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became, on the death of his brother Richard I., Cceur de Lion, 

 King of England. Richard never was King or Lord of Ire- 

 land, or exercised any regal authority in that country. The 

 first charter of John to the Archbishop of Dublin is to the 

 following effect : 



" 'John, Earl (Comes) of Moreton and Lord of Ireland, 

 to all his men, French, English, and Irish, greeting. Know 

 ye that we, in regard of and for the salvation of our souls, 

 and the souls of our ancestors and successors, have given, 

 granted, and confirmed, &c. &c, to the venerable father 

 John, Archbishop of Dublin, all liberties and free customs 

 granted by our predecessors to his church, for him and his 

 men, throughout the whole of Ireland,' &c. &c. 



" Shortly after, by another charter, commencing, ' John, 

 Son of the King, Lord of Ireland,' he granted the bishopric 

 of Glendaloch, with its appurtenances and free customs, to be 

 united to the archbishopric of Dublin, &c. 



" Henry the Third confirmed his father's grants, by a 

 charter, with the addition of free warren in all his lands. 

 Richard the Second, by his charter, confirmed all the previous 

 charters, and recites that Robert, Archbishop of Dublin, Pri- 

 mate of Ireland, and Dean of our chapel of Penckrich in 

 England, claimed to have within all his lordships and manors 

 the following liberties, viz., soc and sac, thol and them, in- 

 fangethef and outfangethef, hamsoke, greede breche, blode- 

 wite, flethwite, and fordwite, and hangwite, and bethwite, 

 flemings frethe, murdro, and latrocinio, and ordell, and crest, 

 duels of Englishmen, and all others within these lordships 

 and manors, and abjuration of fugitives and felons flying for 

 sanctuary to the holy church, and also to take in their courts 

 fines and redemptions for felonies committed on their lands ; 

 and in like manner to grant peace to felons for felonies com- 

 mitted within their lordships and manors ; and also to con- 

 demn and outlaw felons in their courts ; to make coroners in- 

 dependent of the king's coroners, who was forbidden to inter- 

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