Nicholas de Meones

[1] He was a qualified lawyer, following in the footsteps of William de Meones, the first of the family to settle in Ireland, who was Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer c.1311-13.

[1] In December of that year the Privy Council of Ireland ordered that the arrears of salary due to him for sitting in the previous September, a sum of 4 marks, be paid.

[4] He acted as judge of gaol delivery in 1375–6, and received a lump-sum payment of £5 for his judicial services in that regard.

[2] He was known as a strong supporter of Sir William de Windsor, the high-handed and embattled Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who held office from 1369 to 1376.

[2] Nicholas de Meones was quickly identified as an adherent of Windsor, and this combined with his personal unpopularity resulted in a flood of complaints being made against him, most of them probably malicious.