A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies, Established in Ireland During the Reign of Henry the Second: Deduced from Court Rolls, Inquisitions, and Other Original RecordsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830 - 360 pages |
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Abbots afterwards amongst ancient appears Archbishop authority Baron of Slane Baronage Bishops Butler castle charter Chief Rememb Christopher Close Roll coheirs Council court Crown daughter descended dignity Dublin Dungarvan Earl of Desmond Earl of Ormonde Earl of Ulster Earldom Edward the Third enacted England English enjoyed estates Feudal Fitz granted heirs male held Henry the Second Henry the Third honour Hugh de Lacy Ireland Irish issued James Justiciary Kildare Kilkenny King Edward King Henry King John knights Lacy land Leinster letters patent liberties Lord Slane lordship Magnates Majesty manor Marshal Meath memb ñri ñro ordinance Parliament Parliament of England Parliament of Ireland Parliamentary Patent Roll Peerage Peers possession Prelates records reign of Henry Richard seigniories seised Seneschal shew Slane statutes subinfeudations Supiori Tenure Theobald Thomas Ulster Verdon Vič Viscount Walter Waterford Wexford William writs of summons
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Page 65 - And yet Time hath his revolutions ; there must be a period and an end to all temporal things— -finis rerum, an end of names and dignities, and whatsoever is terrene, and why not of De Vere ? For where is Bohun ? Where is Mowbray ? Where is Mortimer ? Nay, which is more and most of all, where is Plantagenet ? They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality. And yet let the name and dignity of De Vere stand so long as it pleaseth God!
Page 64 - I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine-thread to uphold it.
Page 138 - greeting. Know ye that I have given and granted, and by " this my present charter confirmed, to Hugh de Lacy, for " his service, THE LAND OF MEATH, with all its appur...
Page 146 - To all sons of our holy mother the Church, as well present as to come, who shall see or hear this present writing, Thomas, son of Cospatrick, sendeth greeting. Know ye, that I have given and granted, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to God and St.
Page 82 - ... by patent," That the Earl of Ormonde was faithful in his allegiance; meritorious in his services, and untainted in his fame; that no one should dare, on pain of his indignation, to revive the accusation, or reproach his conduct; and that his accusers were men of no credit, nor should their testimony be admitted in any case.
Page 122 - Parliament, by which means he had so many " Barons in his Parliament as were able to weigh " down the clergy and their friends.
Page 188 - Norfolk," to hold to him and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to his father, the Reverend Edward Nelson, and the heirs male of...
Page 159 - VII., (x. ch. 7.) it was enacted, that " no city or great town should receive or admit any person to be alderman, juror, or freeman, but such as may have been 'prentice, or hath been continually inhabitant in the said city or town :" — and fines are prescribed as penalties recoverable from the corporation, in case they should violate the law.
Page 84 - EJward, by his knowledge of languages and other courtly accomplishments, that the king pronounced him to be the "goodliest knight he had ever beheld, and the finest gentleman in Europe;" adding that, " if good breeding, nurture, and liberal qualities were lost in the world, they might all be found in John, earl of Ormond...
Page 201 - Robert, and the heirs male of his body ; remainder to the heirs male of Robert Sotwell, the father; ultimate remainder to the right heirs of Robert Sotwell, the father, for ever.