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
died 1559. Thomas Earl of Sussex Kt. of the Garter arrived at Bullock August 27. Lord Lieutenant and was sworn in Christ Church Dublin August 30. having in charge strictly to look to the Irish who being a superstitious Nation may easily be seduced to Rebellion through the practices of the French then at difference with England under praetext of Religion before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin Jan. 12. 2. Eliz. wherein Acts of great consequences were past as the restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction of the State Ecclesiastical and Spiritual and abolishing all foreign Power repugnant to the same also for the Uniformity of the Common Prayer for Consecrating of Bishops and the Queens Title to the Imperial Crown of Ireland with many others After which he went for England and 1559. Sir William Fitz Williams Febr. 15. was sworn in Christ Church Dublin Lord Justice during whose Government viz. anno 1560. Q. Elizabeth amongst the most commendable Actions of her Government reduced Coin to its full value much debased through her Fathers excessive expence and stamped for Ireland Coin called Sterling of which the shilling in Ireland passed for 12 d. and in England 9 d. Yet though affairs were carried thus honourably to her advantage in the Year 1601. the Lord Buckhurst very skilful in Money matters got her to mingle Brass with the Money that she sent into Ireland by reason that the War in Ireland stood her Majesty yearly in 160000l sterl which the Souldiers suffered without mutiny having a true Reverence for that Lady though not without loss and in effect not much to her service the Reputation of a Prince being in nothing preserved more entire than in the just value of their Coin Hence it was that when the Earl of Leicester Anno 1585. was sent into Holland one of this excellent Princesses charges to him was to know by what Art they enhanced or put down the value of their Money in which Art they excelled all others lest the Souldier should receive that at a higher rate than they could put it off for And to this effect Sir George Carew in his Letter to the Council of England mentioned in Pacata Hibernia writes that it was impossible to prevent a confusion in the State if the People might not be put in some certain hope that upon the end of the War the now Standard should be abolished or eased 1561. Thomas Earl of Sussex Lord Lieutenant arrived at Dublin and was sworn in Christ Church Dublin June 25. 1561. Sir William Fitz Williams Lord Justice was sworn in Christ Church Jan. 22. 1562. Thomas Earl of Sussex July 24. Lord Lieutenant who amongst other things did excellent Service in reducing the Irish Countries into Shires and placing therein Sheriffs and other Ministers of the Law as Annaly in Leinster he made a Shire calling it the County of Longford and the Province of Connaght he divided into 6 Counties viz. Clare which contains all Thoomond Gallaway Sligo Mayo Roscommon and Leitrim He died at his house at Bermondsey in Southwark June 9. 1583 and was honourably buried at New-Hall in Essex July 9. following At his departure from Ireland having setled things in excellent order 1565. Sir Nicholas Arnold of the County of Gloucester Knight May 25. was made Lord Justice to whom was assigned only a Garrison of 1596 Souldiers with which he kept peace but gained nothing Being recalled into England surrenders his Government 1565. To Sir Henry Sidney who in the time of Queen Mary had been Judge and Treasurer of Ireland now President of Wales Jan. 20. Lord Deputy before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin Jan. 17. in the 11 of Eliz. many things being acted therein greatly to the advantage of the State and a Subsidy granted considering the infinite masses of Treasure able to purchase a Kingdom that her most noble Progenitors the famous Princes of England had exhausted for the Governments Defence and Preservation of them and her Majesties Realm of Ireland largely expressed in the Act. In which Parliament also which had several Prorogations Shane O-Neal was attainted and the name extinguished In which Act also the Kings ancient Titles to Ireland are recited Thus having setled Affairs he took Ship towards England at Houth Octob. 9. having with good success discomfited Shane O-Neal who after his return from England where the Queen 1563. had graciously received him into favour he most treacherously went into Rebellion and affected the Title of King of Vlster In the year of this Governours admittance he institutes Wareham St. Leger first President of Mounster with an Assessor two Lawyers and a Clerk the same Government he also constituted in Connaght 1567. Dr. Weston Lord Chancellor and Sir Will. Fitz-Williams Treasurer at War Octob. 14. Lord Justices Weston was thought a prudent and upright man for whom I find this Epitaph in St. Patricks Church Dublin on a Monument very stately erected principally in memory of the Relations of Richard Earl of Cork upon the uppermost seat of which â—s Dr. Westons Effigies with this Inscription Here lieth interred the Body of that Reverend and Honourable Gentleman Robert Weston Esq Doctor of the Civil and Canon Laws Grandfather to the Lady Katherine Countess of Cork â—â—ing sometimes one â—f the Lord Justices â—â— Ireland and for â—â—x years Lord Chancellour of the Realm A small Coat of ARMS betwixt Who was so Learned Judicious and Vpright in the Court of Judicature all the time of that imployment He never made Order or Decree that was questioned or reversed He changed this mortal life for an eternal life May 20. 1573. whos 's honourable memory no time shall extinguish 1568. Sir Henry Sidney Octob. 20 Lord Deputy He took Ship for England from the Key at Dublin March 25. 1571. When Sir William Fitz Williams the April ensuing was sworâ— Lord Justice in St. Patricks Church Dublin and Jan. 13. eodem anno the said Sir William Fitz Williams was made Lord Deputy 1575. Sir Henry Sidney Septemb 18. returned into Ireland Lord Deputy where having pacified several Rebellions and that not with so much Rigor as excellent Conduct having at several times been 1â— years Justice and Deputy of Ireland so as that Kingdom is much indebted to him for his Wisdom and Valour He Septemb. 12. 1578. took Boat aâ— the Wood Key in Dublin for England he died at Worcester May 5. 1586. and was buried amongst his Ancestors at Penshurst of whom Dr. Powel in his Epistle to the Reader in his History of Wales writes that his Disposition was rather to seek after the Antiquities and the Weal publick of those Countries He governed then to obtain Lands and Revenues within the same for I know not one foot of Land that he had either in Wales or Ireland cujus potentiam nemo sentit nisi aut Levatione periculi aut accessione Dignitatis justly applicable to him Vel. Pater f. 109. He caused the Irish Statutes to his
Popish Clergy and the outragious Presumption of the unsetled Irish it was less curbed by reason the Deputy and Council were somewhat limited concerning them by late Instructions Letters and Directions out of England and that they did dare affirm that the rest of the great Body as to the Civil part thereof was in better order at that time then ever it was in the memory of man as to the execution of Justice and the freedom of Mens Persons and Estates the present charge of the Army excepted and the advancement of the Revenues of the Crown the competent number of Bishops and other able and learned Ministers of the Church of England and that for 200 years last past England had never been so free of the charge of Ireland as under this Government After his quitting of Ireland he lived very honourable in England until by a casualty he brake his Leg on a Stand in Theobalds Park and soon after died thereof Anno 163. 