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Finding - that the bishop
of Clogher is seised in fee in right of
his ee, in Lurge half-barony, of the following
rent refections and duties out of the
herenagh land of Maghericoolmany, containing
2 qrs. and 3 new measure, making 4 qrs
and 1 1/2 old measure,
whereof Phelim O'Muldowne
is herenagh, and has 3 free, a rent of
2m, every mark being but 26 groats sterling,
2 white groats and 4 night's refections
at alhallontide, and for want of flesh
and wine or aquavitae, 4, also at every
hallontide, half a beofe or 3s 4d,
and 30 froghans of oat bread or 5 - that
in the said barony is Maghericoolmanny
parish,
with a parson and vicar
collative, the
tithes are paid in kind, 1/4 to the bishop
of Clogher, 1/4 to the vicar, and 2/4
to the parson, the parson and vicar pays
1/3, and the herenagh 2/3 of the repairs
of the church, the vicar has 1 of glebe,
the parson pays 8, and the vicar 4 proxies
to the bishop,
this parish is bounded
by Coolemckernan half barony N., thence
to a great rock called Ardshanckie in
Bawagh N.W., thence to the
river of Termonmcgrath, and to a mountain
called Urliewe, N.E. by Mononvarrowe,
E. and by Lougherne S., in this parish
is Balliconnell chapel with 1 tate of
herenagh land belonging to it,
whereof O'Connelly
is herenagh and pays thereout 2s 8d yearly
to the bishop of Clogher - that the grance
of Magherikilterny,
containing 1/2 qr new measure, in the
said barony, is parcel of the late abbey
of Asherowe, and that Termonmcgrogh parish
extends into Fermanagh co. but in what
co. the herenagh land, out of which the
bishop of Clogher claims his rent, is
situate, is not
known - that Coolemckernan barony is part
of Derrimoylan parish in Tircannada 1/2
barony, and that the tates of Bonanebber,
of
Tullagh and Tohill, of Killencloghan and
of Dromacklawna, and the 1/2 tates of
Ardirry and of Ardmeville,
all old measure, in CoolemcKernan
1/2 barony, are parcel of the possessions
of the late priory of Collidea, in the
1/2 barony is the chapel and grange of
BallimcIteggart, containing 1 tate, new
measure, possessed by the sept of Munteraran,
who are the natives thereof, paaing yearly
to the late abbey of Lisgoole 24 meathers
of butter, and 50
meathers of barley, each meather containing
6 quarters, paying 8 for the said tithes,
and also to the bishop of Clogher,
2 - that the bishop of
Clogher is seised in fee, in right of
his see, of the following rents out of
several parcels of land in the barony
of Magheriboy and Twora, viz. out of the
herenagh land of Enismissaugh, of which
O'Flanagan is herenagh, containing
1 qr new measure, 1m as before, and 2
night's refections at his visitation;
out of the herenagh land of Boghae, containing
2 qrs. and 2 tates, new measure, of which
the 2 tates are free, 1m and a Cosherie
of 12 meathers of butter of their own
measure, and half a beef or 6 groats and
1 white groat in lieu of it;
O'Fellan and his
sept are the herenaghs, and under him
is another sept in the nature of an herenagh,
called Clanmcgarraghan, who inherit
1 1/2 of the said 2 qrs;
O'Felan and his
sept enjoy the rest of the
2 qrs., and O'Felan has one of those free
tates, called Karme, to himself, and the
other, called Rostollon, is divided among
his
sept of doughasaes wqually according to
their proportion of chargeable land;
out of the herenagh
land of Devenish, containing 4
qrs., new measure, of which the part of
Devenish is herenagh land, except Rossimartina,
1/4 tate is free, and belonged to the
corbe or chief herenagh, 4m and 8 nights
coshering in his visitation, as before,
with 60 sroaghans of oat-bread and a beef
yearly, or 10 in lieu of the bread, and
a noble in lieu of the beef; O'Tullie
is the chief and herenagh of half of this
land, O'Cassidie
is herenagh of one quarter and O'Casy
of the other;
out of the herenagh land
of Rosserrierie, containing 2 qrs., of
which the chief herenagh has 2m free,
2m with refections as in Maghercoolemanny,
Slut Laughlin McGuire, Munterluynn,
and
Munterconnellie are the 3 herenaghs
of these lands - that in the barony of
Magheriboy and Twora are the following
parishes:
Enishmissaugh parish,
with a parson and vicar collative, the
former pys 8, and the latter 4, proxies
to the bishop of Clogher,
