Abbey of All Saints
The
abbey of All Saints
, in an island in lake or Lough Ree, territory of
Longford
, founded by St. Kieran the Younger.
The founding of the following abbeys can be traced to the reign of Tuathal II. The abbey of All Saints,
in an island in lake Lough Ree, territory of Longford, founded by St. Kieran the Younger. Colgan observes
that this abbey was called “Monasterium Inisense, or Insulense ;” and that there was a regular canon of this house,
called Augustin Magraidin, who was a celebrated writer of the lives of the Irish saints, and that he had composed a
chronicle of Ireland, down to 1405, when he died.
Sir Christopher Nugent
, 6th (or 14th) Baron Delvin
(1544–1602) was an Irish
nobleman and writer. He was arrested on suspicion of treason
against Queen Elizabeth I of England
, and died while in confinement before his trial had taken place. Christopher was the eldest son of
Richard, 5th (or 13th) Baron Delvin, and Elizabeth, daughter of Jenico Preston, 3rd Viscount Gormanston, and widow of Thomas Nangle,
styled Baron of Navan. Richard Nugent, fourth or twelfth Baron
Delvin, was his great-grandfather. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, on 10 December 1559,
and during his minority was the ward of Thomas Ratcliffe, third earl of
Sussex, for whom he conceived a great friendship.
He was matriculated a fellow-commoner of Clare Hall, Cambridge,[2] on 12 May 1563, and was
presented to the queen when she visited the university in 1564; on coming of age, about November 1565, he
repaired to Ireland, with letters of commendation from the queen to the lord deputy, Sir Henry
Sidney, granting him the lease in reversion of the abbey of All
Saints and the Captainship & custody of Sleaught-William in the Annaly, County Longford.
1538: Dissolution
The priory had been officially dissolved 16 September, 1538, and the site and possessions were granted 4
February, 1539, to the mayor, etc. of Dublin. (E), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
Other events in the history of this site
c.1166: Foundation - Canons of the order of Arrouaise were
installed here c. 1166 by Dermot Mac Murrough, king of Leinster. (Ware), (Med. religious houses,
171)
c.1166: - Dermot, in his charter, which was witnessed by
Laurence, archbishop of Dublin, Kinad, bishop of Glendalough, and others, granted land called Ballidubgail
with its men and appurtenances to his spiritual father and confessor, Edan, bishop of Louth, for the use of
the canons of the church of the daughter of Zola, and their successors. A later charter of confirmation was
granted by Henry II. (Dugdale, ii, 1039), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 171)
1216: - Soon after 1216, when the see of Glendalough
was united to Dublin, Archbishop Henry of London made the prior and convent of the Island of St. Saviour at
Glendalough subject to All Saint's, Dublin, confirmed by Gregory IX and Innocent V. (RPOS, pp.xxii and 100 -
1)(Med. religious houses, Ire., 171)
1234 - 44: - Theobald Walter (Butler) was granted land in
the Steyn, near the priory in 1234 - 44.
1234 - 44: - Maurice Fitzgerald granted land to the west of
Dublin. (Med. religious houses, Ire., 171)
1396: - In 1396, Richard Norreys, one of the canons,
was accused of various felonies, and Wm. Reve, the prior, used unbecoming expressions to the chief justice
in court, for which he was committed into custody, but the court found that he was not of sound mind, and he
was pardoned after payment of a fine. (K (A)), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 171)
1468: Visitation - A visitation, held in 1468, by an
official of the archbishop, was attended by the prior, William Stewnot, the sub-prior and four canons.
(RPOS, 99, xxiii), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
1474: - William Stewnot was selected to be on a
commission to attend the king, and in 1474, parliament enacted that he and his convent might hav dealings
with Irish enemies who surrounded some of the possessions (RPOS, xxiv., f.), (Med. religious houses, Ire.,
172)
1506: - Nicholas was prior in 1506
1537 - 1538: Dissolution - Prior Walter Hancoke leased out a
farm in 1537 and he, with the sub-prior and four canons, signed the deed of surrender of the priory and its
possessions 16 November 1538. (RPOS, xxvii, xxix).(Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
1538: Dissolution - The priory had been officially
dissolved 16 September, 1538, and the site and possessions were granted 4 February, 1539, to the mayor, etc.
of Dublin. (E), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
1538: - The priory had possessions in the counties of
Meath, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Tipperary and elsewhere in Ireland. (Morrin, i), (Med. religious houses,
Ire., 172)
1548: - Prior Walter died in 1548(A), (Med. religious
houses, Ire., 172)
1548: - An inquisition found that All Hallows had been
seized of the nunnery or cell of Lusk, which, having been appropriated to the priory, was afterwards
transferred to Grace Dieu.(RPOS, xxx), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
1565: - Possessions and the
captainship of Slewaght within the Analy were granted to Lord Devlin in 1565. (Morrin, i, 500), (Med.
religious houses, Ire., 172) 1591: - Queen Elizabeth erected the College of the Holy
Trinity on the site of the priory in 1591. (Ware), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
1763: - The rental of the estate was over £788 in 1763
(RPOS, lxvi), (Med. religious houses, Ire., 172)
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