Sir Thomas Butler of Dunboyne

✓ Sir Thomas Butler, Knt., 'third son of Theobald, the fourth Butler of Ireland, and next brother to Edmond, created Earl of Carrick in 1315' (Lodge vi p.220; CP IV p.516 n.(c): 'The Lordship of Dunboyne, anciently held by the family of Le Petit, was acquired in marriage with the heiress thereof by Sir Thomas Butler, who was slain 1329'); 'married Simolda, daughter and heir to Adam Le Petyt, Lord of Dunboyne and Mullingar, by which marriage he acquired those manors, Moymet and other possessions in the county of Meath, and by the said King was summoned to parliament by the style of Baron of Dunboyne'; covenant 14 Edw. II (1320) between Adam le Petit senior and 'Thomas FitzTheobald Butler and Simolda his wife' for 6 marks rent in Dunboyne; 'On the eve of St Laurence 1329, 3 Edward III, he was killed with about 100 more honourable persons, by William Mac-Geoghegan and other Irish near Mullingar, to the great loss of the kingdom' (Clyn/AFM 1329 - the massacre of the Anglo-Irish at Mullingar), body carried to the Black Friars, Dublin. RING 26 Oct 2026 into Theobald 4th Chief Butler (I100051) and Joan FitzJohn - brother of our Edmund Earl of Carrick (I100050). 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.]