Simolda le Petit

✓ Simolda (Sinolda), daughter and heir of Adam le Petit (Petyt), Lord of Dunboyne and Mullingar, co. Meath; wife of Sir Thomas Butler (k. 1329), to whom she brought Dunboyne, Moymet and Mullingar - the origin of the Butlers of Dunboyne; named with her husband in the covenant with Adam le Petit senior, 14 Edw. II (1320); survived him 'and lived afterwards in Dublin' (Lodge vi pp.220-1). The le Petits held Dunboyne from the Anglo-Norman settlement of Meath (William le Petit, Hugh de Lacy's tenant); her father Adam not wired. Source: John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland (Archdall ed., 1789), vol. VI, 'Butler, Lord Cahier' pp.220-223 (the Dunboyne descent), archive.org peerageofireland06lodg, read 26 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]