Similar GRANT [of English laws, as in §1] to Grayne Yny Moore,¹ wife of Walter Butteler gentleman.

APPOINTMENT of Roland Savage kt as […] of the liberty or county of Ulster.

APPOINTMENT of Oliver Eustace, son of Roland fitz Eustace kt, Lord Portlester, as chief baron of the Ex.

LICENCE to Thomas Dylloun gentleman to absent himself from Ire., and stay in Eng.

Similar GRANT [of English laws, as in §9] to Patrick Coigne chaplain, who is of Irish birth.

And [MEMORANDUM that] on 25 Oct. [1482] the said Thomas [Plunket] was sworn into the said office [as chief justice of the common bench, as in §11].¹

It was ordained that no one over 60 years of age should be placed on assizes [etc.]. ORDER to all officers [etc.] not to trouble Patrick Proutefote of Proutefotestoun, co. Meath, gentleman, who has taken an oath that he exceeds the said age.

William Downyll chaplain has letters of presentation to the vicarage of the cathedral church of St Ultanus of Ardbracken, diocese of Meath, addressed to the keeper of the spiritualities of that diocese.

Anno 25 [sic].¹

'Edward [II], sometime K. of Eng., by his charter [dated at Westminster, 4 March 1424]―which the present K. has confirmed―granted to Hugh de la Spenser junior that he and his heirs, and their burgesses and other men and tenants of Cardiff, Usk, Caerleon, Newport, Cowbridge, Neath, and Kenfig, in Wales,¹ shall be quit forever of toll, murage, pavage, lastage, stallage, picage, tronage, quayage, terrage [de theolonio, muragio, pavage, lastagio, stallagio, picagio, tronagio, kaiagio, terragio necnon de omnibus aliis custumis & consuetudinibus],² and all other customs throughout his realm, and his duchy of Aquitaine and his land of Ire.

ORDER to all the K.'s officers and ministers [etc.] to permit the present burgesses [etc.] of those towns to be wuit of tolls [etc.].

[5 Edw. IV.]'³

INSPEXIMUS of an act of parliament of 21x2 Edw. IV, at the piteous prayer of Thomas, prior of Christ Church, Dublin, and the convent of the same, viz.:

That where'as the prior and convent were possessed of a box of wrought silver ordained for the preservation and honour of the Holy sacrament of the precious body of Our Lord Jesus in the form of bread, always to be placed on the high altar of the said Cathedral Church, which box was of the weight of 33 ounces in pure wrought silver, which amounts to the sum of £12 12s, one Henry Alton, late of Ardee, gentleman, like on who feared not the law of God and human law, about Pentecost 6 Edw. IV, violently took the box from the altar, and the holy sacrament therein, and so took it with him without any manner of restitution or satisfaction therefor in any manner made to the prior and convent or to any of their predecessors, to the damages of the prior and convent of £20, which is to their most intolerable loss and charge. Whereupon the premises considered and also how that Henry has been and is always a fugitive and cannot be taken to answer to the common law, and that the prior and convent cannot sue the execution of the law which in that behalf should be sued against him inasmuch as they are spiritual persons: It is ordained, enacted and established by authority of parliament that proclamation be made in the same that Henry come in person and surrender himself in Dublin castle on Monday next after St Patrick the Bishop [18 Mar. 1482] next coming and there, then and continually from that time forth remain in prison under the sure guard of the constable of the castle until he has fully satisfied the prior and convent and their successors of their damages with their reasonable costs for the same. And by the same authority: it is ordained, enacted and established that if Henry Alton does not come on this day that then it shall be lawful for the prior and his successors and for the assign and assigns of the prior and successors to enter as well into all the lands and tenements, goods and chattels which Henry has in the land of Ire. or any other manner of person has in his use and profit as into the other lands and tenements in the same which he had and [which] are come to him by way of descent, remainder, reversion, purchase and reverter and them to have and hold to the prior and convent and their successors until they be, by the clear annual rents, issues, revenues and profits yearly coming thereform fully contented, satisfied and paid of the premises and every part thereof, and the prior and convent and their successors be adjudged by the same authority, in their prior estate thereof and of every part thereof, as if they had it in execution by the premises by an elegit according to the course of the common law. Any manner of thing had, made, or in any manner done to the contrary, notwithstanding. And that by the same authority, all manner of such persons or person who interrupt, disturb or trouble the said prior and convent or their successors or any of their assigns of their entry into the premises or any part thereof, or from receiving the issues in said form or any part thereof, that he or they who shall so be found offending for every such offence shall forfeit and lose £20, moiety thereof to the K., and the other moiety thereof to the prior and convent and their successors; and that it shall be lawful to sue for the same by bill or by writ in every court which the K. has in this his land of Ire., provided that this act contain the truth. The K. has thought fit at the request of Thomas, prior of Christ Church, Dublin, and the convent of the same, that the act or ordinance should be exemplified by the tenor of the presents.'

