was interred in this abbey, near to Richard Grace, formerly a recluse therein. To him succeeded Richard Begge. 1510. This abbot, with William Youngbond, Maurice Tynbygh, and William Kensely, three monks of his abbey, were indicted, for that John Netterville and John Penqueyt, having taken shelter in the church of the blessed Virgin, William White, one of the coroners of the city, came and demanded from the said felons why they continued there, who answered, that they had killed John Coulock of Dublin; and further, at [Ardeath ?] they had stolen from William Darditz, the vicar thereof, one sheep of the value of eight-pence; and that they had taken sanctuary in the said church. The coroner then charged Adam Towyer and John Bodenham, and others of the officers of Ballibough, to watch and safely to keep the said felons within the said church, until delivered by due course of law. That agreeable to the said mandate, the officers aforesaid kept the said felons until the Monday next after the feast of St. Margaret, when the abbot and his monks drove away the said guard by force. jury acquitted them.a The 1511. John Burges succeeded Begge. He petitioned, that whereas it was enacted by parliament, in the reign of King Henry VI. that the temporalities of this abbey should not be seized, on the death, cession, or resignation of any abbot; he therefore prayed to be restored.g 1518, November 6. The abbot, with consent of the convent, granted a farm to James Cusack, of Prowtestown, gent., and Walter Cusack, rector of Rathmychell, their executors and assigns, the rectory of Drumcar in the Co. Louth, with the tithes of hay and corn, in the said parish, with all the messuages, land, and tenements of the Grange of Core, for 32 years at the rent of 14 marcs annually. 1522, February 18. The abbot, &c., granted to James Dowdall of Termonfeighin, Co. Louth, their lands in Termonfeighin at the rent of £5 6s. and 8d. annually. 1531. The abbot Burges died about midsummer, and was succeeded by William Laundy, who immediately yielded obedience, saving his order, to the archbishop.h 1537, November 8. The abbot &c., granted to Christopher and Patrick Cusack, of Portraine, the rectory of Drumcar, with the Grange of Core, with tithes, &c., for a term of 31 years. 1537. The abbot Laundy granted an annual pension of thirteen shillings and four-pence to Patrick Dowdall, their attorney for life. War. Annal. f King, pp. 378 and 383. Annals. i 1 King, p. 30. & Id. h War. MSS., vol. li., and This abbey, with all its great possessions, was surrendered into the King's hands, July 20th, 30th of King Henry VIII.: six messuages, 339 acres of meadow and pasture in Cullmyne and Ranveliston, parcel of the possessions of this monastery, were granted for 31 years, to Walter Peppard; and they were afterwards granted, January 3rd, 36th of that King, in reversion, to Maurice Earl of Thomond, at a yearly rent of 40s. Irish money, payable to the Lord of Castleknock; and to the heirs of Walter Sussex 3s. 4d. same money. December 20th, and 35th of the same King, this abbey, with several messuages and 50 acres, and 8 stagn of arable, 30 acres of pasture, and 8 messuages, 33 acres of arable, 8 of pasture, and 10 of common in Clonelyff, with several other messuages, gardens, &c. were granted in capite, without rent, to James Earl of Desmond.i By an inquisition taken in 1541, the abbot was found to have been seized of the following lands in this county, viz. :— In the Grange of Ballybaghull, a messuage, a £ s. d. mansion house, mill, and 105 acres of arable, 4 of meadow, and 111 of pasture, 768 Dryshoke, 2 messuages, 114 acres of arable, 4 of meadow, and 102 of pasture, Ballyngeston and Wolleston, I messuage, 114 acres of arable, 4 of meadow, and 82 of pasture, . Rathskall, Morlemenyscourt, and Little Menyscourt, I messuage, 116 acres of arable, 4 of meadow, and 120 of pasture, 4 10 4 13 3 Ballybaghull, 13 acres of meadow, Brownston, 2 pounds of wax yearly. 5 Skyddow, 2 acres of pasture, Stradbally, a messuage, 23 acres of arable, 2 of meadow, and 5 of pasture, (besides a chief rent of 17 shillings), Portmarnock,21 2 tide mills, a warren, &c. Roeboke's wall, a tower, 60 acres of arable, 3 of Another inquisition, same year, in the county of ii Aud. General. O 7 4 4 13 4 21 At Portmarnock Bridge an old dismantled mill stands on the ancient site. It has not been worked since 1864. At the other side of the bridge, adjoining Plunkett's Lawn, is a small isolated patch of land called "The Cross," on which a termon cross formerly stood to mark the monastic bounds. Unbaptized children used to be buried there. The Castle of Robuck wall is still standing, incorporated with a farm-house. It now belongs to Lord Talbot de Malahide. In Termonfeighan, a castle, 6 messuages, a warren, £ s. d. pidgeon house, 102 acres of arable, and 20 of pasture, Domnaghborragh, 2 messuages, 60 acres of arable, 10 of meadow, 40 of pasture, and 20 of underwood, Donany, 6 messuages, 52 acres of arable, 10 of meadow, and 60 of pasture, Lecor, II acres of arable, 2 of meadow, and 6 of pasture, 5 13 4 6 8 I 17 03 8 Rectory of Dromcare. Grange of Corc, belonging to the said rectory, 2 messuages, 60 acres of arable, 6 of meadow, and 