were above 500 this happened about the evening near Connyng and the water call'd Dodyz in Dublin-haven The Lord Anthony Lucy with his own Servants and some of the Citizens of Dublin among whom was Philip Cradoc kill'd above 200 of them and gave leave to any body to fetch away what they would The Lord Anthony Lucy Chief Justice of Ireland appointed a common Parliament to be held at Dublin on the Octaves of S. John Baptist whither some of the best of the Irish Nobility came not However he remov'd to Kilkenny and prorogued the Parliament to S. Peter's feast Ad vincula hither came the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas and many more Noblemen who were not there before and submitted to the King's mercy And the King for his part very graciously forgave them whatever they had done against him under a certain form In August the Irish by treachery took the Castle of Firnis which they burnt The Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas of Desmond by an order of Council was taken the day after the Assumption of our blessed Virgin at Limerick by the Chief Justice and by him brought to the Castle of Dublin the 7th of October In September Henry Mandevill by vertue of a Warrant from Simon Fitz-Richard Justice in the King's-bench was taken and brought to the Castle of Dublin In November Walter Burck and his two Brothers were taken in Connaught by the Earl of Ulster and in February were by him brought to the Castle of Northburg In February the Lord William Bermingham and his son Lord Bermingham were taken at Clomel by the said Justice notwithstanding he had before granted them his Majesty's Pardon and the 19th of April were conducted to Dublin-castle The Irish of Leinster plunder'd the English and burnt their Churches and in the Church of Freineston burnt about eighty Men and Women and a certain Chaplain of that Church whom with their Javelins they hinder'd from coming out tho' in his holy Vestments and with the Lord's body in his hand burning him with the rest in the Church The news of it came to the Pope who sert his Bull to the Archbishop of Dublin commanding him to excommunicate those Irish and all their adherents and retinue and to interdict their Lands Now the Archbishop fulfill'd the Pope's commands but the Irish despised the bull excommunication interdiction and the Church's chastisement and continuing in their wickedness did again make a body and invaded the county of Weisford as far as Carcarn and plundred the whole country Richard White and Richard Fitz-Henry with the Burghers of Weisford and other English made head against them and kill'd about 400 of the Irish besides a great many more were in the pursuit drown d in the river Slane MCCCXXXII The eleventh of July William Bermingham by my Lord Chief Justice's order was put to death and hanged at Dublin but his son Walter was set at liberty Sir William was a noble Knight and very much renown'd for his warlike exploits alas what pity it was for who can commemorate his death without tears He was afterwards buried at Dublin among the Predicant Friers The Castle of Bonraty was taken and in July was rased to the ground by the Irish of Totomon Also the Castle of Arclo was taken from the Irish by the Lord Chief Justice and the citizens of Dublin with the help of the English of that Country and was the 8th of August a rebuilding in the King's Hands The Lord Anthony Lucy Chief Justice of Ireland was put out of his place and in November returned into England with his wife and children The Lord John Darcy succeeded him and came into Ireland the 13th of February There was about this time a great slaughter of the Irish in Munster made by the English inhabitants of that Country and Briens O-Brene with Mac-Karthy was beaten Item John Decer a citizen of Dublin died and was buried in the Church of the Minor Friers he was a man who did a great deal of good Also a disease called Mauses reigned very much all over Ireland and infected all sorts of People as well old as young The hostages who were kept in the Castle of Limeric kill'd the Constable and took the Castle but upon the citizens regaining of 〈◊〉 they were put to the sword The Hostages also took the Castle â—f Nenagh but part of it being burnt it was again recover'd â—nd the Hostages restored A of wheat about Christmas â—as sold for 22 shillings and soon after Easter very common for 〈◊〉 pence The Town of New-Castle of Lions was burnt and plunâ—ered by the O-Tothiles MCCCXXXIII John Lord Darcy the new Chief Justice of â—reland arrived at Dublin The Berminghams of Carbery got a great booty of above 2000 Cows from the O-Conghirs The Lord John Darcy ordered the â—ass at Ethrgovil in Offaly to be cut down that he might stop O-Conghir The Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond after he had â—een imprison'd a year and an half in Dublin was let out having â—ot some of the best of the Irish Nobility as mainprizes to be bound â—or him under penalty of their lives and estates if the said Lord â—hould attempt any thing against the King or did not appear and â—â—and trial Item William Burk Earl of Ulster on the 6th of June between New-Town and Cragfergus in Ulster was most treacherously kill'd â—y his own company in the twentieth year of his age Robert son â—o Mauriton Maundevile gave him the first blow As soon as his â—ife heard of it who was then in that part of Ulster she prudently â—mbark'd with her son and daughter and went for England The Lord John Darcy to revenge his murder by the advice of the Parliament then assembled shipp'd his Army with which the first of â—uly he arriv'd at Cragfergus The people of that Country were â—o glad at his arrival that they took courage and unanimously reâ—olv'd to revenge the Earl's death and in a pitch'd battle got a â—ictory some of them they took others they put to the sword When this was over the Lord Chief Justice went with his Army â—nto Scotland leaving M. Thomas Burgh then Treasurer to supply â—is place Item Many of the Irish Nobility and the Earl of Ormond with â—heir retinue assembled on the 11th of June at the house of the Carmelite Friers in Dublin during this Parliament as they were going out of the Court-yard of the Friers House Murcardus or Moris Nicholas O-Tothil's son was in the croud suddenly murder'd â—pon which the Nobility supposing there was treason in it were very much affrighted but the Murtherer made his escape without being known so much as by name Item The Lord John Darcy return'd Chief Justice of Ireâ—and Item In February the Lord Walter Bermingham son to the Lord William was let out of Dublin Castle Item The Lord Moris Son of Thomas Earl of Desmond by a â—all off his horse broke his leg Item It happen'd to be so dry a Summer that at the feast of S. Peter ad
Karneu with the addition of the English termination don signifying Mountain or Hill as in Snowdon Huntingdon c. which conjecture is much confirm'd when we consider there are many hills in Wales denominated from such heaps of stones as Karn Lhechart in Glamorganshire Karnedh Dhavidh Karnedh Higin and Karnedh Lhewelyn in Caernarvonshire with many more in other Counties d Tralhwn from Tre'r Lhyn is an Etymology â—â—ymology 〈◊〉 the word â—â—alhwn agreeable enough with the situation of this place otherwise I should be apt to suspect the word Tralhwn might be the name of a place near this pool before the town was built and that the town afterwards took its name from it For in some parts of Wales 't is a common appellative for such soft places on the Roads or elsewhere as travellers may be apt to sink into as I have observ'd particularly in the Mountains of Glamorganshire And that a great deal of the ground near this place is such is also very well known As for the Etymon of the appellative Tralhwn I suppose it only an abbreviation of Traeth lyn i.e. a Quagmire e Concerning the situation of the old Mediolanum â—edâ—olaâ—â—m our Author seems to discourse with that judgment and modesty as becomes the character he justly bears in the world and since his time I cannot learn that any Roman Monuments have been discover'd at either of the places he mentions that might remove his scruples and fully determine the position of that City His arguments for the agreeableness of the names of Mediolanum and Mylhin though he writes it Methlin are so valid that I know not what can be objected to them However it seems observable that we do not find it was customary among the Britains to prefix the word Lhan i.e. Church to the name of Roman Cities but if any word was prefixt 't was generally Kaer i.e. a Fort or Fence as Caer Lheion Kaer Went Kaer Vyrdhin c. And tho' we should allow the invalidity of this objection and suppose the word Lhan might be introduced in latter times yet considering that a learned and inquisitive Gentleman of this Town who amongst his other studies has always had a particular regard to the Antiquities of his Country has not in the space of forty years met with any Coyns here or other tokens of a place inhabited by the Romans nor yet discover'd the least signs that this town was anciently of any considerable note I think we cannot safely barely on account of its name and vicinity to the situation requir'd conclude it the old Mediolanum Therefore it seems convenient to have recourse to the situation assign'd this City by Dr. Powel before our Author writ his Britannia who in his learned Annotations on Giraldus's Itinerary * ‖ L 2. c. 4. assures us 't was not only the opinion of some Antiquaries that the ancient Mediolanum was seated where the village of Meivod stands at present but also that the same village and places adjoyning afforded in his time several such remarkable Monuments as made it evident there had been formerly a considerable town at that place This Meivod is seated about a mile below Mathraval on the North-side of the river Myrnwy and three miles Southward of Lhan Vylhin at the situation our Author requires At present there remains only a Church and a small village but several yet living have seen there the ruins of two other Churches I am inform'd that about a mile from the Church there 's a place call'd Erw'r Porth i.e. the Gate-acre which is supposed to have taken its name from one of the Gates of the old City and that in the grounds adjoyning to this village Cawsways Foundations of Buildings Floors and Harths are often discover'd by Labourers but whether any such Monuments as we may safely conclude Roman as Coyns Urns Inscriptions c. are found at this place I must leave to farther enquiry Meivod as Bishop Usher supposes is call'd by Nennius Cair Meguid and in other copies Cair Metguod but what the word Meguid or Metguod or yet Meivod or Mediolanum might signifie is hardly intelligible at present at leastwise I cannot discern that the modern British affords us any information concerning the origin of these names Mathraval mention'd here as formerly the seat of the Princes of Powys shews at present no remains of its ancient splendour there being only a small Farm-house where the Castle stood Lhan Vylhin is a market-town of considerable note first incorporated by Lhewelyn ap Grufydh Lord of Mechain and Mochnant in the time of Edward the second It 's govern'd by two Bailiffs chosen annually who besides other Privileges granted to the town by King Charles the second bearing date March 28. Anno Reg. 25. were made Justices of the Peace within the Corporation during the time of their being Bailiffs f The Lordship of Powys was afterwards purchased by Sir Edward Herbert second son of William Earl of Penbroke to whom succeeded his eldest son Sir William Herbert created Lord Powys by King James the first whom his son Percy succeeded in the same title But his son William was first made Earl of Powys by King Charles the second and afterwards Marquiss of Powys by King James Since Philip Herbert second son of Henry Earl of Penbroke was created Earl of Montgomery Earls of Montgomery 3 Jac. 1. May 4 the same persons have enjoy'd the titles of Penbroke and Montgomery and at present both are joyn'd in the right honourable Thomas Baron Herbert of Cardiff c. MEIRIONYDHSHIRE BEyond the County of Montgomery lies Meirionydhshire which the Britains call Sîr Veirionydh in Latin Mervinia and by Giraldus Terra filiorum Conani It reaches to the crooked bay I mention'd and is wash'd by the main Ocean on the west-side with such violence that it may be thought to have carried off some part of it On the south for some miles 't is divided from Cardiganshire by the river Dyvy and on the north borders on Caernarvon and Denbighshire Mountains exâ—eeding high This County hath such heaps of mountains that as Giraldus observes 't is the roughest and most unpleasant County of all Wales 1 And Wales For the hills are extraordinary high and yet very narrow and terminating in sharp peaks nor are they thin scatter'd but placed very close and so eaven in height that the shepherds frequently converse from the tops of them who yet in case they should wrangle and appoint a meeting can scarce come together from morning till night a Innumerable flocks of sheep graze on these mountains nor are they in any danger of Wolves Wolves in England destroy'd which are thought to have been then destroy'd throughout all England when King Edgar impos'd a yearly tribute of three hundred wolves skins on †No Prince of this name in Wales An leg Idwal See Derbyshire and Yorkshire Ludwal Prince of these Countries For as we find in William of Malmesbury When he had
Gareock and Strath-Bogie-Land A small part of Buchan Strathdovern Boyn Einzie Strath Awin and Balvenie The East part of Murray The West part of Murray Badenoch Lochabir and the south part of Ross A small part of Ross lying on the south side of Cromartie-Frith The rest of Ross with the Isles of Sky Lewis and Herris Sutherland and Strathnavern Cathness Beside the Stewartries mentioned by our Author there is that of Orkney which contains all the Isles of Orkney and Zetland The Constabularie of Hadington contains East-Lothian To pursue Mr. Camden's method in his general Description of England it will be necessary to give a scheme of the bounds and extent of the several Dioceses of this kingdom Diocese of St. Andrews Glasgow Edinburgh Dunkeld Aberdeen Murray Brichin Dumblam Ross Cathness Orkney Galloway Argile The Isles Contains Part of Perthshire and part of Angus and Mernes The shires of Dunbarton Ranfrew Air Lanerick part of the shires of Roxburgh Dumfreis Peebles and Selkirk The shires of Edinburgh Linlithgow part of Strivelingshire Berwick-shire the Constabularie of Hadington and Bailery of Lauderdale The most part of Perthshire part of Angus and part of West-Lothian Most part of Bams-shire and part of Mernis The shires of Elgin Nairn and part of Inverness and Bamf-shire Part of Angus and Mernis Part of Perth and Striveling-shires The shire of Tain Cromertie and the greatest part of Inverness-shire Cathness and Sutherland All the Northern Isles of Orkney and Zetland The shire of Wigton the Stewartrie of Kircudbright the Regality of Glentrurie and part of Dumfries-shire Argile Lorn Kintyre and Lohaber with some of the West Isles Most of the west Isles Under this Constitution the Government was thus 1. In every Parish the cognizance of some scandals belong'd to the Session a Judicature compos'd of the greatest and worthiest persons in each parish where the Minister presided ex officio 2. But if the Case prov'd too intricate it was referred to the Presbyterie a superior Judicature consisting of a certain number of Ministers between 12 and 20 who met almost every fortnight The Moderator herein was nam'd by the Bishop and besides the censures they inflicted 't was by them that such as enter'd into Orders were solemnly examined The Presbyteries are these that follow Dunce Chernside Kelso Ersilton Jedburgh Melross Dumbar Hadington Dalkeith Edinburgh Peebles Linlithgow Perth Dunkeld Auchterarder Striveling Dumblane Dumfreis Penpont Lochmabane Midlebie Wigton Kircudbright Stranraver Aire Irwing Paselay Dumbarton Glasgow Hamilton Lanerick Biggar Dunnune Kinloch Inerary Kilmore Sky St. Andrews Kirkaldy Cowper Dumfermelin Meegle Dundee Arbroth Forfar Brichen Mernis Aberdeen Kinkardin Alfoord Gareoch Deir Turref Fordyce Ellon Strathbogie Abernethie Elgin Forres Aberlower Chanrie Tayn Dingwell Dornoch Week Thurso Kirkwal Scaloway Colmkill 3. Above this was the Provincial-Synod who met twice a year in every Diocese and had the examination of such cases as were referred to them by the Presbyteries here the Bishop presided ex officio 4. Above all was the Convocation when the King pleas'd to call it wherein the Archbishop of St. Andrews presided And besides these every Bishop for the cases of Testaments c. had his Official or Commissary who was judge of that Court within the Diocese Of these Edenburgh had four the rest one But since Presbyterie has been introduced the Church-government stands thus 1. They also have their Parochial Sessions but with this difference that though the Minister presides yet a Lay-man a Bailie ordinarily assists 2. In their Presbyteries they chose their own Moderator to preside 3. They have their Synod or Provincial Assembly but without a constant head for every time they meet they make choice of a new Moderator 4. Their General Assembly this consists of two members from every Presbytery and one Commissioner from each University The King too has his Commissioner there without whose consent no Act can pass and before they be in force they must be also ratify'd by the King Thus much of the several Divisions of Scotland As to the Orders and Degrees of this Kingdom there appears no alteration in them since our Author's time and if any one desires to have a more particular information in their Courts of Justice and Methods of Proceeding a separate Treatise upon this subject written by the Learned Sir George Makenzy late Lord Advocate of Scotland will give him ample satisfaction The Degrees of SCOTLAND THE Government of the Scots as that of the English consists of a King Nobility and Commonalty The King to use the words of their own Records is directus totius Dominii Dominus direct Lord of the whole Dominion or Domain and hath Royal Authority and Jurisdiction over all the States of his Kingdom as well Ecclesiastick as Laick Next to the King is his Eldest Son who is stiled Prince of Scotland and by a peculiar right is Duke of Rothsay and Steward of Scotland But the rest of the King's Children are called simply Princes Amongst the Nobles the greatest and most honorable were in old times the Thanes Thanes that is if I have any judgment those who were ennobled only by the office which they bore for the word in the antient Saxon signifies The King's Minister Of these they of the higher rank were called Ab-thanes of the lower Under-Thanes But these Names by little and little grew out of use ever since King Malcolm the 3. conferred the Titles of Earls and Barons borrow'd out of England from the Normans upon such Noblemen as had deserv'd them Since when in process of time new Titles of Honour have been much taken up and Scotland as well as England hath Dukes Marquisses Earls Viscounts and Barons Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscoun◠Barons As for the title of Duke the first that brought it into Scotland was Robert the Third about the year of our Lord 1400 as the honourable titles of Marquiss and Viscount were lately brought in by our most gracious Sovereign King James the sixth These are accounted Nobles of a higher degree and have both place and voice in Parliaments and by a special name together with the Bishops are called Lords Amongst the Nobles of a lower degree in the first place are Knights Knight◠who are certainly made with greater solemnity than any where else in Europe by taking of an Oath and being proclaim'd publickly by the Heralds In the second are those who are called Lairds Lairds and commonly without any addition Barons amongst whom none were antiently reckoned but such as held immediately from the King Lands in Capite and had the * Powe◠hang 〈◊〉 Jus Furcarum In the third place are such as being descended of Honourable Families and dignify'd with no certain title are term'd Gentlemen Gentlemen All the rest as Citizens Merchants Artificers c. are reckoned among the Commons The COURTS of JUSTICE THE supream Court as well in dignity as authority is accounted the Assembly of the States of the Kingdom which is called a
