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The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow
The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow Author:John Ryan General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1833 Original Publisher: R. M. Times Subjects: Carlow (Ireland : County) Carlow, Ireland (County) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book... more » you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Black Castle, on the east bank of the river Barrow, at Leighlin- bridge. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. King Henry III. died at London, on the 16th of November, 1272; after a protracted reign of fifty-six years. CHAP. VII. Reign of Mtcard I. A. D. 1272 to A. D. 1307. Edward I., (from the shape of his person, styled Long- Shanks), succeeded his father. We find two persons named William le Gras (or Grace) goverj nors of Carlow, in the years 1268 and 1275. They served as deputies to the earls of Norfolk, lords palatine of the district. Thomas, bishop of Leighlin, died on the 25th of April, 1275, being twenty-three years since the period of his election. He was followed by Nicholas Chevers, a Franciscan friar and archdeacon of Leighlin, who was duly elected by the chapter, and obtained the royal assent on the 16th November, 1275. He was not, however, restored to the temporalities until the year 1277; the reason of which delay is not exactly known. The circumstance is conjectured to have arisen from the fact, that the see of Dublin was then vacant and continued so for several years; so that the bishop elect could not apply to his metropolitan for confirmation. This cause is in some degree implied in a bull of pope John XXII., dated 28th of October, 1276, and directed to John, bishop of Clonfert, the pope's nuncio, and others : in which having noticed the election, the vacant state of the see of Dublin, and the application of bishop Chevers to the court of Rome for confirmatian, he authorizes his comm...« less