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"To his dear Lord Henry,[1] by
the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and
Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, from his faithful K,[2] King of Connacht, greeting,
and bond of sincere affection with faithful obedience.
[1] From Royal Letters of Henry III, ed. Shirley, Rolls Series (1862),
vol. i, p. 223, No. 198. Chapter House Miscellanea. Date, May or June,
1224. Reply (dated June 14) in Rot. Claus., I, p. 604 b.
[2] I.e., Cathal
"We feel sure that you have heard, through the trusty men and counsellors
of your father and your own, how that we did not fail to give faithful
and devoted service to the Lord John, your father of happy memory ; and
since his death, as your trusty servants stationed in Ireland know and
have learned, we are not failing to give devoted obedience to you, nor
do we wish ever as long as we live to fail you. Wherefore, although we
possess a charter for the land of Connacht from the Lord your father given
to ourselves and our heirs, and by name to Od [3] our son and heir, nevertheless
none the less we desire, and earnestly entreat from your royal Majesty,
that in view of our faithful service aforesaid you will be pleased to
grant to Od our son and heir, for himself by name and for his heirs, a
charter for the land of Connacht : you will in this matter of ours, if
it please you, secure that we and our son and our whole nation will be
made for the future, and with good reason, all the more devoted and eager
in obedience and service to you against all your enemies. Moreover we
earnestly entreat your dignity that in return for the faithful homage
which he desires to pay to you, you will grant to our son aforesaid that
part of Connacht, viz., Ubriun and Conmacin and Caled, which is occupied
by your enemy and the brother of your enemy, William de Lascy. And we
ask you to give as for our part credence to the bearers of these presents,
S. and F. our faithful messengers, and to signify your reply to us by
the same. Farewell."
[3] I.e., his son Aedh.
END OF APPENDIX II
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