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‘¢ The name is evidently French, but as I do not find it in 
Battle Abbey Roll, or in Brampton’s List, I should suppose 
the first who came to England must have followed the Con- 
queror after he was settled as King of England, or in the 
reign of William Rufus. 
** In another MS. in my possession I find the following 
passage, which I consider refers to the possessor of this 
seal : 
‘© ¢ Herbert Delamare, of Norman French extraction, and 
a leading man, came to Ireland on the first invasion thereof 
by the English (with Hugh de Lacy, who obtained the grant 
of the kingdom of Meath from King Henry II., to be held in 
as ample a manner as O’ Melaghlin held it ; in fact the King 
granted him an honour, or Palatinate, as ample as it could be 
granted: the words are ‘quod ibi habeo vel illi dare possum.”) 
He obtained ample grants of great possessions in the western 
parts of Meath, of which he was made governor, and from him 
all the Delamers of Ireland were descended. From him this 
family were called by the Irish Mac Erbert. 
‘¢ ¢ William Delamer, son of Herbert, lived in the reign 
of Henry the Third, and founded and endowed the Abbey of 
Multifernam. 
«¢ * John Delamer, a powerful nobleman, built the strong 
castle of Maghbreacy, in the country of Annaly, now called 
_ the county of Longford, and made it his chief seat in 1294, 
which it continued until the family were deprived of their es- 
tates by Cromwell. In that year he joined John Fitzgerald, 
_ Baron of Ophaley, against Richard De Burgo, Earl of Ulster, 
_ and took him prisoner, and confined him in the Castle of Leix, 
_ This John was slain by the O’Ferralls of Annaly. 
; *¢ « Sir William Delamare, of Herbertstown, in the County 
_ of Meath, was living in 1322, and was married to a lady named 
Margery, and was father of 
‘* « Herbert Delamare, who entered into recognizance for 
_ the fealty of all his clan, 1347 ; his son was’ 
