 He had the Feudal title of "Baron of Loughmoe" granted to him by James Butler or James le Bottiler, 1st Earl of Ormond.It is noted in the introduction to the Elegy of James Purcell that Geoffrey Rothe Purcell united a dispute between the Butler family and the Purcell family.Peter Purcell was granted a life of Annuity by Edward IV.