Darcy, of Knaith, co. Lincoln [Lord Darcy]. She d. in 1392.(^3 Hed'. in 1398.C) Patmt Roll, 37 Edw. Ill, />. I, w. 1 1 d. ('') Patent Rolls, 41 Edw. Ill, p. I, m. 29; 43 Edw. Ill, p. I, m. 27. He actually continued in office till William de Windesore arrived in Ireland, 20 June 1369. {Annals of Ireland, p. 397). (•=) Annals of Loch 67, vol. ii, p. 42: Annals of Ireland, pp. 282, 397: Grace, p. 154. He was ransomed in 1370 or 1371. (Note to the Annals of the Four Masters, vol. iii, p. 654, in which work the date " 1369 " is given for the battle). (d) Close Rolls [I.], 48 Edw. Ill, d, no. 132; I Ric. II, no. 75; 4 Ric. II, d, no. 66: Patent Roll [I.], 5 Ric. II, p. 2, d, no. 125. Close Roll [I.], 8 Ric. II, no. 28: Patent Roll [I.], p. i, d, no. 77. (*) Patent Rolls [I.], 9 Ric. II, d, nos. 238, 242; 12 Ric. II, no. 217; 15 Ric. II, d, nos. 87, 94; ID Ric. II, d, no. 220: Close Roll [I.], 18 Ric. II, no. 69. (s) Annals of Loch LV, vol. ii, p. 74. C*) Annals of Ulster, vol. iii, p. 40. The Annals of Clonmacnoise (trans. Mageogh- egan, p. 319) say that "the lord Garrett, Earle of Desmond, a nobleman of wonderfull bounty, mirth, cheertullness in conversation, easie of access, charitable in his deeds, a witty and ingenious composer of Irish poetry, a learned and profound chronicler, . . . died penitently after receipt of the sacraments of the holy church." The account by the Four Masters agrees. It is, however, otherwise stated that he was something of a magician, and was " by enchantment carried away " from Newcastle in Connello. The Irish, when besieged in Limerick in 169 1, are said to have expected that this Earl would come to their assistance. According to Harl. MSS., no. 1425, f. 41, and Cotton MSS., Titus, CiO, f. 55, he was slain by O'Brien in 1397 or 1398, but in this state- ment there is perhaps some confusion with the battle in 1370, where, according to some ill-informed writers, he was killed.