hic puniuntur, and commencing, Ut inquisitionis negotium contra hæreticam pravitatem ad Dei gloriam, etc. P. 28. De plumbo cooperiret.-The covering of the church with lead is mentioned in the brief account of this transaction in the Chronicle of Ireland, published by Camden, quoted in a former note. P. 37. Duabus ecclesiis in Ossoria, scilicet Balygaveran et Gavilmoy. -The church of Ballygaveran is Gowran. Bally is merely the Irish for town, and Gaveran would, in Irish, be nearly pronounced as Gowran now is. Gowran is a rectory in the rural deanery of Claragh and diocese of Ossory. In the regal Visitation Book of 1615 is the following entry. "Erant ibidem ab antiquo quatuor vicarii in parvo collegio, et quilibet eorum recepit ex decimis illius villæ ad valorem viginti marcarum: eorum erat officium interesse divinis in ecclesia parochiali de Gowran. Nunc eorum alimonia et sustentatio confertur in unum prædicatorem, qui habitat in dicto collegio, et totaliter recepit fructus illius parochiæ ut rector ejusdem.-Robertus Cook, minister et prædicator: valor 501." Gabelmoy.-There is a place in Kilkenny called Galmoy, of which Sir Edward Butler was created viscount by patent, dated 31 Jan. 1645; the title was attainted in 1691. It is very common in Ireland for parishes to bear two or three names, and this was one so circumstanced. There is no church or benefice in the diocess of Ossory bearing that name now. P. 40. In mille libris.-Perhaps the following entry in the Irish Close Roll of 18 Ed. II. (the date of the prosecution of Alice Kyteler) has some connection with this transaction :-Rogerus Outlawe prior Sancti Johannis Jerusalem in Hibernia, Willelmus de Druhull, Rogerus de Pembrok, milites, Fulco de Fraxineto, Johannes filius Ricardi l'Ercedekne, Henricus de Valle, Ricardus de Rupeforti, Tancardus l'Ercedekne, Walterus de Rupeforti, Henricus de Druhul, et Johannes de Pembrok, recognoverunt teneri Ricardo Ossoriensi episcopo in 10007. sterlingorum. 25 Jan.-Et postea dictus episcopus coram Willelmo de Bardelby tunc custode rotulorum recognovit satisfactionem. ADDITIONAL NOTE. After the earlier part of the foregoing notes was printed off, Sir William Betham kindly furnished me with the following extracts from John Clynn's Annals, relating to the proceedings against Alice Kyteler. A.D. MCCCXXIIII.- -Die Lunæ in festo Processi et Martiniani martyrum, domina Alicia Kyteler, propter sortilegia diversa et hæresim multimodam et sacrificia dæmonibus immolata, per fratrem Richardum episcopum Ossoriensem ut hæretica inditata, probata, condemnata, præsentibus domino Johanne Darcy justitiario Hiberniæ, priore de Kylmaynam, cancellario, thesaurario, et Arnaldo le Poer seneschallo Kilkenniæ, hoc videntibus. Item, in crastino Animarum, die scilicet Sabbati, anno eodem, mulier quædam Petronilla de Midia dicta, de secta et doctrina prædictæ dominæ Alicia superius memoratæ, fuit de hæresi, sortilegio, et sacrificio dæmonibus immolato, condemnata, et igni tradita et combusta. A retroactis temporibus non est visum vel auditum quod quispiam pro hæresi pœnam mortis sustineret in Hiberniæ ante ipsam. Prima hæc omnium secundum hominum memoriam tunc viventium et relatum ; non dico hæc sit quæ in hoc facinore primo peccavit, sed quæ primo passa est mortis justum judicium propter hæresim. Item, hoc anno ante Natale, Arnoldus le Poer, tunc senescallus Kilkenniæ, cum aliis de comitatu eodem, tenuit magnam gardam apud Ynistyok contra Rupenses, &c. Item, eodem anno die Jovis in Octavis Sancti Hilarii, Willielmus Outlawe de hæresi irretitus, et notorie diffamatus, et in purgatione deficiens, in ecclesia Beatæ Virginis Kilkenniæ hæresim publice abjuravit, professionem novam legens et manu propia conscribens. The extracts