Bkknakd^J'/'^ Charters of Uie Ahheij of Duiske. 31 



is the name given in the Ked Book of Ossory to tlie parish of Burnchurch, not far 

 from Kells, co. Kilkenny. 



Eandolpli, chaplain of Villa, is unknown. Perhaps Villa may stand for tlie vill 

 of Kells. 



The remaining three witnesses are often associated. In 1215 William Fitz 

 Geoffrey gave a charter to Kells,' which was witnessed by William Maillard (who 

 ■was William Marshal senior's standard-bearer, and was given lands at Mallards- 

 town, between Callan and Kells) and by Tliomas the ixirson of Callan. 



About 1220 William de Druhelle senior granted some tithes of .Jenkinstown^ to 

 St. John's, Kilkenny, among the witnesses being William de Druhelle junior and 

 Tliomas the parson of Callan. In 1223 William Marshal junior gave a charter to 

 St. John's, Kilkenny,' which was witnessed by Williain Maillard and ]l'iUiam de 

 DrulieUe. In 1227 William de Druhelle, knight, and Tliomas rector of Callan 

 appear together again (no. 23, below). And we find Tliomas rector of Callan^ in 

 deeds dated about 1232 (nos. 43, 44). 



Putting together these data, we may fix the date of the instrument before us as 

 about 1221. The William de Druhelle indicated was seemingly the younger of the 

 two persons of that name. 



The note at the end of the charter, from which it appears that the lands granted 

 are free of all service, having been gained ' by free conquest,' is interesting. 



Mention must here be made of a charter not now extant, of which a precis 

 is given in the extracts from the Duiske Registers (E) as follows : 



" Carta Willelmi Marescalii comitis Pemb : Teste domino Th. pincerna 

 Hiberniae, Mauricio iilio Ger., AVillelmo Crasso primoque tunc seues- 

 callo Lagenie." 



The persons here named can be readily identified from the date of the 

 last mentioned, William Crassus or le Gras, whom we have met with before 

 (p. 16). He was seneschal of Leinster after the year 1219, the year when 

 William Marshal the elder (p. 12) died. 



This William Marshal had five sons, all of whom died childless, and his 

 great Irish possessions were, in consequence, divided among his five daughters 

 about the year 12-46. It will be convenient to note here the main points of 

 the pedigree, for future reference : 



William Marshal the elder (d. 1219) and his wife Isabella de Glare 

 (d. 1220) had issue : 



1. William Marshal tlie younr/er (d. 1231), who married Eleanor, sister of 

 Henry III. 



' Cliartae, &c., p. 10. - Carrigan, iii, 249. 



■^ Dugdale, vi, 1143 ; see Orpen, I.e. ii, 229. 



^ He appears also in deeds of the .same period quoted in Butler, Reyistrum prioratiis 

 omnium simctoruvi juxta Dublin, pp. 10, 23. 



