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
other things interwoven the Original of the Vniversity of Dublin that that might not altogether sit neglected as a Sister that had no Breasts Whatever this is it was collected at Spare Hours and so it may not be thought writ in the Dark the Reader will do Justice to allow it gathered under the shadow of the Candle Farewel Clarissimo Amplissimoque Viro D. D. E. B. M. D. Hibernicarùm Antiquitatum Indagatori Acerrimo Rerumque Memorabilium Delibatori eximio VIctrices Aquilas sprevit glacialis IERNE Oceano vallata suo Tybrisque superbi Nobilis elatas despexit Lifnius undas At tandem imperio concessit laeta BRITANNO Vicinique libens subiit Moderamina Sceptri Illius auspiciis animi sedere feroces Barbaries pudefacta fugit silvisque relictis Aspera Civili mite scunt Pectora cultu O fortunatos nimium bona si sua nôrint Hybernos vanae nec Libertatis Imago Falleret incautos animosque averteret Anglis Aspice quam vigili Generosa BRITANNIA curd Te fovet affectuque pio solatur IERNE Quippe tot Heroas nostri clarissima Coeli Lumina Praestantesque Viros vestro inserit orbi Hos inter Proceres digno splendore corâ—scat Borlacaea Domus summumque implevit honorem Illustri Virtute suos excelsa natales Exaequat Proles quae dignissima Cedro Eximii gesserâ— Duces â—â—grantibus umbris Vindicat seris transmissa nepotibus ornat Quas tibi pro'tantis dignas Hibernia grates Persolvat Curis Citharam laetissima pulset Altaque saltanti resonet Praeconiâ—â—ilo R. H. To his worthy and much honoured Friend Upon his History entituled The Reduction of IRELAND To the Crown of ENGLAND A Pindarique Ode I. IReland hath long in darkness layn With Time and Ignorance o'rcast Time like a swelling Flood had past O'r all the Land and laid it waste The Deluge every day new ground did gain Scarce any Track or Footstep there Scarce could the Mountains tops appear From hence the Monster Ignorance arose Of such a dreadful shape and Birth as those Which Nilus leaves when it o'rflows Times sacred Reliques its blind malice rent And its devouring rage o'r all the Kingdom went But you Sir like the God of your own Art Have slain this Monster with an happy Dart And now with undisturbed peace you go Through all the Realm and unto others show What former Ages ne'r did know Ireland no longer barbarous seems and rude Your fluent Pen ber Glory hath renew'd What strong Disease can now your Art withstand Since you have given new Life to an expiring Land II. Her growing flame from the first Rise you trace When she did English manners first embrace And her old barbarous Customs leave When with her Chains she did good Laws receive And thus by being conquered gained more Then all her Victories did before Thus where the Roman conquer'd 't was his â—â—re To plant good Laws and Manners there That even his vanquisht Foes might Lawrels wear From hence with wondrous Art and Diligence you Guide us through unknown Paths and there display What ere 's remarkable in the way And in your Book we at one Prospect may What was performed in many Ages view As Saints above if Schoolmen tell us true In the Glass of the Trinity may see The Affairs of the whole VVorld to all Eternity III. VVhat a brave throng of Heroes you revive To whom a lasting Fame You give VVhich will the rage of Time out live They all the Irish Glory did increase Some by the Arts of VVar and some of Peace Lo how they all in triumph stand Vpholding with their Arms the sinking Land They now like Ghosts in greater forms appear Then ere they had in all their grandeur here Now in more glorious Ornaments they shine And from you higher Honours have Then ere their Princes gave The narrow Bounds which did confine Their former Glories You out-go And to posterity their buried Trophiâ—s show Though Princes claim a faint Divinity Yet all they give must mortal be But to Your Heroes You a Pyramid raise By which they get immortal praise The Base so broad the Top so high That all the Land o'rspreads this reaches to the skie IV. VVhat a large share of Fame is won By Sidney Chichester and Grandison Lo How brave Mountjoy marches through the field And makes the astonish'd Rebels yield Covering the Kingdom with his shield VVith chained Foes his Chariot's compass'd round And his exalted head with Lawrel crown'd But who can mention calmly Strafford's name The Nations Glory and Her shame Lo how he falls a sacrifice to asswage The Peoples insolent Rage His Death his Princes Tragoedy doth presage And for his Funeral fire the Kingdom 's on a flame So when great Caesar fell the People thought They could no more to slavery be brought But soon the Empire feels an heavier weight Crush'd by the proud Trium-virate Till a young Caesar sav'd the expiring State How enviously the incensed Rout Still pick the fairest Victims out Like thunder the low Cottage they pass by But strike down Towers and Trees which touch the skie And even the Lawrel can't escape if that be rais'd too high V. Long did these Noble Persons bless The stubborn Realm with peace and happiness VVhen lo new storms compass the Kingdom round And after a long calm an