De Meones family

They moved to Ireland in the late thirteenth century, became substantial landowners in Dublin and Meath, and gave their name to the suburb of Rathmines.

[1] He acted as the Archbishop's executor following his death in 1284, and in that capacity he defended a lawsuit brought by Thomas de Chaddesworth, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, for expenses allegedly due to him.

[1] William died in 1325: his property passed to his nephew, Gilbert de Meones, a professional soldier.

John's father, another Robert, was a man of considerable wealth, some of which probably came to him through his marriage to Elena Le Decer, John le Decer's daughter, as her father was a rich man, though he gave much of his money away in charitable works.

[5] The family also held lands at Harold's Cross and operated a watermill on the River Dodder, then the main source of Dublin's drinking water.