Vlster July 13. Loâ—â— Justice obiit on Palmsunday April 19. 1346. at Kilmainam The Nobility who were wont to suffer â—â— controllment speak ill of him â—â— of a rigorous and cruel man Hâ— was a singular good Justicer anâ— one that if he had not died â—â— soon was the likeliest person â—â— that Age to have reduced the dâ—generate English Colonies to the natural obedience to the Crown of England 1346. Sir Roger Darcy whether â—â— Nocton in Lincolnshire or of â—â—ick in Essex was made Lord Justice ad tempus de assensu ordinaâ—â—e Regalium aliorum in Hiberâ—â— and was sworn April 10. the â—â—y following Vffords death 1346. Sir John Morris came Lord Justice May 25. He summoned a Parliament at Dublin to which the â—arl of Desmond refused to come â—â—senting some priviledges newly â—â—ken away formerly granted to â—â—m and his Ancestors raising thereâ—â—on such a dissention between the English of Blood and the English of â—â—rth as he and the Earl of Kildare â—ith the Citizens and Burgesses of â—â—e principal Towns summoned a â—ouncil at Kilkenny in opposition â—o the Parliament but effected nothing more then some Articles against Maurice the Justice which vanished He was put out by the King and Sir Walter Birmingham was insttuted Lord Justice and came into Ireland in June and was sworn Lord Justice the 19. of the same Moneth who going for England 1348. Made John Archer Priâ—â— of Kilmainam his Deputy Justice 1348. Sir Walter Birmingham returns Justice as before to whoâ— the King gave the Barony of Kenâ—â— in Ossory which belonged to Eustaâ—â— le Poer lately attainted and hanged Obiit Birmingham quondam Optimâ—â— Justiciarius Hiberniae in Vigilia Margaritae Virginis 1350. in Angliâ—â— Camden writes that he of the Nobâ—â— and Martial Family of the Birminghams alias Bremichams took hâ—â— Original from the Town so named iâ— Warwickshire 1349. Dominus de Carew Milâ—â— Baro Lord Justice probably of Anthony in Devonshire though others think of Clopton whence the â—â—rews Barons of Clopton in Warwick shire 1349. Sir Thomas Rokeby Lord Justice of an ancient Family in â—ork shire sworn Decemb. 20. who quitting it 1351. He appointed for a time Maurice de Rupeforti alias Rochfort Bishop of Limerick his Lieutenant Justice who died June 9. some write April 15. 1353. Doctus fuit â—ir bonae Vitae Conversationis honestae Afterwards Rokesby returned Lord Justice and resigned July 20. 1355. To Maurice Fitz Thomas Earl of Desmond He died in Dublin Castle die Conversionis St. Pauli following 1356. Sir Thomas Rokesby was again Lord Justice He died the same year in the Castle of Kilka Hâ— was an excellent Governour hâ— held a Parliament at Kilkenny acting therein many Laws for reducing the English Colonies to their Obedience It is recorded of him that he would eat in Wooden dishes but pay for his meat silver and gold 1357. Sir Almarick de Sancta Amando of which name and for ought I can yet read of whose Family the Barons de Sancto Amandâ— of Widehay in Berkshire are probably descended Lord Justice he returned into England anno 1358 or 1359. when 1359. James Butler Earl of Ormond son of Edmund Earl of Carrick was made Lord Justice He was created Earl of Ormond anno 2 Ed 3. and by some stiled Earl of Tiperary Quem Edw. 3. eo honoris evixit cujus majores olim honorarii erant Hiberniae Pincernae unde illis hoc nomen Butler impositum He married the daughter of Humphrey Bohun Earl of Hereford whom he had by a daughter of King Edw. 1. whereupon his son James was ever stiled The Noble Earl 1360. The Earl of Ormond going into England Maurice Fitz Thomas Earl of Kildare was made Lord Justice ut sequitur Omnibus ad quos hae Literae provenerint salutem Sciatis quod commissimus dilecto fideli nostro Mauritio Comiti Kildare Officium Justiciarii nostri terrae nostrae Hiberniae terram nostram Hiberniam cum Castris et omnibus pertinentiis suis custodiendam quamdiu nobis placuerit Recipiendo ad Scaccarium nostrum Dubliniae per annum quamdiu in Officio illo sic steterit quingentas libras pro quibus Officium illud et terram custodiet et erit vicessimus de hominibus ad arma cum toâ— equis coopertis continue durante commissione nostra supradicta in cujus rei testimonium c. Dat. per manus dilecti nostrâ— in Christo Fratris Thomae de Burgey Prioris Hospitalis Sti. Johannis Hierusalem in Hibernia Cancellariâ— nostri Hiberniae apud Dubliniam Martii 30. 