Catalogue description Note of an inquisition, 10 Edw. II., on the death of Joan de Valentia, Countess of Pembroke, who held in fee simple the county palatine of Wexford, &c., which descended to George Talbot, Earl of Waterford and Shrewsbury, and so to the Crown, by the Statute of Absentees. By the survey in 32 Hen. VIII. the value of the lands had greatly decreased

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Title: Note of an inquisition, 10 Edw. II., on the death of Joan de Valentia, Countess of Pembroke, who held in fee simple the county palatine of Wexford, &c., which descended to George Talbot, Earl of Waterford and Shrewsbury, and so to the Crown, by the Statute of Absentees. By the survey in 32 Hen. VIII. the value of the lands had greatly decreased
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Note of an inquisition, 13 Hen. VI., on the death of John Talbot Lord Furnivall, who held the manor of Loghsendie, which contained all co. Longford and all West Methe, except the manor of Rathwier. It came to the Crown by the Statute of Absentees.

 

Note of a letter from the Earl of Surrey, Lord Lieutenant, to Henry VIII., in 1520, mentioning Preston Viscount of Gormanston, and styling Barry and Roche "Lords," not "Viscounts." ("This letter remaineth in the custody of Sir Robert Cotton.")

 

In 1537 the King's revenue in Ireland was not full 5,000l. per annum.

Held by: Lambeth Palace Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: MS 608, f. 69b
Language: English

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