1629. Sir Adam Loftus Lord Viscount Ely Lord Chancellor and Sir Richard Boyle Earl of Cork Lord Treasurer October 26. were sworn Lords Justices In their time the Fiction of St. Patricks Purgatory in Lough-Dirg was discovered to be a meer Illusion a little Cell hewed out of a Rock no Confines of Purgatory or Hell though Priests made use of it to ensnare Pilgrims In whose time also though none were less Favourers of the Papists then they the Roman Catholicks viz. 1633. writes Hamond L' Estrange began to rant it in Ireland and to exercise their Fansies called Religion so publickly as if they had gained a Toleration in as much as they said Mass frequently till they were supprest by the Lords Justices and 15 Houses by direction of the Lords of the Council from England were seized on to the Kings use and the Friers and Priests so persecuted as two hanged themselves in their own defence Their principle House in Backlane was disposed of to the University of Dublin formerly took notice of who placed a Rector and Scholers in it maintaining a Weekly Lecture there which the Justices countenanced with their presence though afterwards the House was otherwise disposed of Yet Affairs of this nature as well as others growing still irregular the Romish Clergy too increasing to near double the number of Reformed Believers in as much as their Insolency aspired to that height as openly to erect an University in Dublin in emulation or rather in defiance of the Kings Colledge there Of which the House of Commons in England ever tender of the Affairs of Ireland took especial notice in their first Remonstrance to the King 1628. that without control the Popish Religion in Ireland was openly professed and practised in every part thereof Popish Jurisdiction being there generally exercised and avowed Monasteries Nunneries and other superstitious Houses newly erected reedified and replenished with men and women of several Orders and in a plentiful manner maintained in Dublin and most of the great Towns c. Upon which Thomas Lord Viscount Wentworth President of the North was thought of as the fittest person to ballance those Differences Sir Richard Boyle Earl of Cork died at Youghal and was there buried Anno 1643. near the Date if not on the Day of the Cessation concluded at Siggins-town September 15. unwilling to survive what he suspected might not be auspicious to the English or conducible to the end for which it was designed wherein he prophesied not ill He was a person for his Abilities and Knowledge in the Affairs of the World eminently observable in as much as though he was no Peer of England yet he was admitted to sit in the Lords House upon the Woolsacks ut Consiliarius And for all the Estate he arrived at which was the greatest in the memory of the last Age none ever taxed him with exorbitancies but such as thought Princes had too little and Religious men not enough In St. Patricks Church Dublin there is a fair Monument for him and his Relations What concerns him is this Gods Providence is our Inheritance This Monument was erected for the Right Honourable Sir Richard Boyle Knight Lord Boyle Baron of Youghal Viscount of Dungarvan Earl of Cork Lord High Treasurer of Ireland of the Kings Privy Council of this Realm and one of the two Lords Justices for the Government of this Kingdom in memory of his most dear vertuous and Religious Wife the Lady Katherine Countess of Cork and their Posterity as also of her Grandfather Dr. Robert Weston sometime Lord Chancellor of Ireland and one of the Lords Justices for the Government thereof whose Daughter Alice Weston was married to Sir Geoffery Fenton Kt. Principal Secretary of State in this Realm and they had issue the said Lady Katherine Countess of Cork who lieth here interred with her said Father and Grandfather whose Vertues she inherited on the Earth and lieth here entombed with them All expecting a joyful Resurrection Obiit 10. die Februarii Anno 1629. The Issue of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Boyle Earl of Cork and the Lady Katherine his Wife with the Arms of such of their Daughters Husbands as are married Anno Dom. 1631 Honoratissimus praenobilis ac Illustrissimus Dominus Thomas Vicecomes Wentworth Baro Wentworth de Wentworth Woodhouse Dominus de Newmarche Oversley Serenissimi Domini CAROLI Magnae Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Deputatus Generalis in regno suo Hiberniae Dominus Praesidens Concilii in partibus Borealibus regni Angliae à Secretioribus suae Majestatis Conciliis Anno Dom. MDCXXXIII 1633. Thomas Lord Viscount Wentworth President of the North was sworn Lord Deputy July 25. One whose vast abilities the King had had due experience of therefore constitutes him in this Place The year following he summoned a Parliament at Dublin who granted three Subsidies by Virtue of which and his prudent management thereof he paid an Arrear of 80000 l. due before his Arrival than which nothing of his Masters Justice could be more honourable and obliging No kind of Expence being more worthy a Prince or like to eternize him surer than what is paid to Posterity in right of their Ancestors And besides this all Salaries Civil and Military were through his prudent management of those Subsidies and his Majesties Revenue paid without charge to England beyond what else he advanced to his Majesties Purse Who going for England 1636. Sir Adam Loftus Viscount Ely Lord Chancellor and Christopher Wansford Master of the Rolls July 3. were sworn Lords Justices Viscount Ely died about the beginning of the late Troubles in England in Yorkshire as I take it where he was born and there was buried He was a Person of a grave Presence and one that had long managed the Chancellorship in Ireland without offence till some private Interest made an Inspection into his carriage yet when a very remarkable business came on the Stage he waved making publick Clamour the subject of his Revenge 1636. Thomas
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
Rex omnibus ad quos c. salutem Sciatis quod concessimus venerabili Patri S. Waterfordensi Episcopo Justiciario nostro Hibern 500 l. singulis annis a die Dominica proxima ante Festum Apostolorum Philippi Jacobi Anno regni nostri 13. quamdiu fuerit Justiciarius noster ibidem ad Scaccarium nostrum Dublin percipiendas unam videlicet medietatem ad Scaccarium nostrum S. Michaelis aliam medietatem ad Scaccarium nostrum Paschae pro expensis suis in officio praedicto ita tamen quod si turbatio quod absit in praedicta terra emerserit per quod Castra nostra munire circa defensionem terrae nostrae propriae ibidem sumptus opponere necessario oportebit tunc volumus quod aliquis Baro vel Clericus de quo fiducia habeatur per Thesaurarium Barones nostros de eodem Scaccario deputetur ad pecuniam nostram in eodem Scaccario recipiendam in munitione defensione hujusmodi ponendam expendendam per visum testimonium praedicti Justiciarii prode Consilio praedictorum Thesaurarii Baronum ad opus nostrum melius securius fuerit faciendum in cujus c. Teste Rege apud Wolvemere August 6. 1288. John de Saunford Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice aâ— tempus Vir fuit writes Ware cum doctus tum insigni prudentia He died in England Octob. 2. 1294. on his return from an Embassie to the Emperour and was buried in S. Patricks Church Dublin February 20. following But Prynn affirms that obiit in redeundo a Rege Arregoniae cui pro negotiis Regis Angliae missus fuerat 1290. William Vescy Grandson of Eustach Brother of Sir War in de Vescy Lord of Knapton in Yorkshire Lord Justice In his time the King directs his Letters to the Bishops and Clergy of Ireland to grant him a Dism of their Spiritualities to defray his debts in redeeming his Nephew Charles but they unanimously returned this answer Quod concessioni petitionis praefatae minime supercederunt I find besides particular Writs directed to our Lord â—ustice Vescy but because they are â—ut businesses of form I shall pass â—hem over He returned into England a great difference being betwixt him and the Earl of Kildare 1294. William de la Hay was constituted Governour who was the â—ustos officii Capitalis Justiciarii Hiâ—erniae Consiliarius Regius as Veâ—cies Lieutenant during whose Government or Vescies the King directs â—he ensuing Writ For Thomas de S. Leodegario illustri natus familia â—ed moribus illustrior Bishop of Meath â—o be admitted of his Privy Council Rex omnibus singulis de consilio suo Hibernia existentibus salutem De prudentia et circumspectione venerabilis Patris Tho. Midensis Episc quem charum habemus commendatum specialem gerentes fiduciam quod praesentia ipsius in consiliis dandis in tractatu habendo de negotiis nâ—stris in Hibernia expediendis plurimum nobis et vobis posset esse profutura et quod fideliter commodum nostrum pro viribus suis procurabiâ— et honorem Volumus quod idem Episcopus de caetero nostris consiliis intersit una vobiscum quoties de agendis nostris ibidem tractatus habetur et ideo vobis mandamus quod praedictum Episcopum ad nostrum consilium admittatis et ipsum tanquam unum de nostris Consiliariis de caetero habeatis Teste Rege apud Berwick super Tweed Octob. 