CHAPTER XI
Reign of Henry IV A.D. 1399 to A.D. 1412.
HENRY IV, duke of Lancaster, seized upon the crown, on the deposition
of Richard II.
In the first year of his reign, the king confirmed the annual grant
of twenty marcs which had been made to the priors of the Carmelite
monastery at Leighlin-bridge, by Richard II. A.D. 1407. Sir Stephen
Scroope, lord deputy, accompanied by the earl of Ormonde and others,
invaded the territory of Mac Morrough.
An engagement ensued, in which the Irish had at first the advantage,
but the constancy and resolution of the English ultimately prevailed. O'
Nolan and his son, with others, were taken prisoners, It is stated by
Playfair, that Gerald, fifth earl of Kildare, assisted Scroope on this
occasion, and that in 1408, he built the White Castle in New Leighlin,
or Leighlin-bridge.
This seems somewhat improbable, as the earls of Kildare do not appear
to have possessed property in the barony of Idrone, in which
Leighlin-bridge is situate. A.D. 1410. In a parliament which sat at
Dublin in June, it was made treason to take "coin and livery."
King Henry IV died on the 14th March, 1412; and so impoverished were
his circumstances, that his executors refused to administer.
("Spelling are as seen in the book")
CHAPTER XII
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