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
SANS CHANGIER THE REDUCTION OF IRELAND To the CROWN of ENGLAND With the GOVERNOURS since the Conquest by King HENRY II. Anno MCLXXII With some Passages in their Government A Brief Account of the Rebellion Anno Dom. MDCXLI Also The Original of the Universitie of DUBLIN And the COLLEDGE of Physicians Salust Bell. Jugurth Imagines majorum ad Virtutem accendunt LONDON Printed by Andr. Clarke for Robert Clavel at the Peacock in St. Pauls Church-yard 1675. To the Right Honourable CHARLES Earl of Derby Lord Lieutenant of the Counties Palatines of Cheshire and Lancashire Chamberlain of CHESTER ' And Lord of MAN and the Isles MY LORD SInce I had the Honor to know your Lordship I have not been in Pain to Whom I should Dedicate this Treatise no Person being more Eminent to Whom I might with less solicitation or more Humanity approach than to your Lordship Who hath that Felicity in your Nature as not to make Retiredness One of the Essentials of your Greatness but being clothed with Virtue dare own her Natives as Allies and Acquaintance Hence I have presumed to Entrust under your Auspicious Name These eminent Persons to Posterity that They being warmed by your Aspect may survive the Assaults and Injuries of Time and Oblivion Nor will it be otherwise than Justice in You to own Them for besides their Heroickness and Vertue Qualities inherent to the Birth the Catalogue affords some from whose Loins you are immediately descended so as in your own Person to fulfil what They were but Types and Shadows of Besides the Interest of England much appears in the series of this Discourse and I know none to whom it is dearer or more entire than your self having made Religion and Allegiance the Pillars of your Family though your Repose keeps you from the Fume as the Envy of the Court. But that I may not wander from the great Motive I must yet say my Obligations to your Lordship enjoins this Address that amongst those Testimonies which the grateful pay This may remain an acknowledgment of his Devoir who is My Lord Your Lordships most obliged devoted humble Servant Ed. Borlase To the Right Honourable DOROTHEA-HELLENA de Ruppaw COUNTESS DOWAGER OF DERBY MADAM SOme years since casting my Eye on a Catalogue of the Ministers of State I thought it a defect in History that such Persons as had immediately born the Supream Office under their Soveraign as the Governours of Ireland than whom none comes in State and Dignitie nearer the Confines of Majesty should want their just Register imperfect ones adulterated with other circumstances I have seen many And there upon though conscious of much Tenuity I applied my leisure to reduce their Succession to the present Age. But not being satisfied with my endeavours no more than with the late crude Efforts of others in this kind I suspended the Work till MDCLXXII that the excellent Charles Earl of Derby your illustrious Lord vouchsafed his Mecoenacie on which I resumed strength But He being that Year unseasonably hewed down by many complicate distempers better born than evicted I languished in the Combate yet after some pause having nothing to offer at his Shrine to whom so much is due but what before his death was the oblation I thought it ingratitude to withdraw it whilest I might presume on your countenance ever ready to secure his Indulgence and extend Yours though after all â— fear I have with most Painters drawn an excellent face to its disadvantage the work being much maimed of what I intended some things in this Age being not safe to think of much less to publish However having traced the Succession of the Empire to the present I know not on the score of having designed it for my Lord whom to entitle it more proper to than to your self his Relique descended from a Noble Progenie clear in its Original more by its sufferings in a Cause the State and Supream Council of this Kingdom once owned with all imaginable Zeal it being thought Infidelity and Cruelty yea Improvidence and folly not to succour it and therefore you are the likelier by a Sympathy to countenance those who by a series of Troubles have waded through the Affronts of an unsetled and subtle Nation at whose Helm many of my Lords Ancestors have long sate As also those and their Ancestors too with whom your illustrious Son hath contracted the nearest and most honourable Alliance so as this leads you to their Merits whose Effigies you have often reverenced in your Gallery than which I had nothing more solemn to offer though this intrusion summons