35 Ed. 3â— The Earl of Kildare upon the return of the Earl of Ormond Lord Justice surrenders to him And 1361. Lionel Duke of Clarence sirnamed Antwerp the place of his birth third son of Edw. 3. Earl of Vlster and Lord of Connaght in right of his Wife Elizabeth daughter and heir of William de Burgo came Lord Lieutenant into Ireland in octav Nativitatis Mariae with about 1500 men by the Pole accompanied with persons of great quality whose pay for himself and them Davies in his Discourse of Ireland particularly expresses too circumstantial for us to insist on His principal service was manifested in the well governing of his Army and in holding that famous Parliament at Kilkenny wherein the extortion of the Souldier and the degenerate manner of the English were by strict Laws reformed He died October 17. 1368. not at Venice but at Langavil in Italy soon after he had married Violenta the Duke of Millains daughter where they feasted him so as shortly after he died and was buried at Clare in Suffolk 1364. Lionel Duke of Clarence went into England April 22. and left James Earl of Ormond his Deputy Justice of Ireland and Decemb. 8. returned Lord Lieutenant 1365. The Duke of Clarence going into England Sir Thomas Dalâ— was left Governour and Justice oâ— Ireland 1367. Gerald Fitz Maurice Earâ— of Desmond was made Lord Justice 1369. Sir William de Winsor came into Ireland July 12. Lord Lieutenant who taking Ship for England March 21. 1371. The 22 of March Maurice Fitz Thomas Earl of Kildare was sworn Custos Hiberniae 1372. Sir Robert de Ashton oâ— Ashton under Line in the County oâ— Lancaster was made Lord Justice a person of great account in this Kings reign as being Constable oâ— Dover Castle Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Admiral of the Fleet from Thames mouth Westward Lord Treasurer of England Annis 50 51 Edw. 3. and as a Record testifies Constituitur Justiciarius Hiâ—erniae quamdiu c. Teste Reg. apud Westm ' April 28. part 1. pat anno 43 Edw. 3. M. 15. He is buried in the Church in Dover Castle with this Inscription Hic jacet Robertus Ashton Miles quondam Constabularius Castri Dovoriae Custos 5 Portuum Qui obiit nono die Jan. Anno Domini 1384. Cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen In the 44. of this Kings Reign saith
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
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
my Lord Coke in the 46. writes Rushw 1371 2. Sir Richard Pembridge alias Pembrugh a Baron was appointed Deputy of Ireland but he refused to go whereupon his Offices Fees and Lands which he held of the King for life being his Servant as Warden of the Cinque Ports c. were all seized on pro servitio impendendo yet he was noâ— upon that resolution committed tâ— Prison for that he being unwilling to go the Imployment was adjudged an Exile and no man by the Common Law is perdere patriam but by Authority of Parliament or in case of Abjuration foâ— Felony 1374. Sir William de Windsor arrived at Waterford Lord Lieutenant April 18. and took his Oath for thâ— execution of his Place at Kilkenny May 4. following undertaking thâ— Custody of Ireland for 11213l 6s 8a but did no wonders He descendeâ— of Sir James de Windsor Lord oâ— Stanwel in Middlesex as I understand from the present Lord Windsor 1376. James Butler Earl of Ormond succeeded in the Government Sub RICHARDO II. James Butler Earl of Ormond continued Lord Governour till that 1379. John de Bromwich was made Lord Justice to whom succeeded Edmund Mortimer Lord Lieutenant He died at Cork 1381. on St Stephens day in the Abbey of Dominicans and was buried at Wigmore 1381. John Colton Dean of S. Patricks by Dublin Lord Chancellor of Ireland afterwards Archbishop of Ardmagh was made Lord Justice He took his Oath at Cork in the Covent of the Preaching Friers Decemb. 