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(turbarum) ; 2. that they will without delay restore all lands of which the 

 church of Armagh or the prelates thereof can show that they have been 

 despoiled, especially the lands of Clondawyll ; 3. that for all transgressions 

 committed against them by them or their people they will deliver sufficient 

 pledges (pignora) ; 4. upon all the things which the archbishop seeks from 

 them they will hold to the ordinance or testimony of the dean and chapter, 

 without any disturbance or litigation (stabimus ordinacioni seu testimonio 

 . . . absque aliquo alio tumultu vel strepitu judiciali). For their oath to 

 observe these things they have found Edward (II], King of Ireland, a 

 guarantor (fidemjussorem), as is contained in his letters patent. 

 Dated at Armagh. 



The date is given as the iirst year of King Edward. That this was Edward II appears from 

 entries in the Four Masters relating to two of the persons naentioned in the document. They record 

 that Donald, son of Brian O'Neill, died in 1325 ; and that Gormlaith, " daughter of O'Donnell, wife 

 of O'Neill," died in 1353. 



171. Collation of the rectory of St. Mary's, Dunbeyug, vacant by the 

 7 October, 1414. resignation of Sir S(tephen) Bodnam, to Nicholas Alexander, 

 clerk of the diocese of Meath. f. 39 (38). 



Form as in no. 8. 



172. Letter of the archbishop, sole executor of the Apostolic See in the 

 7 August, 1411. matter mentioned below. f. 39 (38)^. 



States that a letter from Cardinal Peter (Gerardi), Bishop of Tusculum, 

 having charge of the papal penitentiary together with Cardinal Antony (de 

 Cajetanis), Bishop of Porto, dated at Bologna, 1 March, 1410, and sealed with 

 his oblong seal in the manner of the Eoman court (opening and closing 

 sentences c[uoted), had been presented to the archbishop by Niallan Occorr, 

 scholar of the diocese of Armagh, who prayed that it should be put into 

 execution. Witnesses as to the character of Occorr having been examined, 

 the archbishop, in accordance with the tenor of the letter, dispensed him, the 

 -son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to holy orders and 

 to hold a benefice even with cure of souls, provided that if he obtains such 

 benefice he receives holy orders within the statutory time, and resides 

 therein. 



Ends : " Datum Ai-dmache . . . presentibus ibidem magistris Thoma 

 Oluccaren decano nostro Ardmachano, "Willielmo Moner officiali [curie] 

 nostre Ai'dmachane, et abbate monasterii apostolorum Petri et Pauli de 

 Ardmacha," &c. 



173. Charter to Terence M'=art. f. 40 (39). 

 14 August, 1411. With consent ami on conditions as in no. 22 (the 

 mortgage clause being omitted) the archbishop grants him the lands of 



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