A fiant was an instruction, written on behalf of the monarch, ordering officials in Ireland to take certain actions. The original Fiants were mostly written in Latin. The text provided here is an English-language calendar, or summary, of one such fiant: Lease to Robert Apryce, soldier; of the Banno, county Wexford, with the ferry of the Banno; parcel of the possessions of the abbey of Tynterne, county Wexford. To hold for twenty-one years, at a rent of...