the tithes are paid in kind, 1/4 to the
bishop, 1/4 to the vicar, and 2/4 to the
parosn, the parson and vicar bear one-third
of the repairs
of the parish church, and the herenagh
two-thirds; in this parish is the chapel
of ease of Fennoare in Macginy, to which
the vicar
is to send a curate, also the chapel o
Ballihanny, with 1 qr of herenagh land,
old measure, of which McGackequin
is herenagh, and pays thereout yearly
to the bishop of Clogher 3s 4d - that
part of the parish in Fermanagh co. is
bounded by Drum-Rieske E., by Rawtonogho
S., by Abberneleagh W., and by Loughearne
N., whence it extends to Bundroisse in
Donegall co.;
Boghae parish, as the
preceding, except the 4 tates of the abbey
land, do not pay tithes as the rest of
the parish, and the parson
pays 2s 8d, and the vicar 1s 4d proxies;
one moiety of 6 of glebe land, called
KillmcIteggart or Farrennalter, belongs
to the parson, and the other to the vicar;
in this parish is the chapel of ease called
Templemullin on a tate of land, the sept
of McGaraghan, the possessers,
pay thereout yearly to the late abbey
of Lisgoole
5 gallons of butter and one axe;
the benefit of the parsonage
of this tate belongs to the parsonage
of Clenys, but the vicar of Boghae receives
the whole benefit of the vicarage, and
is to maintain a curate there; this parish
extends into Clonawley barony, and is
bounded by the lands of Aghara W., by
Sleveamwell hill in Clanawley E., by the
river of Bealaghmore N., and
by Ourae mountain N.;
Devenish parish, the
church of which is
in the island of Devenish, as that of
Ennishmisssaugh as to its parson, vicar,
tithes, repairs and proxies; in this parish
is the
chapel of ease, called Moynyagh, with
1/2 tate of herenagh land, of which ClanmcIteggart
was herenagh, who paid thereout yearly
1 to the corbe or herenagh of Devenish:
this parish is bounded by the bog of Aighane
N., by the river of Conroe S., by the
hill
of Mooyglasse E., and by the hill of Tullagmore
W., and extends southwards into Leitrim
co. as far as the river of Beaghlaghnymallragh;
Rosscrierie parish, the
parsonage and vicarage of which are impropriate
to the late abbey of Lisgoole, the tithes
are paid as in the preceding parishes,
except those of Ballinebort, of which
1/4 are paid to the parson of Inishkine,
1/4 belongs to the
vicarage of Rosscrierie, and of the other
fourth one moiety belongs to the bishop
of Clogher, and the other to the late
abbey
of Lisgoole;
this parish is bounded
by the half tate of Moyglasse, called
Lieugh W., by Loughglassan E., by the
river of Sroughdromcoourie S., and by
Loughearne N.; in the barony are 8 tates,
old measure, south of the lough, viz.
Dromgemple and Eniselerne, 2 tates, Roskleagh,
1 tate, Moynenergid, 1 tate, Findraght
and Cavanchirrin, 1 tate, Magherinegananagh,
2 tates, and Fogher, 1 tate, all which,
with the tithes, belong to the late abbey
of Devenish, which, with an orchard or
moore belonging to it, is in Devenish
island;
the bishop of Clogher
had a refection for a
day, or 10 in his visitation, but not
to stay all night; in the same island
is the priory or house of secular priests
of Collidea, with its
orchard, to which belong Fanagrane 2 tates,
and Tullagh 2 tates, in this barony, and
out of which the bishop had a beef yearly
or 20
groats; the bishop
if seised in fee, in right of his see,
of the following rents and duties in Cuyle
and Tircannada half baronies:
out of the herenagh lands
of Eniskine, containing 3 qrs. and 1/2
tate, new measure, of which Munterowen
is herenagh, and has 1/2 qr and 1/2 tate
free, 2m and a cosherie and refections
as in Magheriecoolemanny; ouf of Derrymoylan,
containing 4 1/2 qr, new
measure, of which O'Breslan is
chief herenagh, and had 1 qr free to himself
and his sept, 2m, as in the preceding
land, and the
said half qr called Carribanan and Ardylunym
is not chargeable with the rest, but pays
3s yearly to the bishop of Clogher, and
there are 3 herenaghs out of 2 tates in
Farrenarioght, of which ClanmcRowrie is
herenagh, 3s 4d yearly of which O'Breslan
is
the chief; out of Derrivoruske, containing
1 1/2 qr, new measure, of which the herenagh
has 2m free, 6s 8d yearly, and certain
sroaghans of bread, or 4 in lieu thereof,
and a quarter of beef or 1s 8d at alhaloontide
