Sir John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath, (son of Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland and Roesia de Verdun) and husband of Margaret, daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and coheir of the last-mentioned Walter de Lacy (died 1278)[2] "[Margaret de Lacy] married John de Verdon, who thereby obtained the moiety of Meath, and also the office of Constable of Ireland."[3]
Theobald de Verdon, 1st Baron Verdon (died 24 August 1309)[2]
The Barony of Verdon fell into abeyance on the death of Theobald in 1316.
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, husband of Maud Nevill, 6th Baroness Furnivall, great-granddaughter of Joan de Verdun, daughter of the above-mentioned Theobald, described himself as "Senescallus ac Constabularius Hiberniae" or "Steward and Constable of Ireland"[4]
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, was described as "Senescallus ac Constabularius Hiberniae" or "Steward and Constable of Ireland" in a deed of 2 July, 24 Henry VII and in two deeds of 19 July, 13 Henry VIII (1521)[4]
^Murphy, Denis (1895). "The de Verdons of Louth". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Fifth Series. 5 (4): 322. JSTOR25508254. Retrieved 19 March 2021.