22. c. 1294. William Dodingzele or Dodinsel alias Oddingeseles Lord Justice to whom the King directs a Writ for the restitution of Temporalities c. Rex dilecto et fideli suo Willielmo de Oddingeseles vel ejus Locum tenenti salutem Teste Rege apud Aberconewey Mart. 30. Obiit April 3. 1295. 1295. Sir Thomas Fitz Maurice â—ord Justice He died 1298. having resigned 1295. To John Wogan who was made Lord Justice October 18 to whom the King sends his Royal â—ssent to elect and receive Fealty of an Abbot de Weyna so as not to prejudice his Prerogative for the future Rex Justiciario suo Hiberniae vel ejus Locum tenenti salutem c. Volumus etiam et vobis damus potestatem quod si contingat electionem hujusmodi perloci Diocesanum Canoniâ—â— confirmari et vobis per literas ejusdem Diocesani inde constiterit tum accepta ab eodem electo fidelitate iâ— casu isto nobis debita temporalia ejusdem Abbatiae eidem electo prout moris est liberetis vice nostra c. Teste Rege apud Plympton April 25. Many other Writs there were directed to him which not being to our intention we pass over though such as are pleased to read them may turn over Prynns History of Edw 1. He quitting the Place The same Year probably William de Ross Prior of Kilmainam was instituted his Lieutenant 1302. John Wogan the second time was made Lord Justice during whose Government the King issued out Letters to the Prelates and Clergy of Ireland for a Subsidy pro salvatione Coronae nostrae regiae communique utilitate Cleri et populi regni â—t terrarum nostro Dominio subjectaâ—um c. Assigning Richard de Burg Earl of Vlster John Wogan Justice and Thomas Cantock Chancellor c â—o enquire and ask the same Teste Rege apud Blidam Januar. 17. The success of which we find covered in great silence Sub EDWARDO II. The said John Wogan continued Justice til in August 1308. The Lord William Bourk was made Lord Justice or Custos or Warden of Ireland from whom proceeded the Baron of Castle Conel and Letrim besides others of that Family since eminently serviceable in the Wars of Ireland Eodem Anno Pierce de Gaveston being banished out of England was made Lord Lieutenant that his Exile might be the more sufferable to whom the King assigned the Commodities Royal of that Realm He returned into England in June 1309. and afterwards was beheaded by the Nobles at Scarborough The same year Sir John Wogan was made Lord Justice again 1312. Sir Edmund le Butler who was made Deputy to Sir John Wogan He died 1321. So also did Sir John Wogan 1314. Sir Theobald Lord de Verdon was made Lord Justice who in die Sancti Sylvestri venit in Hiberniam of whose name Camd. in his History of Ireland writes that John Lord Verdon was Constable of Ireland Prynn in his History of Edw. 1. mentions one Theobald de Verdon Constable of Ireland who constituted the Bishop of Bath and Wells then Chancellour to present to all his Churches in England during his absence in Ireland An Office of late years I do not find bestowed on any formerly of ample Jurisdiction in all concerns of Arms both as to what had been done abroad and at home with whom often the Marshal as being of Affinity in Power was joined Of which you may see more in Stanlies Case in the year 1557. 1314. Sir Edmund
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
to his choice of Governours whom neither the Nobility disdained nor the Inferiours were pressed to supply by violent courses 1551. Sir James Crofts of Croâ—â— Castle in Herefordshire whose he Herbert Crofts is the present Bishop of Hereford 1673. unus Nobâ—lium Secretioris Camerae Regis Aprâ— 29. was designed Deputy but coming to Dublin whilest St. Leger waâ— in Munster he received not thâ— Sword till May 23. at Cork wheâ— St. Leger then was During his timâ— even this year a King of Arms Herald named Vlster was first instituted for Ireland his Provincâ— was all Ireland and the first thaâ— had it was Nicholas Narbon Thâ— Liturgy in English was also this yeaâ— printed in Dublin and injoined bâ— Authority Many memorable Actâ— he did in Ireland He repaired thâ— Castle of Belfast and placed there â— Garrison Coming for England hâ— was certified by Sir Henry Knowls that Mary Dowager of Scotland had â—ent O-Connors son into Ireland to give encouragement to a new Insurrection which by his prudence deferring his Journey he prevented without noise and took Ship for England at Houth Decemb. 4. 1552. He was in the second year of Queen Mary accused of Wiats Conspiracy â—ut by the favour of the King and Queen set at liberty from the Tower and in Queen Eliz. Reign made a Privy Counsellor Governor of Berwick and Controller of the Queens Court and a Delegate at the Treaty of Bourbourg He died at Whitehall Camd. writes about the year 1590. His heir that now is says in the year 1595. or the year following and was buried in Westminster Abbey 1552. Sir Thomas Cusack of Cofington in Meath Lord Chancellor and Sir Gerald Ailmere Chief Justice of the Kings Bench Decemb. 4â— were in Trinity Church Dublin â—â— Proceribus Senatu Regio constituted Lords Justices Sub MARIA Regina 1553. The said Justices as the present Governours were writ to by the Council of England who July 29. certified the Lords Justices and Council of Ireland of the death oâ— King Edw. and the right of Q. Mary Whose Right in Dublin and other places they took care immediately to proclaim the Judges Places and the rest being speedily confirmed by new Patents 1553. Novemb. 11. Sir Anthony St. Leger landing at Dalkie came to Dublin where the 19 of the same Month he was the fifth time sworâ— in Trinity Church Dublin a Praede cessoribus suis Cusaco Ailmero Lord Deputy He died in Kent where he was born as I take it at Vlcomb the ancient Mansion of the Family de Sancto Leodegario corruptly Sent Leger Sellenger March 12. 1559. Vtriusque fortunae tam prosperae quam adversae particeps verissima rerum humanarum in hoc mundo Imago 1556. April 27. Thomas Radcliff Viscount Fitz Walter at Westm was nominated L. Deputy He arrived at Dublin on Whitsunday and two days after took the Oath of Deputy in Christ Church Dublin He held a Parliament annis 3 4 Phil. Mariae at which time Patre jam mortuo he was stiled Earl of Sussex passing many Acts to the benefit of the Nation and returned into England Decemb. 4. when 1557. Hugh Curwin of Westmoreland Doctor of the Civil Law Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor and Sir Henry Sidney Treasurer Decemb. 5. Ã Stanleio Marescallo received the Sword as Justices On which occasion it may not be unseasonable to take notice of the eminent and honourable Office of Marshal as well as of this noble person to whom of all others this trust of delivering the Sword unto the Supream Officers was committed properly it is a Military office restraining as well the insolencies of Souldiers as of Rebels yet it hath power to try or determine all appeals made of things done out of the Realm as Piracy the justice of Generals to Souldiers c. also it hath conuzance of contracts of Deeds of Arms which cannot be determined by the Common Law but the Civil only secundum legem armorum of which after sentence there lies no forfeiture of Lands or corruption of Bloud By inheritance it was seated in the Barons of Morley anno 9. Reg. Joh. but how alienated I am not certain nor am I convinced that it is invested though it be great in Ireland as the Earls Marshals are honoured with in England a Title never given to that Officer till the 20 of R. 2. that Thomas Maubrey Duke of Norfolk had Earl affixed to his Title of Marshal Though we find the use of it of great consequence in Ireland never committed but to Persons of Honour under whom according to the occasions there is one or two Provost Marshals limited by instructions under the Great Seal of Ireland Archbishop Curwin was afterwards translated to Oxford where after one year he died at Swinbroch near Burford and there in the Parochial Church was buried Novemb. 1. 1568. 