my Lord Coke in the 46. writes Rushw 1371 2. Sir Richard Pembridge alias Pembrugh a Baron was appointed Deputy of Ireland but he refused to go whereupon his Offices Fees and Lands which he held of the King for life being his Servant as Warden of the Cinque Ports c. were all seized on pro servitio impendendo yet he was noâ— upon that resolution committed tâ— Prison for that he being unwilling to go the Imployment was adjudged an Exile and no man by the Common Law is perdere patriam but by Authority of Parliament or in case of Abjuration foâ— Felony 1374. Sir William de Windsor arrived at Waterford Lord Lieutenant April 18. and took his Oath for thâ— execution of his Place at Kilkenny May 4. following undertaking thâ— Custody of Ireland for 11213l 6s 8a but did no wonders He descendeâ— of Sir James de Windsor Lord oâ— Stanwel in Middlesex as I understand from the present Lord Windsor 1376. James Butler Earl of Ormond succeeded in the Government Sub RICHARDO II. James Butler Earl of Ormond continued Lord Governour till that 1379. John de Bromwich was made Lord Justice to whom succeeded Edmund Mortimer Lord Lieutenant He died at Cork 1381. on St Stephens day in the Abbey of Dominicans and was buried at Wigmore 1381. John Colton Dean of S. Patricks by Dublin Lord Chancellor of Ireland afterwards Archbishop of Ardmagh was made Lord Justice He took his Oath at Cork in the Covent of the Preaching Friers Decemb. 27. He died the 5. of the Calends of May 1404. and was buried in Droghedagh in Saint Peters Church where sometime before his death he renounced his Prelacy 1383. Philip de Courtney Lord Lieutenant and then 1385. Robert Vere the ninth Earl of Oxford a great Favourite of the Kings was made Lord Lieutenant having been created Marquess of Dublin and Duke of Ireland the 10 of Richard 2. in which year the King furnished him with a great sum of Money that he might go into Ireland to get Dominium quod sibi Rex donaverat So Walsingham Sed novus iste insolitus umbratilis honor cito evanuit Brook in his Catalogue of Nobility saith more to whom I refer you He died in Lovania 1392. in great anguish of mind and penury leaving saith Camd. nothing but to his Tomb Titles and to the World matter of Talk He was buried at Colne in Essex in great Funeral State the King a Mourner After all his preparations and full Charter even to pass all things with his own Teste He as some others bore only the Title of Lieutenant never going into Ireland but deputed 1385. Sir John Stanley his Lieutenant 1387. Alexander de Balscot alias Petit Bishop of Meath who had been Treasurer and Chancellor of Ireland Lord Justice He died at Ardbracan a Village in Meath the 10 of November 1400. and was buried at Trim in St. Maries Monastery 1389. Sir John Stanley returning into Ireland took his Oath of Lord Justice Octob. 25. the Earl of Oxford nomine being Lord Lieutenant 1392. James Earl of Ormond Lord Justice during whose Government the Earl of Oxford under whom he was Justice died as we have said in Lovania yet he continued his Government his Patent being from the King not determining with the Earl of Oxfords death 1394. Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester who afterwards was treacherously strangled going with an Army for Ireland cujus Insulae judum Rex creaverat eum Ducem was suddenly recalled and the same year King Richard 2. having been slighted by the Princes of Germany to whom by his Ambassadors he addressed himself to have been made Emperour arrived at Waterford October 2. with an Army of 4000 men at Arms and 30000 Archers the better to convince them of his Manhood But returned at Shrovetide being cheated by a feigned submission of the Irish And at his return he left Roger Mortimer Earl of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore Trim Clare and Connaght Lord Lieutenant He was afterwards slain by O. Brien c. at Kenlis in Ossory July 20. 1398. on whose death 1398. Roger Gray was chosen Lord Justice in his stead The same year Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Earl of Kent and Lord Wake half Brother to King R. 2. came to Dublin Lord Lieutenant October 7. He was in 1400. beheaded for conspiring to set up King Richard 2. after King Henry 4. had been established 1399. King Richard the second time came into Ireland to revenge Mortimers death and arrived at Waterford June 1. upon whose arrival all things succeeded prosperously for the Irish being divided into many Factions and they not being united the whole was sooner overcome But in the height of these proceedings Tidings came of Henry Duke of Lancasters preparations and proceedings in England Upon which the King quieted all things at a great uncertainty in Ireland and having there imprisoned in Trim Castle the sons of the Duke of Glocester and Lancaster he arrived in three nights at Milford-haven in Wales and thence marched forwards to his Ruine yielding himself up at Flint At his disserting of Ireland we find not who was left Governour But the time not being long betwixt Duke Henries being setled in the Throne and King Richard 2. coming out of Ireland we may probably conjecture who commanded the Army had also the Government of the Realm Sub HENRICO IV. 1399. Sir John Stanley was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Decemb. 10. Whilest he thus possessed the Government I find in Ware De Praes Hib. a Writ from H. 4. anno 1400. directed to Sir Thomas de Burgo Knight Justiciario suo in partibus Conaciae ordering him to restore the Temporalities to Thomas Bishop Alladensis And here that it might not be supposed that this Sir Thomas entituled Justice had thereby any other power then a Justiceship of Peace or at most as we now call it the Presidentship of Connaght I could not but take notice hereof not having met with the like president the usual Writs for the restoring of Temporalities being to the chief Governour only as Justiciario Regis of which in Prynns History of King John H. 3. Ed. 1. are many Presidents 1401. In May Sir John Stanley goes for England and leaves Sir William Stanley of Holton in Werral in Cheshire in his place 1401. August 23. Stephen Scroop of which Family there was the Lord Scroop of Bolton Castle in Richmondshire arrived in Ireland Deputy to Thomas of Lancaster the Kings Son He came into Ireland November 13. the same year who going for England about Novemb. 11. 1403. Left Stephen Scroop his Deputy and he going for England the first day of Lent the Noblemen of Ireland chose James Earl of Ormond Lord Justice who died at Gauran or Raligauran 1405. September 6. to whom succeeded 1405. Gerald Earl of Kildare 1406. After Michaelmass Stephen Scroop returned into Ireland Deputy to Thomas of Lancaster Lord Lieutenant He died at Tristle-Dermot
octavo Idus Junii and landed at Waterford with a potent Army the Country fearing his puissance flocked submissively to him except some from the remotest places of the greatest fastnesses the Reguli sware Fealty Occurrerunt ei plusquam viginti Reguli illius regionis qui omnes maximo timore perterriti Homagium fidelitatem ei fecerunt pauci tamen ex Regulis supersederunt qui ad regem venire contempserunt eo quod in locis inexpugnabilibus habitabant c. But Hugh de Lacy whom Hanmer calls Lord Justice fearing his presence fled into France yet afterwards the King was reconciled to him and in process of time he became after the decease of Curcy Earl of Vlster where at Knock fergus he founded a Monastery of Minors about the Year 1232. in the Church of which he was buried 1242. King John having the submissions of the chief of Ireland appoints in Leinster and Munster twelve English Shires viz. Dublin Kildare Meath Vriel Catherlogh Kilkenny Wexford Waterford Cork Limerick Kerry Tipperary with Sheriffs and other Officers after the custom of England and having coined money Denarium terrae illius ad pondus numismatis Angliae fecerat fabricari tam obolum quam quadrantem rotundam fieri praecepit currant in England as there he the 30 of August lands in England with much satisfaction having deputed 1210. In August John Gray Bishop of Norwich Lord Justice a man well seen in the Laws of the Realm and of great integrity He died near Poictiers in his return from Rome Nov. 1214. and was buried in his own Cathedral After that he had discharged his duty in Ireland singularly well he being summoned into England leaves 1213. The 23 of July Henry Loundres alias Londers Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice and he quits it 1215. To Geoffery de Mariscis or de Marisco probably a Relation of Richard de Marisco Archdeacon of Northumberland and Chancellour of England in the 4 year of King John also in the 15. to the 17. as some write under the Title of Keeper of Ireland July the 6. and Sub HENRICO III. He continues Governour To whom the King sent Henry de London Archbishop of Dublin to reform the Church by his assistance commanding all his faithful Subjects and Barons to give obedience Quod ei in omnibus quae ad nos spectant ordinandis disponendis sitis intendentes una cum dilecto fideli nostro Galfrido de Marisco Justiciario nostro Hiberniae volumus etiam praecipimus quod omnia ad nos spectantia per ipsius Domini Archiepiscopi dispositionem una cum Justitiarii nostri vestro Juvamine consilio ordinentur in hujus rei testimonium has literas nostras patentes c. vobis mittimus Test Comite Apud Wintoniam 16. die Aprilis Anno regni nostri primo And in a following Writ very memorable he gives an account of King Johns death and of himself being crowned at Glocester certifying the fidelity sworn to him by the Barons and Prelates advising his Justice to take the same of the Nobles of Ireland Rex Galfrido de Mariscallo Justiciario suo Hiberniae salutem multiplices vobis referrimus gratiarum actiones de bono fideli servitio vestro foelicis memoriae Johan quondam Regis Angliae patri nostro exhibito c. Rogamus igitur dilectionem vestram quatenus etsi bonae memoriae Joh. patri nostro fideles extiteritis devoti tanto nobis fideliores existere curetis