close Roll 1 Henry VI

1
18 Nov. 1422
Dublin
To John Founteyns esq., escheator of Ire.

William Bonell, Peter Tanner and William Payne, chaplains, have pleaded to the K. that Henry IV, by letters patent dated at Westminster, 1 Nov. [1412] 14 Hen. IV,1 granted that the mayor of the town of Drogheda for the time being should be escheator there, forever, [and that no] escheators of the K. within cos. Meath and Louth, for the time being, might enter the said town, nor the suburbs, bounds [or] precincts of the same, nor presume to send any person within the same to perform that office there in any way; and that the escheators of the said town may have the same jurisdiction and liberty and all other things pertaining to the office of the escheatorship in the town, suburbs and precincts as other escheators of the K. have elsewhere within Ire., just as [etc.]; and Henry V confirmed those letters.

The said William [Bonell], Peter [Tanner] and William [Payne] were seised in their demesne as of fee of 1 messuage in Drogheda, and they were removed from the same by colour of a certain inquisition [ipsi inde fuerunt amoti colore cujusdem officii] taken before Henry Stanyhurst, deputy of John Pylkyngton junior, kt, formerly the K.'s escheator, who did not have power to take that inquisition in that town. ORDER to remove [the K.'s] hand.2

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 This a reference to the charter of incorporation of the two boroughs of Drogheda (CChR 1341–1417, pp 447–50).
2 This is the first item in RCI roll §91, identified as follows in RCH: 'Rotulus clausus de anno 1 Hen. VI.'

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife

This glossary is by no means comprehensive. Readers may also wish to consult standard references books such as Joseph Byrne, Byrne’s dictionary of local Irish History from the earliest times to c.1900 (Cork, 2004); P. G. Osborn, Osborn’s concise law dictionary, ed. Sheila Bone (London, 2001).

Abbreviations

  • AN = Anglo-Norman
  • Ir. = Irish
  • Lat. = Latin
  • ME = Middle English
  • OED = Oxford English Dictionary

 

Term

Explanation

advowson

The right of patronage or presentation to a church benefice.

allocate, writ of

A writ authorizing allowance to be made by the officers of the Ex. of a specified amount: often this amount is to be off-set against the debts owed to the K. by the beneficiary.

alterage

A form of affinity proscribed in late medieval Ireland between the Irish and the English, whereby a man stood sponsor for a child at baptism; (also) gossipred.

assize

Technical term for legal proceedings or various kinds. See mort d’ancestor, novel disseisin.

avener [Lat. avarius]

provider of oats, esp. for the household of the K. or his chief governor

avoirdupois

Miscellaneous merchandise sold by weight.

bonnaght [Ir. buannacht]

The billeting of mercenaries or servants.

cask

See tun.

certiorari, writ of

Letters close issued by the K. to his officers commanding them to supply information to him concerning a specified matter, normally by searching the records.

chattels

Property, goods, money: as opposed to real property (land).

dicker [Lat. dacra]

A measure of 10 hides.

dower

Portion (one third) of a deceased husband’s estate which the law allows to his widow for her life.

escheat

The reversion of land to the lord of the fee to the crown on failure of heirs of the owner or on his outlawry.

extent

A survey and valuation of property, esp. one made by royal inquisition.

falding [Ir. fallaing]

A kind of coarse woollen cloth produced in Ireland; the mantle or cloak made from the same.

fee-farm
 

A fixed annual rent payable to the K. by chartered boroughs.

fotmel [Lat. fotmellum]

A measure of lead.

engrossment

Technical term: the action of writing out, for instance patent letters and charters; (also) the documents thus written out.

enrolment

Technical term: the action of recording in the records of the K., esp. the registering of a deed, memorandum, recognizance; (also) the specific item or record thus enrolled.

hanaper

A repository for the keeping of money. The ‘clerk of the hanaper in chancery’ was the chancery official responsible for the receipt of fines for the issue, engrossment and ensealing of writs, patents and charters issued by the chancery.

herberger [Lat. herbergerius, hospitator]

One sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train (OED).

galangal [AN galyngale]

The aromatic rhizome of certain Asian plants of the genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, of the ginger family, used in cookery and herbal medicine; (also) any of these plants (OED).

generosus [Lat.]

Term designating social status: translated as ‘gentleman’.

king's widow [Lat. vidua regis]

The widow of a tenant in chief: so called because whe was not allowed to marry a second time without royal licence.

knights’ fees

Units of assessment of estates in land. Originally a single knight’s fee was the amount of land for which the military service of one knight (=knight service) was required by the crown. ‘Fee’ derives from the Latin feudum, which in other contexts translated as ‘fief’. In practice the descent of landed estates meant that many knights’ fees came to be subdivided and, in the later Middle Ages, personal service was frequently commuted to money payments (=scutage).

liberate, writ of

A chancery writ issued to the treasurer and chamberlains of the Ex. authorizing them to make payment of a specified amount, often the annual fees, wages and rewards of the K.’s officers.

linch [Lat. lincia]

A measure of tin.

livery

The delivery of seisin, or possession, of an estate hitherto held in the K.’s hand, for instance when a minor reaches the age of majority.

mainprize

Legal term: the action of undertaking to stand surety (=‘mainpernor’) for another person; the action of making oneself legally responsible for the fulfilment of a contract or undertaking by another person (OED).

mass [Lat. messa]

A standard measure of metal.

messuage

A portion of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, as the site for a dwelling house; (also) a dwelling house together with outbuildings and the adjacent land assigned to its use (OED).

mort d’ancestor, assize of [Lat. assisa mortis antecessoris]

A legal process to recover land of which the plaintiff’s ancestor (father, mother, uncle, aunt, brother sister, nephew or niece) died seised (=in possession), possession of which was since taken by another person.

nolumus, clause of [Lat. cum clausula nolumus]

A standard clause inserted especially in letters of protection by which pleas and suits are delayed for a specified period of time.

novel disseisin, assize of [Lat. assisa nove disseisine]

A legal process to recover land from which the plaintiff claims to have been dispossessed (=disseised).

pensa See wey.
piece [L. pecia] A standard quantity of merchandise.
pendent seal Seal hanging from engrossed letters patent attached to a tongue or tag of parchment.
perpresture An illegal encroachment upon royal property.
plica A fold along the foot of engrossed letters patent and charters to create a double thickness of parchment, used for attaching the ‘great seal pendent’ to the letters. An incision was made in the plica and through which a tag of parchment was attached. A wax impression of a seal was then affixed to the tag.
protection An act of grace by the K., granted by chancery letters, by which the recipient is to be free from suits at law for a specified term; granted especially to persons crossing overseas or otherwise out of reach of the courts in the K.’s service.
quare impedit, writ of An action brought to recover the advowson of a benefice, brought by the patron against the bishop or other person hindering the presentation.
scutage The commutation of personal military service to the crown for a money payment. Normally called ‘royal service’ in Ireland.
seisin Formal legal possession of land.
sendal [Lat. cendallum; ME cendal] A thin rich silken material (OED).
stallage [Lat. stallagium, estallagium] Payment for a market stall.
tun [Latdolium] A large cask or barrel, esp. of wine.
valettus A term designating social status: translated ‘yeoman’.
Vidua Regis [Lat.] See King's widow.
volumus, clause of [Lat. cum clausula volumus] A standard clause inserted esp. in letters of protection by which pleas and suits are delayed for a specified period of time. In full the clause runs: volumus quod interim sit quietus de omnibus placitis et querelis (=we wish that meanwhile he be quit of all pleas and plaints).
waif A piece of property which is found ownerless and which, if unclaimed within a fixed period after due notice given, falls to the lord.
waivery [AN weiverie] The technical term for proceedings of outlawry in the case of women.
wey [Lat. pensa, peisa, pisa] A standard of dry-goods weight.
worsted [ME wyrstede] A woollen fabric or stuff made from well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool combed to lay the fibres parallel (OED).
writ [Lat. brevis] Letters close containing commands by the K. to certain specified persons, esp. royal officers. Returnable writs, which were not normally enrolled in the chancery rolls, were to be returned by the officer to chancery with details of the actions taken by the officer in response to the contents. See also allocate, certiorari, liberate.
2
8 Dec. 1422
Trim
To Henry Stanyhurst, formerly deputy of Thomas Talbot kt, formerly escheator of Ire.

