Skryne and the early Normans : papers concerning the medieval manors of the de Feypo family in Ireland in the 12th and early 13th centuries
"The barony of Skryne is situated about 20 miles north of Dublin. In the 12th century it was granted by Hugh de Lacy to a soldier from Hereford called Adam de Feypo. This series of papers traces the advent of this family into Meath with their concomitant knights and retainers: it documents the reformation of the local churches to conform to Norman mores and the development of the settlement at Skryne into a medieval borough town ... From the charters we get insight into the very early conquest of Meath by the Normans, the author concentrating on a family of baronial status and on the lands members of this family controlled which besides Skryne, included Santry in County Dublin and Rathconnell and Almoritia in Westmeath. Besides members of the de Feypo family, we do meet in the charters, the dying Strongbow; Theobald Walter, le Botillier, the first of the Butlers in Ireland; Geoffrey de Cusack; Richard Talbot; and many other first generation Normans."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1994
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, [Meath, Ireland?], 1994