liiiUNAKD — The Charters of Ihc Abbe// of Duiskc. 127 



(|Uii.s lulducoiit L't tL'Unms (|U(i in ilirlis ])ai'LiliVis in mistro iil)sri|iii(i ninra- 

 bimtiii', saluo tantuniniddi) ])as.sat,n(i eorunidL-ni in ueiiicndo ad partes prod icLas 

 ot dc uisdeni pavtibiis ruuorLendo; ol incrcatoi'cs dc societato liic'ardoniin de 

 Luky, iiuibiis abbas de Dowisky teuctur in trescentas qnadraginta et duabiis 

 libris dcconi et septeni solidis et tribiis denariis soluendis infra ipiatiior annos 

 proximo uenturos ad certos terminos, pront per recordnin rotuloriim scaccarii 

 nos(ri Dubliui constat enidenter, nobis teneantur in magna sumnia pecunie : 



Nos per predictos instieiarios, thesaurariuni, Eogeniin, Waltenim, et 

 Magistrum Johannem, pro centum et (piatuordecim libris ipiintpie solidis et 

 noiuun denariis, quos idem abbas soluit Johanni Deneger in instanti ad uadia 

 sex hominiini ad arma cum totidem equis coopertis et diiodecim hobolarioriini 

 competenter armatoriim et sexaginta et diiorum hominma peditnm in com- 

 itiua predicti iusticiarii nostri Hibernie ad nos in subsidium guerre nostre 

 predicte uenientiiim, soluenda et acquitanda per centum dies remisimus et 

 perdonauimus predictis mercatoribus totuni predictum debituni trescenlarum 

 qnadraginta et dnarum librarum decem et septeni solidorum et trium dena- 

 riorum, ita quod idem abbas nersns eosdem mercatores sit quietus de eisdem, et 

 ipsum abbatem inde uersus eos acquietamus et acquietare faciemus. Volumiis 

 eciam et precipimus quod totuni predictum debitum trescentamm qnadraginta 

 et duarum librarum decem et septeni solidorum et trium denariorum piedictis 

 mercatoribus, in compote suo nobis reddendo de debitis in quibus nobis tenen- 

 tur, penitns allocetur. 



In cuius rei testimonium bas literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. 



Testibus prefatis iusticiariis, tbesanrario, Eogero, Waltero, et Magistro 

 Johanne ; apud Dublin : uicesiino quinto die Junii anno regni nostri uicesiino 

 none. 



Two seals are attached to these Letters Patent, of which a pr&cis is preserved 

 in E. 



It must be remembered that the abbot of Duiske, like the heads of other 

 religious houses, was under obligation to supply soldiers for the king's service, just 

 as lay landowners were. And we find that as late as 1537 the abbot of Duiske 

 exacted from his tenants the oppressive custom of " coyne and livery," applicable 

 to this purpose.' 



Geoffrey de Joinville, or G-encvillc, assisted in the government of Ireland, as 

 Viceroy, and as justiciary. He married Matilda de Lacy, and died at Trim, as a 

 Dominican monk, in 1814. 



Sir Jolin U'ogaii, justiciary, played a large part in Irish affairs towards the end 

 of the thirteenth century. It was he who, as Viceroy, was responsible for the 

 humiliation of the order of Templars in Ireland in 1308. 



Bicliard de Bereford was appointed treasurer of the Irish Exchequer 3 June, 

 1300, and became Chancellor of Ireland in 1311. 



Walter ]i'ogan appears as seneschal of Wexford, and as custodian of the royal 

 manors at Old Ross, about 1310-12.- 



' See Graves, Presentments of Grievances temp. lien. V'lll. p. 1:20. 

 - Hore's Neiv Ross, pp. 175-177. 



