Some Notices of the Castle and of the Ecclesiastical Buildings of Trim

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1. Ecclesiastical assembly held at Dominican Friary, Trim

   Trim · town · Meath · 1291

   In 1291 the archbishops, bishops, and deans of the kingdom held a meeting at the Dominican convent in Trim under Archbishop Nicholas MacMolissa, entering into an association to defend the church's rights and enforce excommunication sentences across dioceses.

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   1291 — On the Sunday next after the feast of St. Matthew, the archbishops, bishops, deans, &c., of the kingdom, held a meeting in this convent, under the presidency of Nicholas MacMolissa, Archbishop of Armagh, when they entered into a remarkable association for promoting and strengthening the powers of the church.

   1st. They swore that if they, or any of them, their churches, rights, jurisdictions, liberties, or customs, should by any lay- power or jurisdiction whatsoever be impeded, resisted, or grieved, that they would, at the common expense, in proportion to their respective incomes, support, maintain, and defend each other in all courts, and before all judges, either ecclesiastical or secular.

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   As you pass through Trim, you are near the Dominican friary where, in 1291, the archbishops, bishops, and deans of the kingdom gathered on the Sunday after the feast of St. Matthew. Nicholas MacMolissa, Archbishop of Armagh, presided. They swore a remarkable oath: if any of their churches, rights, or liberties were impeded by lay power, they would defend each other at common expense, in proportion to their incomes, before all courts, ecclesiastical or secular.

2. Embossed Tiles from Bective Abbey Now in Trim Church Vestry

   Trim · town · Meath

   Some embossed tiles bearing the FitzGerald arms, originally flooring Bective Abbey through the patronage of Gerald, Earl of Kildare, and his connection to Portlester, may now be seen in the vestry room of Trim church.

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   t Port Leicester mill, — a great and secure fastness, near five miles westward of Trim. — Irish RehelL Portlester was one of the strongholds of Thomas Fitzgerald, in 1535. The lordship of Portlester became the property of Gerald, Earl of Kildare, by his marriage with Alison, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Poland Eustace, who died 1495. This lordship extended to Bellewstown, near Bective, and it was probably owing to his interest in this neighbourhood, that the abbey of Bective was indebted for the flooring of embossed Tiles, of which the Fitz- Gerald arms formed a conspicuous ornament ; some of these tiles may now be seen in the vestry room in Trim church.

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   As you pass through Trim, some embossed tiles with the FitzGerald arms sit in the vestry room of the church here. They once floored Bective Abbey, put there through the influence of Gerald, Earl of Kildare, who came into the lordship of Portlester by his marriage to Alison, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Roland Eustace, who died in 1495. That lordship reached to Bellewstown near Bective. Portlester itself was a stronghold of Thomas Fitzgerald in 1535.

3. Moryson's Description of Trim as Ancient Barony of the Lacies

   Trim · town · Meath · 1599

   Moryson describes Trim as a little town on the confines of Ulster with a stately castle now much ruinated, noted mainly as the ancient barony of the Lacy family.

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   Moryson, vol. 2, p. 362, says — “Trim is a little town on the confines of Ulster, ^having a stately castle now much ruinated ; and it is more notable for being, as it were, the ancient barony of the Lacies.”

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   As you pass through Trim, Fynes Moryson described it in 1599 as a little town on the confines of Ulster, with a stately castle already much ruinated. He says it is more notable for being, as it were, the ancient barony of the Lacies.

4. Muster ordered at Trim against Irish raiders

   Trim · town · Meath · 1423

   In 1423, the sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs and commons of numerous towns including Dublin, Drogheda, Ratoath, Greenogue, Dunshaughlin, Skryne, Slane, Dunboyne and Navan were ordered to meet the Lord Justice at Trim to oppose raiders who were daily robbing, burning, and slaying the king's lieges.

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   1423, — July 21, — The sherifif of county of Dublin; the mayor, bailiffs, and citizens of Dublin; the mayor and sheriff of Drogheda the portrieves and commons of the towns of Ratoath, Greenogue, Dunshaughlin,t Skryne, Slane, Dunboyne, and Navan: with all the able men of their several bailiwicks, ordered to meet the Lord Justice at Trym on the following Sunday, to oppose Ocongher and Oraly, who, with a multitude of the Irish enemy, and English rebels, were daily robbing, burning, and slaying the king’s liege’s. — Rot. Cl. 1, Henry VI.

   August 24, — John Brown J appointed receiver of the

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   You are coming through Trim. In 1423, on July 21, officials and able men from Dublin, Drogheda, Ratoath, Greenogue, Dunshaughlin, Skryne, Slane, Dunboyne, and Navan were ordered to meet the Lord Justice here on the following Sunday. They were summoned to oppose Ocongher and Oraly, who, with a multitude of the Irish enemy and English rebels, were daily robbing, burning, and slaying the king's lieges.

5. Parliament at Trim grants troops against O'Tooles and O'Reillys

   Trim · town · Meath · 1422

   In 1422 twelve men-at-arms and sixty archers were allowed to the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Talbot, at a parliament at Trim, to oppose the O'Toole's and O'Reilly's.

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   1422 — Twelve men-at-arms and sixty archers allowed to the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Talbot, at a parliament at Trym, to oppose the OToole’s and O'Reilly’s

   rica, 388. Hall says “ A band of 1,600 native Irish, armed with their own weapons of war — in mail, with darts and skaynes — under the Lord of Kilmaine [Kilmainham], were with Henry V. at the siege of Rouen, and kept the way from the forest of Lyons, and so did their devoir that none were more praised, nor did more damage to their enemies. ” Monstrelet (vol. i. , c. 95) is neither as complimentary nor as intelligible. ‘ ‘ The King of England,” says this author, “had with him in his company a vast number of Irish, of whom far the greatest part went on foot ; one of their feet was covered, the other was naked, without having clouts, and poorly clad ; each had a target and little javelins, with large knives of a strange fashion ; and those who were mounted had no saddles, but they rode very adroitly on their little mountain horses ; and they rode upon clothes, very nearly of the same fashion with those which the blatiers of the French country carry. They were, however, a very poor and slight defence^ compared with the English ; besides they were not so accoutred as to do much damage to the French when they met. These Irish would often, during the siege, together with the English, scour the country of Normandy, and do infinite mischief beyond calculation, carrying back to their post great booty. Moreover the said Irish on foot would seize little children, and leap on the backs of cows with them, carrying the children before chem on the cows ; and very often they were found in that condition by the French.” — Quoted in Tyler’’ s Henry V. ii. 242.

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   Up ahead is Trim, a town in Meath with a parliamentary past. In 1422 a parliament held here granted the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Talbot, twelve men-at-arms and sixty archers to oppose the O'Tooles and the O'Reillys. The same source notes that Irish warriors served Henry V at the siege of Rouen, armed with darts and knives, and were praised for the damage they did to his enemies, though a French chronicler called them poor and lightly clad, riding small mountain horses without saddles.

6. Remains of Trim's town wall and gates traceable in 1861

   Trim · town · Meath · 1861

   The town wall of Trim could still be traced in places some feet high, across the Porch Fields where the Sheep gate stood, forming part of the parsonage garden wall, by the Water-gate near the river (a pretty arch still entire), and through town gardens toward Gallows Hill on the Castlerickard road.

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   and in many parts some feet high — across the Porch Fields, where is the Sheep gate — and forming part of the garden- wall of the parsonage ; and by the river, where is the Water-gate (a pretty arch still entire) ; and through town gardens, to near Gallows Hill, on the road to Castle Eickard.

   * The whole of this property was purchased by the Wellesleys. The Marquis of Wellesley sold it to Colonel Leslie, of Glaslough, whose son sold the greater part of what had been the Wellesley property in the year 1859, in different lots. The Castle of Trim is now, 1861, in the possession of Lord Dunsany.

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   As you pass through Trim, traces of the old town wall were still visible in 1861. It stood some feet high across the Porch Fields, where the Sheep gate was, and formed part of the parsonage garden wall. By the river, the Water-gate kept "a pretty arch still entire." The wall ran through town gardens toward Gallows Hill on the Castlerickard road.

7. Sir Richard Grenville Governor of Trim, Battle of Rochonnell

   Trim · town · Meath · 1643

   In February 1643 Sir Richard Grenville served as governor of Trim and fought the battle of Rochonnell (Rathconnell, Westmeath), defeating General Preston.

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   1643 — February — Sir Richard Grenville was governor of Trim. He fought the battle of Rochonnell, (Rathconnell, Westmeath,) in which he defeated General Preston. — Fieri West Meath^ 1 00.

   1647 — The castle was fortified and made very strong; Colonel Fenwicke lay there with a regiment of foot, and some troops of horse.f

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   As you pass through Trim, you are in a town Sir Richard Grenville governed in February 1643. That same month he fought the battle of Rochonnell, at Rathconnell in Westmeath, and defeated General Preston. Later, in 1647, the castle here was fortified and made very strong, with Colonel Fenwicke holding it with a regiment of foot and some troops of horse.

8. De Windsor's Cess Imposed at Timolin

   Timolin · townland · Kildare · 1370–1373

   Edward III ordered an inquiry into Sir William de Windsor's conduct as Lord Lieutenant, finding he had imposed a cess on tilled land in Meath. In 1370 at Tamelyn (Timolin), he imposed a cess of one crannock of wheat and one crannock of oats per carucate, to be delivered at Naas.

