Submission text (English, translated by Edmund Curtis)
Notarial Instrument XXVI records that: on the 10th day of March, 1394 [N.S. 1395], in a certain room of the Friars Preachers in Drogheda, in presence of the King, the notary, and others, lord Shane MacMahon, Irishman, of Clogher diocese, removing his cap and on bended knees, &c., took these words in Irish, which were rendered into English, so the notary learns, by Stephen Garnon, interpreter, of Armagh diocese, viz.:
‘I, Shane MacMahon, become liegeman of my lord King Richard’, &c. [as in Instrument I, to the words ‘any of them ’, continuing ‘and I will come in person to your parliament whenever I shall be [189] called or summoned in any manner by you or some other in your name, all delay put aside’]. For the observing of which, he took corporal oath and bound himself in £1,000 sterling. Thereupon the King admitted him to kiss hands as his liegeman, and Shane requested the notary to make him a public instrument.
'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.'
Witnesses: the bishops of Chichester and Llandaff, William Scrope, Hugh Lutterell, and others.
Submission text (Latin, transcribed by Edmund Curtis)