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: Surrender hy Coconaght Magwyre, of Innyskillen, captain of his nation; of the whole country of Fermanagh, alias Magwyre’s country, in the province of Ulster, with the intention of its heing regranted to...
See No. 4809
Descriptive Elements
Document Repository
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Reference Code
VRTI Fiant/17/27/4682
Source Grade
Calendar
Date
Created: 2024
Content Date: 01/06/1585
Content Date: 27 Eliz I
Title
Fiant: 27 Eliz I (1584-1585), Item 4682 (Date: 1 Jun 1585)
Creator
Irish chancery
Level Of Description
Item
Extent And Medium
1 fiant, Born-Digital content
Archival History
The fiant was originally written in Latin, and calendared in English in the late nineteenth century.
Language
English
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VRTI Fiant/17/27/4682
Fiant: 27 Eliz I (1584-1585), Item 4682 (Date: 1...
Fiant: 27 Eliz I (1584-1585), Item 4682 (Date: 1...
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