27. He died the 5. of the Calends of May 1404. and was buried in Droghedagh in Saint Peters Church where sometime before his death he renounced his Prelacy 1383. Philip de Courtney Lord Lieutenant and then 1385. Robert Vere the ninth Earl of Oxford a great Favourite of the Kings was made Lord Lieutenant having been created Marquess of Dublin and Duke of Ireland the 10 of Richard 2. in which year the King furnished him with a great sum of Money that he might go into Ireland to get Dominium quod sibi Rex donaverat So Walsingham Sed novus iste insolitus umbratilis honor cito evanuit Brook in his Catalogue of Nobility saith more to whom I refer you He died in Lovania 1392. in great anguish of mind and penury leaving saith Camd. nothing but to his Tomb Titles and to the World matter of Talk He was buried at Colne in Essex in great Funeral State the King a Mourner After all his preparations and full Charter even to pass all things with his own Teste He as some others bore only the Title of Lieutenant never going into Ireland but deputed 1385. Sir John Stanley his Lieutenant 1387. Alexander de Balscot alias Petit Bishop of Meath who had been Treasurer and Chancellor of Ireland Lord Justice He died at Ardbracan a Village in Meath the 10 of November 1400. and was buried at Trim in St. Maries Monastery 1389. Sir John Stanley returning into Ireland took his Oath of Lord Justice Octob. 25. the Earl of Oxford nomine being Lord Lieutenant 1392. James Earl of Ormond Lord Justice during whose Government the Earl of Oxford under whom he was Justice died as we have said in Lovania yet he continued his Government his Patent being from the King not determining with the Earl of Oxfords death 1394. Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester who afterwards was treacherously strangled going with an Army for Ireland cujus Insulae judum Rex creaverat eum Ducem was suddenly recalled and the same year King Richard 2. having been slighted by the Princes of Germany to whom by his Ambassadors he addressed himself to have been made Emperour arrived at Waterford October 2. with an Army of 4000 men at Arms and 30000 Archers the better to convince them of his Manhood But returned at Shrovetide being cheated by a feigned submission of the Irish And at his return he left Roger Mortimer Earl of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore Trim Clare and Connaght Lord Lieutenant He was afterwards slain by O. Brien c. at Kenlis in Ossory July 20. 1398. on whose death 1398. Roger Gray was chosen Lord Justice in his stead The same year Thomas Holland Duke of Surrey Earl of Kent and Lord Wake half Brother to King R. 2. came to Dublin Lord Lieutenant October 7. He was in 1400. beheaded for conspiring to set up King Richard 2. after King Henry 4. had been established 1399. King Richard the second time came into Ireland to revenge Mortimers death and arrived at Waterford June 1. upon whose arrival all things succeeded prosperously for the Irish being divided into many Factions and they not being united the whole was sooner overcome But in the height of these proceedings Tidings came of Henry Duke of Lancasters preparations and proceedings in England Upon which the King quieted all things at a great uncertainty in Ireland and having there imprisoned in Trim Castle the sons of the Duke of Glocester and Lancaster he arrived in three nights at Milford-haven in Wales and thence marched forwards to his Ruine yielding himself up at Flint At his disserting of Ireland we find not who was left Governour But the time not being long betwixt Duke Henries being setled in the Throne and King Richard 2. coming out of Ireland we may probably conjecture who commanded the Army had also the Government of the Realm Sub HENRICO IV. 1399. Sir John Stanley was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Decemb. 10. Whilest he thus possessed the Government I find in Ware De Praes Hib. a Writ from H. 4. anno 1400. directed to Sir Thomas de Burgo Knight Justiciario suo in partibus Conaciae ordering him to restore the Temporalities to Thomas Bishop Alladensis And here that it might not be supposed that this Sir Thomas entituled Justice had thereby any other power then a Justiceship of Peace or at most as we now call it the Presidentship of Connaght I could not but take notice hereof not having met with the like president the usual Writs for the restoring of Temporalities being to the chief Governour only as Justiciario Regis of which in Prynns History of King John H. 3. Ed. 1. are many Presidents 1401. In May Sir John Stanley goes for England and leaves Sir William Stanley of Holton in Werral in Cheshire in his place 1401. August 23. Stephen Scroop of which Family there was the Lord Scroop of Bolton Castle in Richmondshire arrived in Ireland Deputy to Thomas of Lancaster the Kings Son He came into Ireland November 13. the same year who going for England about Novemb. 11. 1403. Left Stephen Scroop his Deputy and he going for England the first day of Lent the Noblemen of Ireland chose James Earl of Ormond Lord Justice who died at Gauran or Raligauran 1405. September 6. to whom succeeded 1405. Gerald Earl of Kildare 1406. After Michaelmass Stephen Scroop returned into Ireland Deputy to Thomas of Lancaster Lord Lieutenant He died at Tristle-Dermot