all your Vertues to absolve Madam Your Ladyships most obliged humble Servant Ed. Borlase TO THE READER REader I have in this Treatise of the Governours of Ireland endeavoured to bring down their Succession to this present year that you may see through how many Channels the ticklish Government of that Kingdom hath passed since the first Conquest of it by Henry II. more then five hundred years In a less Circuit than which the greatest Monarchs have felt a Change so that if a circumstance about a Name the Title of a Person the Day of his Admittance or the Year in such variety of Alterations as that poor Kingdom hath suffered be mistook the Errour may easily be excused And yet my diligence to avoid these exceptions hath been such that I have not omitted the best Counsel I could consult with ransacking the known and most approved Authors though I have not always Quoted them conceiving that the distinguishing of their sense by the change of Characters the naming them a little before or the mentioning at first on what Subject this or that man writ tacitely implies where the Proof may be had accounting nothing more disingenious than not to own whence the Treasure hath been digged Wherein my Task indeed might have been much facilitated would such as long since promised an account of the Progress of the whole Warr of Ireland have contributed a Record to the Building But they having passed over their time bury their Talent And had I hereupon desisted I might happily have consulted more my own Quietness nothing of this nature being ever exposed without Censure or Misapprehension sufficient to deterr me but so Hippolitus his scattered Pieces may be collected I shall hope some more fortunate Genius may hereafter infuse a life worthy their Merits and Vertue Where the Chronicles and private Records failed me the Irish Statutes in part supplied the Defect yet so as they onely named such as have been Governours under which Parliaments were holden never reciting those to whom at other times the Imperial Ensigns were committed nor do they record the Date of their Inauguration or Removal of those they mention Yet the Irish Statutes as to many circumstances afford much light and I have not omitted their Testimony Records of Parliament being the best History and though some of them are exoluted in respect of the time for which they were calculated yet
him that shortly after he died A man certainly of great courage Nobly born and had born â—reat Offices as Colonel General of the English under the States of the Low-Countries Marshal of the Army under the Earl of Hohenlo President of Munster General of the Auxiliaâ—y English in Britain in France Affairs through all Ireland especially in the North and Connaght growing turbulent Russel was recalled â—nd 1597. The Lord Burroughs a man of a sharp wit and great courage but scarce initiated into the very Elements of War was made Lord Deputy He soon yet marched into Vlster and without any great resistance took Blakewater but in his full pathway to Victory he died in that Province leaving the great desires of him to the good and to the bad longer security Up on his death 1597. Sir Thomas Norris Presâ—dent of Munster Son of Hen. Lorâ— Norris of Ricot and Brother to Siâ— John Norris was October 30. choseâ— Lord Justice and upon further Instructions from the Queen confirmed therein He died through thâ— neglect of a small wound 1597. Adam Loftus Archbishoâ— of Dublin Lord Chancellor anâ— Sir Robert Gardiner Chief Justice were appointed Justices of Ireland and the Army was committed to thâ— Earl of Ormond under the Title oâ— Lieutenant General in whose timâ— the Fort of Blakewater was yielded up to the Rebels After that Marshal Bagnal and others were slaiâ— in the thickest of the Crowd A Victory the like the Irish never gained since the English first set foot iâ— Ireland 1598. Robert Earl of Essex April 15. was made L. Lieutenant Son of Walter Devoreux Earl of Essex that excellent and worthy person who for the Honour of his Country had freely spent much of his Estate in Ireland formerly mentioned but never to be reflected on too often whose Vertues streaming in his Son the Queen setled in this place His Commission with a plausible Policy was dispatched to prosecute or conclude the War to pardon any offence of Treason or any thing against the Queen even Tir-Oen himself so that being furnished with 16000 Foot and 1300 Horse accompanied with many of the Prime Gentlemen of England he came into Ireland but effected little meeting much strange and contrary advice