» ATHENRY. 173 VII. 1374. / v . Walter ( 1 5 k h m in g u a m ), Lord Athenry [I.], 3rd but 1st surv. g. and !i. He was styled Walter "Mure," or "the Great." After having been fined lOOs.!.*) for absenting himself from the Pari, held at Dublin 1:377, he was again sum. II Sep. 1380, and 26 April 13S1. Sheriff of Cnnnaught 13Sl and x;m 140n. He d. at a great age in 1123 and was bur. at Athenry Priory. VHL 14'28i S. Th »mas Fir/. Waltsk ( Uhumixuham), Lm» A.TB- KMiv [I.], s. and h. lie was enfeoffed by his cousin. Sir Walter de Heruringliam, 3 Hen. IV (1 102) in the manor* of Knutlcgnvffin and lviltenenan.f' 1 ) eo. Tipperary, and mu sum. (o Sari, in lb retfn of Hen. VI. He is said to have d. "in senectute bona " 1 173 ! [Qij. aged DO yetlW and upwards ?] IX. 14731 9. Thomas ( Hermixgiiam), Lord Athexry ftj,(*) s. anil h. He was one i>f ihe Irish l'eers sum. by Hen. VII in HS9 to Greenwich, being ranked, immediately after the Viscounts and before all the other Barons, as Pre Wm Bahonv 1 He m. Aunnbella UK Bl'RUH or BoimKK. X. 1.500? 10. Meiler (Dehmixoham), Loiu> Athexry [I.], 2nd bat 1st sure. s. and h. malcf-') He m. Honor*, da. of Richard Uge iiouBKK of Clanriearde. He d. 1589, XL l. r >29. 11. Joux (IIermingham), Lord Athexry [I.], s. and h. He attended the Pari, of 1511 in which Hen. VIII was declared Kiny of Ireland He [/. s.p.ui.. being slain in the disturbances of the country [1517 ?] before ljfiO. XII. 1547? 12. Richabd (Bermixghaji), Lord Athexry [I.], cousin [!.e. 3rd cousin once removed] and h. male, being s. and h. of Edmund 11.. the s. an.l h. of Richard, the s. ami h. of Hdmnnd, the s. ami h. of ltieliard, •intl a. of Walter, ihe 7th Lord. (See Pedigree, p. 170, note " h") He sat in the Pari, rf 155!< ; 00. in 1508, having surrendered all his " manors, ca-tells, lordshi|ipes, &c," be received a regrant thereof to him and the heivs male of his body by letters patent (*) This was the fine of a Peer of Pur!., being greater than that of a Commoner. It continued in force till 70 years later, when, by Act 28 Hen. VI, the fines of Peers and Commoners were made equal. (*) These manors, after I500j were vested in the family of Butler. Lords Cahir [I.], through the match of Piers Butler with the h. gen. of this line of the family of lieimmgham, its Elizabeth, da and h. of John, 1st s. and h. ap. of Thomas, 9th Lord Athenry, which John d. v.p. in 11SS, a.p.m. See pedigree, p. 170, note "b." (°) The Lords Athenry and the Lords Kerry [I.] appear to have held no correspond' moo with tiie King's Government from temp. Hie. II to temp. lien. VII, and had become Irish Chieftain* and assumed Irish names. (O See preface iii, note "a." ( s ) Up to this time the history and succession of these Lords, .as far back as Meiler, who in the 13th century founded the Monastery of Athenry, is taken from a eopy.of the " liegistry of Athenry " in the British Museum (Sloans MSS., No. 1784). Ibis, however, ends in 1520, neither must it be implicitly relied upon, for "the Annals of the pour Masters " [tub. 1173) shew that the succession to the Peerage was disputed. There is also a good deal of uncertainty as to the succession between 1473 MM the reign of Elizabeth. The authorities for the 31 years from 1520 to 1500 are mostly the statements given in "the case of Edward Birmingham of Da' ^W»'»y, claiming to be Lord Birmingham, Baron of Athenry and Premier co. _ , Clilil'IMlH* frji a 1 ii - il Hi »t J—A^— J 1)..—, ... ..f IIIimwu nn.l pMitniiiii Itoiov Ireland.' () Anne, his only da. and h. is said to have m. William Legge, and to have been motlier of Edward Legge, b. 1513, ancestor of the Earls of Dartmouth. 0
