Sir William Preston

This nobleman filled the office of Deputy to Sir James Butler, Lord-Treasurer in 1493. In 1504 his lordship attended the Earl of Kildare, Lord Deputy, to the famous battle of Knocktough in the province of Connaught, where with Lord Killeen, he led the wings of the bowmen; and in 1525 he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland. His Lordship married firstly Anne Burnell(b.abt.1475), daughter of John Burnell, of Ballgriffin, co. Dublin. He married secondly Eleanor Dowdall (b.abt.1490), daughter of Sir Thomas Dowdall and widow of John Nangle of Navan.

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison 1869. page 499