484 



Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



A few extracts from this book are contained in a manuscript in 

 the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (MS. 842, jS'o. 18) ; but they 

 are of no special interest. 



In the Calendar I have given a reference to Mason's History, 

 wherever that indefatigable compiler has summarised the contents of 

 any of the following documents ; and I have also given references to 

 the other ms. collections in which any of the deeds are (to my know- 

 ledge) contained. I have printed the names of witnesses in full, as 

 these are often useful to students of local history. Perhaps at some 

 future time, the book, of which a Calendar only is now offered, may 

 be made accessible to the public in its entirety ; it is, I think, quite 

 as worthy of the honours of print as many of the collections which 

 have been published of recent years. 



CALEJfDAE OF DOCUMENTS IN THE COLLECTION CALLED DiGNlTAS DeCANI 



ET Capituloeum S. Pateicii Duel. 

 [^The ordinary figures denote No. of document ; the heavy figures date of document.'] 



1. Charter of Archbishop Comyn, establishing Prebends in the 

 1190. Church of St. Patrick. p. 1 (copy p. 1). 



ending qui custodient communiam sancti Patricii uel aliorum 

 duorum qui interesse poterint. Hiis testibus S. abbate sancti Thome 

 Dublin, R. priore sancte Trinitatis, W. archidiacono Dublin., D. 

 priore Hospitalis sancti lohannis, Elia canonico sancti Augustini, 

 magistro Thoma, Eoberto decano Dublin., E. decano de Swerdes, 

 Gregorio decano, Matthaeo, Andrea, Willelmo, Gregorio, Alexandre 

 n. capellanis, Osberto Essel (?), W. de Marisco, Simone Cumin (?), 

 Roberto de Crumel, Willelmo de G., et multis aliis." 



This document also occurs in Alan's Register (Pt. i. fol. 20 (def.) 

 = T 60, M 42 mg, E 98). It is printed in full in the Appendix to 

 Mason's History of St. Patriclc's Cathedral, p. i. 



2. Charter of Archbishop Henry, founding Precentorship, 

 1219. Chancellorship, and Treasurership. p. 3 (copy p. 4). 



ending '^duximus roborandum. Testibus canonicis dicti capituli 

 et magistris lohanne de Taunton et Eicardo de Werminstre, Galfrido 

 de Toruilla, magistro Petro et Philippe capellanis, "Warino et Eogero 

 clericis et multis aliis." 



A shorter form of the next entry (no. 3), q.v. 