1557. Febr. 6. Sir Henry Sidney was sworn Lord Deputy in Christ Church Dublin and so continued till that 1558. Thomas Radcliff Earl of Sussex Viscount Fitz Walter April 27. returned out of England with 500 men and was sworn Lord Deputy on Sunday May 1. in Christ Church Dublin doing that Year excellent Service against the Scots in Vlster and Donald O-Brien in Thoomond in September He took Ship at Dalkie with the Forces he brought out of England and others raised at Dublin and went against Island Rachlin and the Islanders and left 1558. Sir Henry Sidney his Deputy who took the Oath of Lord Justice in Christ Church Dublin on Sunday September 18. the same year 1558. Thomas Radcliff Earl of Sussex returning from his Scottish Expedition was again sworn Lord Deputy in Trinity Church Dublin Novemb. 10. where he gave to the Chancellor Curwin a new Great Seal of Ireland as also particular new Seals to the principal Judges of other Courts Sub ELIZABETHA Regina 1558. The said Thomas Earl of Sussex who on the decease of Queen Mary was found Deputy was by a new Commission so continued who with a Garrison of 320 Horse and 1360 Foot had kept Ireland in a peaceable and quiet condition To whom succeeded 1559. Sir Henry Sidney Knight President of Wales Deputy During whose absence in Ireland Dr. John Whitgift Bishop of Worcester afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury was for two years and an half Quamdiu nimirum Sidnaeus Prorex Hiberniae praefuit Vice President of Wales Vir optimus eruditissimus writes Camden qui Justitia in Walliae propraefectura Doctrina in Ecclesiastica Angliae Politeia propugnanda singularem laudem consequutus quam fortitudine prudentia patientia indies adauxit Godw. de Praes Angliae Here by the way we may take notice of an Honour incident to the Clergy that besides this Reverend Prelate several others of his Function have been in this Office and the first President of Wales was William Smith Bishop of Lincoln who continued in the Government from the 17 of H. 7. to the 4 of H. 8. at which time he
time to be printed sic ex umbra in solem eduxit And besides many other Monuments yet surviving his equal and just Government we must not let pass the Great Expence and Care which he bestowed upon the Castle of Dublin at first built Anno 1213. by John Comin Archbishop of Dublin a learned facetious and solid Person afterwards beautified and enlarged by Sir Henry Sidney in memory of whom Stanihurst that Venerable Historian hath left these to Posterity Gesta libri referunt multorum clara virorum Laudis in chartis stigmata fixa manent Verum Sidnaei laudes haec saxa loquuntur Nec jacet in Solis gloria tanta libris Si libri pereant homines remanere valebunt Si pereant homines ligna manere queant Ligna si pereant non ergo saxa peribunt Saxa si pereant tempore tempus erit Si pereat tempus minimè consumitur aevum Quod cum principio sed sine fine manet Dum libri florent homines dum vivere possunt Dum quoque cum lignis saxa manere valent Dum remanet tempus dum denique remanet aevum Laus tua Sidnaei digna perire nequit 1578. Sir William Drury born at Bausted in Suffolk of a Worshipful Family late Governour of Berwick a man of great experience and integrity who Septemb. 14. was sworn Lord Justice in Christ Church Dublin He advanced afterwards against Desmond but at Waterford 1579. he died A man of approved worth having been trained up from his Youth in the exercise of War in France Scotland and Ireland After whose decease 1579. Sir Will. Pelham of Laughton in Sussex was made Lord Justice the 11 of October during whose short Government he constrained the Baron of Lixnaw to yield and besieged Carrigfoil in Kerry kept by Jules an Italian and some Spaniards entering at length by force the Castle atchieving besides many other things to his honour He was afterwards General of the English Horse in the Low-Countries under whom besides his own Country-men there were Scots and Irish and that the manner of their fighting may be clear I shall not think to impose much on the Reader what incomparable Strada hath registred in this point Anno 1586. Erant hâ— Angli plerique Scoti quibus se addiderant ductore Hiberniae Prorege Pelham Hiberni 1400 è sylvestri omnes genere atque ferino medio tantum corpore subter umbilicum velati caetera nudi grallis seu pertiris quarum usus intrajiciendis amnibus alte impositi longe aliis superstabant arcubus sagittis Minaces 1580. Arthur Lord Gray Baron of Wilton Knight of the Garter arrived August 12. at Houth and took the Oath of Lord Deputy in St. Patricks Church September 14. till then William Pelham Lord Justice being not come up out of Munster to Dublin to surrender the Sword to his Successor Through the whole course of his Actions he manifested himself a famous Warriour In the Winter this year about 700 Italians and Spaniards landed through the favour of the Season at Smerwick in Kerry in Ireland unresisted commanded by San-Joseph an Italian authorized by the Pope and the King of Spain to propagate the Roman Religion where they erected a Fort at Smerwick naming it the Fort DEL-OR but were soon even in four days forced to cry for mercy through the vigilance and conduct of the Deputy who put the Strangers to the Sword the Irish he hanged Commanders of each side excepted for that there were noâ— in the English Army enough to keep every man a Prisoner and that the Deputy expected instantly to be assailed by the Rebels and that there were no Barques ready to Ship them immediately for Sea In this doing as Henry 5. was forced to after he would have saved the Bourbon Battalion at Agincourt for fear lesâ— the King of Scicils appearing with new strength even more then the Conquerors had to guard their Prisoners he should have been surprized without remedy Which extremity the Deputy was sorry to use nor did his excuse easily please the Queen the Enemy having yielded on mercy He died 1593 in much honour and repute 1582. Adam Loftus Lord Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor â—nd Sir Henry Wallop alias Well-hop Treasurer of the Army September 1. Lords Justices during whose Government Gerald Fitz Gerald the â—â— of that Family Earl of Desmond â—ho had raised frequent Rebellions â—fter two years sculking in obscure â—laces was by a Common Souldier â—â—rprized and his head sent into England where it was hung on a â—ole on London Bridge Sir Henry â—allop died in Dublin and was buried in St. Patricks Church in an â—bscure place under the Galleries upon the late removing of which on a plate of Brass was this Inscription found Near unto this place lieth that worthy Knight Sir HENRY WALLOP of Farly Wallop in the County of Southampton in the Realm of England who faithfully served Queen ELIZABETH in this Kingdom as Vice Treasurer and Treasurer â—â— War by the space of 18 years and moneths and was Lord Justice with in this Realm jointly with thâ— Lord Chancellor of this Realm almost by the space of two years in thâ— years of our Lord God 1582 1583 1584. in which time the Wars â—â— Desmond were ended and his heaâ—â— sent into England besides many other weighty causes committed to hiâ— charge during his said service Hâ— departed this life the 14 day of April 1599. He was Son and Heir â—â— Sir Oliv. Wallop Brother and Heiâ— of Sir John Wallop Knight of thâ— most Honourable Order of Garter and Lieutenant of the Castle and County Gujienes in France Nephew and Heir of Sir Robert Wallop Knight 1584. Sir John Perrot Lord Deputy arrived at Dalkie June 9. and â—ook his Oath in St. Patricks Church June 21. He held a Parliament at Dublin April 26. in the 27. of Eliz. He advanced the Reformation in establishing the great Compositiâ—â—n of Connaght in reducing Vlsterâ—nto â—nto 7 Shires viz. Ardmagh Monaâ—an Tyrone Colerain Devegal Ferâ—annagh and Cavan And by vesting in the Crown the Lands of Desmond and his Adherents in Munâ—â—er which he that hath writ of his life thus comprehends Pacificavit Connaciam Relaxavit Mediam Subjugavit Vltoniam Fregit Lageniam Ligavit Mononiam Extirpavit Scotos Refraenavit Anglos Et his omnibus peraeque Vectigal acquisivit Reginae And after his Service in Ireland he was made a Privie Counsellor in England yet being it seems of somewhat too Resentive a nature was said to speak something dishonourable of the Queen and thereupon was tried and by a Jury of 12 men pronounced guilty of Treason yet being sick died in the Tower of London Septemb. 1592. when the Queens anger being qualified there was great hopes of his pardon though his Adversaries were of the subtilest as well as the most honourable He left the Character of a good Governour yet it is somewhat sharply imputed to him and his Successor Sir