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   1373. — Edward III. this year, granted a commission of inquiry into the conduct of Sir William de Windsorej late Lord Lieutenant. The inquiry was made at Drogheda, on the Thursday before Ascension Day ; and it was found, that the said lord lieutenant had imposed a cess of 6s. 8d. on every carucate* of land tilled in the county of Meath ; and, that the number of carucates then tilled was 500. That in 1370, at Tamelyn [Timolin] he had imposed a cess on every carucate of tilled land in said county of one crannockf of wheat, J and one crannock of oats, which were to be delivered at Naas — except the crannocks from

   the prisoners taken by the Birminghams, were obliged to give for their ransom, 10 marks, 1 hauberk, and 1 palet [salet ? — the name of a kind of headpiece,] worth 5 marks ; they were allowed 20 marks from the Treasury. — Rot. Cl. 48, Edward II L

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9. Earl of Ulster's feast at Trim and knighting of the Lacies

   Trim · town · Meath · 1308

   Richard, Earl of Ulster, held a great feast at Trim at Whitsuntide, seemingly to spite Gaveston, and dubbed two of the Lacies knights before marching towards Tredagh.

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   1308 — Eicliard, Earl of Ulster, as it were to nose Gaveston,"^ did, at Whitsuntide, keep a great feast at Trim, and dubbed two of the Lacies knights ; and marched on as far as Tredagh to encounter the Lord Lieutenant, but, ou better advertisement, he returned. — Cox. Pernbridge.

   1308 — On the eve of St. Simon and St. Jude (October 28th), Eoger de Mortimerf and his lady, Joan, right heir of Meath, daughter of Lord Peter, son of Sir Geolfry Geneville, arrived in Ireland. As soon as they landed they took possession of Meath — Sir Geoffry ceding it to them, and entering himself into the order of Friars’ Preachers, at Trym, the morrow after St. Edmund’s, the Archbishop’s day (November Ll).—Peinbridge.

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   As you come through Trim, this was where Richard, Earl of Ulster, held a great feast at Whitsuntide in 1308. The old record says he did it, as it were,

10. Recommendation that Deputy's chief seat be Trim Castle

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1537

    In 1537, J. Alen recommended that Trim be the chief residence of the deputy, as most centrally located to answer all parties, requiring the castle to be sufficiently repaired using stone from nearby monasteries.

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    Item, because that the English pale is environed about with Irish rebels, which by sudden roads may do much hurt to the king’s subjects, before that the deputy, being far off, may make resistance ; it is, therefore, necessary that his chief abiding be at Trim, as a place most indifferent to answer all parties ; where it shall be requisite that the castle there be sufficiently repaired, and the timber and stones of the monasteries of Saint Peter, f the Betty, and if need be of the Black Friars there, be drawn

    * Thomas Stephens, alderman of Dublin.

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    Trim Castle is right here. In 1537, J. Alen recommended that Trim be the chief residence of the deputy, because the English Pale was surrounded by Irish rebels who could strike before a distant deputy could resist. He called Trim a place most indifferent to answer all parties. The castle, he said, should be sufficiently repaired, using timber and stones drawn from the monasteries of Saint Peter, the Betty, and if need be the Black Friars there.

11. Records of the treasury of Trim embezzled

    Trim · town · Meath · 1495

    An act noted that rolls, records, and inquisitions once kept in the treasury of Trim, which would have entitled the crown to certain rights, had been taken and embezzled by malicious persons.

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    Forasmuch as the earldoms of Marche and Ulster, and the lordships of Trym and Connaught, been annexed to our sovereign lord the king’s most noble crown ; and that all such rolls, records, and inquisitions, as sometime were remaining of record in the treasory of Trim, as should entitle our said sovereign lord, of late was taken and mebezzled, by diverse persons of malice and prepense ; therefore —

    1495 — It was enacted that the liberty and lordship of Trim should be annexed to the crown for ever.

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    As you pass through Trim in Meath, you're near a place whose old treasury held rolls, records, and inquisitions that would have entitled the crown to certain rights. In 1495 an act noted that these records, once kept in the treasury of Trim, had been taken and embezzled by diverse persons of malice and prepense. After that, the liberty and lordship of Trim was annexed to the crown for ever.

12. Restoration of Rood Priest at Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1660

    Alexander Sharp, clerk of Balsoon, petitioned in 1660 to be restored as rood priest of Trim after being excluded during the wars. His petition was granted and he resumed his former allowance.

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    1660 — Upon the petition of Alexander Sharp,* clerk, of Balsoon, humbly shewing, that, according to the tenor of the charter for the liberties of this corporation, he was elected and appointed rood priest of the same, and so continued for many years, until, by commotion of war, thereout excluded, without cause, and the office and practice neglected ; therefore, praying to be restored. It was granted that he should proceed as formerly, and receive the former allowance (40s. a-year). — Town Records.

    1660 — February 7 — At the assembly of the corporation then convened, it was ordered and agreed, ‘‘ That Mr. W. Malone, Mr. George Harris, Mr. John Hopkins, Mr. Philip Conway, and the churchwardens, should forthwith assess and tax the several villages with their distinct number of acres, within the parish of Trim, according to the old survey, equally, in a cess towards repairing the church of Trim aforesaid ; and that the said churchwardens do levy and collect the same, and be accountable for their proceedings when thereunto required.” — Town Records.

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    Coming up now is Trim in Meath. Back in 1660 a man named Alexander Sharp, a clerk from Balsoon, petitioned the corporation to be restored as rood priest of Trim. He said he had held the office for many years until the commotion of war excluded him from it, without cause. The corporation granted his petition and let him proceed as before, with his former allowance of 40 shillings a year. That same February the corporation also ordered churchwardens to assess and tax the villages of the parish for repairing the church of Trim.

13. Two hundred pounds granted for repair of Trim Castle dungeon, gates and walls

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1541

    In 1541, the king agreed to fund repairs to the dungeon, gates and walls of Trim Castle with two hundred pounds sterling, matched by contributions from the local country, to be carried out under the oversight of the Deputy and chief officers.

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    1541 — March 26 — Touching the repayreng of our Castle of Trirae, which you thinke to be moche necessary, declaring that the coontrey is also soo desirous of the same as they offre to beare a large portion of theire oune towards it, you shall understande that for the good of our subgicttes of that lande, we be content that by warraunt herof of such money as shall come to our treasory there, you, our Deputy, with the advice of our Chancellour, Chief Justice, and Vice-Treasourer, shall employ about the fortifications of the dongeon, the gates and the walls only, the sum of two hundred pounds sterling, — being first at such a point with the countrey for the performance of theyr part towardes the same, as those may concurre and be employed in such sorte together, as the worke maye not only be doon in convenyent and seasonable tyme, but also with such forsight, provision and oversight in the doing, as that which shall be doon may be substancially doon, and yet the money be extended as farre by husbondrye, as your wisdomes can

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    Trim Castle is right here. Back in March 1541 the king agreed to put two hundred pounds sterling towards repairing the dungeon, the gates and the walls of this castle. The local country offered to bear a portion of the cost themselves, and the king was content for the work to go ahead, provided the country was first brought to such a point with their own contribution. The Deputy, with the advice of the Chancellor, Chief Justice and Vice-Treasurer, was to employ the money only on those fortifications. The king wanted the work done in convenient and seasonable time, with foresight and oversight, so that what was done might be substantially done, and the money extended as far by husbandry as their wisdoms could manage. It is a small window into how a medieval fortress like this one stayed standing through royal warrant and local cost-sharing.

14. Death of Lord Thomas Butler near Mullingar

    Mullingar · town · Westmeath · 1329

    The Lord Thomas Butler and divers other noblemen were slain by MacGohegan and other Irishmen near Mullingar, in ongoing conflicts between Anglo-Norman lords and Irish clans in Meath.

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    1329 — The Lord Thomas Butler, and divers other noblemen, Avere slain by MacGohegan,"^ and other Irishmen, near Mullingar. — Marlbord.

    1330 — 25th April, at Woodstock, Edward III. grants to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and his wife Joan, the moiety of Meath which had been the portion of Margery Verdon, and which had been forfeited by Theobald Verdonf in the reign of Edward I. ; and directs, that they

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15. Ruins of St. John the Baptist Priory beside St. Peter's Bridge

    Trim · town · Meath

    The priory stands on the south side of the river below the abbey, contiguous to St. Peter's bridge, with extensive ruins including a square castle, a range of buildings, and a chapel with a triple east window measuring 117 feet by 24 feet.

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    This priory stands on the south side of the river, a little below the abbey, and contiguous to St. Peter’s bridge. The ruins are extensive, though by no means remarkable for regularity of style, nor have they much appearance of a religious foundation. A square castle adjoins St. Peter’s bridge, from whence a regular range of building, along the water’s edge, extends to another castle at the east end, near which is the triple east window of a chapel, which appears to have been 117 feet in length by 24 in breadth.

    This priory and its possessions w^ere granted to Robert Dillon. (See the priory of Regular Canons, Newtown). It afterwards became the property of the Ashe family, and was inhabited by them for many years, at which time many alterations were probably made for domestic purposes.