By a writ dated 24 Feb. 1418, the K. assigned a reasonable dower to Anastasia, widow of David Wogan kt (who held of the K. in chief, and whose son and heir is John), upon her oath that she would not marry without licence. Afterwards she married John Bellew kt. At the petition of the said John Bellew kt and Anastasia his wife, late wife of David Wogan kt, dcd, ORDER to send in chancery without delay the assignment made of the dower of the said Anastasia.1

C: 

NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207; RCH.

N: 

Rep. RCI 1816–20, 8th rep., p. 387.

Footnotes: 

1 The assignment was enrolled immediately after this writ (see below, §3).

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
3
24 Feb. 1418

ASSIGNMENT of the dower [dated 24 Feb. [1418] 5 Hen. V] of Anastasia, who was the wife of David Wogan kt, who held of the K. in chief, of the lands [etc.] that belonged to David, viz.:1

[RATHCOFFY]
In the first place there is assigned to her in the manor of Rathcoffy:
le gathous, le colthous2 on the south side of that house;
item, le torshous, le logshephyn,3 le medylbarne, the great orchard on the north side of the gathous, one third of the haggard on the west side with free entry and egress to those parcels;
item, the chapel, le kyll, le baonum4 and one third of the bakhous on the north side together with the bakery [una cum pistrino]5 there in common.

Item, there is assigned to her le longschephous in the town of Rathcoffy;
1 messuage that Thomas Ternan holds there;
1 messuage that William Oshell holds there;
1 messuage that William Omorgh lately held there.

Item, in the demesne lands of that manor:
in the first place in the field on the south side of that town 20 acres of land by estimate, on the eastern side of the same field;
item, in the field on the north side of that town 20 acres of land by estimate on the eastern side of that field;
item, in the field on the west side of that town 20 acres of land by estimate on the northern side of that field;
item, one third of 2 acres of meadow called le Nenaghmede, in the middle of the same;
item, the Keppaghlane in les Grages.

[KYLCOKE]
Item, one third of the profits of the court, mill, market and tolls of the town of Kylcoke;

[MAYNAN]
Item, at Maynan 2 acres and 1 stang and one third of a stang of meadow in the middle of the same;
item, at le Parkmede of Courtoun 3 acres of meadow in the middle of the same;
item, in le Cuiv[er]housemedds 1⅔ acres of meadow in the middle of the same;
item, in le Croghesmede one third of an acre in the middle of the same;
item, in Crolemede one third of an acre of meadow in the middle of the same;
item, one third del Feigh6 of Rathcoffy in common;
item, one third of the profits of the rabbit-warren of Rathcoffy;
item in the demesne of Maynan 22s 10d of chief rent issuing from all the lands and tenements of Roger Penkeston in Richardestoun and the service of the same Roger;
12d chief rent issuing from 2 messuages of John Ultagh, serjeant there, and the service of the same John;
1½d chief rent issuing from 1 messuage of Richard Howlot there, and the service of the same Richard;
item, 1d chief rent issuing from the lands of John Rochefort there, and the service of the same John;
the gavel-land [gavelar’] of Maynan, [viz.] 1 messuage and 21½ acres of land which Adam Omogh[a]n holds to farm and renders 21s 1d p.a.;
item, 18 acres of land there, which William Graunt holds to farm and renders 17s 4d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 14½ acres of land which Nicholas Braynoke holds to farm there and renders 14s 5d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 2 acres, which Thomas Smyth holds there and renders 2s 8d p.a.;
item, 2½ acres of land, which John Oltagh holds there and renders 2s 6d p.a.;
item, 3½ acres of land which David Andrewe holds there and renders 3s 6d p.a.;
item, in Mortoun 1 messuage and 19½ acres of land and 1 stang of land there, which John Wisse holds there and renders 18s 8d p.a.;
item, 10½ acres of land which John Cam holds and renders 10s 6d p.a.;
item, 2 acres and 3 stangs of land which Philip Orewy holds there and renders 2s 9d p.a.;
item, of waste land in Maynan 23 acres and 1 stang of land in le Mochfeld;
item, 9s 11d chief rent issuing from the lands of Richard Losthagh and the service of the same Richard;
item, the gavel-land of Balytarstyn, viz., 1 messuage and 15 acres and 3 stangs of land, which John Tyrell holds there and renders 15s 2d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 4 ½ acres of land, which Thomas Tyrell holds there and renders 4s 6d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 2 acres of land, which John Lang and Robert Lang hold there and render 2s p.a.;
item, 2½ acres of land which Nicholas Coenys holds there and renders 2s 6d p.a.;
item, 2½ acres of land, which Thomas Rochefort junior holds there and renders 2s 6d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 3½ acres and half a stang of land, which Nicholas Sagyn holds there and renders 3s 8d p.a.;
item, 1½ acres of land, which Richard Roche holds there and renders 18d p.a.;
item, half an acre of land, which Richard Barret holds there and renders 6d p.a.;
item, in Sagynesplace 1 messuage and 9 acres of land which Dermicius Obean holds there and renders 9s p.a.;

Bataylesplace 1 acre of land, which Patrick Odoyng holds there and renders 12d p.a.;
item, 2 acres, which Walter Herford holds there and renders 2s p.a.;
item, 2 acres of land, which Maurice Herfort holds there and renders 2s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 3 stangs and the one third of a stang of land, which David Prendyrgast holds there and renders 10d p.a.;
item, in Jalsgrag’ 1 messuage, 22½ [acres] of land, which John Folan holds there and renders 11s 6d p.a.;
item, 3 acres 3 stangs of land, which Adoke McTegyn holds there and renders 3s 11d p.a.

Item, Clonfert, 1 messuage, 7½ acres of land, which Conchour McConcour holds there and renders 7s 6d p.a.;
item, half a messuage, 10⅔ acres of land, which John Manus holds there and renders 10s p.a. and 8d;
item, Andrewysplace, 1 messuage, 11 acres, 3 stangs of land which Walter Rochefort holds there and renders 11s 9d p.a.

[BELREW]
Belrew, 1 messuage, 3 acres, 3½ stangs of land, which Cowlam McCarty holds there and renders 3s 11d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 11 acres of land, which William Okenay holds there and renders 11s p.a.;
item, 3 acres of waste land in Tyrniggham;
item, 2½ acres of waste land in Haghyntrystyn;
item, 3½ acres of waste land in Hagherengan;
item, ½ an acre of waste land in Loghan;
item, in Balybroke 1 acre of land;
item, 9 acres of waste land in Magandiesfeld;
item, 1½ acres of waste land in Couldow;
item, 1 acre, 3 stangs of waste land in Bataylesheys;
item, 1 acre, 1 stang of waste land in Costynesheys;
item, 3 acres in Croghgonelew of waste land;
item, 22s ½d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of Thomas Bermingham in Boysestoun and the service of the same Thomas;
the gavel-land of Kylcoke, 1 messuage, 6 acres of land, which Patrick Smyth holds there and renders 8s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 8 acres of land, which Richard McHugyn holds there and renders 10s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage and 1⅓ acres, which John Obygyn holds there and renders 3s 4d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, which Thomas Russell smyth holds and renders 2s 4d p.a.;
item, a waste messuage there on the east side towards Meath;
Courtoun, 1 messuage, ten acres, 4 stangs of land, which William Revagh holds there and renders 10s 9d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 8 acres of land, which John Stantoun holds there and renders 8s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 10 acres of land which John Ca[…] holds there and renders 10s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 19 acres of land, which Peter Walsh holds there and renders 19s p.a.;
item, Godartesgrage 3 acres of land, which Thomas Carberagh holds there and renders 3s p.a.

[FORTGLORIAM]
Fortgloriam, 1 messuage, 23½ acres and one third of a stang, which Thomas Bretnagh holds there and renders 23s 7½d p.a.;
item, 13½ acres of land which Edmund McCarty holds there and renders 12s 6d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 11 acres, 3 stangs of land, which John Tayllour holds there and renders 11s 9d p.a.;
item, 3 acres and 1 stang of land, which Nicholas Smyrte holds there and renders 3s 2d p.a.;
item, 11½ acres of land of the waste land in Godartesgrag’;
item, 6 acres of waste land in Kyllyesfeld;
item, 2 acres of land in Doncrewy;
item, 1 acre of land in Kephagna of waste land;

Clonagh’, 1 messuage, 16½ acres of land, which David Boygh holds there and renders 16s 6d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 7 acres of land, which William McLagh holds there and renders 7s p.a.;
item, one third of the orchard there on the southern side; the manor of Carnalin;
2½d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of John Eustace there, and the services of that John;
item, 18d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of the bishop of Kildare there, and the service of the same bishop;
item, 6s 8d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of the prior and convent of Conal’ in Balilog, and the services of the same;
item, 6d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of Philip Harbyster there, and the services of the same Philip.

