List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1200–1299

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years from 1200 to 1299.

The number shown by each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the act concerning assay passed in 1783 is cited as "23 & 24 Geo. 3 c. 23", meaning the 23rd act passed during the session that started in the 23rd year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 24th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "40 Geo. 3" rather than "40 Geo. III"). Acts of the reign of Elizabeth I are formally cited without a regnal numeral in the Republic of Ireland.

Acts passed by the Parliament of Ireland did not have a short title; however, some of these acts have subsequently been given a short title by acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or acts of the Oireachtas. This means that some acts have different short titles in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively. Official short titles are indicated by the flags of the respective jurisdictions.

A number of the acts included in this list are still in force in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. Because these two jurisdictions are entirely separate, the version of an act in force in one may differ from the version in force in the other; similarly, an act may have been repealed in one but not in the other.

A number of acts passed by the Parliament of England also extended to Ireland during this period.

2 John (1200)

• Fortification of castles
• Outlawry
• Dublin Charter from King John

5 John (1204)

• Writs issued for a grant of an aid or subsidy
• Novel disseisin

6 John (1204)

• Fairs Act 1204 Erection of castle and fortifications at Dublin; establishment of fairs at Donnybrook, Waterford and Limerick.
• Writs made current; their limitation

9 John (1207)

• King's writs and pleas of the Crown
• Irish robbers, etc., to be dealt with according to the law of England
• Holding of markets

12 John (1210)

• English laws and customs should be observed

16 John (1214)

• City of Dublin Act 1214 Fair and bridge at Dublin.

17 John (1215)

• City of Dublin Act 1215 Annual rent for Dublin City.

18 John (1215)

• Fortification of lands

1 Hen. 3 (1216)

This session was also traditionally cited as 1 H. 3.

• Magna Carta Hiberniae 1216 or Great Charter of Ireland
• Irish liberties

2 Hen. 3 (1216-17)

This session was also traditionally cited as 2 H. 3.

• Elections or promotions in cathedrals
• Irish liberties
• Ecclesiastical jurisdiction

4 Hen. 3 (1220)

This session was also traditionally cited as 4 H. 3.

• River traffic

5 Hen. 3 (1221)

This session was also traditionally cited as 5 H. 3.

• Tolls on wool, hides and wine
• Itinerant justices

6 Hen. 3 (1222)

This session was also traditionally cited as 6 H. 3.

• Pleas of bounds in Ireland as in England
• Limitation of writs of mort d'ancestor as in England
• Freedom in Waterford, scot and lot, etc.

7 Hen. 3 (1223)

This session was also traditionally cited as 1 H. 3.

• Writ of bounds

10 Hen. 3 (1226)

This session was also traditionally cited as 10 H. 3.

• Laws and customs of England to be kept in Ireland

12 Hen. 3 (1227-28)

This session was also traditionally cited as 12 H. 3.

• English writs in Ireland
• King John's Charter as to observance of English laws and customs in Ireland to be observed
• Drogheda bridge and trade

13 Hen. 3 (1229)

This session was also traditionally cited as 13 H. 3.

• Mayor of Dublin Act 1229 Dublin Mayoralty established.
• Charter of Drogheda 1229 Charter from Hen. 3 for Drogheda towards Uriell.
• Custom of England — inheritance by younger son
• Confirmation of Dublin Charters

14 Hen. 3 (1230)

This session was also traditionally cited as 14 H. 3.

• Forests and woods in Leinster
• Dublin tallage

17 Hen. 3 (1233)

This session was also traditionally cited as 17 H. 3.

• Great Galley of Dublin

18 Hen. 3 (1234)

This session was also traditionally cited as 18 H. 3.

• Holy Trinity Church Act 1234 Alteration of Dublin street.
• Dublin merchandise
• Pleas of lay fee and advowson of churches not to be pleaded in a court Christian

19 Hen. 3 (1234)

This session was also traditionally cited as 19 H. 3.

• Writ as to making of bounds to run in Ireland as in England
• Criminal law
• Dublin ale-custom

20 Hen. 3 (1236)

This session was also traditionally cited as 20 H. 3.

• Concerning coparceners.
• Limitation of writs in Ireland.
• Observance in Ireland of Statute of Merton.

21 Hen. 3 (1237)

This session was also traditionally cited as 21 H. 3.

• Concerning those born before wedlock.
• Writ of bounds.

22 Hen. 3 (1238)

This session was also traditionally cited as 22 H. 3.

• Inheritance of bastard

25 Hen. 3 (1241)

This session was also traditionally cited as 25 H. 3.

• Galleys of Dublin, Waterford, Drogheda, Cork and Limerick.

27 Hen. 3 (1243)

This session was also traditionally cited as 27 H. 3.

• Liffey fishery.

28 Hen. 3 (1244)

This session was also traditionally cited as 28 H. 3.

• Weights and measures.

30 Hen. 3 (1245)

This session was also traditionally cited as 30 H. 3.

• Water for City and castle of Dublin.

30 Hen. 3 (1246)

• Exchequer fixed at Dublin – supplies from Ireland, etc.
• Laws and customs of England to be observed in Ireland.

31 Hen. 3 (1247)

This session was also traditionally cited as 31 H. 3.

• Charter of Drogheda 1247 Charter for Drogheda towards Meath.

34 Hen. 3 (1250)

This session was also traditionally cited as 34 H. 3.

