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1470-1. Thomas fitz Mam'ioe, earl of Kildare, Justiciai'. 



Appointed apparently by Council on attainder of Tiptoft. He was 

 testing 13 Oct., 1470 {Statutes, p. 815) ; held parliament end of 

 Nov., 1470, and also Nov., 1471, which was prorogued by him on 

 10 Dec, 1471. 



1471-7. George, duke of Clarence, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 18 Feb., 1471 (E.P.K.), from last Michaelmas. Attainted, 



Feb., 1478. 

 Deputies, Thomas fitz Maurice, 7fch earl of Kildare, who prorogued 

 parliament Mar., 1472, and held parliament March, 1474; 

 William Sherwood, bishop of Meath, held parliament July, 1475, 

 and also one Dec, 1476, which continued to Nov., 1477. 



(?) 1477-8. Thomas, earl of Kildare, Justiciar. 



Apparently appointed by Council on Sherwood leaving the country ; 

 died April, 1478. 

 1478. Gerald, 8th earl of Kildare, Justiciar. 



Elected by Council on death of his father. The King ordered him 

 to cease from the office of Justiciar (Statute Roll, 18 Ed. IV). 

 Notwithstanding, he held a parliament at Naas, May, 1478. 

 [John de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, King's Lieutenant. 

 Appointed 10 Mar., 1478 (E.P.R.). Apparently never took office.] 



1478-9. George, the King's son, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 6 July, 1478 (E.P.R.). Died 1479. 



Deput.ij, Henry, lord Gray ; opened parliament at Trim, Nov., 1478. 

 He had as deputy Sir Robert Preston (14 Jan., 1479, see Christ 

 Church Deed, No. 1014, and 6 Feb., 1479, see Chartulary of 

 St. Mary's Abbey, vol. ii, p. 14). 



1479-83. Richard, duke of York, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 5 May, 1479 (E.P.E.). 



Deputy, Gerald, earl of Kildare, 1479 (E.P.E.), to 1482 (Christ Ch. 

 Deeds). The King confirmed his deputyship from 5 May, 1482. 



1483-4. Edward, the King's son, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 19 July, 1483 (E.P.E.). 

 Deputy, Gerald, earl of Kildare. 



1484-6. John de la Pole, earl of Lincoln, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 21 Aug., 1484. 

 Deputy, Gerald, earl of Kildare. 



1486-94. Jasper of Hatfield, earl of Pembroke, duke of Bedford, King's 



Lieutenant. 



Appointed 11 March, 1486 (E.P.R.) : a new patent, 1490. 



Deputies, Gerald, earl of Kildare, confirmed in his deputyship by 

 Henry VH ; Walter iitz Simmons, archbishop of Dublin, 11 June, 

 1492 (Harris);' Sir Robert Preston, lord Gormanston, 1493 

 (6 Sept., Harris), and William Preston, his son, same year. 



1 Kildare resigned deputysliip and agreed witli Onuond that it should be transferred to the 

 archbishop of Dii'olia till the King should settle their rights (Annals Four Masters, iv, p. 1197). 



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