quanto scitis nos auxilio consilio vestro in hac teneritate nostra plurimum indigere capientes fidelitatem de singulis Hiberniae magnatibus aliis qui nobis ipsam facere tenentur retinuimus adhuc Radulphum de Norwicho ut de his aliis per ipsum voluntatem nostram plenius vobis significemus volentes ut eisdem vos et caeteri fideles nostri Hiberniae gaudeatis libertatibus quas fidelibus nostris de regno Angliae concessimus illas vobis concedemus confirmabimus Teste c. 1219. To Archbishop Loundres Qui munus ei commissum par quinquennium fideliter obivit during whose time I find a Writ directed to him from the King who having seized on the Temporalities of the Archbishoprick of Ardmagh for that the Archbishop was elected without his licence the King orders on an offer of 300 Marks of silver and 3 Marks of Gold that he had from the Monks Quod faciatis inde secundum statutum terrae nostrae secundum quod tempus se habet sicut nobis videritis expedire Et sciatis quod mandavimus Hugoni de Lacy quod faciat de terris praedictis id quod ei ex parte nostra dicetis Teste Domino P. Wint. Episcopo apud Cliton Aug. 30. Anno regni 8. Our Governour Bishop Loundres about the beginning of July 1228. died and was buried in Trinity Church Dublin Some doubt there seems in Chronologie who succeeded Loundres â—hether Geoffery de Marisco Qui â—â—ices Justiciarii sub Rege in illis parâ—bus gerebat or others indeed one but Matthew Paris mentions â—im in this place And I do find â—at about this time a certain King of Connaght knowing the King of England and William Marescallus he great Marshal the Earl of Pemrokes son to be busily imployed in Marshal Affairs abroad gathered a â—opious Army Sperans saith my Author se posse omne genus Anglorum ab Hiberniae finibus exturbare â—ut the design was so well attended â—y Walter de Lacy and Richard de Burgo that the English priusâ—visu â—visu fuger at in Hibernienses a fronte â—evertens stragem iis miserabilem intuâ—erunt interfecti namque referuntur ex Hiberniensibus ad viginti milli virorum bellatorum rex eorum captus carcerali custodiae deputatus Then which they never had a greater proof of the English valour or their own courage Certain it is that 1227. Richard de Burgo was made Lord Justice March 10. At this time or near I also find that Hubert de Burgo constitutus est Justiciarius Hiberniae ad terminum vitae yet noâ— Record mentions his being there so as I conjecture this Richard dâ— Burgo might be of Huberts Family and his Substitute During whose time the King directs a Writ to Commissioners to examine the Archbishop of Dublins account concerning moneys raised out of the vacant Bishopricks in Ireland for the paying of debts due to him As also another Writ to examine what debts were due to the Bishop by Services for King John in the Court of Rome which Writs are both memorable We shall give you onely the later out of Prynn Rex Richardo de Burgo Sciatis quod in solutione Debiti quod debemus venerabili Patri H. Dublin Archiepiscopo pro mutuo quod fecit pro Domino Johan Rege patre nostro per praeceptum suum pro expensis suis factis per ipsum Archiepiscopum in
struck off at one blow than was left in the heads of the surviving Nobility He was born at Everton in Cambridg shire brought up in Baliol Colledge in Oxford He held a Parliament at Dublin in the 7. of this King He was attainted by Parliament in England for taking part with Edw. 4. against King H. 6. who had then again resumed his Title with a grateful admittance into London and was beheaded on Tower-hill 1470. and his body was buried in the Preaching Friers London 1467. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare made Lord Justice and 1471. Lord Deputy to George Duke of Clarence before whom a Parliament was held at Naas the 12 of Edw. 4. 1475. William Sherwood Bishop of Meath Deputy to the Duke of Clarence Lord Lieutenant In July he held a Parliament at Dublin the 15 of Edw. 4. He died at Dublin December 3. 1482. and lies buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul near Trim. 1478. Henry Gray Lord Gray of Ruthin a descendant of the Earls of Kent Deputy to the said Duke of Clarence and the same year Sir Robert Preston Knight descended from the line of the Prestons in Lancashire was Deputy to the said Henry Lord Gray and before the end of the year Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Justice Vir licet spectatae fortitudinis rigidus tamen Praeferox He held a Parliament at Dublin the 18 of the King and 1479. The said Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Deputy to Richard of Shrewsbury Duke of York second Son of Edw. 4. nominated Lord Lieutenant of Ireland He held a Parliament at Dublin the 20 of Edw. 4. Sub EDWARDO V. 1483. The said Earl of Kildare was continued Deputy Sub RICHARDO III. 1483. The said Earl of Kildare was first made Deputy to Edward the Kings Son before whom sub exitum anni writes Sir James Ware in Parliamento Dublinii incepto lata est lex de nummis adveteratis fi angendis Edward the Kings son died 1484. the 2 of Richard 3. And after the death of Edward the Kings Son the said Earl of Kildare was made Lord Deputy to John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln Lord Lieutenant who was slain at Stokefield taking part with Martin Swarth June 20. the 2 of H. 7. 1487. Sub HENRICO VII 1485. Gerald Earl of Kildare was continued Deputy to the said Earl of Lincoln Lord Lieutenant Whilest the Government was thus committed to Kildare Lambert Simnel a Youth that carried a kind of fascination in his Countenance was sent thither out of the Burgundian Forge with a considerable Force under Martin Swarth a German accompanied with the Earl of Lincoln the Lord Lovel and other persons of Quality who so smoothly carried their Design as the Deputy the Chancellour Treasurer of Ireland and some of the Bishops all friends to the White Rose conceived this Pretender to be the true Earl of Warwick son of George Duke of Clarence rightful Heir to the Crown of England and thereupon had him solemnly Crowned in Christ Church Dublin with a Crown taken off the head of the Statue of the blessed Virgin Mary who on such occasions it seems takes it not ill to be divested of her Attire Afterwards that Idol with its complices were defeated at Stokefield and which some account a notable subtilty in H. 7. our Deputy the Earl of Kildare with all the Council were not only pardoned but continued in the same Government with Instructions suitable to the Time And then 1491. He was made Deputy to Jasper Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Bedford Uncle to H. 7. Lord Lieutenant After whom 1492. Walter Fitz Simons Archbishop of Dublin was made Deputy to the said Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke Lord Lieutenant who held a Parliament at Dublin the 8 of H. 7. and was afterwards Chancellour who in Synodo ab eâ— Dublinii celebrata Theologiae praelectori salarium assignavit à se Suffragiis suis annuatim pendendum an Argument the University formerly established by Archbishop Bicknor 1320. was not wholy neglected He died at Finglass May 14. 1511. and was most honourably buried in St. Patricks Church Dublin 1493. Robert Preston Viscount Gormanston succeeded Deputy to the Duke of Bedford He was the first Viscount Gormanston He died the 5. of the Ides of April 1541. He held a Parliament at Drogedagh which was repealed the 10 of H. 7. because he had no power by his Commission to keep a Parliament other causes are alledged also The Duke of Bedford died Decemb. 21. 1495. the 11 of H. 7. Gormanston quitted his Government The same year to his Son as his Vicar or Deputy who surrendred it 1494. To Sir Edward Poynings Knight of the Garter and one of the Privy Council in England designed Deputy Decemb. 13. and was sworn at Dublin not long after He held a Parliament at Drogedagh in the 10 of the King wherein besides many Acts of notable importance he passed an Act That no Parliament should be holden in Ireland until the Acts were first certified into England and thence returned with the Royal Assent under the Great Seal which hath been the grand security of what the English hath since enjoyed Then also it was enacted That all the Statutes made in England to that time should also be in force in Ireland So making saith my Lord Bacon some compensation for the meagreness of his Service in the War Also there past an Act that the Lords of Ireland should appear in the like Parliament Robes in the Parliament of Ireland as the English Lords are wont to wear in the Parliament of England Which some of them put on not with less regret than ours would their Trowses as Tirlagh Lynnagh who was suffered to beaâ— the Title of O-Neal after it was dam'd by an Act of Parliament He died an old man Anno 1522. He going for England in Jan. 1495. Leaves Henry Dean then Bishop of Bangor writes Ware but not till the Year following saith Godwin only Prior of Lanthony Abbey and Chancellor of Ireland Lord Justice A person of great prudence soon detecting the Imposture of Perkin Warbeck Dean died Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Febr. 15. 1502. and lies buried in the Martyrdom at Canterbury under a fair Marble stone inlaid with Brass 1496. August 6. Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Lieutenant before whom August 26. at Tristledermort was held a Parliament in the â—4 H. 7. 1503. In April Walter Fitz Simons Vir gravis eruditus Archbishop of Dublin succeeded Deputy to the said Earl of Kildare and in August the same Year quitted the Sword to Gerald Earl of Kildare magno tum honore novis instructionibus returning out of England Lord Deputy maugre all the malice of his adversaries Sub HENRICO VIII 1509. The said Gerald Earl oâ— Kildare continued his Government with a new Patent under the Title of Justice though the year
