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OF IRELAND. 101 CAP. II. The Titles of the Crowne of England to every j mrt of Jreland^ and to the whole diverse ivayes* I WILL begin with the pedigree of William Earle marshall, for thereupon depend many recordes in Ire- land, and the Queenes right to Leinster. Walter Fitz Richard, who came from Normandy, with Wil- liam Conquerour, died Lord Strongbow of Strigule alias Chepstow without issue, to whom succeeded his sisters sonne Gilbert, who was created the first Earle of Pembroke, & had issue Richard the inheritour of Leinster, by a covenant and marriage of Eva the sole daughter of Mac Murrough King of Leinster. This Richard conveyed to Henry the second all his title, and held of him the Lordship of Leinster in foure counties, Weixford, Catherlagh, Ossory, and Kildare. RichardXzfr issue, a daughter Isabel, married to Wil- liam Earle marshall of England, now Earle of Pem- broke, Lord Strongbow, and Lord of Leinster. Wil- liam had issue five sonnes, who died without issue, when every of them, except the youngest, had succes- sively possessed their fathers lands, and five daughters, Maude, Ioane, Isabel, Sibil, and Eve, among whom the patrimony was parted in an. 31. H. 3. Of these daughters bestowed in marriage, are descended many noble houses, as the Mortimers, Bruises, Clares, &c.