lonie therein, as never since could with all the subtle practices of the Irish be rooted out, but abide still
& venationibus, in vijs, & semitis, & portubus maris, & in omnibus aliis locis, & alijs rebus ad eam pertinentibus cum omnibus libertatibus, quas ibi habeo, vel illi dare possum, & hâc meâ chartâ confirmare. Test, comitè Richardo filio Gilbeiti, Williehno de Braosa, &c. Apud Weisford."
But above all other graunts made by K. Henry the 2. that to his sonne Iohn is most memorable. "Deinde (saith [i 1] Hoveden) venit rex Oxenford, & in generali concilio ibidem celebrato constituit Iohannem filium suum Regem in Hiberniâ, concessione & confirmatione Alexandri smnmi Pontificis." By virtue of this graunt both in the life time of his father, and in the raigne of his brother King Richard, he was stiled in all his charters Dominus Hiberniæ, and directed them thus, "Ioannes Dominus Hiberniæ, & comes Morton. Archiepiscopis, episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, Iustitiarijs, vice comitibus, constabularijs, & omnibus ballivis & ministris suis totius Hiberniæ, salutem." Thus we have it frequently (although sometimes with a little variation) in the Registers of St. Mary abbey, and Thomas-court by Dublin. How the Earle in Leinster, and Lacy in Meth, distributed their lands, (besides what they retained in their owne hands,) is delivered by Maurice Regan, (interpreter to Dermot Mac Murrough King of Leinster) who wrote the historie of those times in French verse, The booke was translated into English by Sir George Carew Lo. President of Mounster, afterwards Earle of Totnes, and communicated to me, by our most reverend and excellently learned primate. There wee finde that the Earle gave to Reymond le Grose in [i 2] marriage with his sister Fotherd, Odrone, and Glasearrig; unto Hervy de Mount-marish, hee gave Obarthyj unto Maurice de Prindergrast, Fernegenall, which was afterwards conferred upon Robert fitz Godobert, but by what meanes he obtained it (saith Regan) I know not. Unto Meiler Fitz Henry he gave Carbry; unto [i 3] Maurice Fitz Gerald the Naas Oselin (which had beene possessed by
- ↑ In Hen. 2. pag. 566.
- ↑ Consul. Gir. Camb. Hib. expugn. lib. 2. cap. 4.
- ↑ This Maurice soone after deceasing at Wexford, King Iohn then Earle of Moreton confirmed to his sonne William Fitz Maurice canlredum terra quern Makelanus tenuit, ilium sc. in quo villa de Naas sita est, quam comes Richardus dedit Mauritio patri ipsius Wdlielmi. Thus the charter, habetur in ros. com. placit. an. 10. Hen. 6. in turri Birminghamiano.