for which and his integrity he bears the Papal Frown having manifested only that the Vicar of the Church hath no Soveraignty over Soveraign Princes in their own Dominions in Civil and Temporal Affairs A Tenent so necessary that the contrary in History is marked with a black Coal Nor can it be otherwise no Pope willingly allowing Subjects any other Obedience to their Prince than what is in subordination to their See upon which the greatest dissentions in the World have ensued so that indeed to talk of Obedience in Civil and Temporal Affairs only is in truth nothing the Ecclesiastick Authority wiping off at pleasure the other Cobweb pretended Subjection The 26 of October following his Graces arrival at Kilkenny the Parliament which had been long put off by many necessary Prorogations fell into consideration of the Explanatory Bill of Setlement which took up much time as it had long before exercised his Graces Solicitations Interest and Studies in England At length it passed though not without some doubts by the Commons in Parliament which his Grace with the advice of the Council the 15 of December 1665. having satisfied he past into an Act which I am the willinger to mention that what Niceties soever one may raise thence the Faith of this Illustrious person given in its defence may bear up its honour and validity though some thought notwithstanding the utmost extent of the Investing Clause the whole was short of what might be expected for Money so long subscribed the charge the Souldiers and Adventurers had been at for surveying maintaining and defending their Lots the passing of Patents and the great Rents payable thence which considering the State of Affairs could hardly be avoided As it may well be concluded by this that after five years pains taken by the King by his Councils and by his two Houses of Parliament the State was got no farther than into the Prospect of a Settlement All which and more you will find in his Graces Speech to both Houses of Parliament at his giving the Royal Assent to the Grand Act of Settlement 1665. to which I must refer you as being the support of his Graces confidence in the Settlement and may well be others whoever is most concerned in the Adventure At his Return for England near three years after he was chosen Chancellor of Oxford on Dr. Sheldon Lord Archbishop of Canterburie's rie's Resignation August 4. 1669. as one best able to protect that place and the Theatrum Sheldonianum a Piece if not exceeding emulating the stateliest Monuments of Antiquity yet he was not sworn till August the 26. at Worcester-House London in a Convocation there held by Dr. Fell Vice Chancellor a most obliging and vigilant Governour and others of the University in their Formalities 1668. April the 25. the Earl of Ossory was again sworn Lord Deputy in the absence of the Duke his Father who embarqued the day before for England he having passed over his Government with general satisfaction resigned The right Honourable John Lord Roberts of Trâ—ro Lord Privy Seal Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour of his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland one of the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council Anno Domini MDCLXIX 1669. To John Lord Roberts Baron of Thruro Lord Privy Seal the 18 of September who landed at Houth and was that day honourably conducted to Dublin and sworn at the Council Board Lord Lieutenant who on the access of the Lord Barkley to the Government gave up his Power with this short Speech My Lord I will not detain you long from the great Charge now placed upon you Action is the life of all Government I have no more to say But I received this Sword in Peace and will deliver it so to your Excellency For whom I have seen this Inscription written by one who knows as well what Men are as the Language wherein he is excellent to express them in Hic jacet aut habitat Recti Pertinax Honoratissimus Dominus Dominus Johannes Barkley Baro de Stratton Locum Tenens Gubernator Generalis Hiberniae necnon Serenissimo Principi CAROLO Secundo Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regi Fidei Defensori c. tam Anglia quam Hibernia e Consiliis Secretioribus 1670. May the 21. John Lord Barkley Baron of Stratton landed privately at Rings End by Dublin scarce then expected and was that day sworn Lord Lieutenant at the Council Board Who going for England 1671. June the 12. Dr. Richard Boyle Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor and Sir Arthur Forbes Barronet a Member of the Privy Council and Captain of a Troop of Horse were sworn Lords Justices Archbishop Boyle was one of the twelve Bishops consecrated in St. Patricks Church in Dublin the 27. of January 1660. in that solemn Order as since the Reformation the like hath not been observed with so much Formality and State a Procession yet not so solemn as amazing To the Euge of which was that ingenious and celebrated Anthem designed entituled Quam deâ—â—o exaltavit Dominus Coronam Composed by the then Dean of S. Patricks Dr. William Fuller since Bishop of Limerick now of Lincoln and that no question might be raised as to the Legitimacy of this Ordination some who in the late Wars moved excentrical to their Functions were not admitted to lay on their hands though the eminency of their Parts and the strictness of their lives are exemplary The Justices 1671. The 23 of September delivered up their Power to John Lord Barkly Lord Lieutenant then returned out of England who with much tranquility continued his Government till that His Excellency Arthur Earl of Essex Viscount Maldon Baron Capel of Hadham Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Hertford and Wilts one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour to his most excellent Majesty King CHARLES the Second of his Kingdom of Ireland in the 24 year oâ— his Reign MDCLXXII 1672. August the 5. Arthur Lord Capel Earl of Essex Son of Arthur Lord Capel the Victim arrived at Dunlary near Dublin and that afternoon was sworn at the Council Board Lord Lieutetenant A person so acceptable to the Nation as Obedience is their Sacrifice and Honour his Rule FINIS In his Dedicatory Epistle before the Statutes of Ireland C. Vel. Patere p. 11. Veter Epist 50. Hiber Sylloge p. 118. Fol. 737. Fol. 353 Spel. Gloss fol. 336. Fol. 346. Spel. Gloss fol. 331. Alias Dominus de Chepstow Earl of Ogie in Normandy Earl of Leicester Earl Marshal of England Vicegerent of Normandy Lord Lieutenant as is said of Ireland and Prince of Leinster in the right of Eva his wife sole heir of Dermot Mac-Morogh King of Leinster Hoveden Is est inter Caesarem Populum constitutus Judex ita ut quicquid ab eo Negotiorum Imperialium justum est perinde habeatur ratum ac si ab ipso Caesare fuerit peractum L. Funestella De Magistratibus
the Judicious may as the Lord Bolton truly observes Historically discern both the State of the Church and Common-wealth therein In as much as few Presidents of a well Modelled and excellent Government can be found more rational and advantagious to the Natives or less partial allowing the soverainty of England heretofore somewhat jealous of a Conquered People than those Laws are in their Constitution and Sanctity whereby the English as well as the Irish the Lord as the Kern is amesnable to the Law and may be punished for any offence whatsoever by the ordinary course of Common Justice All that I aim at herein is to make good the Title which in respect of the Governours who bear the Image of their Master and every true English mans Interest in the Conquest deserves not less Registring than the Chancellors Bishops Judges Sheriffs and other Officers of England of which there are particular Catalogues generally well accepted Some I confess as Geraldus Cambrensis Hoved. Mat. Par. Walsingham Holinshead Hanmer Campion and others have as their matter lay made an Essay at this Work So Reverend Camden crediting the Lord William Howard of Nayworths MS. too easily hath attempted the same in his Annals of Ireland yet so scatteringly and confused as if it were no great concern whether it were reduced ad Vmbilicum However I must own these in many things though a direct series of the Governours was never in a Body traced to the Present till now Nor did those who aimed at this Work ere touch on the Families from whence they came or excepting a few take notice of their Decease In which circumstances I have been a little curious though the length of time since the Conquest the unacquaintedness