[647] The Four Masters, a. 1205, describe the war as “between the English of Meath and the English of Meiler”; but the only “English of Meath” who took part in it seem to have been Walter de Lacy and his personal followers. See _Rot. Pat._ p. 69 (February 21, 1206), where John commends the barons of Meath and Leinster for not having supported Walter in his strife with Meiler about Limerick. [648] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 47 b. [649] _Rot. Pat._ pp. 69 b, 70 b. [650] His father was son of Henry I. by Nest, daughter of Rees ap Griffith, prince of North Wales. Gir. Cambr. vol. i. p. 59. [651] Gir. Cambr. vol. v. p. 356. [652] Two cantreds in Kerry--“Akunkerry” and “Hyerba”--and one “in terra de Corch”--“Yogenacht Lokhelen quae est terra de Humurierdach”--to be holden by the service of fifteen knights. _Rot. Chart._ p. 77 b. [653] Gir. Cambr. vol. v. pp. 355, 356. [654] He had had the eldest son ever since July 1205; _Hist. G. le Mar._ vv. 13271–6. [655] _Ib._ vv. 13311–20, 13350–584. [656] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 77 b. [657] See Note I. at end. [658] _Rot. Claus._ p. 77 b. [659] W. Coventry, vol. ii. p. 202. [660] _Rot. Pat._ p. 74. Walter de Lacy, on his marriage with Margaret de Braose, had promised that he would never give, sell, or pledge any part of his land in England or Normandy without his father-in-law’s consent; and this engagement had been embodied in a charter and confirmed by the king. _Rot. Obl._ (a. 2 Joh.), p. 81. One of its results seems to have been that De Braose took charge of Ludlow Castle; it was he who on March 5, 1206, was summoned to deliver it up to Philip d’Aubigné for the king; _Rot. Pat._ p. 69 b. On July 13, 1207, John transferred its custody from D’Aubigné back to De Braose. [661] _Hist. de G. le Mar._ vv. 13589–786. [662] John was at Guildford December 27 to 28, 1207, and January 25 to 27, 1208; _Itin._ a. 9. [663] _Hist. de G. le Mar._ vv. 13787–936. [664] _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 105. [665] _Ib._ p. 106 b. [666] _Rot. Chart._ p. 176. [667] _Ib._ p. 178. Cf. _Rot. Claus._ vol. i. p. 106. [668] The bishop of Norwich was in Ireland before January 2, 1210 (_Rot. Misæ_, p. 144); Meiler had ceased to be justiciar before February 16 of the same year (_ib._ p. 149); and the bishop was in office as justiciar when the De Braoses arrived in Ireland towards the end of 1209, as appears from _Hist. de G. le Mar._ vv. 14119–172. The Four Masters’ account of Bishop John’s appointment and its consequences is too amusing to be omitted. They say under the year 1208: “John, bishop of Norwich, was sent by the king of England into Ireland as lord justice; and the English were excommunicated by the successor of S. Peter for sending the bishop to carry on war in Ireland.”