in a winding chanel sometimes broad and sometimes narrow runs through many Counties as we have already observed The chief families are the O Rorcks O Murreies Mac Lochleims Mac Glanchies and Mac Granells all pure Irish John de Burgo the son of Richard Earl of Clan-Ricard who was made Baron Letrim Baron Letrim by Queen Elizabeth and soon after slain by some malicious rivals took his title as some say from another place and not from this Letrim and I have not certainly discovered the truth of that matter The County of ROSCOMAN BElow Letrim to the south lyes the County of Roscoman first made by Henry Sidney Lord Deputy of great length but very narrow bounded on the west by the river Suc on the east by the Shanon and on the north by the Curlew mountains Curlew-â—ountains This is for the most part a Champian country fertile well stock'd with cattle and ever plentiful in its corn-harvests if assisted with a little good husbandry and tillage Towards the north are the Curlew-mountains steep and unpassable till with much pains and difficulty a way was cut through them by George Bingham and famous for the slaughter of 35 Sir Coniers Clifford Coniers Clifford Governor of Conaught and other brave old soldiers cut off there not very long since by his negligence There are four Baronies in this County first the Barony of Boile Barony of Boile under the Curlew-mountains upon the Shanon where formerly stood a famous monastery founded in the year 1152 together with the Abbey of Beatitude * Mac-Dermot quasi rerum potitur Balin Tober This is the Seigniory of Mac Dermot Next the Barony of Balin Tobar upon the Suc where O Conor Dun has the chief power and interest neighbouring upon the Bishoprick of Elphin Lower down lyes Roscoman Roscoman the Barony of O Conor Roo that is Conor the red wherein stands the head town of this County fortified with a castle built by Robert Ufford Lord Chief Justice of Ireland the houses of the town are all thatch'd More southward lyes Athlone Athlone the Barony of the O-Kellies so called from the principal town in it which has a castle a garison and a fair stone bridge built within the memory of this age by Henry Sidney Lord Deputy at the command of Queen Elizabeth who designed to make this the seat of the Lord Deputy as most convenient to suppress insurrections The Lords of CONAGHT IT appears by the Irish Histories that Turlogh O Mor O Conor formerly reigned over this Country and divided it between his two sons Cahel and Brien But when the English invaded Ireland it was governed by Rotheric under the title of Monarch of Ireland who was so apprehensive of the English power that he submitted himself to King Henry the second without the hazard of a battle Soon after he revolted and thereupon Conaght was first invaded by Milo-Cogan an English man but without success However the King of Conaght was reduced to such straits that he was fain to acknowledge himself a liege-man of the King of England's Rog. Hove ac 1175. p. 312. Claus 7. Joâ—nnis so as to serve him faithfully as his man and pay him yearly for every ten head of cattle one hide vendible c. Yet by the grant of King John he was to have and to hold the third part of Conaght to him and his heirs for 100 marks However this County was first subdued and civilized by William Fitz-Adelme whose posterity is the De Burgo's in Latin or as the Irish call them the Burks and Bourks Robert Muscogros Gilbert Clare Earl of Glocester and William de Bermingham William de Burgo or Bourks and his posterity under the title of Lords of Conaght governed this and the County of Ulster for a long time in great peace and enjoyed considerable revenues from them But at last it went out of the family by the only daughter of William de Burgo sole heir to Conaght and Ulster who was married to Leonel Duke of Clarence son to King Edward the third He generally residing in England as well as his successors the Mortimers this estate in Ireland was neglected so that the Bourks The Bourks their relations and stewards here finding their Lords absent and England embroiled at that time confederated with the Irish by leagues and marriages seized upon almost all Conaght as their own and by little and little degenerated into the Irish barbarity Those of them descended from Richard de Burgo are called Clan Ricard others Mac William Oughter i.e. Higher others Mac William Eughter i.e. Lower So those of greatest interest in the County of Maio were simply called Mac William assumed as a title of much honour and authority as descended from William de Burgo already mentiond 36 Under countenance of which name they for a long time tyranniz'd over the poor Inhabitants with most grievous exactions ULSTER ALL that part of the Country beyond the mouth of the river Boyn the County of Meath and Longford and the mouth of the river Ravie on the North make up the fifth part of Ireland called in Latin Ultonia and Ulidia in English Ulster in Irish Cui Guilly i.e. Province of Guilly and in Welsh Ultw In Ptolemy's time it was wholly peopl'd by the Voluntii Darni Robogdii and the Erdini This is a large Province water'd with many considerable loughs shelter'd with huge woods fruitful in some places and barren in others yet very green and sightly in all parts and well stock'd with Cattle But as the soil for want of culture is rough and barren so the Inhabitants for want of education and discipline a This is to be understood of the Irish Inhabitants who are now so routed out and destroyed by their many Rebellions and by the accession of Scots who for the most part inhabit this Province that there are not supposed to be left 10000 Irish able and sit to bear Arms in all Ulster are very wild and barbarous Yet to keep them in subjection and order for neither the bonds of justice modesty nor other duty could restrain them this hither part was formerly divided into three Counties Louth Down and Antrimme and now the rest is divided into these seven Counties Cavon Fermanagh Monaghan Armagh Colran Tir Oen and Donegall or Tirconell by the provident care of 37 Sir John John Perott Lord Deputy Jo. Perot Lord Deputy 1585. a man truly great and famous and thoroughly acquanted with the temper of this Province For being sensible that nothing would more effectually appease the tumults of Ireland than a regulation and settlement of these parts of Ulster he went himself in person thither in that troublesome and dangerous time when the Spanish descent was so much expected there and in England and by his gravity and authority while he took care to punish injurious actions which are ever the great causes of dissention and War gain'd so much respect among
Trinity appear'd to him saying Why hast thou cast me out of my own Seat and out of the Church of Doun and plac'd there my S. Patrick the Patron of Ireland For John Curcy had expell'd the Secular Canons out of the Cathedral Church of Doun and introduc'd the black Monks of Chester in their room And the Holy Trinity stood there upon a stately Shrine and John himself took it down out of the Church and order'd a Chappel to be built for it setting up the Image of S. Patrick in the great Church which displeas'd the most-high God Wherefore he bid him assure himself he should never set foot in his Seignory again However in regard of other good Deeds he should be deliver'd out of Prison with Honour which happen'd accordingly For a Controversy arising between John King of England and the King of France about a Lordship and certain Castles the King of France offer'd by a Champion to try his Right Upon this the King call'd to mind his valiant Knight John Curcy whom he cast in Prison upon the information of others so he sent for him and ask'd him if he were able to serve him in this Combat John answer'd He would not fight for him but for the Right of the Kingdom with all his Heart which he undertook to do afterwards And so refresh'd himself with Meat Drink and Bathing in the mean while and recover'd his Strength Whereupon a day was appointed for the Engagement of those Champions namely John Curcy and the other But as soon as the Champion of France heard of his great Stomach and mighty Valour he refus'd the Combat and the said Seignory was given to the King of England The King of France then desired to see a Blow of the said Curcy Whereupon he set a strong Helmet * Plenan loricis full of Mail upon a large Block and with his Sword after he had look'd about him in a grim manner struck the Helmet through from the very Crest into the Block so very fast that no one therâ— was able to pull it out till he himself at the request of the twâ— Kings did it easily Then they ask'd him Why he look'd so gruâ— behind him before he struck So he told them If he had fail'd iâ— giving it he would have certainly cut them all off as well Kingâ— as others The Kings made him large Presents and the King of Englanâ— restor'd him also to his Seigniory viz. Ulster John Curcy attempteâ— 15 several times to sail over into Ireland but was always in danger and the Wind cross'd him so he waited awhile among the Monk of Chester and at last sail'd into France and there died MCCV. The Abby of Wetheny in the County of Limerick was founded by Theobald the Son of Walter Butler Lord oâ— Carryk MCCVI. The Order of Friars Minors was begun near the Ciâ—â— Assisa by S. Francis MCCVIII William de Brewes was banish'd out of England anâ— came into Ireland England was interdicted for the Tyranny 〈◊〉 King John A great defeat and slaughter was given at Thurles iâ— Munster by Sir Geffery Mareys to the Lord Chief Justice of Inland's Men. MCCX John King of England came to Ireland with a greâ—â— Fleet and a strong Army and the Sons of Hugh Lacy viz. thâ— Lord Walter Lord of Meth and Hugh his Brother for their Tâ—ranny but particularly for the Murder of Sir John Courson Loâ—â— of Rathenny and Kilbarrock for they had heard that the saâ—â— John accus'd them to the King were driven out of the Nation So they fled into France and serv'd in the Monasteries of S. Taurâ—â— unknown being employ'd in Clay or Brick-work and sometimâ—â— in Gardens as Gardeners But at length they were discover'd bâ— the Abbot who intreated the King on their behalf for he haâ— baptiz'd their Sons and had been as a Father to them in manâ— things So Walter Lacy paid two thousand fâ—ve hundred Markâ— and Hugh Lacy a great Sum of Mony likewise for their Ransom and they were restor'd again to their former Degree and Lordshiâ— by the Abbot's Intercession Walter Lacy brought with him Johâ— the son of Alured i.e. Fitz-Acory Son to the aforesaid Abboâ— whole Brother and Knighted him giving him the Seignory 〈◊〉 Dengle and many others Moreover he brought Monks with hiâ— out of the said Monastery and bestow'd many Farms upon theâ— with the Cell call'd Foury for their Charity Liberality and gooâ— Counsel Hugh Lacy Earl of Ulster built a Cell also for tâ—â— Monks in Ulster and endow'd it in a place call'd John King 〈◊〉 England having taken many Hostages as well of the English as 〈◊〉 the Irish and hang'd a number of Malefactors upon Gibbets aâ—â— setled Affairs return'd into England the same Year MCCXI. Sir Richard Tuyt was crush'd to death by the fall of Tower at Alone He founded the Monastery de Grenard MCCXII The Abby of Grenard was founded This saâ—â— year died John Comyn Archbishop of Dublin and was burieâ— within the Quire of Trinity Church he built S. Patrick's Churâ—â— at Dublin Henry Londres succeeded him sirnam'd Scorch-Villeyâ— from an Action of his For having call'd in his Tenants one daâ— to know by what Tenure they held of him they show'd him the Deeds and Charters to satisfie him whereupon he order'd them to be burnt and hence got the name of Scorch-Villeyn given him by his Tenants This Henry Archbishop of Dublin was Justiciary of Ireland and built Dublin-castle MCCXIII William Petit and Peter Messet departed this life Peter Messet was Baron of Luyn hard by Trim but dying without Heir-male the Inheritance fell to the three Daughters of whom the Lord Vernail married the eldest Talbot the second and Loundres the third who by this means shar'd the Inheritance among them MCCXIX The City of Damieta was miraculously won on the Nones of September about Midnight without the loss of one Christian The same year died William Marshall the Elder Earl Marshal and Earl of Pembrock * The Genealogy â—f the Earl Marshall who by his Wife the Daughter of Richard Strongbow Earl of Strogul had five Sons The eldest was call'd William the second Walter the third Gilbert the fourth Anselm and the fifth Richard who lost his Life in â—he War of Kildare every one of them successively enjoy'd the â—nheritance of their Father and died all without Issue So the Inâ—eritance devolv'd upon the Sisters namely the Daughters of their Father who were Maud Marshall the Eldest Isabel Clare the seâ—ond Eva Breous the third Joan Mount Chensey the fourth and Sibill Countess of Firrars the fifth Maud Marshall was married to Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk who was Earl Marshal of England â—n right of his Wife By whom he had Ralph Bigod Father of John Bigod the Son of the Lady Bertha Furnival and * The Widow of Gilbert Lacy. Isabel Lacy Wife to John Lord Fitz-Geffery by whom after the death of Hugh de Bigod Earl of Norfolk she had John de Guaren Earl of Surry
Followers met together to concert what measures were to be taken against the Scots this Debate continued for a whole week and at last they came to no Resolution tho' their Army amounted to 30000 armed Men or thereabouts On Thursday in Easter-week Roger Mortimer arriv'd at Yoghall with the King's Commission for he was Chief Justice at that time and on the Monday following went in great haste to the Army having sent his Letters to Edmund Botiller who as it has been said was formerly Chief Justice to enterprise nothing before his Arrival against the Scots but before Mortimer got to the Camp he admonish'd Brus to retreat so in the Night Brus march'd towards Kildare and in the week after the English return'd home to their several Countries and the Ulster-Army came to Naas At the same time two Messengers were sent from Dublin to the King of England to give him an account of the state of Ireland and the delivery of Ulster and to take his Majesty's advice upon the whole At the same time likewise Roger Lord Mortimer Justiciary of Ireland and the Irish Nobility were met together at Kilkenny to consider how they might most conveniently proceed against Brus but came to no Resolution About a month after Easter Brus came with an Army within four Leagues or thereabouts of Trym under the covert of a certain Wood and there continu'd for about a week or more to refresh his Men who were almost undone with fatigue and hunger which occasion'd a great mortality among them Afterwards on S. Philip and James's-day the said Brus began his march towards Ulster and after the said feast Roger Lord Mortimer Chief Justice of Ireland came to Dublin with John Lord Wogan Sir Fulk Warin and thirty other Knights with their Retinue who held a Parliament with all the Nobility of the Kingdom at Kylmainan but came to no conclusion but about the delivery of the Earl of Ulster On the Sunday before the Ascension they held another Parliament at Dublin and there thc Earl of Ulster was deliver'd upon Mainprise Hostages and Oath which were That he should never by himself nor any of his Friends and Followers do or procure any mischief to the Citizens of Dublin for his apprehension save only what the Law allow'd him in those Cases against such Offenders whereupon he had till the Nativity of S. John allow'd him for that benefit but he came not Item This year Corn and other Victuals were exceeding dear Wheat was sold at three and twenty Shillings the Cranock and Wine for eight pence and the whole Country was in a manner laid waste by the Scots and those of Ulster Many House-keepers and such as were formerly able to relieve others were now reduc'd to Beggary themselves and great numbers famish'd The dearth and mortality was so severe that many of the Poor died At the same time Messengers arriv d at Dublin from England with Pardons to make use of as they should see fit but the Earl was deliver'd before they came And at the feast of Pentecost Mortimer Lord Chief Justice set forward for Drogheda from whence he went to Trym sending his Letters to the Lacies to repair to him but they refus'd the Summons with contempt Afterwards Sir Hugh Crofts Knight was sent to treat of a Peace with the Lacies but was unworthily slain by them After that the Lord Mortimer drew an Army together against the Lacies by which means their Goods Cattle and Treasures were all seiz'd many of their Followers cut off and they themselves drove into Conaught and ruin'd It was reported That Sir Walter Lacy went out as far as Ulster to seek Brus. Item About the feast of Pentecost the Lord Aumar Valence and his son were taken Prisoners in S. Cinere a Town in Flanders and convey'd from thence into Almain The same year on the Monday after the Nativity of S. John the Baptist a Parliament of the Nobility was held at Dublin by which the Earl of Ulster was acquitted who found Security and took his Oath to answer the King's writs and to fight against the King's Enemies both Scots and Irish Item On the feast of S. Process and Martinian Thomas Dover a resolute Pyrate was taken in a Sea-engagement by Sir John Athy and forty of his Men or thereabouts cut off his Head was brought by him to Dublin Item On the day of S. Thomas's Translation Sir Nicholas Balscot brought word from England That two Cardinals were come from the Court of Rome to conclude a Peace and that they had a Bull for excommunicating all such as should disturb or break the King's Peace Item On the Thursday next before the feast of S. Margaret Hugh and Walter Lacy were proclaim'd Felons and Traytors to their King for breaking out into war against his Majesty Item On the Sunday following Roger Lord Mortimer Chief Justice of Ireland march'd with his whole Army towards Drogheda At the same time the Ulster-men took a good Booty near Drogheda but the Inhabitants sallied out and retook it in this action Miles Cogan and his Brother were both slain and six other great Lords of Ulster were taken Prisoners and brought to the Castle of Dublin Afterwards Mortimer the Lord Chief Justice led his Army against O Fervill and commanded the Malpass to be cut down and all his Houses to be spoil d After this O Fervill submitted and gave Hostages Item Roger Lord Mortimer Chief Justice march'd towards Clony and empannell'd a Jury upon Sir John Blunt viz. White of Rathregan by this he was found guilty and was fin'd two hundred marks On Sunday after the feast of the Nativity of the blessed Marie Mortimer march'd with a great Army against the Irish of O Mayl and came to Glinsely where in a sharp Encounter many were slain on both sides but the Irish had the worst Soon after O Brynne came and submitted Whereupon Roger Mortimer return'd with his Men to Dublin-castle On S. Simon and Jude's-day the Archeboldes were permitted to enjoy the King's Peace upon the Mainprise of the Earl of Kildare At the feast of S. Hilary following a Parliament was held at Lincoln to conclude a Peace between the King the Earl of Lancaster and the Scots The Scots continued peaceable and quiet and the Archbishop of Dublin and the Earl of Ulster stay'd in England by the King's Order to attend that Parliament About the feast of Epiphany News came to Dublin That Hugh Canon Lord Chief Justice of the King's-bench was slain between Naas and Castle-Martin by Andrew Bermingham Item At the feast of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary came the Pope's Bulls whereupon Alexander Bicknor was confirm'd and consecrated Archbishop of Dublin and the Bulls were read and publish'd in Trinity-church Another Bull was read at the same time for establishing a Peace for two years between the King of England and Robert Brus King of Scotland But Brus refus'd to comply with it These things were thus transacted about the feast of
