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- In March 1369 Windsor was appointed lieutenant of Ireland, with a personal grant of 1,000 marks, and arrived to take up his post on 20 June. Soon after his arrival he was active in Leinster, capturing the Leinster king, Diarmait Láimhdhearg MacMurrough (qv), and his tánaiste, Gerald MacMurrough: he executed them both later that year.
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Before 1369, Windsor had held a command in Ireland under Lionel of Antwerp, and claimed lands in Kinsale, Inchiquin, and Youghal. [b] In that year he was appointed the King's Lieutenant in Ireland, and had a grant of a thousand marks a year.
Clarke>? William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376. 57 dominant at the court, and an Irish movement against the government cf William of Windsor. The two movements were linked together by personal attachments and enmities. The natural leader of the Anglo-Irish was Edmund Mortimer, the young earl of March; he was the greatest
WILLIAM OF WINDSOR AND THE knowledge of Ireland, particularly as a soldier, before he was appointed lieutenant of the king in 1369. That appointment lasted until early in 1372. As lieutenant he had charge of the king's govern-ment in Ireland. He waged war on a lavish scale, as is witnessed by
An account of the attempt of William of Windsor, Lieutenant of Ireland 1369-76, to end the dynastic war between the O'Briens and MacNamaras in Thomond. English influence in Thomond was practically non-existent after the defeat and death
In March 1369 Windsor was appointed lieutenant of Ireland, with a personal grant of 1,000 marks, and arrived to take up his post on 20 June. Soon after his arrival he was active in Leinster, capturing the Leinster king, Diarmait Láimhdhearg MacMurrough (qv), and his tánaiste , Gerald MacMurrough: he executed them both later that year.
William of Windsor (Bef 24 Jun 1348 - Bef 5 Sep 1348) Events. Birth: ... 1369) Sibling: John PLANTAGENET (1340 - 1399) Sibling: Prince Edward of Woodstock (1330 - 1376)
This chapter is a collection of documents relating to the tenure of William of Windsor as royal lieutenant in Ireland from 1369 to 1376. Clarke first lists all the documents contained within before reproducing and/or summarizing them.
