Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Fitzwilliam (died 1420) was an Irish landowner and judge who held the office of Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He was the ancestor of the prominent landowning family which held the titles Viscount FitzWilliam and Earl of Tyrconnell.He was the son of Hugh Fitzwilliam; the family are recorded in Dublin from about 1210 and by James' time were already considerable landowners in Dublin, holding lands at Dundrum and Swords.Few details of his legal career survive, but he was Chief Baron by 1413 and was superseded in 1417.He married, after 1390, a daughter of Sir John Cruise. Cruise was a distinguished diplomat and soldier and a considerable landowner, holding the manors of Mount Merrion, Stillorgan and Thorncastle (roughly modern Booterstown). Merrion Castle, Sir John's principal dwelling, subsequently became the main Fitzwilliam residence.James died in 1420, and his lands passed to his son, Phillip, who was still a minor; the family estates are said to have suffered serious depredation during his minority. He was a ward of the his father's successor as Chief Baron, James Cornwalsh; ironically Cornwalsh was to die 20 years later in a private war with the Fitzwilliams, although Philip himself does not seem to have been directly involved.. }
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- James_Fitzwilliam abstract "James Fitzwilliam (died 1420) was an Irish landowner and judge who held the office of Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He was the ancestor of the prominent landowning family which held the titles Viscount FitzWilliam and Earl of Tyrconnell.He was the son of Hugh Fitzwilliam; the family are recorded in Dublin from about 1210 and by James' time were already considerable landowners in Dublin, holding lands at Dundrum and Swords.Few details of his legal career survive, but he was Chief Baron by 1413 and was superseded in 1417.He married, after 1390, a daughter of Sir John Cruise. Cruise was a distinguished diplomat and soldier and a considerable landowner, holding the manors of Mount Merrion, Stillorgan and Thorncastle (roughly modern Booterstown). Merrion Castle, Sir John's principal dwelling, subsequently became the main Fitzwilliam residence.James died in 1420, and his lands passed to his son, Phillip, who was still a minor; the family estates are said to have suffered serious depredation during his minority. He was a ward of the his father's successor as Chief Baron, James Cornwalsh; ironically Cornwalsh was to die 20 years later in a private war with the Fitzwilliams, although Philip himself does not seem to have been directly involved.".