112 Proceedinfjs of fhc Bojjal Irish Academy. 



Eicardi de Kerdif dedi coneessi et hac present! carta mea confirinaui abbati 

 et comientui de Yalle Sancti Saluatoris triginta et nouem acras terre que 

 jaceiit juxta terrain grangie ipsorinn inonachormu de Athcopenach, siciit 

 eisdem monachis mensurate sunt et perambulate per metas bundas et diuisas 

 subsceptas ; uidelieet in latitudine inter terrani prodictoruiu luonacboruni 

 ex parte oricntali et terrain "Willeliiii filii Alunrcdi ex parte occidentali, et 

 extendunt se in longitudine a parua aqua que est Atlicopenagh ex parte 

 austiali, usque ad uiaiu que ducit ad Dungaruain ex parte boriali et quedaiu 

 pars dicte terre extendit se de aqua que uocatur Athcopciiach risque ad 

 aquain que uocatur Stronan et uocatur ilia pars terre Macglasbeg : 



Habendum et tenendum predictJim terrain cum suis pprtincnciis prodictis 

 monachis et eoram successoribus in perpetuum de me et licredihiis uel 

 assigiiatis mois prout melius et liberius cam dare et incartarc potui: 



Keddeudo imle aumiatim predicti monachi et eoiiim successores mihi et 

 heredibus ucl assigiiatis meis uiium par cyrotliecariim uel uiiuiu doiiarium, 

 in terinino festi pasche pro omni seruicio oxaccione, saluis secta curie et 

 deniaudn seculari. 



Et ego dictus Willeliiius et heredes inei uel assignati mci pro predictis 



monachis cali toribus respondere tenemur, ita quod predii li mmiat hi 



sint quicti ex toto de omni sareina redditunm et aliorum proueiiiontiuni. 



Ego iiero dictus Wiliflnius et heredes uel assignati mei dictis monacliis 

 ct corum successoribus dictum tcrram cum suis peniiiciitiis cdiim.i nnines 

 mortales in perpetiuun warantizabimus ae(iuietabimus et defendeinus. 



Pro hac nutom doualione concossione et presentis carte mee con- 

 finnatione dederunt mihi predicti monachi undecim libras esterlingorum 

 pre manibus. 



Ut auteui hec mea donatio concessio et presentis carte mee confirinatio 

 robur firmitatis et stabilitntis futuris tcinporibus optineat in perpetuum 

 prcsentem cartam sigilli mei imiircssione duxi roborandum. 



Hiis testibus Domino Galfrido Ossoriensi episcopo, Magistro Kogeio 

 archidiacono, Dominis Johauue de Valle, Philippo Maunsel, Reso Beket, 

 Galfrido Ketyng, militibus, Johannc de Blancheuil, et multis aliis. 



The seal remains, and we can still read upon it >2E< s. wilm . d . ceardif. 



The chart«r is nicntioncd in llie Extracts from tlic Dui.slic Registers (FL). 



We have met the de Cardiff family in the neighbourhood of Coppenagh before 

 (no. 60). This William de I'ardiff was son of Richard dc Cardiff (see p. 78) who 

 was son of Robert de Cardiff. A William dc < 'ard iff appears in 1281 as liaving 

 killed an " Irishman '■ ;' and, again, Williani de Cardiff was one of two persons 

 appointed in 1302 by the ablxit of Dunbrody to represent him in his absence.' 



Dungarran is to the north-west of Graigue or Dniske. Matjlasbcg and Stroiian 

 have not been located, but the situation of the land transferred is not (loubtful. 

 Fitz Alured is a name that does not seem to occur again in this neighbourhood. 



The first witness was Geoffrey St. Leger, bishop of Ossory from 1260 to 1287. 

 Roger dc Lyons succeeded to the archdeaconry some time after 1264, and appears 



' Horo'i KtiB Rets, p. 152. ' CM. A. ii, Ixxxvi (quoting Patent Rolls, xxxi Ed. I). 



