. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . ancastrian descent thanof her rank, but as both her parents were dead, it is probable thatshe had been a ward of the King, and that her hand was at hisdisposal. The marriage was, no doubt, contracted during a visitto England, for which Robert obtained leave from the IrishParliament in 1475, and it took place in the summer of Earl of Kildare had been superseded shortly before, and hissuccessor, Henry Lord de Grey, appears in the list of the ladystruste
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . ancastrian descent thanof her rank, but as both her parents were dead, it is probable thatshe had been a ward of the King, and that her hand was at hisdisposal. The marriage was, no doubt, contracted during a visitto England, for which Robert obtained leave from the IrishParliament in 1475, and it took place in the summer of Earl of Kildare had been superseded shortly before, and hissuccessor, Henry Lord de Grey, appears in the list of the ladystrustees, which is headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury andseveral of the great officers of state,* A curious glimpse of life at that period is caught in connexionwith the dispute about the dues payable to the Corporation ofDublin, which occurred in the winter of 1481. It appears thatup to that time their right to exact dues on goods landed at 1 Dr, Berrys Statute Rolls, pp. o41, 593 ; Gilberts Viceroys, p. 385. • Complete Peerage, iv, 272 ; Gilberts Viceroys, p. 396. Mem. Roll, G & 7 Hen. VII. * Cal. Pat. Rolls, Irel., p. O ou a: H Q It X o DX ><^ -4^ IN PLANTAGENET AND TUDOE TIMES. 55 Howth had not been questioned, but on the arrival then of a shipfrom Milford, laden with coal, Eobert said they should have nocustom on its cargo, and set at defiance, first the servants of thebailiff, and afterwards the bailiff himself. Finally, the mayor,council, aldermen, and commons were only stopped from settingout in a body to Howth to enforce their demands, by Eoberts sonand heir being sent in pledge to the mayor, and an agreementto abide the award of arbitrators, who found that the mayor andcitizens should enjoy the custom of the haven in time to comefor evermore.^ A few months before the death of Edward the Fourth, inJanuary, 1483, Eobert was appointed Chancellor of Ireland. Hehad possibly been at one of the Inns of Court in London, and hehad gained some experience of legal ad
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