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This is a list of the rulers and officers of Galway, Ireland from 1230 to 1485.
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This is a list of the rulers and officers of Galway, Ireland from 1230 to 1485.
| Year | Name | Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1270 | Thomas de Lynch | Provost |
| 1272–1275 | Stephen Annery | Collector of the Murage |
| 1272–1275 | Adam Albus | Collector of the Murage |
| 1278–1280 | Robert Bayon | Collector of the Murage |
| 1280 | William O'Ciorovane | Sovereign. |
| 1306 | Cruchus Delaps | Farmer of the New Customs |
| 1306 | Simon Long | Collector of the Customs |
| 1306 | Thomas Sage | Collector of the Customs |
| 1306–1307 | Thomas Dolfyn | Collector of the Customs |
| 1310 | Andrew Gerard of Florence | Keeper of the Customs |
| 1312 | Nicholas Mor Lynch, the Black Marshall | Marshal |
| 1353 | Stepehn Penrise | Provost |
| 1353+ | Stepehn Penrise | Bailiff & Collector of the New Customs |
| 1375 | Bishop Stephen de Valle | Collector of the Customs of the Port |
| 1376–1377 | Nicholas Calf | Deputy Collector of the Customs of the Port |
| 1378 | Richard Scared | Provost |
| ?–1385 | Thomas Alwyne | Seneschal and Receiver |
| 1434 | Edmund Lynch | Sovereign |
| 1443 | Edmund Lynch | Sovereign |
| 1443 | Robert Lynch | Provost |
| 1443–1444 | Henry Lynch, ditto. Robert Lynch, ditto. Thomas O'Tyernay | Bailiff |
| 1445 | Thomas O'Tyernay | Bailiff |
| 1448 | William Allen, alias Den | Provost |
| 1460 | William Dubh Lynch fitz James | |
| 1461 | William Develin | Sovereign |
| 1462 | William Oge Allen, alias Den | Sovereign |
| 1476 | Thomas Lynch | |
| 1483–1484 | William Lynch | Sovereign |
| 1484–1485 | William Lynch | Sovereign |
| 1484–1485 | John Lynch fitz Edmond | Provost |
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