The gavel-land of Carnalwey, 1 messuage, 27 acres, 3 stangs of land, which Henry Galle holds there and renders 18s p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 11 acres of land which William Kenay holds there and renders 7s 4d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage, 4 acres and 1 stang of land, which John Obergy holds there and renders 2s p.a.;
item, 1 acre of land, which Thomas Hege holds there and renders 8d p.a.

[MILTOUN]
Miltoun, 9½ acres of land and 1 stang and half of a stang, which Henry s. of Thomas holds there and renders 6s 5d p.a.;
item, 11 acres of land, which Thomas Claverton holds there and renders 8s 4d p.a.;
item, 4 acres of land, which James Whitehoud holds there and renders 2s 8d p.a.

Ballylug 3 acres of land which John Coyke holds there and renders 2s p.a.;

Item, in Carnalwey 11 acres of waste land there.

In Loxshspe[n]lagh 1 acre near Loghspenlagh;
item, 1 acre near to the ditch [clyth’] of Loghspenlagh;7
item, 1 acre in Loghencaryke;
item, 1 acre near the ditch [clyt’] of that Logh;
item, 1 acre near that ditch [clyth’].

Item, of waste land in Miltoun, 2 acres in Mote of Henryestoun;
item, 1 acre of land near that place;
item, 2 acres of land near Aylmore;
item, 1 acre at le Cnokys;
Balylog waste land 2 acres near the bridge;
item, 4 acres near le Londmeris there;
item, 20 acres of land in Carmaneshyll, on the northern side;
item, one third of the wood of Rathcoffy, viz. 2 acres on the southern side;
item, one third of the wood of Jakesgrag’, viz. half an acre on the southern side;
item, one third of the wood of Fernan, viz. 4 acres on the western side;
item, one third of the park of Courtoun, viz. 1 acre on the northern side;
item, one third of the orchard of Cortoun on the northern side;
item, one third of Loghmeanagh’, viz. one stang on the western side;
item, one third of the wood called Loglyoun, viz. 1 stang, on the eastern side;
item, the third part of the wood called Morghlatidesgrow, viz. 1 stang on the western side;
item, one third of the wood called Torraneswod’, viz. 1 stang on the western side;
item, one third of the wood called Glake, viz. 1 acre of Belgrewe on the western side;
item, one third of the wood of Loghder’ and Loghgore, viz. 10 acres on the western side;
item, one third of the wood lying between Belgrewe and Loghmor on the eastern side;
item, one third of Sagynesgrowe, on the northern side;
item, one third of the wood lying between Sagynesplace and Balytarstyn, on the northern side;
item, the third part of Croleswod on the northern side of the same, viz. 1 stang;
item, one third of the wood of Clongowe, on the western side there, viz. 40 acres;
item, one third of the pasture called Poltgret’;
item, one third of the wood next to Godartysgrag, viz. 1 stang, on the eastern side;
item, one third of an acre of land and one third of an acre of meadow near Kylcoke, on the eastern side;
item, one third of the meadow between Hogeston and Balmakeghyn;
item, 1 acre of pasture in le Gragys near Rathcoffy, on the eastern side of the same pasture;
item, in Loghrendyll 1 acre of pasture on the eastern side of the same;
item, of the pasture of Avenagh 7 acres, on the northern side of the same;
item, 7 acres of moor in the red moor of Rathcofy, on the southern side of the same;
item, in Fynan, 20 acres of moor and pasture there, on the eastern side of the same;
item, 7 acres of moor and pasture in the le cnaphit moor, on the southern side of the same;
item, in the great pasture called Mochmore near Clonshanbowe 20 acres of pasture on the eastern side of the same;
item, in le Fort 4 acres of pasture, on the northern side of the same;
item, in Doncrewy 3 acres of pasture, on the northern side of the same;
item, in Garveys in Carbery 32 acres of land, on the western side of that town;
item, 4 messuages of the new town in Maynan in the middle of that town on each side of the same.

[KYLKA]
Item, in the manor of Kylka 1 chamber called the le Knygheschambre, le botery, with 2 small chambers in le Whitetour;
one third of the cellar there, on the western side;
le Newe Orchard there;
one third of slated barn [sclatynb[ar]ne], on the northern side there;
the kitchen, the chapel, the prison, le kyll, le bakhous, together with the bakery there;
le blynprisoun there;
le newewerke near le bakhous there and the gates [lez zatys] of Kilka in common there;
item, the chamber of the vicar there;
le cowhous with the small chamber near le longstable there;
one third of a waste messuage lately called le longstable on the southern side of that messuage there;
1 messuage in which Shane Vale abides and renders 20d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage in which Molaghlyn More abides there;
item, 1 messuage in which John Bed abides there and renders 20d p.a.;
item, 1 messuage in which Henry Lowet abides there and renders 12d p.a.;
11⅔d issuing from 1 messuage in which Thomas Nit abides there;
item, one third of the profits of the rabbit-warren of Molaghrery there and one third of the profits of the court there;
item, of the demesne land in Kilka in le Horistonfeld 22 and five-sixths acres of land, in the middle of that field;
item, in the field called Molaghreryy on the northern side, 16 acres near the Bathyr on the eastern side of that field;
item, in the field called Colmoghan there 6 acres, on the southern side of that field;
item, in the Kylfeld there 5⅔ acres, on the southern side of that field;
item, in the field called Tyrchane there 10 acres near le Bathyr of Belan;
item, in the field called le Loghbrech there 14⅔, on the eastern side of that field;
item, in the field called le Heghbrech there 11⅔ acres, on the southern side of that field;
item, in le Loghcoule 1 acre there of the holding of Henry Ryan;
item, in the field called Rathynbecam 1⅔ acres on the western side of that field;
item, in le Heghcoull 3 acres, on the southern side of that field;
item, in the east field of Molaghrery 6⅔ acres in
the north part of that field;
item, in le Kyngesfeld 7 acres in the middle of that field;
item, in Foranesfeld 11⅔ acres on the southern side of that field;
item, in le Kilfeld 3 acres and 3⅓ stangs on the northern side of that field;
item, in the field called Oxlesewe 10 acres on the southern side of that field;
item, near the Motmede 2 acres, on the north side of that meadow;
item, in le Stripis 4⅔ acres on the southern side of that field;
item, in le Carterisfeld 2 acres and one third of a stang on the southern side of that field;
item, le Croftfeld 3⅔ acres, on the southern side of that field;
item, in le Culverhousheis, one third of the same on the northern side there;
item, in the meadow between Kilka and Decaneston 2 acres there;
item, in le Motmed’ 1 acre and 1 stang of meadow, on the northern side of that meadow;
item, 1 acre of the meadow near le Derneford, on the western side of that meadow;
item, in Lat[er]aghmore one third of the same, on the northern side of that moor;
item, one third of the common pasture called Rayncrogh’, on the western side of that
pasture;
item, one third of the common pasture called Molaghrery, on the northern side of that pasture;
item, one third of Halheys, on the southern side;
item, 1 messuage in which Donald Shevyn abides there;
[item], 1 messuage in which Nicholas Kenslagh abides there;
item, 1 messuage in which Thomas Dorane abides there;
item, 1 messuage in which Maurice Corbet abides there;
item, 1 messuage in which Patrick Walsh abides there;
item, 53s 4d issuing from the burgage of the town of Castledermot;
item, 4d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of Richard Balymore in Balycolan there, together with the lordship and services of the said Richard;
item, 38s chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Coltoun near Castledermot;
item, 4s 5d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of John Gytley in Corbaly there, together with the lordship and services of that John;
item, 13s 4d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of John fitz Eustace in Martynestoun, together
with the lordship and services of that John;
item, 4d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of the heir of Thomas Maghry in Rathsolby, together with the lordship and services of that Thomas;
item, 4s 5d rent of 1 carucate of land, issuing from the lands [etc.] in Ivereston;
item, 16s 8d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of John Noryyn in le Neuetoun, together with the lordship and services of that John;
item, 6s 8d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of Edward Perrers kt in the Bultoun there, together with the lordship and services of the same Edward;
item, 4½d chief rent issuing from lands [etc.] in Kynnegh there;
item, 1 clove of spicery for the lands [etc.] of Robert Woddeloke in Brynestoun there;
item, 20d p.a. chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of the heir of Thomas Gytley in Whitestoun there, together with the lordship and services of that Thomas;
item, 11s 1⅓d chief rent issuing from the land of the heir of that Thomas in Dunfeny there, together with the lordship and services of that Thomas;
item, 12d p.a. issuing from the lands [etc.] of Kilmeow there, and the services of the same;
item, 4s 5d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of Deywodeston there and the services of the same;
item, 20d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Lytylbalacoyffe there and the services of the same;
item, 4s 6d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Mochylbalacoyffe there, and the services of the same;
item, 4s 5d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Decanestoun there and the services of the same;
item, 13s 4d chief rent issuing from a burgage in Kilka and the services of the same;
item, 17d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Herb[er]estoun and the services of the same;
item, 20d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in le Stonyloun and the services of the same;
item, 7s 10½d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Dovestoun and the services of the same;
item, 4s 5d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Carryk and Talounestoun, and the services of the same;
item, 7s 10½d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] of John Marchall, together with the lordship and services of that John;
item, 13s chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Palm[ere]stoun and the services of the same;
item, 2s 2½d chief rent issuing in Duneke, and the services of the same;
item, 13s 4d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Carrekyn and the services of the same;
item, 4m 13⅓d chief rent issuing from the burgage of Mone, and the services of the same;
item, one third of the profits of the mill there;
item, 22 s 2¾d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Glasthely, and the services of the same;
item, 4d chief rent issuing in Stabolan, and the services of the same;
item, 13s 4d chief rent issuing from the lands [etc.] in Ardy, and the services of the same.