Jan. 16. 1408. 1407. Scroop going this Year into England James Butler Earl of Ormond son of the former Earl was elected by the Country Lord Justice 1408. Thomas of Lancaster the Kings Son lands at Carlingford in Ireland August 2. Lord Lieutenant The third of the Ides of March following he returned for England Afterwards viz. March 22. 1421. he was slain at the Battle of Bangy by the Duke of Alanson On his remove he left Thomas Butler Prior of Kilmainam his Deputy During his Government viz. in the tenth year of the King Hen. 4. gave the Sword to the City of Dublin formerly governed by a Provost as appears by their ancient Seal called Signum Praepositurae which in the 14 of Hen. 3. was governed by a Major with two Bailiffs which Bailiffs were changed into Sheriffs by Charter of Ed. 6. 1547. Since in the 17 year of King Charles 1. by a Patent dated July 29. at Westminster the Government was changed into a Lord Major though they took not up the Title till Michaelmass 1665. that Sir Daniel Bellingham Knight Goldsmith for the Year beginning at Michaelmass was made Lord Major 1665. John Desmynieres Merchant 1666. Mark Quinne Apothecary 1667. John Forrest Merchant and sometimes Chandler 1668. Lewis Desmynieres Merchant 1669. Enoch Reader Merchant 1670. John Tottie Merchant and sometimes Glover 1671. Robert Dery Shoemaker 1672. Joshua Allen Merchant 1673. Sub HENRICO V. 1413. The said Prior of Kilmainam continued Lord Justice till that 1413. October 7. Sir John Stanley landed at Clantarfe near Dublin Lord Lieutenant He died Jan. 6. following at Ardee He was the Son of John the Ancestor of the illustrious Family of the Stanleys first created Earl of Derby Anno 1 H. 7. The transactions of whose Affairs in Ireland were preserved with other evidences in the Eagle Tower at Lathum in Lancashire till the Ruines of that magnificent Seat fell a Sacrifice to the Insolencies of the late Times which the last Lord CHARLES a person of exemplary worth and humanity who died Decemb. 1. 1672. hath since raised up with advantage from its Loyal Rubbish 1671. Upon Sir John Stanleys death the 11. of February following Thomas Cranley Archbishop of Dublin twice Chancellour of Ireland was elected Lord Justice Of whom Ware writes that Vir fuit qui non modo ingenio verum etiam Calamo utpote bonis instructus Artibus plurimum valuit with which Elogie I may very well take up but being that he was buried in New Colledge Chappel in Oxford of which he had been the first Warden I may injure their Antiquities not to insert his Epitaph which so long they have admitted in their Sanctuary though truly it neither bespeaks his worth or the least ingenuity of those Times He was sometimes Chancellor of Oxford He died May 25. 1417. at Faringdon and on a fair Stone in New Colledge Chappel inlaid with Brass there is a Portraicture of a Bishop clothed in his sacred Vestments over whom there is placed the Arms of the See of Dublin and his own and under all this Inscription Incedens siste locus Aspice quod tenet iste Annis bis denis pater almus alumnus Egenis Pontificis gratum Develyn Corpus tumulatum Sedet Sacratus fungens vice pontificatus Transfuga quem Cernis dum vita vices variavit Spiritus eripitur non arte valens revocari Mors Carnis vivit sub Humo lectum sibi stravit Quaeso piis praecibus sibi viribus auxiliari This Inscription incompasses the sides of the Stone Flori Pontificum Thomae Cranley Deus istum Annuit optatum funer is esse locum Talem nutrivit locus is quem postea rexit Quo sibi quaesivit requiem cum lumina flexit M C junge quater I duples V numerater Invenies annum quo ruit iste Pater Aldelmi festo cursu migravit honesto Qui circumstatis praecibus sibi subveniatis 1414. Sir John Talbot Lord Furnival and Verdon lands at Dalkie in Ireland September 10. Lord Lieutenant Whilest he was Lieutenant of Ireland Anno sci 1418. the Earl of Kilmain with 1600 men armed after their fashion which you may read in the year 1578. Pelham being Justice came from Harflue where they landed and did excellent service as they were commanded to attend in the Forrest of Lions these were the first most considerable Forces drawn out of Ireland When he left Ireland he substituted his Brother 1419. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice July 22. 1420. James Butler Earl of Ormond landed at Waterford April 4. Lord Lieutenant Sub HENRICO VI. 1422. The said Earl of Ormond continued Lord Lieutenant till that 1423. Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and Vlster was sent over Lord Lieutenant He died of the Plague in the Castle of Trim in Ireland 1424. the third year of King H. 6. and was buried at Stoke near Clare 1425. John Lord Talbot was made Lord Justice 1426. James Butler Earl of Ormond Lord Justice He died as it is conjectured at Ormond-Place near Garlick-Hithe London a noble seat of that Families and was certainly buried at St. Thomas of Acres called Mercers Chappel and Dame Joan his Countess 1428. 1427. Sir John de Gray Lord Lieutenant arrived at Houth the last of July and August 1. took his Oath Who afterwards going for England left 1428. Edward Dantsey Bishop of Meath for a time Treasurer of Ireland his Deputy He died Jan. 4. 1428. 1428. The Right Noble and Right Gracious Lord Sir John Sutton whether of Stourton Castle in Staffordshire or of the Family of Notingham is uncertain was made Lord Lieutenant before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin the Friday after the Feast of All-Saints in the 7 of this Kings Reign 1429. Sir Thomas Strange was made Deputy to Sir John Sutton probably this Strange came from Hunstanton in Norfolk 1432. Sir Thomas Stanley was made Lord Lieutenant He going for England constitutes 1432. Sir Christopher Plunket his Deputy a valiant and wise man who in right of his Wife heir of the Family of the Cusacks was afterwards made Baron of Killin and his second Son Baron of Dunsany 1435. Sir Thomas Stanley returns again Lord Lieutenant 1436. Richard Talbot Brother of John Earl of Shrewsbury Archbishop of Dublin was made Deputy to Sir Thomas Stanley Lord Lieutenant 1438. Lion Lord Wells Lord Lieutenant of Alford in Lincolnshire an ancient and Worthy Family 1440. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin Lord Justice before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin in the 18 year of the Kings Reign The same Year James Earl of Ormond Lord Lieutenant and before the end of the year Lion Lord Wells again Lord Lieutenant This I conceive was that worthy person who not prevailing with his Son Sir Robert Wells to quit H. 6. Interests was beheaded by Edw. 4. 1470. 1441. James Earl of Ormond Deputy to the said Lion Lord Wells to whom as it seems by Sir James Ware de
Praes Hib. fol. 170. the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Cassels on the death of Richard O-Hedian was ad firmam given for 10 years that See being so long vacant 1442. William Wells Esq Deputy to the said Lion Lord Wells 1443 James Earl of Ormond was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland continuing till that 1446. John Earl of Shrewsbury came over Lord Lieutenant before whom a Parliament was held at Trim in 25 of H. 6. He was slain at Castilion upon Dordon near Burdeaux July 20. saith Vincent the Monument saith July 7. through the shot of a Harquebush in his thigh after that he had given testimonie of his valour 24. years Some would have him to be buried at Rhoan iâ— Normandy but certainly he was interred at Whitchurch in Shropshire with this Epitaph Orate pro anima Praenobilis Domini Domini JOHANNIS TALBOT quondam Comitis Salopiae Domini Furnival Domini Verdon Domini Strange de Black-Mere Mare scalli Franciae Qui obiit in Bello apud Burdews Julii 7â— M. CCCC LIII At his return to England he accused the Earl of Ormond of High Treason before the Earl of Bedford Constable of England in his Marshals Court the King did abolish the Accusation 1447. Richard Talbot Archbishop of Dublin was appointed his Deputy under the title of Justice He writ many things but saith Sir J. Ware de Scriptoribus Hiberniae nothing is extant but what he writ De â—busu Regiminis Jacobi Comitis Ormoâ—iae dum Hiberniae esset Locum tenens Who by Thomas Fitz Thomas Prior of Kilmainam was appeached of Treason and appointed the Combat but took off as is before mentioned by the King He died Aug. 15. 