Majesty tending by the blessing of God in an high degree to the honour and service of his Majesty and to the happiness of this his Kingdom and People Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin Novemb. 20. 1661. Jam. Dublin H. Midensis W. Caulfield Jo. Bysse Jo. Temple Paul Davies Robert Forth Robert Meredith The Earl of Montrath dying the 18 of December 1661. of the Smal Pox in Dublin was privately buried in Christ Church the next night but his Obsequies were there solemnly performed the 6 of February following in great State After whose death 1661. Sir Maurice Eustace Lord Chancellor and Roger Earl of Orrerey c. January 14. were sworn Lords Justices at the Council Board Sir Maurice Eustace died in Dublin the 22 of June in the 71 year of his Age of a Palsie 1665. and was buried at Castle Martin early the next morning his Funeral was solemnized in St. Patricks Church in Dublin that day three Weeks after he died The most noble Prince James Duke Marquess and Earl of Ormond Earl of Ossory and Brecknock Viscount â—hurles Lord Baron of Arclo and Lanthony Lord of the Regalities and Liberties of the County of Tiperary Chancellor of the University of Dublin Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour of his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland one of the Lords of his Majesties most honourable Privy Council of his Majesties Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland Lord Steward of his Majesties Houshold Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset Gentleman of his Majesties Bedchamber and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter MDCLXII 1662. James Duke of Ormond c. who had as the Act for the Settlement of the Kingdom of Ireland saith fol. 99. upon the most abstracted considerations of Honour and Conscience faithfully adhered to his Majesty and to the Crown of England without any regard to his own Estate or Fortune was the 28 of July sworn in Cork-House Lord Lieutenant and the 27 of September following he gave the Royal Assent to several Acts of Parliament At that time delivering himself in so significant a Speech as besides those Elegances which beautified the Oration he discovered with singular humanity how far men further than their first intention may proceed to Villanies Policy and Power in conclusion could not restrain All delivered with that Vigour that nothing could have made equal Impression or indeed have been spoken but from one that had lain in his Masters breast known his thoughts uttered his sense which being registred amongst the Records of Parliament is there to be sought for with Reverence Then as I have said he past many Acts of Parliament amongst the rest one for the Settlement of the Kingdom of Ireland was the chief which afterwards through the proceedings of the Commissioners authorized by Virtue of that Act to judge betwixt Party and Party came again to be considered In as much as Sir Audley Mervin Speaker of the House of Commons in his excellent Speech to his Grace the Duke of Ormond February 13. 1662. stiles it the Magna Charta Hiberniae and in maintenance of the true sense thereof presents an Instrument to his Grace with Rules and Directions for the Commissioners proceedings thereupon that discerning a Cloud through the Interposition of some malevolent Planet it might remain whether pursued or no as a Record of their endeavours that the hard fate and ruine of an English Interest in Ireland might not bear date under the best of Kings under so vigilant a Lord Lieutenant under the first if not prevented like to be the last Protestant Parliament there which with fuller circumstances were so lively presented by him that with one Voice it was Ordered to be Printed and so it was by William Bladen at Dublin and re-printed at London by J. Streater soon after which for its length I omit though as to the English Interest the Adventurers security and the Souldiers Arrears nothing deserves more solemnly to be commended to Posterity All afterwards duly considered of by his Grace the Duke of Ormond who in the timely composure of this business struggled under no mean or short Incumbrances and so having laid the Storm the better to reduce all Interests into a Settlement he repaired into England the 31 of May 1663. And his Son 1663. Thomas Earl of Ossory the same day was sworn Lord Deputy in the Council Chamber the Sword till then deposited in the Dukes Closet being with usual Ceremonies committed to his Trust And well it might for never any unless his Father received it with more general applause or bore it with a more equal and obliging temper Since he hath in several capacities at Sea gallantly acted beyond the Fiction of a Romance 1665. In the beginning of September his Grace the Duke of Ormond landed at Waterford and came to Kilkenney having the Sword delivered to him again upon his landing the Earl of Ossory's Commission then being determined And now his Excellency being returned on whose Indulgence Father Walsh with his Party much relied the Glossing Design of some Papists to demonstrate their Allegiance to the King against all pretences of the Roman Court daily gathered fire in as much as the Irish Clergy Archbishops Bishops c. with two Divines of each Regular Order to the number of 70 obtained the freedom to meet at Dublin in the Residence of the Parish Priest of St. Owens Church the 11 of June 1666. in a National Synod to sign the Remonstrance and Protestation subscribed and presented to his Majesty in January and February 1661. by divers of the Nobility Gentry and Romish Clergy the like whereof nay nor any way near it had ever been permitted saith my Author others thought so too since Queen Maries Reign that rational men expected from so gracious a connivance some notable and grateful Act would have proceeded but in stead of such first they clash amongst themselves then the Primate coming in bids the Bishop of Kilfinuragh their Speaker to quit the Chair who refusing the Primate with most of the Assembly depart the House upon which the Remnant cry hard for a Dissolution But Father Walshes Arguments after some heats on all sides prevailed to continue the Assembly and the Primate returns thither of himself the House declaring that the Chair was no Seat of Dignity but of Ministry and Office And so the Assembly proceeded but with such animosities in their Debates as the Result was wholy insignificant granting little more if any thing then when their Confederates in the late Rebellion coined Monies slew his Majesties innocent naked Subjects surprized his Castles vilified his Governour yet verbally professed Allegiance to the King so as the 25 of June the 15 day of their meeting the National Synod was dissolved his Grace signifying to them that he found no satisfaction in any of their Addresses In all which Father Walsh is very particular in his History and Vindication of the Loyal Formulary A Piece bating his exuberances worthy perusal
Curia Romana pro negotio ipsius patris nostri expediendis pro expensis quas idem Archiepiscopus fecit in servitio nostro in Hibern dum ultimo fuit Justiciar noster Hibern Assignavimus eidem Archiepiscopo Centum libras de firma Civitatis nostrae de Limerick recipiendas ad duos terminos viz. ad festum Sancti Michaelis quinquaginta libras ad Paschae quinquaginta libras Assignavimus etiam eidem Archiepiscopo in solutione ejusdem debiti quinquaginta Marcas per annum percipiendum de firma Civitatis nostrae Dublin Sicut plenius continetur in nostris patentibus quas inde fieri fecimus ideo vobis mandamus quod praedictas centum libras de firma praedictae Civitatis Limerick praedictas quinquaginta Marcas de firma Civitatis nostrae Dublin eidem Archiepiscopo recipere permittatis quousque praedictum debitum ei persolvatur Teste Rege apud Westm Maii 10. Anno Regni nostri 12. 1232. Maurice Fitz Gerald was made Lord Justice September 2. He continued so till 1245. at which time Mauritium Hiberniae Justiciarium eo quod ficte tarde auxilium ab Hibernia the King having use of his Forces against David ap Llewellin Prince of Wales domino regi duxerat periclitanti a Justiciaria deposuit Whilest he was Justice he excellently well behaved himself against Earl Marescal who 1234. had hostilely invaded Ireland animated by Geoffery de Marisco whom Mat. Paris calls homo ejus ligius senex infidelis and subduing him the first of April after that the Earl Marescal had with an unexpressable courage most of his Party betraying him manfully defended himself He died May 8. 1257. Miles strenuus facetus nulli secundus and was buried at Youghall amongst the Frier Minors which Covent he founded 1231. And upon his remove 1245. Sir John Fitz Geoffery was made Lord Justice Novemb. 4. Vir quidem praeclarus genere divitiis potentia To whom the King directs his Writ that Turvil Bishop of Ossory might dispose of his Goods by his last Will. Mandatum est Johanni filio Galfrido Justiciar Hiberniae quod permittat Priorem de Conale alios executores testamenti Galfridi de Turvil Episcopi Ossoriensis habere liberam administrationem omnium bonorum quae fuerunt ejusdem Episcopi Ita quod de primis bonis leventur debita Regis quae Regi debebat quae sunt Clara. Teste Rege apud Westm April 12. On his remove 1247. Theobald Butler Lord of Carrick and John Cogan were chosen Lords Justices Butler died in the Castle of Arkelo 1285. 1255. Alan de la Zouch succeed-Lord Justice descended from Alan Viscount of Roan in Little Brittain in times past Lord Ashbey de la Zouch in Leicester-shire He was in the 34 of H. 3. Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. He was slain by John 7. Earl Warren and of Surrey half Brother to King H. 3. in Westminster Hall 1259. Stephen de long Espee second Son of William the first Earl of Salisbury Justiciarius in Hibernia Dominus Capitalis erat oâ—dinatus He died 1260. in Ireland being slain by his own People his body was buried in England The 16 year of K. John He was made Earl of Vlster 1260. William Dean Lord Justice He died 1261. 