S. Valentine Item The Sunday following Roger Lord Mortimer came to Dublin and knighted John Mortimer and four of his Followers The same day he kept a great feast in the castle of Dublin Item Many Irish were slain in Conaght about this time by reason of a Quarrel between two of their great Lords The number of the slain amounted to about 4000 men on both sides After this a severe Vengeance fell upon the Ulster-men who had done great mischief during the depredations of the Scots here and eat Flesh in Lent without any manner of necessity for which sins they were at last reduc'd to such want that they eat one another so that of 10000 there remain'd but about 300 By which this does plainly appear to be God's vengeance upon them Item It was reported That some of the said Profligates were so pinch'd with Famine that they dug up Graves in Church-yards and after they had boil'd the Flesh in the Skull of the dead Body eat it up nay that some Women eat up their own Children to satisfie their craving Appetites MCCCXVIII On the 15. of Easter there came News from England That the Town of Berwick was betray'd and taken by the Scots Afterwards this same year Walter Islep the King's Treasurer in Ireland arriv'd here and brought Letters to Roger Lord Mortimer to attend the King Accordingly he did so substituting the Lord William Archbishop of Cashil Keeper of Ireland so that at one and the same time he was Chief Justice of Ireland Lord Chancellor and Archbishop Three weeks after Easter news came to Dublin That Richard Lord Clare and four Knights viz. Sir Henry Capell Sir Thomas Naas Sir James Caunton and Sir John Caunton as also Adam Apilgard with 80 Men more were all slain by O Brone and Mac-Carthy on the feast of S. Gordian and Epimachus The Lord Clare's Body was reported to be hewn in pieces out of pure malice But his Relicks were interr'd among the Friers-minors in Limerick Item On Sunday in Easter-month John Lacy was remov'd from Dublin-castle to Trym for his Trial His sentence was to be pinch'd in Diet and so he died in Prison Item On the Sunday before the Ascension Roger Lord Mortimer set sail for England but paid nothing for his Provisions having taken up in the City of Dublin and elsewhere as much as amounted to 1000 l. Item This year about the feast of S. John Baptist that Wheat which before was sold for 16 s. by the great mercy of God went now for 7. Oats sold for 5 s. and there was also great plenty of Wine Salt and Fish Nay about the feast of S. James there was Bread of new Corn a thing seldom or perhaps never before known in Ireland This was an instance of God's mercy and was owing to the prayers of the Poor and other faithful People Item On the Sunday after the feast of S. Michael news came to Dublin That Alexander Lord Bykenore Chief Justice of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin was arriv'd at Yoghill On S. Denis's day he came to Dublin and was receiv'd by the Religious and Clergy as well as the Laity who went out in Processions to meet him Item On Saturday which happen'd to be the feast of Pope Calixtus a Battle was fought between the Scots and English of Ireland two leagues from Dundalk on the Scotch-side there were Edward Lord Brus who nam'd himself King of Ireland Philip Lord Moubray Walter Lord Sules Alan Lord Stewart with his three Brethren as also Sir Walter Lacy and Sir Robert and Aumar Lacy John Kermerdyne and Walter White with about 3000 others Against whom on the English-side there were the Lord John Bermingham Sir Richard Tuit Sir Miles Verdon Sir Hugh Tripton Sir Herbert Sutton Sir John Cusak Sir Edward and Sir William Bermingham and the Primate of Armagh who gave them Absolution besides Sir Walter Larpulk and John Maupas with about twenty more choice Soldiers and well arm'd who came from Drogheda The English gave the onset and broke into the Van of the Enemy with great vigour And in this Encounter the said John Maupas kill'd Edward Lord Brus valiantly and was afterwards found slain upon the Body of his Enemy The slain on the Scots side amounted to 2000 or thereabouts so thaâ— few of them escap'd besides Philip Lord Moubray who was also mortally wounded and Sir Hugh Lacy Sir Walter Lacy and some few more with them who with much ado got off Thiâ— Engagement was fought between Dundalk and Faghird Brus'â— Head was brought by the said John Lord Bermingham to thâ— K. of England who conferred the Earldom of Louth upon him and his Heirs male and gave him the Barony of Aterith One of hiâ— Quarters together with the Hands and Heart were carried tâ— Dublin and the other Quarters sent to other places MCCCXIX Roger Lord Mortimer return'd out of England and became Chief Justice of Ireland The same year on the feaâ—â— of All Saints came the Pope's Bull for excommunicating Roberâ— Brus King of Scotland The Town of Athisell and 〈◊〉 considerable part of the Country was burnt and wasted by John Lord Fitz-Thomas whole Brother to Moris Lord Fitz-Thomas John Bermingham aforesaid was this year created Earl of Louth Item The Stone-bridge of Kit-colyn was built by Master Moriâ— Jak Canon of the Cathedral Church of Kildare MCCCXX In the time of John XXII Pope and of Edward son to King Edward who was the 25 King from the coming oâ— S. Austin into England Alexander Bicknore being then Archbishop of Dublin was founded the University of Dublin Williaâ— Hardite a Frier-predicant was the first that took the degree oâ— Master Who also commenced Doctor of Divinity under thâ— same Archbishop Henry Cogry of the order of Friers minors was the second Master the third was William Rodyarâ— Dean of S. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin who afteâ— commenc'd Doctor of the Canon law and was made the firâ—â— Chancellor of this University The fourth Person that went ouâ— Master in Divinity was Frier Edmund Kermerdyn Item Rogeâ— Mortimer the Chief Justice of Ireland went into England leavinâ— the Lord Thomas Fitz-John then Earl of Kildare his Deputy Item Edmund Lord Botiller went into England and so camâ— to S. James's Item Leghelyn-bridge was then built by Master Moris Jaâ— Canon of the Cathedral Church of Kildare MCCCXXI The O Conghors were sadly defeated at Balibogan on the Ninth of May by the People of Leinster and Meth Item Edmund Lord Botiller died in London and was burieâ— at Balygaveran in Ireland John Bermingham Earl of Lowth waâ— made Justiciary of Ireland John Wogan died also this year MCCCXXII Andrew Bermingham and Nicholas de la Lonâ— Knight were slain with many others by O Nalan on S. Michael's day MCCCXXIII A Truce was made between the King of Englanâ— and Robert Brus King of Scots for fourteen years Item Johâ— Darcy came Lord Chief Justice into Ireland Item Johâ— eldest son of Thomas Fitz-John Earl of Kildare died in the 9tâ—
it The same year on S. Laurence's-eve Thomas Lord Botiller marched with a great army into the Country of Ardnorwith where he fought with the Lord Thomas William Macgoghgan and was there kill'd to the great loss of Ireland and with him John Lord Ledewich Roger and Thomas Ledewich John Nangle Meiler and Simon Petitt David Nangle Sir John Waringer James Terel Nicholas White William Freynes Peter Kent and John White besides 140. whose names we know not The Tuesday before the feast of S. Bartholomew the said Lord Thomas's body was convey'd to Dublin and laid in the house of the predicant Friers unburied till the sunday after the feast of the beheading of S. John Baptist when he was very honourably carried through the City and interr'd in the Church of the predicant Friers which very day his wife gave a great entertainment The same year John Lord Darcy came a second time Justice of Ireland who at Maynoth on the third of July espoused the Lady Joan Burg Countess of Kildare Item Philip Staunton was slain and Henry Lord Traharn was treacherously taken in his own house at Kilbego by Richard son to Philip Onolan James Lord Botiller Earl of Ormond burnt Foghird in revenge to Onolan for his brother Henry's sake The same year the Wednesday after the feast of the Ascension of the blessed Virgin John Lord Darcy Justice of Ireland went towards the Country of New-castle of Mackingham and of Wikelow against the O Brynns and the Monday following some of the Lawles were killed and more wounded and Robert Locam was wounded and of the Irish the better sort were slain many wounded and the rest ran away But Murkad O Brynne with his son uncle and uncle's son yielded themselves hostages and were carried to the Castle of Dublin But were afterwards in exchange of Hostages who were of the best of their Kindred set at liberty The same year John Lord Darcy Chief Justice and the King's Council in Ireland about the feast of our Lord's Circumcision commanded Moris Lord Fitz Thomas of Desmond to march with his Army against his Majesties enemies for to subdue them And that the King would take care to defray the Charge he should be at both for himself and his Army so the Lord Fitz-Thomas accompanied by Briene O-Brene came with an Army of ten thousand Men with which he march'd against the O-nolanes and conquer'd them having got a considerable Booty and wasted their Country by fire the O-nolanes fled but afterwards deliver'd Hostages who were sent to the Castle of Dublin Hence he march'd against the O-Morches who gave Hostages with a promise of living quietly The same time the Castle of Ley which O-Dympcy had taken and kept was surrender'd to him This year after the Epiphany Donald arte Mac-Murgh made his escape out of the Castle of Dublin by a Cord which one Adam Nangle had bought him who for his pains was drawn and hang'd MCCCXXX About the feast of S. Catherine S. Nicholas and the Nativity of our Lord the winds were in several places very high so that on S. Nicholas-eve they blew down part of the wall of a certain House which in the falling kill'd Sir Miles Verdon's wife and daughter there was never yet known such winds in Ireland There was such an overflowing of the River Boyn this year as was never seen before which flung down all the Bridges upon this River both Wood and Stone except Babe-bridge The violence also of the water carried away several Mills and did very much damage to the Friers-minors of Trym and Drogheda by breaking down their Houses The same year about S. John Baptist's-day there was a great dearth of Corn in Ireland which lasted till Michaelmas A cranoc of Wheat was sold for 20 Shillings a cranoc of Oats Pease Beans and Barly for 8 Shillings This dearth was occasion'd by the great Rains so that a great deal of the standing Corn could not be cut before Michaelmas The same year about Lent the English in Meth killed some of the Irish viz. the Mac-goghiganes near Loghynerthy which did so incense Mac-goghigan that he burnt and sack'd in those Parts 15 small Villages which the English seeing gathered together in a Body against him and kill'd 110 of his men among whom were three Irish Kings sons Item The Lord William Burgh Earl of Ulster march'd with his Army out of Ulster against Briene O Brene in Munster Also the Lady Joan Countess of Kildare was at Maynoth brought to Bed of William her first Son which the Lord John Darcy had by her who was then in England Item Reymund Lawles was treacherously kill'd at Wickelow This year Frier Roger Utlaw Prior of Kylmainan then Deputy to the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland held a Parliament at Kilkenny where were present Alexander Archbishop of Dublin William Earl of Ulster James Earl of Ormond William Lord Bermingham Walter Burg of Conaught who all went with a considerable force to drive Briene O-Brene out of Urkyst near Cashill Item Walter Burg with the Forces he rais'd in Conaught plunder'd the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas's lands and brought away with him the Booty to Urkyff Also the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of Desmond viz. the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas for I never yet call'd him Earl by Frier Roger Utlaws order then Justice of Ireland were committed to the custody of the Marshal at Limerick But the Earl of Desmond very cunningly made his escape MCCCXXXI The Lord Hugh Lacy having got the King's Pardon came into Ireland And the Earl of Ulster came into England The 19th of April the English beat the Irish in O-Kenseley and the one and twentieth of April the Irish perfidiously took the Castle of Arclo The same day on S. Mark the Evangelist's-eve the O-Totheles came to Tanelagh and forced away from Alexander Archbishop of Dublin 300 Sheep and killed Richard White with many other Gentlemen of his Company There were divers Reports at Dublin about this Plunder and Slaughter and Sir Philip Bryt Frier Moris Fitz-Gerald Knight of the Order of the Hospitalers Hammund Lord Archdekyn John Chamberlaine Robert Tyrell and Reginald Bernewall's two Sons besides many others but especially of the Archbishop of Dublin's Retinue were kill'd by David O-Tothill in an Ambuscade in Culiagh The Lord William Bermingham march'd with a great Army against the foresaid Irish to whom he did much harm and had not the Irish made some false Promises would have done them much more The Third of June the Lord Anthony Lucy came Chief Justice of Ireland This year also the English who inhabit about Thurles in the month of May gave the Irish under the command of Briene O-Brene a great overthrow and upon the 11th of June gave them another at Finnagh in Meth. The 27th of June when there was so great a Famine in Ireland through God's mercy there came a-shoar such a vast number of great Sea-fish called Thurlhedis as had not been seen in many Ages for according to the common estimate there
vincula there was bread made of new wheat and wheat was sold in Dublin for 6 pence a peck Item D. Reimund Archedekin Kt. with many others of his family were kill'd in Leinster MCCCXXXVII On the eve of S. Kalixtus the Pope seven partridges leaving the fields God knows why came directly to Dublin where flying very swiftly over the Market-Place they settled on the â—op of a brew-house which belonged to the Canons of S. Trinity in Dublin Some of the Citizens came running to this sight wondring very much at so strange a thing the Town-boyes caught two of them alive a third they kill'd at which the rest being frightned-mounted in the air by a swift flight and escap'd into the opposite Fields Now what this should portend a thing unheard of before I shall leave to the judgment of the more skilful Item Sir John Charleton Knight and Baron came with his wife children and family Lord Chief Justice of Ireland at the feast of S. Kalixtus the Pope and some of his sons and family died Item The same day came into Dublin haven D. Thomas Charleton Bishop of Hereford Justice of Ireland with the Chief Justice his Brother Chancellor of Ireland and with them M. John Rees Treasurer of Ireland Mr. in the Decretals besides 200 Welshmen Item Whilst D. John Charleton was Lord Chief Justice and held a Parliament at Dublin Mr. David O Hirraghcy Archbishop of Armagh being called to the Parliament laid in his provisions in the Monastry of S. Mary near Dublin but the Archbishop and his Clerks would not let him keep house there because he would have had his Crosier carried before him Item The same year died David Archbishop of Armagh to whom succeeded an ingenious man M. Richard Fitz-Ralph Dean of Litchfield who was born in Dundalk Item James Botiller the first Earl of Ormond died the 6th of January and was buried at Balygaveran MCCCXXXVIII The Lord John Charleton at the instigation of his Brother the Bishop of Hereford was by the King turn'd out of his place upon which he came back with his whole family into England and the Bishop of Hereford was made Lord Keeper and Chief Justice of Ireland Item Sir Eustace Pover and Sir John Pover his Uncle were by the Justice's order brought up from Munster to Dublin where the third of February they were imprison'd in the Castle Item In some parts of Ireland they had so great a frost that the river Aven-liffie on which the City of Dublin stands was frozen hard enough for them to dance run or play at foot-ball upon and they made wood and turfe fires upon it to broil Herrings The Ice lasted a great while I shall say nothing of the great snow which fell during this frost since the greatness of the depth has made it so remarkable This Frost continued from the second of December till the 10th of February such a season as was never known in Ireland MCCCXXXIX All Ireland was up in Arms. The Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond with the Geraldines who live about Kernige made a great slaughter of the Irish besides 1200 of them who were drown'd in the retreat Item The Lord Moris Fitz-Nicholas Lord of Kernige was by the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond apprehended and put in prison where he died for want of meat and drink for his allowance was but very little because he had rebell'd with the Irish against the King and the Earl Item A great number of the O Dympcies and other Irish were by the English and the vigorous pursuit of the Earl of Kildare kill'd and drowned in the Barrow Item the latter end of February Thomas Bishop of Hereford and Chief Justice of Ireland with the help of the English of that Country took from the Irish about Odrone such a great booty of all sorts of cattle as has not been seen in Leinster MCCCXL The Bishop of Hereford Justice of Ireland being commanded home by his Majesty return'd into England the 10th of April leaving Frier Roger Outlaw Prior of Kilmainan in his place who died the 13th of February Item The King of England made John Darcy Lord Chief Justice of Ireland for life MCCCXLI In May Sir John Moris came Lord Chief Justice of Ireland as Deputy to John Darcy Item In the County of Leinster there happen'd such a strange prodigy as has not been heard of A person travelling along the road found a pair of gloves fit for his hands as he thought but when he put them on he he lost his speech immediately and could do nothing but bark like a dog nay from that moment the men and women throughout the whole County fell into the same condition and the children waughed up and down like whelps This plague continued with some 18 days with others a month and with some for two years and like a contagious distemper at last infected the neighbouring Counties and set them a barking too Item The King of England revok'd all those grants that either he or his Ancestors had made to any in Ireland whether of liberties lands or goods which occasion a general murmur and discontent insomuch that the whole Kingdom grew inclin'd to a revolt Item A Parliament was called by the King's Council to sit in October Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond absented Before this there never was seen so much rancor and division between the English of both Kingdoms at last without asking Counsel of the Lord Chief Justice or any other of the King's Ministers the Mayors of the King's Cities together with the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom resolv d among other things to hold another Parliament at Kilkenny in November in order to treat of such matters as concern'd the King and Kingdom Neither the Lord Chief Justice nor any other of the King's Ministers durst repair thither It was concluded in this Parliament by the Nobility and the Mayors aforesaid to dispatch away an ambassadour to the King of England to intercede for Relief and represent the unjust administration of the great Officers in Ireland and declare they could no longer endure their oppression They were particularly instructed in their complaints of the said Ministers to ask How a Land so full of wars and trouble could be govern'd by a Person that was wholly a Stranger to warlike Affairs Secondly How a Minister of the Kings could be imagin'd to grow so rich in a short time And thirdly What was the reason that the King of England was never the richer for Ireland MCCCXLII On the 11th of October and the 11th of the Moon two several Moons were seen by many about Dublin in the morning before day Theone was bright and according to its natural course in the West the other of the bigness of a round loaf stood in the East but not so bright as the former MCCCXLIII S. Thomas's-street in Dublin was accidentally burnt on S. Valentine the Martyr's-day Item The 13th of July D. Ralph Ufford with his Wife the Countess of
