Coign and livery or coyne and livery ( Irish: coinmheadh is buannacht [1]) in Gaelic Ireland was the free entertainment which a chief exacted from his subjects for his servants and followers. Originally in Brehon law it took the form of a feast held when the chief passed through a subject's lands. By the late medieval period it was often an oppressive charge to billet and supply the chief's professional soldiers ( kern and gallowglasses), enforced by those same soldiers. It was the most important of the exactions which lesser chiefs resented of their superiors. [2] The surrender and regrant and composition imposed by the English during the Tudor conquest of Ireland sought to abolish Gaelic customs of chiefship and replace all exactions with a single rent charged on land holdings. [2] This was accordingly supported by the lesser chiefs, but opposed by the over chiefs such as Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare. [3]
See also
- Purveyance, English equivalent
- Quartering Acts, requiring American colonies to billet British soldiers; one of the grievances that led to the American Revolution
References
- ^ "coinmheadh is buannacht". Téarma. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b Ellis, Steven (11 February 2011). "History - Turning Ireland English". BBC Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Carey, Vincent P. (Summer 1994). "Collaborator and Survivor? Gerald the eleventh Earl of Kildare and Tudor Rule in Ireland". History Ireland. 2 (2).
- Edwards, David (1 December 2004). "Coyne and livery". In Seán Duffy (ed.). Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 184–186. ISBN 9781135948245. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- Empey, C. A.; Simms, Katharine (1975). "The Ordinances of the White Earl and the Problem of Coign in the Later Middle Ages". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C. 75. Royal Irish Academy: 161–187. JSTOR 25506307.
Coign and livery or coyne and livery ( Irish: coinmheadh is buannacht [1]) in Gaelic Ireland was the free entertainment which a chief exacted from his subjects for his servants and followers. Originally in Brehon law it took the form of a feast held when the chief passed through a subject's lands. By the late medieval period it was often an oppressive charge to billet and supply the chief's professional soldiers ( kern and gallowglasses), enforced by those same soldiers. It was the most important of the exactions which lesser chiefs resented of their superiors. [2] The surrender and regrant and composition imposed by the English during the Tudor conquest of Ireland sought to abolish Gaelic customs of chiefship and replace all exactions with a single rent charged on land holdings. [2] This was accordingly supported by the lesser chiefs, but opposed by the over chiefs such as Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare. [3]
See also
- Purveyance, English equivalent
- Quartering Acts, requiring American colonies to billet British soldiers; one of the grievances that led to the American Revolution
References
- ^ "coinmheadh is buannacht". Téarma. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b Ellis, Steven (11 February 2011). "History - Turning Ireland English". BBC Online. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Carey, Vincent P. (Summer 1994). "Collaborator and Survivor? Gerald the eleventh Earl of Kildare and Tudor Rule in Ireland". History Ireland. 2 (2).
- Edwards, David (1 December 2004). "Coyne and livery". In Seán Duffy (ed.). Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 184–186. ISBN 9781135948245. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- Empey, C. A.; Simms, Katharine (1975). "The Ordinances of the White Earl and the Problem of Coign in the Later Middle Ages". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C. 75. Royal Irish Academy: 161–187. JSTOR 25506307.