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    As you pass through Trim, down on the south side of the river below the abbey and beside St. Peter's bridge, you'll see the ruins of St. John the Baptist Priory. They're extensive, though they don't look much like a religious foundation. A square castle stands by the bridge, and from it a range of building runs along the water's edge to another castle at the east end. Near there, a chapel's triple east window survives, the chapel apparently 117 feet by 24 feet. After its dissolution the priory and its possessions were granted to Robert Dillon. It later passed to the Ashe family, who lived in it for many years and likely altered the buildings for domestic use.

16. Trial and imprisonment of James Birmingham at Trim Castle

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1368

    James Birmingham, kept in irons as a traitor in the Castle of Trim, was set at liberty in exchange for the Chancellor, following prisoners being taken at Carbry by the Birminghams.

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    1 368 — Thomas Burley, Prior of Kilmainham, the King’s Chancellor; JohnFitz Reicher, Sheriff of Meath ; and Sir Robert Tyrrell, Baron of Castleknock, were taken prisoners at Carbry by the Birminghams,* and others of that town. James Birmingham, who was then kept in irons as a traitor in the Castle of Trim, was set at liberty, in exchange for the chancellor ; the rest were forced to ransom themselves.f — Pemhridge.

    1358 — 32 Ed. III. — Libert, concess. Rogero Com. Marchise inter suos de Trym in Hib et al ibm. — T. L.

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    Right here at Trim Castle in Meath, in 1368, James Birmingham was being held in irons as a traitor. His freedom came through a swap. The Birminghams had seized prisoners at Carbry, including Thomas Burley, the King's Chancellor and Prior of Kilmainham, along with the Sheriff of Meath and the Baron of Castleknock. James was released in exchange for the Chancellor, while the others had to ransom themselves.

17. Cloisters of Bective abbey moved to Clady churchyard

    Clady · townland · Antrim · 1622

    Bartholomew Dillon possessed the abbey and parish of Bective and claimed exemption from episcopal jurisdiction, proving wills and granting administrations. Remains of the cloisters of the abbey are believed to have been brought to the romantic and sequestered churchyard at Clady during repairs.

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    session of Bartholomew Dillon, of Biverstown, who pretended to have an exemption from the Bishop’s jurisdiction, and proved wills and granted administrations. — (Visit. Book). At that time, the church and chancel were repaired, and it is probable that the remains of the cloisters of the abbey — which are still to be seen in the romantic and sequestered church-yard at Clady — were brought there at the time of these repairs. For many years there was neither church nor glebe house in this parish. The munificence of Mr. Bolton, the proprietor of this ])arisb, and the representative of Lord Chancellor Bolton, is now (1852) providing both.

    It may be conjectured that there was correspondence between Tara and Bective, at least their names seem to indicate it : Teachmor, Tectum magnum Tara, Beg teach. Tectum parvum, Bective or Begty. The rule in Irish grammar, that the noun should precede the adjective, was not always observed, iu the composition of names. Ath-cliath, in the life of St. Kevin, is thus described : Ath-cliath Scotice dicitur Dubhlina quod sonat Latine Nigra Therma — Conor Proleg. ^ p. liii. Such also was the case in the compounds ‘ Fin gals, Dubhgals, &c.’

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18. Custody of the Lepers' house of St. Mary Magdalen granted

    Trim · town · Meath · 1431

    In 1431 Henry VI granted Thomas Clement, chaplain, custody of the house of Lepers of St. Mary Magdalen at Trim, along with the chantry of the chapel within the castle.

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    * In 1431 Henry VI. gave Thomas Clement, chaplain, the custody of the house of Lepers of St. Mary Magdalen, at Trim, together with the chantry of the chapel within the castle. — Hot. PaL \0 Henry VI,

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    As you pass through Trim, in 1431 Henry VI granted Thomas Clement, chaplain, custody of the house of Lepers of St. Mary Magdalen here, together with the chantry of the chapel within the castle.

19. Death of Sir Geoffry de Geneville at Trim Abbey

    Trim · town · Meath · 1314

    Sir Geoffry de Geneville died on October 19th in the Abbey of the Friars' Preachers at Trim, the religious house which he had founded decades earlier.

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    1314 — Died, October 19, in the Abbey of the Friars’ Preachers in Trym, which he had founded in 1263, Sir Geoff ry de Geneville.^ — Irish Annals.

    1316. — 9 Ed. 11. — Muragium pro villa de Trim. T. L.

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    Coming through Trim now. Sir Geoffry de Geneville died on October 19, 1314, in the Abbey of the Friars' Preachers here in Trim, the religious house he had founded in 1263.

20. Deputy's strategic use of Trim as base against Ó Conchobhair

    Trim · town · Meath · 1537

    Alen notes that if the deputy has cause with Ó Conchobhair (Ochonour), he may be based in Trim or in Bermingham's country to conduct war or negotiations, illustrating Trim's strategic military role.

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    1537. — And in doing of this, or parleying with Irishmen upon the border, the deputy shall not need to charge the whole country ; for if he have causes with the borders of Uriell, he may be in Dundalk, and make his parliament or war out of the same, and his own person to be sure there. If he have such cause with Orally, he may lie in Kynlies (Kells), in Navan, or Athboy. If with Ochonour, he may be in Trim, in Bremyngham’s country, (the barony of Carbury, in Kildare,) Kathangan or Kyldare. If with Omore, in Aythe, and so upon every border where he hath such cause. — J. Alen, State Papers^ vol. ii. pt. iii. p. 490. In another paper to the commissioners, Alen says: — And in any wise some order to be taken immediately for the building of the castle hall, (in Dublin,) where the law is kept ; for if the same be not built, the majestie and estimation of the law shall perish, the justices being then en* forced to minister the laws upon the hills as it were brehons*

    * Campion thus describes the brehons — “Other lawyers they have liable to certain families, which, after the custom of the country, determine and judge causes. These consider of wrongs offered and received amongst their neighbours ; be it murder, or felony, or trespass, all is redeemed by composition. The breighoon, as they call this sort of lawyer, sitteth him down on a bank, the lords and gentlemen at variance about him, and then proceed.” Spencer says — “The brehon (that is their judge) will compound between the murderer and the friends of the party murdered, which prosecute the action ;

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    Coming up now is Trim, a town the road passes through in Meath. Back in 1537, a man called Alen laid out in the State Papers how the deputy of Ireland could use different towns as bases depending on which Irish leader he had business with. If the deputy had cause with Ochonour, Ó Conchobhair, Alen said he may be in Trim, or in Bermingham's country in the barony of Carbury in Kildare. The idea was that the deputy need not charge the whole country to parley with Irishmen upon the border. He could make his war or his parliament out of whichever town suited, and his own person would be safe there. Alen gave other pairings too. For causes with the borders of Uriell, the deputy could be in Dundalk. For Orally, he could lie in Kells, Navan, or Athboy. For Omore, in Athy. So Trim sat in a network of garrison towns, each one picked to match the adversary. The deputy would not need to bring the full weight of the country with him. He could hold his ground in Trim and deal with Ó Conchobhair from there, whether that meant fighting or talking. Alen's words paint a practical map of power, where the choice of base mattered as much as the choice of fight.

21. Parliament held at Trim under Henry, Lord Grey

    Trim · town · Meath · 1478

    A parliament was held at Trim before Henry, Lord Grey, deputy to George, Duke of Clarence, before being adjourned to Drogheda and then Dublin, restoring the liberty of Meath.

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    1478 — At a parliament held in Trym, before Henry, Lord Grey, deputy to George, Duke of Clarence, from thence adjourned to Drogheda, and thence to Dublin :

    It was enacted that for the time to come, the liberty of Meath be commenced, restored, used, exercised, held, and continued, with all manner of liberties, franchises, usages, free customs, court leets, offices, and officers, and all manner of every other thing, belonging to the same in ancient times, in as ample a manner as was exercised and occupied in the time of Richard, late Duke of York, or his noble progenitors, Lords of Meath ; and that Henry, Lord Grey, Lord

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    As you pass through Trim, this town once hosted a parliament in 1478, held before Henry, Lord Grey, who served as deputy to George, Duke of Clarence. The parliament then adjourned to Drogheda and on to Dublin. Its main enactment restored the liberty of Meath, with all its franchises, usages, court leets, offices, and officers, as these had been exercised in the time of Richard, late Duke of York, or his noble progenitors, Lords of Meath.

22. Sir Rice Maunxell and Skeffington garrison Trim, 1535

    Trim · town · Meath · 1535

    In February 1535, Sir Rice Maunxell, Leonard Skeffington, and Mr. Eglionby lay in Trim with about 500 men, conducting successful operations against the rebel traitor and his followers.

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    In February, 1535, Sir Rice Maunxell, Leonard Skeffington, and Mr. Eglionby, lay in Trim, accompanied with 500 men or theraboutes, p. 225, “ where, ” says Skeffington, “ they have done right good explootes and acceptable service, in noyeing the traitour and his followers.”— p. 224.

    December 23 — Thomas Stewnes,^ constable of the Castle of Trim, had general pardon — Rot. Pat. 24, 5 Henry VIII.

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 91

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Trim, this is where, in February 1535, Sir Rice Maunxell, Leonard Skeffington, and Mr. Eglionby held the town with around 500 men. Skeffington himself said they had done "right good exploits and acceptable service, in noyeing the traitour and his followers." Later that December, Thomas Stewnes, constable of the Castle of Trim, received a general pardon from Henry the Eighth.

23. 1318 dispute over burial of Rosine de Verdon

    Trim · town · Meath · 1318

    In 1318 a dispute arose between the friars of the Gray Friary at Trim and the Dominicans of Mullingar over the burial of Rosine de Verdon, referred by the Pope to ecclesiastical authorities in Minden.

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    In 1318 there was a dispute between the friars of this house and the Dominicans of Mullingar, respecting the

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    As you pass through Trim, there's a story from 1318. A dispute broke out between the friars of the Gray Friary here and the Dominicans of Mullingar over where Rosine de Verdon should be buried. The Pope referred the matter to ecclesiastical authorities in Minden.

24. 1666 order to lock Trim's town gates nightly

    Trim · town · Meath · 1666

    An assembly of the corporation of Trim ordered that constables lock the town gates every night at the ringing of the nine o'clock bell and deliver keys to the Deputy Portrieve, unlocking them again each morning at four.

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    1666 — April 21st — Ordered at an assembly of the corporation,— That the constables do lock the gates of the town every night, at the ringing of the nine o’clock bell, and deliver them to the Deputy Portrieve; and unlock the same every morning at four o’clock. — Town Records.

    An indenture made 26th June, 1667, between Adam Loftus, of Rathfarnham, county of Dublin, Esq., of the first part, and Sir James Shean, knight and baronet, of the second part, and Murtogh Dowling, gentleman, of the third part; whereby the said Loftus for the sum of £7,200, sold to Sir James, his heirs, and assignees, for ever, the castle and manor of Trim, and lordship of Moyare, alias Moygare, with all the demesnes, rents, customs, services, courts, royalties, fairs, markets, and all other hereditaments thereof, viz.: —

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 114

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Trim in Meath, it was a town that shut itself in each night. In 1666 the corporation ordered the constables to lock the town gates every night at the ringing of the nine o'clock bell and hand the keys to the Deputy Portrieve. They were to unlock the gates again each morning at four.

25. 700 men sent to garrison Trim in 1535

    Trim · town · Meath · 1535

    On January 5, 1535, the deputy sent 700 men to keep and garrison Trim following the rebellion and destruction caused by Silken Thomas.

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    On January 5, 1535, 700 men were sent by the deputy to keep Trim. — State Papers^ 2 pt. iii., p. 220.

    * It is to be hoped that the castle was not taken. Stanyhurst says: — “Another time Thomas Fitzgerald iired a village hard by Trim, and devised such of his horsemen as could speak English, being clad and horsed like northern men, to ride to Trim, where a garrison lay, with hue-and-cry, saying that they were Captain Salisburie’s soldiers; and that the traitor, Thomas Fitzgerald, was burning a village hard by. The soldiers, suspecting no cousenage, issued out of the town, who were by his men charged, and a great number of them slain ; some chased to the town and forced to take sanctuary in the churchyard, which in those days was highly reverenced.— Stanyhurst^ p. 302.

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 90

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Trim, this is the town where, on January 5, 1535, the deputy sent 700 men to keep and garrison it. This came after the rebellion and destruction caused by Silken Thomas.

26. Abbots of Newton, Navan and Bective take oath of allegiance

    Bective · townland · Meath · 1488

    Nicholas Herbert, abbot of St. Peter's, Newton, Richard Nangle, abbot of Navan, and James Castlemartin, abbot of Bective, took the oath of allegiance to Henry VII and were received into favour.

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    Nicholas Herbert, abbot of St. Peter’s, Newton; Richard Nangle, abbot of Navan ; and James Castlemartin, abbot of Bective,f took the oath of allegiance the same day, and were received into favour. — Ware's Annals,

    * The townsmen of Trim had united with the great abbots and lords of Meath in supporting Lambert Simnel. Their zeal for the house of York may have been the principal motive for their revolt from Henry VII. ; but was, no doubt, fomented by the intrigues and the money of the Duchess of Burgundy. A gross of Charles the Bold was lately dug up in the south commons of Trim ; from the same cause this coin is sometimes found in the north of England. After Simnel’s solemn coronation at Christ Church, where he was crowned with a crown taken from an image of the virgin, and the coronation sermon was preached by the Bishop of Meath; the “ladd,” as he is called in the act of Poyning’s Parliament, was carried on the shoulders of D’Arcy, of Platten,” to the Castle of Dublin ; “ that, ” says Campion, ‘ ‘ he might be seen and noted ; he was surely an honorable boy to look upon.’’

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 79

    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere close to Bective, three abbots made their submission to Henry VII in 1488. Nicholas Herbert, abbot of St. Peter's, Newton, Richard Nangle, abbot of Navan, and James Castlemartin, abbot of Bective, took the oath of allegiance the same day and were received into favour. They had backed Lambert Simnel, the pretender who was crowned at Christ Church with a crown taken from an image of the Virgin, with the Bishop of Meath preaching the coronation sermon. The townsfolk of Trim and the great abbots and lords of Meath had united in supporting him, motivated by zeal for the house of York and fomented by the intrigues and money of the Duchess of Burgundy. After his coronation, the "ladd," as he is called in the act of Poyning's Parliament, was carried on the shoulders of D'Arcy of Platten to the Castle of Dublin, that, as Campion says, "he might be seen and noted."

27. Abbot's seal found near Mullingar

    Mullingar · town · Westmeath · 1200–1300

    The seal of Abbot M. of the Trim house, also abbot of St Mary's, Durrow, was found some years before publication near Mullingar and assigned by Dr Petrie to the close of the thirteenth century.

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    The seal of M. Abbot of this house, and also abbot of St. Mary’s, Durmag [Durrow], was found some years ago near Mullingar, and is engraved in the Penny Journal, It is in the possession of Mr. R. Murray, of Mullingar. It has been assigned by Dr. Petrie to the close of the thirteenth century.

    * Mr. Urban, — I send you an' inelegant, yet tolerably just representation of an old tower, called the yellow steeple, at Trim, in Ireland. Above one-fourth of it is now ruined, having been blown up by Cromwell. The principal curiosity in the present state is the part marked almost at the top of the building, which overhangs several feet, and has done so long before any person now living remembers this edifice. Dangerous as the attempt may be, the boys oftentimes mount unto the top of this tower by ladders, to the place where the stairs begin, and which is about the place marked. This tower is now undermined just at one of the angles, and probably wiU soon fall. But as the inhabitants of the town, as well as those of the adjacent country, give themselves no trouble to repair or preserve this elegant piece of antiquity, I was tempted to trouble you with this coarse view of it, should you please to preserve any appearance of so venerable a monument of our ancestors’ piety.

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28. Archbishop of Armagh's medieval rights over Trim castle and town

    Trim · town · Meath · 1614

    A 1614 inquisition found the Archbishop of Armagh seized of a tenement and three acres in the parish of Trim, and in the time of Henry IV the Archbishop had a crown charge for the site of the castle, town and bridge of Trim.

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    sition found that the Archbishop of Armagh was seized, in right of his see, of one tenement and three acres of land within the parish of Trim. The Bishop of Meath receives rent from the crown for the manor of Trim. And in the time of Henry TV., the Archbishop of Armagh had a charge upon the crown of £8 16s. TJd , for the site of the castle, town, and bridge of Trim.

    * The church and glebe, and the land belonging to the see of Armagh, are on the north side, and the castle is on the south side of the Boyne.

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 118

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    Up ahead is Trim, in Meath. A 1614 inquisition found the Archbishop of Armagh held a tenement and three acres in the parish here, and in the time of Henry the Fourth he had a crown charge of 8 pounds, 16 shillings, for the site of the castle, town, and bridge. The Bishop of Meath received rent from the crown for the manor of Trim.

29. Bishop of Derry Donnell O'Fallon dies and is buried at Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1500

    Donnell O'Fallon, Bishop of Derry and friar minor, preached throughout Ireland for thirty years before dying of an inward disease and being interred at Trim in 1500.

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    1500 — Donnell O’Fallon, Bishop of Derry, friar minor of the observance, who for the period of thirty years diligently wrought and preached throughout Ireland, died of an inward disease, and was interred at Trim — Four Masters,

    1506 — Ath Trium was burned by lightning. — Four M,

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 122

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    As you pass through Trim, that's where Donnell O'Fallon was laid to rest in 1500. He was Bishop of Derry, a friar minor of the observance, and he had spent thirty years diligently preaching throughout Ireland before dying of an inward disease.

30. Burning of St. Mary's Church in Trim 1368

    Trim · town · Meath · 1368

    The Church of St. Mary in Trim was burnt in 1368; the Yellow Steeple, as it later came to be called, was probably built after this fire.

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    1368 — The Church of St. Mary in Trim was burnt. The steeple now called the Yellow Steeple, was probably built after this fire.

    1376 — This year the abbot sued John Newman, Thomas Pendergast, and Richard Trowyn, for burning the mill at Rathnally, the property of the said abbot.