20 of pasture, Rectory of Killany, Proxies to the archbishop of Armagh, out of the churches of Dromany and Killany, seven shillings Irish money. To the archdeacon, seven shillings Irish. Another inquisition, taken the same year in the county of Meath, finds the abbot possessed of lands, &c., as follows: In Grenock, a messuage, 3 acres, called Tirrell's land, o 7 0 Bulliston, in the parish of Donamore, 33 acres of arable, Calliston, 12 acres arable, and 2 of meadow, Scyrne, 8 acres of arable, and half an acre of meadow, o 10 O 3 Monckton, 6 messuages, a castle, 222 acres of arable, 20 of pasture, 5 of meadow, and a water mill, IO O Brownston, 2 messuages, I cottage, 40 acres of arable, I of meadow, and I of pasture, I 630 102 68 Knyghteston, certain lands, Gybbeston manor, Ballycorck, a castle, 3 messuages, III acres of arable and pasture, and a water mill, Rectory of Kyllen, a manse, and 2 acres of land, Skrine and advowson, Templekeran, Kilkarn, 6 acres of land, Folingston, 3 acres of land, . Brounston,. Rectory of Daneston, Monkton near Skrine, Stahalmock, a manse, 12 acres of land and advowson, Castlelossy, 426 500 Portloman, Ballymulghan, and Portsangan, 8 10 Mastrone and Knockrath, The bishops of Meath received out of the said A close in the lands of Swords and county of Dublin, Ballynemanagh, in the county of Galway, near Lord Bermingham's country, of the value of ten shillings sterl.k 20 3 6 2 O 2 5 0 I 8 0 364 On the 7th of June, 1540, an annual pension of £50 Irish money, was granted to William Laundy, late abbot, and to Walter Goulding, Richard Lutterel, and Christopher Barnwell, out of the manors and lands of Ballybaughill and Portmarnock, during life.1 The abbot had a seat in parliament as a baron.m July 9th, 1543. This abbey was granted to James Earl of Kildare, for the keeping of his horses and train, at the times of his repairing to parliament or council, and to hold the same by the fifth part of a knight's fee; but that he and his heirs should forfeit, if any of them should confederate with the rebels, or voluntarily attempt to raise a war." Nov. 20, 24 Queen Elizabeth. This abbey, with the appur* King, p. 390. 1 Id., p. 378. m War. Mon. "Lodge, vol. i., p. 17., note. tenances, and a piece of land called Shillingeforde's garden, was granted, for ever, to Thomas Earl of Ormond in common soccage and not in capite, and the annual rent of 5s. Irish money. Jan. 4, 27 Queen Elizabeth. Anthony Deeringe had a grant of certain gardens in the parish of St. James, within the franchises of the city, situate without St. James's Gate, at the annual rent of 8s. Irish money; a meadow within the said parish, at the rent of 135. 4d. same money; one little piece of land, called The Grange, lying without Croker's Barres, in the said parish, at the rent of 12d. Irish. Also 60 acres of land in the town of Ballyrownue, in this county, parcel of the possessions of this abbey, to hold to him and his heirs for ever, as of the manor of Kells, and not in capite.° There was a beautiful image of the Virgin Mary, with the child Jesus in her arms, in this abbey; which is still preserved in the Roman Catholick chapel in Mary's-Lane, Dublin.22 1539, March 6th. John Talbot of Malahide was presented with the right of presentation to Drumcar. 1539. The Abbot demised for 21 years to Walter Goulding, of the Grange of Portmarnock, the village of Kilternan, with the tithes of grain and hay. 1542. On the Friday next after the feast of the purification, 33rd King Henry VIII., it was found that the abbot was seized of a castle, two messuages, six cottages, seventy acres of arable land, eight of meadow, forty of pasture, eight of underwood, and a sea creek in Bloyke [Bullock], in the county of Dublin; annual value, besides reprises, £3 12s. 3d.P 1543. Inquisition taken the Monday next after the feast of the Epiphany, 34th King Henry VIII., finds, that the abbot was seized of a messuage in the town of Drogheda ; annual value, besides reprises, 26s. 8d.a 1543, July 9th. 35th Henry VIII. This abbey was granted to James, Earl of Kildare, for the keeping of his horses and train at the time of his repairing to Parliament or Council, to hold the same by the fifth part of a knight's fee, but Aud. General. P Chief Remembrancer. Id. 22 This statue is now in the Carmelite Church, Whitefriar-street, Dublin. "It was originally the distinguished ornament of St. Mary's Abbey, where it was not less an object of religious veneration than of wonder and admiration for its beauty. At the suppression this statue was thrown into the fire to be consumed. It was much injured in the fire before it was rescued from destruction. After being concealed for some years, it was placed in St. Mary's Chapel, whence it was transferred to its present sanctuary. A silver crown formerly adorned the statue, which was sold, and then passed into the melting pot. A vague tradition asserts that this crown was the one used in the coronation of Lambert Simnel, but Ware, a higher authority, states that the crown used on that occasion was alleged to have been taken from a statue of Our Lady which was in the church of St. Mary Les Dames, situated near the Castle of Dublin."-Dublin Penny Journal, 1832, p. 308. Y |