[BERTON]
Item, in the manor of Berton 4½ messuages on the southern side of the same, as far as Irystoun;
item, 2 carucates there on the southern side of that town;
item, 9 acres of meadow on the southern side there, towards Kilka;
item, 26 acres of pasture on the southern side there;
item, 1 stone house there called Kyteshous.

Item, in Molamast 63 acres of land, on the southern side of that town.

Item, in Irystoun 4 messuages in the north and south parts of that town;
item, 43½ acres of land there on the western side of that town;
item, 10⅔ acres of meadow there on the southern side of that town, and one third of the moor there on the northern side of that town, and one third of the pasture there, on the northern side of that pasture.

Item, in Balmathoghir 1 messuage, on the northern side of that town;
item, 20 acres of land there, on the southern side of that town;
item, half an acre of meadow and one sixth of an acre of meadow there, on the northern side;
item, 2⅔ acres of moor there, on the southern side.

Item, in Kynnegh 4 messuages and one third of a messuage, on the eastern side of that town;
item, 140 acres of land there on the eastern side;
item, 3½ acres of meadow on the eastern side there.

Item, in le Moretoun near Kynnegh 5½ acres of land, on the eastern side of that town;
item, 1 acre of meadow there, on the northern side;
item, 3 acres of moor there, on the eastern side of that moor;
item, one third of the advowson of the church of Kynnegh;
item, in le Gragebetagh 45 acres of land, on the western side of that town;
item, 5 messuages there, on the eastern side of that town;
item, 6½ acres of meadow on the northern side of that meadow;
item, in Simonestoun and Ramadoyng 1 carucate and 7½ acres of land, on the southern side of that town;
item, in Melonesgrange 160 acres of land on the western side of that town;
item, 6½ acres of meadow on the western side of that meadow;
item, 1 acre of moor there in the west side of that meadow;
item, 1 acre of moor there, on the western side of that moor;
item, one third of the weir there;
item, one third of the profits of the warren there;
item, one third of a stone house there, on the southern side;
item, 3 messuages and one third of a messuage, on the western side;
item, in Simondeston and Ramaduyn […];
item, in Kylpican 60 acres, on the eastern side of that town.

Item, in Tancardestoun near Corbally 40 acres, in the east part of that town.

Item, in the wood of Garvagh 1 carucate of wood, on the southern side of that wood.

Item, in the Justysesfeld 6⅔ acres, on the northern side of that field.

[CLONMOR]
Item, there is assigned to that Anastatia one third of the castle or manor of Clonmor, on the eastern side, with free entry and egress to those parcels;
item, one third of the manor of Kylpype and Kylpole on the western side;
item, 4 carucates of land on the western side there, with free entry and exit to those parcels [etc.].

In witness of this the seal of office of the escheatry of Ire. is attached to these presents.

Dated 24 Feb. [1418] 5 Hen. V.

C: 

RCH; Rev. Matthew Devitt, ‘Dame Anastasia Wogan’s Dower’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 3 (1902), 88–97.

N: 

Rep. RCI 1816–20, 8th rep., p. 387.

Footnotes: 

1 The Latin text of RCH is translated in Rev. Matthew Devitt, ‘Dame Anastasia Wogan’s Dower’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 3 (1902), 88–97. In a prefatory note Devitt records his thanks to ‘Mr. McEnery and Mr. Radcliff, of the Record Office, Dublin, … for the trouble they took in making the translation, and comparing it with the original.’ I have drawn on Devitt’s explanatory glossary (ibid., p. 97) in the notes that follow.
2Colthous is probably a mistake in the enrolment for colvhous or colverhouse, a dovecot; otherwise it must mean a stable’ (ibid., p. 97).
3Logshepyn is evidently intended for longshepyn, a long sheep-fold. Torshous is probably a similar mistake for torehous, a tower-house’ (ibid., p. 97).
4 Devitt gives this as ‘bawn’ (ibid., p. 88).
5 Devitt gives this as ‘mill’ in error (ibid., p. 88).
6 Devitt glosses this as the Irish fiodh, a wood (ibid., p. 97); cf. DIL, s.v.
7 Devitt glosses clyth’ as the Irish cladh (ibid., p. 97); which is given as 'ditch or trench' in DIL (s.v.).

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
4
8 Dec. 1422
Trim
[To Henry Stanyhurst, formerly deputy of Thomas Talbot kt, formerly escheator of Ire., as in §2.]

At the petition of Bartholomew Barthe and Katherine his wife (previously wife of Robert Derpatryk dcd, who held of the K. in chief), ORDER to send in chancery the assignment made by him of the dower of the said Katherine.1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 There is no address clause in RCH, but it seems certain that the addressee is the same as in §2 above, which was given on the same date. The assignment was enrolled immediately after this writ (see below, §5).

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
5
1 Mar. 1420

ASSIGNMENT of dower [dated 1 March [1420] 7 Hen. V] made by Henry Stanyhurst, deputy of John Charneles, escheator of Ire., to Katherine Uryell, previously wife of Robert Derpatryk, of the lands [etc.] that belonged to the same Robert in Henryestoun, Donanore, Corbally, Kyngestoun, Myryvaleslond, Stallorgan and Derpatryk:

First, 1 messuage and 46 acres of land, which John Mangan holds at farm in Henryestoun;
1 messuage and 23 acres, which John Blake holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 18 acres, which John White holds at farm there;
also all cottages that Mary Cruys held in dower in the same town;
4 acres and 1 stang of land that Thomas Tallou[n] of Shyllok holds at farm there;
2 acres of meadow in Mathemede that Mary Cruys had in dower there;
14 acres of pasture called Rowantz lying next to the wood [silvam] of Henryestoun there;
10 acres of wood [bosci] there lying next to the town of Henryestoun;
1 messuage in Donanore, 14 acres of land there lying between Donanore and the said wood of Henryestoun, which John Taillour of Donanore holds at farm there;
19 acres of land in Corbally lying near the land of Kylresk, 10 acres of land in Kyngestoun, on the western side, which Richard Heyward holds at farm there;
10 acres of land of the land called Myryvaleslonde, which Henry Yong holds at farm there;
also a large stone house together with one third of the bawn [del baon’] and le gardeyn in Stalorgane, which John Loghenan holds at farm there;
1 messuage, 18½ acres of land and 1 acre of pasture and 1 acre of fallow [fallowe], which Gylnow holds at farm there;
20½ acres of land and 1 acre of pasture which McMyllon’ holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 10 acres of land called le Mydylfeld, which Richard Locumbe holds at farm there;
9 acres in le Colv[er]housefeld, which the said Richard holds at farm there;
6 acres which the said Richard holds at farm there;
3 acres of pasture which the said Richard holds at farm;
3 acres of meadow, in the middle of the meadow there;
2 acres of wood lying next to the church of Stalorgan;
one third of the profits of the mill of Stalorgan;
6 acres in Derpatryk, which Peter Sotte chaplain holds;
1 messuage, 12½ acres of land and half an acre of meadow, which William Leynagh holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 4 acres of land, which Robert Broun holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 4½ acres of land which John Kyltale holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 14 acres, [which] William Tankard holds at farm there;
1 cottage that John Pyllet holds at farm there;
1 cottage that Walter Taaffe holds at farm there;
5 acres that William Callane holds at farm there;
3 acres that Patrick Rery holds at farm there;
1 messuage and 12 acres that John Leynagh holds at farm there;
9 acres called Tyllaghgone[er]esmed;
4 acres which William Cormogan holds at farm there;
2 acres that John Hue holds at farm there;
3 acres of wood called le Hylwod near Avotestoun;
60 acres (by estimate) of moor called Tyllaghgroffrie, up to the mountains of les Bankes;
the great hall and le hennous;
and one third of a stone house of the manor of Derpatryk;
and one third of the profits of the mill there;
and one third of the profits of the fishery there.