with some Families lost in their Original or confused in their Branches and the backwardness of others as if there were an obligation in it to inform one hath made me less certain than otherwise I would have been though generally most of these pass not without some Remark which I rather offer than impose And here I cannot well pass by this Epithite Chief which some accustomarily annex to the Governours of Ireland if Justices or Justice as if it were an honourable or necessary distinguishment of them from others usually so called whereas Chief is properly applied to the Chief Justice of the Kings Bench the Common Pleas or to the Chief Baron of the Exchequer others of the same Ranke being in competition with their Power but not to these they being Justices or Justice not onely in the Concreet but Abstract So Philip Basset was said to be Justitia Angliae In whom the Soveraign Power for the time is lodged without need of additional Epithites to amplifie or discriminate their Title In pursuance of which all Letters or Writs are directed to them from the King Justiciariis nostris vel Justiciario suo Hiberniae And in that Act the 33 of Hen. VIII which Authorizes the State of Ireland at the Avoidance or Death of the Kings Governour there to chuse an other in his room it is Enacted that they shall elect a Justice but speaks nothing that he should be stiled Chief Justice the superlativeness of his Power being in the Title Justice The vicissitude of Governours hath been observed by some to be exceeding prejudicial to the Publick private Respects often introducing notable change in the State according to their Interests who governed not the Publicks Diversi Imperatoribus mores Diversa fuêre studia Sometimes to the Degenerating of the Old English into the Irish Customs through their negligence and indulgence Othertimes to the alienating of the Irish by their severity from the benefit of a well tempered and orderly Government both equally destructive to the Princes service And yet too long a Residence in so eminent a Place may over-heat a great spirit if not bounded with excellent Principles Whence the Romans those great Masters of Government rarely admitted their Vicegerents to brood on a Province that their continuance there might not create Self-Interest The longest time any continued in this Government how honourable soever was never made up with happiness suitable to the anxiety of their Mind and Body Sir Henry Sidney who left as clear a Fame as any man that enjoyed the place parted with it with the words of the Psalmist When Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from a People of a strange language Judah was his Sanctuary and Israel his Dominion intimating how little satisfaction could be took in so slippery a Place amongst such a People whose Language he knew not and such variety of Interests though the most who have miscarried there have fallen through other mens Interests rather than their own failing What touches on the Person or Government of any is not writ as a History of their Times this Work was no such attempt onely as a brief and honourable mention of such as deserve the fairest Character What is more being rather to difference this from a meer Catalogue than to engage any in a History As to the late Insurrection in Ireland touching which in the first Sessions of Parliament after it brake forth there was hot disputes whether it should be termed a Rebellion or qualified more mildly such Catilines were within the House I have revived nothing in Reproach no I wish the Inhumanity of that Age may be forgot as well as pardoned though such as have had a deliverance thence and have the least sense of what the Protestants and British suffered in that sad and miserable time cannot stifle their silence without Passion since some bold Pens have avowed that there were not above xvij killed in the beginning of that horrid Massacre whereas such as will read Sir John Temples History of the Beginnings and first Progress of the General Rebellion in Ireland Printed MDCXLVI a Book writ without Passion on unquestionable Proofs by an honourable Person no ways interessed further than Truth and Conscience engaged him may there discover the Motion Cruelties and Surprizals of that unhappy Insurrection dislodging in few Weeks one hundred and forty thousand souls which I glance at onely Historically that the Serenity of the Present Times might be illustrated by the Ruggedness of those To which I should add something of the Cessation scarce by any save his Excellency inviolably observed but I am obliged to contract At first I intended not to have exceeded a Catalogue but matter flowing in my Omer hath filled an Ephah Yet I have been abridged too of what I thought the Age might have born however I do not much regret these Parings it being safer Vt veritas quamquam perutilis desiderabilis aliquamdiu suppressa lateat quam in lucem cum majorum offensâ praeproperè pariter Periculosè prorumpat all as this writ without Periods or Cadences that Truth not Rhetorick might be most prevalent In pursuit of which that Time might pass over with some cheerfulness I have with
le Butler Lord Justice created by Edw. 2. in the 9. year of his Reign Earl of Carrick He received his Commission on Friday after St. Matthews day whilest he was Governour ann scil 1316. Edward Bruce brother of Robert King of Scots so prevailed as that he was Crowned King of Ireland reigning a year England at that time saith Davies not being able to send either men or money to save the Kingdom only Sir Roger de Mortimer made Justice arrived at Youghal in Easter Week cum 38. milit and 1317. The said Robert Mortimer Lord Justice fencing with what prudence he could at last the Lord John Burmingham was sent over General who with Vernon Stapleton and the Commons of Meath c. encountring him near Dundalk overthrew his Army and flew him Et sic per manus communis Populi et dextram Dei liberatur Populus Dei a servitute machinata et praecogitata Mortimer going for England made 1318. William fitz John Archbishop of Cassel Custodem Hiberniae so that at one time he was Justice Chanceller and Archbishop He died Septemb. 15. 1326. potens dives ac venerabilis in Populo et in Clero The same year to wit Octob. 7. Alexander Bicknor Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice 1319. Sir Roger Mortimer returns out of England Lord Justice who 1320. Going into England Thomas Fitz John Earl of Kildare is substituted in his room This Year Dublin is made an University Papae Johannis XXII authoritate Alexander Bicknor Archbishop of Dublin much furthering so excellent a Design the publick place for whose exercise was St. Patricks Church allowed of to this day in their more solemn Commencements caeterum deficientibus facultatibus quibus alumni alerentur Academia ipsa paulatim defecit as others at Armagh and Ross-Carbery or Ross-Alithry had done before as since at Tradagh Anno 5 Edw. 4. graced with the same Priviledges as Oxford so Sir James Ware Though in the reign of H. 7. there remained some Tracts of this excellent Work an Annual Salary to several Lecturers in Divinity being duly paid by virtue of what had been ordered in a Provincial Council held at Dublin in Trinity Church before Walter Fitz Simons Archbishop of Dublin Since the University of Dublin of which in its own place we shall speak more hath been favourably restored by Queen Elizabeth March 3. anno MDXCI from whence there hath shot forth many useful Lights in the Common Firmament besides Dr. James Vsher Archbishop of Ardmagh one of the greatest magnitude for general Learning and Piety the last Ages can truly boast of who was the first of the Scholars admitted into the Queens Foundation gradually proceeding according to his years Yet though Ireland for the succession of some Ages was esteemed the School of Literature and the Mart of excellent manners It is observable that very few if any of the Natives ever flourished in England either in the Ecclesiastick or Civil State though many English increased in much honour and wealth there which Fuller in his Worthies p. 67. attributes to this That we love to live there where we may command and they care not to live where they must obey Certainly the defect rests much in themselves having been at all times indulged on their Addresses and are men of parts and capacities deep as others 'T is true There were some Acts made in Henry the 