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    As the companion tells it

    Coming up through Trim, in County Meath. The Church of St. Mary here was burnt in 1368. The tall tower you may see, the Yellow Steeple as it came to be known, was probably built after that fire.

31. Drumconrath market and fair licensed on frontier of Irish marches

    Drumcondra · town · Meath · 1412

    In 1412, Thomas Fleming, Baron of Slane, was granted license for a weekly market and annual fair at Drumconrath, which lay on the frontier of the marches of the Irish enemies and had often been burned by them.

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    t In 1412, Thomas Fleming, Baron of Slane, had license for a weekly market and an annual fair at Drumconrath, which was on the frontier of the Marches of the Irish enemies, and had often been burned by them. — Rot. Pat. 13 Henry IV»

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32. Fall of the twin arches in the keep of Trim Castle, 1820

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1820

    Two arches which crossed the northern division of the keep of Trim Castle, likely erected around 1326, fell in 1820, revealing they had been added after the castle's completion.

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    At this time, probably, were erected the two arches which crossed the northern division of the keep : when they fell in 1820, it appeared that they had been put up after the castle Avas finished, as the plaster was fresh on the place from which one of them sprung.

    1329 — The Lord Thomas Butler, and divers other noblemen, Avere slain by MacGohegan,"^ and other Irishmen, near Mullingar. — Marlbord.

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 25

    As the companion tells it

    Right here at Trim Castle in Meath, two arches once crossed the northern division of the keep, likely put up around 1326. When they fell in 1820, it became clear they had been added after the castle was finished, as the plaster was still fresh on the spot from which one of them had sprung.

33. Forcible Possession Dispute at Rathtaine and Dunderry

    Dunderry · townland · Meath · 1374

    Sir Thomas de Verdon was sued before the justices at Trim by Geoffrey Travers for forcibly taking possession of tenements at Rathtayne, Bellewstown, and Fulpotstown near Anderneri (Dunderry). After outlawry proceedings, he was later pardoned.

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    1374 — Sir Thomas de Verdon being sued before the justices at Trym, by Geoffrey Travers, for taking forcible possession of tenements in Rathtayne ; of Bellewstown, next the same ; and of Fulpotstown, near Anderneri [Dunderry] ; and process of outlawry being issued against him for not appearing, — he was now pardoned, — Rolls in Birmingham Tower.

    * This Prelate, whose name was Stephen de la Valle, had a grant of £320, for endangering his life in Munster, with menat-arms, in fighting against and reducing to peace, O’Brien of Thomond, and other rebels. — Rot, Cl. 46, Edward III, When he was in Munster at another time, his lands and the lands of his church were ravaged by O’ Conor Ophaly and others ; who, thereby incurred the greater excommunication : and in 1377 the Bishop of Kildare was ordered by the king to excommunicate them accordingly.

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 34

34. Fortification Grant near Trim to Defend Against O'Connors

    Trim · town · Meath · 1533

    Henry VIII granted John Barnewall lands on condition he build houses near the Castle of Killnycrosse for its defence, the castle being strategically placed to defend against the O'Connors and other rebels.

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    * How necessary fortifications in the neighbourhood of Trim were considered at this time, is evident from the following grant from Henry VIII., in the year 1533 — To John Barnewall, knight. Lord of Trymletistown, in fee farm, 120 acres of arable land, eight messuages, and all manner of meadows, feeding grounds, pastures, weirs, fisheries, and all other hereditaments whatsoever, in Dunlevyrs, and both Dunlwyrs, otherwise called both Houlevras ; Balenebouricke, otherwise called Ballynbwurish, otherwise called Brownristhestown, and Cabraght ; together with all customs, commodities, and profits to the same premises appendant, pertaining, or belonging, to hold of the crown to him, and the heirs male of his body, in fee farm, as of the manor of Tryme, by the fee farm of £6 6s. Irish; to the intent that the said John should, within four years from the date of the grant, build certain houses near the Castle of Killnycrosse, for the better defence and support thereof, said castle being conveniently situated for the defence of the king’s English subjects against the O’Connors and other rebels, provided that the value of the premises at the time of the grant does not exceed £6 6s. Irish. — Rot. Pat. 24, 6 Henry VIIL

    In 1528, Lord Delvin, then Vice Deputy, was taken prisoner by O’Connor at a castle of Sir W. Darcey’s, called Bathyn. Christopher Cusake, the compiler of Cusake’s collections, was taken prisoner with State Papers, vol. iii.,

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    Up ahead is Trim, a town with a long history of fortification. In 1533, Henry the Eighth granted John Barnewall, knight and Lord of Trymletistown, 120 acres of arable land and eight messuages in the surrounding townlands, to hold of the crown for a fee of £6 6s. Irish. The condition was that Barnewall must, within four years, build certain houses near the Castle of Killnycrosse, for the better defence and support of that castle. The castle was conveniently situated, as the grant says, for the defence of the king's English subjects against the O'Connors and other rebels. The need was real. In 1528, Lord Delvin, then Vice Deputy, was taken prisoner by O'Connor at a castle of Sir William Darcey's called Bathyn. Christopher Cusake, the compiler of Cusake's collections, was taken prisoner with him.

35. Leper hospital of Saint Mary Magdalen near Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1431

    In 1431 Thomas Clement, chaplain, was appointed by the king as guardian of the hospital of lepers of Saint Mary Magdalen near Trym, along with the chantry of the chapel within Trim Castle.

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    1431 — September 18, — Thomas Clement, chaplain, was appointed by the king guardian of the hospital of lepers, of Saint Mary Magdalen, near Trym, with the chantry of the chapel within the Castle of Trym. — Eot, Pat. 10. Henry VI.

    1431 — June 27 — Master John Cauntewall, Archdeacon of Ossory, sub-collector for the Apostolical See, is sworn into office in the chancery of Trym. The oath consisted of twelve clauses : — 1st, of fidelity ; 2nd, of not allowing or permitting anything to the prejudice of the king, crown, or realm; 3rd, of giving faithful counsel to the king ; 4th, of concealing the king’s counsel ; 5th, of not executing any mandate of the Pope, to the prejudice of the king, or realm ; 6th, of delivering all papal letters to the king’s council before they are published; 7th, of not sending money to the Pope from Ireland, without license from the king or council ; 8th, of not sending letters to the prejudice of the king or realm; 9th of maintaining the honor and state of the king; 10th, of not levying first fruits from benefices given by the king, or granted, by the Pope, in the way of expectation ; 1 1 th, of not introducing novelties without the special license of the king, and the cause of mandate being shewn to the king or council ; 12th, of not going out of Ireland without special license under the seal. — Rot Pat. 10. Henry VI.

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    As you pass through Trim, there was once a hospital for lepers dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalen just outside the town. On the 18th of September 1431, the king appointed Thomas Clement, a chaplain, as guardian of that hospital. He was given charge of it together with the chantry of the chapel inside Trim Castle. That same year, on the 27th of June, Master John Cauntewall, Archdeacon of Ossory and sub-collector for the Apostolical See, was sworn into office in the chancery of Trim. His oath had twelve clauses, covering fidelity to the king, concealing the king's counsel, not executing papal mandates to the prejudice of king or realm, delivering all papal letters to the king's council before publication, and not sending money to the Pope from Ireland without license, among other obligations. Both events come from the patent rolls of the 10th year of Henry VI.

36. Richard Barynton, Constable of Trim Castle, petitions for lost fees

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1402

    Richard Barynton, appointed Constable of the Castle of Trim for life by the late Earl of March, petitioned the king stating his fees from felon convictions had ceased since the castle fell into the king's hands. He was granted £10 a year from the manor of Portlester.

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    1402. — Richard Barynton petitioned the king, stating, that he had been appointed by the late Earl of March Constable of the Castle of Trim for life, and that, in right of his office, he was entitled to large fees on the acquittal or conviction of felons ; and that such fees, in consequence of the castle being in the king’s hands, had entirely ceased. The king granted him £10 a-year from the manor of Portlester, during the minority of Edmund, son-and-heir of said earl. — Rot. Pat. 3, Henry IV.

    Janico Dartass (or iyArtoise)f petitioned the king, stating, that the king had granted him on the 30th May, 1400, the custody of the manor and lordship of Trim,

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 44

    As the companion tells it

    Right beside the road here is Trim Castle. In 1402, Richard Barynton petitioned the king, saying he had been appointed Constable of Trim Castle for life by the late Earl of March. By right of his office he was entitled to large fees on the acquittal or conviction of felons, but those fees had entirely ceased because the castle had fallen into the king's hands. The king granted him £10 a year from the manor of Portlester, during the minority of Edmund, son and heir of the earl.

37. Ruined Chancel of Trim Church Since 1641

    Trim · town · Meath · 1693

    A 1693 survey records that the church of Trim was in good repair, but its chancel had lain in ruins since 1641, reflecting the destruction wrought during the wars of that era.

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    1693 — The Wurn of this date states that the tithes of this rectory were annexed to the bishopric of Meath, and were worth (communibus annis, the vicar’s allowance being deducted) £200 sterling. The church was in good repair, but the chancel in ruins, since 1641. There

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    As you pass through Trim, there was a church here that a survey in 1693 found in good repair, but its chancel had been in ruins since 1641. The same survey valued the rectory's tithes at 200 pounds sterling after the vicar's allowance was deducted.

