f. 92.

W.B., son to W. B., restored out of prison.

Charlton, L. Justice.

the Neton and Cnockfergus in Ulster, was of his own people traitorously slain the 26. day of June; which said Earl was stricken first by one Robert Fitz Morton Mandvell. News whereof when the said Earl's wife did hear, being then in the parts of Ulster with her son and heir and daughters, forthwith took shipping and went into England. Whose death John Darssey, L. Justice of Ireland, being about to revenge, concluding with the nobility and Council, with all expedition, took his journey by ship and landed at Knockfergus the first day of July. The country, hearing and very glad of the Deputy's coming, taking courage unto them, assembled themselves to be revenged of the said Earl's death; meeting certain of them in the field, and gave them an overthrow, and others i-put to their swords. The Lord Justice, leaving behind him to supply his room Mr. Thomas Borghe, the Treasurer of Ireland, with his host, went into Scotland.

Also the Earl of Wormon and divers of the nobility assembled at Dublinge at the house of the Carmarytes. And the 11. day of June, the said Parliament in their going from the said Friars, suddenly was killed by chance Morish FitzNicolas O'Tole; for which suddenly chanced† all the nobility, seeing the strang[en]ess thereof, fearing treason, was stricken with fear and trouble; did also straightly command that great search should be made how and by whom the said fact was committed, whose name they did not know.

Soon after, John Darssey L. Justice returned. Also L. Walter Bremingam, son to L. William Bremingham, was delivered out of the Castle in February. This same year Moryshe Earl of Desmonde gat a fall off his horse, and brack his leg. This year the summer was so fair and dry, that bread was made of the new wheat at Lammas, and a peck of wheat was sold at Dubling for 6d.‡

The year of our Lord 1337, Sir John Charlton, Knight, with his wife and children and his family, came L. Justice into Ireland, and there died some of his children and household. Also L. Thomas Chartoune,§ Bishop of Harford, came with his brother L. Justice, Chancellor of Ireland, and Mr. John Rees, Treasurer of Ireland, and brought with him two hundred Walshmen, and landed at Dublinge. Also John Charelton, Lord Deputy, did hold a Parliament at Dublinge, and sent for Dave Huracry, primate of Ardmaghe, who would have made his provision at Saint Mary Abbey in Dublinge; but the Bishop and clergy would not suffer him, because he would his cross borne before him, which they said he should not. This

same year died the said Bishop, whom Mr. Richard FitzRandoll, Dean of Lecfeld, did succeed, who was an eloquent and a good clerk, and born at Done-dalke. The same year died James Botler, the first Earl of Wormone, the 17. day of January, and was buried at Ganrand.

The year of our Lord 1338, L. John Charletoune, by the procurement of his brother Thomas, was put from his office, and he with his wife and children the last day of July returned into England; and the said Lord Thomas was appointed by the King to be L. Deputy.

*

This year Eustace Pouer and John Pouer was brought from Mounster to Dublinge, and was put in the Castle the first day of February. The said year there was an extreme frost, and the river of the Leffye was so frozen that men did leap and play with balls, and did make fire with timber and turf upon it; the which fire did roast eels. This frost continued many days. Also there was a great snow that covered this same frost, that continued from the second day of December till the 10. day of February.

The year of our Lord 1339, there was an universal war throughout all the realm. Also Morishe FitzThomas and others of the Geraldings did kill and drown a great part of Irishmen in the parts of Keyer. Also the said Morishe Earl did take Morishe FitzNicolas, L. of Teyre, imprisoned him; being put to a diet,† died in prison. The cause was, that he did in secret against the King and his lord the Earl. And‡ the gentlemen of the county of Kyldare gave a great overthrow to the Demses. They followed them so valiantly that there was a number of them drowned in Barrow. Thomas Bishop of Harford, L. Deputy of Ireland, made great preys of all kind[s] of beasts upon the Irishmen of A-Drone, in February.

The year of our Lord 1340, the said Bishop, being L. Justice, was called into England to the King, which departed the 10. day of April, and Richard Outlay, prior of Kylmaynam, was appointed in his room. Also the said Roger being L. Deputy, L. Chancellor, and prior of Killmaynam, departed his life the 13. day of February; and the King granted the office of deputation to John Darssey during his life.

