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36. 



Grant by Adam de Sumeri for the good of his soul and of the soial of 

 Chire, his wife, to the convent of Duiske, of the tithes of his lands at 

 Denghen and Acherloski, with the obventions belonging to the chapel 

 of these lands, after the death or cession of the possessor of the tithes, 

 Thomas de Caunteton, rector of the church of Glennovere. 



Uniuersis Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis ad qiios presens scriptum peruenerit 

 Adam de Sumeri eternam in domino salutem. 



Sciatis quod ego, pro salute auime mee et Clarec uxoris mee et liberorum 

 nostrorum ac predeccssorum et successorum nostrorum, dedi et concossi et hac 

 presenti carta mea confirmaui abbati dc Valle Sancti Saluatoris et monachis 

 ibidem deo seruientibus omues decimas tene mee que dicitur Dcnghen et . . . 

 terius terre mee que dicitur Atlierloski, cum omnibus obuentionibus ad 

 capellam earundem terranim pertiueutibus, percipiendas in puram et per- 

 petuam clemosinam iure perpetuo ; postquam Thomas de Kantiutune rector 

 ecclesie de Glennoucre, qui in presenti decimas ))OSsidot memoratas, do hac 

 uita discesscrit, uel uitam suam muUuerit. 



Et ego ct heredes mei wai-antizabinnis abbali et cdinu'niui donuis memo- 

 rale dictas decimas cum obuentionibus contra omnes homines ct contra oumes 

 feminas. 



In hiiius donationis mee testimonium ci munimen scripLu )pifsciili sigillum 

 nieum apposui. 



Hiis testibue, Willelmo de Sumeri, Radulfo de Sumeri et Dauid de Sumeri 

 fratribus meis, l{ol)erto I)aui<l et Kadulfo filiis meis, Willelmo de Kantintune 

 filio Ado de Kanliutune et Itheil fratrc eius, Kicardo IJloet, et multis aliis. 



Tbo lauds named in this instrument art- the subject of later charters (nos. 50, 

 61, 52), from wliicli it appears that they were in co. Cork in the diocese of Cloyne. 



Deuijhen or I >cnf)hc»ca(jhnach is probably to be identified with Ballindangan, 

 which is near Glaiiworlii and in the barony of Fcrmoy. Glauworth was anciently 

 called Glanorc (Glennovere = 'Gleann-iiibhair,' the glen of the yew tree), and this 

 name still remains as that of a prebend of Cloyne Cathedral. 



Denghen means ' a fort ' or ' stronghold,' and Dcngheneachnach may stand for 

 ' the Fort of the Eoganachts,' i.e. the descendants of Eoghan Mor, a branch of the 

 clan having settled near Glanorc. 



Acherloski (or Acheradloski = ' Achad loiscthi,' a rich, fertile field) was also in 

 the barony of Fermoy. 



Adam dc Sumcri's seal hsis disappeared from this grant, which may be dated 

 about 1230. We have already had bis family before us (p. 43), several of whom 

 are named in this document, and also in no. 50. 



Several members of the de Caunteton family also appear in our charters. Here 

 we have TT*i7/)<jm dc CaunUton, who is probably the man we have had before 

 (pp. 21, 35), and his brother Ithkl, who nere sous of Adam de Caunteton. 

 Thomas dc Caunteton, the rector of Glanore, may be identified with the person of 



