Bernard — The Ckartcrs of the Ahbri/ of Duislce. 139 



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Letterw Patent of K. Edward III, coiifiniiiiig tlic Tiispcximus by 

 K. Henry III [no. 56] of the cliaitoi- of William Marshal tlie 

 younger to the convent of Duiske [no. 12]. 



Dated at Kilkenny, 28 Jan. 1872. 



Edwardus Dei gratia Eex Anglie et Francie et Doniinus Hibernie omnibus 

 ad quos presentes litere peruenerint salutem. 



Inspeximus quasdam litteras patentes sigillo Henrici quondam Kegis 

 Anglie progeuitoris nostri consignatas in hec uerba : 



" Henricus Dei gratia Eex Anglie Dominus Hibernie Dux {as in no. 56 

 dovm to] vationabiliter testatur." 



In cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. 



Teste Willelmo de Wyndesore locum nostrum tenente in terra nostra 

 Hibernie apud Kilkenni uicesimo octauo die Januarii anno regni nostri 

 Anglie quadragesimo quinto regni uero nostri Francie tricesimo secundo. 



Pro tresdecim solidis et quatuor denariis . . solutis in hanaper, per 

 lohannem de Batheby, cancellarium Hibernie . . tholewell . . 



William of Windsor, through wliom these Letters Patent were issued, was 

 Viceroy of Ireland. 



The fee paid at the Hanaper Office for this instrument was 13s. 4(/. 

 A note of it is preserved in E. 



We have now only incidental notices of the abbey during the next seventy 

 years. 



In 1400 we have record of a Papal Mandate to the abbot of Duiske to 

 collate and assign to John Smyth, rector of Kilmedy, in the diocese of Ossoiy, 

 the prebend of Blackrath ;' but the abbot is not named. 



In 1415 John Dound, doctor of laws, was abbot ; he appears as answering, 

 as proctor, for the loyalty of Arthur MacMurrough, who sought a safe conduct 

 for his son, Gerald Kavauagh, going to England to the King's presence.^ 



We find in the Extracts from the Duiske Eegisters (E) an abstract of an 

 instrument of the year 1424, which is of considerable interest as indicating 

 the growing friendliness of the Irish chieftains to the abbey of Duiske, which 

 had originally been an English foundation. It is as follows : 



"Henricus filius Henrici filii Galfridi O'Eyan sue luUionis capitaneus 

 onmibus ad quos presentes litere peruenerint salutem. 



" Inspeximus quandam chartam (^uam Dermitius O'Eyan du.x de Odrona 



' Cal. ofFapal Letters, 6 Kal. Aug., 1400. " Cat. of Patent Rolls, 1415, July 24. 



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