Earthquake rose VVhich Towns and Castles soon o'rthrows And with vast ruines covers all the ground Ireland now lost her old Renown And poisonous Creatures rag'd in every Town Vipers in dreadful crouds did stand VVhich their own Mothers Bowels tore And wallowed in her gore Our Heroes soon rescu'd the perishing Land Their Conduct Valour and success Their Enemies proud fury did repress Methinks amongst the rest I see Your Noble Father crown'd with Victory Lo how he stops the rising flood And with his mighty Arms throws back the waves His Counsel and wise care the Kingdom saves VVhich else had been o'rwhelm'd with blood VVhere e'r the loyal Troops were led VVith speed the trembling Rebel 's fled Thus were their Ancestors the old Giants chac't VVhen Jove did on their heads his thunder cast They threm their Mountains down and ran away with haste VI. VVhat dismal clouds what dreadful vengeance hover'd O'r this unhappy Realm and cover'd Her body o'r with blood and tears VVhen her Sons arm'd with swords and spears Devoutly made Religion the pretence To shake off all Obedience And even natural Innocence The Devil assumes the Prophets shape again And in a pious Garb deludes weak men His lying spirits through the Country went And with this new Divinity are sent Rebellion's but a name Fools to affright An Heretick to a Kingdom hath no right They now for God against their King must fight Thus are the People arm'd with Zeal VVhose edge is keener than the sharpest steel And first Plots and Conspiracies they contrive And then with open force for their Diana strive Their Zeal like Hell was dark and hot And did as much torment
dixerem saith Camd. After whose unfortunate decease a Noble Person engaged him in his service in England and Ireland which proving a rough and unhappy Scene he retired to his private Lair till by the importunate solicitations of Doctor Vsher late Lord Primate one who well knew how to judge of the merits of others by the immensity of worth in himself prevailed with him to accept of the Provostship which he did 1609. as an easie retreat out of the Noise and Troubles of the World He lived 17 years in the Provostship and finished his days there in the 72 year of his Age and lies buried under a fair Stone in the Chappel belonging to the Colledge immediately before the Provosts Seat leaving behind him many Children One at present an eminent person in the State of Ireland who hath divers Sons some that have happily discharged lately the most active and honourable imployment in the greatest and weighty affairs of State with the neighbouring Allies though he writes of himself that at present he is wholly useless to the Publique which may be his Repose not his Shame and others that attend his Majesties Service at home with singular reputation and advantage After his death V. The fifth Provost was Mr. William Bedel bred in Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge so designed May 29. 1627. on a Letter writ by Sir Henry Wotton to King Charles I. informing his Majesty that he hardly thought a fitter man for that charge could have been propounded in his whole Kingdom for singular Erudition Piety and Conformity to the Rites of the Church of England and zeal to advance the Cause of God wherein all his Travels abroad were not obscure in the time of the Venetians Excommunication no more then by his Letter of Controversie afterwards in the highest Points betwixt us and Rome with Wadsworth the Jesuite which shews him profoundly versed in the Fathers and Schoolmen Yet he was not sworn nor admitted till Aug. 16. following He was afterwards Bishop of Kilmore A person of very great worth and learning in the Latine Greek and Hebrew witness his intimacy with Padre Paulo whom he took into his very soul as well for his courage and constancy both signal in defence of the English and that interest during the late Rebellion when after he was fallen into the hands of the Irish and imprisoned at Claughouter Castle in the County of Caven near Kilmore where he died about the midst of March 1641. ob funesta ea tempora miserias quas pertulerat and according to his Opinion against burial in Churches being an admirer of Sir Henry Spelman de non temerandis Ecclesiis he was interred in the Churchyard at Kilmore There succeeded him on his Promotion to the Bishoprick of Kilmore VI. The sixth Provost Dr. Robert Vsher who was chosen in October 16. 29. and admitted Provost January 4. following on whom dying at Pantabirsley in Shropshire in Dudelstons Church Chancel there is this Epitaph Here lieth the Body of that constant and faithful Preacher of Gods Word the Right Reverend Father in God ROBERT Lord Bishop of Kildare Son of HENRY Lord Primate of all Ireland who died at Pantabirsley September 7. Anno Dom. 1642. On whose Promotion to the Bishoprick of Kildare the Provostship was void May 11. 1634. so as in the Register Book of the Colledge there was a wide Hiatus through the variety of subservient Governours till VII Master William Chappel B. D. bred up in Christ Colledge in Cambridge afterwards Dean of Cassels had the care of the Colledge committed to him by his Majesty but he was not actually sworn nor admitted till June 5. 