his abodâ— there Item In November Walter L. Bermingham Chief Justice of Ireland and Moris Lord Fitz-Thomas Earl of Kildare took up arms againsâ— O Morda and his Accomplices who had burnt the castle of Ley and Kilmehed and invaded them so fiercely with fire sword and rapin that altho' their number amounted to many thousands and they made a resolute defence yet at last after much blood and many wounds they were forc'd to yield and so they submitted to the King's mercy and the discretion of the Earl MCCCXLVII The Earl of Kildare with his Knights and Barons set out in May to join the King of England who was then at thâ— siege of Caleys which the Inhabitants surrendred to the King oâ— England the 4th of June Item Walter Bonevile William Calf William Welesly and many other brave English Welch aad Irish Gentlemen died of thâ— Distemper which then rag'd at Caleys Item Mac-Murgh viz. Donald Mac-Murgh son to Donald Artâ— Mac-Murgh King of Leinster was most perfidiously killed by hiâ— own men on the 5th of June Item The King knighted Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Kildare who married the daughter of Barth de Burgwashe Item On S. Stephen the Martyr's day the Irish burnt Monaghan and ruined the Country about it Item D. Joan Fitz-Leones formerly wife to Simon Lord Genevilâ— died and on the second of April was buried in the Convent-churcâ— of the Friers-Predicants at Trym MCCCXLVIII The 22d year of Edward III. a great Pestilence which had been before in other Countries got into Ireland and rag'd exceedingly Item This year Walter Lord Bermingham Chief Justice of Ireland went into England and left John Archer Prior of Kylmainan to officiate for him The same year he return'd again and had the Barony of Kenlys which lies in Ossory conferr'd upon him by the King to requite his great service in leading an Army againsâ— the Earl of Desmond with Raulf Ufford as before 't was said this Barony belong'd formerly to Eustace Lord Poer who was convicted and hang'd at the castle of the Isle MCCCXLIX Walter Lord Bermingham the best accomplish'd Justiciary that ever was in Ireland surrender'd his office and was succeeded in the same by Carew Knight and Baron MCCCL. In the 25th year of his Reign Sir Thomas Rokesby Knight was made Lord Chief Justice of Ireland Item This year on S. Margaret the Virgin 's Eve Sir Walteâ— Bermingham Knight for some time an excellent and worthy Justiciary of this Kingdom died in England MCCCLI Died Kenwrick Sherman sometimes Mayor of the City of Dublin and was buried under the Belfrey of the Friers-Predicants which he himself had built as he had likewise glaz'd the great window at the head of the Quire and roof'd the Church among many other pious Works He died in the same convenâ— on the 6th of March and leaving an Estate to the value of three thousand marks he bequeath'd great Legacies to all the Clergy both religious and secular for within twenty miles round MCCCLII Sir Robert Savage Knight began to build several Castles in many places of Ulster and particularly in his own Mannors telling his son and heir apparent Sir Henry Savage That they would thus fortifie themselves lest the Irish should hereafter break in upon them to the utter ruin of their estate and family and to the dishonour of their name among other Nations His son answer'd That where-ever there were valiant men there were forts and castles according to that saying Filii castrametati sunt the sons are encamp'd i.e. brave men are design'd for War and that for this reason he would take care to be among such which would prove the same in effect as if he liv'd in a castle adding That he took a castle of Bones to be much better than a castle of Stones Upon this Reply his Father gave over in great vexation and swore he would never more build with stone and mortar but keep a good house and great retinue about him foretelling however That his Posterity would repent it as indeed they did for the Irish destroy'd the whole Country for want of castles to defend it MCCCLV In the 30th of the same Reign Sir Thomas Rokesby Knight gave up his office of Chief Justice on the 26th of July the succession whereof was given to Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond in which he continued till his death Item On the conversion of S. Paul the said Moris Lord Fitz-Thomas departed this life in the castle of Dublin to the great grief of his Friends and Kindred and all others that were peaceably inclin'd First he was buried in the Quire of the Friers-Predicants of Dublin and afterward in the Covent of the Friers-Predicants of Traly As to his character he was certainly a just Judge and stuck not at condemning even those of his own blood or family more than perfect Strangers for Theft Rapin and other Misdemeanors the Irish stood in great awe of him MCCCLVI In the 31st year of this Reign Sir Thomas Rokesby was the second time made Chief Justice of Ireland who kept the Irish in good order and paid well for the Provisions of his House saying I will eat and drink out of Wood-Vessels and yet pay both gold and silver for my food and cloths nay and for my Pensioners about me This same year the said Sir Thomas Lord Chief Justice of Ireland died in the castle of Kylka MCCCLVII In the 32d of this King's reign Sir Almarick de Saint Armund was made Chief Justice of Ireland and enter'd upon his office About this time arose a great dispute between the Lord Archbishop of Armagh Richard Fitz-Ralfe and the four orders of Friers-mendicants in conclusion the Archbishop was worsted and quieted by the Pope's authority MCCCLVIII In the 33d year of the same reign Sir Almarick Saint Amuad Chief Justice of the Kingdom went over into England MCCCLIX In the 34th year of this King's reign James Botiller Earl of Ormond was made Chief Justice of Ireland Item On S. Gregory's day this year died Joan Burk Countess of Kildare and was buried in the church of the Friers-minors in Kildare by her Husband Thomas Lord Fitz-John Earl of Kildare MCCCLX In the 35th year of this same reign died Richard Fitz-Raulf Archbishop in Hanault on the 16th of December His bones were convey'd into Ireland by the reverend Father in God Stephen Bishop of Meth and buried in S. Nicholas's church at Dundalk where he was born yet it is a question whether these were his very bones or the reliques of some one else Item This year died Sir Robert Savage of Ulster a valiant Knight who near Antrim slew in one day 3000 Irish with a small Party of English but it ought to be observ'd that before the Engagement he took care to give his men a good dose of Ale or Wine whereof it seems he had good store and reserv'd some for his Friends likewise Besides this he order'd That Sheep Oxen Venison and Fowl both wild and tame should be kill'd
were struck out or what is new were mix'd confusedly with his Text. No that were a liberty which but few would allow and none ought to take There are not many men who can lay claim to the same authority with Mr. Camden and therefore 't is but reason the World should know when He tells the story that they may proportion their assent to the credit of their Author The want of making this distinction in the former translation of this Book has been of very ill consequence and particularly to two or three learned and curious persons who have urg'd the authority of Mr. Camden with a great deal of assurance when all the while they repeated nothing but an interpolation of Dr. Holland's To prevent this for the future our first care was to have an exact translation of Mr. Camden's text so that when one had occasion to make use of his name he might be sure he did not quote another man's words But tho' by this means the text was clear'd of Dr. Holland's Additions yet were they not to be altogether neglected because some of them are not amiss and an opinion has got abroad in the world that he consulted Mr. Camden where any thing appear'd obscure or capable of a double meaning If he had been quire laid aside these thoughts would have continually stuck by the Reader who would have been fancying at every turn that Dr. Holland might possibly have observ'd something that would solve his doubt and give him a clearer light At this rate instead of superseding that Edition we should have made it a real rarity and given it a greater value than it had at the first publication To do justice to both a middle way was thought of To put his Additions at the bottom in a smaller character and to direct by a figure to the respective places where he had inserted them After Dr. Holland had been thus treated we could not in common modesty go to insert any thing of our own or be guilty of a crime our selves for which we had arraign'd another And yet considering that many things we had to say farther had a near relation to what Mr. Camden had already observ'd we could not leave the Reader in so much confusion as oblige him to take things where he found them without any connexion and order In this case the following method appear'd most natural To make our Additions at the end of each County and by a Letter inserted in the several places they belong to in the text to admonish the Reader that he may either find Mr. Camden's opinion confirm'd or a more particular account given of the place or reasons offer'd why we dissent from him or lastly the description of something wholly omitted which in the Topographical Survey of the County falls in there And 't is hop'd the Additions may be thought of so much moment that the Reader will have no reason to complain of being stop'd for nothing or drawn aside out of his road to no purpose After the Method the Reader is to be inform'd to whose assistance he ows these Improvements And this is a piece of justice both to the Persons and to the Work For as 't is fit that each County should understand to whom it is more particularly oblig'd so all men ought to know that we have not built upon slight grounds or deliver'd things upon trifling informations The Right Reverend Father in God Sir Jonathan Trelawny Lord Bishop of Exeter procur'd us large Notices concerning Cornwall and Devonshire his own Diocese Mr. Anthony Etrick return'd what he thought most remarkable in Dorsetshire as Mr. Worsley of Lincolns-Inn sent us several things relating to Hamshire Mr. Evelyn to Surrey and Mr. Harris to Sussex The discoveries in Wiltshire depend upon the authority of Mr. Tanner who has made considerable progress in the Antiquities of that County A Survey of Kent and Middlesex was made upon this occasion by Dr. Plot. The account of the Arsenals for the Royal Navy in Kent with the Additions to Portsmouth and Harwich so far as they concern the business of the Navy were communicated by Mr. Pepys Out of Glocestershire informations were sent us by Dr. Parsons Chancellor of that Church and out of Oxfordshire by Mr. White Kennet who will shortly publish the Antiquities of some part of that County In settling the old Stations in Essex we were particularly assisted by Mr. Oosley who is writing the Antiquities of the whole County and in the description of Norfolk by a Survey of that County in Manuscript written by Sir Henry Spelman and now in the Bodleian-Library Mr. Thomas Newsham of Warwick sent us several very useful particulars out of Warwickshire and an accurate account of the Antiquities of Worcestershire was communicated by Dr. William Hopkins Prebendary of the Church of Worcester Some observations upon the Bishoprick of Durham were extracted for us by Mr. Rudd out of the posthumous Papers of Mr. Mickleton a curious Antiquary at the request of the Reverend Mr. John Smith a member of that Church and others were sent us by Dr. Kay of New-castle The West-riding of Yorkshire is indebted to Mr. Ralph Thoresby of Leeds of whose abilities and exactness the large collection of Curiosities he has made himself Master of is a sufficient argument In the East-Riding Mr. John Burnsall of Hull contributed many things very remarkable and Dr. Jonston from whom we expect the Antiquities of Yorkshire communicated several particulars over the whole County Westmorland is engag'd to Mr. Thomas Machel for so many useful discoveries as its neighbour Cumberland is to Dr. Hugh Todd Prebendary of the Church of Carlisle and lastly Northumberland to Mr. William Nicolson Archdeacon of the same Church eminent for his knowledge in the Languages and Antiquities of the Northern Nations The same worthy Gentleman was pleas'd to improve this work by observations throughout the whole Province of York the Antiquities whereof he has ready for the Press When I tell you that the whole business of Wales was committed to the care of Mr. Edward Lhwyd Keeper of the Musaeum in Oxford no one ought to dispute the justness and accuracy of the Observations His diligence and known ability both in Natural History and Antiquities as they remove all objections of that kind so might they do great honour either to his native Country or any particular County in England wherein he should meet with an Encouragement answerable to the Undertaking Nor can the additional Remarks in Scotland be question'd since they are grounded upon the authority of Sir Robert Sibbalds whose Natural History already publish'd and the model he has given us of his intended Antiquities are a sufficient evidence how much he is master of the affairs of that Kingdom The Remarks upon Ireland were also sent us by a person very well acquainted in that Kingdom Sir Richard Cox Knight The Catalogues of Plants at the end of each County were communicated by the Great Botanist of our
full of windings and turnings GLOCESTERSHIRE GLocestershire in the Saxon tongue gleaucestâ—schyre was the chief Seat of the Dobuni It is bounded on the west by Monmouthshire and Herefordshire on the north by Worcestershire on the east by Oxfordshire and Warwickshire †And Barkshire Hol. and on the south by Wiltshire and part of Somersetshire A pleasant and fertile County stretching out in length from northeast unto southwest The most eastern part which swelleth with rising Hills is call'd Cotteswold The middle part is a large fruitful Plain which is water'd by the most noble river Severne that gives as 't were life and spirit to the Soil The more western part lying on the other side Severne is altogether shaded with Woods But enough of this William of Malmesbury easeth me of the labour who fully describes this County and sets forth it 's excellence Take what he writes in his Book De Pontificibus The Vale of Glocester is so call'd from its chief City the soil whereof yieldeth variety of fruits and plants and all sorts of grain in some places by the natural richness of the ground and in others by the diligence of the Country-man enough to excite the idlest person to take pains when it repays his sweat with the increase of an hundred fold Here you may behold the high-ways and publick roads full of fruit-trees not set but growing naturally The Earth of its own accord bearing fruit exceeding others both in taste and beauty many of which continue fresh the whole year round and serve the owner till he is supply'd by a new Increase There is no Province in England hath so many or so good Vineyards Vineyards as this County either for fertility or sweetness of the Grape The wine whereof carrieth no unpleasant tartness being not much inferiour to the French in sweetness The Villages are very thick the Churches handsome and the Towns populous and many To all which may be aâ—ded in honour of this County the river Severne Severne than which there is not any in the Land that hath a broader Chanel swifter stream or more plenty of fish There is in it a daily rage and boisterousness of waters which I know not whether I may call a Gulph or Whirlpool casting up the sands from the bottom and rowling them into heaps it floweth with a great torrent but loses its force at the first Bridge Sometimes it overfloweth its banks and wanders a great way into the neighbouring Plains and then returneth back as conquerour of the Land That Vessel is in great danger that is stricken on the side the Watermen us'd to it when they see this Hygre Hygâ— coming for so they call it in English do turn the Vessel and cutting through the midst of it avoid its violence What he says concerning the hundred-fold increase doth not at all hold true neither do I believe with those idle and dissatisfied Husbands whom Columella reprehends that the soil is wore out by its excessive fruitfulness in former Ages and