IBernard — The Charters of the Abbe;/ of Duiske. 83 



in the Kecord Office, London," and is printed by Dugdale.' The fee paid by the 

 convent was the same as for no. 55, viz. : " three niarlts in bezants " ; and the 

 witnesses are the same as for that instrument, executed on the same day. 



57. 

 Letters Patent of unlimited protection granted by King Henry III to the 



Convent of Duiske. 



Dated at Woodstock, 11 Aug. 1252. 



Henricus Dei gratia Eex Anglie Dominus Hibernie Dux Normannie 

 Aquitanie et Comes Andegauie omnibus balliuis et fidelibus suis ad quos 

 presentes littere peruenerint salutem. 



Sciatis quod su.scepimus in protectionem et defeusionem nostram abbatiam 

 abbatem et conuentum de Valle Sancti Saluatoris in Hibernia homines terras 

 res redditus et omnes possessiones eorum. Et ideo nobis mandamus quod 

 predictos abbatiam abbatem et conuentum homines terras res redditus et 

 omnes possessiones eorum manu teneatis protegatis et defendatis, non infe- 

 rentes eis uel inferri permittentes iniuriam moles tiam dampnum aut grauamen. 

 Et si quid eis forisfactum fuerit, id eis sine dilatione facialis emendari. 



In cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras eis fieri fecimus patentes. 

 Teste me ipso apud Wodestok undecimo die Augusti anno regni nostri 

 tricesimo sexto. 



Half of the Great Seal is still attached to this instrument.^ 



58. 



Consent, with reservations, of Matthew, abbot of Mellifont, and his 

 convent, to the union of the abbey of Killenuy with the abbey of 

 Duiske. 



Dated at Mellifont, March, 1253. 



Uniuersis Christi fidelibus presentes literas inspecturis uel audituris 

 Frater Mattheus dictus abbas Mellifontis et eiusdem loci conuentus eternam 

 in domino salutem ...... 



. . . nobis displiceat distrlbutio domorum generationis nostre facta per 



abbates Trium Font ium,Frigidi Montis, de Margan 



auctoritatem eapituli generalis ad redigendum al)batias in grangias et ad 



coniungendas abbatias abbatiis ordinatio nobis et succes- 



soribus nostris grauis sit et nociua et spem adhunc in futuruni conceperimus 



reuocandi filias tamen profectui domus de Valle Sancti 



Saluatoris que nobis et domui nostre pluries multiplicia fecit et contulit 



' Charter Roll 36 Hen. Ill, m (i. = Monasi. Amjlk. (cd. 1830), vi, 1135. 



3 See Patent Rolls 36 Henry III, m 4. 



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