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Richard (Burgh) de Burgh (abt. 1193 - abt. 1243)

Richard "Lord of Connacht" de Burgh formerly Burgh
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Biography

Richard de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht, Justiciar of Ireland[1][2][3][4][5]

Richard de Burgh was the eldest son of William de Burgh.[2][4][5][6][7][8]

According to Medieval Lands[5] the name of his mother is unknown, while according to Orpen[2], Beresford[3] and Richardson[4], his mother may have been a daughter of Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond, Ireland.

Richard was born c 1193 as he inherited his father's lands when he reached his majority in July 1214.[3]

Marriage and Children

He married Egidia de Lacy, daughter of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Meath, and Margery de Braose/Briouse.[2][3][4][5][9][10][11]

The marriage took place before 21 Apr 1225 when it was recorded that Walter de Lascy had given Ioganach Cassel to Richard de Burgh in marriage to Walter's daughter, Egidia.[12]

Children:

  • daughter (married Hamon de Valoignes)[4][5]
  • Alice de Burgh[4][5]
  • Margery de Burgh (married Theobald le Butler)[4][5]
  • daughter (married Gerald de Prendergast)[4][5]
  • Richard de Burgh (born c 1226; died 1248)[3][4][5][13]
  • Walter de Burgh (Earl of Ulster; died 28 July 1271)[4][5][6][10]
  • William de Burgh (died 1270)[4][5][6]

Career

To 1215 he may have served in the household of his uncle Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent.[3]

13 Sep 1215: He received a grant of all the lands his father held in Connacht.[3][7]

14th April 1220:[8] The King ordered Richard de Burgh to have seisin of all the lands which belonged to William, Richard's father, in Ireland and whereof the latter was disseised by King John.

In 1223 and again in 1225 he was appointed Seneschal of Munster and keeper of Limerick castle.[3]

He was Justiciar of Ireland 1228-1232.[14]

07 Oct 1234: The King notifies that Richard de Burgh has made a fine with him of 3,000 marks to have such seisin of his land of Connaught as he had when the King disseised him when he was justiciary of Ireland, and of the contention between the King and Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, his uncle.[15]

Richard de Burgh expelled the Irish King, Feidlim Ua Conchobair, from Connacht, and from 1237 Richard began building castles in the region.[3][16]

20 Sep 1242: Richard de Burgh has intimated to the King that John de Marisco, who married Mabel, Richard's granddaughter, having been taken prisoner and disseised of his land by the King's order, Mabel was likewise disseised of the vill of Brunry, her marriage portion, and betook herself, with her children, to a house belonging to Richard, and is living at his expense. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Richard to have seisin of the said vill of Brunry for the maintenance of Mabel and her children.[17] Mabel may have been a daughter of Hamon de Valoignes.[18][19]

Death

Richard de Burgh and other Irish Lords joined Maurice Fitzgerald to reinforce Henry III in Poitou. Their expedition was engaged by French ships and then separated by a storm and landed in Aquitaine.[20] Richard de Burgh fell ill on the sea journey to Poitou and died in France in 1243.[3][21]

Date uncertain: Inquisition Post Mortem of Richard de Burgo and assignment of dower to Egidia late the wife of the said Richard.[22]

07 Mar 1242/1243: Record of the extent of manors which had belonged to Richard de Burgh in Munster, made by the sheriff of that province, and lands held in dower by the Lady Egidia.[23]

12 Aug 1243: Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to take into the King's hand the castles, lands, and tenements whereof Richard de Burgh was seised when he died, and to safely keep them till further orders; saving to Egidia, who was Richard's wife, her estover until dower be assigned to her.[24]

28 May 1244: Mandate to the justiciary of Ireland to cause Egidia, who was the wife of Richard de Burgh, to have her dower out of her husband's lands in the justiciary's custody, and to administer justice to her regarding her dower out of lands in the hand of others.[25]

13 Jun 1244 and 25 June 1245: His son Richard was under age and in the custody of the King.[26]

A charter dated 22 Feb 1246/1247 recorded the homage of Richard son and heir of Richard de Burgh for all his father´s lands … in Ireland … saving the dower of Egidia, who was Richard´s wife.[13]

05 November 1248:[27] Alice, who was the wife of Richard son and heir of Richard de Burgh, who died in the King's service at Bordeaux, to have dower out of all the lands whereof Egidia, who was the wife of the latter, was endowed.