become barren But yet not to mention other things we have no reason to admire that so many places in this County from their Vines are called Vineyards since they formerly afforded plenty of Wine and that they yield none now is rather to be imputed to the sloth and unactiveness of the Inhabitants than the indisposition of the Climate a But why in some parts of this County * See 〈◊〉 Ed. â—â— as we read in our Statutes by a private custom which hath now grown into a Law The Lands and Tenements of condemned persons are forfeited to the King only for a year and a day and after that term expired contrary to the custom of all England beside return to the next heirs let the Lawyers enquire since 't is not to my purpose b And now let us survey those three parts in their order which I mention'd before GLOCESTER SHIRE By Rob t Morden â—â—â—â—ton And since Avon in the British Language signifieth a River it is not improbable it took it's name from the river In the same sense among us to omit many others we have Waterton Bourne Riverton and the Latins have their Aquinum and Fluentium And I am the more ready to believe that this town took it's name from the river because at this place they us'd to ferry over from whence the town opposite to it was called Trajectus by Antonine but without doubt there is an error in the computation of the distance between these two places since he makes it 9 miles betwixt Trajectus and Abone whereas the river is scarce two miles over But I suppose it may have lost it's name or rather dwindld into a village The Ferâ—y when passengers began to ferry over lower or when Athelstan expell'd the Welsh thence For he was the first according to William of Malmesbury who drove the Welsh beyond the river Wye and whereas in former times Severn did divide the Welsh or the Cambri and the English he made the Wye to be their Boundary whence our Countryman Neckham Inde Vagos Vaga Cambrenses hinc respicit Anglos On this side Wye the English views On that the winding Welsh pursues 〈◊〉 Brâ—â—â—â—is Not far from Wye stands amongst tufts of trees St. Breulais Castle more than half demolished famous for the death of Mahel youngest son of Miles Earl of Hereford for there by the just judgment of heaven he was remarkably punished for his greedy designs inhumane cruelty and boundless Avarice always usurping on other men's rights with all these vices he is taxed by the writers of that age For as Giraldus writes being courteously treated here by 2 Sir Walter Clifford Walter de Clifford and the castle taking fire he lost his life by the fall of a stone on his head from the highest tower Here is nothing more remarkable in this woody place e 3 Beside Newnham a pretty market and Westbury thereby a seat of the Bamhams of ancient descent but that Herbert who marry'd the daughter of the aforesaid Mahel Earl of Hereford was in right of his wise call'd Lord of Deane from whom the noble family of the Herbert's deduce their original who gave rise to the Lords of Blanleveny and more lately 〈◊〉 in Dâ—râ—â—shâ—â—e to the Herberts Earls of Huntingdon and Pembroke and others From which family if we may credit D. Powel in his Welsh History Aâ—â—â—â—ny â—â—â—â—erbert was descended Anthony Fitz-Herbert whom the Court of Common Pleas of which he was sometimes chief Justice and his own most elaborate treatises of the Common Law do manifest to have been singularly eminent in his faculty But others affirm he was descended from the Fitz-herberts a Knightly family in the County of Derby and indeed in my opinion more truly â—â—â—â—rn The river Severn call'd by the Britains Haffren after it hath run a long way in a narrow chanel f at it's first entrance into this Shire receives the Avon and
Burrill is single-trench'd and seems to have been ruin'd before fully finish'd Within the bank it contains 20 acres of arable land but on the west and south sides there is no bank nor trench which probably was occasion'd by the steep Meres that would not give leave to draw them The New-merch or de novo mercatu mention'd by our Author came in with the Conquerour but had only two daughters Hawys and Isabel as Sir William Dugdale in his Baronage has told us Mr. Camden's mistake in making three seems occasion'd by the elder being marry'd first to John Botereaux and afterwards to Nicholas de Moels which two he says marry'd two of the daughters This Deorham from Ralph Russel descended to Sir Gilbert Dennys who marry'd the heiress of that family thence to the Winters whose heiress marry'd to William Blathwayt Esq the present possessor he hath built here a stately new fabrick in the room of the old one Not far from hence lyeth Great Badminton Great Bâ—minton a seat belonging to his Grace Henry Duke of Beaufort which having been made his Country-residence since the demolishment of Rayland Castle is so adorn'd with stately additions to the house large parks neat and spacious gardens variety of fountains walks avenues Paddocks and other contrivances for recreation and pleasure as to make it justly esteem'd one of the most complete seats in the kingdom all which is owing to the care judgment and expence of the present Duke But here we must not omit Chipping-Sodbury Chippinâ—-Sodbury a market-town below the hills which hath a Free-school and was govern'd by a Bailiff but about 1681. 't was made a Corporation with a Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses which was suppressed by the Proclamation of K. James 1688. Next is Wotton-under-edge Wotton-under-eâ— famous for Cloathing where is a noble Free-school erected by Catherine relict of Thomas Lord Berkley in the year 1385. an Alms-house by Hugh Perry Alderman of London in 1632. which cost 1000 l. and the like sum was given by Sir Jonathan Daws late Sheriff of London for the relief of the poor w In this bottom lyeth Dursly Dursâ—y a market-town famous for Cloathing Kingeswood Abbey which our Author mentions is by all writers plac'd in Glocestershire whereas the whole Parish is really in the County of Wilts under the power of their Sheriffs and Justices but within the Diocese of Glocester It was founded by William Berkley 1139. thence removed to Tetbury and at last fix'd here till the Dissolution x Above the hills is Beverston Beverston Castle which formerly belong'd to the Berkleys but is now in the possession of Sir William Hicks Baronet Beyond which lyeth Tetbury where is a great market for yarn and a Free-school and Alms-house by the bounty of Sir William Romney a native of the place It belong'd to the Berkleys but they sold their right to the inhabitants who now enjoy the tolls and profits of the markets and fairs y In Coteswold near Norlich or North-Leach at a village call'd Farmington Aubr MS. is an exceeding large Roman camp nam'd Norbury Norbury 850 paces long and 473 broad The Works are but single and not very high 't is now a corn-field and not far from it westward there is a barrow In the same Would is Painswick-Parish about 5 miles from Glocester †wherein is Kimsbury-Castle Kimsbury-Castle exceeding high Ibid. on the north-side it has a vast precipice and on the other sides stupendous Works From hence is a most lovely prospect over the Vale to Malvern-hills to Shropshire Worcestershire Herefordshire and Monmouthshire z In the north part of the County is Camden â—amden a market-town famous for Stockings It gave the title of Viscount to Sir Baptist Hicks 4 Car. 1. who was a great benefactor to this place by erecting an Alms-house rebuilding the market-place and annexing the Impropriation of Winfryth in Dorsetshire for the augmentation of the Vicaridge He built here a curious house near the Church which was burnt in the late Civil Wars lest it should be a garrison for the Parliament and lyes bury'd in the south I le of the Church which is adorn'd with such noble monuments of marble as equal if not exceed most in England He gave in his life-time ten thousand pounds to charitable uses as his Epitaph mentions and leaving only two daughters the honour descended to my Lord Noel by marrying the eldest of them whose posterity are now Earls of Gainsburrow The Weston mention'd by our Author near this place is not that where Ralph Sheldon built his house for he had no land there but Weston in the parish of Long-Compton in Warwickshire of which place he was then Lord as his posterity are to this day Beyond Camden on a rising ground is Ebburton where the Lord Chancellour Fortescue lies buried his monument was not erected till the year 1677. aa Next is Hales-Abbey which was begun in the year 1246. and when 't was dedicated the King Queen and Court were all present at the solemnity There are now but small remains of it only a neat cloyster the rest being turn'd into a fair house now in the possession of William Lord Tracy of Toddington two miles off where he has a stately house the seat of his Ancestors Alexander de Hales mention'd by our Author lies bury'd in the Cordeliers Church in Paris and if his Epitaph says true dy'd 1245. a year before this Abbey was begun so that I do not see how he could have his education here bb Not far from hence is Winchcomb Wâ—nchcomb where are scarce any ruins visible either of the Abbey or of that which was call'd Ivy-Castle or of St. Nicholas Church that stood in the east part of the town The inhabitants made planting of Tobacco their chief business which turn'd to good account till restrain'd by the 12 Car. 2. they decay'd by little and little and are now generally poor cc A little lower lies Brimpsfield Brimpsfield which was formerly a place of some repute for we find that Lionel Duke of Clarence had a Charter for a weekly market here on Tuesdays and a Fair on the Eve of Corpus Christi here was also a Priory and a Castle but both are vanish'd John Gifford Lord of this place founded Glocester-hall in Oxon. for the Monks of Glocester dd On the edge of Oxfordshire is Stow Stow. a great market where as the common observation goes they have but one element viz. Air there being neither wood common field nor water belonging to the town It hath an Alms-house a Free school and a multitude of poor Here in the year 1645. March 21. the forces of King Charles 1. being over-power'd were routed by the Parliament-Army ee Next is North leach Northleach a market-town with a neat Church Here is a good Grammar-school founded by Hugh Westwood Esq who as 't is commonly reported came afterwards to be low in the world and desiring
from the French his son Now had fair Tame sigh'd for her promis'd spouse While down the Catechlanian hills she flows And scarce saluting her old banks runs by Bearing no load but long virginity And this she seems ambitious to lay down And see her lover's stream augmented by her own With a faint kiss she mocks the walls of Tame And leaves behind her nothing but her name Yet tho' impatient Isis arms to fill She stops to bid the Norrises farewel Old Dorchester stands wondring at her speed And gladly bids the happy match succeed Now does the joyful Bride new drest appear Fresh blades of corn tye up her golden hair Her shining gown plays with the purled air Blushing Aurora to her hand gives place Nor proud Dione boasts so fair a face Her lips the rose her eyes bright gems outdo Her hair the lilies and her skin the snow In state she swims her careful hand throws back Her floating tresses on her silver neck Proud Isis now his comely head displays And cheers the drooping fields with golden rays Nor stays he to admire his Tama's charms But throws himself sweet load betwixt her arms Ten thousand kisses do ten thousand meet And with their breath the Lovers souls unite Hence to their bed the happy pair go down Where Faith and Concord speak them into one The Pipes and Cornets echo all around While the pleas'd stream returns the grateful sound In joyful rings the merry Nymphs advance And sportive Satyrs drive the wanton dance While Quires of winged Songsters of the air The woods and groves with tuneful numbers cheer Eccho contented now that she 's all tongue Sounds quick replies to their delightful song All things rejoyce and Nature's self is glad The painted flowers o'er smiling meadows spread To th' universal joy consent and nod their head The wanton Loves their harness'd birds drive on And clap to see their winged chariot run Auspicious Juno with a graceful smile Begins the ancient glories of the Isle On her fair brows unwithred bays appear And thus she sings and tunes her trembling Lyre How Neptune's spear the wondring Isthmus shook When their long hold the parted cliffs forsook What crimes what vengeance brought Alcides o'er To die the crystal Thames with Albion's gore And spread his monstrous carcass on the shore How hither his wild course Ulysses steer'd What altars to the angry gods he rear'd How Brute with Corinaeus came to land And made the savage nations own their new command How Caesar's drooping Legions homeward stood Glad to escape from those they had in thought subdu'd c. And after some verses interpos'd the Poet proceeds Thus sang the Goddess strait the joyful stream Proud of the late addition to it's name Flows briskly on ambitious now to pay A larger tribute to the sovereign sea Hence the Thames passes on to Benson Benson formerly Bensington which Marian calls a royal Vill and reports it took from the Britains by Ceaulin in the year 572 and i In the contest between the West-Saxon and Mercian Kings this place lying near the Frontiers often chang'd its Masters possest by the West-Saxons for 200 years following But then Offa King of Mercia thinking both his interest and reputation concern'd that they should hold nothing on this side the river k An. 778. or 779. won this town by force and joyn'd it to his own kingdom At present it is a small village and shews at a little distance from it a house of our Kings which has been formerly a beautiful structure but is now much decay'd by reason of the unhealthy situation near low and wet groud This seat call'd Ewelme Ewelme commonly New elme from the Elms here growing was built by William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk who by marriage with Alice only daughter of Thomas Chaucer obtain'd a large estate in these parts and besides this house built a neat Church in which the said Alice lies interr'd and a l Call'd Godshouse and consisting of two Priests and thirteen poor men fair Hospital But John Earl of Lincoln 21 Who by K. Rich. 3. had been declared heir apparent to the crown his grandchild by John his son in a manner utterly ruin'd this family For being engag'd in a conspiracy against K. Hen. 7. his honours were lost by attainder and his estate confiscated to the King and he himself soon after slain in battel 22 At Stoke and Edmund his brother After this K. Hen. 8. with the addition of some neighbouring manours made an Honour of this estate among these manours was Walingford which had long time pertained to the Dukes of Cornwall rr From hence the Thames fetches a large and winding compass round the Hundred of Henley hilly and woody which some think to have been the country of the Ancalites Ancalites who submitted themselves to Caesar 23 Here is Bixbrond and Stonor ancient possessions of the families of Stonor's who since the time of K. Edw. 3. when Sir John Stonor was chief Justice in the Common Pleas flourished with great alliance and fair revenues until they were transferred by an heir general to Sir Adrian Fortescue unhappily attainted whose daughter heir to hâ—r mother was married to the first Baron Wentworth Next neighbour hereunto is Pus-hall which the family of D'oily held by yielding yearly to the King a table-cloth of 3 shillings price oâ— 3 shillings for all service In this Hundred stands m The perpetual Advouson of the Church here was lately purchas'd and given to Trinity-College in Oxford by their faithful and generous Steward Mr. Thomas Rowney sen Greys Rotherfield Grey de Rotherfield where is a noble house given heretofore by Walter Grey Archbishop of York to his Nephew William Gâ—ey whose estate fell to the Lovels by the Lord D'eincourt It is now the seat of William Knolles Lord Knolles Treasurer of his Majesty's houshold whom King James in consideration of his faithful services to Queen Elizabeth and his readiness to perform the like to him advanc'd to the honour and title of Knolles Baron of Rotherfield Near this place upon the Thames in the utmost limits of the County stands Henley Henley formerly Hanleganz where the greatest part of the inhabitants are Barge-men and get their livelyhood by carrying wood and corn to London by water This town has nothing ancient to boast of only that it belong'd formerly to the Molins from whom by the Hungerfords who obtain'd from K. Hen. 6. a licence for two fairs yearly it descended to the illustrious family of the Hastings The bridge over the Thames which is now of timber they report to have been heretofore of stone and arched But whether this was the bridge which Dio makes the Romans to have pass'd over in pursuit of the Britains in these parts Xiphiline who had forded the river a little lower is not so easie to determine ss From Henly the Chiltern-hills run into a continued
