The word Fiant' is an abbreviation of Fiant litterae patentes, which means Let letters patent be made. Letters patent are a type of Legal instrument in the form of an Open letter issued by a Monarch or Government, granting an office right These were warrants to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, which was the authority for the issue of letters patents under the Great Seal. The Court of Chancery was one of the courts of equity in England and Wales. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Great Seal of the Realm or Great Seal of the United Kingdom (prior to the Union the Great Seal of England, then Great Seal of Great Britain They dealt with matters ranging from appointments to high office and important government activities, to grants of pardons to the humblest of the native Irish. A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate
Fiants date from the reign of Henry VIII through that of William and Mary and are of major importance to persons doing Irish genealogical research. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of See also William III of England, Mary II of England The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England Genealogy (from Greek: el γενεά el-Latn genea, "descent" and el λόγος el-Latn logos, "knowledge" is the study of
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