27 Aug 1249: The manor of Tristelaurent had been given as dower to Alice, widow of Richard de Burgh, by virtue of the King's mandate to assign to Alice the lands which Egidia "her mother" held in dower.[28]

Egidia had married Richard de Rochester, date unknown, but before October 1249.[5][29]

Research Notes

It has been suggested that Richard had an earlier wife, "Agnes or Una O'Connor".[30]

Sources

  1. ↑ Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period .. James Wills (Ed.). Vol. I, 1840, pp 339-342 Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Orpen, G H. Ireland Under The Normans 1216-1333. Vol. IV, 1920, p 159 de Burgh Pedigree Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Richard de Burgh (ca.1193–1243). By David Beresford. Dictionary of Irish Biography, Oct. 2009 DIB, accessed 26 Feb 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Richardson, D. Royal Ancestry, 2013, Vol. II, pp 14-15.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Cawley, C. Lords of Connaught - de Burgh. Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families FMG.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Herald and Genealogist. Vol. IV, 1867, pp 337-340 Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 100 No. 653 Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 146 No. 954 Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Eyton, R W. Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. V, 1857, p 240 Lacy Pedigree Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Complete Peerage. Vol. XII Part II, 1959, p 171 Family Search.
  11. ↑ Norr, V M. Some Early English Pedigrees. 1968, p 82 de Lacy Family Search.
  12. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 192 No. 1268 Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 428 No. 2865 Internet Archive.
  14. ↑ The Annals of Ulster. Vol II, 1893, p 279 Internet Archive.
  15. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 329 No's 2217-2219 Internet Archive.
  16. ↑ Orpen, G H. Ireland Under The Normans 1216-1333. Vol. III, 1920, pp 158-189 Internet Archive.
  17. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 385 No. 2584 Internet Archive.
  18. ↑ The Family of Marisco (Concluded). By Eric St. John Brooks. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Seventh Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jun. 30, 1932), pp 50-74 (see p 63) JSTOR.
  19. ↑ Cawley, C. Valoignes. Medieval Lands, A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families FMG.
  20. ↑ Richard de Burgh. Dictionary of National Biography. 1885-1900, Vol VII DNB.
  21. ↑ Otway-Ruthven, A J. A History of Medieval Ireland. 1993, p 100.
  22. ↑ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 1', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1904), pp. 1-6. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol1/pp1-6 [accessed 22 February 2024]. No. 19 Inquisition Post Mortem of Richard de Burgo.
  23. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 388 No. 2607 Internet Archive.
  24. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 393 No. 2636 & p 395 No. 2652 Internet Archive.
  25. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 397 No's 2663-2665 Internet Archive.
  26. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 403 No. 2700 & p 411 No. 2758 Internet Archive.
  27. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 445 No. 2978 Internet Archive.
  28. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 449 No. 3006 Internet Archive.
  29. ↑ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1171-1251. Published London, 1875, p 450 No. 3012 Internet Archive.
  30. ↑ De-Lacy Bellingari. The Roll of The House of Lacy. 1924, p 53 Internet Archive.

See also:

  • Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught Wikipedia.
  • Wills J and Wills F. Richard de Burgo. From The Irish Nation: Its History and Biography. No date [accessed 29 Feb 2009] Link.
  • Pender, S. The O Clery Book of Genealogies. Analecta Hibernica, No. 18, (1951), pp. ix, xi-xxxiii, 1-198.
  • Rôles gascons, 1896, Supplement to Vol. I, p 95 Internet Archive.
  • Viceroy Richard de Burgh & Lady Egidia de Lacy. 24 Aug 2020 Link.




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[Living O'Brien]
BURGH RICHARD Son and heir of William Burgh

[COD Ireland] Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland.

[COD Ireland V1] 11 July 1214. 606. The K. to Henry Archbishop of Dublin. Commanding him to inspect the K.'s charter to Richard de Burgh and the letters of the Bishop of Norwich, formerly justiciary of Ireland, and according to their tenor to cause seisin of Richard's land in that country to be given to him. Richard shall not be impleaded touching his free tenements, unless by the K.'s special order; and his Irishmen shall be delivered to him wheresoever they may be within the Archbishop's jurisdiction, save in the K.'s demesne. La Rochelle.

[COD Ireland V1] 6 July 1215. 599. Mandate to the justiciary of Ireland to give seisin to Richard de Burgh, of the castle of Askelon, which the K. has restored to him. Devizes.