1261. Sir Richard de Rupella or Rochel Glynn calls him la Rochel de Capel Lord Justice who being recalled into England 1267. Sir David de Barry was instituted in his place who did excellent Service in composing some differences between the Geraldines and Bourks which were too heady for the former Governour it is conceived that the Viscount Barries in Ireland descended from this man and all from Barry in Glanmorganshire 1268. Sir Robert de Vfford Ancestor not unlike of Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk Lord Justice upon whose remove into England 1269. Richardus de Exonia was made Lord Justice He died the same Year and 1270. Sir James Audley alias Aldelegh from whence as is supposed the noble Lord Audley was made Lord Justice He was killed with a fall from his Horse in Tocmond 1272. June 23. After whose death till the entrance of Edward the first Histories supply not who was instituted in his room This was he as probably may be conjectured to whom Hugh Lacy Earl of Vlster gave Lands with the Constableship of Vlster Sub EDWARDO I. 1272. Maurice Fitz Maurice Lord Justice to whom the King directs this Writ De conservatione Pacis in Hibernia Rex dilecto fideli suo Mauritio filio Mauritii Justic suo Hibern salutem Cum defuncto jam celebris memoriae Domino H. Rege patre nostro ad nos regni Angliae gubernaculum terrae Hibern Dominium successione haereditaria pertineant per quod nos qui in exhibitione pacis conservatione omnibus singulis de praedictis regno sumus ex nunc debitores jam pacem nostram in eodem regno nomine Regis fecimus proclamari vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes quod per totam terram nostram Hib. pacem nostram publice clamari firmiter teneri faciatis inhibendo omnibus et singulis de eadem terra sub periculo exhaeredationis vitae et membrorum ne quis pacem nostram infringere praesumat Nos enim omnibus et singulis de praedicta terra nostra Hiberniae in omnibus juribus et rebus ipsos contingentibus contra quoscunque tam majores quam minores parati sumus erimus plenam Auctore Domino Justitiam exhibere Dat per manum W. de Merton Cancellarii nostri apud Westminst Decemb. 7. 1173. Geoffery Lord Genevil of the House of Lorrain newly returned in Pilgrimage from the Holy Sepulchre Lord Justice succeeded in October to whom I find many Writs directed the following may be sufficient to testifie the truth Rex dilecto fideli suo Galfrido de Genevil Justiciario suo Hiberniae salutem Mandamus vobis quod omnimodas exactiones demandas districtiones quas fieri facitis venerabili Cassalen Archiepiscopo ponatis in respectum usque ad ventum nostrum in Angliam ut tunc inde provideatur quod rationabiliter fuerit inde faciendum nullam molestiam sibi vel Ecclesiae suae interim inferendo Dat c. Junii 13. Anno regno 2. He died the 12. before the Calends of November 1314. and was buried amongst the Preaching Friers in Trim the Foundation he himself had established 1276. Sir Robert de Vfford Lord Justice the second time who going into England 1279. Stephen de Fulborn Bishop of Waterford afterwards Archbishop of Tuam Treasurer of Ireland Lord Justice The year following he surrenders and Vfford resigning it he again accepts it 1282. He died at Dublin 1288. 5. Nonas Julii to whom the King for the better support of his Justiceship granted a Pension out of the Exchequer in Ireland of 500 l. per annum
Jan. 16. 1408. 1407. Scroop going this Year into England James Butler Earl of Ormond son of the former Earl was elected by the Country Lord Justice 1408. Thomas of Lancaster the Kings Son lands at Carlingford in Ireland August 2. Lord Lieutenant The third of the Ides of March following he returned for England Afterwards viz. March 22. 1421. he was slain at the Battle of Bangy by the Duke of Alanson On his remove he left Thomas Butler Prior of Kilmainam his Deputy During his Government viz. in the tenth year of the King Hen. 4. gave the Sword to the City of Dublin formerly governed by a Provost as appears by their ancient Seal called Signum Praepositurae which in the 14 of Hen. 3. was governed by a Major with two Bailiffs which Bailiffs were changed into Sheriffs by Charter of Ed. 6. 1547. Since in the 17 year of King Charles 1. by a Patent dated July 29. at Westminster the Government was changed into a Lord Major though they took not up the Title till Michaelmass 1665. that Sir Daniel Bellingham Knight Goldsmith for the Year beginning at Michaelmass was made Lord Major 1665. John Desmynieres Merchant 1666. Mark Quinne Apothecary 1667. John Forrest Merchant and sometimes Chandler 1668. Lewis Desmynieres Merchant 1669. Enoch Reader Merchant 1670. John Tottie Merchant and sometimes Glover 1671. Robert Dery Shoemaker 1672. Joshua Allen Merchant 1673. Sub HENRICO V. 1413. The said Prior of Kilmainam continued Lord Justice till that 1413. October 7. Sir John Stanley landed at Clantarfe near Dublin Lord Lieutenant He died Jan. 6. following at Ardee He was the Son of John the Ancestor of the illustrious Family of the Stanleys first created Earl of Derby Anno 1 H. 7. The transactions of whose Affairs in Ireland were preserved with other evidences in the Eagle Tower at Lathum in Lancashire till the Ruines of that magnificent Seat fell a Sacrifice to the Insolencies of the late Times which the last Lord CHARLES a person of exemplary worth and humanity who died Decemb. 1. 1672. hath since raised up with advantage from its Loyal Rubbish 1671. Upon Sir John Stanleys death the 11. of February following Thomas Cranley Archbishop of Dublin twice Chancellour of Ireland was elected Lord Justice Of whom Ware writes that Vir fuit qui non modo ingenio verum etiam Calamo utpote bonis instructus Artibus plurimum valuit with which Elogie I may very well take up but being that he was buried in New Colledge Chappel in Oxford of which he had been the first Warden I may injure their Antiquities not to insert his Epitaph which so long they have admitted in their Sanctuary though truly it neither bespeaks his worth or the least ingenuity of those Times He was sometimes Chancellor of Oxford He died May 25. 1417. at Faringdon and on a fair Stone in New Colledge Chappel inlaid with Brass there is a Portraicture of a Bishop clothed in his sacred Vestments over whom there is placed the Arms of the See of Dublin and his own and under all this Inscription Incedens siste locus Aspice quod tenet iste Annis bis denis pater almus alumnus Egenis Pontificis gratum Develyn Corpus tumulatum Sedet Sacratus fungens vice pontificatus Transfuga quem Cernis dum vita vices variavit Spiritus eripitur non arte valens revocari Mors Carnis vivit sub Humo lectum sibi stravit Quaeso piis praecibus sibi viribus auxiliari This Inscription incompasses the sides of the Stone Flori Pontificum Thomae Cranley Deus istum Annuit optatum funer is esse locum Talem nutrivit locus is quem postea rexit Quo sibi quaesivit requiem cum lumina flexit M C junge quater I duples V numerater Invenies annum quo ruit iste Pater Aldelmi festo cursu migravit honesto Qui circumstatis praecibus sibi subveniatis 1414. Sir John Talbot Lord Furnival and Verdon lands at Dalkie in Ireland September 10. Lord Lieutenant Whilest he was Lieutenant of Ireland Anno sci 1418. the Earl of Kilmain with 1600 men armed after their fashion which you may read in the year 1578. Pelham being Justice came from Harflue where they landed and did excellent service as they were commanded to attend in the Forrest of Lions these were the first most considerable Forces drawn out of Ireland When he left Ireland he substituted his Brother 1419. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice July 22. 1420. James Butler Earl of Ormond landed at Waterford April 4. Lord Lieutenant Sub HENRICO VI. 1422. The said Earl of Ormond continued Lord Lieutenant till that 1423. Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and Vlster was sent over Lord Lieutenant He died of the Plague in the Castle of Trim in Ireland 1424. the third year of King H. 6. and was buried at Stoke near Clare 1425. John Lord Talbot was made Lord Justice 1426. James Butler Earl of Ormond Lord Justice He died as it is conjectured at Ormond-Place near Garlick-Hithe London a noble seat of that Families and was certainly buried at St. Thomas of Acres called Mercers Chappel and Dame Joan his Countess 1428. 1427. Sir John de Gray Lord Lieutenant arrived at Houth the last of July and August 1. took his Oath Who afterwards going for England left 1428. Edward Dantsey Bishop of Meath for a time Treasurer of Ireland his Deputy He died Jan. 4. 1428. 1428. The Right Noble and Right Gracious Lord Sir John Sutton whether of Stourton Castle in Staffordshire or of the Family of Notingham is uncertain was made Lord Lieutenant before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin the Friday after the Feast of All-Saints in the 7 of this Kings Reign 1429. Sir Thomas Strange was made Deputy to Sir John Sutton probably this Strange came from Hunstanton in Norfolk 1432. Sir Thomas Stanley was made Lord Lieutenant He going for England constitutes 1432. Sir Christopher Plunket his Deputy a valiant and wise man who in right of his Wife heir of the Family of the Cusacks was afterwards made Baron of Killin and his second Son Baron of Dunsany 1435. Sir Thomas Stanley returns again Lord Lieutenant 1436. Richard Talbot Brother of John Earl of Shrewsbury Archbishop of Dublin was made Deputy to Sir Thomas Stanley Lord Lieutenant 1438. Lion Lord Wells Lord Lieutenant of Alford in Lincolnshire an ancient and Worthy Family 1440. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin in the 18 year of the Kings Reign The same Year James Earl of Ormond Lord Lieutenant and before the end of the year Lion Lord Wells again Lord Lieutenant This I conceive was that worthy person who not prevailing with his Son Sir Robert Wells to quit H. 6. Interests was beheaded by Edw. 4. 1470. 1441. James Earl of Ormond Deputy to the said Lion Lord Wells to whom as it seems by Sir James Ware de