The year of our Lord 1341, John Morich, Knight, came L. Justice in John Darssy's stead in the month of May. Also the said year there chanced in the county of Lexiter† a strange thing to the hearing of all men to be wondered much at; where there was a certain man going in the open street, found a pair of gloves as he thought fit for his purpose, which he put upon his hands, and suddenly in that place did lose his speech,§ and wonderfully did yole and cry like a dog, which

*"trōffe," MS.

"death" originally, but altered to "a dyat."

"And" is an insertion.

§ "peche," MS.

Ulforde, L. Justice, against whom the people murmured.

L. [Justice] committed another than his patent did warrant.

f. 94.

A crafty messenger.

infected in that country as well old as young, that made noise some like big dogs, and other some like small cats; which infirmity continued with some very long, and some a month, and with some others two months; by reason whereof divers of their neighbours and others of the country was like to flee for the effecting out of the same country.

The year of our Lord 1343, the 13. day of July, Randoll Ulford with his Lady the Countess came into Ireland L. Deputy; against whose coming the fair weather turned into sudden storms and tempests, declaring thereby [h]is ill luck and infortune servicet; who was unlike to any of his predecessors in his office that came before him. He-I mean the said L. Deputy-put the people of the land to extremity, and did not reverence the clergy, and defrauded their poor of their goods in colour of doing them right; not observing the laws of Holy Church, nor maintaining the laws of the realm; wresting wrongs to do in justice to few or none*; with which, and such others the like, all the realm found fault with him, and others the like of his Council. The said L. Justice going into Ulester in the month of May by a pass called Merdolane, who was met by McCartane, which accompanied him; and that notwithstanding, he spoiled him of his plate, his money, clothes, and household stuff, and killed certain of his men. And so the said L. Justice, with the help of Yriell, returned with victory out of Ulester.

The year of our Lord 1345, the 7. of June, a Parliament began at Dublinge, to which Morish FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond, came not; wherefore the said Ufford, L. Justice of Ireland, after the feast of Saint John the Baptist, without the assent of the nobility, went with the King's banner displayed to Mounster against the said Morish Earl of Desmond, and did enter in the said Earl's lands, and seized them unto the King's use; and, remaining as yet in the borders there, did send by one William Bourton, knight, two writs, of which the said William should deliver one to Morish FitzThomas, Earl of Kyll-dare. In the which writ was contained that, upon pain of forfeiture of all his lands, he, with all expedition and his power, should repair unto him In the other writ was comprised that the said William should arrest him, and send him to ward. And the said William, perceiving that he could not compass his purpose and bring it to such perfection as he would, began to persuade with the said Earl that he should make himself ready with his host, and come to the said L. Justice, and with one assent they would so consult together for the safe keeping of his lands, and if any hurt did hap unto them, the fault should be imputed to the King's Council, and not to him. And the said Earl, giving credit unto the Knight's

*Sic.
† "s'wis," MS.

The Earl put in ward by policy.

Eustace Pouer put to death, and others.

A great number of gentlemen's lands seized in the King's hands.

Ulfforde L. Justice dead, and the

country much' rejoiced.

f. 95.

words, thinking of no harm, made him ready to come to Dublinge; and when he came, being sitting with others of the Council in the Exchequer, was by the said William arrested and put to ward.

The said Lord Justice, being yet in Connlagh and Kere in Mounster, did enter in two of the Earl of Desmond's castles, and took them, and robbed them, and the Castle of the Island; in the which Castle of the Island there was Sir Eustace Pouer, knight, and William Grante, knight, and John Comrell, whom the said L. Justice caused to be hanged and drawn in October the said year, and did expulse the said Earl with certain of his knights.