[COD Ireland V1] 13 September 1215. 653. Grant to Richard de Burgh of all the land of Connac'[Connaught] which William, his father, held of the K.; to hold of the K. in fee farm, rendering yearly 300 marks, namely, 150 marks at Michaelmas, and 150 marks at Easter; saving to the K. the castle of Athlone, with the cantred in which it is situated; and saving to Godfrey de Costentin' the cantred given to him by the K. in exchange for the former cantred; Godfrey to render homage and due service to Richard de Burgh; saving to the K. donationes crodarwm [episcopal investitures] in that land.

[COD Ireland V1] 21 September 1291. 897. The K. to Geoffrey de Marisco, justiciary of Ireland. Richard de Burgh by the K’s order has come to England, and remains on the K.'s service. Mandate that while he is on this service the justiciary hold no plea touching his tenements in Ireland. Protection for Richard's lands and tenants in that country.

[COD Ireland V1] 14 August 1220. 954. The K. commands the justiciary of Ireland to cause Richard de Burgh to have seisin of all the lands which belonged to William, Richard's father, in Ireland, and whereof the latter was disseised by King John. Berkeley.

[COD Ireland V1] 7 June 1223. 1117. The K. commands the Archbishop of Dublin, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Richard de Burgh to have seisin of all the lands which belonged to William his father in Ireland.

[COD Ireland V1] 10 September 1224. 1216. The K. commits during pleasure to Richard de Burgh, the seneschalship of Munster, with the castle of Limerick; Richard to answer therefor to William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, as the K.'s justiciary. Mandate to the Earl for livery of the castle accordingly. London.

[COD Ireland V1] 5 July 1226. 1426. Mandate to Geoffrey de Mariscis, justiciary of Ireland, that when Richard de Burgh shall have obtained seisin of the land of Connaught by judgment of the K.'s court in Ireland, the justiciary cause Richard to have for 40 days the service due to the K. in Ireland, to aid him in fortifying that land. Westminster. [May 21.]

[COD Ireland V1] 21 May 1227. 1518. Grant in fee to Richard de Burgh of all the land of Connaught which the K. ordered to be taken into his hand on account of the forfeiture of Oethus, late King of Connaught; rendering to the K. at the Exchequer, Dublin, for the first five years after Richard shall obtain seisin, [300] marks, and after that period 500 marks a year; and also rendering to the E. the service of 10 knights. The K. retains in his hand 5 of the best cantreds of this land near the castle of Athlone, and reserves episcopal investitures in Connaught.

[COD Ireland V1] 13 February 1228. 1571. The K. commits, during pleasure, to the custody of Richard de Burgh, the office of justiciary of Ireland, and the K.'s land and castles in that country. Mandate to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, and free tenants of Ireland, to be intentive and respondent to Richard in all things touching that office and the lands and castles. Westminster.

Numerous writs that were addressed to Richard omitted over the next four years. The writs contained no additional biographical information.

[COD Ireland V1] 21 June 1232. 1962. Grant and confirmation to Richard de Burgh of the sale made to him by Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Poitou, the K.'s brother, of the custody of the lands and heirs of Theobald Walter, formerly butler of Ireland, with the marriage of the heirs.

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PART II

[COD Ireland V1] August 1232. 1975. The K. is informed that Richard de Burgh, justiciary of Ireland, seized Frethelin [Fedhlim], son of a former King of Connaught, imprisoned and treated him grievously and shamefully. Mandate to the justiciary to liberate Frethelin on his finding sureties to abide any charge that may be made against him; and to certify to the K. by letters under his seal and the seals of Walter de Rideleford, Maurice Fitz Gerald, and Geoffery de Marisco, for what cause he imprisoned Frethelin.

[CPR HIII] 26 January 1233 Windsor. Mandate to Richard de Burgo, in answer to his letter sent to the king by William de Cauntelupe and P. prior of Adhissel, his messengers to England, praying him to believe what they would say from the writer rim row, touching the delivery of the king's castles in Ireland and the justiciaryship of Ireland, to whom he has answered that it is his will that these be delivered up, to deliver all the said castles to Maurice son of Gerald, the justiciary of Ireland, to be kept by him during pleasure.

