The Submission of Moris fitz Moris and Thomas MacShane
Submission text (English, translated by Edmund Curtis)
Notarial Instrument XII records that: on the 6th day of April, 1395, in a certain room within the close of the Friars Preachers near Kilkenny, in the presence of the King and the notary and other witnesses, Moris fitz Moris of the Geraldines, an English knight born in Ireland, removing his girdle and cap, on bended knees, &c., took these words in the English language, viz.:
‘I, Moris fitz Moris, become liegeman of Lord Richard, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, sovereign lord of me and my nation, &c., [as in Instrument I], so help me God and these God’s holy Gospels.’
'I, John MacDonald, become liegeman of the lord Richard, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, sovereign lord of me and my nation, as also of his heirs, kings of England, from this day forth in life, limb, and earthly honour, so that
he and they shall have over me power of life and death, and I will be faithful to the same and his heirs for ever in all things and will help to defend him and his heirs against all worldly enemies whatsoever, and will be obedient to the laws,
commands, and ordinances of the same or any of them according to my power and that of all mine: and I will come to the said lord my King and his heirs, being kings of England, and to his or their parliament and council or otherwise whensoever he
or they shall send for me or whenever I shall be required, called, or summoned on his or their part or the part of their lieutenants: and I will well and faithfully come to the said Lord King, his heirs and their lieutenants, or to any of them,
to give counsel, and I will do in all and singular that which a good and faithful liegeman ought to do and is bound to do to his natural liege lord, so help me God and these God's holy Gospels.'
Whereupon Thomas MacShane did liege homage under the same form, but without oath on the Bible. For performing of which allegiance, &c., they took oaths, but without touching the Gospels.
Whereupon the King admitted them to the kiss of peace as his lieges, and Moris and Thomas requested the notary to make them public instruments.
Witnesses: the Archbishop of Dublin, the bishops of Chichester, Llandaff, and Waterford-Lismore, the Earl of Huntingdon, and the Earl of Rutland and Cork.
Submission text (Latin, transcribed by Edmund Curtis)