in Council so returned on the Queens resentment and in the year 1601. February 25. was beheaded within the Tower of London Amongst others that came to observe the Tragoedy one more eminent than the rest got as near to him as he could well enough as it was thought satisfied in the Spectacle which escaped not a general Censure He himself being being beheaded in the 16 of King James 1618. though a Person of great Parts and Abilities The Earl was a person singularly obliging especially to Scholers and Souldiers and if we may believe Sir Henry Wotton in his solemn Purposes of a firm and unshaken Allegiance Religion and Fidelity being inherent to his Nature whose Actions saith the Lord Bacon were faults which the Law might term Contempts yet they might have deserved a Dispensation his last inconsiderate Action deserving â—ather in Charity the Title of a Riot than of a Treason he having ever aimed at the Honour and Security of his Country But what can be sufficient against Envy managed by the subtilty of such as had charmed the Ears of a jealous Princess At his quitting the Government 1599. Adam Loftus Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor and Sir George Carey Treasurer at War September 24. were left Lords Justices Archbishop Loftus of Swinshead in Yorkshire died in his Palace of St. Sepulchres Dublin April 5. 1605. and was buried in St. Patricks after that he had sate 37 years and almost 8 moneths in the Bishoprick He was as is formerly expressed a profitable Agent in procuring the Foundation of the Colledge of Dublin and though a Bishop the first Honorary Master thereof 1599. Sir Charles Blount Lord Mountjoy Knight of the Garter afterwards by King James made Earl of Devonshire as descended from an Heir of Humphrey Staffords Earl of Devonshire was October 28. made Lord Lieutenant but arrived not in Ireland till Feb. 24. following lodging that night at the Lord of Houths the next day he received the Sword at the Council Board who so effectually prosecuted the War against Tir-Oen after the notable defeat given to the Spanish Forces under Don Juan de Aquila at Kinsale Dec. 14. 1601. where saith the Lord Bacon in his Treatise of a War with Spain there appeared no other difference between the Valour of the Irish Rebels and the Spaniards but that the one ran away before they were charged and the other straight after that he brought Tir-Oen to a submission at Mellifont and in him ended that War which had cost the Crown of England so vast a sum 1198717 l. In which service Sir George Carey President of Munster afterwards Earl of Totness was very active betwixt whom and the Lord Lieutenant generally there was a good agreement though once the Contest grew so high as that the Lord Lieutenant writ to the President that he would rather serve the Queen in Prison than in Ireland where any Souldiers should not march at his command A difference afterwards well composed though such as read Pacata Hibernia may soon find at whose Honour it most aims Sub JACOBO Rege 1603. The said Lord Mountjoy continued for some time Lord Lieutenant who going for England carried Tir-Oen with him who was graciously received by the King and returned with Honours Not long after he complotted however fresh Rebellions which being detected and he proclaimed Traitor he fled privately into Normandy 1607. thence to Flanders then to Rome where he lived on the Popes allowance became blind and died 1616. His son was some years after found strangled in his Bed at Brussels and so ended this Race The Earl of Devonshire to whom so much is owing for his excellent Service in Ireland died Octob. 6. 1606. at the Savoy in the Strand and was buried in great Pomp in Westminster Abbey Of whom 't is better nothing now to say Then say too little for there rests behind A Trophy to be erected that will stay To all Posterities and keep in mind That glorious Art which did a Kingdom save Kept the Crown whole and made the Peace we have 1603. Sir George Carey Treasurer at War June 1. was made Lord Deputy he in the first year of his Majesties Reign made the first Sheriffs that ever served in Tirone and Tirconnel and shortly after sent Sir Edmund Relham Chief Baron and Sir John Davies Attorney General of Ireland the first Justices of Assize in those Countries which were welcom to the Commons though distasteful to the Irish Lords 1604. Sir Arthur Chichester a Gentleman who had done excellent Service in the Wars of Ireland giving therein frequent proofs of his Valour and Conduct was Febr. 3. made Lord Deputy He established two new Circuits for Justices of Assize the one in Connaght and