yearly;
Clanmcgilcoskilly
and Munteriegh
are herenaghs of this land; in the half
baronies of Cuyle and Tirrecannada are
the following parishes: Eniskine parish,
containing
6 ballibetaghs, viz. Ballieniskine, 1
ballibetagh, Ballybreaghan and Garvory,
1 ballibetagh, and 2 tates, and the 3
ballibetaghs of 3 qrs. of Tirecannada;
the parish church is in
Eniskine island, it has a parson and vicar
collative; the tithes are paid in kind,
and the church repaired as in Maghericoolemanny;
the parson pays 8, and the vicar 4 proxies
to the bishop of Clogher, and the vicar
has 1/2 glebe; in this parish is a chapel
of ese, called Puble, with 1/2 qr of herenagh
land, called PublePatrick and Drumkeneda,
out of which the bishop has 2 yearly;
the herenagh is Munterowen,
who is to maintain the chapel, and the
vicar of Eniskine is to maintain a curate
there; Dirrimoylan
parish, lately annexed to Tircanada half
barony, containing 8 ballibetaghs and
1 1/2 qr, new measure, in the said co.,
viz, in
Coolemckernan half barony containing 3
ballibetaghas and 3 qrs., and 1 bellibetagh
and 3 qrs. in Farrenariaght in Cuyle half
barony,
and another ballibetagh of Ballyvarrall,
adjoining to Farrenaright, the half ballibetagh
of Ballinhanulty, the 4 1/2 qrs. of Derrimoillan,
1 qqr. of Carricke and 1/2 qr. of Inishmore,
besides which are 5 qrs., called Brade,
in Tyrone co., heretofore parcel of this
parish, in which is a parson and vicar
collative;
the tithes, except those
of Farrenarioght and Ballivarrall are
paid in kind; the tithes and
repairs are as in Maghericoolemanny, the
parson pays 8s, and the vicar 4s proxies
to the bishop of Clogher; in this parish
is a chapel, called Magherinecrosse in
Farrenerioght, with 2 small tates, the
duoghassa of which pays 3s 4d yearly to
the bishop of Clogher, there is a vicar
endowed with cure of souls; of the tithes
of Ballivarrall
and Farrenariought 1/4 is paid to the
vicar, 1/4 to the bishop, and 2/4 to the
parson of Derrymoylan, the bishop has
2 proxies
out of the chapel; Derrivoruske parish,
in which is a parson and vicar collative,
the tithes are paid in kind, 1/3 to the
vicar, and 2/3 to the parson, the church
is repaired as before, the parson pays
2s 8d and the vicar 1s 4d proxies to the
bishop of Clogher; the
parish contains3 qrs and 1 tate, new measure,
of which 1 qr called Dooghalatedoyne,
and 11/2 qr of Balliriagh, with the herenagh
land
of Derivoruske are in the said barony,
but 1 tate, called Goale, being parcel
of said parish, extends into Magheristeffanagh
barony;
the 2 small tates of Gorticloghan
and Farrenerioght are parcel of the possessions
of the late priory of Collidea; the bishop
of Clogher is seised in fee in right of
his see, of a yearly rent of 1m, and some
duties whose amount is unknown out of
the herenagh land of Aghiveghie, containing
1 qr, new measure, of which Munterultaghane
is herenagh;
in Magheristeffanagh
barony is Aghiveghie parish, containing
1 bellibetagh, with a vicar
collative, the parsonage is united to
the vicarage, the tithes are paid in kind,
1/4 each to the bishop and vicar, and
3/4 to
the parson, the repairs are as in Magheericoolemanny
parish; in this barony is Lisdromyn, containing
1 tate, old measure, belonging to the
late abbey of Cloine, the bishop of Clogher
is seised of a yearly rent of 1m, and
a cosherie at his visitation,
besides 30 srohgans of bread of 5, and
half a beef or 10 groats at alhallontide
out of the herenagh land of Aghalurcher,
containing
2 qrs and 1/4 tate, new measure, of which
Slut McEnaspick McGuire is the
herenagh, and has 3 in Aghalurcher town,
and
1/4 tate in Clanconnelly in Clankallie
barony free;
Aghalurcher parish extends
into Magherasteffanagh barony, and contains
6
ballibetaghs and 8 tates, new measure,
viz. Balliloughmcguffe, 1 ballibetagh,
Clanconnelly, 2 ballibetaghs, 2 qrs. of
Ballimcrivertie, 1 qr of Carrowvilly,
1 qr of Ballymcgellrory, 1 qr of Aghalurghie,
2
tates of Curragh, 2 qrs. of Castlekeagh,
1 qr of Ballimcgillroe, 1 qr of Ballimccarrie,
1 qr of Ballimcmanus, 1 1/2 qr of Ballimccaferie,
1 qr of Lislaught, and 1 qr of Tonagh
and Laginnaght;
in this parish is a parson
and vicar collative; 2/3 of the tithes,
except those of the 2 qr of Castlekeagh,
and the other parcels
