Battle of Kells by a supposed offer of fealty from Lord O'Dempsey from Offaly. The two armies met outside Kells, where the Scots began to burn the town. After three hours of fighting, the de Lacy brothers withdrew, leaving Mortimer to fight a much larger force. With his army destroyed and Kells burning, Mortimer managed to escape with a few knights and ride to Dublin. The Scots then burned Granard and march for two months unopposed through the midlands, devastating the country. Battle of Kells The Battle of Kells was a battle between Edward Bruce and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. After
Archdeacon of Kells Meath, and the "Rectory of Nobber" was united to this dignity; thus the holder was sometimes called "Rector of Nobber", "Parson of Nobber", or most commonly styled Archdeacon of Nobber. In medieval times, "Kells" is called , with "Nobber" expressed as . Confusingly, the archdeacon of Kells held the "Rectory of Nobber", while the archdeacon of Meath held the "Rectory of Kells". In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese.