41 About this time John, the archbishop of Dublin, confirmed the grants made by William Mariscall, Earl of Pembroke, Isabella his wife, and Raymond le Gross to this church. And King John confirmed all their possessions, viz., the place where the priory is built, the donation of Sithric; Bealduleck, Rechen, and Portrahern, the donation of M'Deasdan Marduba ;40 the donation of Donogh, the son of Donald le Gross; Clonchen, the donation of Ruad, the son of Donald King of Leinster; Kealgallen, the donation of Sigrahoc, the son of Thorkill; Demruvhing, the donation of ; Dartheolokeis, the donation of Gillachrist M'Muhahis, &c. Tiradran, the donation of the Ostmen; Tudressa, the donation of Dermath, the son of Imarchadan King of Leinster; Trachmahy, the donation of Earl Richard; the ground opposite the church, the donation of Gillacornuda the Wealthy; the church of St. Michan, with the ground on either side of it, the donation of Bassolian Gormelach; the churches of St. Michael, St. John, and St. Paul, the donation of Gillamitchell, the son of Gillamurry; the church of St. Brigid, the donation of Earl Hasgall; and all the lands in his parish which, from ancient times, had belonged to the church of the Holy Trinity, the donation of Seger; with sach and soch, toll and them, infangtheft and outfangtheft, &c.* 1202. The following writ appears in the Black Book: William Mariscall, Earl of Pembroke, Justiciary of Ireland, to William Grace, seneschal of Leinster, greeting, R. de Castlemartin, having impleaded the prior and canons of the Holy Trinity of certain chapels belonging to the church of Kilcullen, which they hold by the donations of our ancestors, we command you to postpone that plea till our arrival in Ireland, and that you protect the lands, men and possessions of the said prior and canons. Hugh Hosey granted a parcel of land, extending from the high road leading to Finglass up to Athudamas42 and about y King, p. 289. Id. 40 Donogh, son of Donald Legros, or Rheamar the Fat, as the Irish Annals have it, fought against Domhnal, the son of Murchadh. A.D. 1071, Donogh, or Dunchadh, was slain at Rathmore by Conchobar, the son of Conchobar; his brother Ruadh was the donor of Clonkene, or the Kill-of-the-Grange, in Ui-Bruin Cuallin. Dermath, son of Amarchadan, is intended to represent Murchard or Murchadh; he was the well-known king of Leinster and of the Danes of Dublin. 41 Clonchen, now Clonkene, a cistrict south of Kingstown; its church is now called the Kill-of-the-Grange, which was dedicated to St. Fintan, of Drumhing. The nave and chancel are in ruins ; in the cemetery, north of the church, stands a broken granite cross of ancient workmanship. The possessions of Christ Church in this place are between 500 and 600 acres. It is now called the Dean's Grange. In 1796 these lands were valued at £869 5s. 10d. Athudamas is a ford on the Tolka; perhaps Cardiff's Bridge may now represent it. Ardnernaid being the hill of the oratory—Ard an Ernaidh-Kilmolidoid, the last place to Arduearnaid, as far as the valley near Kilmolidoid, and so to the Avon Liffey and Cumoynagal; and also a free burgage opposite the stone portal on the said river.a 1204. Patrick, the sub-prior, exchanged with John, archbishop of Dublin, all the rights the prior and canons had in the town of Porrachelyn and the island of Lambay, for Tilach, Dromin, and Ballyochegan, and one carrucate in Theholock." 43 1206. John Harold granted an annual pension of a marc, half of which was paid by Ralph White out of some ground in the parish of St. Werburgh, the other half from ground held by Richard Fitz Savari in the parish of St. Audoen. A dispute which had long subsisted between Elias Cumin and the canons, was compromised by the mediation of the archbishop and the abbot of St. Mary's. The contest arose concerning the lands between Portmarnock, the Grange, and the town of Kinsali, which Elias held in fee of the monastery. It was agreed, that the lands should be measured and equally divided, the part contiguous to the Grange to the monks, and the other near Kinsali to be enjoyed by Elias and his heirs.d 1209. William de Grace was prior. We find, in the register of the abbey of St. Thomas, that G.