Ruffe A Râ—ffâ— and because the English by that word express the Latin Asperum De Râ—â—orum â—â—malium 〈◊〉 stâ—â—â— John Caius term'd it Aspredo For the body of it is all over rough 't is full of sharp finns loves sandy places and in shape and bigness is much like a Perch The colour of †Pâ—â—â—â—â—ma the back is a dark brown the * Pe◠〈◊〉 belly a palish yellow Along the jaws it is markt with a double semicircular line the upper half of the eye is a dark brown the under is yellowish like gold and the ball black 'T is particularly remarkable for a line drawn along the back like a cross thread ty'd to the body The tail and finns are all over spotted with black When 't is provok'd the sinns bristle up when quieted they lay flat and close It eats like a Perch and is particularly valu'd for its ‖ Fâ—â—â—â—â—tate tender shortness and wholesomness So soon as the Yare has pass'd Claxton where is a round Castle lately built by Sir Thomas Gawdy Kt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 13 It receiveth a brook which passeth by nothing memorable but Halles-hall and that only memorable for its ancient owner Sir James Hobart Attorney-General and of the Privy Council to King Henry the seventh by him dubb'd Knight at such time as he created Henry his son Prince of Wales who by building from the ground the fair Church at London being his Parish-Church St. Olave's bridge over Waveney that divideth Norfolk and Suffolk the Cawsey thereby and other works of piety deserv'd well of the Church his Country and the Common-weal and planted three houses out of his own issue out of the second whereof Sir Henry Hobart his great grandchild now likewise Attorney-General to King James is lineally descended and is now come just to the Sea it takes a turn to the South that it may descend more gently into the Sea by which means it makes a sort of little tongue or slip of Land washt on one side by it self on the other by the Sea In this slip upon an open shore I saw Yarmouth Yaâ—â—â—â—â— in Saxon Gar-muð and Jier-muð i.e. the mouth of the Garienis Gâ—râ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 a very neat harbour and town fortify'd both by the nature of the place and the contrivance of Art For though it be almost surrounded with water on the west with the river over which is a Draw-bridge and on other sides with the Sea except to the North where 't is joyn'd to the Continent yet is it fenc'd with strong stately walls which with the river figure it into an oblong quadrangle Besides the towers upon these there is a mole or mount to the East from whence the great Guns command the Sea scarce half a mile distant all round It has but one Church though very large and with a stately high spire built near the North-gate by Herbert Bishop of Norwich Below which the foundations of a noble Work design'd as an enlargement to this are rais'd above ground I dare not affirm that this was the old Gariononum where formerly the Stablesian Horse lay in garison against the Barbarians Nor yet the neighbouring little village Castor formerly the seat of Sir John Falstoff an eminent Knight 14 And now appertaining to the Pastans famous among the Inhabitants upon account of its antiquity though there is a report that the river Y are had another mouth just under it But as I am throughly convinc'd that the Garianonum Gâ—â—â—anâ—nâ—m was at Burgh-castle in Suffolk which is scarce two miles distant from the other side of the river so am I apt to think that Yarmouth rose out of its ruins and that that Castor was one of the Roman Castles plac'd also at a mouth of the river Y are now shut up For as the * Câ—â—â— North-west-wind plays the tyrant upon the coast of Holland over against this place e Of the nature of this wind Caurus and the injury it does all harbours that are expos'd to it see Somner's Pontus Iccius p. 53. and has stopt up the middle-mouth of the Rhine by heaping in Sands just so has the †Aquilo North-east plagu'd this coast and by sweeping up heaps of Sand seems to have stopt this Mouth Nor will it be any injury if I call this our Yarmouth so nearly joyn'd to the old Garianonum Garâ—anonum it self since the Garienis from whence it had the name has not chang'd its chanel and enters the Ocean below this town to which it hath also given its name For I cannot but own that this our Yarmouth is of later date For when that old Garianonum was gone to decay and there was none left to defend the shore Cerdick the warlike Saxon Câ—rdick the Sâ—â—on landed here from whence the place is call'd by the inhabitants at this day Cerdick-sand Cerdick-sand and by other Historians Cerdick-shore and when he had pester'd the Iceni with a troublesome war set sail from hence for the west where he settl'd the kingdom of the West-Saxons And not long after the Saxons instead of Garianonum built a new town in that moist watery field upon the west side of the river which they call'd Yarmouth But the situation of that proving unwholesom they march'd over to the other side of the river call'd then from the same Cerdick Cerdick-sand and there they built this new town wherein as Domesday-book has it there flourisht in the time of Edward the Confessor 70 Burgesses Afterwards about the year of our Lord 1340. the Citizens wall'd it round Gâ—â— Worceâ—ter and in a short time became so rich and powerful that they often engag'd their neighbours the Lestoffenses and the Portuenses so they call'd the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports in Sea-fights with great slaughter on both sides For they had a particular spight against them possibly upon this account because they were excluded out of the number and depriv'd of the Privileges of the Cinque-Ports which both the old Garianonum and their Ancestors under the Count of the Saxon-shore formerly enjoy'd But a stop was put to these extravagancies by the Royal Authority or as others think by the damp which that grievous plague brought upon them that in one year took 7000 Souls out of this little town as appears by an old Chronographical Table hung up in the Church which also gives an account of their wars with the Portuenses and the Lestoffenses From that time they grew low nor had they wealth sufficient to carry on their merchandise upon which they have betaken themselves mostly to the herring-trade for so they generally call them though the learned think them to be the Chalcides and the Leucomaenides a sort of fish that 's more plentiful upon this coast than any other part of the world Haleces For it seems incredible what a great and throng Fair is here at Michaelmas and what quantities of herring and other
to 9 Robert Blunt Robert Burnel Bp. of Bath and afterward to the Lovels g It is now in the possession of George Weld Esq Up higher stands Wenlock Wenlock now famous for lime-stone but formerly in King Richard the second 's time for a copper-mine yet most remarkable in the Saxons time for a very ancient Nunnery where Milburga liv'd a devout Virgin William Malmesb. and was buried it was repair'd and fill'd with Monks by Earl Roger de Montgomery e 10 In later times Sir John Winell call'd also Wenlock because he here inhabited for his faithful service to King Henry 6. was by him advanc'd to the state and honour of Baron Wenlock and elected Knight of the Garter in whose cause he manfully lost his life in the battel of Tewksbury leaving no issue but from his Cousin and heir-general the Lawleys of this County are lineally dâ—scended A little more west is Acton-Burnell c. Acton Burnell Acton Burnel a castle of the Burnels and afterwards of the Lovels was honour'd with an Assembly of Parliament in Edward the first 's reign The family of the Burnels was very honourable and ancient Barons Burnell and much enrich'd by the Bishop before-mention'd but it became extinct in Edward the second 's reign when Mawd the heiress married John Lovel her first husband and John Haudlow her second whose son Nicholas took the name of Burnel from whom the Ratcliffs Earls of Sussex and some others derive their pedigree f Scarce a mile off is Langley Langley lowly situated in a woody park the seat of the Leas one of the most ancient and honourable families in these parts h This family is new extinct Next is Condover Condover formerly a manour of the Lovels and lately of Tho. Owen one of the Justices of the Common Pleas a very great lover of learning but since deceas'd and has left behind him a son Sir Roger Owen a general scholar and altogether worthy of so excellent a father It appears by record that this is holden of the King in chief To find two foot-soldiers for one day towards the army of Wales in time of war A remark that I think proper once for all to make for a general information that the Gentry of these parts held their estates of the King of England by tenure to aid him with soldiers for defence of the Marches whensoever a war broke out between the English and Welsh Near this is a little village call'd Pitchford Pitchford which formerly gave it's name to the ancient family of the Pitchfords but now is in the possession of R. Oteley Our Ancestors call'd it Pitchford from a spring of pitchy water for in those days they knew no distinction between pitch and bitumen And there is a well in a poor man's yard A bituminous well upon which there floats a sort of liquid bitumen although it be continually scumm'd off after the same manner as it doth on the lake Asphaltites in Judaea and on a standing pool about Samosata and on a spring by Agrigentum in Sicily but the inhabitants make no other use of it than as pitch Whether it be a preservative against the Falling-sickness or be good for drawing and healing wounds as that in Judaea is I know no one yet that has made the experiment More eastward stands Pouderbache castle now ruinated formerly call'd Purle bache the seat of Ralph Butler the younger son of 11 Sir Ralph Butler the younger son of Ralph Butler of Wem Ralph Butler of Wem from whom the Butlers of Woodhall in the County of Hertford derive their pedigree Below this Huckstow forest fetches a great compass between the mountains where at Stiperston's hill Stiperston's hill great heaps of stones and little rocks as it were appear very thick the Welsh call them Carneddau tewion 12 But whereas these seem natural I dare not c. but I dare not so much as guess that these among others were the stones which Giraldus Cambrensis describes in this manner Harald the very last foot-soldier with a company of foot lightly arm'd and stock'd with such provision as the country afforded march'd both round the whole County of Wales and through and through it insomuch that he scarce left any alive behind him in memory of which total defeat he threw up many hillocks of stones after the ancient manner in those places where he obtain'd victories which bear this Inscription HIC FVIT VICTOR HARALDVS At this place Harald was Conquerour Caurse More to the north Caurse-castle is situated the Barony of 13 Sir Peter Peter Corbet from whom it came to the Barons of Stafford i It is now the Lord Weymouth's and near it Routon Routon very ancient upon the western borders of the Shire not far from the Severn which formerly belong'd to the Corbets but now to the ancient family of the Listers Some time before John L'Estrange of Knocking had it out of ill will to whom Leolin Prince of Wales ras'd it to the ground as we read in the Life of 14 Sir Foulgue Fulk Fitz-Warin We find it flourishing by the same name in the Romans time but call d Rutunium Rutuniuâ— by Antoninus nor can it be a mistake since the name and the distance which he describes it to be from the famous town Uriconium exactly concur Near this is Abberbury-castle and Watlesbury Abberburâ— and Watlesbury which from the Corbets came to the Leightons Knights of an honourable family k It is now in the possession of Sir Edward Leighton Baronet It seems to have taken its name from that Consular-way and Kings high-road call'd Watlingstreet which leads by this place into the farthest parts of Wales as Ranulphus Cestrensis says thro' two small towns that are call'd from it l It is very obvious to observe several towns of this name thro' England lying upon the ancient high ways Strettons between which in a valley some ruins are to be seen of an ancient castle call'd Brocards-castle Brocardâ— castle surrounded with green meadows that were formerly fish-ponds But these castles with some others which are too many to reckon up here owing their decay to length of time and uninterrupted peace and not to the fury of war are a great part of them ready to drop to the ground Now passing over the river Severn we come to the second division propos'd which lay on this side the Severn and as is said belong'd to the Cornavii This likewise is divided into two by the river Tern which flows from north to south and has it's name from a large pool in Staffordshire where it rises such as we call Tearnes In the hithermost or eastern parts of these divisions near the place where Tern and Severn joyn stood Vriconium Uriconiuâ— for so Antoninus call'd it tho' Ptolemy would have it Viroconium and Ninnius Caer Vruach the Saxons call'd it Wreken-ceaster but
by mediation of Enion ap Kadîvor a Nobleman who had married his daughter Robert Fitz-Haimon 〈…〉 a Norman son of Haimon Dentatus Earl of Corboil Who forthwith levied an Army of choice Souldiers and taking to his assistance twelve Knights as Adventurers in this Enterprize â— Eâ—â—gâ—â—t first gave RhÅ·s battel and slew him and afterwards being allur'd with the fertility of the Country which he had before conceiv'd sure hopes to be Lord of turning his Forces against Jestin himself for that he had not kept his Articles with Enion he soon deprived him of the Inheritance of his Ancestors and divided the Country amongst his Partners The barren Mountains he granted to Enion but the fertile Plains he divided amongst these twelve Associates whom he had called Peers and himself on that condition that they should hold their Land in Fee and Vassalage of him as their chief Lord to assist each other in common and that each of them should defend his station in his Castle of Caèrdiffe eâ—d ffe and attend him in his Court at the administration of Justice It may not perhaps be foreign to our purpose if we add their names out of a Book written on this subject either by Sir Edward Stradling or Sir Edward Maunsel for 't is ascribed to both of them both being very well skill'd in Genealogy and Antiquities William of London or de Londres Richard Granvil Pain Turbervil Oliver St. John Robert de St. Quintin Roger Bekeroul William Easterling so call'd for that he was descended from Germany whose Posterity were call'd Stradlings Gilbert Humfranvil Richard Siward John Flemming Peter Soore Reginald Sully The river Rhymny gliding from the Mountains makes the Eastern limit of this County whereby it is divided from Monmouthshire and in the British * Rhanna Remny signifies to divide In a Moorish bottom not far from this river where it runs through places scarce passable among the hills are seen the ruinous walls of Caer-phily-castle Caerphily-castle which has been of that vast magnitude and such an admirable structure that most affirm it to have been a Roman Garrison nor shall I deny it tho' I cannot yet discover by what name they call'd it However it should seem to have been re-edified in regard it has a Chapel built after the Christian manner as I was inform'd by the learned and judicious Mr. J. Sanford who took an accurate survey of it It was once the possession of the Clares Earls of Glocester but we find no mention of it in our Annals till the reign of Edward the second For at that time the Spensers having by underhand practices set the King and Queen and the Barons at difference we read that Hugolin Spenser was a long time besieged in this Castle but without success a Upon this river also but the place is uncertain Ninnius informs us that Faustus a pious godly son of Vortigern a most wicked father erected a stately Edifice Where with other devout men he daily pray'd unto God that he would not punish him for the sins of his father who committing most abominable Incest had begotten him on his own daughter and that his father might at last seriously repent and the Country be freed from the Saxon war A little lower Ptolemy places the mouth of Rhatostabius The mouth of Rhatostabius or Rhatostibius a maim'd word for the British Traeth Tâv which signifies the sandy Frith of the river Taf. For there the river Taf gliding from the Mountains falls into the Sea at Lan-daf Landaffe that is the Church on the river Taf a small place seated in a bottom but dignified with a Bishop's See in the Diocese whereof are 154 Parishes and adorn'd with a Cathedral consecrated to St. Teiliau Bishop thereof Hist Landavensis Which Church was then erected by the two Gallick Bishops Germanus and Lupus when they had suppress'd the Pelagian Heresie that prevail'd so much in Britain and Dubricius a most devout man they first preferr'd to the Bishoprick to whom Meurick a British Prince granted all the Lands between Taf and Eli. From hence Taf continues its course to Caerdiffe Caerdiffe in British Kaer DÅ·dh * Câ—rruptly I suppose for Caer DÅ·v a neat Town considering the Country and a commodius Haven fortified with Walls and a Castle by the Conquerour Fitz Haimon who made it both the Seat of War and a Court of Justice Where besides a standing Army of choice Souldiers the twelve Knights or Peers were obliged each of them to defend their several stations Notwithstanding which a few years after one Ivor Bâch a Britain who dwelt in the Mountains a man of small stature but of resolute courage marched hither with a band of Souldiers privately by night and seiz'd the Castle carrying away William Earl of Glocester Fitz-Haimon's grandson by the daughter together with his wife and son whom he detain d prisoners till he had receiv'd satisfaction for all injuries But how Robert Curthose Rob. Curthâ—se D of Normâ—ndy eldest son of William the Conquerour a man in Martial Prowess but too adventurous and fool-hardy was depâ—ived by his younger brothers of all hopes of succession to the Crown and bereft of both his eyes lived in this Castle till he became an old man may be seen in our English Historians Whereby we may also learn That to be born of the Blood-royal does not ensure us of either Liberty or Safety Scarce three miles from the mouth of the river Taf in the very winding of the shore there are two small but very pleasant Islands divided from each other and also from the main Land by a narrow Frith The hithermost is call'd Sully Sully so call'd perhaps from the Silures from a town opposite to it to which Robert de Sully whose share it was in the Division is thought to have given name tho' we might as well suppose he took his name from it The farthermost is call'd Barry from St. Baruch who lyes buried there who as he gave name to the place so the place afterwards gave sirname to its Proprietors For that noble family of Viscount Barry in Ireland is thence denominated In a maritim Rock of this Island saith Giraldus there is a narrow chink or chest A remarkable Cave to which if you put your ear you shall perceive such a noise as if Smiths were at work there For sometimes you hear the blowing of the bellows at other times the stroaks of the hammers also the grinding of tools the hissing noise of steel-gads of fire burning in furnaces c. These sounds I should suppose might be occasion'd by the repercussion of the Sea-waters into these chinks but that they are continued at low ebb when there 's no water at all as well as at the full tide b Nor was that place unlike to this which Clemens Alexandrinus mentions in the seventh Book of his Stromata Historians inform us that in the Isle of Britain there is a certain