Praes Hib. fol. 170. the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Cassels on the death of Richard O-Hedian was ad firmam given for 10 years that See being so long vacant 1442. William Wells Esq Deputy to the said Lion Lord Wells 1443 James Earl of Ormond was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland continuing till that 1446. John Earl of Shrewsbury came over Lord Lieutenant before whom a Parliament was held at Trim in 25 of H. 6. He was slain at Castilion upon Dordon near Burdeaux July 20. saith Vincent the Monument saith July 7. through the shot of a Harquebush in his thigh after that he had given testimonie of his valour 24. years Some would have him to be buried at Rhoan iâ— Normandy but certainly he was interred at Whitchurch in Shropshire with this Epitaph Orate pro anima Praenobilis Domini Domini JOHANNIS TALBOT quondam Comitis Salopiae Domini Furnival Domini Verdon Domini Strange de Black-Mere Mare scalli Franciae Qui obiit in Bello apud Burdews Julii 7â— M. CCCC LIII At his return to England he accused the Earl of Ormond of High Treason before the Earl of Bedford Constable of England in his Marshals Court the King did abolish the Accusation 1447. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin was appointed his Deputy under the title of Justice He writ many things but saith Sir J. Ware de Scriptoribus Hiberniae nothing is extant but what he writ De â—busu Regiminis Jacobi Comitis Ormoâ—iae dum Hiberniae esset Locum tenens Who by Thomas Fitz Thomas Prior of Kilmainam was appeached of Treason and appointed the Combat but took off as is before mentioned by the King He died Aug. 15. 1449. and lies buried in St. Patricks Church with this Epitaph Talbot Richardus latet hic sub marmore pressus Archi fuit Praesul hujus sedis Reverendae Parvos Canonicos qui fundavitque Choristas Anno Milleno C quater quater X quoque nono Quindeno Augusti mensis mundo vaâ— ledixit Omnipotens Dominus cui propicietuâ— in aevum 1449. Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Chief of the Faction of the White Rose Son and heir of Richard of Conesbury Earl of Cambridge second Son of Edmund Langley Duke of York was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland He arrived at Houth July 5. the Rebels being very insolent against whom he so behaved himself that he not only suppressed them but ever after purchased the affection of the Irish Nation firm and entire to him and having established Statutes and Ordinances in a great Council held at Dublin in the 28 Year of this Kings Reign as also afterwards in a Parliament at Drohedagh in the said 28 Year oâ— Hen. 6. He going for England 1450. Made James Earl of Ormond his Deputy who 1453. Being besides Earl of Ormond Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Treasurer of England in the 33 of â— 6. and also again about the 37. â—nd so continued till the 38 year â—as made Lord Lieutenant He was â—â— the first year of Edward the 4. beâ—eaded at Newcastle 1461. which atâ—indor was taken off in a Parliament at Westminster begun in Nov. in the first year of H. 7. and Sir Th. Butler was invested in his Honours and Estate At his leaving Ireland the same year John Mey Archbishop of Armagh â—as constituted his Deputy He died â—456 1454. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare Lord Deputy 1454. Sir Eustaceâ—night â—night was made Deputy to Richard Duke of York Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Before whom a Parliament was held in the 32 of H. 6. 1456. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare Deputy to the Duke oâ— York Lord Lieutenant before whom the 33 of H. 6. there was holden a Parliament at Dublin by several Prorogations at Naas and Dublin c. 1459. Richard Duke of York Lord Lieutenant came into Ireland having the Earldom of Vlster and the Lordship of Connaght and Meath by descent from Lionel Duke of Clarence He held a Parliament at Drogedagh the 38 of H. 6. the Conditions on which he took the Government were 1. That he should be the King Lieutenant of Ireland for teâ— years 2. That to support the charge oâ— that Country he should receivâ— all the Kings Revenues there both certain and casual without accompt 3. That he should be supplied also with Treasure out of England in this manner He should have 4000 Marks for the first year whereof he should be imprested 2000 l. before hand and for the other nine years he should receive 2000 per annum 4. That he might let or farm any of the Kings Lands and place or displace all Officers at his pleasure 5. That he might Levie or Wage what numbers of men he thought fit 6. That he might make a Deputy and return at his pleasure All which he managed with so much advantage as he greatly gained upon the Nation erecting only in Louth Meath and Kildare some Castles to stop the Incursions of the Irishry At his remove from thence in pursuit of a Crown the greatest part of the Nobility and Gentry oâ— Meath passed over with him into England and were slain with him at Wakefield 1460. He was first buried at Pontfract and afterwards removed to Fotheringhay Sub EDWARDO IV. 1460. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earâ— of Kildare Lord Justice 1462. Sir Rowland Fitz Eustace Knight Lord of Port Leicester Treasurer of England Deputy to George Duke of Clarence third son of Richard Duke of York and Brother to King Edw. 4. born in the Castle oâ— Dublin Lord Lieutenant before whom was held a Parliament at Dublin the 2 of Edw. 4. He died December 19. 1496. and was buried in the Covent of Minor Friers at Kilcullen New-Abbey whereof he had been Founder but erected for himself and his Lady a specious Monument in St. Audoenus Church in St. Maries Chappel in Dublin He had given him the Mannor of Port Leicester and the Honour of a Parliament Baron by Edw. 4. as also the Title of Viscount Baltinglass by H. 8. 1463. George Duke of Clarence was made Lord Lieutenant for life but as others held the Lieutenancy by substitutes as 1463. Thomas Earl of Desmond Deputy to the said Duke of Clarence held a Parliament at Weys in the 3 year of Edw. 4. as also at other places by Prorogations He lost his head at Drogedagh for the exactions of Coin and Livery 1467. John Lord Tiptoft and Powes Earl of Worcester Treasurer of England in the 31 and 32 years of H. 6. also in the 2 and 3 of Edw. 4. in whose Reign he was made Constable of England for life Lord Deputy of Ireland to the Duke of Clarence One of the most learned and eloquent men in Christendom Of whom I may say what Pliny writes of Aristonis Vt mihi non unus homo sed literae ipsae omnesque bonae artes in uno homine summum periculum adire videantur So that in him more learning was
following he was made Deputy holding a Parliament by several Prorogations at Dublin in the 7 of H. 8 And 1513. in August at Athy he feâ— sick from whence he was carried tâ— Kildare where Sept. 3. he died Qâ—licet magnis difficultatibus diu conflictatus fuerit posteriora tamen tempora magna animi tranquillitate rebâ—semper ferè ad vota fluentibus transegit He was buried in Trinity Church Dublin in a Chappel erected by himself This Gerald Earl of Kildare had been at several times 3â— years Lord Deputy of Ireland which had he not been a person oâ— sigular Parts he could never have â—een entrusted with 1513. His Son Gerald Earl of â—ildare was Senatus Regis assensu â—eing then Treasurer made Lord â—ustice A custom mos per vicissiâ—dines ab antiquo mansit in Hibernia â—â— deinceps jam mansurus est in posteâ—m Anno enim 33 H. 8. Cap. 2. Liâ—irici sancitur ut vel moriente Reâ—i Praefecto seu Deputato vel ex ocâ—sione succedente Regis illic Consiâ—â—rii Anglum elegant in Justiciarium â—â— Gubernatorem Regni Regio beneplacito duraturum that had been â—â—ng used on the death of the Principle Officer as is evident by an Act â—ntituled An Act for the Electing â—â—e Lord Justice the 23 of H. 8. therein it is enacted that none should be elected but who is an English man born within the Realm of England being no spiritual person Afterwards by a Patent from England he was made Lord Deputy Who in the 7 year of H. 8. helâ— a Parliament at Dublin begun February 25. 1515. June 13. Willam Preston Viscount Gormanston was declareâ— Lord Justice but forthwith put ouâ— and the said Earl of Kildare waâ— continued Lord Deputy who going for England 1519. Leaves Regia licentia priâ— impetrata Sir Thomas Fitz Maurice â—â— Lackagh a Knight of his own Family Lord Justice 1520. A little before Whitsontide Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey elder Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk Admiral of England Wales and Ireland Knight of the Garter was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland magis ex odâ— Kildarium whom Wolsey hated quam ex amore erga Surreium saitâ— Polid. Virg. mentioned by Sir James Ware as in the later Ages and for mer too others have been advanced thither on the like Principles â—e held a Parliament at Dublin June 4. 1521. in the 13 of H. 8. by several Prorogations About Christmass following he went into England where having discharged the weightiest employment of his King with much integrity and honour as he had done here and in France Scotland and elsewhere being a great Master of Wisdom through long experience he fell at last into this Kings displeasure his son ingenio florenti eruditione magna traeditus being accused and afterwards beheaded for quartering King Idward the Confessors Arms with his though ex sententia faecialium for which our Lieutenant now Duke of Norfolk was also committed Prisoner to the Tower though he had saith the Lord Cherbury eis much merit of ancient Service to plead for him as any Subject of his time could pretend to He laya long time Prisoner there at last was sent against Wiat with an inconsiderable handful made up for the greatest part of the Kings Guards but not succeeding having been ever before prosperous laid it much to heart and being tossed to and fro betwixt the reciprocal Ebbs and Fluxes of Fortune died in Sept. 1554. in the 1 and 2 year of Philip and Mary at Keninghal in Norfolk When he went for England he left 1521. His intimate Friend Pierce Butler Earl of Ormond after Earl of Ossory a near Allie of Thomas who died in London and was buried in Mercers Chappel 1515. Quo subditum ditiorem si vera sint quae de eo traduntur Anglia eo tempore non vidit about Christmass was left Lord Deputy 1524. Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Deputy about Midsummer who caused Maurice Cavaâ—agh Arch-deacon of Leghlyn to be hung on a Gibbet and his bowels burnt for most wickedly killing his Dioecesan Maurice Doran at Glen-Reynold a man much praised for his excellent manners and elegance in preaching Kildare being sent for into England was by Cardinal Wolseys subtle means ordered to be beheaded in the Tower and the Execution had certainly been done had not the Lieutenant of the Tower favouring Kildare acquainted the King therewith who not only respited his death but returned him with honour into Ireland checking the Cardinals presumption Upon his being sent for into England he 1526. Left in his stead Thomas Fitz Gerard of Leixlip Lord Deputy The same year he going off Richard Nugent Baron of Delvin was in his stead left Lord Deputy He was taken Prisoner by O-Connor 1538. treacherously during a Paâ—ley between them He descended of Gilbert Nugent to whom behaving himself valiantly Hugh Lacy gave Lands in Meath 1528. Pierce Butler then Earl of Ossory the Title of the Earl of Ormond which to that time he had born being descended of the Earls race was conferred on Thomas â—ullin Viscount Rochford who à Senatu Regio was chosen Lord Deputy in Delvins stead 1530. Sir William Skeffington Lord Deputy to Henry Fitz Roy Duke of Richmond and Sommerset base son of H. 8. L. Lieut. of Ireland 1532. Gerald Earl of Kildare Lord Deputy to the said Duke of Richmond c. L. Lieutenant and being sent for into England left in his stead his eldest son as one for whose doing he would answer ut pro cujus fidelitate ipse vellet fide jubere 1534. Thomas then scarce 21 years old his Deputy A Youth of a hot and active Brain who having intelligence though false that his Father was beheaded in England indeed he was imprisoned in the Tower immediately flung up the Insignia Regalia to Cromer Chancellor of Ireland bidding defiance to the King and his Ministers slaying in his fury Dr. John Allin Archbishop of Dublin near Clantarfe Febr. 28. in the 58 year of his age committing besides many outrages the Father Gerald E. of Kildare dies in the Tower oppressed with the news of his Sons inconsiderateness upon which 1534. Sir W. Skeffington L. Deputy arrived at Dublin Octob. 21. and died at Kilmainam about the end of Decem. and was honourably buried according to his dignity in St. Patricks Church though afterwards a Monument was erected for him at Skeffington in Leicestershire from whence he descended since demolished by the Impiety of the last Age. 1535. Leonard Lord Gray son of Thomas Gray Marquess Dorâ—t created Viscount of Garny in Ireland Jan. 1. was made Lord Deputy to Henry Duke of Richmond and Sommerset The Duke died at St. James's House beyond Charing Cross in the 16 year of his Age July 22. Anno 1535. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolk Our Deputy held a Parliament in the 28 of H. 8. by several Prorogations Wherein amongst other Acts Thomas late Earl of Kildare was with
atque Cathedra submoveri debuisâ—â— In the beginning of the late Rebellion in Ireland he came for England confining himself to a most retired life which he finished at Derby on Whitsunday 1649. not 1648. as Sir James Ware Registers it And at his Death meritted this Epitaph engraven on his Marble in Bilthorp in Nottinghamshire GVILIELMVS CHAPPEL Natus Laxtouiae in Nottingham A. D. MDLXXXII Mansfieldiae bonis literis initiatus Collegii Christi Cantabrig per 27. annos Socius Collegii S S. Trinitatis Dublin Praepositus Ecclesiae Metropolit Cassel Decanus Corcagiensis Rossensis Episcopus c. Charismata quae siquis alius plurima atquae eximia à Domino acceperat singulari tum fide tum felicitate ad ejus Gloriam publicumque Ecclesiae commodum administravit Sapientiae Justitiae Gratiae divinae Strennuus assertor Charitate in Deum ac homines amicos atque inimicos ad Christi legem exemplum factus nobis exemplum lex Bona temporalia partim pro Christo partim Christo reliquit Mundum latere ut maximè semper voluit ita minime unquam potuit aut poterit Annum agens 67. placide spiritum suum Servatori reddidit die Pentecostes MDCXLIX atque hic juxta venerandam Parentem suam positus Dominum JESVM quo fruitur expectat Fratrem habuerat natu minorem dum in terris agebat JOHANNEM CHAPPEL Theologum pariter insignissimum ac pulpitis natum sed in Coelos praemigraverat Et conduntur illius Exuviae in Ecclesia de Mansfield Woodhouse He voluntarily resigned his Provostâ—â—ip July 20. 1640. and on the first of August following VIII Mr. Richard Washington B. D. of Vniversity Colledge in Oxford was sworn and admitted the eighth Provost who soon after the Rebellion broke forth retired into England of whom I can give no farther account IX Afterwards Dr. Teate a Native educated in the Colledge one that had been barbarously used by the Rebels was licensed to live in the Provosts Lodgings and oversee the Scholers that were left who so continued till that his Majesties providence in the darkness of those Times committed the care of the Colledge on X. Dr. Anthony Martin Bishop oâ— Meath educated in Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge of whom Eyr in an Epistle to Dr. Vsher 1607. p 27. gives a just account both as to his Philosophy and more polished Learning being then to be admitted into a Fellowship in the Colledge ut intra fines Hiberniae generosâ— juventus contineatur neque extrâ— Athenas vestras Romae aut alibi instituantur c. Is est qualis alii plâ—rique videri tantum volunt in humaniori literatura vitae integritat germanissimus certe Nathaneel sinâ— fraude He died Provost in Junâ— 1650. the Plague then raging and was buried in the Chappel belonging to the Colledge After his death Affairs being carried on by another current XI Mr. Samuel Winter afterwards Doctor by a fair Diploma testified by Doctor Henry Jones Vicechancellor now Bishop of Meath and others was thrust into the Government by virtue of a Thing they called an Act of Parliament anno 1649. giving the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland power thereby to place Governours Masters c. in the Colledge of Dublin How satisfactory I will not say being there are many rumors yet unreconciled But in that stream he swame till the King was most happily restored and then which we may account the IX legitimate Provost XII Dr. Thomas Seel bred in the Colledge and born in Dublin was chosen and admitted Provost A person in Morals and true Literature signally eminent Dean of St. Patricks yet living and may he long live to the benefit and honour of that Colledge for many years the University was confined to this Colledge since it hath been enlarged by some adjacent Tenements whereof of late one is converted to a Colledge of Physitians graced by his Majesty with many Priviledges and the Mass-house in Back-lane a fair Collegiate building was disposed of to the University of Dublin a Rector and Scholers being placed in it in the time of Chancellor Loftus and the Earl of Corkes being Justices but whether it so continues I am not certain I hear it is alienated certain I am that the buildings of the Colledge it self are of late much enlarged and beautified On this Colledge King JAMES besides a yearly Pension of 388 l. 15 s. English money out of the Exchequer bestowed large Possessions in Vlster and by an Act for the settlement of the Kingdom of Ireland Anno 1662. â—â—is provided Fol. 71. That the provost of Trinity Colledge near Dublin shall have out of the forfeited Lands in the Archbishoprick of Dublin and his Successors for ever the sum of 300 l. per annum Nor doth the design for the propagating of the extent of this University determine here but in the same Act Fol. 122. It is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this kingdom for the time being by and with the consent of the Privy Council shall have full Power and Authority to erect another Colledge to be of the University of Dublin to be called by the Name of the KING'S Colledge and out of all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditam ts vested by this Act in his Majesty which shall be setled or restored by vertue thereof to raise a yearly allowance for ever not exceeding 2000l per annum by an equal charge upon every thousand Acres or lesser Quantities proportionably and therewith to endow the said Colledge Which said Colledge so as aforesaid to be erected shall be setled regulated and governed by such Laws and Statutes Ordinances and Constitutions as his Majesty his Heirs or Successors shall under his or their Great Seal of England or Ireland declare or appoint After the inhumane and most execrable Rebellion had stopped all relief and supply from the Colledge through the seizing on their Rents in Vlster where the chiefest of their Revenues lay and that the Treasure of the Colledge all but the sacred Utensils secured by a most Reverend hand had been expended for the Societies support his Excellency the Marquess of Ormond then Lord Lieutenant truly commiserating the exigencies of the Colledge and having no way else left possibly to succour them Ordered the Remnant yet surviving being few and miserable some relief out of the Common Stores That whilest Moses fought Aarons hands might be lifted up And here I must not omit that at the same time Sir Thomas Bodley Anno 1598. bought Books for his Library at Oxford one of the greatest Treasures in the World a stupendious work Dr. Challoner and Mr. Vsher his Son-in-Law afterwards Lord Primate were then in England bestowing 1800 l. given by the Officers of the Army for their Library to the Colledge of Dublin so that though they had not the like Patrons they were Coequal Since there hath been a fair addition by the access of Bishop Vshers