some others attainted for the Insolencies he had done during his Deputyship Which Act was repealed in the 11 year of Queen Eliz. the Earl of Kildare's Brothers and Sisters being thereby restored to their Blood as in King Edw. 6. his Reign Gerald Earl Thomas's Brother was restored to his ancient Inheritance and by Q. Mary May 14. 1554. to his Honour and Baron of Offaly who returning the same Year into Ireland was received with great Applause by the people though his Brother had been beheaded and 5 Uncles hanged at Tiburn Febr. 3. 1537. And it was further also enacted in this Parliament that the King his Heirs and Successors should be Supream Head of the Church of Ireland prohibiting also Appeals to Rome This Lord Gray was in the Year 1541. beheaded on Tower-hill about June 25. for having as it was conjectured joined with Cardinal Pool and others of the Kings Enemies notwithstanding his good Service against O-Donnel and O-Neal as also in France and other places the Council of Ireland with whom he often wrangled having much prejudiced him in the Kings thoughts At his going for England 1540. Sir William Brereton afterwards Marshal of Ireland Ancestor of the Breretons of Brereton in Cheshire since Baron of Laghlin in Ireland was left Justice who died the same year at Kilkenny in his journey towards Limerick and was buried in St. Canicus's Church in Kilkenny 1540. Sir Anthony St. Leger a Kentish man Vnus Nobilium Secretioris Camerae Regis July 25. Lord Deputy sworn in Trinity Church in Dublin in this form viz. YOu shall swear that you shall faithfully and truly to your power serve our Sovereign Lord the Kings Majesty in the Room and Authority of Lord Deputy and Chief Governour of this his Realm of Ireland you shall maintain and defend the Laws of God and the Christian Faith You shall to your power not only keep his Majesties Peace amongst his People but also maintain his Officers and Ministers in the execution and administration of Justice You shall defend his Majesties Castles Garrisons Dominions People and Subjects of this Realm and repress his Rebels and Enemies You shall not consent to the Damage and Disherizen of his Majesty his Heirs or Successors neither shall you suffer the right of the Crown to be destroyed by any way but shall let it to your power and if you cannot let the same you shall certifie his Majesty clearly and expresly thereof You shall give your true and faithful Counsel for the Kings Majesties Profit and his Highness Council you shall conceal and keep All other things for the preservation of his Majesties Realm of Ireland the Peace amongst his People the execution of his Justice according to his Majesties Laws Vsages and Customs of this his Highness Realm you shall perform and do to your power So God you help and the Contents of this Book Before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin June 13. the 33 of H. 8. in which it was enacted that the King and his Successors should be Kings of Ireland not but that before by the name of Lord of Ireland they had all Sovereign Jurisdiction and Preheminence but as a Title more repleat with Majesty ut dum colit terras ipso nomine titulo Regis Consecraretur which Title the 7 of the Ides of June 1555. Paul the 4. Bishop of Rome confirmed not being able to take away that which H. 8. had before decreed To him the Irishry and degenerate English make their several submissions by Indenture as formerly to H. 2. to King John to Edw. 1. to Richard 2. and now to Sir Anthony St. Leger in 33 of H. 8. 1543. Sir Anthony going into England leaves Febr. 10. Sir William Brabazon Lord Justice 1544. Sir Anthony St. Leger Kt. of the Garter August 11. the second time arrives at Dublin Lord Deputy who going for England 1546. Leaves Sir William Brabazon the second time Lord Justice who took his Oath in Christ Church Dublin April 1. Sub EDWARDO VI. 1547. The said Sir Anthony St. Leger continued Governour first under the title of Lord Justice the Deputy He overcame the O-Birns c. To him was sent from England Sir Edward Billingham unus è nobilibus Secretioris Camerâ— Regis titulo Capitanei Generalis Viâ— fortitudine militari scientia clarus with 600 Horse and 400 Foot whâ— so powerfully pursued the O-More and O-Connars as they submitted tâ— the Deputy for which Service he was Knighted and made Marshal oâ— Ireland 1548. Sir Edward Billingham landed at Dalkie in the Vigils oâ— Whitsontide and the second day after received the Sword in Trinity Church Dublin Brian O-Connar and