1449. and lies buried in St. Patricks Church with this Epitaph Talbot Richardus latet hic sub marmore pressus Archi fuit Praesul hujus sedis Reverendae Parvos Canonicos qui fundavitque Choristas Anno Milleno C quater quater X quoque nono Quindeno Augusti mensis mundo vaâ— ledixit Omnipotens Dominus cui propicietuâ— in aevum 1449. Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Chief of the Faction of the White Rose Son and heir of Richard of Conesbury Earl of Cambridge second Son of Edmund Langley Duke of York was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland He arrived at Houth July 5. the Rebels being very insolent against whom he so behaved himself that he not only suppressed them but ever after purchased the affection of the Irish Nation firm and entire to him and having established Statutes and Ordinances in a great Council held at Dublin in the 28 Year of this Kings Reign as also afterwards in a Parliament at Drohedagh in the said 28 Year oâ— Hen. 6. He going for England 1450. Made James Earl of Ormond his Deputy who 1453. Being besides Earl of Ormond Earl of Wiltshire and Lord Treasurer of England in the 33 of â— 6. and also again about the 37. â—nd so continued till the 38 year â—as made Lord Lieutenant He was â—â— the first year of Edward the 4. beâ—eaded at Newcastle 1461. which atâ—indor was taken off in a Parliament at Westminster begun in Nov. in the first year of H. 7. and Sir Th. Butler was invested in his Honours and Estate At his leaving Ireland the same year John Mey Archbishop of Armagh â—as constituted his Deputy He died â—456 1454. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare Lord Deputy 1454. Sir Eustaceâ—night â—night was made Deputy to Richard Duke of York Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Before whom a Parliament was held in the 32 of H. 6. 1456. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare Deputy to the Duke oâ— York Lord Lieutenant before whom the 33 of H. 6. there was holden a Parliament at Dublin by several Prorogations at Naas and Dublin c. 1459. Richard Duke of York Lord Lieutenant came into Ireland having the Earldom of Vlster and the Lordship of Connaght and Meath by descent from Lionel Duke of Clarence He held a Parliament at Drogedagh the 38 of H. 6. the Conditions on which he took the Government were 1. That he should be the King Lieutenant of Ireland for teâ— years 2. That to support the charge oâ— that Country he should receivâ— all the Kings Revenues there both certain and casual without accompt 3. That he should be supplied also with Treasure out of England in this manner He should have 4000 Marks for the first year whereof he should be imprested 2000 l. before hand and for the other nine years he should receive 2000 per annum 4. That he might let or farm any of the Kings Lands and place or displace all Officers at his pleasure 5. That he might Levie or Wage what numbers of men he thought fit 6. That he might make a Deputy and return at his pleasure All which he managed with so much advantage as he greatly gained upon the Nation erecting only in Louth Meath and Kildare some Castles to stop the Incursions of the Irishry At his remove from thence in pursuit of a Crown the greatest part of the Nobility and Gentry oâ— Meath passed over with him into England and were slain with him at Wakefield 1460. He was first buried at Pontfract and afterwards removed to Fotheringhay Sub EDWARDO IV. 1460. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earâ— of Kildare Lord Justice 1462. Sir Rowland Fitz Eustace Knight Lord of Port Leicester Treasurer of England Deputy to George Duke of Clarence third son of Richard Duke of York and Brother to King Edw. 4. born in the Castle oâ— Dublin Lord Lieutenant before whom was held a Parliament at Dublin the 2 of Edw. 4. He died December 19. 1496. and was buried in the Covent of Minor Friers at Kilcullen New-Abbey whereof he had been Founder but erected for himself and his Lady a specious Monument in St. Audoenus Church in St. Maries Chappel in Dublin He had given him the Mannor of Port Leicester and the Honour of a Parliament Baron by Edw. 4. as also the Title of Viscount Baltinglass by H. 8. 