——, prior of Duvelyn, was a subscribing witness to a deed with W. bishop of Glendelach. 1212. Roger was prior. John Comyn, archbishop of Dublin, was interred in this church, under a marble monument on the south side of the choir, which he had repaired and enlarged." Richard of Castlemartin granted the chapel of Castlemartin, with its appurtenances, and six acres of land with half an acre of arable and the same of meadow. Witnesses, William, prior of Konal, and O-, prior of Kilkenny.h 1214. The prior sued the abbot of St. Mary's, Dublin, for the tithes of Crenach, Balliokeran, Tyodran, and Andrew Harang's town, in the parish of Kilcullen; the court of delegates decreed possession to be given to the prior, but the abbot, with some of his monks, opposing the sentence, they were excommunicated.i Register. Id. Id. a Id. • Id. Id. s War. Bps. p. 315. h Register. Id. i.e., the church of Moeldoid, a saint connected apparently with Finglas. One of that name, the son of Derbhdara, is commemorated in the Mart. Donegal, June 29; another, of Berran, March 6th; there is nothing given to identify them with Finglas. A hill to the west of Finglas was called Cnoc Maeldoid, to which Fingall extended. It is apparently connected with Kilmolidoid, and must be near the Tolka. Cumoynagall may represent the townland near Finglas called Ballygall. 43 Tully Drom in Ballyogan, near Stillorgan. 1215. Henry de Hereford gave to the prior an annual rent of two shillings, issuing from the lands of Contkeraw, held by Ralph de Landaff.k 1216. Raymond de Karrew granted the church of Stacklorgan,44 with the avowson and the land round it, called Athnekyl.' Milo le Bret, for the health of his soul and the souls of his Lord Hugh Tyrrill, and his sons Roger and Richard, granted to them the commonage of his wood of Maynclare, 45 and allowed them to take timber thence sufficient, for building or repairing their church, or houses, and for all necessary occasions. He gave also two acres of land, held by William the miller, lying between the road and Cammoc, one messuage and some fields near the old Canal, with allowance to them to feed their swine in the wood without pannage.m Same year Pope Innocent III. granted to them a bull to protect their property." 1218. Audren Brun and Richard de Bedeford granted a piece of ground 114 feet in breadth and 120 in length, near the river Liffey, at the north end of the bridge, to build a church thereon to the honor of St. Saviour." This year R- was prior, when William de Estam made them a grant of five acres of land adjoining their estate,P 1219. Robert de Grendun granted the advowson of the church of Galmorstown, and the archbishop approved of their erecting the church of St. Saviour, they making a proper provision for the chaplain thereof.9 1220. Henry, the archbishop, granted them, at the yearly rent of three marcs, the lot of ground which Gilbert Comin held, to build a gate thereon, at the entrance of the priory, they to keep a perpetual anniversary of this obit." Same year Adam de Stanton granted two carrucates of his land of Kilbrenin, twelve acres excepted, with the church, mill, &c., and all the tithes of that land, on condition that they erected a cell, and kept some of their canons resident there. This grant was witnessed by Hubert, prior of Athassel, &c.s Same year Philip de Norwich granted them his land in Ostmantown (Oxmantown), paying the rent it was subject to. k Register. 1 Id. m Id. n Id. • Id. P Id. • Id. Id. War. Bps. p. 320. Register Christ Ch. Id. Sta Lorcain, ie., the church of St Laurence, dedicated to St. Laurence O'Toole, archbishop of Dublin, 1162-118 February. Archbishop Alan, liber niger, states that the church was dedicated to St. Brigid. She was likely the patroness of a church built here before the time of St. Laurence. Athnekyll, for Acadh-na-Cill, the church fields. 45 Maynclare, recte Moyglare, in the co. Meath, near Maynooth; the old castle of the Tyrrells is now in ruins. 46 Galmorstown, now called Gollierstown, near Clondakin. 