John John Norris the General desiring that he would not proceed roughly against him and push him on into a rebellion against his will Yet these letters of his to Norris were intercepted by Bagnall the Marshal and as the Earl afterwards complained suppressed with much loss to him For he was presently after publickly declared an enemy and traitor to his Country 17 Both in Irish and English and pardon offered to all that would submit 1595 June 1â— By this time the Rebels in Ulster amounted to 1000 horse or thereabouts and 6280 foot in Conaght to 2300 all likewise at the entire disposal of the Earl and many of them acquainted with discipline ever since that 18 Sir Jâ—hn J. Perrot the Lord Deputy had commanded every Lord of Ulster to raise and exercise a certain number of men to withstand the inroads of the Island Scots or else being such as had served in the wars of the Low-countries and were imprudently transported hither by his means The number likewise of the English army under the command of 19 Sir John J. Norris so 20 For the Queen had selected him as a man of especial trust and reputation to be used martially in such Journeys as the Deputy himself in person could not undertake in consideration that he had performed divers honourable sâ—rvices was now President of Mounster and had formerly commanded the Britain companies which were to serve principally in this action eminent in the wars of Flanders was not much inferiour Yet nothing was atchieved of any note on either side by reason of a misunderstanding between the General and the Deputy so that the Campaign was spent in ravages cessations and parleys only Without doubt both being men of arms were for prolonging the war and as for the Earl he daily expected a reinforcement out of Spain Of these parleys the most memorable was that between 21 Sir Henry Henry Wallop Treasurer of this Realm and 22 Sir Robert Rob. Gardner Chief Justice persons of great gravity and approved wisdom appointed Commissioners on our side and the Earl of Ter-Oen and O-Donell on the other wherein they and others of the Rebels summ'd up all their grievances and demands The Earl complained that 23 Sir Henry Bagnall the Marshal had still reap'd the fruits of his labours that by his false suggestions and artifice he had quite ruin'd him in the Queen's favour and sullied his honour that to his great prejudice he had intercepted the letters he writ to the Lord-Deputy Norris and some others and detained his wifes portion from him protesting that he had never enter'd into any Treaty with foreign Princes till such time as he was proclaimed Rebel and humbly entreating that his own crimes and those of his adherents might be pardoned that they might be restored to their estates and enjoy the free exercise of their religion which by the by was ever allowed them that the Marshal might pay him 1000 l. sterling in consideration of his wife's portion now deceased that no Garison Sheriff or any Officer whatsoever might have to do within his County that the Commission which the Queen had formerly given for a troop of 50 horse might be restored and that those who had pillaged his people might be punished O-Donell after he had rehears'd the loyalty of his Forefathers to the Kings of England complained that one Boin a Captain was sent by Perrot the Lord Deputy with a troop of soldiers into his Province under the pretence of civilizing his people and that after his father had received him kindly and assigned him such and such towns for quarters he was barbarously injurious to him in every thing and preferr'd a Bastard to the dignity of O-Donell that the same Lord Deputy laid a ship in wait and afterwards intercepted that very man clapt him in prison notwithstanding his innocence and there unjustly detained him till at last by God s mercy he was set at liberty That moreover the Lord Deputy Fitz-Williams had kept 24 Sir Owen Owen O-Toole the greatest man in these parts excepting O-Donell a close prisoner seven years together notwithstanding he went upon their Parol and was indeed innocent that he was intolerably oppressive to his poor neighbours in Fermanaugh and that he had no other way for preserving his safety hereafter than by assisting his neighbours now in their necessity He likewise required what the Earl did also demanded certain Castles and Possessions in the County of Slego that he pretended belonged to him Shan Mac-Brian Mac-Phelim O-Neal next made his complaint that the Earl of Essex had taken the Isle of Magie from him and that 25 Sir Henry Henry Bagnall had deprived him of the Barony of Maughery-Mourn which were both enjoyed by his Ancestors that he was kept in fetters till he surrender'd his right to Bagnall beside the numberless injuries he had received from the Garison of Knoc-Fergus Hugh Mac-Guir shewed them likewise what he had suffered by the insolent outrages of the neighbouring Garison in making booty of his Cattle and that the Sheriff who was sent into his territories had cut off the head of his nearest Relation and trod upon it with scorn Brian Mac-Hugh Oge Mac-Mahon and Ever Mac-Câ—uley exhibited that besides other wrongs the Lord Deputy 26 Sir William Fitz-Williams whose goodness or honesty always gave place to his covetousness was induced by corruption and bribery to establish Hugh Roe in the dignity of Mac-Mahon and after that hanged him for raising a fine by force of arms according to the custom of the country upon which he had laid it and divided his inheritance among strangers to extinguish the very name of Mac-Mahon In one word every man was Petitioner for some thing or other after this manner On the other side the Commissioners having allow'd some of their demands and thought others might be referred to the Queen proposed certain articles to the rebels 27 That they should lay down their arms disperse their forces acknowledge submissively their disloyalties admit Sheriffs in their Governments re-edifie the Fâ—rts they had defaced suffer the garisons to live without disturbance make restitution of spoils taken confess upon their oath how far they have dealt with foreign Princes and renounce all foreign aid c. But they had grown so insolent by this time that they thought them unreasonable and so broke off after the suspension of arms they had agreed upon Whereas the Queen both then and afterwards had condescended to these terms and would have done to any other that were not inconsistent with her honour purely to save as much blood and money as she could 〈◊〉 Geâ—â—â—aâ— of â—â—e Army The time of cessation being now expired Norris who by the Queen's order had the whole command of the Army conferr'd upon him by the Lord Deputy during his absence advanc'd with his Army towards the Earl However the Lord Deputy joyn'd him and so with great terrour
killed with a stone and buried in Iona. 1230. Olave came with Godred Don and the Norwegians to Man and they divided the Kingdom Olave was to have Man Godred being gone to the Isles was slain in Lodhus So Olave came to be sole King of the Isles 1237. On the twelfth of the Calends of June died Olave the son of Godred King of Man in St. Patrick's Isle and was buried in the Abbey of Russin He reigned eleven years two in the life time of his brother and nine after His son Harald then fourteen years old succeeded him and reigned twelve years In the first year of his reign he went to the Isles and made Loglen his Kinsman Keeper of Man In the autumn following Harald sent three sons of Nell viz. Dufgald Thorquel and Molmore and his friend Joseph to Man to consider of affairs Accordingly on the twenty fifth day they met at Tingala where upon a quarrel that then happened between the sons of Nell and Loglen there arose a sore fight on both sides in which Dufgald Mormor and the said Joseph lost their lives In the spring following King Harald came to the Isle of Man and Loglen who fled into Wales with Godred the son of Olave his pupil was cast away with about forty others 1238. Gospatrick and Gillescrist the son of Mac-Kerthac came from the King of Norway into Man and kept out Harald converting the tributes of the Country to the service of the King of Norway because he had refused to appear in person at the Court of that King 1240. Gospatric died and was buried in the Abbey of Russin 1239. Harald went to the King of Norway who after two years confirmed to him his heirs and successors under his Seal all the Islands that his Predecessors had enjoyed 1242. Harald returned out of Norway to Man was honourably received by the Inhabitants and made peace with the Kings of England and Scotland 1247. Harald as his father had been before him was Knighted by the King of England and returned home with many presents The same year the King of Norway sent for him and a match was made between Harald and his daughter In the year 1249 as he was on his voyage home with with her accompanied with Laurence the elect King of Man and many of the Nobility and Gentry he was cast away by a sudden storm near the coasts of Radland 1249. Reginald the son of Olave and brother to Harald began his reign the day before the Nones of May and on the thirtieth day thereof was slain by one Yvar a Knight and his accomplices in a meadow near Trinity Church on the south side His Corps were buried in the Church of S. Mary of Russin Alexander King of Scots prepared a great fleet about this time intending to conquer the Isles but a feavor seized him in the Isle of Kerwaray whereof he died Harald the son of Godred Don assumed the title of King of the Islands banished all the Noblemen that Harald King Olave's son had preferred and instead of them recalled such as were fled from him 1250. Harald the son of Godred Don upon letters mandatory from the King of Norway went to him and was imprisoned for his unjust usurpation The same year Magnus son of Olave and John the son of Dugald who named himself King arrived at Roghalwaht but the people of Man taking it ill that Magnus had not that title beat them off their coast and many of them were cast away 1252. Magnus the son of Olave came to Man and was made King The next year after he went and took a voyage to the Court of Norway and tarried there a year 1254. Haco King of Norway made Magnus the son of Olave King of the Isles confirming them to him and his heirs and expresly to his brother Harald 1256. Magnus King of Man went into England and there was Knighted by the King 1257. The Church of S. Mary of Russin was consecrated by Richard of Sodore 1260. Haco King of Norway came to Scotland and without effecting any thing died in his return to Orkneys at Kirwas and was buried at Bergh 1265. This year died Magnus the son of Olave King of Man and of the Islands at Russin castle and was buried in S. Mary's Church there 1266. The Kingdom of the Isles was translated by means of Alexander King of Scots What follows was written in a different and later Character 1270. On the seventh of October Alexander the King of Scots's navy arrived at Roghalwath and before sun-rise next morning a battle was fought between the Inhabitants of Man and the Scots who slew five hundred thirty five of the former whence that of a certain Poet L. decies X. ter penta duo cecidere Mannica gens de te damna futura cave 1313. Robert King of Scots besieged the castle of Russin which was defended by Dingawy Dowyll and at last took it 1316. Upon Ascension-day Richard de Mandevile and his brothers with others of the Irish Nobility arrived at Ramaldwath desiring a supply of money and victuals being stript of all by continual depredations When the Commonalty denied it they took the field in two bodies against those of Man advancing still till they came to the side of Warthfell-hill in a field where John Mandevile was posted Upon engaging they carried the victory spoiled the Isle and the Abbey of Russin Thus far out of that ancient Book and after a whole months ravagement they returned home full fraught with pillage The end of the Chronicle of the Kings of Man A Continuation of the foregoing History collected out of other Authors ALexander the third King of Scots having made himself master of the Western Islands partly by his sword and partly by purchase from the King of Norway at last invaded Man also as one of that number and by the valiant conduct of Alexander Steward entirely subdued it and set a King over the Isle upon this condition that he should be ready to assist him with ten ships in any of his wars by Sea when ever he demanded them However Mary the daughter of Reginald King of Man who was the Liege-man of John K. of England address'd her self to the King of England for justice in this case Answer was made That the King of Scots was then possess'd of the Island and she ought to apply her self to him Lords of Man Her grandchild by a son John Waldebeof for Mary married into this family notwithstanding this sued again for his right in Parliament held the 33d of Edw. the first urging it there before the King of England as Lord Paramount of Scotland Yet all the answer he could have was as it is in the very Record That he might prosecute his title before the Justices of the King's Bench let it be heard there and let justice be done But what he could not effect by law his kinsmanâ— 1 Sir William Hol. William Montacute for he was of the royal
and holding there could not be three persons and one God Among other tenents he asserted that the blessed Virgin our Saviour's mother was an harlot that there was no resurection that the holy Scripture was a mere fable and that the apostolical See was an imposture and a groundless usurpation Upon these Articles Duff was convicted of heresie and blasphemy and was thereupon burnt at Hoggis green near Dublin on the Monday after the octaves of Easter in the year 1328. MCCCXXVIII On Tuesday in Easter-week Thomas Fitz John Earl of Kildare and Chief Justice of Ireland departed this life and was succeeded in the office of Justiciary by Frier Roger Outlaw Prior of Kilmaynan The same year David O Tothil a stout rapperie and an enemy to the King who had burnt Churches and destroy'd many people was brought out of the castle of Dublin to the Toll of the City before Nicholas Fastol and Elias Ashburne Judges of the King's-Bench who sentenc'd him to be dragg'd at a horse's tail through the City to the Gallows and to be hang'd upon a Gibbet which was after executed accordingly Item In the same year the Lord Moris Fitz Thomas rais'd a great army to destroy the Bourkeyns and the Poers The same year William Lord Bourk Earl of Ulster was knighted at London on Whitsunday and the King gave him his Seigniory Item This year James Botiller married the daughter of the Earl of Hereford in England and was made Earl of Ormond being before called Earl of Tiperary The same Year a Parliament was held at Northampton where many of the English Nobility met and a peace was renew'd between the Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland and confirm'd by marriages It was enacted also that the Earl of Ulster with several of the English Nobility should go to Berwick upon Tweed to see the marriage solemniz'd The same year after the solemnity of this match at Berwick was over Robert Brus King of Scots William Lord Burk Earl of Ulster the Earl of Meneteth and many other of the Scotch Nobility came very peaceably to Cragfergus whence they sent to the Justiciary of Ireland and the Council that they would meet them at Green Castle to treat about a Peace between Scotland and Ireland but the Justiciary and Council coming not accotding to the King's appointment he took his leave of the Earl of Ulster and return'd into his own Country after the Assumption of the blessed Virgin and the Earl of Ulster came to the Parliament at Dublin where he staid six days and made a great entertainment after which he went into Conaught The same year about the feast of S. Catharine the virgin the Bishop of Ossory certified to the King's Council that Sir Arnold Pour was upon divers Articles convicted before him of heresie Whereupon at the Bishop's suit Sir Arnold Poer by vertue of the King's Writ was arrested and clapt in the Castle of Dublin and a day was appointed for the Bishop's coming to Dublin in order to prosecute him but he excused himself because his enemies had way-laid him for his life So that the King's Council could not put an end to this business wherefore Sir Arnold was kept prisoner in the Castle of Dublin till the following Parliament which was in Midlent where all the Irish Nobility were present The same year Frier Roger Outlaw Prior of the Hospital of S. John of Jerusalem in Ireland Lord Justice and Chancellor of Ireland was scandalized by the said Bishop for favouring heresies and for advising and abetting Sir Arnold in his heretical practice Wherefore the Frier finding himself so unworthily defamed petitioned the King's Council that he might have leave to clear himself which upon consultation they granted and caused it to be proclaim'd for three days together That if there were any person who could inform against the said Frier he should come in and prosecute him but no body came Upon which Roger the Frier procured the King 's Writ to summon the Elders of Ireland viz. the Bishops Abbots Priors and the Mayors of Dublin Cork Limerick Waterford and Drogheda also the Sheriffs and Seneschals together with the Knights of the Shires and the better sort of Free-holders to repair to Dublin out of which six were chosen to examine the cause viz. M. William Rodyard Dean of the Cathedral-Church of S. Patrick in Dublin the Abbot of S. Thomas the Abbot of S. Mary's the Prior of the Church of the holy Trinity in Dublin M. Elias Lawles and Mr. Peter Willebey who convened those who were cited and examined them all apart who deposed upon their Oaths that he was a very honest faithful and zealous embracer of the Christian Faith and would if occasion serv'd lay down his Life for it And because his vindication was so solemn he made a noble entertainment for all them who would come The same year in Lent died Sir Arnold Pouer in the Castle of Dublin and lay a long time unburied in the house of the predicant Friers MCCCXXIX After the feast of the annunciation of the bless'd Virgin Mary the Irish nobility came to the Parliament at Dublin to wit the Earl of Ulster Moris Lord Fitz Thomas the Earl of Louth William Bermingham and the rest of the Peers where was a new peace made between the Earl of Ulster and my Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas and the Lords with the King's Council made an Order against riots or any other breach of the King's peace so that every Nobleman should govern within his own Seignory The Earl of Ulster made a great feast in the Castle of Dublin and the day after the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas made another in S. Patrick's Church in Dublin as did also Frier Roger Outlaw Lord Chief Justice of Ireland on the third day at Kylmaynan and after this they went all home again The same year on S. Barnaby's eve Sir John Bermingham Earl of Louth was kill'd at Balybragan in Urgale by the inhabitants and with him his own brother Peter Bermingham besides Robert Bermingham his reputed brother and Sir John Bermingham son to his brother Richard Lord of Anry William Finne Bermingham the Lord Anry's Uncle's son Simon Bermingham the aforesaid William's son Thomas Berminghan son to Robert of Conaught Peter Bermingham son to James of Conaught Henry Bermingham of Conaught and Richard Talbot of Malaghide a man of great courage besides 200 men whose names are not known After this slaughter Simon Genevils men invaded the Country of Carbry that they might by their plunder ruin the inhabitants for the thefts and murders they had so often committed in Meth but by their rising they prevented the invasion and slew 76 of the Lord Simon 's men The same year also on the day after Trinity-sunday John Gernon and his brother Roger Gernon came to Dublin in the behalf of those of Urgale that they might be tried by the Common-law And on the Tuesday after S. John's-day John and Roger hearing the Lord William Bermingham was a coming to Dublin left