• Dublin traffic.

36 Hen. 3 (1252)

This session was also traditionally cited as 36 H. 3.

• Dublin Fair Act 1252 Fair at Dublin.
• Protection for the King's citizens and the men of Dublin; judiciary of Ireland not to molest them contrary to the charters of the King's predecessors.
• Tolls at Dublin fairs and markets.

Hen. 3 (Uncertain date circa 1252)

• Tolls at Dublin fairs and markets

37 Hen. 3 (1253)

This session was also traditionally cited as 37 H. 3.

• Charter of Drogheda 1253 Charter of Drogheda towards Uriell.
• Lands of King
• Weights and measures

38 Hen. 3 (1254)

This session was also traditionally cited as 38 H. 3.

• Dublin, Limerick and Athlone granted to Prince Edward

48 Hen. 3 (1264)

This session was also traditionally cited as 48 H. 3.

• Each person should recover his estate in lands, tenements, castles, wardships, goods and chattels, as the same were on the day of St. Nicholas

53 Hen. 3 (1269)

This session was also traditionally cited as 52 H. 3.

• Uniform weights and measures throughout Ireland

2 Edw. 1 (1274)

• Appointing and removing sheriffs and other ministers of the King

3 Edw. 1 (1275)

• Observance in Ireland of Statute on Grant of Custom on exported wool, etc.

4 Edw. 1 (1276)

• Office of Water Bailiff

5 Edw. 1 (1277)

• Weights and measures in Ireland

6 Edw. 1 (1278)

• Traffic and merchandise

8 Edw. 1 (1280)

• Dublin Fair Act 1280 Traffic and merchandise.
• Office of Water Bailiff

10 Edw. 1 (1281-82)

• Mill at Dublin

12 Edw. 1 (1284)

• Observance in Ireland of Statute of Rutland
• Dublin murage

13 Edw. 1 (1285)

• Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster I and Statute of Gloucester
• Observance in Ireland of Statute of Westminster II
• Writ for observance in Ireland of statutes of Westminster, Gloucester and those of Merchants
• Landlord and tenant customs

17 Edw. 1 (1288)

• False money

18 Edw. 1 (1290)

• Collection and payment of tithes and obventions
• Extension of Dublin murage

19 Edw. 1 (1291)

• Robert de Bree
• Articles of the clergy
• Freedom of movement of the French in the realm

20 Edw. 1 (1292)

• City of Limerick Act 1292 An Act concerning the liberties of the citizens of Limerick.

21 Edw. 1 (1293)

• Sheriffs Act 1293 Appointment of sheriffs and bailiffs.
• Lands held of the King in chief: alienation without licence
• No seneschal to be Justice where franchises to be tried
• Collection of the “Fifteenth” (taxation)
• Resumption and reletting lands
• Fees of justices, etc., payable at end of term

22 Edw. 1 (1294)

• Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to sell merchandise, goods, chattels and debts of merchants and other foreigners
• Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to make provision that all merchants who export from Ireland wool, hides, etc., have sufficient security not to export them to France
• King commands that the money arising from the issues of Ireland be employed for sending corn, wines, meat and other victuals from Ireland to Wales
• Export duties during war for wools, hides, etc.

23 Edw. 1 (1295)

• Dublin murage

25 Edw. 1 (1297)

• Division of counties and better rule of the realm
• Dublin murage

26 Edw. 1 (1297)

• Export duties during war for wools, skins, hides, etc.

27 Edw. 1 (1299)

• Against false money and for regulation of the currency
• Money
• Ordinances made as to Peter de Bermyngham having additional forces against the Irish felons, etc.
• Ban on use of foreign base coins (pollards and crokards)
• Application in Ireland of Statute on Justices of Assize

28 Edw. 1 (1300)

• Custom of Ireland as to goods of testator
• Export of silver
• Money raised to finance suppression of rebellion in Scotland
• Ban on use of foreign base coins (pollards and crokards)
• Free Hostelry of Knights of St. John

See also

• List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland
• List of acts of the Oireachtas
• List of legislation in the United Kingdom

References

• The statutes at large, passed in the parliaments held in Ireland, Containing from the Third Year of Edward the Second, A.D. 1310, to the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of James the First, A. D. 1612 inclusive (PDF). Vol. 1. Dublin: G. Grierson, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1786. Retrieved 16 July 2022. - contains all Acts.
• Statutes passed in the Parliaments held in Ireland from the third year of Edward the second, A.D. 1310, to the fortieth year of George III, A.D. 1800, inclusive. Dublin: G. Grierson, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1794–1801. Retrieved 13 October 2012. - contains Acts in force when edition was published.
• Cullinan, William Fitzpatrick, ed. (1885). "Chronological Table, Arranged in the Order of the Authorised Edition of the Statutes at Large Passed in the Parliaments of Ireland". The Irish statutes: Revised edition. 3 Edward II to the Union. A.D. 1310–1800. By Authority (PDF). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. pp. xiii–lxiv.
• "Pre-Union Irish Statutes". Irish Statute Book. Attorney General of Ireland. Retrieved 13 October 2012. (Index includes medieval "royal ordinances and similar documents that are recognised as having the force and effect of an Act of Parliament".)
• "Statutes which have already been repealed (i.e. prior to the Statute Law Revision Act 2007)" (PDF). Pre-Independence Project. Attorney General of Ireland. 2006. pp. 1–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2015.