1226. Thomas de Cauntelone, with the consent of Agnes his wife, granted the church of Martre and of Adunele, and the moiety of his church of Dunebacht, or Counebacht, and all the ecclesiastical benefits of such lands, as he might afterwards obtain. Witness, Master Daniel, prior of St. John's without Newgate. Some time after, with the same consent, he granted two burgages, with twenty-four acres of land in the town of Adunele." The same year the prior complained to the Holy See, that W. archdeacon of Dublin, with some other persons, had possessed themselves of the tithes, lands, &c., belonging to the church of Rathfarnham, and of right the property of this priory. The Pope, Honorius III., issued his bull to the priors of St. John and Thomas, Dublin, and the prior of Kunal, to adjust that matter." 1227. G-, bishop of Ardfert, granted to this priory all the ecclesiastical rights and benefits arising from Duloy and Kilinitervith.x 1229. Pope Gregory IX. granted to them a bull to protect their rights and privileges. 1230. Roger appears to be prior this year; he was prior in 1212, and died on the 10th of November, but the year is not known.a Same year William of Glesneyvin, and Juliana his wife, granted to the prior and canons 34 acres of land in Kinsali. Same year Turphin, the brother of Christin, patron of St. Nicholas, Dublin, granted to them a lot of ground in Sutor'sstreet, 37 feet in front, and in depth 24. Note, it is indorsed on the original deed, that this tenement was at the east of the church of St. Nicholas. Same year Geoffry de Tureville made them a grant of thirty shillings yearly, out of the lands possessed by Maurice de Strigul on the Strand; two marcs of which he assigned to the priest, who should daily say a mass, at the new altar of the Blessed Virgin, for the health of his own soul and those of his friends; and he moreover freed this charitable grant from the tax called landgable, amounting to two shillings and six-pence.b 1233. In this and the following year Pope Gregory IX. issued several bulls in favour of the prior and canons. 1234. Lord Gilbert de Yvet granted to them all that lot of ground on which the great stone hall was erected, with the solarium and cellar near the river Liffey, reserving the annual rent of a marc to Vincentius Maniwrench and his heirs.d 1235. Robert was prior; the next year he granted to Obituary Christ Ch. Id. u Register Christ Ch. a x Id. y Id. Robert Pollard, citizen of Dublin, a lot of ground in Castlestreet, in Lormeria, at the yearly rent of four shillings. Witness, Gilbert de Livet, mayor of Dublin. Robert Pollard bequeathed to the prior and canons a stonehouse and appurtenances, formerly the dwelling house of Adam Fitz Symons, citizen; the brethren of the hospital of St. John without Newgate, and the executors of the said Pollard, laid claim to it; Luke, then archbishop, decreed between the two parties in 1236, that Pollard's will should be carried into execution, and that the prior of the Holy Trinity should pay to the prior and brethren of St. John's twenty shillings, and to the sick in the said hospital half a marc annually for ever, and that the prior and canons should pay the yearly taxes on the said house.f Same year Walter Fitz Yvon granted to the prior and convent a certain lot of ground within the city walls, and in the parish of St. Nicholas, containing in front 18 feet, and in depth 72, they paying yearly a pair of white gloves. It is indorsed on the original deed, that in the year 1335, Thomas Faukoun, currier, held in his possession the said ground then built upon. 1238. The prior Philip granted to Leticia, daughter and heir of Ralph de la More, that lot of ground belonging to the priory situated in the parish of St. Audoen, and adjoining the river Liffey, in perpetuity, at the yearly rent of eighteen shillings and fourpence. Witness, Robert Pollard, mayor of Dublin; Phil. F. Stephen, and Adam Rudipack, provosts.h The said prior Philip died November 10th, but the year is uncertain.i • Probably the habitation of the Lormerii, small working smiths in iron or brass. f Register. & Id. h Id. i Id. END OF VOL I. BROWNE & NOLAN, Printers, Nassau-street, Dublin. |