1637. at which time new Statutes were introduced by the then Archbishop of Canterbury their Chancellor not so favourable as some thought to the Natives as the Piety of the first Founders intended them or so indulgent to the Fellows and former Visitors as at first was allowed the Provostship being made more Sovereign which some thought he made a sinister use of in as much as upon the Consequences thereon Mr. Robert Bysse an ingenious and solid Lawyer June 11. 1641. made an excellent Speech in the Upper House of Parliament at the delivery of divers Articles exhibited against him then Bishop of Cork and Ross by the Commons of the House of Parliament in Ireland to which our Provost made a Reply which some thought not satisfactory as the Scene then stood yet certainly the Exercises of the University were never stricter looked to or Discipline if it were not too Ceremonious better observed than in his time Only the Lecture which was set up for teaching Irish whether through Indulgence meerly or enjoyned by Statute I am uncertain was after his admission wholy waved to which whilest it was kept up some diligently resorted the better to improve themselves for their future Imployment in the Country that the Irish finding men speak in their own Tongue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 might be the sooner won over to the Truth no Nation being more tenacious or better affected to their Language than themselves And this Design had a good issue in as much as some of the English preaching constantly in Irish gained first an acceptance of their Persons then of their Doctrine Truly a pious fraud For though by an Act in the 28 of H. 8. it was Ordered That all who would knowledge themselves his Highness true and faithful Subjects should speak the English Tongue A policy commendable enough yet considering how stifly the Natives were espoused to their own Speech it could not seem otherwise than Mercy to find an Expedient which might inform them of the Truth Nor indeed was it below the Majesty of an University licet rumpantur Momi to cherish such a condescention since the communicating of Knowledge is the intent of Science Our Provost was a close Ramist a notable Disputant and one who in his middle Age favoured Mr. Perkins and that side He was once riding to Cork overtook by Sir William St. Leger President of Munster who had in his company the Pseudo-Dean of Cork with whom the President would needs have had Chappel to have disputed but as he was not forward so he would not deny the entertainment which the Pseudo-Dean understanding who Chappel was refused for that the said Chappel had been accustomed to kill his Respondent which he spake on an accident long before happening at a Commencement in Cambridge solemnized in the presence of King James where Doctor Roberts of Trinity Colledge being Respondent in St. Maries this Mr. Chappel opposed him so close and subtilely that the Doctor not being able to unloose the Arguments fell into a swounding in the Pulpit so as the King to hold up the Commencement undertook to maintain the Thesis which Mr. Chappel by his Syllogisms prest so home ut REX palam gratias ageret Deo quod Opponens E I fuisset â—â—bditus non alteri alias potuisset in â—â—spicionem adduci ne perinde Throno â—â—â—
Majesties happy return into England Interesses of all sorts bandying one against another Ireland amongst the rest thought how best to secure its Stake Upon which Sir Charles Coote Barronet and other Officers of the Army in Ireland much in Vouge with the People set forth a Declaration at Dublin February 16. 1659. taking notice how the Authority oâ— the Parliament in England was openly violated and that it was but Reason to secure the Grand Interest having been poured forth from Vessel to Vessel c. with much more to the same effect worthy of a Record in as much as not long after in a General Convention not without the subtlety of some contrived to effect the Kings Restauration was summoned at Dublin in which there was Orders taken for the satisfying the Souldiers who had been long behind in their Pay and the effecting of other things conducible to the Grand Design And now having notice of the Kings Letter from Breda they accounting themselves not less concerned than others laid hold on his Clemency in this Declaration A Declaration of the General Convention of Ireland ALthough the Deluge of Bloud spilt in these his Majesties Kingdoms of England Ireland and Scotland might by the cry thereof awaken us and the observation how God hath from time to time blasted all the attempts of rasing our ancient Foundations speaks plainly unto all that we must return to and repose in the proper Center of that Government under which these Kingdoms for many hundreds of years flourished Yet we cannot but acknowledge and we do hereby Declare That we receive additional incouragement to hope and endeavour for his Majesties return and resettlement the onely basis to support our Liberties and Freedom from perusal of his Majesties late gracious Declaration dated at his Court at Breda