This done, this said L. Justice repaired to his wife that lay at Kylmayname, by Dublinge, in November; and, not satisfied with this, wrought in such order against the commonalty, that he caused divers of them to be indicted, imprisoned, and their goods to be extolled* of the faithful and true religious people, as well priests as divers others of the clergy. He caused them to be indicted, and so indicted did imprison, and did extoll no small suins of money from them. Also such grants of lands as was given to divers in the beginning that well deserved this same, as it was said, he did revoke and call back; and also their letters patents of grants, sealed with the King's seal, he did call back, brack, and took them. Also as many sureties as was surety upon the Earl of Desmond, to the number of 26, as well earls as barons, knights, and others of the land,-whose names are William Bourck, Earl of Ulster, James Butlere, Earl of Wormond, Richard Tute, Nicholas Werdone, Morysh de Rupe-forte, Eustace Power, Gerald de Rupe-forte, John FitzRobert, Robert Barry, Morish FitzGerald, John Wallesle, Walter Faunt, Richard Coccrell, Harry Traharne, Roger Pouer, John Lenfant, Maheu Fitz Harry, Richard Walles, Edmond de Bourke, son to the Earl of Ulster, knight, Dawe Barry, William FitzGerald, Fouke de Fraxins,† Robert FitzMorish, Henry Beckerly, John FitzGorge de Rupe, Thomas Deleese de Bourgo,-notwithstanding their charges and labours which every of them did with the said Lord Justice in the wars, persecuting the said Earl of Desmond, he seized their lands into the Prince's hands, and their bodies at the King's pleasure, four of the foresaid persons excepted, whose names was the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of Wormonde.

The year of our Lord 1346, a Palm Sunday, the 9. day of April, Rodolfus Ufford, the forenamed L. Deputy,§ this transitory life, whose death was grievously taken to his wife and friends. Notwithstanding, the people of the country was mar

Lady Ulford stale away.

Darsey chosen L. Justice by assent of the nobility.

Gentlemen of
Iriell slain.

velous joyous and glad therefor, giving laud to God with all their whole hearts; did honourably celebrate and solemnously the feast of Easter. At whose death the abundance of floods, the intemperateness and trouble* of the air did cease; wherefore the faithful people did give laud and praise unto God. Which Justice was interred in a tomb of Lead, and his Lady the Countess, with a dolorous mind, leaving his body enclosed in the earth, took with her his heart, and went into England. Behold the wonderful works of God, that she, the Countess, Lady Ufforde, that came with such a majesty so well furnished, and accompanied with knights, squires, and divers others gentlemen, and gloriously did enter in the City of Dublin, so soon vanquished by death, that all her joy and pleasure was turned into sorrow; and at the said Lady's departure from the said city, being glad to shun the exclamation and cry of the people, gat her out of the said city by postern gate, in her mourning apparel, leaving behind her her lord and husband enclosed in the bowels of the earth,† the second day in the month of May. It was wonderfully thought of by the wise of the said city of Dublinge, nothing marvelling of the providence of Almighty God, that he, the said Ufford, at his first entry with such a majesty, elevated in pride and stoutness of stomach, so soon pulled down by the divine power and sufferance of Almighty God in so short space, and honourably to be interred in his grave in the isle of Ireland, at this city of Dublinge.

After the death of the said L. Justice, by the common consent of the nobility, Roger Darssy was elected and chosen L. Justice for the time. The said year the castlet of Leye and Kylneherd was taken and burned by Irishmen, in April. Also John FitzMorishe came L. Deputy into Ireland the 15. day of May. Also Morishe FitzThomas, Earl of Kylldare, the 24. day of May, found 24 sureties, and was delivered by the L. Justice out of the Castle of Dublinge. Also the Irishmen of Ulster gave a great overthrow in June to the Englishmen and gentlemen of Yriell, to the number of three hundred at the least.

Also the said L. John FitzMorise was put from his office, and L. Walter Bremyngham was appointed L. Deputy in his stead in the month of June, a little after the said overthrow. Also L. Morise FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond, had licence to go into England; upon which licence, at Holy Rood time, he took shipping at Yogoyle, with his wife and both his children, and went into England, where he complained upon the wrongs done unto him by Ufford, the L. Deputy; which the King mercifull[y] heard, and commanded that the said Earl should

* "terible," MS.

A fresh paragraph is made to commence here in MS.