38. Sir Richard Edgecombe takes fealty oath at Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1488

    Sir Richard Edgecombe rode from Drogheda to Trim in 1488, and took the fealty oath of the portreeve, burgesses, and commonality of the town that afternoon.

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    1488 — July 25, Sir Richard Edgecombe rode from Drogheda to Trim,"^ to dinner, and there at afternoon, took fealty of the portrefFe, burgesses, and commonality of said town. — Sir E. E^s Journal^ in Harris^ Hihernica,

    Nicholas Herbert, abbot of St. Peter’s, Newton; Richard Nangle, abbot of Navan ; and James Castlemartin, abbot of Bective,f took the oath of allegiance the same day, and were received into favour. — Ware's Annals,

    Internet Archive somenoticesofcas00butl, Chapter 79

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Trim, this is where Sir Richard Edgecombe arrived on July 25, 1488, having ridden from Drogheda to dinner. That afternoon he took the fealty of the portreeve, burgesses, and commonality of the town. Three abbots — Nicholas Herbert of St. Peter's, Newton, Richard Nangle of Navan, and James Castlemartin of Bective — took the oath of allegiance the same day and were received into favour.

39. St. Fochern surrenders the Abbey of Trim to Cathald

    Trim · town · Meath

    Saint Fochern, grandson of King Laoguire, succeeded St. Loman at his dying request, but three days later surrendered the Abbey of Trim to Cathald.

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    guire,^ succeeded St. Loman,f at his dying request, but, in three days after he surrendered the AbbeyJ of Trim, to Cathald. — Archdall^ from Acta Sanct,

    in Meath or Lancashire) in the 12th century, and wrote a life of St. Patrick at the request of Thomas O’Connor, Archbishop of Armagh ; Malachy, Bishop of Down ; and John de Courcy, Prince of Ulster. He was, probably, one of the monks brought by De Courcy from the Lancashire Furness, and planted at Iniscourcy, in Down.

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    As you pass through Trim, its abbey has a brief and curious story. Saint Fochern, grandson of King Laoguire, succeeded Saint Loman at Loman's dying request. But just three days later, he surrendered the Abbey of Trim to Cathald. So one of the shortest tenures an abbot could have ended almost before it had begun.

40. Surrender of Priory of St. John the Baptist, Newtown

    Newtown · townland · Meath · 1539

    Laurence White, the last prior, surrendered the priory and its extensive possessions in 1539, including a church, two towers, hall, storehouse, kitchen, brewhouse, granaries, pigeon-house and haggard, along with lands across many townlands.

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    Laurence White was the last prior, who surrendered this priory and its possessions July 16th, 31st King Henry VIII., being then seized of the same, containing a church, two towers, an hall, storehouse, kitchen, brewhouse, two granaries, a pidgeon-house, and haggard ; also of four messuages, twenty acres of arable land, being part of their demesne on the south side of the Boyne, seventy acres of arable land, twelve of pasture, being part of the

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41. The Jessamy House and Lady Roscommon in Trim

    Trim · town · Meath

    Lady Roscommon lived for a time in a house in Trim called The Jessamy, fronting the High Street, the remains of which only disappeared in recent years; a marble color-plate belonging to her or her companion Anne Death was recently found there.

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    * This Lady Roscommon lived for some time in a house in Trim, called The Jessamy, the remains of which only disappeared within these few years. This house fronted the High-street, and here was lately found a marble color-plate, belonging to her or to her companion, Anne Death.

    ST. Patrick’s church.

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    As you pass through Trim, there was once a house on the High Street called The Jessamy, where Lady Roscommon lived for a time. The remains of the house disappeared only recently. A marble colour-plate belonging to her or her companion Anne Death was found there not long ago.

42. Tradition of Theobald Verdon's death at Laghera Tibbott

    Ballymore · town · Westmeath

    Sir Henry Piers records a tradition that Sir Theobald Verdon had been killed by the Irish near Ballimore, at a place called Laghera Tibbott, said to be named after him.

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    (1682), that Sir Theobald Verdon had been killed by the Irish, in the time of Henry VIII. !!! at Laghera Tibbott, near Ballimore, in Westmeath ; and that the place was so called after his name.

    1327. — 1 Ed. 3 Rex concess’ Rogero de Mortuomari et Johanae nxori ejus et hered eorundem in feodo libert’ de Trim in Hib. quas E. 2 versus eos nnper recuperavit. — T. L.

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43. Trim and its church burned again, 1155

    Trim · town · Meath · 1155

    The Four Masters record that Ath Truim (Trim) with its church was burned in 1155, the same year that Durrow was twice burned.

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    1155 — Ath Truim with its church was burned, and Dearmagh also was twice burned in the same month, this year. — Four M.

    1258. — An arrangement was made this year, respecting the advowson of the church of Trim, between the Bishop of Meath, Hugh de Tachmon, and Geoffrey de Geneville. — J. F’ Alton,

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    Coming up through Trim, in Meath. The Four Masters record that in 1155, Ath Truim, Trim, with its church was burned. That same month, Dearmagh, Durrow, was twice burned as well. A hard year for these places. The record gives no cause and no names beyond that.

44. Trim proposed as central seat for administering law in the Pale

    Trim · town · Meath · 1537

    In 1537, J. Alen argued Trim was the most convenient location for keeping legal terms and administering law for the king's subjects, allowing men such as the Dillons, Tyrrells, and Daltons to attend.

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    1537. — Item, whereas nothing doth more cause men to forbear evil doings and do well, as the right knowledge of the laws, and obedience to the same ; it were therefore convenient, that the terms should be kept, and the law ministered in such place, as with least cost and charge the king’s subjects from all places might resort thereunto ; we think no place so convenient for that purpose as the town of Trim, where might the Dillons, Tyrrells, and Daltons,

    * Walter de Lacy had in his charter given permission to his freemen and burgesses of Trim to gather wood in his forest in sight of the foresters. In the time of Giraldus Cambrensis ( Top. Hib. 3, 2) the country was covered with woods. In 1515, it was proposed to Henry VIII., that it be ordained by the deputy and the said captain that the tenants of every of the king’s towns be strictly enjoined to ditch and hedge their corn, their croftes, their closes, and their gardens, and thereabout, to set and plant trees most meet and apt for building houses, for ploughing, and carting, and tilling of the land, and especially with oaken trees, so that the husbands of every of the said towns and villages, within a few years, shall have timber sufficient of their own to satisfy their distress always in every point, where that now one of the most dearth, that hurteth the commonwealth subject to the king, is the dearth and lack of timber. — State of Ireland y ti’c., in State Papers, vol. ii., p. iii., page 28-9.

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    As you pass through the town of Trim in Meath, you are in a place that in 1537 was put forward as the best seat for administering law in the Pale. J. Alen argued that no place was so convenient for keeping legal terms, since the king's subjects could come here with least cost and charge. He named the Dillons, the Tyrrells, and the Daltons as men who would attend. The argument was that nothing keeps men from wrongdoing like right knowledge of the laws and obedience to them, and Trim stood at the heart of that thinking. The proposal never amounted to a lasting institution, but it tells you where Trim stood in the governance of the Pale under Henry the Eighth.

45. Beehive house and Irish remains at Clady

    Clady · townland · Antrim

    In the hill at Clady (Cletty), there is a bee-hive house along with other Irish antiquarian remains, referenced in connection with the ancient royal palace tradition.

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    t Bective, called in the records Bectiff and Begty, is probably derived from Begteach, and signifies the Little Palace, in contradistinction from the neighbouring Teamor, Tara, or Great Palace. In the hill at Clady (Cletty) there is a bee-hive house, with other Irish remains.

    Perhaps Bective was the place to which the royal palace was transferred from Tara in 564. Regnante porro Diarmitio, A.T). 565. Temerise arx a S. Ruadano maledicta desinit esse sedes Regia, et Regni sedes adalium collem hand procul aTemo-

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46. Bishop Donnell O'Fallon buried in Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1500

    Donnell O'Fallon, Bishop of Derry and Friar Minor of the Observantines, who preached through Ireland for thirty years, was buried in Trim in 1500.

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    1500 — Donnell O’Fallon, Bishop of Derry, Friar Minor of the Observantines, who for thirty years preached through Ireland, was buried in Trim, — Four Masters.

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    As you pass through Trim in Meath, this is where Donnell O'Fallon was buried in 1500. He was Bishop of Derry and a Friar Minor of the Observantines. For thirty years he preached through Ireland before his burial here. The record comes from the Four Masters. [93389]

47. Earl of Kildare funded repairs to Trim Castle as Deputy

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1524

    In 1524, the Earl of Kildare, as Deputy, granted to spend money from the king's revenues on repairs to the king's castles and manors at Dublin and Trim, contributing forty pounds the first year and forty marks yearly.

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    1524 — The Right Honorable Earl Gerralde of Kildare, Deputy [in Kildare’s indenture], granted, that he shall expend and lay out in, upon, and about, the reperacyons of the king’s castles and manors of Dublin and Trim, and other of the king’s castles within this his land of Ireland, of the rents and revenues of the king’s possession of the same land, the first year forty pounds, and yearly forty marks, during the time of his deputation. — St. Papers^ vol. ii. chap, xxxix. page 115.