Given 1 March [1420] 7 Hen. V.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
6
18 Dec. 1422
Dublin
To John Founteyns esq., escheator of Ire.

The K. has respited the homage of John Talbot kt, cousin and heir of Ankaret, daughter and heir of Gilbert Talbot kt, dcd, who held of Henry V in chief, for all the castles, manors, lands [etc.] which the said Gilbert held of the K., and which came into the hand of Henry V on Gilbert's death and by reason of the minority of Ankaret (who lately died while a minor). ORDER to cause John to have full seisin of those castles [etc.], saving the right of Beatrice, who was Gilbert's wife, [in those things] of which she has been dowered.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
7
18 Nov. 1422
Dublin
To the escheator.

It was found by inquisition that James s. of Matthew Ledewyche was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of the following lands, which are worth 40s p.a., viz.:

1 messuage and 1 carucate of land in Leghlyn;
1 messuage and 40 acres of land in Aferne;
1 messuage and 40 acres of land in Grangerathe;
1 messuage and 60 acres of land in Balytowny.1

And, thus seised, he was outlawed for felony at the K.'s suit in 20 Ric. II [1396x7]; and, for this reason, the said messuage and land [etc.] were taken into the hand of Henry V.

ORDER to remove the K.'s hand., at the petition of John Gayn junior, chaplain.

C: 

RCH; COA, PH 13203, p. 367.

Footnotes: 

1 'Ballytrony' in COA, PH 13203, p. 367.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
8
10 Feb. 1423
To the escheator.

It was found by inquisition that William Proute, who was seised in his demesne as of fee of 1 messuage and 1 carucate of land [in Proutestoun alias Ger]anbanestoun in the barony of Skreen, was outlawed for felony; and for this reason the said messuage and land were [seized] into the hand of Henry V.1 The following persons have petitioned for the K.'s hand be removed, viz.:

Thomas Fourche and Cecilia his wife;
John Penkeston and Joan his wife;
and Walter Tuite and Joan his wife.

Cecilia and Joan (wife of John Penkeston) are the daughters of John Prout; and Joan (wife of Walter Tuite) is his granddaughter by his daughter Anne.

ORDER to remove the K.'s hand.

C: 

RCH; COA, PH 13203, p. 367.

Footnotes: 

1 The words in square brackets are supplied in RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
9
13 Feb. 1423
Dublin
To the escheator.

It has been found by inquisition that Richard Clerk died seised of 40 acres of land in Balytra, and he held them of Christopher Holywood as of his manor of Coulok, by knight service. After Richard's death, Philip Clerk, hitherto seneschal of the courts of the said Christopher, was seised of the said service in his name [nomine eius].1 At the petition of Nicholas Clerke, brother […] heir of the said Richard, ORDER to remove the K.'s hand.

C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207.

Footnotes: 

1 i.e. his surname 'Clerk'.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
10
13 Feb. 1423
Dublin
To the escheator.

It has been found by inquisition that John de la Mare—who was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of 1 messuage and 1 acre of land in Herbertestoun near Foghyn, co. Meath1—was outlawed for various felonies and that, after John's death, Thomas Graunt and Nicholas Rowe occupied the said messuage and land, which are held of William Darcy as of his manor of Martry.2 Thomas [Graunt] now says that John was not outlawed, and that one John Bonebos was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of 40 acres of land and one third of a messuage in Herbertestoun, and gave them to the said Thomas, to have to him and his heirs forever. For this reason the said Thomas was seised of the same until he was removed by colour of the said inquisition [colore officii predicti]; those 40 acres of land and one third of the said messuage are parcels of the messuage and carucate of land contained in that inquisition. He seeks judgement [etc.]. ORDER to remove the K.'s hand from those 40 acres and one third of a messuage.

C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207.

Footnotes: 

1 'Fogleyn' in NAI, Lodge Ms 19, p. 207.
2 RCH reads 'Marty' in error; cf. below, §11.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
11
13 Feb. 1423
Dublin
To the escheator.

[The opening of this item was identical to the preceding item up to the word 'Martry'.]1

And Nicholas Rowe, brother and heir of John Rowe, now says that the said John Rowe was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of 40 acres of land and one third of a messuage in Herbertestoun, and he died thus seised. After his death, the said Nicholas was seised of the same. These 40 acres [etc.] are a parcel of the messuage and carucate contained in the said inquisition. And he seeks judgement. ORDER to remove [the K.'s hand] from those 40 acres.

C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207.

Footnotes: 

1 RCH reads as follows: 'Reciting all things which are enclosed by parentheses in the preceding article [=RCH, p. 224, §7] up to the word Martry' .

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
12
24 Jan. 1423
Drogheda

It was agreed by the Jcr and council that 12 men-at-arms and 60 archers should be retained in the K.'s service in the company of Richard [Talbot], abp Dublin, Jcr of Ire., at the K.'s wages, upon the revenues of Ire., for 80 days, to resist les Otothilles and Oraillyes [etc.].1

[And this item recites another agreement lately made at Trim for the same number of men-at-arms and archers for 40 days, each man-at-arms taking 12d a day, and each archer taking 6d.]2

C: 

RCH; BL, Egerton MS 78, p. 28.

Footnotes: 

1 This is the first of three items calendared in RCH as a bundle with a single item-number (§9).
2 This second memorandum, concerning an agreement made at Trim on 29 Oct. [1422] 1 Hen. IV, is included in RCH without a separate item-number. See also below §§18, 29.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
13
18 Mar. 1423
Dublin
To the T. and chamberlains of the Ex.

ORDER to pay the Jcr of Ire. £168 from the K.'s wages, as the said wages amount to this sum for the said time [as in §12].

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
14
24 Mar. 1422
Dublin
To the escheator.

It has been found by an inquisition taken in the time of Henry V that Peter son and heir of Edmund Hussey did not hold any lands or tenements of Richard II in demesne, in fee nor in service on on the day he died, but that one Richard Roem [sic] was previously seised in his demesne as of fee of the manors of Galtrim and Moylussy, and of 1 messuage and 80 acres of land in Cavestoun; 1 messuage and 120 acres of land in Rosmyde; 10 acres of land in Michellestoun; and 1 messuage and 40 acres of land in Clonarnyn. And he gave the same manor, lands and tenements to Hugh Hussey kt for the lifetime of Hugh, to have of the chief lords of those fees by accustomed service, such that after Hugh's death the said manors, lands [etc.] shall remain entirely to William Hussey and Beatrice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies; and if they should die without heirs of their bodies then they shall remain entirely to the right heirs of the said Hugh forever. The said William and Beatrice were seised of the same, and they had lawful issue Jo[hn Hus]sey kt.2 After the death of the said William and Beatrice, John, as their son and heir, was seised of the same; and he had issue John, Edmund, Margaret and Joan. And after the death of John Hussey kt, the said John s. of John was seised of the same, and he had issue Paula, his daughter and heir. After the death of John, son of John [Hussey] kt, Paula was seised of the same, and she died as a minor and without issue. After her death the said Edmund [Hussey] was seised; and he had issue Peter and Margaret. After the Edmund’s death, Peter was seised of the same and died without issue. After his death, the said Margaret, his sister, was seised of the same while she was sole [dum sola fuit]; and afterwards, having married Robert Orell, she died seised of the same without issue. And the said Peter held, on the day he died, the said manors of Roger, son and heir of Edmund Mortimer, late earl of March, as of his manor of Trim, by knight service, Roger then being a minor. And Peter held, on the day he died, those lands [etc.] in Cavestoun, Rosmyde and Michellestoun of William Nugent kt, late baron of Delvin, and Katherine his wife, by right of the said Katherine as of her manor of Delvin, by knight service; and the lands in Clonarnyn’ of John Tuite, as of his manor of Sonnagh, by fealty and suit of court for all service.