named after those 2 qrs, being 2 ballibetaghs
in all, are paid to the parson and 1/3
to the vicar; one fourth of the excepted
tithes
is paid to the bishop of Clogher, and
another fourth to the parson of Aghalurcher,
who has the cure of souls in the 2 ballibetaghs
and two tates above-mentioned, another
fourth to the late abbey of Cloinys, and
the other fourth to the corbe of Cloinys;
the church is repaired
as before; in the same barony is the chapel
of Magheriveleke, with 1/2 tate, being
parcel of Cloinys parish in
Monaghan co., O'Corrigan is the
duoghasa of that land, paying thereout
yearly 10 white groats to the bishop;
in the same barony
is the chapel of Clontiveris, two tates
of land being parcel of Clonis parish,
of which land O'Quigley is the
duoghasa, who pays
thereout yearly 20 groats to the bishop;
the bishop of Clogher is also seized of
the rents, out of the following herenagh
lands in Cuylnaine half barony;
out of Goaloane containing
7 1/2 tates new measure, of which the
1/2 tate is free to the herenagh, McDonegan,
2m, and a cosherie of duties as in Maghericoolemanny,
in this land are 3 herenaghs, McDonegan,
O'Carberie, and McGillachoyle;
out of Drumulchy, containing 2 tates new
measure, of which Muntergore is
the herenagh, 20 groats, it is not known
whether there be any duties paid thereout;
in Cuynanar are the following parishes:
Goalone parish, containing 2 qrs. in Fermanagh
co., the rest of it extending into Monaghan
co., the church is in Goalone island;
in this parish are a parson and vicar
collative, the tithes ae paid in kind,
1/4 to the bishop, 1/4 to the vicar, and
2/4 to the parson, the church is repaired
as before,
the parson pays 8s and
the vicar 2m proxies to the bishop, the
vicar as 1 tate of glebe land; Drumalchy
or Drumulchy parish, containing
6 Ballibetaghs and 2 tates, new measure,
viz. Ballidrumloan, Ballyleturine, and
Ballinchullin, 1 ballibetagh each, and
3 qrs of Comyns, all in the said half
barony, also Ballyrenvillie,
1 ballibetagh, Carrowgarcragh, 1 qr, and
Ballinchirrin and Tonaghboy lying in Clancally,
the parsonage is impropriate to the corbe
of Clonys and the vicar is collative,
the tithes and repairs are as in Magheriecoolemanny;
in this parish is the
chapel of ease of Donoghmoycline with
1/2 tate of land,
of which O'Downan
is the duoghasa, paying thereout yearly
to the bishop of Clogher
10 white groats. the bishop of Clogher
is also seised of a yearly rent of 2m
and other duties, as in Magherecoolemanny,
out of the herenagh land of Clenys, containing
2 1/2 qr. new measure in Clanarlie barony,
of which the 3 herenaghs,
Slutlaughlin,
Muntercorkeran, and Munterkeran,
have 1 tate of said land free, equally
divided between them and their septs,
also a
rent of 2s out of the chapel and 2 small
tates of herenagh land of Templemoillin,
of which O'Corkeran is the herenagh,
and which is in that part of Clonys parish
that extends into Tirecanada;
in Clanawlie barony is
the parish of Clenys island with a parson
and vicar collative who pay, the one 8s
and the other 4s proxies to the bishop
of Clogher, the tithes and repairs are
as in Magheriecoolemanny, the vicar has
about 3 of glebe, the parish extends into
Tirecannada half barony where it is bounded
by LoughmcKealie on the N., by the bog
of Eskenanawde in Magheristeffanagh barony
N.E., by Bealaghnimerlagh river in
Clonawlie barony, S., and by Dromboy hill,
W.,
in this parish is the
chapel of ese of Templeneferin with a
tate of herenagh land
of which Clanmacglasset is the
herenagh, he has the tithes and is to
maintain the chapel, also, the chapel
of Templemoyle with
1/2 tate of herenagh land of which Clan
McGlassett is the herenagh - the bishop
of Kilmore is seised of a rent of 4s and
a
cosherie pf 4 qrs. of beef at his visitation,
or 40 groats in lieu thereof sent him
home if he go not in person out of the
herenagh
land of Kilenallie, containing 3 tates
new measure, of which Muntergromagh
is herenagh in Clonawlie barony, also
of other
rent and duties, the amount of which is
not known, but refer to the bishop's register;
out of the herenagh land of Killesser,
containing 1/2 tate, new measure, of which
is herenagh in Clonawlie
barony are two small parishes, viz.:
Kilnallie parish, the