    1534 — ^November 15 — Sir William Skefiington,^ Lord Deputy, attended by Brereton, went from Dublin to Dunshaughlin, where the traitor. Lord Thom as, f shewed himself near Trim, where seven or eight score of his company

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    Right here at Trim Castle, in 1524, the Earl of Kildare, serving as the king's Deputy in Ireland, authorised spending from the king's own revenues on repairs to the royal castles and manors at Dublin and Trim, and other castles across the land. The first year he laid out forty pounds, and forty marks yearly after that, for as long as his deputation lasted. The record puts it plainly: he was to "expend and lay out in, upon, and about, the reperacyons of the king's castles." So what you see here was kept in repair with crown money, channelled through Kildare's authority.

48. Lord Deputy Gray writes from 'his grace's town of Trim', 1538

    Trim · town · Meath · 1538

    On October 8, 1538, the Deputy Lord Leonard Gray and his council wrote an official letter to the king from Trim, referring to it as 'his grace's town'.

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    1538 — Oct. 8 — The Deputy, Lord Leonard Gray and the council, wrote to the king from his grace's town of Trim. — State Papers^ vol. i. p. 101.

    1538 — Thomas Agard writes to Cromwell — “ Of late I have procured a benefice (the rectory of Trim ?)* for a son of mine here, who is but 15 years of age, and for lack of knowledge I entered and have it in possession ; and now Mr. Pawlett and Berners have got a tytling thereof, and do intend to put me to trouble, because I have no license. . . . I think it is by reason of the Lord Deputy, who is my heavy lord ; — I never gave him cause, but, because of my taking a farm of the king’s, which is to me one of the dearest farms in Ireland ; I do sustain loss enough by the Lord Deputy, though he invent not this. Mr. Berners is the putter forward of it, as Mr. Sentleger can further shew your lordship. God knoweth, it is in a manner all my living. My lord, I have set up broad looms, f and a dyehouse there, trusting in God, within this year, to set 100 or more at work, if I may be suffered. But unless it be

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    As you pass through Trim, this is the town where Lord Leonard Gray, the Deputy, and his council wrote to the king on October 8, 1538, calling it his grace's town. That same year, Thomas Agard wrote to Cromwell from here with a complaint. He had secured a benefice, possibly the rectory of Trim, for his son, who was only 15 years old. Because the boy was too young, Agard entered and held it himself, but now Mr. Pawlett and Mr. Berners had got wind of it and intended to put him to trouble, since he had no license. Agard suspected the Lord Deputy, whom he called his heavy lord, was behind it, though he says he never gave him cause. He had taken a farm of the king's, one of the dearest farms in Ireland, and was losing enough already. He told Cromwell he had set up broad looms and a dyehouse there, and trusted that within the year he could put 100 or more to work, if he was allowed. Mr. Berners, he said, was the one pushing the matter forward.

49. Ownership history of Trim Castle to Lord Dunsany

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1859–1861

    The property of Trim Castle was purchased by the Wellesleys, later sold by the Marquis of Wellesley to Colonel Leslie of Glaslough, whose son sold much of it in 1859; by 1861 the Castle of Trim was in the possession of Lord Dunsany.

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    * The whole of this property was purchased by the Wellesleys. The Marquis of Wellesley sold it to Colonel Leslie, of Glaslough, whose son sold the greater part of what had been the Wellesley property in the year 1859, in different lots. The Castle of Trim is now, 1861, in the possession of Lord Dunsany.

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    Right here at Trim Castle in Meath. This property was once bought by the Wellesleys, then the Marquis of Wellesley sold it to Colonel Leslie of Glaslough. His son sold the greater part of the old Wellesley property in 1859, in different lots, and by 1861 the castle was in the possession of Lord Dunsany.

50. Pigeon-house tower in Trim Castle's fortifications

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath

    A mound of earth was thrown up in the south-west angle of Trim Castle for a battery, filling two towers. One surviving tower has three stories, the upper being a pigeon-house with holes for sixty or eighty pairs of pigeons.

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    In the south-west angle of the castle, where the townwall joined it, a mound of earth has been thrown up to the height of the castle wall, filling the first and second towers from the town gate. This was probably done for a battery for cannon to flank the town wall, and to defend the approach to the Dublin gate. The wall against which the mound of earth was thrown up, has fallen down, but the towers remain, one of which has been lately cleared. It is divided into three stories ; the upper one of which was a pigeon-house, having holes in the wail for sixty or eighty pair. The lower story led to the postern, at what was probably the level of the water in the ditch.

    The third side, which is towards the country facing the south, sweeps round in an easy curve, to the Boyne ; it is 192 yards long, defended by six flanking towers, including those at the angles and the gate. The tower of

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    Right here at Trim Castle, in the south-west angle where the town wall once joined the fortifications, a mound of earth was thrown up to the height of the castle wall, filling two towers from the town gate. It was probably built as a battery for cannon to flank the town wall and defend the approach to the Dublin gate. The wall it was built against has fallen, but the towers remain. One of them, lately cleared, is divided into three stories. The upper story was a pigeon-house, with holes in the wall for 60 or 80 pairs of pigeons. The lower story led to a postern, at what was probably the level of the water in the ditch.

51. Ruined Mawdelin's chapel and lands of the Gray Friary

    Trim · town · Meath

    The Gray Friary precinct in Trim included a ruined chapel called Mawdelin's chapel, an adjoining churchyard, a mill, a weir on the Boyne, and the King's Park alias the Park of Trim, all detailed in a valuation of the dissolved friary's holdings.

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    of the church and steeple, a dormitory, hall, three chambers, and sundry other offices in the precincts, and of no value; a mill and watercourse, with the appurtenances, annual value 20s., besides reprises ; an orchard, a church or chapel, called the Mawdelin’s chapel,^ in ruins; a close, called the Mawdelin’s church -yard, annual value 6d. besides reprises ; a weir on the Boyne, with its appurtenances, annual value 3s. 4d- besides reprises; twenty acres of arable land, one of meadow, and eight of pasture, with the appurtenances in Trim, annual value 5s., besides reprises ; and a parcel of land called the King’s Park, alias the Park of Trim, containing eighty acres of pasture, moor, and underwood, with the appurtenances, annual value, besides reprises, 5s.

    July 10th, 34 King Henry VIII. ; this friary, with several small parcels of land, and a church in Trim, was granted for ever, in capite, to Lodwyche O’Tudyr, parson of Koslaye, John Morye, parson of Walterstown, and John Wakely, at the annual rent of 2s. lOd. Irish money.

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    As you pass through Trim, you are near the Gray Friary precinct. Its valuation records a church and steeple, a dormitory, a hall, and three chambers, all of no value by then. The Mawdelin's chapel stood in ruins, with its churchyard valued at 6 pence a year. A mill and watercourse were worth 20 shillings, and a weir on the Boyne brought 3 shillings and 4 pence. The friary held 20 acres of arable land, one of meadow, and eight of pasture, plus the King's Park, alias the Park of Trim, 80 acres of pasture, moor, and underwood. On July 10th, in the 34th year of King Henry the Eighth, the friary and several parcels of land in Trim were granted for ever to Lodwyche O'Tudyr, parson of Koslaye, John Morye, parson of Walterstown, and John Wakely, at an annual rent of 2 shillings and 10 pence Irish money.

52. Walter de Lacy grants wood-gathering rights to Trim burgesses

    Trim · town · Meath

    Walter de Lacy's charter permitted freemen and burgesses of Trim to gather wood in his forest, in sight of the foresters, reflecting the town's medieval feudal origins.

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    * Walter de Lacy had in his charter given permission to his freemen and burgesses of Trim to gather wood in his forest in sight of the foresters. In the time of Giraldus Cambrensis ( Top. Hib. 3, 2) the country was covered with woods. In 1515, it was proposed to Henry VIII., that it be ordained by the deputy and the said captain that the tenants of every of the king’s towns be strictly enjoined to ditch and hedge their corn, their croftes, their closes, and their gardens, and thereabout, to set and plant trees most meet and apt for building houses, for ploughing, and carting, and tilling of the land, and especially with oaken trees, so that the husbands of every of the said towns and villages, within a few years, shall have timber sufficient of their own to satisfy their distress always in every point, where that now one of the most dearth, that hurteth the commonwealth subject to the king, is the dearth and lack of timber. — State of Ireland y ti’c., in State Papers, vol. ii., p. iii., page 28-9.

    King James, 1609, granted permission to the Irish society to cut down 50,000 oaks, at 10s. a piece ; 100,000 ashes, at 5s. ; 10,000 elms, at 6s. 8d., to build Londonderry from the woods of Killetra, where there are few trees now. — Stat Sur. Finvoy*

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    Coming up through Trim, a town whose medieval roots run deep. Walter de Lacy's charter gave his freemen and burgesses here the right to gather wood from his forest, so long as the foresters could see them do it. In the time of Giraldus Cambrensis, the country around was covered with woods. By 1515, the picture had changed enough that a proposal went to Henry VIII, urging tenants of the king's towns to ditch and hedge their lands and plant oaken trees, so that within a few years they would have timber of their own. The proposal said that one of the greatest hurts to the commonwealth was the dearth and lack of timber. King James in 1609 granted permission to the Irish society to cut 50,000 oaks at 10 shillings each, 100,000 ashes at 5 shillings, and 10,000 elms, to build Londonderry from the woods of Killetra, where there are few trees now.

