Bkrnaki) — The Charters of the Abbey of Duiskc. 155 



be (lyvcis Abbaycs ajnyiiiiig Lo lliusu Iry.shincii vvydie do more aycle and sup- 

 portacon to theia than to the Kyng or his subjects, parte agaynst their wyllys, 



as tlie Abbey of Diiske, com. Carhigh . . . wyclic may be suppressed 



and gcvyn by our sovereign lord tiic Kyng to yong lords, knights, and gents 

 out of England, which sliall dwell upon the same":' 



It will be observed that the charge of disloyalty to the Crown is expressly 

 preferred against the monasteries in this recomniendation." 



Events moved (quickly, and the abbey of Uuiske was dissolved by Letters 

 Patent of 6th May, 1536, followed by an Act of the Irish Parliament in 1537. 

 Abbot Kavanagh was granted a pension of £10 a year.^ 



The transfer to the Crown of the possessions of the convent was made at 

 Kilkenny on -ith January, 15il, as is set out in the following document, which 

 has been transcribed for us by Miss E. Thompson ;^ — 



106. 



Com. Kylkein'ny. 



Fossessiones ad nuper monastcrimn de Duske in comitatu prcdicto 

 pertinentes. — Extenta omnium et singulorum tenementovum ac aliarum 

 possessionum tarn spiiitualium c^uam temporalium, ad nuper monasterium 

 de Duske in comitatu predicto pertineutium, in mauibus domini nostri 

 Heurici viij''' , Dei Gratia Anglie et Frauncie Regis, fidei Defensoris, Domini 

 Hibernie, ac in terra supremi capitis Anglicane et Hiberuicane ecclesie, per 

 dissolutionem eiusdem nuper monasterii, pretextu sursum-redditionis per 

 abbatem et conuentum ibidem habite, facta apud Kylkenny iiij'" die Januarii 

 anno regni regis predicti xxxij''" : Coram Antonio Seynctleger milite depu- 

 tato Domini Regis terre sue Hibernie, et Willelmo Cavendysshe uno aiidi- 

 torum curie augmentationis revenientium corone predicte Domini Regis 

 ac commissionai'iis ipsius Domini Regis nuper assignatis nnacum Thoma 

 Walshe uno Baronum de Scaccario dicti Domini Regis in Auglia, et Johanne 

 Mynue uno auditoriim compotorum scaccarii ipsius Domini Regis in Anglia," 

 inter alia ad omnia et singula castra dominia maneria terras et teuementa 



' Quoted by Hore, Tintern Abbey, p. 72, from the State Papers. 



- See pp. 136, 150. 



' Archbishop King's Collectanea, p. 360. In 1649 a Pardon was granted to " Charles 

 Kavanagh, late abbot of Diiiske " {Flaiih Ed. VI, no. 348). 



^ State Papers, Ireland, Henry VIII. Portfolios, vol. iii (Public Record Office, 

 London). 



■' Sii' Antliony St. Leger was Lord Deputy from 1540 to 1546. Sir ]i'iUiam Cai-endish 

 was engaged in the business of taking over monastic property from the year 1530 onward ; 

 he was the builder of Chatsworth, the famous seat of the family. Barou Tlivinas IWthh 

 and Juhii Mijime, as the king's commissioners, appear iu connexion with the transfer to 

 the Crown of several other religious houses in the South of Ireland (see Here's M'ea^ord, 

 p. 146, and Enniscorthn, p. 360). 



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