The said manor was worth 40m true value, and the said lands [etc.] in Cavestoun, Rosmyde and Michellestoun 6m; and the said lands [etc.] in Clonarnyn 13s 4d.

Peter died in 14 Ric. II [1390x1], and the said Margaret and Richard Bathe are cousins and next heirs of the said Peter; and Margeret, previously wife of Robert Orell, occupied the said manor of Galtrim with various lands [etc.] in Cave[stoun, Rosmyde, Mi]chellestoun and Clonarnyn; and Matthew Hussey kt occupied that manor with those lands [etc.], by what title the jurors know not; and Margaret Petit, previously wife of the said Matthew, occupied one third of the said manor [etc.], by what title the jurors know not; and Thomas Talbot kt occupied two thirds of the said manor [etc.], by what the title the jurors know not; and Edmund Mortimer, earl of March and Ulster, occupied the manor of Galtrim because of letters patent of Henry V granting custody to him; and Barnaby Travers occupied two thirds of the lands in Cavestoun, Rosmynde and Clonarnyn because of letters patent of Henry V granting custody to him; and the said lands [etc.] in Michellestoun used to lie waste and were worth nothing p.a., and no one occupied them. And Margaret Hussey, late wife of Robert Orell, occupied the manor of Moylussy; and Matthew Husseey kt occupied the same manor; and Nicholas Hussey occupied the same manor.

And now it has been adjudged in chancery that the manors of Galtrim and Moylussy, which are held of the said heir in chief, should be delivered to Margaret, daughter of John Hussey kt, and to Richard Bathe, because they are of her inheritance and they [Margaret and Richard] are of full age, and that K.’s hand should be removed from other lands [etc.] which are held of other lords, and restored to the same Margaret and Richard, saving the right of anyone.

ORDER to cause Margaret and Richard to have full seisin of those manors, and to remove [the K.’s hand] from the lands [etc.] which are held of others, as was said before.

C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207.

Footnotes: 

{1} NLI, D 17008 is a writ of diem clausit extremum addressed to John Pilkington, escheator, dated 9 Hen. V [1421x2], instructing the escheator to inquire concerning the lands held by Margaret, who was the wife of Robert Orell, on the day she died. The writ is stitched to the inquisition, which is badly in need of conservation.
2 RCH supplies some letters enclosed within square brackets at this point.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
15
24 Mar. 1423
Dublin
To the escheator.

The K. has learned by inquisition taken by that office [of escheator] in the time of Henry V that one John fitz Rowe, who was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of 160 acres of land in Lagagh, killed one Margaret Betagh. On account of that felony he was outlawed, and thus outlawed he died seised. Whereupon Thomas Andrewe and Walter Ferrour, chaplains, appearing in chancery, say that one Matthew fitz Rowe was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of 80 acres in Lagagh, and enfeoffed the said Thomas and Walter of the same land, to have to him and his heirs forever. By force of this enfeoffment they were seised until they were removed by colour of the said inquisition. Those 80 acres are a parcel of the said 160 acres; and they seek that the K.'s hand be removed from those 80 acres and restoration be made to them, together with the issues, so that the escheator or his deputy, who took that inquisition by authority of his office, might have no power to inquire concerning felonies. Furthermore it was decided that the reason for that seizure, having been viewed in chancery, was invalid in law. ORDER to remove the [K.'s] hand from those 80 acres and to restore that land with the issues received from it, to the same Thomas and Walter, always saving the K.'s right.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
16
24 Mar. 1423
Dublin
To the escheator.

The K. has learned by inquisition that John fitz Rowe, who was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of all lands [etc.] in Thomasetoun, was outlawed on account of felony, and thus outlawed he died seised. Whereupon Henry s. of Nicholas Betagh, appearing in chancery, says that the said Henry was seised in his demesne as of fee of all lands [etc.] in Thomasetoun, co. Meath, until by force of the said inquisition he was removed; and he has sought that the K.'s hand be removed. ORDER to remove the [K.'s] hand.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
17
16 Dec. 1422
Dublin
To John Founteyns, escheator of Ire.

It has been found by an inquisition taken ex officio that one John s. of Arnold Fleming was seised in his demesne as of fee of 1 messuage and 40 acres of land in Flemyngton near Kentestoun, and died seised of the same; and on the day he died he was outlawed of felony. The messuage [etc.] are held of Robert Tuite kt, as of his manor of Kentestoun, by suit of court from month to month. Henry Clakeston and Thomas Rede have occupied that land, which is worth 6s 8d p.a. And now Thomas Rede and Alice his wife, appearing in chancery, say that Magina Bernard,1 mother of Alice (whose heir Alice is), was seised in her demesne as of fee of the said messuage and land; and after her death the said Thomas and Alice were seised of the same until they were removed by colour of the said inquisition; and furthermore the reason contained in that inquisition is not sufficient. ORDER to remove the [K.'s] hand.

C: 

RCH; NAI, RC 8/40, pp 104–7.

Footnotes: 

1 'Bornard' in RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
18
29 Oct. 1422

MEMORANDUM concerning a council held at Trim on 29 Oct. [1422] 1 Hen. VI.1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 The details are recited above, §12

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
19
[29 Oct. 1422]

It was agreed on the same day [29 Oct. 1422, as in §18] that William Yonge, archdeacon, C. of Ire., might have from the K. for his wages 5s a day from the revenues of Ire., in consideration of his burden in sustaining both clerks of chancery and also men and servants, as well as horses.1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 The date on which the memorandum was enrolled is not given in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
20
[11 Dec. 1422]

It was agreed by the Jcr and council on 11 Dec. [1422] 1 Hen. VI1 in the chamber of Richard [Talbot], abp Dublin, Jcr of Ire., within the castle of Trim, that Laurence Merbury kt [chiv'] whom the K. had appointed as C. of Ire., might have 6s 8d a day for as long as he occupied that office.

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 RCH reads '1 H. V.'; but as Richard Talbot was not archbishop of Dublin on 11 Dec. 1413, this is clearly an error for 1 Hen. VI [1422]. The item is not dated in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
21
1 Jul. 1423
Dublin
To the seneschal of the liberty of Meath.

ORDER to proceed in an assize of novel disseisin which Thomas Rede and [Alice] his wife have arraigned before him in the court of that liberty, by writ of Edmund [Mortimer], earl of March and Ulster, lord of that liberty, [against Henry] Clakeston and Alice his wife, Thomas Coweper and John Asshe, chaplains, concerning a tenement in [Flemyngtoun near Kent]estoun.1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 This item was badly damaged by 1828; some readings are supplied within square brackets in RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
22
8 Nov. 1422
Drogheda

Walter Galtrym gives 3s 4d for a writ.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
23
20 Mar. 1423
Dublin

Richard Audeley gives 6s 8d for a writ of entry into the manor of Dunler.

C: 

NAI, Lodge MS 19, p. 207; RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
24
[No date.]
To the escheator.

It has been found by an inquisition that James Uriell held in demesne as of fee on the day he died of [Henry V … … 1 caruc]ate and half an acre in Kylbryde; 2 messuages and 60 acres of land [in … … …, and that] Roger Firter and Walter Skynner, chaplains, [previously] were seised [in their demesne as of fee, of 1] messuage and 1 carucate of land in Sutton, 9 [messuages and … … … of land in Swords, which messuage and land in Sutton and Swords were held] of John, archbishop of Dublin, as of right of his church, and of his manor of Swords, by [service] of 40s [… …] which are worth 40s p.a. beyond reprises.

The said Roger and Walter, being thus s[eised … … grant]ed to Roger s. of William Uriell the said messuage and land, to have to him and the heirs male of his body. By virtue of that gift, the said Roger s. of William was seised of the said messuage and land, and he died thus seised. After his death, Thomas Uriell, as his son and heir, entered into those messuages and land, and had issue James and Robert Uriell; and he died seised; and after his death James Uriell entered and died seised, without heirs male of his body; and the said messuages and land ought to descend to Robert Uriell by virtue of the said gift.