Patrick O-More great Lords of â—â—ix and Offaly whom he had formerly subdued St. Leger takes with him into England to whom the King gives a yearly Pension of 100l â— piece O-More dies at London within the year the ensuing year Billingham being maligned by some â—f the Council is called into England at whose departure the Council of Ireland offered him Commendatory Letters to which he replied that Credo Resurrectionem â—â—rtuorum if my innocency cannot protect me subterfugies shall not do it my Enemies may kill me but not conquer me He died in England the year following more of grief than a disease after that he had cleared himself of the accusation and it was resolved to have sent him again Deputy into Ireland He was a fervent Protestant and an excellent Governour spending his whole allowance in Hospitality calling thâ— same his dear Masters meat none â—â— his own cost He took Ship aâ— Houth Decemb. 16. And 1549. The Chancellor and other having the Kings leave elect Sir Fâ— Brian Marshal of the Army the King Favourite Lord Justice during thâ— Kings pleasure who in Christ Church Dublin was sworn Decemb. 29. Anâ— Febr. 2. he died at Clonmel advancing against O-Carol and was buried in the Cathedral Church iâ— Waterford in great State 1549. February 2. Sir William Brabazon Vice Treasurer was made Lord Justice the third time who effectually pursued Charles Macart Cavenach who of late had flown again into Rebellion Brabazon died the 7. of the Ides of July in the Tents in Vlster and was buried in Trinity Church Dublin and his Heart carried into England 1550. Sir Anthony St. Leger about September 10. arrived at Dubâ—â—n the fourth time Lord Deputy â—â— whom Charles Mac-art Caveâ—â—ch submitted himself solemnly renouncing before him the Council â—â—d many Lords the name Macâ—urrogh On the surrender of Bulâ—in to the French they paid a considerable sum 8000 l. of which â—ame for Ireland with 400 men with a charge that the Laws of England should be there administred and the Mutinous severely suppressed and saith my Author it may seem strange that among all the horrible Hurries in England Ireland was then almost quiet which must be imputed either to the Kings withdrawing much People thence which otherwise would have disquieted affairs at home or else
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
Library bestowed on the University as the other was by the late Army Quos Deputatus docuit saith Caesar Williamson primum Armorum usum deinde Librorum and much more very elegantly he speaks in that Oration concluding with Philadelphus's Library in Alexandria to which Numero Libâ—orum cedimus virtute superamus Since Sir Jerome Alexander second Justice in the Common-Pleas in Ireland by his last Testament hath bestowed his Library of Law Books and others upon the Colledge with 100 l. for fitting a place for his Library Also he bequeathed 500 l. in Money to be laid out in an additional Building to the same Colledge to be called Alexanders Buildings He also gave 24 l. real Estate per annum thus to be disposed of viz. 7 l. per annum to the Library Keeper 20 s. yearly for a Sermon on Christmass day to be preached in the Colledge in memory of Gods mercy in sending his Son then to save Sinners and the remainder to be disposed of monethly to such poor persons as the Provost and Seniour Fellows shall think fit The residue of his Estate he gave unto his Daughter Elizabeth Alexander provided she married no Irish man or any related to that Interest if she did or died without Issue the whole Estate he setled on the Colledge of Dublin that at this day many things conspire to advance that Foundation Semper Pax tua moenia Colat semper in Aedibus Tuis Copia Dextra Larga munera fundat Dulcis Collegii Domus Te Pax incola sospitet Leges Numinis omnia Pervadant Loca Jernes Vt Ros tenella gemmulis argenteiâ— Pingit Syonis gramina Sic gratiarum gemmulis Coelestibus Pingas Jernes Pectora But to return to Sir William Fitz Williams Deputy in whose time this happy Work was effected in memory of whom his Arms on the Gate are left to posterity He descended from the Fitz Williams of Sprotsburg Knights an ancient Family in Yorkshire who in his own person had been long experienc'd in the Wars he was of an high and elated spirit in as much as Walter Earl of Essex 1573. desiring to go into Vlster against the Rebels was by this Governour much opposed lest the splendor of so great a man should eclipse his Honour But the Queen constant to her own Election would by no means gratifie Fitz-Williams in diverting the Earls