Topics include the life of Maurice FitzMaurice, 3rd Baron of Offaly; Gerald FitzMaurice, 4th Baron; Maurice, 5th Baron of Offaly; his marriage to Agnes de Valence, a descendent of Dermot MacMurrough; John FitzThomas, 1st Earl of Kildare; the tradition behind the FitzGerald crest of a monkey and the additional motto of Non immemor beneficii (not forgetful of benefit); dispute between John and William de Vesci, Lord of Kildare; the travels of John and Richard de Burgh, the Red Earl of Ulster, to Scotland in 1296 with their forces to assist Edward I; the feud between the Geraldines and de Burghs; the invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce, brother of the King of Scotland; the creation of John as the Earl of Kildare in 1316 by Edward II; Thomas, 2nd Earl of Kildare; the appointment of the Earl as Lord Justice; the feud between the Geraldines, Butlers and de Burghs and the Poers and de Burghs; Richard, 3rd Earl of Kildare; Maurice, 4th Earl of Kildare; the march against the O’Dempseys; the dissent which followed the royal ordinance that only Englishmen could hold office in Ireland; the arrest and release of the Earl; Gerald, 5th Earl of Kildare; his arrest; the marriage of Lady Joan, his daughter by his wife Margaret, to James, 4th Earl of Ormonde; John, 6th Earl of Kildare; his arrest by Richard Talbot; Thomas, 7th Earl; his support of the House of York; his appointment as Lord Deputy to Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York; Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare; the landing in Dublin of the alleged Prince Edward and 2,000 German troops; his subsequently being proclaimed King Edward VI by the Earl and almost all the Lords of the Pale and the resulting battle; the charge against the Earl of his being in correspondence with Perkin Warbeck; the defeat of Perkin Warbeck; the creation of the Earl as Knight of the Garter for his victory in battle; the accession of Henry VIII as King; expedition into Munster in 1510; Gerald’s death; Gerald FitzGerald, the 9th Earl of Kildare; his appointment as Lord Deputy; his invasion of Co. Wicklow; the Field of Cloth of Gold; the founding of the College of Maynooth; and dissention between the Earl and his brother-in-law, the Earl of Ormonde. Some pages are loose from this notebook.