Lord of Carberry Walter* de Birmingham

Notes:

Sir Robert married Margaret Birmingham (b.abt 1340), daughter and heir of Walter de Birminghan, Lord of Carberry.

http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/presirel.htm

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Robert married Margaret Birmingham (b.abt 1340), daughter and heir of Walter de Birminghan, Lord of Carberry.

http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/fpreston/presirel.htm

Family/Spouse: Knight Robert* Preston. Robert* (son of Justice of Court of Common Pleas Roger* de Preston) died in 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Christopher* married Elizabeth* Laundres about 1378. Elizabeth* (daughter of Baron of Naas William* Laundres) was born about 1360; died after 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland

Notes:

Christopher Preston, Baron Gormanston - Jane Dartois
Christopher Preston, Baron Gormanston was born at of Gormanston, Meath, Ireland Abt 1385.
He married Jane Dartois Abt 1415. Jane Dartois was born at of Gormanston, Meath, Ireland Abt 1393.

They were the parents of 2 children:
Robert Preston, Viscount Gormanstown born Abt 1416.
Elizabeth Preston born Abt 1410.

http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=6152:26143&ref2=6152:26199


Christopher Preston, (b.abt.1380) Baron of Naas, in the right of his mother, married Jane D'Artois, daughter of Sir Jenico D'Artois, Knight. Christopher was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Robert Preston

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

Residence:
http://www.britainirelandcastles.com/Ireland/County-Meath/Gormanston-Castle.html

History
Gormanston Castle was the seat of the Preston family (the Viscount Gormanston) from the 14th century until it was sold to the Franciscan Order of Friars in the late 1940s. The castle now standing was built on the site of an earlier castle around 1786 by the Prestons.

The Franciscans established a boarding school for boys on the grounds in 1955, known as Gormanston College. Today, Gormanston College is a co-educational day school and boarding school, run by the Franciscan Province of Ireland.

Legends
According to tradition, the foxes of County Meath gather around the castle when the head of the Preston family is about to die.

Christopher* married Jane* Dartois about 1409 in of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland. Jane* (daughter of Knight Jenico* D'Artois) was born about 1393 in of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland; died after 1411 in of, Gormanston, Co Meath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]