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predecessoruin pareutum meorum ac liberoium et aliorum successoium 

 ineorum, assensu et voluntate Willelmi de Kantiutune et uxoris sue 

 Cecilie filie mee, heredum scilicet meorum, dedi et concessi quantum 

 pertinet ad jus patroui 'et hae presenti carta mea coufirmaui abbatie 

 Beate Marie de Yalle Saucti Saluatoris que est de ordine Cisterciensi ad 

 sustentatiouem abbalis et monachorum ibidem Deo seruieutium, ecclesiam de 

 Duutnactathec in Odrona cum terra sanctuarii, scilicet duodecim acris et cum 

 omnibus ad eandem ecclesiam pcrtineutibus, uidelicet capellam de Piatbkeuny 

 cum terra sanctuarii el aliis pertinentiis suis, capellam quoque de Kathsenboth 

 in Fodbred eisdem concessi cum t«rra sanctuarii scilicet duodecim acris et 

 cum omnibus pertinentiis suis. 



Yolo igitur et firmiter statuo ut prememoratus abbas et convenlus de 

 Valle Sancli Saluatoris habeant et tencanl prenominala beneficia ecclesiastica 

 in puram et perpetuam elemosinam ab omni exactione quantum ad Jus patroni 

 pertinet libera omnimodis et tiuicta. Et ego heredes mei warantizabimus 

 eadem benelicia abbati et monachis eisdem contra omnes homines in quantum 

 potest patronus warantizare. 



Ut igitur hec mea donatio et concessio rata in perpeluum et stabilis per- 

 nianeat presens scriptuui censui in testimonium Uim sigilii mei quam prcdicti 

 Willelmi de LLautintune nnmimine roborandum. 



His lestibus, Domino Tlieobaldo I'incerna llybernic, Willelmo Crasso 

 primogcnito tunc seiiescallo Lagenic, llamone Crasso fratre ipsius, liicardo 

 rinccrna, Nicholao le Mai-chisj Osberto priore Sancti Johannis de Kilkenni, 

 Alueredo priore de Instioc, Raiulolpho pereoua de Baligaurau, et multis aliis. 



One of the two seals of ibis charter is preBer\'ed. Tlie grant was of great value 

 (ibcre is a uote of il in E) ; it was confirmed in 1249 and agaiu in 1262, as appears 

 from notes in E as follows : — 



" Charta W. Leigh! : episc : (cuius in superior! facta mentio) an. 1219 ponlilicatus 

 nostri 21. Confirmatio charte Alan! Beg patroni ccclesie Duumaclaydg per 

 Lucam Dublin : archiep : " 



William (1228-12.51) is the bishop of Leighlin indicated, and Luke (1228-1255) 

 was the aichbi&liop of Dublin. See p. 72. 

 And again : 



" Charta confirmationis (super eodem) T. Leglilin : episc : ad confirmationem 

 doni el iustrumcnti bonae memoriae W. predecessoris nostri. Dat : anno 

 gralie 12U2, poutiiicatus nostri anno 10." 



This was ,the confirmation by Bishop Thomas of Leighlin (1252-1275) of 

 Bishop William's instrument. See nos. 49 and G8, infra. 



We have already met with Alan Beg (p. 11) and bis son-in-law William de 

 Caunteton (p. 21). 



The church of Duntnactathec may perhaps, as Mr. Orpcn suggests, be 

 identified with the "ecclesia de villa ALini," mentioned in the Ecclesiastical 



