the rents of another Ormonde property in Buckinghamshire. In 1415 the King gave him a present of a royal barge, La Cateryn of Drogheda. In 1422 he was granted lands at Clane, County Kildare, formerly held by Sir Christopher Preston. A shrewd man of business, he is found petitioning the English Parliament at Westminster concerning various grants of land only months before his death. The matter was not finally resolved until after his death. Henry V shared his two predecessors' trust in Jenico: in 1413 he was appointed joint Governor of Ireland in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and he served with the King in France in 1415 and 1418. He died in November 1426. Marriages and descendants He married firstly, before 1402, Joan or Joanne Taaffe, daughter of Sir Nicholas Taaffe of Liscarton Castle, near Navan, and widow of Peter Rowe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. She died before 1414. His second wife Elizabeth, of whom little seems to be known outlived him and was one of the executors of his will. He had three children by his first marriage Sir John (born before 1406, living 1450). He was described in the Patent Roll of 1427 as the eldest son and heir, and was then of age, but appears to have died without issue;A statute of 1450 (28 Henry VI c.13) concerns the wardship of lands at Liscarton, County Meath held by "Jenico and John Dartas" Jenico the younger (living 1459); Jane, who married firstly Christopher Preston, 3rd Baron Gormanston, by whom she had issue, including Robert and Elizabeth, and secondly Giles Thorndon, former Lord Treasurer of Ireland. The younger Jenico married firstly Jane Serjeant, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Serjeant of Castleknock. Sir Robert's death led to a bitter dispute over the Serjeant inheritance between Jenico and Sir Nicholas Barnewall, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, who had married Jane's sister and co-heiress Ismay. Jenico the younger held the office, presumably a sinecure, of Chirographer (engrosser of fines) to the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Young Jenico and Jane had an only daughter and heiress Margaret, who married firstly Sir John Dowdall of Newtown, and secondly Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester. Since their daughter Katherine was later legitimated by Act of Parliament, it is clear that Margaret and Rowland were cohabiting before their marriage. Through Rowland's daughter Alison, Countess of Kildare (died 1495), most