II - Lost Acta of Hugh de Lacy

Summary

Grant by Hugh de Lacy to H. de Say, knight of the diocese of Armagh, of ‘Balimerlongfortan’ in Uriel.1

[1194×1202]

M: Vatican, Regesta 7, fo 24r [Papal register, 8–9 Innocent III, 1205–7]. P: Pont. Hib., i, no. 63. C: Cal. papal letters, i, 22.

Letter of Pope Innocent III addressing a dispute between the canons of St Mary’s, Louth, and one H. de Say, knight of the diocese of Armagh. On foot from a gift of Hugh de Lacy, de Say had occupied the land of ‘Balimerlongfortan’, previously given to the canons of St Mary's by the king of ‘Eriel’ (Uriel), notwithstanding the admonishment of John of Salerno, then papal legate to Ireland. 6 June 1205.

Grant by Hugh de Lacy to Henry de Audley, of Dunleer (Co. Louth), with appurtenances.

[1194×2 May 1227]

M: a. Kew, TNA, C 53/18 [charter roll, 11 Henry III, pt 1, m. 6]; b. Kew, TNA, E 326/12466 [Augmentation Office, Ancient Deeds]. C: a. CCHR, 1226–57, 36–7; b. CDI, i, 1505; Paul Dryburgh and Brendan Smith, ‘Calendar of documents relating to medieval Ireland in the series of Ancient Deeds in the National Archives of the United Kingdom’, Anal. Hib. 39 (2006), 1, 3–61, at 57.

King Henry III confirms to Henry ‘de Aldithele’ (Audley)6 various lands and tenements in England and Ireland, including the town called ‘Dunlir’ (Dunleer, Co. Louth), of the gift of Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster. 2 May 1227.

Grant by Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster, to Gilbert de Lacy, grantor's brother, of the churches of Rooskey and Carlingford (Co. Louth), and the churches of Cooley (Co. Louth), with tithes and obventions.

[29 May 1205×10]

M: Edinburgh, NRS, GD 45/27/8, fo 52v [cartulary, St Andrews cathedral priory; s. xiii in. copy]. P: St A lib., 118.

Charter of Hugh de Lacy, as earl of Ulster, confirming to the church of St Andrew in Scotland and the canons serving there, a grant of churches in Ireland, as well and as fully as Gilbert de Lacy, Hugh's brother, possessed said benefices.