June 16. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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grant of Edward III. of the 16th of June, anno 9°, 

 and also the grant of Richard II. of the 10th of 

 January, anno 18°), ratified and confirmed the 

 same, and farther " ad honorem Dei et in incre- 

 mentum divini servitij ac in auxilium sustenta- 

 tionis ipsorum prioris et fratrum et successorum 

 suorum ; " and for the souls of his progenitors, 

 and of all faithful deceased, granted to them a 

 farther sum of 100 shillings payable at the Ex- 

 chequer, provided they supported the said chauntry 

 by one of their brethren. 



Upon the Rotuliis Exituum, or Roll of Issues, of 

 the 1st of Henry V., I find the entry of a pay- 

 ment in these words : 



"Priori et fratribus Carmelitarum Dublin celebrantibus 

 tlivina in Scaccario domini Regis Hiberniae in persolu- 

 tionem feodi sui centum solidorum per annum pro termino 

 sancti Hillarij ultimo preterite juxta ratam Ixi dierum 

 et hoe instanti termino, xlv'. iiij^." 



And upon the same roll there are entered pay- 

 ments made " pro uno raanutergio ad altare in ca- 

 pella dicti scaccarii empto " of a sum of seven 

 pence ; " pro uno frontello ante altare in capella 

 predict! scaccarij cum crucifixo," of a sum of 

 twenty pence ; " Item cuidam carpentario labo- 

 rante per unum diem tarn in capella scaccarij quam 

 in Recepto ejusdem faciendo formulas et alia 

 diversa necessaria ibidem," a sum of sixpence. 



It appears by the printed calendar of the Patent 

 and Close Rolls of the Irish Chancery, that 

 Henry V. by his letters patent dated at Dublin on 

 the 31st of January, and first year of his reign, 

 confirmed the above-mentioned grants of Ed- 

 ward ni. and Richard II. 



By letters patent tested at Dublin, and dated 

 the 26 th day of January, 2 Henry V., the king, 

 with the assent of John Talbot of Halomshire, 

 "Chivaler," his then lieutenant of Ireland, and of 

 his council there, ratified the grant made by his 

 father of the 8th of Aup;ust, 2 Henry IV. (Memo- 

 randa Roll of the Exchequer, 2 Henry V., 

 mem. 35., and Patent Roll, 2 Henry V.) 



It appears by the Liberate Roll of 2 Henry VI., 

 that an arrear of six pounds and twenty pence was 

 then due to the Friars Carmelites of the sum 

 granted to them by the letters patent of the 

 2 Henry IV., and this arrear is directed to be 

 paid to them. (Calendar to Patent and Close Rolls 

 of the Irish Chancery, p. 235., where this is erro- 

 neously described as a Close Roll.*) 



By an entry upon the Liberate Roll of the 

 6 Henry VI., reciting the grant of Henry IV., it 

 appears that directions were then given to the 

 Treasurer of the Exchequer to pay to the Friars 

 Carmelites an arrear of Al. 4s. S^rf. (^Calendar to 

 Patent and Close Rolls above-mentioned, p. 246., 



* It may be worthy of remark that the several Liberate 

 Eolls adverted to in the Irish Calendar of Chancery Re- 

 cords, are therein invariably and erroneously called Close 

 Rolls. 



where this roll is erroneously stated to be a Close 

 Roll.) 



In the Audita Compoto of Thomas Plunket, 

 tempore Henry VH., Collector or Farmer of the 

 Customs, and Coket of the port of Dublin, he 

 prays an allowance of a sum of 111. 10*., paid to 

 Thomas the Prior, and the Friars of the Order of 

 Carmelites of Dublin, for Easter Term 4 Hen. VIL 

 and the four terms preceding, granted to them by 

 letters patent, made at Westminster on the 16th 

 of November, anno 5 Henry VI., reciting letters 

 patent dated at Westminster the 8th day of Au- 

 gust, anno 2 Henry IV., and also reciting that of 

 their said fee of one hundred shillings, — 



" Aliquihus annis modicum et aliquibus nichil recepe- 

 runt non obstante quod prior et fratres loci predicti divina 

 per unum de confratribus suis in eodem Scaccario in 

 formam in dictis Uteris patentibus dicti avi ejusdem nuper 

 regis contentis observari teneantur ad graves custoa et 

 labores suos ac onera inportabilia." 



By a writ tested by William Hatteclyff, the 

 Under- Treasurer of Ireland, and dated the 19th 

 of December, anno 12 Henry VII., the Sheriff of 

 Dublin was directed to pay to Friar Thomas Ber- 

 myngham, the Prior of the Friars Carmelites near 

 Dublin, the sum of twenty shillings in silver, 

 which had been granted by the king to him for 

 his labour, costs, and expenses, " in celebrando 

 missam infra capellam Castri nostri Dublinensis 

 dietim coram Baronibus et officiarijs nostris scac- 

 carij nostri." (^Memoranda Roll, 12 Henry VII., 

 membrane 9.) 



At the time of the Reformation a change ne- 

 cessarily took place in the mode of celebrating 

 divine things in the chapel of the Exchequer, but 

 I am totally uninformed of the time when, and of 

 the manner in which, this ancient privilege was 

 transferred from the Carmelite Friars to the 

 Vicars Choral of Christchurch. 



By the Civil List, which was appointed for Ire- 

 land to begin from October 1, 1629, a payment is 

 directed to be made to the 



"Singers of Christ Churche in Dublin, for singing in 

 thexchequer, 13s. 4d. ; for every terme per annum, 

 002/. 13s. M." 



The terra " homagers " appears to have been 

 usually applied to these choristers. In the year 

 1663 a payment of 21. was made to them as ho- 

 magers. In 1671 a similar payment was made to 

 " ye singers of Christ Church for singing in ye 

 Exchequer, and praying for ye king ; " and pay- 

 ments of a sum of 21., and sometimes of 10s. only, 

 appear upon the civil list establishments for Ire- 

 land of the years 1765, 1771, 1773, and 1789. 



Upon those several occasions in which this 

 ancient custom was observed in the Exchequer, a 

 memorandum was entered in the rule-book of that 

 court to the following, or to a similar purport : 



" Memorandum, that Dr. Glandy, one of the Prebends 

 of Christ Church, attended with the quire of ye said 