[COD Ireland V1] 4 February 1233. 2014. The K. sends to Ireland Richard Duket and Geoffrey de Thurville, to prosecute the K.'s plaint against Richard de Burgh, and to administer justice to all complaining against him before Maurice Fitz Gerald and them, and such others as they choose to associate. Mandate to the justiciary to admit Richard and Geoffrey, and to labour to bring the matter to the issue desired, according to the K.'s injunctions. Further mandate to provide for the safety of Richard Duket. Westminster.

[COD Ireland V1] 26 August 1233. 2056. Letters of safe conduct, till Easter, 18 Henry III, for Richard de Burgh in coming to England, remaining, and returning. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary, to meanwhile protect the tenants, lands, and possessions of Richard in Ireland.

[COD Ireland V1] 9 March 1234. 2097. Mandate to Richard de Burgh to come with confidence to confer with the E. in England. When he comes justice will not be denied to him nor to others.

[COD Ireland V1] 19 May 1234. 2112. The K. to Richard de Burgh. Thanks him for his defence of Ireland, and for his strenuous resistance to Richard Marshall, late Earl of Pembroke, and is ready to bestow an adequate reward. Until he shall have conferred with the Bishops of Ferns and Meath, Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, and Hugh de Lascy, summoned to England for this purpose, the K. defers to take steps regarding Ireland, in conformity with recent events, and to respond to the petitions of Richard de Burgh and the magnates of that country. Prays Richard to devote himself to the preservation of peace in Ireland during the absence of the justiciary, and begs that he will excuse the continued absence of George Desafiuble, his knight, whom the K. retains with him. Gloucester.

[COD Ireland V1] 27 September 1234. 2189. The K. restores to Richard de Burgh all his land of Connaught, which he previously had of the K.'s gift. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to give to Richard such seisin thereof as he had when the K, ordered him to be disseised. Marlborough. The same is signified to Richard, with a mandate that he strenuously exert himself to take possession of the land. Marlborough.

[COD Ireland V1] 7 October 1234. 2217. The K. notifies that Richard de Burgh has made a fine with him of 3,000 marks to have such seisin of his land of Connaught as he had when the K. disseised him owing to his account at the time when he was justiciary of Ireland, and the strife with Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, his uncle; to have and to hold of the K. in fee; rendering yearly to the K. 500 marks with the service of 20 knights; and saving to the K. 5 cantreds nearest to the castle of Athlone, the gift of ecclesiastical investitures in Connaught, royal dignities, and the office of justiciary, as is contained in the K.'s charter thereupon. On account of his faithful service in the war with Richard Marshall, late Earl of Pembroke, the K. remits to Richard the ire conceived against him by reason of Hubert, Earl of Kent; and further quit-claims to him all receipts and accounts during the time he was justiciary of Ireland. Richard shall give security to the K. by hostages for the faithful service of himself and his heirs. Westminster.

[COD Ireland V1] April 1242. 2561. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Richard de Burgh to have at the K.'s cost some good and safe ships, with whatever may be necessary for him to come with horses and arms to Bordeaux.

[COD Ireland V1] 2 January 1243. 2595. Richard de Burgh represents to the K that after he had started to come to the K.'s service in parts beyond the sea and the K. had granted to him letters of protection and acquittance from all pleas, he was adjudged in his absence to lose seisin of his lands in Ireland, because William Croc claimed a right to them by reason of a fine made before the K.’s justices there. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Richard to be reseised of all the lands whereof he was disseised by judgment of the K.'s court after date of the K.'s letters of protection. Bordeaux.

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[Living O'Brien]
MABEL, GRAND DAUGHTER OF RICHARD DE BURGH, MARRIED JOHN MARISCO

[Calendar of Documents Ireland V1] 20 September 1242. No. 2584. Richard de Burgh has intimated to the K. that John de Marisco, who married Mabel, Richard's granddaughter, having been taken prisoner and disseised of his land by the K.'s order, Mabel was likewise disseised of the vill of Brunry, her marriage portion, and betook herself, with her children, to a house belonging to Richard, and is living at his expense. Mandate to Maurice Fitz Gerald, justiciary of Ireland, to cause Richard to have seisin of the said vill of Brunry for the maintenance of Mabel and her children. Bordeaux.

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[Living Luck]
I'm not certified for pre-1500 but I came across this source that may help in calibrating Richard and his heirs.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.ria.ie/ihta/ihta-digital/anglo-norman-towns/galway/IHTA-28-Galway-Text.pdf

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Fanning-475 Z Fanning
Thanks for this. Well researched + full of great info for Galway fans in general.
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