6. reign against Irish men inhabiting here in England in the Universities or being Heads or Governours of any Hall or House or to live in England without some previous considerations As it was decreed at a Council held at Cleonard in Ireland 1163. Gelacius Archbishop of Ardmagh being President Vt nullus deinceps ad Theologiam publice praelegendum admitteretur nisi qui Academiae Armachanae fuerit alumnus Yet I believe this was not the cause of those Statutes but some more pressing occasion since which Time and a friendlier Education hath long worn out so as by an Act in Ireland the 13 of King James there is a Repeal of divers Statutes concerning the Natives for as much as they and the Inhabitants without difference and distinction were taken into his Majesties gracious protection and do now live under one Law as dutiful Subjects of our Sovereign Lord and Monarch that nothing now incapacitates them to be as growing and acceptable here as we are there but a deficiency in their application 1321. John Birmingham Earl of Louth so created for his excellent service against Bruce near Dundalk Lord of Authenry was made Lord Justice He was treacherously murthered by Macgohegan and other Irish men 1329. with several of his Family at Balybragan 1322. Ralph de Gorges Lord Justice an ancient Family in Glocestershire 1323. Sir John Darcy Lord Justice arrived at Dublin Febr. 2. Sub EDWARDO III. 1327. Thomas Fitz John Earl of Kildare Lord Justice Obiit 1328. on Tuesday in Easter week at Maynoth 1328. Roger Outlaw Prior of Kilmainam succeeded Lord Justice He was Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and Chancellour of Ireland 1329. Sir John Darcy second time Lord Justice who going for England deputes 1330. Prior Roger Outlaw hiâ— Lieutenant Justice 1331. Sir Anthony Lucy not unlikely of Charle-cot in Warwick shire a person of great Authority in England was sent over Lord Justice June 3. who endeavoured by a severe course the Times requiring it to reduce the degenerate Nation to a more ready obedience But staying not long which some impute as a principal cause of the unhappiness of that Kingdom effected little as too frequent change oâ— Governours often subjects formeâ— Councils and proceedings to a disadvantage 1332. Sir John Darcy the third time Lord Justice arrived at Dubliâ— February 13. He went into Scotland out of Ireland with an Army 1333. And left in his stead as Lord Justice Thomas de Burgh a Clergy man then Treasurer of Ireland 1337. Sir John Charleton Miles â—â— Baro came Lord Justice in Festo â—alixti Papae but not behaving himself as it was expected he was complained of by his Brother Thoâ—as Charleton Chancellour of Ireland and Bishop of Hereford who 1338. Was made Justice Custos or Guardian of the Realm He had been for a time Treasurer of England anno sci 1329. He died Jan. 11. 1343. and hath a reasonable fair Tomb in the North wall of the North cross Isle over against the Clock in Hereford Cathedral 1340. Roger Outlaw Prior of Kilmainam succeeded Charleton in the Government He died February 13. at Any in Comitatu Leinster aâ—â— then the King by his Letters Pateâ—â— in the 14 Year of his Reign maâ—â— John Darcy Justice for life 1341. Sir John Morris Davâ—â—â— calls him Sir William othâ—â—â— Sir John came into Ireland in Mâ—â— Lord Justice 1344. Sir Ralph Vfford probâ—bly of Vfford in Suffolk a Relation of Sir Robert mentioned before a man of courage and severitâ— came into Ireland with his Consoâ—â— the Countess of
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
the prey they got VVith thunder and with lightning they proclaim Their Gospel as the Jews receiv'd their Laws VVith Mahomet's zeal they advance their Cause And to convert the Land they set it on a flame Your Father soon to stop their fury came Lest all the Land should be to ashes turn'd But whilst he quench'd the fire himself almost was burn'd VII Now the blest smiles of Peace and Love All frowns and animosities remove Nothing is left behind of VVar But here and there an ugly skar Great Ormond was the Augustus whose command To perfect Loyalty and Peace reduced the Land Ormond our great Apollo whose Renown Did best deserve the Muses Crown VVho rules in VVar and Peace with equal fame And all his faithful services justly claim A loyal Subject's and true Patriot's Name Brave Essex in his Power succeeds Fam'd for his own and his great Fathers deeds VVhose gallant Death and Actions do inspire His soul with such Heroick fire As flam'd in the young Graecian's breast when he Did a fam'd Generals Statue see So well this Hero fills his Princes Throne That he deserves to rule a Kingdom of his own VIII Here Sir you stop and now we may look back On all the various Scenes you track Here we the Historians Art may justly praise And there the History may our wonder raise VVith truth and eloquence you write Of Truth the strong Materials are made And the Foundation firmly laid On which a solid structure you erect VVhich is with Language aptly deckt You neither are with fear nor flattery led But in the paths of truth severely tread Truth which we often hate and will not find Because with Interest and Envy we are blind As the damn'd spirits of Eternal Night Dread the least Glimpse of Light And often Truth so hides her face That Errours we for Truth embrace And Truth in the dark seat of Errour place So when a glorious Comet here Doth after various turns of Heaven appear The Wise know 't is an harmless Star but all The long mistaken Vulgar call This Star a Meteor and its influence fear But when a flaming Meteor from a far Falls down the People then call it a Falling-star Z. Isham ERRATA PAge 2. Verse 2. sed for p. 7. l. 2. Beckly for Becktiâ— p. 17. in the close of that page add Mariscus being â—â—nt for into England quits the Government p. 20. custoâ—iae for custodia p. 10. dele the Quotations of Camd. and â—anmer p. 32. in the margent read Pryn in his Hist p. â—8 l. 14. dele he p. 40. l. 6. Robert for Roger. p. 72. l. 4. Decemb. â— for 21. p. 84. l. 17. England for Ireland p. 97. l. 19. 23 â—or 33. p. 98. l. 20. read in Kild p. 102. l. 4. 1538 for 1528. p. 104. l. 9. Garny for Grany p. 109. after April 1. add St. Leger the 4 of August returns Vice Roy. p. 119. l. 4. add with that Power p. 145. l. 10. add Loftusios p. 149. l. 1. Minister for Master p. 159. l. 17. Laxtoviae for Laxtoniae p. 168. l. 4. coequal for coeval p. 172. l. 2. read a Dysent p. 174. l. 4. extitial for exitial p. 180. l. 13. dele being p. 183. l. 6. Carey for Carew p. 197. l. 12. Hiberniae for Hibernia p. 198. redeat for reddat p. 204. l. 10. Consilii for Concilii in the Plate read In utroque fidelis p. 213. l. 12. Majestatis for Majeâ—â—ati so in p. 217. p. 251. l. 18. add who had it from p. 258. l. 13. dele in p. 274. l. 21. add and some Seculars p. 230. l. â—3 for some read both Other Omissions or Errata's if any are obvious to an easie Correction if the common favour may be indulged A DISCOURSE Introductive to the CATALOGUE of the Governours of IRELAND THe Rise and Growth of Kingdoms have been no less the Subject then the Industry of the ablest Pens yet their Original after the strictest Inquiries have in most things been found so obscure as if the dark side of the Cloud were still towards us no Nation being so meanly descended but that they something in their Temper which vaunts to be more ancient and noble then others thereby as Sir Walter Rawleigh observes thinking to glorifie their own Nations hence their innate affections to their Country leaves Truths too often dark and sullied to Posterity Of which Spirit the Irish Chronicles participate too much yielding few Tracts of their Original before the Conquest by Henry the second but what seems fabulous and vain most of the History of the Ancients as well as their Philosophy which indeed was their Theology being delivered to Posterity by no better then Bards Sic honor Nomen Divinis vatibus atque Carminibus venit Hor. de Art Poet. in as much as when I read their Chronicles so many absurdities appear as I am in doubt whether I should take them for a Legend or an History to avoid which I shall impose nothing but the plain Story on the Reader It seems strange scarce credible that after so many years possession of Ireland any should dare question the right of England to that part of its just Empire And yet such have been the insinuations of some whose spirits like the foaming Sea are unwilling to