232 



Proceedings of tlie Royal Irish Academy, 



1398-9. 



1399. 



1899. 



1399-1400. 



1400-1. 



1401-4. 



140J. 



1404-5. 



Thomas Holland, duke of Snrrey, King's Lieut. 

 Appointed 26 .July, lb9S (E.P.B.). Landed at Dublin, 

 (GraTes, Council Koll, Rie. IT). 



Oct., 1398 



King Eichard arrived 1 June, 1399, at Wateriord, and left Lreland 

 and arrived at Milford, 18 Aug., 1899. 



Edmund de Kent, Cnstos. 



Probably appointed by King on bis leaving Ireland (see Mem. Eoll, 

 1 Hen. IV, m. 10, where he wiU be found testing, 27 Oct.). 



Ale'xander de Balscot, bishop of Meath, Justiciar. 

 Appointed by Henry lY (Gilbert |. He was acting up to March, 

 1400 (LP.E., 1 Hen. IV, p. 15.5|. 



John de Stanley, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 10 Dec., 1399 (X.P.E.). Did not commence acting at 



least tiU March, 1400 (when he was testing, see I.P.E., 1 Hen. IV), 



and acted up till appointment of T. de Lancaster. 

 Deputy in Ulster, Sir Gilbert Halsale, appointed 8 May, 1400 



(I.P.B.), and in Connaught, Sir Thos. fitz Edmund de Burgo, 



appointed 14 May, 1400 (I.P.E.). 



Thomas de Lancaster, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 27 June, 1401 (El.P.E.), for sis years from 18 July next. 

 Landed atBlowyck (BnUock^,, near Dalkey, 13 Nov., 1401 (I.P.E.), 

 when he look over the government from his deputy. Farther 

 appointment, 10 March, 1403 (I.P.R.). Left Howth, 8 Nov., 

 1403. 



Deputies, Sir Stephen Lescrop, who arrived 7 July, 1401 (Wylie, 

 Hen. IV). He handed over the government to Lancaster on his 

 arrival in November. Was re-appointed 19 Dec, 1401, to assist 

 Lancaster, and 7 Nov., 1403, on his departure (he made Sir W. 

 de Burgo his deputy in Connaught, 5 Dec, 1403). Disappeared 

 early in 1404. 



James le Botiller, 3rd earl of Ormond, Justiciar. 



On Lescrop's disappearance, the CotmcLl elected Botiller their 

 " Solidarius " and War Governor, 3 March, 1404, at Castledermot, 

 but he attested as Justiciar (see Mem. EoU, 8 Hen. IV, m. 19, 

 9 May, 1404). 



Thomas de Lancaster, King's Lieutenant. 



Appointed 1 Oct., 1404 lE.P.R.j ; did not come over. 



Deputy, Sir Stephen Lescrop, appointed 18 or 26 Oct., 1404, and 

 later, being obliged to go to England, he appointed James le 

 Botiller, earl of Ormond, as his deputy (appointed 25 June, 1405 

 (LP.E.^, and admitted at Xaas, 4 July, 1405 1, who died at Gowran, 

 7 Sept., 1405. 



