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                                                                                    14th Century AD 

       To the Anglo - Norman - English the "Irish" were classed as "Enemies" and the "Anglo - Irish" as "Rebels."

      Co. Wexford, Co. Wicklow, Co. Kilkenny and Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster, and Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster were just too close to "The English Pale" surrounding Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster, and the Anglo - Norman de Clare Earldoms were to be weakened by the division of law, and those who were by now beginning to feel Anglo - Irish scrambled for power because of this. There was  to be endemic war and associated transgressions, as refugees fled from the "Land of War" (Irish territories)  to the "Land of Peace" (The English Pale) and no legislation could force them back out into the frontier. Frontier / frontura or gaps appeared between the English colonised Irish territories and those still beyond their grasp, where the Irish Septs were viewed as their "Enemies," especially in the land of the "Absentees." Despite this because of its proximity to the Counties surrounding "The English Pale," Northern Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province was also lost, while in the south of Co. Tipperary and the adjacent region nearby in Co. Kilkenny, the English Confiscations and Plantations continued to survive.

    New Gaelic Milesian dynasties were to arise this Century, such as the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Maguires in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province, and their close kinsmen, the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Mac Mahons in Co. Monaghan in Southern Ulster. The O Ciassarts / Ui Ciassart who were a Sept / Family branch around 1302 AD had their territory around Co. Derry in Northern Ulster where because of the inability of the Norman English to penetrate there they continued to hold sway in that region. The Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Kanes / Ui Cahans were also in the Co. Derry area, and the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill O Dohertys who were at Inishowen were also still going strong. The Anglo - Norman de Courcys were still surviving on the coastal region in Ulster, and the Anglo - Norman Bysets were the Lords of the Glens of Antrim there, while the Anglo - Norman Savages were the Lords of the Ards, and the Anglo - Norman de Mandevilles were the Lords of the Route in the north of Co. Antrim where they had by now also adopted the Gaelic Brehon Law and the Gaelic name of Mac Quillan (Descended from a Son of Ugolin de Mandeville.)

     Edward 1st Longshanks the 5th Plantagenet Norman King of England, (1272 D - 1307 AD raided Scotland again, and the English Earl and many of the Galls / Foreigners in Ireland and previously committed Gaels went in a fleet to join him and they conquered Scotland this time around.

     The de Berminghams who were Anglo - Norman Barons had built 4 Castles all in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster all in sight of each other at Carbery, Mylerstown, Kinnaford, and Carrick and were to also eventually Gallicize their surname to Mac Feorais (Descended from a Son of Piers), which was later on also anglicized as Corish.  

      Turlough O Brian who was now the Heberian Dalcassian Ui mBriain King of Thomond / Northern Munster, died, and was buried in the Ennis Abbey and his son Donough O Brian became the new King of Thomond and together with his kinsman, Donnell / Domhnall "Bawn" O Brian he was to attack Thomas de Clare the Anglo Norman English Baron and his Irish allies in Co. Clare on many occasions over the following years. Thomas de Clare was to make great  use of his persuasive "switching" power of taking the opportunity, due to the disruption to the Brehon Law, of putting the Irish Dal gCais Septs up against one another in their struggle for individual authority of their Sept in their main stronghold of Co. Clare in the north - west of Munster Province and on one occasion they were to be defeated at Dysert O Dea in Co. Clare by their own kinsman, Murtough O Brian. 

     In England, Edward 11 (July 1307 AD - 1327 AD )became the Anglo - Norman 5th Plantagenet King of England, who was a son of Edward 1st.

     Edward 111 (1327 AD - 1377 AD) became the 6th Anglo - Norman Plantagenet King, at age 14, who was a son of Edward 11 and Isabella of France. Black Plagues occurred in 1348 - 49 AD,1361 - 1362 and 1369. In 1330 exiled his mother and executed Roger Mortimer. 1328 married Phillippa of Hainault. 1339 Phillip V1 confiscated Aquitaine and Ponthieu. 1339 Edward 111 invaded France and assumed the title of King of France and this began the 100 Years War. 1346 with his son, Edward the Back Prince and 15,000 men he invaded Normandy and gained Calais. 1356 the Black prince captured King John 11 of France  and he was given back Aquitaine. 1369 France recovered their territory and only Calais was in his hands. 1370 His heavy taxes were condemned and the Black Prince died leaving John of Gaunt, Edward's younger son in line for King but Edward 111 named the Black Prince's second son and his grandson, Richard 11 instead. (his older brother, Edward had died in 1371 AD.

Richard 11 (1377 AD - 1399 AD) became the 7th Anglo - Norman Plantagenet King, aged 10 years, who was a second son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan the Countess of Kent. 1381 AD Black Plague again. Peasants Revolt under Wat Tyler who was killed. Banished Henry "Bolingbroke" Earl of Drby1399 John of Gaunt died and he confiscated his Estates in Lancaster . Richard 11 went to campaign in Ireland in May and Henry "Bolingbroke" invaded England in June to regain his Estates and Richard 11 abdicated and was to die in 1400 AD under mysterious circumstances.

    Henry 1V "Bolingbroke" (1399 AD - 1413 AD) became the 1st Lancaster Anglo - Norman 8th Plantagenet King, who was a son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster his cousin. He married Mary de Bohun. 1400 AD Black Plague and rebellion in Wales under Owen Glyndwr. 1403 AD Rebels in York executed. His son, Henry V ran England for him in his illness.

    Carthusian monks set up in London at the Charterhouse under Thomas Sutton.

                                                                                         +On to 1301 - 1310 AD 

 

                                                                          

 Situated on the western bank of the Hunter River, midway between Muswellbrook and Denman the doorway to the Heart of Australia's "Horse Capital" in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales., Australia.  

                                                                                   John & Sue Markham  

                                              RAINBOW FARMS  603 Roxburgh Road., Muswellbrook., 2333.

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