T\vi&s~ Decits of the PdHxhcH of St. Catherine and St. Jimrs. y6t 



recovery of two houses in St. Thomas' Street — one known as the "Blue 

 Boar"; the other at one time occupied by Chief liaroii ]>ysso — whicli were 

 alleged to be portion of the ancient parish property. 'I'ho trustees were 

 successful, though from the pleadings and the judgment in the case it would 

 appear that they had not the advantage of having before lliem ihe grants 

 dealt with in this paper, which ap[iarently were not in their possession at 

 the time. 



The greater number of the houses conveyed in the deeds under notice 

 lay in St. Thomas' Street; others in St. Francis' Street and Cook Street, 

 while three of the documents refer to premises adjoining St. James's church- 

 yard and in St. James's Gate. One is couvei'sant with a house in Bridge 

 Street, and another with five shops situated in the lane leading from the 

 street of Oustuianton to St Mary's Abbey, between Frapper's Lane (now 

 North King Street) and Coccow Ijaue, known also as Loughlin Lane (now 

 Beresford Streetj. 



As in other instances, the old title-deeds of land and premises which 

 subsequently became parish property, are to be found among the documents. 

 In the present case, deeds are forthcoming which carry the title of land in 

 St. Thomas' Street from 1296 to 1533, while some of the later documents 

 carry it still further, though it be not now possilde to identify the particular 

 holdings William de Venella and Agnes de St. John, his wife, are the 

 earliest known possessors of laud which for a considerable period was owned 

 by the trustees of St. Catherine's parish. This they conveyed to liichard, 

 son of Augustine of the Salmon Leap. In 1309 William de Kemeseye, 

 called Glazewright, a worker in glass, obtained the premises, and his family 

 continued in possession until 1409, when Eichard Glazewright granted 

 some of his properly in Thomas' Street, with premi,ses in Cook Street and 

 Oxmantown, to three chaplains, probably trustees on behalf of the parish. 

 In 1337-8 William Glazewright was juror in au inquisition taken on the 

 death of William Payne, abbot of St. ]\Liry's.' In 13S1 Joan Douce 

 bequeathed to Eicliard Glasewryght two shops in St. Thomas' Street, roofed 

 with tiles.^ In 1434 the chaplains conveyed the above-mentioned property 

 to Maurice Segyn, when Joan Boys, widow of a William Glazewright, 

 released to him any right she might have had in it by way of dower. In 

 the Patent Roll of 10 Henry VI (1431-2) is a grant to Maurice Segyne, 

 smith, Walter Segyne, cordwainer, and John Segyne, of the Irish nation, 

 that they and their issue should be free, and use English laws. In 1470 



' Gilbert's Charhdaries of St. Mary's Abbey. 



^St. Anne's Gild, H. F. Berry, Procecdiuys U.I.A.. .n.xv, Sec. C, p. 21. 



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