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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



of tlie fraternity " was assigned as one of the causes which, hastened 

 the end of that ill-fated minister of the latter — Wentworth, Earl of 

 Strafford.^ 



During a search for ancient wills connected with the diocese of 

 Dublin, attention was directed to this portion of the Haliday collection ; 

 and of so much interest and importance did these original and appar- 

 ently unknown documents appear, that it seemed only right to take 

 steps towards making the Academy acquainted with their contents. 



They deal with the property of the fraternity in that portion of 

 the ancient city immediately round S. Audoen's church, including 

 High-street, Cook-street, Eochel-lane, Keyzar's-lane, Winetavern- 

 «treet, and Merchants' -quay ; in the suburbs, Prancis-street, James' s- 

 gate, &c. ; and at Kilmainham, Crumlin, &c., in the County Dublin. 

 "While adding a good deal to our knowledge of the city, they afford 

 considerable information as to old-time citizens and their families. 



It is proposed to give a short account of the foundation of S. Anne's 

 gild and its objects, noting anything of special interest in the Deeds, 

 and then to deal with its later history, as revealed in certain proceed- 

 ings against the fraternity, initiated by the Lord Deputy and Council 

 in the reign of Charles I., and by Chancery Eills, &c., at a subsequent 

 period. A Calendar of the documents, similar in plan to that adopted 

 for the Christ Church collection (Appendices to the 20th, 23rd, and 

 24th Eeports of the Deputy-Keeper of the Eecords), forms Appendix 

 ^0. 1. Appendix ]^o. II. is a list of Masters and "Wardens, 1434-1740. 



S. Audoen, Bishop of Eouen, died in 683 ; and as his memoiy 

 was highly venerated among the Anglo-jN'orman settlers in Dublin, 

 their church here was fittingly dedicated to him as their patron. 

 S. Audoen's (or S. Owen's) church was originally conferred by Arch- 

 bishop John Comyn on the Convent of Grace Dieu ; but Henry de 

 Loundres allocated it to the Treasurer of S. Patrick's Cathedral. 

 Within this church, prior to the establishment of S. Anne's gild, 

 stood a chapel of S. Mary the "Virgin, and there were also altars 

 erected to S. Catherine, S. iN'icholas, S. Thomas, and S. Clare. 



On 16th December, 1430, in the ninth year of his reign, King 

 Henry YI., by letters patent, with the assent of Eichard, Ai'ch- 

 bishop of Dublin, Justiciary of this Kingdom, in homage and reverence 

 of God, the E. Y. M., and S. Anne, and with a view to fulfilling the 

 pious intentions of the said prelate, and of Christopher Barnewall, 

 John Blackney, Walter Tirrell, knight; John fitzEobert Barnewall, 



'^Stinting of the Romish Fox, 1683. 