Whereupon the said Robert has pleaded that the K.'s hand be removed from the said messuages and land in Sutton and Swords, which are held of the archbishop of Dublin. ORDER that, having retained in the K.'s hand those lands [etc.] that are held of the K. until otherwise ordered, he is to remove the K.'s hand from the said messuages and land which [are held of the said archbishop].1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 This item was badly damaged by 1828; the readings in square brackets are supplied in RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
25
18 Dec. 1422
Dublin
To the escheator.

The K. [has learned] by inquisition that M[atilda] dcd, late wife of John Talbot kt, held in her demesne as of fee on the day she died [of Henry V in chief, the manor of … … … by] knight service, which is worth 100s p.a. beyond reprises [… … … and that the same Matilda held, in her demesne] as of fee on the day she died of the said Henry V in chief the manor of Loxheuedy [… … … … … which] is worth nothing because it lies waste; and that she did not hold any other lands [etc.] of Henry V in chief on the day she died. And the said Matilda died on 31 May [… …. and that … Talb]ot, son of the same Matilda (who was born of her and the said John Talbot kt, lately her husband, now survivor), is Matilda's next heir and a minor. For that reason the said manors were taken into the hand of Henry V. Now, because the said manors pertain to John Talbot kt to be held by English law, ORDER not to interfere further concerning those manors.1

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 This item was badly damaged by 1828; the readings in square brackets are supplied in RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
26
[18 Jun. 1423]

It was agreed by the council on 18 June [1423] 1 Hen. VI that the Jcr of Ire.—considering the expenses in receiving many messengers at his own costs, both of the earl of Desmond and of Obryn, Geraldus Kevenagh and Oconghir, with various others of their men coming to him—might have 20m from the K.'s treasury.1

C: 

RCH; BL, Egerton MS 78, p. 28.

N: 

Lynch, Legal institutions, p. 249.

Footnotes: 

1 The date on which the memorandum was enrolled is not given in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
27
20 Oct. 1422
Dublin

It has been ordained that William Scryvener should have custody of the castle [of Athy, receiving] £20 from the K.'s treasury each year for the said custody.1

C: 

RCH.

N: 

RCH, p. 234, §2 (=CIRCLE, CR 2 Hen. VI, §53).

Footnotes: 

1 The date is not given in RCH (at p. 225, §23); the date and place-date given here are confirmed by a 'notice' of the appointment in a writ of liberate, dated at Dublin, 12 July 1424 (CIRCLE, CR 2 Hen. VI, §53).

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
28
[18 Jun. 1423]

It was agreed by the council on 18 June [1423] 1 Hen. VI that Geraldus Okevenagh, brother of Donatus McMurgh, chieftain of his lineage—in consideration of various labours he sustained upon governing and treating for the peace with various Irish enemies of the parts of Leinster, and especially in restoring himself to the royal peace and serving the K. faithfully according to the oath that he took—should have 40m of the K. by name of reward for Easter term last past, having consideration that the said Donatus had 80m p.a. from Henry V.

C: 

RCH; BL, Egerton MS 78, p. 28.

Footnotes: 

{1} The date on which the memorandum was enrolled is not given in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
29
[21 Apr. 1423]

It was agreed at Dublin on 21 April [1423] 1 Hen. VI that the same number of men-at-arms and archers1 should be continued for the next 28 days, on account of the notorious war of the Otothilles [notariam guerram dez Otothilles] upon the lieges of cos. Dublin and Kildare, with the same wages for them to be paid to the Jcr of Ire.

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 i.e. 12 men-at-arms and 60 archers, as in §12

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
30
[No date.]

An act of the [K.'s] council, in which it was recited that Laurence Merbury, C., appearing before the Jcr and council, showed that he has been accused in Eng. of various matters illicitly done by him while he was C. After two or more witnesses were, at his petition, examined upon oath before the said Jcr and council concerning these matters―[including] among others, Walter Sutton, one of the clerks of chancery―it was agreed that the premises should be of record in chancery. These are the matters of which Laurence was accused, viz.:

[1] that he caused a certain writ of liberate to be made, addressed to the T. and chamberlains of the Ex. of Ire., to pay him £50 of his fee of £40 p.a. as C., being in arrears from the time when he was previously C., having already been levied from three tallies, and afterwards returned and destroyed in the receipt of the Ex.; and he improvidently sealed them with the K.'s seal, being in his custody;

[2] item, that he caused another similar writ [to be made], addressed similarly, to pay him 10s a day for his wages from 24 Feb. [1420] 7 [Hen. V] until St Peter in Chains 9 Hen. V [1 Aug. 1421], without any warrant, although he knew that his former patents had lapsed and fully expired, in deceit of the K. [etc.];

[3] item, that as much as possible John Talbot kt [chiv'], formerly Lt of Ire., satisfied him [Laurence], at Laurence's suit, of all fees and wages due to him from all the time of the said John until 24 Feb. [1420] 7 [Hen. V], although Laurence received, from that 24 Feb., various payments from the K. in the time of the said John, which payments amount to £260 15s 2d, in deceit of the K. [etc.];

[4] item that Laurence, on 26 Feb. [1415], fraudulently, on his own authority, without warrant, ordained and caused to be sealed certain letters patent of the K. under the seal of Ire. to receive 10s a day for his wages from the issues of the hanaper for as long as he occupied the office of C.; and by force of those letters the same Laurence, on 18 March [1422] 9 Hen. V, ordered a writ of liberate [to be made], addressed similarly [to the T. and chamberlains], to cause payment to him of his arrears which were unpaid; and the said T. and chamberlains, because of the same writ, made assignment to him of £216 6s 8¾d; and further by force of the same letters patent, he levied and ordered from John Passavaunt clk, keeper of the hanaper, on various occasions, £374 for his said wages.

T: 

NLI, [Harris] MS 4, f. 239.

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

{1} This article was badly torn and obliterated by 1828. The editors of RCH sought to reconstruct the sense from the remains.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
31
8 Apr. 1423

It was agreed by the Jcr and council that Richard Sydgreve should be deputy of Laurence Merbury, C., until his return from Eng., where he is gravely accused and a day has been given to him [to appear there] under great penalty [sub grandi pena].

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
32
[13 Jul. 1423]
Dublin

By letters patent dated 19 May [1423] last,1 the K. appointed Richard [Talbot], abp Dublin, as C. of Ire., with the accustomed fees, without any mention of how much he would receive for wages for the sustenance of the clerks of chancery and the men, serjeants and their horses. On 13 July [1423] it was agreed by the Jcr and council at the palace of St Sepulchre near Dublin that he should have 10s a day from the K. for his wages for those reasons, for as long as he occupies that office, from the issues of Ire.2

T: 

NLI, [Harris] MS 4, p. 253.

C: 

RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 His English-seal appointment is CPR 1422–9, p. 103.
2 The date on which the memorandum was enrolled is not given in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
33
28 Jul. 1423
Trim
To the sheriff of Dubln.

Oconghir and Oraly, having gathered to themselves a multitude of Irish enemies and English rebels, daily commit plunderings, burnings and killings of [the K.'s] lieges. PRECEPT and ORDER that, laying aside all delay and having gathered to himself the posse of his county, he is to be at Trim on Sunday next, together with all the posse of defensible men of the said county, in aid of the said lieges and the strengthening of the Jcr of Ire., and in resistance of the malice of the said enemies; and this under pain of forfeiture of all [etc.].1

Authorized: 
By the Jcr.
C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 21, p. 39; TCD, MS 3411, f. 74; BL, Egerton MS 78, p. 28.

Footnotes: 

1 This is the first of two items calendared in RCH as a bundle with a single item-number.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
34
[28 Jul. 1423]

Similar ORDER [to be at Trim to resist Oconghir and Oraly] addressed to the following:

the mayor, bailiffs and citizens of Dublin;
the mayor and sheriff of Drogheda;
the provosts and communities of the town of Ratoath, Grenok, Dunshaghelyn, Skreen, Slane, Dunboyne and Navan.

C: 

RCH; NAI, Lodge MS 21, p. 39; TCD, MS 3411, p. 74.

Footnotes: 

{1} This is the second of two items calendared in RCH as a bundle with a single item-number; the item is undated in RCH, but it is likely that the formula 'Teste ut supra' was omitted in error.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
35
25 Feb. 1423
Dublin
To the sheriff of Meath.

