Jordan Óge de Exeter (

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1269–1319) was an

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and

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. The younger son of Jordan de Exeter and Basilia de Bermingham, Jordan Óge first came to notice as Sheriff of Connacht in

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, a post he held again in 1279. In 1280 he was

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. Possessed of the

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in Connacht, in the 1290s he held the barony of Athmethan,

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, from the King at a rent of £20 13s 4d. His first wife was Ismania, fl. 1302, "who seems to have been the heiress of a Christophre. Their son Jordan Bacach seems to have claimed lands in

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through Ismania edoes not appear in Connacht history. It may be inferred that he succeeded to his father's

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estates, and John to the Connacht estates." Jordan Óge became the heir of his nephew, Miler Fitz Miler de Exeter, upon the latter's death in 1317. He had two sons,

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- described as the lord of Athelethan in 1335 and Jordan Bacach de Exeter.

References

*Knox, Hubert Thomas. ''The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps.'' (Originally published c.1890. Castlebourke, De Burca 2000)

External links

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