[Excerpt from "Register of Wills and Inventories of the Diocese of Dublin, 1457-1483",
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1896]
[excerpted 24 Jul 2007, Mark Murphy]
[The oldest "Mark Murphy" I've found yet]

p. 139
In the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton

[text is in Latin then translated to English]
These are the debts which are due to him.  First, John Carryke owes 4 measures of beans
worth 2s.

These are the debts which he owes: first, he owes Daniel Brenan 8s.  Item, he owes Patrick
Riagh 5s. Item, to John Kelly 8s. Item, he owes Rosina Ryagh 5s.  Item, he owes Maurice
mcMORGH [Mark Murphy] 20d.  Item, he owes for rent of land L3.5.4. Item, he owes John
Griffyn 12d.  Item, he owes Daniel mcMORGH 12d.  Item, to Malachy Corryser one couple acre
of wheat and oats worth 12s.

Sum L5.4.7
Portion of the deceased 40s5d.

In the name of God.  Amen.  I, Dermot aforesaid, though weak in body yet sound in mind, do
make my testament in this manner: first, I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, St. Mary and
all the Saints, and my body to be buried in the church of St. Kevin: also I bequeath to
Sir Richard Trevers 12d.  Item, I bequeath to Henry, brother of the Carmarthens, 12d.  Item,
I leave Margaret, my wife, and Patrick Meallowe my executors, to dispose of all my goods as
to them may seem best.