Catalogue description PIERS BUTLER, EARL OF ORMOND, and MARGARET his wife.

Letters patent stating that whereas on 13 May, 16 Hen. VIII., the King appointed Gerald, Earl of Kildare, to be Deputy of Ireland during pleasure, he revokes that pleasure with respect to the lordships of Tallan, [Callan?] Ballicallan, Damaugh, Kilmanaugh, and the chief rent of Downomogan, in co. Kilkenny, and the lordships of Lisronaugh and Kylmore O'Russhinge, in co. Tipperary, which he grants to Peter le Butler, Earl of Ormond, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs male of the same Earl, by the service of the fourth part of one knight's fee, to be paid to the Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland. Provided that, if the premises exceed the annual value of 13l. sterling, the said Peter and Margaret shall pay to the King annually all rents and profits beyond that amount.

Witness, Gerald Earl of Kildare, Deputy. Dublin, 5th November, 18 Hen. VIII. "By the bill of the Lord King signed with his own hand, and directed to his Chancellor of Ireland of the date aforesaid, by authority of Parliament."

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Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, ed. J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen (6 vols., 1867-73), vol. I, document 27.