Career of Maud Darcy.2C Baroness Skryne William Darcy (died 1540)



trevet memorial maud darcy , third husband sir thomas cusack


sir william given wardship of james marward, titular baron skryne , married him granddaughter maud, decision must have regretted when maud, according popular belief, had husband murdered in 1534 richard fitzgerald, whom later married (ironically richard brother of darcy s old enemy 9th earl of kildare). richard executed part in silken thomas rebellion. maud afterwards remarried sir thomas cusack, lord chancellor of ireland, whom had thirteen children. in notable contrast troubled earlier marital history, happy marriage , free of scandal, , couple commemorated in monument in trevet church. died sometime before 1560


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