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(June, July, 1367), and the latter was followed by ff. 17, 18 (June-September). 

 Combining this with what has already been proved, we get the sequence fl'. 25, 

 45, 43, 42, A, 40, 19, 17, 18, 38. In like manner we may connect ff. 44, 49 

 (September, ] 367-rebruary, 1368)and.ff. ;34, 9, 10 (January, 1369-June, 1370). 

 And combining the results an inference may be drawn which includes nearly 

 half the existing leaves, and shows that a very great amoimt of displacement 

 has occurred. 1 1 has, in short, been made probable that the following leaves 

 originally stood in the order indicated : ff. 36, 29, 28, 15, 16, 41, 24, 23, 25, 

 45, 43, 42, A, 40, 19, 17, 18, 38, 44, 49, 34, 9, 10. 



This may be as appropriate a place as any other to mention that f . 35 has 

 been imported from a Eegister of Archbishop Swayne. 



Thus it appears that what is called Sweteman's Eegister is a collection of 

 leaves of vellum and paper, containing no doubt in almost all cases records of 

 his administration, but drawn from dilierent volumes, and bound together in 

 haphazard order. 



A few words must be said about the Calendar of Sweteman's Eegister 

 which is now presented to the Academy. My aim has been to give a summary 

 of each document sufficiently full to serve the purposes of a historical student. 

 The summaries have been made from Dr. Eeeves's rough copy of the Eegister 

 in Trinity College. But by the kindness of the Governors of the Public 

 Library of Armagh the original manuscript has been lent to the Library of 

 Trinity College for my use ; and I have checked my summaries by it through- 

 out. All personal and local names have been included exactly as they stand 

 in the manuscript, except in the case of common Christian names, for which 

 the modern forms are used. In the index I have collected the various spellings 

 of surnames, prefixing in each instance, where I considered that little or no 

 doubt was possible, the modern form, and in the case of Irish names the 

 equivalent Irish spelling. I have succeeded in identifying most of the places 

 named ; but a margin remains which I hope may become smaller as I extend 

 my knowledge of the later Eegisters. 



Throughout this Calendar the words ' archbishop ' and ' primate ' always 

 stand for Archbishop Milo Sweteman, unless the contrary is indicated. When 

 a letter neither emanates from him nor is addressed to him the fact is stated- 



In the dates of documents issued by Sweteman the years are indicated not 

 only by the ordinary a.d. reckoning, but also by the year of the archbishop's 

 consecration. I have not thought it necessary, as a rule, to gi\e the year in the 

 latter form. It will suffice to say here that a comparison of two documents 

 summarized below^ shows that Sweteman's sixth year began 17 x 21 November, 



1 Nos. 76, 121. 



