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Carlow County - Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP TM)


The History And Antiquities Of
The County Of Carlow.

by John Ryan's  1833

Transcribed by Terry Curran & M. Brennan c2008


CHAPTER XIV

Reign of Edward IV A.D. 1460 to A.D. 1483.

 Edward IV. was proclaimed king on the 4th of March, 1460. A parliament was held at Trim in 1465. Among the statutes there enacted are the following: That English, and Irish speaking English, and living with the English, shall be provided with an English bow and arrows, on pain of two pence. That the Irish within the pale shall wear the English habit, take English names, and swear allegiance, on pain of forfeiture of goods. That there be a constable and butts in every town. Ireland was much neglected by King Edward IV. He died on the 9th April, 1483.

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