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- Sir Christopher Preston, Knight (b.abt.1350). Sir Christopher was imprisoned in the Castle of The Trim for corresponding with the Prior of Kilmainham. Sir Christopher married Elizabeth Laundres (b.abt.1370), daughter and heir of William Laundres, Baron of Naas, in the right of his Mother, Emma Fitzmaurice, daughter of William Fitzmaurice, Baron of Naas (so created by Henry II) and his wife Helen, sister of Richard, Earl of Pembroke, by which marriage the Prestons obtained the Barony of Naas. Sir Christopher was succeeded by his only son:
Christopher Preston, (b.abt.1380) Baron of Naas, in the right of his mother
SOURCE: The source for information on the Prestons of Ireland is from "Preston Genealogy" by William Bowker Preston, however, the same information can be found in "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" under Gormanston Prestons.
http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/presirel.htm
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