...was probably to issue a decree, similar in terms to that of the Synod of Cashel at a later period, ' that all church lands and possessions belonging to...from exaction on the part of all secular persons, and that neither kings nor mormaers nor toiseachs are to exact, as has been customary among the Picts,...

...This appears even as late as the Synod of Cashel, in 1172, the fourth act of which is as follows:— ' That all church lands, and possessions belonging to...chieftains, nor any other powerful men in Ireland, nor then- sons with their families, are to exact, as has been customary, victuals and hospitality in lands...

...to the one enacted later by the Synod of Cashel, providing " that all Church lands and possessions be wholly free from exaction on the part of all secular persons, and that neither kings nor magnates are to exact, or to extort by force, victuals and hospitality in lands...

...Skene,2 " was probably to issue a decree, similar to that of the synod of Cashel at a later period, ' that all church lands and possessions belonging to...from exaction on the part of all secular persons, and that neither kings nor mormaers nor toiseachs are to exact, as has been customary among the Picts,...

...most likely his proclamation was the same as that of the Synod of Cashel, which declared, in 1172, "that all Church lands and possessions belonging to...from exaction on the part of all secular persons, and that neither kings nor mormaers nor toiseachs are to exact, as has been customary among the Picts,...