Killesser* parish, the parsonage of which extending into somuch of Killnally parish as is in Clanawliy barony, is impropriateto the dissolved Abbey of Kells, and its vicarage is collative, thetithes are paid in kind, two-thirds to the parson and one-third tothe vicar, and repairs of the church as before, the vicars pay3 shillings proxies to the bishop of Kilmore.ADDEXTDUM.Concerning the functions of Coarb and Erenach (or Herenach),ecclesiastical offices so frequently mentioned in our mediaevaldocuments and which I have already discussed in previous papers,some further eqlanation may be necessary here. The Coarb(Corh~pb~ = an heir) was usually the successor to the saint whofounded the abbey or church. The Erenach (&p~eannac? = agovernor or head), usually a layman, was the superintendent orgeneral supervisor of the church lands ; he collected the rents andkept the church in repair. According to the Brehon Laws the- Coarb, or Abbot, of the Monastery should be selected from the fine,i.e. the family, of the founder. This system, which then obtainedin Ireland and other countries, is succinctly explained by Dr. JamesF. Kenney in his recent volume, Sources for the Early History ofIrelalzd, Vol. I., pp. 747 ct sep.. (New York : Columbia UniversityPress--1929).By the eleventh century [writes Dr. Kenney] it wouid seemthat in the average church the abbot, generally known astbe comarba, " heir," of the saintly founder, or if it were notthe saint's principal establishment, the aircinaech, "head,"had become a lay lord, whose family held the office and thechurch property from generation to generation ; the monk,manach, had become a tenant of church lands under theairciancch ; and the student, scol6g, had become a farmlabourer. In some cases, apparently, all trace of a churchestablishment had disappeared, except ,that the incumbentclaimed for his lands, the termonn of the ancient monastery,those privileges and exemptions which had from of old beenaccorded to ecclesiastical property ; but generally the comarbaor aircialzcch maintained a priest and, in the more importantchurches, one or more bishops and several priests, to administer5" Killaser contayning dim. tate lyeing neere the padsh church ofKillaiier WilIesher]. The rectory is appropriat to the Abbey of Kells inMeath. There is a viccar [vicar] endowed.Thisrectory is in the tenure of Capten Gerrot Fleming by force [of] lettrespatents of fee faxme."-RawZins9n M.S.
the sacraments and perform other sacerdotal duties. Thelarger churches were still extensive ecclesiastical institutions,with a numerous clergy, a school presided over by a fcr legind[i.e. a professor] ~ith his assistants and scribes, hospitals,sometimes attended by Ckli DDt, aho likewise had been secularised,and especially a hermitage or diwrt, where " pilgrims,"dedraid, from other districts or churches lived in seclusion andmaintained the ancient traditions of piety and asceticism.On the death of the Coarb, or Abbot, his successor, according tothe established custom, was chosen from the fine, or family, ofthe founder. In case that no member of the fine was at the time
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