Countess Of Ulster

8 recorded holders. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Emelina de Lacy 1259–1276 ×5
   • 1276-02-13 — Exemption, for life, of Robert, bishop of Dumblane, from sheriff's tourns in the wapentakes of Brokolvestowe and Riseclyve, co. Nottingham, and from the two att…
   • 1276-02-20 — Emelina de Lacy, countess of Ulster, in presence of the king, empowered Ricliard "SVolward and John Page to appoint attorneys in Ireland, and the justiciary is …
2. Margaret 1293 ×2
3. Matilda de Burgo 1337–1344 ×8
   • 1339-09-06 — Order to pay to brother Benedict bishop of Cardica 251. of the ferm of the town for Michaelmas term last, as the king granted him 501. yearly of the 771. 15s. w…
   • 1344-09-06 — To the bailiffs of Northampton. Order to pay to brother Benedict bishop of Cardica 251. of the ferm of the town for Michaelmas term last, as the king granted hi…
4. Maud 1339–1362 ×10
   • 1339-10-18 — Grant to the king's kinswoman, Maud, countess of Ulster, to whom with Master Henry de la Dale the king by letters patent committed the keeping of the lands in E…
   • 1346-10-10 — to Walter de Bermyngham, justiciary of Ireland, or his and Roger Darcy, escheator there, to take into the king's keep safely until further order the castles, ma…
   • 1348-05-05 — Grant to the king's son Edward, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, of the park of Macclesfeld, co. Chester, to hold to him and his heirs, ki…
   • 1348-05-05 — Grant to the king's son Edward, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, of the park of Macclesfeld, co. Chester, to hold to hirn and his heirs, k…
   • 1348-05-18 — Confirmation of the grant which brother Andrew de Gova, monk of the church of St. Valery, prior and proctor general in England of that church, made by a writing…
   • 1355-10-01 — To Henry Picard, the king's butler. Order to deliver to Reynold Perpount, attorney of Maud countess of Ulster, what is in arrear to the countess of 6 tuns of wi…
   • 1362-10-24 — To William de Strete the king's butler or his representative in and Suffolk. Order to deliver six tuns of wine for the present of the wine coming to those parts…
5. Elizabeth 1352 ×3
   • 1352-04-27 — Grant, for life, to Pernell de Pageham, for long service to the king's daughter Elizabeth, countess of Ulster, of 10 marks yearly out of the farm of the alien p…
   • 1352-10-03 — Order to pay to Petronilla de Pageham what in arrear to her of 16 marks yearly from 27 April last, and to pay her sum yearly henceforth, in accordance with the …
   • 1352-10-08 — To the prior of Theford. Order to pay to Petronilla de Pageham what js in arrear to her of 16 marks yearly from 27 April last, and to pay her that sum yearly he…
6. Elizabeth de Burgo 1353
   • 1353-07-12 — Grant to the king's daughter Elizabeth de Burgo, countess of Ulster, of an annuity of 100/. at the exchequer payable half-yearly from Michaelmas next, until lan…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “countess of Ulster”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/countess-of-ulster, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.