General Notes
He married Lady Joan FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche Roche, in 1302.
He was invested as a Knight in 1309 in London by King Edward II. He held the office of Chief Governor of Ireland from 1312 to 1313. He held the office of Chief Governor of Ireland from 4 January 1314/15 to 1317, and was active in suppressing a rebellion. On 1 September 1315 he received the feodum of "the Castle and manors of Karryk Macgriffyn and Roscrea", for his services against Edward Bruce and against the rebel Irish. However this creation is held not to have created the title of Earl of Carrick.