Ulster came Lord Chief Justice of Ireland upon whose coming the fair Weather suddenly turned foul and there was nothing but rainy and tempestuous Weather whilst he liv'd None of his Predecessors were comparable to him for he oppress'd the Irish and robbed both Clergy and Laity of their Goods neither did he spare the Poor more than the Rich under a colour of doing good he defrauded many He observed neither the Ecclesiastical nor Civil Laws He was injurious to the natural Irish and did Justice to few if any wholly distrusting all the Inhabitants except some few And being mis-led by his Wife's Counsel these things were his daily Attempts and Practices Item In March as he was going into Ulster through a Pass call'd Emerdullan he was there set upon by one Maccartan who robb'd him of his Mony Cloaths Goods Plate and Horses and kill'd some of his men But at last the chief Justice with the Ergalians got the Victory and made his way into Ulster MCCCXLV The seventh of June there was a Parliament held at Dublin where the Lord Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond was not present Item D. Ralph Ufford the Chief Justice of Ireland after S. John Baptist's day without the consent of the Irish Nobility set up the King's Standard against D. Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond and marched into Munster where he seized on the Earl's Estate and farmed it out to others for a certain yearly Rent to be paid the King Item Whilst he was in Munster he gave Sir William Burton two Writs who was to give one of them to D. Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Kildare The Contents of which were That under the forfeiture of his whole Estate he forthwith repair unto him with a considerable force to assist the King and him The other was an Order to Sir William Burton to apprehend the Earl of Kildare and imprison him which he finding impracticable persuaded the Earl who was preparing himself with his Army and levying forces to assist the Chief Justice that he should first go to the King's Council at Dublin and act in concert with them that in his Absence his Land might be kept safe and if any harm should come it shou'd be through the default of the Kings Council and not in him Upon this the Earl not distrusting Sir William nor any Plot that was against him prepar'd to go for Dublin where when he came altogether ignorant of the Treachery as he was consulting with the K.'s Council in the Exchequer on a sudden Sir William arrested him and he was taken and carried to the Castle Item The Chief Justice marched with his Army to O-Comill in Munster and to Kering where by treachery he took two Castles of the Earl of Desmond viz. the Castle of Ynyskysty and the Island-castle in which were Sir Eustace Poer Sir William Graunt and Sir John Cottrell who were first drawn and then in October hang'd Item The Chief Justice banished the Earl of Desmond with some other of his Knights After that in November he return'd with his Forces out of Munster to see his Wife then big with Child at Kylmainan near Dublin Besides what he had done to the Laity in indicting imprisoning and in robbing them of their Goods he had also plagued the Ecclesiastical Men as well Priests as Clerks by Arrests and Imprisonment to the end he might fleece them Item He revoked the Grants and Demises of their Lands bestowing them upon other Tenants as also the Writings concerning those Grants notwithstanding they were signed by him and sealed with the King's Seal Item The Earl of Desmond's 26 Mainprisers as well Earls as Barons Knights and others viz. William Lord Burke Earl of Ulster James Lord Botiller Earl of Ormond Sir Richard Tuit Sir Eustace Poer Sir Gerald de Rochfort Sir John Fitz Robert Poer Sir Robert Barry Sir Moris Fitz-Gerald Sir John Wellesly Sir Walter Lenfaunt Sir Roger de la Rokell Sir Henry Traharn Sir Roger Poer Sir John Lenfaunt Sir Roger Poer Sir Matthew Fitz-Henry Sir Richard Wallis Sir Edward Burk son to the Earl of Ulster David Barry William Fitz-Gerald Fulk Ash Robert Fitz-Moris Henry Barkley John Fitz-George Roch and Thomas de Lees de Burgh who notwithstanding some of them had been at great Expences in the War with the Chief Justice and in pursuing of the Earls of Desmond yet he depriv'd them of their Estates and disinherited them and sent them all to Prison during the King's pleasure except four viz. William Burg Earl of Ulster James Botiller Earl of Ormond c. MCCCXLVI On Palm-sunday which was on the 9th of April D. Ralph Ufford the Lord Chief Justice died whose death was very much lamented by his Wife and Family but the loyal Subjects of Ireland rejoyced at it and both the Clergy and Laity out of joy did on purpose celebrate a solemn Feast at Easter Upon his death the Floods ceased and the Air again grew wholesome and the common sort of People thanked God for it Being laid in a strong sheet of Lead his Countess very sorrowfully conveyed his bowels with his Treasure not worthy to be bestowed among such holy Relicks into England where he was Interr d. And at last on the second of May a Prodigy which without doubt was the effect of divine Providence this fine Lady who came so gloriously into Dublin with the King's Ensigns and a great number of Soldiers attending her through the Streets where she lived a short time like a Queen of Ireland went out privily at a back Gate in the Castle to avoid the Peoples Clamors for their just Debts and in her disgraceful return home was attended with the Symptoms of death sorrow and heaviness Item After the death of the said Chief Justice Robert Lord Darcy by the consent of the King's Ministers and others was chosen to supply the office of Chief Justice for the time being Item The Castles of Ley and Kylmehede were taken and burnt by the Irish in April Item John Lord Moris being made Chief Justice of Ireland arrived here the 15th of May. The Irish of Ulster gave a great defeat to the English of Urgale in June three hundred at least of them were cut off Item Moris Chief Justice of Ireland was turn'd out of that office by the King and Walter Lord Bermingham put in who came into Ireland with his commission in June sometime after the great slaughter but now mention'd Item The care and preservation of the peace was committed by the King for some time to Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond Having receiv'd this order on the eve of the exaltation of the holy Cross he embark'd immediately thereupon with his Wife and two Sons at Yoghil and arriv'd in England where he pressed hard in a suiâ— at law to have justice against Ralph Ufford the late Lord Chief Justice for the wrongs he had done him Item by the King's order the Earl was to be allow'd twenty shillings a day from the time of his first arrival during
and made ready to entertain the Conquerors whosoever they should be usually saying upon this occasion That it would be a shame if such Guests should come and find him unprovided It pleasing God to bless them with the Victory he invited them all to Supper to rejoice with him giving God the thanks for his success telling them He thought the things look'd as well upon his Table as running in his Fields notwithstanding some advis'd him to be saving He was buried in the Convent-church of the Friers-predicants of Coulrath near the river Banne Item The Earl of Ormond Chief Justice of Ireland went into England and Moris Fitz-Thomas Earl of Kildare was made Chief Justice of Ireland by a charter or commission after this manner Omnibus c. To all whom these Presents shall come greeting Know ye that we have committed to our faithful and loving Subject Moris Earl of Kildare the office of Chief Justice of our Kingdom of Ireland together with the Nation it self and the Castles and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging to keep and govern during our will and pleasure commanding that while he remains in the said office he shall receive the sum of five hundred pounds yearly cut of our Exchequer at Dublin Vpon which consideration he shall perform the said office and take care of the Kingdom and maintain twenty Men and Horse in arms constantly whereof himself shall be one during the enjoyment of the said commission In witness whereof c. Given at Dublin by the hands of our beloved in Christ Frier Thomas Burgey Prior of the Hospital of S. John of Jerusalem in Ireland our Chancellor of that Kingdom on the 30th of March being the 35th year of our reign Item James Botiller Earl of Ormond return'd to Ireland being made Lord Chief Justice as before whereupon the Earl of Kildare resign'd to him MCCCLXI Leonel son to the King of England and Earl of Ulster in right of his Wife came as the King's Lieutenant into Ireland and on the 8th of September being the Nativity of the blessed Virgin arriv'd at Dublin with his Wife Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir of William Lord Burk Earl of Ulster Another Pestilence happen'd this year There died in England Henry Duke of Lancaster the Earl of March and the Earl of Northampton Item On the 6th of January Moris Doncref a Citizen of Dublin was buried in the Church-yard of the Friers-predicants in this City having contributed 40 l. towards glazing the Church of that Convent Item There died this year Joan Fleming wife to Geffery Lord Trevers and Margaret Bermingham wife to Robert Lord Preston on S. Margaret's eve and were buried in the Church of the Friers-predicants of Tredagh Item Walter Lord Bermingham the younger died on S. Lawrence-day who left his Estate to be divided among his Sisters one of whose Shares came to the aforesaid Preston Item Leonel having arriv'd in Ireland and refresh'd himself for some few days enter'd into a War with O Brynne and made Proclamation in his Army That no Irish should be suffer'd to come near his Army One hundred of his own Pensioners were slain Leonel hereupon drew up both the English and the Irish into one body went on successfully and by God's mercy and this means grew victorious in all places against the Irish Among many both English and Irish whom he knighted were these Robert Preston Robert Holiwood Thomas Talbot Walter Cusacke James de la Hide John Ash and Patrick and Robert Ash Item He remov'd the Exchequer from Dublin to Carlagh and gave 500 l. towards walling the Town Item On the feast of S. Maur Abbot there happen'd a violent Wind that shook or blew down the Pinnacles Battlements Chimnies and such other Buildings as overtop'd the rest to be particular it blew down very many Trees and some Steeples for instance the Steeple of the Friers-predicants MCCCLXII In the 36th year of this King's reign and on the 8th of April S. Patrick's church in Dublin was burnt down through negligence MCCCLXIV In the 38th year of this reign Leonel Earl of Ulster arriv'd on the 22d of April in England leaving the Earl of Ormond to administer as his Deputy On the 8th of December following he return'd again MCCCLXV In the 39th of this reign Leonel Duke of Clarence went again into England leaving Sir Thomas Dale Knight Deputy-keeper and Chief Justice in his absencc MCCCLXVII A great feud arose between the Berminghams of Carbry and the People of Meth occasion'd by the depredations they had made in that Country Sir Robert Preston Knight Chief Baron of the Exchequer put a good Garrison into Carbry-castle and laid out a great deal of mony against the King's Enemies that he might be able to defend what he held in his Wife 's right Item Gerald Fitz-Moris Earl of Desmond was made Chief Justice of Ireland MCCCLXVIII In the 42d year of the same reign after a Parliament of the English and Irish Frier Thomas Burley Prior of Kylmaynon the King's Chancellor in Ireland John Fitz-Reicher Sheriff of Meth Sir Robert Tirill Baron of Castle-knoke and many more were taken Prisoners at Carbry by the Berminghams and others of that Town James Bermingham who was then kept in Irons as a Traytor in the castle of Trim was set at liberty in exchange for the Chancellor the rest were forc'd to ransom themselves Item The Church of S. Maries in Trim was burnt down by the negligent keeping of the fire in the monastery Item On the vigil of S. Luke the Evangelist Leonel Duke of Clarence died at Albe in Pyemont He was first buried in the city Papy near S. Augustin and afterwards in the Convent-church of the Austin Fryers at Clare in England MCCCLXIX In the 43d year cf this reign Sir Willium Windefore Knight a Person of great valour and courage being made the King's Deputy came into Ireland on the 12th of July to whom Gerald Fitz-Moris Earl of Desmond resign'd the office of Chief Justice MCCCLXX In the 44th year of this reign a Pestilence rag'd in Ireland more violent than either of the former two many of the Nobility and Gentry as also Citizens and Children innumerable died of it The same year Gerald Fitz-Maurice Earl of Desmond John Lord Nicholas Thomas Lord Fitz-John and many others of the Nobility were taken Prisoners on the 6th of July near the Monastery of Magie in the County of Limerick by O-Breen and Mac Comar of Thomond many were slain in the Fray Whereupon the Lieutenant went over to Limerick in order to defend Mounster leaving the War against the O-Tothiles and the rest in Leinster till some other opportunity This year died Robert Lord Terell Baron of Castle Knock together with his son and heir and his Wife Scolastica Houth so that the Inheritance was shared between Joan and Maud the sisters of the said Robert Terell Item Simon Lord Fleming Baron of Slane John Lord Cusak Baron of Colmolyn and John Taylor late mayor of Dublin a very
996. Head 676 679. Homebury-hill 164. Home or Hume 894. Honniton 32 40. Honispel mannor 62. Honsdon 296. Honour of the Eagle 175. Honywood Mary had 367 Children descended from her 218. Hoo 190. Hoo and Hastings Tho. Baron 77. Hook Rob. 709 750. Hook-tower 998. Hooker Rich. 40. Hope 670 688. Hopton Sir Ralph 103. Castle 542. Hoptons 546. Hores 992. Horesci 649 650. HORESTI lxiii 906 909 951. Horewood 28. Horne what 1. Horne-castle 470 478. Horn-church 342. Hornby 762 794. Horns giving Names to Places 139 151 152. Hornsey â—48 Horsa 193. Horses Blood 1000. Horses highly valued by the Irish 1047. A Horse the Saxons Arms cxxx Horsford Barony 374. Horseies 48. Horsford 385. Horseheath 407. Horsey-b idge 437. Horsted 193. Horton 560 433 708. Sir Tho. 236. Castle 861. Hospitallers see Knights Hotham John 321. Hothams 738 753. Hoveden John 741. Houghton 391. Hounslow 310. Heath 327. Houth Barons 996. Howard T. Duke of Norfolk 333 354 Lord of Walden c. 35â— Will. 156. E. of Notingham c. 155. Tho 46 862. Baron of Marnhill 48. Earl of Northampton 440. Earl of Berks 152. Charles 163. Sir Robert 165. Jo. Baron 162. Hen Duke of Norfolk c. 181 Hen. Earl of Northampton 180 214 440. H. Earl of Arundel 274. H. Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshal 394. 402. Will. Lord Stafford 540. of Effingham 156. Surry 162 166 Arun. 170 181 Suffolk 378 381. Nottingham 486 490. Howards 293 384 790 833 834 835 836. Howburne 949 958. Howden 737 741 742. shire 737. Howe 489. Howel 614 621 623 625 678 685 689. Howgil-castle 808. Howley 710 728. Hox what 212. Hoxon 375. Hubba 35 465. Hubberton 35. Hubert Archb. of Canterb. 98 354. Huckston-forest 543. Hudardus 563. Huddleston 713 Huddlestons 332 713. Huelebec 546. Huis te Britein 1004 1005 Hull 738. Hulme 800. Humber 471 472 702 707 737. Humbertus 215. Hume-Castle 893 901. Earl of 893. Humes 892 894 895. Humphreys 678. Humphrey Duke of Glocester 183 243 261 273 369 634. Hunderd-skell 546. Hundsworth 538. Hungale Rob. 730. Hungerborn 98. Hungerford Robert 12. Lords of 23 69 89 103 141 266 282. Robert Lord 78. Walter Lord 103 14â— Sir Tho 141. Hungerford ibid. Hunnibald vii HUNNUM 848. Hunsdon 196. Barons 222 223 342 836. Hunshill 433. Hunstanton 391 399. Hunt cliff 752. Huntercomb 578. Huntingfield 375. Huntingdon George Earl of 78 454. Francis Earl of ibid. Henry Earl 27. David 412 424. Huntingdon 420 421 426. Huntingdon-castle 577. HUNTINGDONSHIRE 4â—9 425. Huntly-Nabb 753. Marquisate 944. Hurlers 9. Hurleys 984. Hurst-castle 116 â—28 Huscarles what 46 520. Huseley 264. Husey Gâ—o 47. Huseys 997. Hussy J. Baron 465. Huzza's of the Irish 978. Hy 1071. Hyde Law E. of Rochester 219. Hyeâ—us 5 8 524. Hyeâ—tus 521. Hygre what 232 722. Hymel-castle 438. Hynts 537. I. JAL 681. K. James I. 333 423. II. 767. James D. of Monmouth 610 724. Baron of Mountjoy 50. Thomas 601. V. 905. II. of Scotland 893. IV. 862. Jane Dutchess of Northumberland 212 Janus lxxxviii Jarrow 779. Japheth x. Javan x xi xxix Ibarcan 1002. Iberi xxix Iâ—ERNI 978. Icaldune 352. Icanhoe 462. Iâ—â— 771. Icborough 393 401. ICENI 67 76 77 307 365 366 377 395 379. Ichene fl 510. Ichenild-street 365. Ichlingham 565 379. ICIANI 393. Ickford 284. Ickley 785. Icomb-kill 934. Icta 3. Idel fl 485 707. Idâ—eton 485. Idoerth 644. Idols Saxon 738 742. IDUMANUS fl 349. Jedburgh 893 900. Jeffreys 528. JENA 910. Jeneviles 585 541 547. Jenkins Sir L. 274. Jenne R. 101 102. Sir B. 535. Jepson Z. 733. Jerby 824. Jermin H. 223. Hen. 305. Jermins 369 403. JERNE 951. Jerneganes 376. JERNUS fl 978. Jervis-Abby 760. Jestin 31. Jethow 1110. Jett where found 163. Jewel John Bishop of Salis 35 92. Jews 452. â—fford 284. â—â—ley 270. Jia 10. S. Jies-Bay ibid. Jilson 457. Ickborrow 366 393 401. Iken what 365 378. Ikenild-street lxvi Ikensworth 366 369 379. Ikenthorp 366. Iksning 365. ILA 1071. fl 947. Il-bre Island 560. Ilchester 57. Ilfarcombe 35 41. Ilkley 713 731. S. Iltut's hermitage 593 611. Imanuentius 307. Imaus 663. Imperatores xcviii c. Inborrow and Outborrow 861 895. Incubi xix Inglebies 715. Ingram Arth. 729. K. Ina 59. Incent J. 302. Incnyht clxxviii Indus 379. Inererra 952. Ingelthorps 406. Ingelborne 86. Ingerstone 34â— Ingestre 538. Inglebies ibid. Ingleburrow-hill 791. Inglefield 142. Ingol fl 399. Ingulph 258 399. Inglethorp 399. Ingleton 284. Inheritances uncertain 1011 Inis Borind 1001. Ceath ibid. Kelling 1003 1009. Leag 988. Mor. v. xii Innerlothy 944 945. Innermarkie 952. Innermeth 934. Innerness 944. De Insula Families 831 132 139 403. Joan the fair Maid of Kent 476. Jocelin Bishop and Edred 69 526. Joffred Abbot 406 461. John Duke of Albany 934. John of Gaunt 295 315 450 701 763. S. Johns 85 124 160 285 614 479 754. Foreland 1013. Town 916. Johnson B. 333. Robert 455 457. Joies 1003. Jana 1071. Jones 245. Maur. 657. Gr. 672 984. Johnstons 907. Jonston J. 324. Jordan 74. Riv. 264. Jordans 1003. Jâ—sceline 172. Joseph of Arimath lxix 63. Josephus Iscanus 31 65 203 519. Jotcelin Mayor of London 312. Jovii 201 Ipres W. de 178 193 212. Ipswich 372 380. Irchenfield 575. IRELAND 964 966 969. Irish Cottages 675 677. Customs 1041. Bishops consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1012. Irk 787. Irmunsull lxvi Irnham 464. Irt 820. Irthing 835 836. Irton 840. Irwell 787. Irwin River 913. a burrough 913. Isa what 1013. ISANNIUM Prom. 1013. Isaac 212. ISANAVARIA 681. Isanparles 808. ISCA fl 29. Iâ—CA LEGIO 2da Aug. 599. ISCA DANMONIORUM 30 592. ISCALIS 59. Iscaw what 29. Ise River 378. Iseleiees 212. Isicii 962. Isis 44 85 137 139 241 251 264 379. Island of S. Mich. 26. Isle of Wight 127 113 117 130. Isleham 408. Islip 256 270. Sim. 192 194 210. Issodun R. de 177. Ister fl 555. ISURIUM Brigantum 717 734. Itchin fl 132. ITENE 284. Ithancester 344. ITIUM 208. ITIUS PORTUS 208. ITUNA 806. Jude S. Andr. 191. Judeal 28 34. Judges clxvii Ivel riv 48 288. Ivelchester 59. Iverton 848. S. Ives 422 426. Julian lxxx S. Julian's 602 604. Juliana 35. JULIA STRATA 602. Juliers W. 4 2. Julius Agricola in Brit. lvi lvii 558 674. Aaron 600. Belga 703 704. Caesar 's Expedit xxxix Classicianus liv Frontinus 573 574 599 602 lvii Hoff 921. Junius Severus Propr lxviii Ivon Bach 611. Jupiter Dolichenus 605. Jura 1071. Jury of 12 Men clxii clxix Justices in Eyre clxix 150. of the Peace ibid. of Assize clxxxvi Nisi Prius ibid. Justinian 635 640. Justus 194. Jutae 134. Jutes cxxiii cxxv Juxon Sir W. 239. Dr. Tho. 274. Ivy-castle 249. Ixning 367 379. K KAder 603. Arthur-hill 589. Dhin-mael 603. Idris 657. Verwyn ib. Ychen ib. Kadokston 620. Kadwen 658. Kadwgan 642 643. Kae 653 673. Kaer from 590 to 690. Kai what 689. Kaies 995. Kainho 287. Kaled what 925. Kallen v. Callen Kantrev 622. bychan ib. Kantrev selev 593. Karadok 597. Karker Kynrick 682. Karn