parsonage of which belongs to the bishoprick
of Kilmore
are the bishop's mensal, and is confined
within Knocknynny 1/2 barony, but extends
not into so much of the said parish as
is
within Clanawlie barony, but that the
vicarage of Killnally extends in both
baronies as far as Drumunchie river, on
the other side of
which river are the 10 tates of Calbagh
in Knocknynny, and within Tomergan vicarage
in Cavan co. the tithes of Kilnallie parish
are paid in kind, 1/3 to the vicar, and
2/3 to the parson according to the abovenamed
scopes and bounds, the church is repaired
by
both as before, and vicar pays 3s proxies
to the bishop;
Killesserparish, the parsonage
of which extending into so much of Killnally
parish as is in Clanwlie barony, is impropriate
to the dissolved abbey of Kells and its
vicarage is collative, the tithes are
paid in kind, two thirds to the parson
and one to the vicar, the repairs of the
church as before, the vicars pay 3 shillings
proxies to the bishop of Kilmore - that
the following tates with
their tithes belong to the dissolved abbey
of the canons of Lisgoole in Clanawlie
barony, viz. the two tates of Dromcon,
Gartret
tate, the three tates of Colkie, the three
tates of Grangeth, the two tates of Lisroddy,
Kappoge tate, the two tates of Launchall,
the two tates of Drumkine, and the four
tates of Moylett, all old measure; the
bishop of Clogher has one meal yearly
and
6s 8d proxies for Rosserriirie impropriation;
the ballibetagh of Balliloughmcguffe
is in Fermanagh co. - that the bishop
of the
diocese collated to all the parsonages
and vicarages in Fermanagh co. (except
the impropriations) within six months
after vacancy after which time the collation
lapsed to the archbishop, and after six
months more, to the pope - that the great
Cuconnagh
McGuire, grandfather to Brian oge,
now living, had the right of patronage
of all livings within the county, till
deprived of it
by the council of Trent - that the herenagh
lands were at first given by the temporal
lords to certain saints, free from duties
or exactions, for maintaining the church,
celebrating divine service, and maintaining
hospitality; which saints some were donfessors,
some deacons, and some virgins, who before
they ceased gave to some septs a portion
of land to be equally inherited by them
and their posterity in each parish, for
the purpose of maintaining the church
and keeping hospitality,
and the septs desirous
to maintain the church and the liberties
they enjoyed, did voluntarily give the
bishop of the diocese the above mentioned
duties and pensions that he should protect
them in their liberties, and that until
these duties and pensions were voluntarily
given the bishop never claimed the lands
or
tenements, but from thenceforth took upon
him the protection of each sept and their
lands, and gave to each chief of a sept
the name of herenagh, from whence the
name of herenagh land.
The herenagh in the first
instance to be elected by the sept, to
be confirmed by the bishop, and if the
sept did not agree in their
election, the right is then in the bishop,
dean and chapter, to be confirmed by the
bishop, who is entitled to the same fees
and duties as on instituting a clerk to
a benefice, the whole property of the
land to be in the sept for ever, and if
the sept becomes extinct the bishop to
have no power over the land, but to elect
an herenagh from another sept, and that
in doing so the bishop had no power to
alter or increase his former rent, pensions
or duties, and that it was in the power
of the sept to make any part of their
lands free, paying the bishop out of the
remainder,
and if a forfeiture by
the herenagh or any of the sept the land
was to be partitioned through the whole
sept - that old Coconnaght McGuire
surrendered to Queen Elizabeth the whole
county
of Fermanagh alias McGuire's country,
who re-granted the smae by letters patents,
by virtue of which he died seised, and
the county descended to his son Hugh McGuire,
who was slain in rebellion against the
said Queen, and as for the quantity of
the said rents, duties and refections,
payable to the said
bishopricks, be they more or less, the
bishop's several registers can declare.-
Delivered in Chancery, 6 January, 7th.
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