Westuopp — Fortified Headlands and Castles, 8. Coast Munster. 207 



of the names in Co. Cork and Co. Waterford, living later in King Henry's 

 reign, about 1260, so it possibly dates in the middle of the thirteenth century. 

 It runs thus, in the copy made for an Inquisition of James I 1 : — 



"Sciant, tarn presentes quam futuri, Frances (sic), Anglici, Valenses, et 

 Hibernenses, quod ego, Henricus Poherus, dedi, concessi et, presente carta, 

 mea, confirmavi, Johanni filio Walteri et heredibus suis- Clunade, cum omnibus 

 pertineneiis, Arddrasten, cum, &c, Garvros, cum &c, et duas carrucatas terrae 



de Ilanobrich, per servitium facientem quinte partes duorum militum 



cum omnibus pertineneiis, suis, in boseo et piano, in castellis et fortelesciis, 

 in pratis et pasturis, in viis et semitis, in aquis et molendinis, in stagnis et 

 vivariis, in rivariis et piscariis, in mariscis et turbariis, in Ecclesiis et omnibus 

 aliis locis et liberis consuetudinibus, bene, et in pura, libere et quiete, et 

 integra, et plenarie, honorifice, et pacifice, per predictum servitium de militibus. 

 Testantes — Stephanus Sandford, Willielmus Chaudel, Bichardus Gross, Hugo 

 Beg, Aluredde Coitrad, Hosbertus Grosse, Galfridus filius Garett, Eichardus 

 P. vus qui chartam scripsit et aliis multis, Apud Waterfordiam." 



Arddrasten retained its name till superseded by its alias " Newtown," in 

 the seventeenth century ; it lay near Tramore. Garvros is Garrirus and 

 Ilanobrich, Dane's Island ; they continued to be held under the same deed 

 down to "Walter Power in 1606, and I presume later still. 



As to the descent of the Poers ; tradition seems honest but confused ; it 

 tells how Sir Eoger, or Eobert, came to Ireland with " Strongbow," and 

 Eobert was Governor of Waterford ; this is confirmed by the English Pipe 

 Eolls. As we saw, Sir John held Dunoyl in 1244. A later Sir John held 

 numerous lands under Thomas fitz Maurice ; in 1282 the manor of "Donnul" 

 was, however, excluded from being part of the 3 J cantreds of the Decies 

 held by Thomas fitz Thomas. John's " men," however, paid 7 shillings to it, 

 and frequent mention of John's holding of Tylaghrath occurs. This (or a 

 later) Sir John le Poer of Donnoill — for the succession of identical names 

 has not yet been determined — is summoned on the Vascon Eoll, 1326, and 

 named in the Close Roll of 1302. Mention of the family is very frequent in 

 Co. Waterford from that time to the present. In the reign of Edward I] we 

 find notice of Sir John, son of Sir William 2 ; Peter (Pierce), Meiler, Philip, and 

 William, all sons of Benedict. In a plea of 1308, Galfrid, son of Jo. le Poer, 

 and Jo. fitz Eobert de la Eoche had a suit about lands at Ballydroghyd, 

 Clonegh, and Ballykalligh, and 60 acres of woods in Co. Waterford ; while 



1 Exchequer Inquisition, P.R.O.I., No. 10 (tl new notation), James I. 



2 Cal. Doc. Ir., p. 262. 



