 The next day he lay dead with his clothes caked in blood on the battlefield of Dysert O'Dea..

Richard was succeeded in the lordship by his son Thomas, who was born in 1318 and died three years later.Investigations pursuant to a writ issued on 10 April 1321 established that Thomas' heirs were his father's sisters; Margaret, the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Maud, the wife of Sir Robert de Welle.As well as the stewardship of the Forest of Essex, Thomas' estate included numerous properties in Ireland.