the 4 14 day of April in the twelfth Year of his Reign directed to all his loving Subjects under which title we are comprehended which we justly esteem our glory and happiness And we cannot pass by our acknowledgment of the undeserved Mercies of our God who by inclining his Majesties heart to the entertaining of the thoughts of Clemency Justice and Peace and by bowing the hearts of all his Majesties faithful Subjects in these three Kingdoms to embrace resolutions of duty and loyalty due to his sacred Person hath in a great part removed those obstructions which to humane appearance seemed insuperable by Treasure and Bloud without the expence of the one or effusion of the other And we do hereby declare our humble hearty and joyful sense of those gracious offers held forth by his Majesty in his said Declaration and confirmed by the word of a KING which are like Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver and the lively expressions of an indulgent King that prevents the desires of his People by free Concessions And we further declare That with all submissive thankfulness we receive and do lay hold of those condescensions of favour and grace as the fittest expedients to cement the divided Interests in these three Kingdoms for which we shall always pay a constant Tribute of Duty and Loyalty to his Majesty as the undoubted Heir of these three Kingdoms and our just and lawful Soveraign so that as we may with full satisfaction say we live under the best of Kings â—â— his Majesty may be pleased to repute us amongst the best of Subjects God save the KING Dated the 14 of May 1660. May 14. 1660. ORdered by the General Convention of Ireland That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Published Ma. Barry Clerk of the General Convention of Ireland Dublin Printed by William Bladen by special Order Anno Dom. 1660. The Convention which in all things had manifested its Loyalty and the first fruits of obedience continued after the Kings Return with his permission having exprest their Loyalty to Him his Royal Highness and the Duke of Glocester in a sum considerable for that poor Nation And on the promise of a Parliament dissolved Sub CAROLO II. His Majesty was no sooner setled in his Throne but he reflected on the miserable and languishing State of Ireland whose Harp had long hung on the Willows solitary and unstrung and thereupon named some to whom the Affairs of Ireland were particularly addressed yet till that he had pitched on such as he thought fittest for the continuance in that Government I find by a Proclamation dated at Dublin Sept. 24. 1660. Sir Charles Coote Knight Barronet and Major William Bury stiled Commissioners of Government and Management of Affairs in Ireland which I could not pass over though these had not the Regalia signa puniendi Sword and Mace committed to their trust the first of that nature were 1660. Sir Maurice Eustace Lord Chancellor Roger Boyle Earl of Orrerey Baron Braughil President of Munster and Sir Charles Coote Earl of Montrath Lords Justices the Chancellor and Montrath were sworn Decemb. 31. Orrerey the 17 of January before whom a Parliament was summoned the 8 of May 1661. of which Dr. Bramhal Lord Primate of Ardmagh was by the Kings appointment made Speaker of the House of Lords the Chancellor being then one of the Lords Justices substituted with his Colleagues to present the Kings person in that Senate Of whom Dr. Dud. Loftus in his Funeral Oration of this Bishop p. 30. writes very worthily And Sir Audley Mervin his Majesties Prime Serjeant at Law was made Speaker of the House of Commons which he discharged with equal Faith and Integrity The House of Commons gave the Duke of Ormond 30000 l. as a Present from their House without relation to any satisfaction which should be provided for him by his Majesty or otherwise in recompence of his great losses and sufferings such a value was placed on his Merits such an estimate on his sufferings And as soon as the King had declared at Court viz. the 4 of November 1661. that he had made the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland the Irish Committee of Parliament then attending the King returned him solemn thanks for so excellent a Choice and the Lords Justices and Council of Ireland upon the notice thereof published this Order By the Lords Justices and Council Mâ—ur Eustace Canc. Orrerey Montrath WHereas his Majesty hath in his Highness Wisedom adjudged it fit to declare our very good Lord his Grace the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of this Kingdom who had the honour to be so eminently instrumental in laying such firm Foundations for the future strengthening of this Kingdom the propagation of the Protestant Religion and securing the English Interest therein We therefore think fit and so do Order That the Major of the City of Dublin do take Order that there be this Evening such Publick Demonstrations of Joy upon so happy an occasion in and throughout the City and Suburbs as well by the Militia of the City as otherwise as may testifie the joined and unanimous gladness of all men for that happy choice made by his