James Petit of Dunboyne; Luke Hamond of Dublin; William Goldsmyth of the same; and David Kendyll' of the same, taillour, have mainprized to produce the person of Christopher, son of the said James Petit, to answer for felonies for which he has been indicted. ORDER to supersede both the capture of Christopher [tam capcioni corporis ipsius Crist'] and the promulgation of outlawry against his person at the K.'s suit.

C: 

RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
36
18 Mar. 1423
Dublin
To Richard Aylmer of Lyones, one of the keepers of the peace in co. Dublin.

Thoma Aase of Dublin; Richard s. of Roger Dodde; John Russell clk; and Richard Smyth of Newcastle have mainprized to produce Henry Carryk, lately arrested and detained in prison, to answer concerning accusations [de rettis] for which he has been indicted [etc.]. ORDER to deliver him from prison.

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RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
37
18 Mar. 1423
Dublin

Similar ORDER [as in §36] for the delivery of John Frende chaplain and Peter Godfrey of Newcastle Lyons, for whom Richard s. of Roger Dodde and John Godfrey mainprized.

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RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
38
16 Jun. 1423

Robert Mesteill and Nicholas Haywood have mainprized, under pain of £20, to produce Richard Asshewell before the Jcr and council at five days notice [per premunicionem 5 dierum].

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RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
39
29 Oct. 1422

Richard Nugent, baron of Delvin; Richard s. of John Tuite; William Nugent; and John Nugent chaplain have mainprized, under pain of £100, that John Berry shall not inflict any bodily damage on Robert Mesteill.

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RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
40
15 Nov. 1422
Dublin
To Dionisius [Ó Deadhaigh], bp Ossory.{1}

On account of his new creation the said Dionisius, bp Ossory, owes one of the K.'s clerks, whom the K. shall nominate, a certain annual pension, to be received from his bishopric until that clerk is provided to a suitable ecclesiastical benefice by the said bishop; and the K. has nominated John Isac. ORDER to grant John such a pension, and to make letters patent concerning this sealed with his chief seal; and to write again concerning this to the K. in chancery.

Authorized: 
By letters of the Jcr of the p.s.
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Footnotes: 

{1} Dionysius Ó Deadhaigh, precentor of Limerick, was provided to the bishopric of Ossory on 4 July 1421 (NHI, ix, 318).

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
41
[No date.]
Trim
To the constable of the Trim castle.

ORDER to deliver the following persons to Edmund Ellal,1 to be kept [in safe custody], viz.:

Aule More Odermot;
Peter More Omoryn;
and Donaldus McKenan.

They were lately captured and detained as prisoners in Trim castle.

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 RCH reads 'Ellal', but this may be a misreading.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
42
20 Aug. 1423
Trim
To the constable of the Trim castle.

ORDER to [deliver] […] hostage of Donaldus Oferoll, chieftain of his lineage, for the observance of the peace, [who has been] detained in the custody [of the constable of Trim castle], to Richard Nugent, baron of Delvin, seneschal [of the liberty of Meath].1

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 This item was damaged by 1828.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
43
[8 Apr. 1423]

MEMORANDUM that on 8 April [1423] Laurence Merbury kt [chiv'], C. of Ire., declared before the Jcr and council that James Cornewalshe, formerly chief baron of the Ex. [of Ire.], had stated before the K.'s council in Eng. that the said Laurence, when he last crossed from Ire. to Eng., the K.'s seal being in his custody [… … …] to the most grave slander of the same Laurence [in scandalum ipsius Laurencii gravissimum]; and wishing [… … … ..].

And the same C. asked that this be enrolled in chancery.1

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 The date on which the memorandum was enrolled is not given in RCH; the date given here is that mentioned in the text.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
44
31 [... ...]
Finglas
To the sheriff of Dublin.

The K. has learned, by grave complaint of the lieges of Ire., that many merchants coming to Ire. carry hither with them, for the purpose of selling and purchasing, great sums of the K.'s gold which have been forged, washed and clipped [controfacti, loti, & tonsi], in order to deceive the said people, and from day to day they do not desist from craftily wresting away the K.'s silver-coin from here [Ire.], for their profit. [ORDER …].1

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 The remainder of this item was illegible by 1828.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
45
[No date.]
[…]

It was agreed by the council, on 7 Jan. [1423], at the petition of John Netterville […], that John should be restored to his possession just as he had in the same manor before the coming of the said sheriff to that manor, and that the necessary writs should be made. […].1

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Footnotes: 

1 The item was badly damaged by 1828, and the name of the manor, and which sheriff is in question, were illegible. The name 'Nettervylle' was legible from the margin of the roll. From this the editors of RCH surmise that the following item in the roll (for which see below, §46), concerning the manor of Dowth and the sheriff of Meath, are related to the present item.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
46
[No date.]
To the sheriff of Meath.

John s. of Luke Netterville has pleaded to the K. that, although he was peacefully seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Dowth, he was removed from the same by virtue of a writ addressed to the sheriff of Meath at the prosecution of Richard Rede, alleging [… … … … … …].1 ORDER to restore John to his possession.

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 There was a lacuna in the MS by 1828.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
47
25 Jan. 1423
Drogheda

It was agreed by the Jcr and council that John [Swayne], abp Armagh, who has been elected and appointed by the said Jcr and council to cross to Eng. upon public business, should have £40 from the K.'s treasury in aid of his costs.

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RCH.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
48
20 Mar. 1423
Dublin

By assent and advice of Richard [Talbot], abp Dublin, Jcr of Ire., and the council, the K. retained Thomas Cusak esq. to him in his service in the company of the said Jcr [… … …] with qua[… … …] mounted archers [… … …] to various parts of Ire., in salvation of the same land, until the feast of [… …] next, [receiving] £40 from the revenues of the said land.1

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RCH.

Footnotes: 

1 The item was badly damaged by 1828.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
49
23 Feb. 1423
To the barons of the Ex.

It was found by inquisition taken before James de la Hyde, escheator, that John s. of Arnold Fleming was seised of 1 messuage and 40 acres in Flemington and died seised of the same; and on the day he died he was outlawed for felony; and he held of Robert Tuite kt by suit of court from month to month, and he died on Tuesday after Christmas 18 Edw. III. Henry Clakeston and Thomas Rede occupied the lands valued at 6s 8d p.a.; and thee land was taken into the hand of Henry V.

And now Thomas Rede and Alice his wife, because of their petition to Richard [Talbot], abp Dublin, and the endorsement of the same, are admitted to the K.'s court of chancery appearing by their attorney, Richard Rowe. They say that Magina Bernard, Alice's mother (whose heir she is), died seised of those lands and that after her death the lands descended to Alice and Thomas, who were seised, but were removed without sufficient reason. They demand justice and seek that the K.'s hand be removed from the premises and restitution made to them of the issues from the time of Henry V. It was agreed in chancery that the lands should be restored, and the escheator, John Fountains, has been ordered to remove the K.'s hand. ORDER to release Thomas and Alice, or the farmers of the land, from all distraints.

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NAI, RC 8/40, pp 104–7.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife
50
16 Jun. 1423
To the mayor and bailiffs of Waterford.

Richard II, by letters patent which were confirmed by Henry IV and Henry V, and confirmed by the present K. on 28 Dec., granted to John […] serjeant-at-arms, for good service; and also £16 13s 4d to Margaret his wife, to be received annually for their lives from the fee-farm of the said city by the hand of the mayor and bailiffs of that city. [ORDER to pay them those sums.]

C: 

NAI, RC 8/40, p. 274.

The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE

  • abp = archbishop [of]
  • BMV = beate Marie Virginis [of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
  • C. = chancellor [plural: chancellors]
  • co. = county (i.e. medieval shire: lower case ‘c’) [plural. cos.]
  • dcd = deceased
  • e. = earl of
  • Edw. = Edward (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • Eng. = England
  • esq. = esquire [plural: esquires]
  • Ex. = exchequer
  • g.s. = great seal
  • Hen. = Henry
  • Ire. = Ireland
  • Jcr = justiciar [plural: justiciars]
  • JP = justice of the peace
  • K. = king
  • kt = knight
  • Lt = lieutenant
  • O.Carm. = Order of Carmelites
  • O.F.M. =  Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
  • O.P. = Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  • Ric. = Richard (used when giving dates by regnal year)
  • s. = son
  • sen. = seneschal of
  • T. = treasurer [plural: treasurers]
  • w. = wife