William Tany
William Tany (died after 1385) was Prior of the Order of Hospitallers in Ireland; he also served as Justiciar of Ireland 1373-1374, and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1374 to 1377.[1]
He was regularly summoned to the Irish Parliament, and in 1376 he received an exemption from military service in consideration of the many charities performed by his Order, and the large number of chaplains maintained in his house for saying mass.[2] His salary was £40 per annum,[2] a large amount of money at the time (although a later Chancellor, Richard Northalis, complained that it did not even cover a third of his expenses, and asked for an increase of £20). He went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1377. In 1380 the Crown restored to him his weir and fishery on the River Liffey at Chapelizod, which had been taken into the Crown's hands for repair.[3] He was reappointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1382 and held the office until 1385.[4]
References
- ^ Archdall, Mervyn Monasticon Hibernicum; or a History of the Abbeys, Priories and other Religious Houses of Ireland Dublin W.B Kelly 1863
- ^ a b D'Alton, John History of the County of Dublin Hodges and Smith Dublin 1836
- ^ Close Roll 4 Richard II
- ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926
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