53. Walter de Lacy permitted rooms in Trim Castle in 1224

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1224

    In 1224 the Lord Justice was ordered by Henry III to allow Walter de Lacy to occupy a hall and chambers in Trim Castle for as long as he remained there fighting enemies of himself and the king.

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    1224 — 30th March, — The Lord Justice had orders from Henry HL, to allow Walter de Lacy to occupy a hall, rooms (domos,) and chambers in the Castle of Trim, as long as the said Walter remained there for the annoyance of his and the king’s enemies. — Let, Pat, Tur, Lond,

    1224 — The Castle of Trim was besieged. — Pembridge,

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54. Priory of Cross-bearers Surrendered by Prior Husse

    Trim · town · Meath · 1535

    Husse, the last prior, together with all the brethren, voluntarily quit the monastery in 1535, which held a church, belfry, chapter house, dormitory, hall, chambers, and other buildings along with gardens and lands in Trim.

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    Husse, the last prior, in company with all the brethren,

    did, on the 4th of February, 27th King Henry VIII. voluntarily quit this monastery ; the possessions of which were a church and belfry, chapter house, dormitory, hall, three chambers, a store, kitchen, stable, and cemetery ; three gardens and an orchard, within the precincts ; four messuages, four gardens, sixty acres of arable land, three of meadow, and four of pasture, with the appurtenances in Trim, which said messuages, gardens and land were found of the yearly value of j£3, besides reprises.

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    As you pass through Trim, this was the site of a priory of cross-bearers. On the 4th of February 1535, Prior Husse, the last to hold that office, left the monastery together with all the brethren, voluntarily giving it up. The priory had held a church with a belfry, a chapter house, dormitory, hall, three chambers, a store, kitchen, stable, and cemetery, with gardens and an orchard inside its walls. Its lands in Trim included four messuages, gardens, and over 60 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture, valued at £3 a year.

55. Richard Tuyt detained in custody at Trim Castle

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1343

    Richard Tuyt was arrested and committed to the custody of Milo Verdon in the Castle of Trym, where he was detained at cost for three weeks and four days.

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    1343 — John Moriz, Lieutenant of Ireland, had an order for the payment of 100 marks for his various expenses. For the support of Richard Tuyt,* arrested by him, and committed to the custody of Milo Verdon in the Castle of Trym, and there detained at his cost for three weeks and four days, £8 6s. 8d., for having paid John Clyton his wages, and for ten men at arms and archers, and ten hobellars, who came from Uriel to Trim, £4 10s.

    Mortuomari uxoris Rogeri de Mortuomari comitis marchise et Dominarum et puerorum suorum infra castriim de Lndlowe commorrant/ — T .“L.

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    Right here at Trim Castle in Meath, in 1343, a man named Richard Tuyt was held prisoner. He had been arrested by John Moriz, the Lieutenant of Ireland, and committed to the custody of Milo Verdon inside the castle. Tuyt was detained at cost for three weeks and four days, with 8 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence paid for his support.

56. 1689 order to repair Trim's walls, bridge gate and drawbridge

    Trim Castle · monument · Meath · 1689

    The corporation ordered inhabitants to work six days repairing the walls on the south side, and to bear the cost of lime to make up the bridge gate and drawbridge gate at the castle, with work to begin immediately.

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    the corporation of Trim doe put in their six days work, for repairing the walls on the south side of the corporation aforesaid, and that the said inhabitants be at the charge of lyme, where it is wanting, to make up the bridge gate, and the drawbridge gate at the castle; which charge is to be equally applotted: to be begun on Wednesday next, being the 23rd day of this instant, and done with all expedition. And that the back-doors in the walls be forthwith made up with all expedition. — Town Records,

    This is the last notice which I have found, of the military occupation of the castle."^' No attempt has yet been made to preserve it from decay, and its majestic ruins, now standing in the midst of a peaceful country, are only calculated to make our security dearer, by reminding us of the time when Trim was a frontier town, and when the inhabitants were obliged to trust their lives and properties, not to the authorities of the law, and the gentle influences of united interests and mutual benevolence, but to the rude defence of walls and castles.

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    Right here at Trim Castle in Meath, you can still see the walls that townspeople were ordered to repair in 1689. The corporation told every inhabitant to put in six days of work fixing the walls on the south side, and to pay for lime where it was needed to make up the bridge gate and the drawbridge gate at the castle. The work was to begin on Wednesday the 23rd and be done with all expedition. They also ordered that the back doors in the walls be closed up at once. This is the last notice the records give of the military occupation of the castle. No attempt had been made to preserve it from decay, and its ruins stood in the midst of peaceful country, a reminder of the time when Trim was a frontier town and people had to trust their lives and properties to walls and castles rather than to law and mutual goodwill.

57. Abbey of St Fechin's of Foure made a cell of St Taurin

    Fore · townland · Westmeath · 1218

    In 1218 the abbey of St Fechin's of Foure was made a dependent cell of the Benedictine abbey of St Taurin in Normandy, with the monks of Foure later gaining the power to elect their own prior after 1449.

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    * Pembridge in Camden, says Walter de Lacy, brought with them John, the son of Alured, Le. FitzAcory (perhaps Fitz- Avery), son to the abbot’s whole brother ; and that he gave the monks of said abbey many farms about Foure. In 1218, the abbey of St. Fechin’s of Foure was made a cell of the Benedictine abbey of St. Taurin, of Evreux, in Normandy. — Ware’s Antiquities.

    In the 27th Henry VI. the authority of the abbot of St. Taurin was abrogated by Act of Parliament ; from thence the monks of Foure had power to elect their own prior. Until that period, in the case of a war with France, Foure was always seized into the king’s hands as an alien priory. — Rot. Can> At Llangenith, in Glamorganshire, the country from whence the Lacies came into Ireland, and where they had large possessions, there is said to have been a priory annexed to the same abbey of St. Taurin. — Nichols’ Alien Priories.

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58. Council at Saint Mary's monastery, Trim, 1427

    Trim · town · Meath · 1427

    In 1427 a council was held in a chamber of the monastery of Saint Mary at Trim, where the Lord Lieutenant was granted funds to oppose Gerald O'Kevenagh, who had assembled kernes to destroy the king's lieges.

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    1427 — In a council, held November 6th, in a chamber in the monastery of Saint Mary, at Trim, the Lord Lieutenant"^* had an order for forty marks, for his expenses to enable him to oppose Gerald O’Kevenagh, who had assembled a multitude of kernes for the destruction of the king’s lieges. — Rot, Cl, 6, Henry VI,

    1428 — April 6 — Henry VI., a Parliament held in the

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    As you pass through Trim, there was a council held on November 6, 1427, in a chamber of the monastery of Saint Mary here. The Lord Lieutenant was granted 40 marks for his expenses, to enable him to oppose Gerald O'Kevenagh, who had assembled a multitude of kernes for the destruction of the king's lieges.

59. Death of St. Cormac, Bishop of Trim and his brothers

    Trim · town · Meath · 742–752

    St. Cormac, Bishop of Trim, of the royal house of the Nialls, died with his death anniversary marked at the 17th of February; his brothers Rumond, Baitellach (Abbot of Trim, died 752) and Ossan a priest are also named.

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    said to have been of the royal house of the Nialls, and his name appears in various calendars, at the 17th of February, as the anniversary of his death. Three brothers of his are spoken of : Rumond, a very wise man, and deeply skilled in history and antiquities, who died in 743; Baitellach, Abbot of Trim, whose death is marked at 752; and Ossan, a priest, the year of whose death is not known, — Lanigan^

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    Coming up through Trim now. St. Cormac, a bishop here, was of the royal house of the Nialls, and his death is remembered on the 17th of February. He had three brothers: Rumond, a man noted for his wisdom and his knowledge of history and antiquities, who died in 743; Baitellach, abbot of Trim, who died in 752; and Ossan, a priest whose year of death is not recorded.

60. Edmund, Earl of March grants his herald from Callan mills

    Callan · town · Kilkenny · 1425

    In January 1425, Edmund, Earl of March, at his Castle of Trim, granted to his herald 66s. 8d. a year for life from the profit of his water-mills at Callan in county Kilkenny.

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    1425. — January 2 — Edmund, Earl of March, at his Castle of Trim, granted to March, his herald [haraldo suo'], 66s. 8d. a-year for life, from the profit of his water-mills at Callan,^ in the county of Kilkenny. — Rot, Pat, 3 Henry VI,

    Edmund, Earl of March, died in Trim, early in 1425. Of him Fuller writes: — “ Edmund Mortimer, son to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, grandchild to Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, and of Philippa, sole daughter of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, may pass with the charitable reader for prince, since he paid so dear for same, as will appear — I confess it impossible to fit his nativity with assurance, (having not hitherto read any record which reached it,) the rather because of the vastness of his patrimony and several habitations — In England, Clare Castle, with many other manors in Suffolk. In the Marches of Wales, whence he had his honors, Wigmore in Herefordshire, Ludlow in Shropshire.

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