INSPEXIMUS of statute of parliament 21–22 Edw. IV giving leave to the prior and canons of Christ Church to acquire lands in mortmain without writ of ad quod damnum [etc.], in these words:

'Also at the prayer of Thomas, prior of Christ Church, Dublin, and the fellow-canons and convent of the same. That in consideration that various of their deeds and muniments concerning their very ancient foundation are fallen in ruin and in decay: it is ordained by authority of parliament that where any manner of person or persons through his or their gracious disposition inspired in them by virtue of the Holy Trinity had founded, endowed or had given, granted, leased or in any manner devised or left to the prior and convent or to any of their predecessors or in any manner in time to come would or will endow, give or grant, lease or in any manner devise or leave to the prior and convent or to any of their successors, any manner of manors, lordships, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, reversions or services or any other manner of possessions whatsoever, that by authority of this present act and ordinance, it shall be lawful for the prior and convent and for their successors to retain in their possession and to enjoy, accept, receive and enter into all the manors, lordships, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, grants, annuities, reversions, and services and into each and every other manner of possessions whatsoever in said form as well to them and their predecessors as to the church or house, endowed, given, granted, leased or in any manner devised or left, as also to them and to their successors, as also solely to their successors as to the church or house, at any time to come by any manner of person or persons to be endowed, given, granted, leased or in any manner devised or left to have and to hold, retain and enjoy them and every part of them to them and to their successors in pure, free and perpetual alms, quit for ever, saving to the chief lords thereof their services of right due of ad quod damnum or any other manner of suit for that behalf to be made by them or their successors. And by the same authority, that the statute made for the restraint of alienation, gifts and grants of lands and tenements and of any of the premises in mortmain, and all and every other manner of statute, act, ordinance in any manner to the contrary made or to be made, and also all and every manner or restriction, use, custom or any other matter or thing to the contrary had and used, be restrained and extend not in any manner of effect in law to be prejudicial or to injure the prior and convent or any of their successors of, for or in any of the premises. And that by the same authority it shall be lawful for every manner of person and persons to give, grant and devise lands, tenements and every thing such as is specified in the premises and to make alienation of them and of every part of such, jointly and severally to the prior and convent and to their successors at all times at their pleasure and this without any manner of licence to be sued and fine to be made therefor, and for one sole fee of 6s and 8d to be paid in the K.’s hanaper in his chancery in Ire. And that this present act extend not nor be prejudicial to Patrick Burnell and Anne his wife, nor to Walter, abbot of St Mary’s near Dublin and the convent of the same, nor their successors, nor to Thomas Sharpe, nor to the proctors of the church of St Werburgh in Dublin not to their successors, nor to any of them in any manner, nor to the title, possession and entry of the mayor, bailiffs and commons of Dublin city in any manner for the premises so given. Except always that this act extend not nor be prejudicial to John [Walton], abp Dublin, nor to John, abbot of the house of St Thomas the Martyr near Dublin, nor to Sir Roland Eustace kt, lord of Portlester, nor to the prior of Kilmainham, nor to James Fleming kt, baron of Slane, nor to Robert St Laurence kt, lord of Howth, nor to the heirs of Nicholas White, formerly of Killester, esq., nor to any of them. The K. has considered that the act or ordinance at the request of the prior, con-canons and convent by the tenor of the presents should be exemplified.'

GRANT of free status to William Offaelan clk, who is of Irish birth.

The K. has considered the many losses, dangers, burnings and other grievances that the town of Kilmallock and the K.'s liege inhabitants had sustained from Irish enemies and English enemies, whereby they were so impoverished that they could no longer defend themselves or keep the town unless they were granted relief. Therefore, for the better governance and defence of that town, LICENCE to the burgesses and their successors to elect from among themselves on Monday after Michaelmas each year, by assent of twelve of the better and chief burgesses or the greater part of them, one of the burgesses to be sovereign; and in case of his death within the year to chose another.

The sovereign and burgesses are hereby created and incorporated as a lawful and representative body and one community under the name of the sovereign and burgesses of Kilmallock, to sue and be sued, and to act in all cases concerning the burgesses and community of the town.

The sovereign, burgesses and community may receive certain customs on articles for sale in that town, to be expended upon the enclosing of the town with a wall; and the collectors are to account before the sovereign and council of the community or before auditors appointed by them. The sovereign and council are to assess the inhabitants for payment of the town expenses; and the sovereign may distrain for the same, and should render a just account. A sovereign who accepts the office and refuses to act in it is to forfeit 100s, to be applied to the defence of the town. Persons insulting or injuring the sovereign are to be punished by amercement or otherwise at the will of the town council. No person is to exercise the liberties of the town without the licence of the sovereign and council, under a penalty to be imposed by them; and that penalty is to be employed on the repair of the town.

The sovereign and council are to regulate the prices of markets. No person is to sell or export grain out of the town without the licence of the sovereign and council, on pain of forfeiture of the goods. No person is to have a dunghill or heap on the streets from one Saturday to another, under penalty of 3d for each offence. The sovereign and council are to amerce all persons making aqua vite within the town, contrary to the prohibition of the sovereign. All amercements are to be expended upon the repair of the walls and the enclosure of the town, and should be accounted for before the council or auditors appointed by them.

The sovereign is to act as escheator and clerk of the market, and is to impose amercements and forfeitures, by assent of the council, to be expended as before. No burgess is to be impleaded for lands within the borough, but a recognizance is to be made before the K.’s justices; and burgesses are not to be placed on assizes or recognizances before the judges itinerant unless for their external tenures.

The sovereign and community are to take, for a term of 40 years, one quarter of all rents of burgages, both inside and outside the town, to be expended upon the repair of the walls, to be accounted for as above. The sovereign and community are to amerce all persons obstructing the roads, walls or ditches of the town and are to have power to make walls and ditches through he grounds of any inhabitant, allowing a right of passage to such grounds.

With POWER to the sovereign and common council to assess the inhabitants from time to time to pay the salary or stipend of the sovereign and other expenses for the common good of the town. Saving to the bishop of Limerick and his successors all liberties, services and customs due to the crown.