be confined that I have of late seen many Queries started to enfeeble if possible this Right And Walsh in his Vindication of the Loyal Formulary will tell you of one Mahony a Jesuite his Apologetical Disputation De jure regni Hiberniae pro Catholicis Hybernis adversos Haereticos Anglos maintains that no King of England nor Crown nor People nor State of that Kingdom had at any time any kind of right to the Kingdom of Ireland or any part thereof with many other damnable positions condemned to be burnt by order of the National Congregation at Kilkenny which if he had not mentioned might happily have been unknown to the Natives at this day who forsooth conceive themselves descended from a Progeny much injured by being imposed on by the Laws and Customs of England whereas nothing is more evident then that Ireland was at first inhabited by the Britains the Scythians Goths Spaniards Danes and other Easterlings falling in afterwards as the vicissitude of time administred opportunity though if there had not been this Title to the Dominion of Ireland yet Conquest had been a sufficient one especially since it was at first undertook against a Nation meerly Pyrates Barbarous and Inhumane against the Laws of Nature and Nations which the Lord Verulam in his Considerations touching a War with Spain as Grotius in his excellent Piece De jure Belli Pacis notably well argues But Jephtes Plea to the Ammonitesâ—ustifies â—ustifies England at this day the Bishop of Romes own Proctors having not more to produce then Prescription for their Masters right to Rome it self of which I should saymore but though some cherish other thoughts â—ew as the Scene now lies have the
Temerity to enforce them No sooner was Ireland subjugated to the Imperial Crown of England by a Colony of Welch under the conduct of Fitz-Stephen with Maurice Fitz-Gerard Maurice de Prendergast principally commanded by Strongbow Earl of Pembroke permitted by King Henry the second then in Aquitain to adventure their fortunes but they succeeding King Henry the Second the third Year after the Invasion viz. Anno 1172. armed with Pope Adrians and Alexanders Bulls lands on St. Lukeâ— Eve at Croch near Waterford marching by easie steps to Dublin oppiduâ— super Crates so obtains a Kingdom though it hath since appeared that the Popes donation and the Irish submissions were but weak and fickle assurances to establish his Dominions Where having took the fealty oâ— the Subject Kings of the Country and Clergy who bear no little sway in most mutations he there evidenced the greatness of his mind in several Entertainments and gratious condescentions and having setled the Peace of the Kingdom and the Order of the Church according to England in a Synod at Cassel he on Easter-day following leaves Ireland under a Constituted Government which to this day continues in such an esteem as no Vice-Roy in Christendom Naples not excepted ever arrived at so signal a Grandeur little of the Power committed to the Governours being abated of their Sovereigns unless in the conferring of some Offices which if they be not at their bestowing are frequently consented to on their commending nay some of the Governours as the Earl of Essex and others had it in their Commissions to pardon even Treason it self That at this day we may look on the Governours of Ireland as armed with as ample Power as any Subject is capable of Parliaments being held under their Precedency with Statutes Ordinances and Acts passed Coram Justitiario Deputato or Locum tenente such or such an one as they were entituled by the King whom Camden in his Annals 1565. towards the end says until the time of Ed. 3. they were called Justices of Ireland and their Lieutenant Deputies though by his good leave I find they were sometimes called Custodes othertimes Generales Hiberniae Procuratores though when the King would seem to honour any with the greatest Titles he stiles them Lieutenants who have generally power to depute their Deputy Venia a Rege prius impetrata and yet then he that is so deputed is stiled the Kings Deputy as in the Irish Statutes the 28 of H. 8. Coram dilecto fideli suo Domino Leonardo Gray milite Domino GRAY DEPUTATO IPSIUS DOMINI REGIS ac praecharissimi dilectissimi consanguinei sui Henrici Ducis Richmond Somerset de prosapia sua orti Locum tenentis suae terrae Dominii sui Hiberniae And in elder Ages we do find that the same Condescension was also indulged Justiciario Regis as Prynn in his History of Edw. 1. where writing to the Bishop of Waterford he directs his Letters to him vel ejus Locum tenenti as also fol. 382. and many other places but whether the one or the other their power was for the most part of like authority and say others Synonima Magna certe nominum varietas sed quae olim aliquando cum nonnullis aliis ex Authorum praevaricatione in eundem competebant Magistratum ut in his sparsâ—n vocibus depreâ—enderis Before whom all Ensigns of Honour as the Sword Mace c. are carried the service at the Table being sometimes on the Knee they have power also of Knighthood and the very Liturgy is not without a particular Collect answerable to their Titles for their Government and safety their Council is the Privy Council made up of some Bishops more Lords the principal Judges the Presidents of Connaught and Munster the Master of the Rolls the Vice-Treasurer Master of the Ordnance the Secretary of State and others as the King is pleased to summon them to the Board In emergencies or cases of more difficult nature Dr. Heylyn in his Cosmography writes they proceeded sometimes in an Arbitrary way without formalities of Law which hath been much decried by the Parliament begun at Dublin 1639. and complained of as a grievance in as much as an honourable person an eminent Instrument of State writing an History of the beginnings of the late Rebellion in Ireland worthy to be had in every mans eye there takes occasion to tell with what lenity the present Governours addressed themselves to the abrogating of exorbitances of Paper Petitions or Bills in civil Causes exhibited at the Council Board or before any other by their Authority sufficient to evidence its dislike And by the 13. Article of the Peace agreed on at the Castle of Kilkenny the 17 of January 1648. it was concluded that the Council Table should contain it self within its proper bounds c. and not intermeddle with common business that is within the cognizance of the ordinary Courts so sensible have all Times been of what might intrench on the known Laws and Priviledges But leaving this the Authority of the Governours without assuming Irregularities is great and that they may be known we shall here intrust their memory to Posterity The Chief Governours of Ireland under the Soveraignty of the Kings of England since the Conquest thereof by Henry the Second A. D. MCLXXII to the Year MDCLXXIV KIng Henry the Second having in his own Person setled Affairs in Ireland constituted at his departure thence for England 1172. Hugh Lacy Lord Justice who Dignitate omnes Regni Proceres potestate omnes superabat Magistratus A person endued with great vertue and prudence He continued in the Government till that 1173. Richard de Clare Earl of Pembroke and Strigil sirnamed Strongbow was sent over Lord Justice He died 1176. and lies buried in Christ Church Dublin where he hath a Monument for his Son cut off by the middle and himself with this Epitaph Nate ingrate mihi pugnanti terga dedisti Non mihised genti sed regno quoque terga dedisti He founded the Priory of Kilmainam about the Year 1174. whose endowing King Henry the Second confirmed upon whose death 1177. Reymund le Grose Governour of the Earls Family having married Basil the Earls sister was chosen Lord Justice by the consent of the surviving Council who on notice of the Kings pleasure surrenders 1177. To Audelmâ—r â—r Aldelm tanquam Senescallo a Reâ—e in Regnum transmisso the Kings â—ewer Taster or Dapifer Procuratori â—oyning with him John Curcy Roâ—ert Fitz Stephen Miles de Cogan â—s Counsellors not Commissioners â—s is evident by Audelms Charter â—edeemed from the Rubbish Henricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae Dominus Hiberniae Dux Normanniae Aquitaniae Comes Andegaviae Archiepiscopis Episcopis Regibus Comitibus Baronibus omnibus fidelibus suis Hiberniae salutem Sciatis me Dei gratia sanum esse incolumem negotia mea bene honorifice procedere Ego vero quam cito potero vacabo