from the Irish rolls, relating to the Outlaws, already given in the note to p. 1, with others in the same records, throw considerable light on the causes of the persecution to which the family was subjected. It was probably an attempt at extortion. William Outlaw, of Kilkenny, mentioned in the extracts alluded to, was a banker and wealthy moneylender in the reign of Edward I. He was the first husband of Alice Kyteler, and was dead before 1302, and Alice was then wife of Adam le Blond of Callan, (Le Blond was sometimes called Le White), and the family had considerable estates in Kilkenny and Tipperary in later times as White. In 1311 Adam le Blound was dead, and Alice had contracted a new marriage with Richard de Valle (or Wall); in 1324 she was wife to John le Poer. The Irish rolls furnish the following entries further illustrative of the history of Alice Kyteler. In the 3 Edw. II. (1311), we learn that,-Ricardus de Valle et Alicia uxor ejus, quæ quondam fuit uxor Adæ le Blound de Callan, dederunt Willielmo Utlawe de Kilkenniæ cc. marcas, in quibus Eustacius le Poer, Thomas de Cantwelle, Ricardus le Poer, milites, Eymerus Gower, Oliverus Fitz-Willielme, Johannes Coterell, Gilbertus filius Gilberti, Edmundus le Gras, Willielmus filius Edmundi le Gras, Johannes filius Simonis Shortals, Rogerus de Wauncy, Johannes filius Willielmi de Western, et Willielmus Kenessey, eisdem Adæ et Alicia tenebantur; et etiam cc. libras, in quibus Ricardus de Burgo comes Ultoniæ, Nigel le Brun, Guido Cokerel, et Thomas Dolfyn, eisdem Adæ et Alicia tenebantur; et iidem Ricardus et Alicia scripta obligatoria per quæ liberarunt, et attornarunt dictum Willielmum ad dictam pecuniam petendum. Kilkenniæ, 13 Feb. in Curia hic coram cancellario. Rot. Pat. 3 & 4 Ed. II.—Willielmus de Carleton, miles, recognovit quoddam scriptum datum apud Kilkenniam in erastino Nativitatis S. Johannis Bap. an. 3 testificans ipsum teneri Willielmo Utlaw in xl. lib. sterl. pro denar. et aliis rebus ab eo in Kilk. recept. 21 Martii. Idem recogn. etiam illud scriptum, testificans teneri dicto Willielmo in vii. li. iv. s. x. den. per annum ab eo in Kilkenn. recept. Idem recogn. etiam aliud scriptum testificans ipsum obligatum esse dicto Willielmo in lxvi. s. x. den. sterl. 4 Edw. II.-Rex concessit Willielmo Outlawe de Kilk. ut non fiat vicecomes, &c. nec ponatur in assisis, &c. 7 Maii. 20 Edw. II.-Willielmus filius Maur. cogno. teneri Willielmo Outlawe in mille marcis argenti. Will. fil. Maur. et Will. Outlawe venerunt in cancellario et cognoverunt pro suo facto quoddam scriptum exhibitum ad irrotulandum, per quod convenit inter eos quod Maur. fil. et hær. dicti Willielmi fil. Maur. desponsaret Margaretam filiam dicti W. Outlawe quandocunque idem W. O., hæredes et assign. sui, dicti W. fil. Maur. super eodem maritagio præmuniverunt; pro quo maritag. idem W. O., hæred. et assign. sui, solverent dicto Willielmo fil. Maur. et ejus assign. centum marc. argenti, solvend. ad diversos terminos specificatos, etc. Et ne liceret eidem W. fil. Maur. quicquam de terris et ten. suis quæ habuit die dato a præfatis Maur. et Marg. dum simul vixerunt, quo quomodo alienare unum messuagium et xvi. acr. terræ quas idem W. fil. Maur. tenuit in capite de domo S. Joh. Jerusalem in Hibernia in Hamundsboly exceptis, præfatæ W. fil. M. cogn. se teneri dicto W. O. in mille marcis argenti, levand. si aliquid contra formam prædictam alienare. Datum apud Kilk. Will. Outlawe cogn. teneri Willielmo fil. Maur. in centum marcis argenti. 17 and 18 Edw. II. Thomas fil. Johannis de Pembroke cogn. debere Willielmo fitz Willielmi Outlawe seniori xl. marcas. The following table will show the immediate family connection of the second William Outlawe, the hero of our story. |