1403 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1403 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Tadhg Ruadh Ó Cellaigh succeeded Conchobar an Abaidh Ó Cellaigh as King of Hy-Many in present-day counties Galway and Roscommon.
- Maolmhordha mac Con Connacht succeeds Giolla Iosa mac Pilib, as King of East Breifne, in present-day counties Leitrim and Cavan.
- The Garter, an ornament attached to the Great Sword of State of Dublin, was presented to the citizens of Dublin in 1403 by King Henry IV.
- Laurence Merbury took the role as deputy to Lord Chancellor Thomas Cranley when the latter could not work due to old age.
- Thomas Bache was appointed as the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and granted letters of protection by Henry IV.[1]
- Robert Sutton was appointed as the Deputy Treasurer of Ireland.
- Stephen de Bray, then Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was granted the power to issue writs of novel disseisin.
- Mac Raith Ó hEidirsgeóil was replaced by Stepehn Brown as the new Bishop of Ross.
Arts and literature
- Nicholas Ó hÍceadha and Boulger O'Callahan wrote a commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates.[2]
Deaths
- Conchobar an Abaidh Ó Cellaigh, king of Hy-Many (birth date unknown)[3]
References
- ^ Ball, F. Elrington (1926). The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921.
- ^ Hickey, Lieut.-Colonel J. "The O'Hickeys: Hereditary Physicians to the O'Briens of Thomond". North Munster Antiquarian Journal. 8.
- ^ "Annals of the Four Masters". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 22 June 2023.