Bernard — The Charters of ike Ahbeij of Duiakc. 75 



We havG mot with William dc St. Lcgcr before (p. 21). Tlio river which is the 

 subject of the grant is now called the King's River. For Tidlcujhanbrocjuc see p. 21 ; 

 for Tulachany, p. 20 ; and for Williaiii, Fitz Maurice, the first witness, p. 39. 



Bis da Ardcrnc witnessed a charter of Dimbrody Abbey, granted by Walter 

 Marshal between 1211 and 1213 ;' and ho appears in 12-iG as holding JIarshal 

 lands.'- William Baratin, who is described as a knight (as well as Itis de Arderne), 

 Geoffrey Scortals,^ and Gilbert Thunder were all witnesses of John Fitz Geofi'rey's 

 Charter to Kells,' which was executed after 1234. 



Eager de Pembroke appears as witness to several charters, e.g. William Fitz 

 Geoffrey's charter to Kells about 1215 ;° and the charter granted by Walter Marshal 

 to Dunbrody between 1241 and 1245,'' already mentioned as signed by Ris de 

 Arderne. He held Marshal lands in 1246.' He is here described as vicecomes, i.e. 

 sherifl', of Kilkenny. See no. 59, infra. 



Of Walter dc Mora (or, perhaps, de Mera ; see no. 77) we know nothing. A 

 person of the same name appears as holding lands in co. Wexford in 1281.* 



49. 



Letters of W., bishop of Leighlin, certifying that Laurence of London, 



precentor, had renounced his title to the Church of Duumatatheg in 



Idrone, to which he had formerly been presented by the convent of 



Duiske. 



Dated at Lechdufthy Feb., 1236. 



Uniuersis presontes literas inspecturis nel audituris W. dei gratia 

 Leehlinensis episcopus eternam in domino salutem. 



Noueritis quod cum aliquando abbas et conuentus de Valle Sancti Salua- 

 toris ad ecclesiam de Dunmatatheg in Odrone cum suis pertinentiis 

 magistrum Laurentium de London precentorem nostrum nobis presentassent, 

 processu temporis idem L. mutando consilium omni iure quod habuit pretextu 

 dicte presentationis in nostra presencia constitutus sponte et mere renunciauit, 

 et literas suas renunciationis coram nobis in capitulo nostro apud Lechdufthy 

 ad instanciam dictorum abbatis et conuentus legi fecimus. 



In cuius rei testimonium present! scripto sigillum nostrum apponi fecimus. 



Actum apud Lechdufthy anno gratie Mccxxxv mense Februario. 



We have had the church of Dunmatatheg or Duntnactathcc before (p. 30). 

 The bishop was William le Chaimiuor, who held the see of Leighlin from 1228 

 to 1251. 



Of Laurence of London, the precentor, we know nothing more. 

 Of Lcchdzifthy we have not identified the situation. 



' C.M.A. ii, 164. - CM. A. ii, 406. 



^ Shovtalstown Chapel appears in the Red Book of Ossory as in the Deanery of Kells. 

 CO. Kilkenny ; for the Shortall family, see Graves, Histoiij, d-c, of St. Caiiice's Cafhediid, 

 p. 165. 



■* Ghartae, &c., p. 17 (where it is wrongly dated). ° Ghartae, &c., \>. IG. 



'^ C.M.A. ii, 164. " C.M.A. ii, 40ti. ^ Hore's -Ycii; Ross, p. 11. 



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