Voyage yet ordered he should take the Commission of his Government from the Deputy which to testifie the eminency of his Power he granted by which he was Governour of Vlster but after such Attendance as the reflection of it hath made some Remarks very observable in our Deputies Government At length the Earl discontented with those perfidious passages which he found encouraged against him in Ireland retired into England where Leicester the better to overthrow him with Honour got him sent back with the vain Title of Earl Marshal of Ireland where pining away with Grief and Dysentery some write Poison he died at Dublin and was buried at Caermarden in Wales where he was born A most excellent man saith Camd. in whom sweetness of manners contended with his Nobleness of Birth This Dysentery or Flux so fatal to this worthy Person is commonly termed the Country Disease and well it may for it reigns no where so Epidemically as in Ireland tainting Strangers as well as Natives But whether it proceeds from the peculiar Disposition of the Air Errour in Diet the laxity and waterishness of the Meat or some Occult cause no venomous Creature living there to suck that which may be thought in other Countries well distributed amongst reptitious Animals I shall not determine though each of these circumstances may well conduce to its strength and vigour Certain it is that Regular Diet preserves most from the violence and many from the Infection of this Disease yet as that which is thought very soveraign besides those particular applications due to several symptomes arising thence viz. Gripings Tenesmus's c. which have their particular Cures obvious to every knowing Physician I must say that the stronger Cordial Liquors viz. Brandy Vsquebah Treacle and Mithridate Waters are very proper or the Electuaries themselves and the like quorum particulae summe activae dum vasorum splanchnicorum oscula facilè subierint humores exundaturos repellerent Judicially observed by Dr. Willis in his Pharmaceutice Rationalis for that besides their Energie to make the Bloud more lively they may also strengthen it to a Diaphoretick motion whereby what is offensive to the Bloud as ichorous and acid humours often irritating such extitial expulsions may thence be thrown off into the habit of the Body so by a Diaphoresis happily evert the Humour Of late in extremity great use hath been made of Swines dung drank in a convenient vehicle Nor is it a Medicine merely Emperical it having from the nature of the Creature to eject it always moist an Anodine quality highly conducing to dulcorate the Humour apt to ferment with so much virulency not to enlarge on other qualities wherewith it may be thought to be indued At his departure 1594. Sir William Russel Youngest Son of Francis Earl of Bedford August 11. was made Lord Deputy to whom Tir-Oen submitted himself but as all submissions of the Irish generally proved prejudicial to the â—â—â—te it being observed by Caesar Williamson in the Epistle to his Oration on the Kings Coronation day that ex omnibus gentibus vix ullam â—â—perias cui peccare flere magis naâ—â—rale est He soon fell into Rebelâ—ion and the Deputy to strengthen his ability in the management of the War besought the Queen to assist him with some able Souldiers upon which Sir John Norris excellently skilled in Martial Discipline contrary to the Deputies expectation was sent over 1595. who much wished for Baskervile Tir-Oen upon Norris's arrival fell to his old Artifice of Complying but was detected and proclaimed Traitor under the name of Hugh O-Neal Son of Matthew Fathereugh that is an Iron-Smith the base born Son of Con-O-Neal at which time the Rebels Forces amounted to 1000 Horse and 6280 Foot in Vlster and 2300 in Connaght all at Tir-Oens beck whereas before 80â— Foot and 300 Horse were esteemed on our side an invincible Army such mischief arose by teaching them the use of Arms. Norris with what he brought over and those he took out of Dublin and other places had fully as potent an Army yet did little against Tir-Oen more then reduced him to a submission One Article of Norris's Commission being to have the whole charge of the War and Treat with Tir-Oen as he pleased which kindled ill Fires with the Deputy that another should be superinducted to so great a Charge who leaving Norris to Vlster took care of the Affairs of the other Provinces and happily managed them whilest no good effect came of the Truce with Tir-Oen Which in the end so much redounded to Norris's discontent that Tir-Oen by his dissembling had nocked