him that shortly after he died A man certainly of great courage Nobly born and had born â—reat Offices as Colonel General of the English under the States of the Low-Countries Marshal of the Army under the Earl of Hohenlo President of Munster General of the Auxiliaâ—y English in Britain in France Affairs through all Ireland especially in the North and Connaght growing turbulent Russel was recalled â—nd 1597. The Lord Burroughs a man of a sharp wit and great courage but scarce initiated into the very Elements of War was made Lord Deputy He soon yet marched into Vlster and without any great resistance took Blakewater but in his full pathway to Victory he died in that Province leaving the great desires of him to the good and to the bad longer security Up on his death 1597. Sir Thomas Norris Presâ—dent of Munster Son of Hen. Lorâ— Norris of Ricot and Brother to Siâ— John Norris was October 30. choseâ— Lord Justice and upon further Instructions from the Queen confirmed therein He died through thâ— neglect of a small wound 1597. Adam Loftus Archbishoâ— of Dublin Lord Chancellor anâ— Sir Robert Gardiner Chief Justice were appointed Justices of Ireland and the Army was committed to thâ— Earl of Ormond under the Title oâ— Lieutenant General in whose timâ— the Fort of Blakewater was yielded up to the Rebels After that Marshal Bagnal and others were slaiâ— in the thickest of the Crowd A Victory the like the Irish never gained since the English first set foot iâ— Ireland 1598. Robert Earl of Essex April 15. was made L. Lieutenant Son of Walter Devoreux Earl of Essex that excellent and worthy person who for the Honour of his Country had freely spent much of his Estate in Ireland formerly mentioned but never to be reflected on too often whose Vertues streaming in his Son the Queen setled in this place His Commission with a plausible Policy was dispatched to prosecute or conclude the War to pardon any offence of Treason or any thing against the Queen even Tir-Oen himself so that being furnished with 16000 Foot and 1300 Horse accompanied with many of the Prime Gentlemen of England he came into Ireland but effected little meeting much strange and contrary advice in Council so returned on the Queens resentment and in the year 1601. February 25. was beheaded within the Tower of London Amongst others that came to observe the Tragoedy one more eminent than the rest got as near to him as he could well enough as it was thought satisfied in the Spectacle which escaped not a general Censure He himself being being beheaded in the 16 of King James 1618. though a Person of great Parts and Abilities The Earl was a person singularly obliging especially to Scholers and Souldiers and if we may believe Sir Henry Wotton in his solemn Purposes of a firm and unshaken Allegiance Religion and Fidelity being inherent to his Nature whose Actions saith the Lord Bacon were faults which the Law might term Contempts yet they might have deserved a Dispensation his last inconsiderate Action deserving â—ather in Charity the Title of a Riot than of a Treason he having ever aimed at the Honour and Security of his Country But what can be sufficient against Envy managed by the subtilty of such as had charmed the Ears of a jealous Princess At his quitting the Government 1599. Adam Loftus Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor and Sir George Carey Treasurer at War September 24. were left Lords Justices Archbishop Loftus of Swinshead in Yorkshire died in his Palace of St. Sepulchres Dublin April 5. 1605. and was buried in St. Patricks after that he had sate 37 years and almost 8 moneths in the Bishoprick He was as is formerly expressed a profitable Agent in procuring the Foundation of the Colledge of Dublin and though a Bishop the first Honorary Master thereof 1599. Sir Charles Blount Lord Mountjoy Knight of the Garter afterwards by King James made Earl of Devonshire as descended from an Heir of Humphrey Staffords Earl of Devonshire was October 28. made Lord Lieutenant but arrived not in Ireland till Feb. 24. following lodging that night at the Lord of Houths the next day he received the Sword at the Council Board who so effectually prosecuted the War against Tir-Oen after the notable defeat given to the Spanish Forces under Don Juan de Aquila at Kinsale Dec. 14. 1601. where saith the Lord Bacon in his Treatise of a War with Spain there appeared no other difference between the Valour of the Irish Rebels and the Spaniards but that the one ran away before they were charged and the other straight after that he brought Tir-Oen to a submission at Mellifont and in him ended that War which had cost the Crown of England so vast a sum 1198717 l. In which service Sir George Carey President of Munster afterwards Earl of Totness was very active betwixt whom and the Lord Lieutenant generally there was a good agreement though once the Contest grew so high as that the Lord Lieutenant writ to the President that he would rather serve the Queen in Prison than in Ireland where any Souldiers should not march at his command A difference afterwards well composed though such as read Pacata Hibernia may soon find at whose Honour it most aims Sub JACOBO Rege 1603. The said Lord Mountjoy continued for some time Lord Lieutenant who going for England carried Tir-Oen with him who was graciously received by the King and returned with Honours Not long after he complotted however fresh Rebellions which being detected and he proclaimed Traitor he fled privately into Normandy 1607. thence to Flanders then to Rome where he lived on the Popes allowance became blind and died 1616. His son was some years after found strangled in his Bed at Brussels and so ended this Race The Earl of Devonshire to whom so much is owing for his excellent Service in Ireland died Octob. 6. 1606. at the Savoy in the Strand and was buried in great Pomp in Westminster Abbey Of whom 't is better nothing now to say Then say too little for there rests behind A Trophy to be erected that will stay To all Posterities and keep in mind That glorious Art which did a Kingdom save Kept the Crown whole and made the Peace we have 1603. Sir George Carey Treasurer at War June 1. was made Lord Deputy he in the first year of his Majesties Reign made the first Sheriffs that ever served in Tirone and Tirconnel and shortly after sent Sir Edmund Relham Chief Baron and Sir John Davies Attorney General of Ireland the first Justices of Assize in those Countries which were welcom to the Commons though distasteful to the Irish Lords 1604. Sir Arthur Chichester a Gentleman who had done excellent Service in the Wars of Ireland giving therein frequent proofs of his Valour and Conduct was Febr. 3. made Lord Deputy He established two new Circuits for Justices of Assize the one in Connaght and
Jones died at his Palace of S. Sepulchres Dublin April 10. 1619. when he had been Bishop 13 Years 5 Moneths and 2 Days and was buried in St. Patricks over whom I find this Inscription Christus mihi Vires On the Right hand the Tomb On the Left hand the Tomb D. O. M. S. D. O. M. S. Thomas Jones Archiepiscopus Dublin Primus Metropolitanus Hiberniae ejusdem Cancellarius necnon Bis e Justiciariis unus obiit decimo Aprilis Anno reparatae salutis Humanae 1619. Margareta ejusdem Thomae Vxor charissima obiit decimo quinto Decembris Anno a partu Virginis 1618. Rogerus Jones Eques auratus Vicecomes Ranelough Baro de Navan necnon Conatiae Praeses Potentissimis Principibus Jacobo Carolo Magrae Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Regibus à Secretioribus in Hiberniae Consiliis parentibus optimis Vxoribus charissimis sibi posteris posuit Prior Vxor fuit Francisca filia Geraldi Viceeomitis Moore de Drogheda quae obiit 23 Novembris Anno à Christo nato 1620. Altera vero Katherina filia Henrici Longevil de Woolverton in Comitatu Buckinghamiae Equitis aurati quae obiit 4. Decembris Anno Domini 1628. Filius Conjux moesti Monumenta doloris Hic Patri Matri Conjugibusque loco Denham died January 6. 1638. anno aetatis 80. and lies buried in a noble Monument in Egham in Surrey Where is his Effigies rising out of his Coffin with his Winding Sheet falling off holding up his left hand and his right hand streight down Over his left hand in the Tomb are these words Futura spero ut à peccatis in vita sic à morte post vitam ut secundâ— redeat primam ultimam in Christo resurrectionem ex omni parte perfectam Under his right hand upon the side of the Coffin pointing to his Robes only two words Praeterita Sperno contemning the World and the glory of it Further under his Coffin he lies at length in his Judges Robes and upon the edge of which Compartment under which the Dead are rising with his own Effigies among the rest there is writ Ex Ossibus armati The Tomb is supported by two Pillars upon which stand two Angels one on the right hand with a Sithe and Trumpet and the other on the left with a Book and Trumpet under either of which Pedestals there is Surge à Somnis And then round about the edge of the Tomb over his head is writ in Golden Letters as all the rest Via vita resurrectio mea est per Jesum Christum ad aeternam Beatitudinem cum sanctis Over his Tomb are his Arms. Over the Quire Dore in Christ Church Dublin likewise is this for Sir John Denham The Honourable Sir John Denham Knight Lord Chief Justice of his Majesties Chief Place and one of the Lords Justices in this Kingdom in the Year 1616. And in one of the Chappel Windows in Lincolns Inn illustrated by the indefatigable Antiquary Mr. Dugdale I find this Registred Johannes Denham Miles unus Baronum Curiae Scaccarii in Anglia quondam Capitalis Baro Scaccarii in Hibernia unus Dominorum Justiciariorum in Hibernia Sir John Denham was the first that ever set up Customs in Ireland not but that there were Laws for the same before of which the first year was made 500 l. but before his death which was about 22 years after they were let for 54000 l. per annum 1616. Sir Oliver St. John afterwards Viscount Grandeson who had done very memorable Service at Kinsale and other places August 30. Lord Deputy In memory of whom over the Quire Dore in Christ Church Dublin it is thus written The Right Honourable Sir Oliver St. John Knight descended of the noble House of the Lord St. Johns of Bletso Deputy General of Ireland who took the Sword of State and Government of this Kingdom into his hands August 30. 