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Maurice Roche of Fermoy
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Maurice Roche of Fermoy stands at the head of the documented viscounts; CP itself calls the earlier pedigree of these lords extremely obscure, and the de la Roche parliamentary barons of 1301 are left as names beyond the wall.
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✓ MAURICE ROCHE, of Fermoy; m. Amy, da. of DONALD OGE MacCARTHY-MORE (note-only); father of David 1st Viscount (our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR: CP - 'the pedigree of these Lords is extremely obscure... during the earlier period'; the Edward-II-era Roche barons (Rymer list, CP note a) note-only, unwired. Source: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (1st edn), 'Fermoy' pp.326-29, photographed and read 6 Aug 2026 (CP notes the pre-1461 pedigree 'extremely obscure'; contested rungs note-only, not hardened).