1616. During his Government Affairs were not carried on so happily in Ireland but several discontents arose daily in the Parliament assembled at Westminster especially in the House of Commons who brake up with a Protestation much resented by King James 1621. in as much as several Members of Parliament were committed and Sir Dudley Diggs Sir Tho. Crew Sir Nath. Rich and Sir James Perrot all active Commoners for Punishment were sent into Ireland joined in Commission with others under the Great Seal of England for the Enquiry of sundry matters concerning his Majesties Service as well in the Government Ecclesiastical as Civil as in point of his Revenue and otherwise within that Kingdom of whose account the Times were silent nor do I find but by the Acts that passed in this Governours time and the Character that he left behind Little was justly to be inspected into He lived afterwards in great repute in England and died at Battersey Anno Aetatis 70. December 29. 1630. for whom on the North side of the Quire in Battersey Church is this Inscription on a fair Marble Deo Trino uni sacrum Olivero Nicolai St. John de Lydiard filio secundo Equiti aurato antiquissimis illustribus de Bello Campo de Bletsoe Grandisonis Tregoziae Familiis oriundo Terra Marique Domi Forisque Belli Pacisque artibus egregio Diu Elizabethae e nobilissima Pensionariorum Cohorte suis inde meritis singulari Divi Jacobi gratia in Hybernia Instrumentis bellicis praefecto Conaciae propreside Questori summo Regis Vicario Procomiti de Grandisonis Tregoziae de Hyworth in Anglia Baroni Eidem Divo Jacobo Filio ejus Piissimo a Secretioribus Sanctioribus Consiliis postquam is annos Honoribus Aequaverat tranquilissime senuerat Somnienti similiter extincto Johannes de St. John Eques Baronettus ex Fratre Nepos Heres Avunculo meâ—entissimo moestissimus posuit in Ecclesia de Battersea Vixit annos 70. Mor. 29. Decembris 1630. 1622. Sir Adam Loftus Lord Viscount Ely Lord Chancellor and Sir Rich. Wingfield Viscount Powerscourt May 4. Lords Justices Henricus Dominus Cary Vicecomes Faulklandiae Contrarotulator Hospitii Serenissimi Domini Regis Jacobi Deputatus suae Majestatis in Regno Hiberniae unus Dominorum Privati Consilii Dicti Domini Regis in Regno Angliae Anno Dom. MDCXXII 1622. Henry Cary Lord Viscount of Falkland in Scotland born at Aldernam in Hartfordshire September 8. Lord Deputy Sub CAROLO I. 1625. The said Henry Viscount Falkland Lord Deputy in whose time that memorable Protestation made by the Bishops published by Doctor Downham Bishop of Londonderry in Christ Church Dublin against Popery every where extant was grateful he carried himself very circumspect and was in his own person mighty obliging but as a late Author observes that an unruly Colt will fume and chafe though never switched nor spurred meerly because backed In vindication of whose equal and just Government the Council of Ireland Apr. 28. 1629. assured his Majesty that for the Insolence and Excrescence of the
been in any capacity to have subsisted till Forces arrived from England the first of which was on the last of December 1641. under the Conduct of Sir Simon Harcourt Collonel of a Regiment of Foot designed Governour of the City of Dublin that long experienced and excellent Officer worthy the memory of the best Prince and most grateful People who afterwards was by an especial Order admitted into the Privy Council But Providence whose eyes are in the Wheels so ordered the business that the whole force of the Irish united in Fury and Vilany were most miraculously there defeated and that meerly through Gods mercy by the Courage and Valour of the Besieged bearing out against the uttermost of Extremity and Treachery faithfully set down by Dean Bernard in his Treatise entituled The Siege of Drogheda the compleat freeing of which was upon the taking of Dundalk March 26. 1642. Sir Henry Tichbourn entred Drogheda Novemb. 4. 1641. so early had the Vigilance of the State through the experience of One who well knew the hazards of delay in War provided for its Defence sending thither with Sir Henry Tichbourn Governour Sir John Borlase jun. afterwards Collonel and Lieutenant of the Ordnance Lieutenant Collonel Robert Byron since Knight and late Master of the Ordnance and Lieutenant Collonel Philip Wainmond all formerly Field-Officers to join with the most excellent and truly Noble Henry Lord Viscount Moore afterwards Lieutenant General of the Horse deservedly registred amongst the first of the Nobility and Officers who was unfortunately slain at the beginning of the Treaty of the first Ceslation through the grazing of a Cannon bullet which he foresaw yet took not warning enough to evade These all served chearfully under his Command though the change of Fortune to whom none is indebted for her constancy hath sufficiently evidenced in Some how little is to be trusted to Ones Merits if Favour be not also put into the Ballance Sir Henry Tichbourn descended from an ancient Family in Hampshire from whom though he received much his Vertue added more he was early educated in the Wars some years before his death he was made Marshal of Ireland 1643. James Marquess of Ormond Jan. 21. in Christ Church Dublin was with great solemnity and general acceptance sworn L. Lieutenant a person likeliest by his Interests and Concerns to manage the troublesom Affairs then in agitation Not long after his access to the Government the Lord Inchequin instigated by the Parliament of England violated the Cessation in Munster as the Scots had done before in Vlster whilest the Irish under the Command of the Popes Nuncio and Owen Row a most inveterate Enemy to the English equally impatient of the Name as of the Government withdrew their Souldiers from their Fidelity and Colours though in the interim Preston and Taff endeavoured to make up a Peace with the King In opposition to which the Lord Inchequin and the Prime Officers in Munster had before interposed their sense That no Peace could be concluded with the Irish which would not bring unto his Majesty and the Kingdom in general a far greater prejudice than shew of a Peace there will bring them an advantage c. adding in the close that the true sense of the aspersion the Irish had cast upon his Majesty with all those other Reasons which they had set down in their Declaration made them resolve to die a thousand deaths rather than to condescend to any Peace with the perfidious Rebels vowing never to desert the Cause that was so visibly God Almighties Notwithstanding which and many more difficulties his Excellency bore up with an equal heat till that through the impetuousness of the Times the English Monarchy was discemented that the King being retired to New Castle writes from thence to the Marquess of Ormond June 11. 1646. That for many Reasons too long for a Letter we think it fit to require you to proceed no further in Treaty with the Rebels nor to engage Vs upon any Conditions with them after sight hereof c. Our Service and the good of our Protestant Subjects being herein much concerned After which the Rebels laying Siege to Dublin and the Lord Lieutenant not being able to sustain a longer Encounter the Scots too infesting at a distance surrendred Dublin June 18. 1647. and what the King held in Ireland to the Parliaments Commissioners Arthur Ansloe Esq Sir Robert King Sir Robert Meredith Collonel John More Collonel Michael Jones to whom Cheshire gives a Character that he never charged the Enemy till he came to the Head of their Troops rather then to suffer the Interest of the English and Protestants to fall into the Power of the Irish And so retires for England soon after But before that he left the Kingdom Philip Lord Lisle was by the Parliament of England 1646. Jan. 28. ordered to go into Ireland as their Lieutenant personally well furnished though otherwise with no considerable Force being made to believe that that part of the Army in England which had then nothing to do the King being brought to Holmby should be sent after him upon which Febr. 19. he set sail from Minhead and arrived at Cork the 22. yet the Army from whence he expected great matters then growing mutinous would not be commanded by the Parliament amongst which there were besides a Party in the House that did not further his Design with whom some in Ireland shewed at his landing to have an intimacy or correspondence so that though for the little time he was there it could not be said but that Affairs were prudently carried yet finding the Scene so contrary to his expectation he furnished the Marquess of of Ormond the 10 of March with 20 Barrels of Powder and the first of April 1647. he returned for England being out of hopes of more than those small Forces he carried with him 1648. The said James Marquess of Ormond furnished with new Instructions returns on the Votes of Non-Addresses anew into Ireland Lord Lieutenant but so writes Elenchus as to Act nothing in the execution of that Power as long as the Treaty with the King or any hopes of Peace lasted Which Injunction he very solemnly observed retiring himself to the Castle of Kilkenny his proper Inheritance but finding at length how the King was abused in that Treaty he then vigorously endeavoured to improve his Interests for his Majesties Service though with that Caution so vigilant an Eye such a wary Foot as if the concerns of Posterity more than his own was deposited in the weightiest Scale and thereupon being forced in the midst of great streights to conclude a Peace with the Confederate Irish he proclaimed it Jan. 17. 1648. which yet so little endeared him to them though such Terms could never have been gained but at such an extremity as August 12. 1650. the titulary Archbishops of Ireland and others of the Clergy convened at James Town left no stone unturned to have hit him if it had been