1463. George Duke of Clarence was made Lord Lieutenant for life but as others held the Lieutenancy by substitutes as 1463. Thomas Earl of Desmond Deputy to the said Duke of Clarence held a Parliament at Weys in the 3 year of Edw. 4. as also at other places by Prorogations He lost his head at Drogedagh for the exactions of Coin and Livery 1467. John Lord Tiptoft and Powes Earl of Worcester Treasurer of England in the 31 and 32 years of H. 6. also in the 2 and 3 of Edw. 4. in whose Reign he was made Constable of England for life Lord Deputy of Ireland to the Duke of Clarence One of the most learned and eloquent men in Christendom Of whom I may say what Pliny writes of Aristonis Vt mihi non unus homo sed literae ipsae omnesque bonae artes in uno homine summum periculum adire videantur So that in him more learning was
following he was made Deputy holding a Parliament by several Prorogations at Dublin in the 7 of H. 8 And 1513. in August at Athy he feâ— sick from whence he was carried tâ— Kildare where Sept. 3. he died Qâ—licet magnis difficultatibus diu conflictatus fuerit posteriora tamen tempora magna animi tranquillitate rebâ—semper ferè ad vota fluentibus transegit He was buried in Trinity Church Dublin in a Chappel erected by himself This Gerald Earl of Kildare had been at several times 3â— years Lord Deputy of Ireland which had he not been a person oâ— sigular Parts he could never have â—een entrusted with 1513. His Son Gerald Earl of â—ildare was Senatus Regis assensu â—eing then Treasurer made Lord â—ustice A custom mos per vicissiâ—dines ab antiquo mansit in Hibernia â—â— deinceps jam mansurus est in posteâ—m Anno enim 33 H. 8. Cap. 2. Liâ—irici sancitur ut vel moriente Reâ—i Praefecto seu Deputato vel ex ocâ—sione succedente Regis illic Consiâ—â—rii Anglum elegant in Justiciarium â—â— Gubernatorem Regni Regio beneplacito duraturum that had been â—â—ng used on the death of the Principle Officer as is evident by an Act â—ntituled An Act for the Electing â—â—e Lord Justice the 23 of H. 8. therein it is enacted that none should be elected but who is an English man born within the Realm of England being no spiritual person Afterwards by a Patent from England he was made Lord Deputy Who in the 7 year of H. 8. helâ— a Parliament at Dublin begun February 25. 1515. June 13. Willam Preston Viscount Gormanston was declareâ— Lord Justice but forthwith put ouâ— and the said Earl of Kildare waâ— continued Lord Deputy who going for England 1519. Leaves Regia licentia priâ— impetrata Sir Thomas Fitz Maurice â—â— Lackagh a Knight of his own Family Lord Justice 1520. A little before Whitsontide Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey elder Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk Admiral of England Wales and Ireland Knight of the Garter was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland magis ex odâ— Kildarium whom Wolsey hated quam ex amore erga Surreium saitâ— Polid. Virg. mentioned by Sir James Ware as in the later Ages and for mer too others have been advanced thither on the like Principles â—e held a Parliament at Dublin June 4. 1521. in the 13 of H. 8. by several Prorogations About Christmass following he went into England where having discharged the weightiest employment of his King with much integrity and honour as he had done here and in France Scotland and elsewhere being a great Master of Wisdom through long experience he fell at last into this Kings displeasure his son ingenio florenti eruditione magna traeditus being accused and afterwards beheaded for quartering King Idward the Confessors Arms with his though ex sententia faecialium for which our Lieutenant now Duke of Norfolk was also committed Prisoner to the Tower though he had saith the Lord Cherbury eis much merit of ancient Service to plead for him as any Subject of his time could pretend to He laya long time Prisoner there at last was sent against Wiat with an inconsiderable handful made up for the greatest part of the Kings Guards but not succeeding having been ever before prosperous laid it much to heart and being tossed to and fro betwixt the reciprocal Ebbs and Fluxes of Fortune died in Sept. 1554. in the 1 and 2 year of Philip and Mary at Keninghal in Norfolk When he went for England he left 1521. His intimate Friend Pierce Butler Earl of Ormond after Earl of Ossory a near Allie of Thomas who died in London and was buried in Mercers Chappel 1515. Quo subditum ditiorem si vera sint quae de eo traduntur Anglia eo tempore non vidit about Christmass was left Lord Deputy 1524. Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Deputy about Midsummer who caused Maurice Cavaâ—agh Arch-deacon of Leghlyn to be hung on a Gibbet and his bowels burnt for most wickedly killing his Dioecesan Maurice Doran at Glen-Reynold a man much praised for his excellent manners and elegance in preaching Kildare being sent for into England was by Cardinal Wolseys subtle means ordered to be beheaded in the Tower and the Execution had certainly been done had not the Lieutenant of the Tower favouring Kildare acquainted the King therewith who not only respited his death but returned him with honour into Ireland checking the Cardinals presumption Upon his being sent for into England he 1526. Left in his stead Thomas Fitz Gerard of Leixlip Lord Deputy The same year he going off Richard Nugent Baron of Delvin was in his stead left Lord Deputy He was taken Prisoner by O-Connor 1538. treacherously during a Paâ—ley between them He descended of Gilbert Nugent to whom behaving himself valiantly Hugh Lacy gave Lands in Meath 1528. Pierce Butler then Earl of Ossory the Title of the Earl of Ormond which to that time he had born being descended of the Earls race was conferred on Thomas â—ullin Viscount Rochford who à Senatu Regio was chosen Lord Deputy in Delvins stead 1530. Sir William Skeffington Lord Deputy to Henry Fitz Roy Duke of Richmond and Sommerset base son of H. 8. L. Lieut. of Ireland 1532. Gerald Earl of Kildare Lord Deputy to the said Duke of Richmond c. L. Lieutenant and being sent for into England left in his stead his eldest son as one for whose doing he would answer ut pro cujus fidelitate ipse vellet fide jubere 1534. Thomas then scarce 21 years old his Deputy A Youth of a hot and active Brain who having intelligence though false that his Father was beheaded in England indeed he was imprisoned in the Tower immediately flung up the Insignia Regalia to Cromer Chancellor of Ireland bidding defiance to the King and his Ministers slaying in his fury Dr. John Allin Archbishop of Dublin near Clantarfe Febr. 28. in the 58 year of his age committing besides many outrages the Father Gerald E. of Kildare dies in the Tower oppressed with the news of his Sons inconsiderateness upon which 1534. Sir W. Skeffington L. Deputy arrived at Dublin Octob. 21. and died at Kilmainam about the end of Decem. and was honourably buried according to his dignity in St. Patricks Church though afterwards a Monument was erected for him at Skeffington in Leicestershire from whence he descended since demolished by the Impiety of the last Age. 1535. Leonard Lord Gray son of Thomas Gray Marquess Dorâ—t created Viscount of Garny in Ireland Jan. 1. was made Lord Deputy to Henry Duke of Richmond and Sommerset The Duke died at St. James's House beyond Charing Cross in the 16 year of his Age July 22. Anno 1535. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolk Our Deputy held a Parliament in the 28 of H. 8. by several Prorogations Wherein amongst other Acts Thomas late Earl of Kildare was with
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
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
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
the other in Munster not but that formerly there had been some established but not for 200 years executed 1613. Dr. Thomas Jones Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor and Sir Richard Wingfield Marshal of Ireland March 4. were constituted Lords Justices 1614. Sir Arthur Chichester now Lord of Belfast July 27. was made Lord Deputy Who in the 11 12 and 13. year of this King held a Parliament at Dublin by several Prorogations passing therein a Recognition of his Majesties Title to Ireland An Act against Pyrats another for the Attaindor of Tir-Oen and an Act of Repeal of divers Statutes concerning the Natives of Ireland as another of Oblivion which more really subdued the Irish than all the Forces formerly sent for the Irish finding themselves thereby Subjects not Enemies as formerly they were distinguished the whole Nation grew more in Love with their Subjection to the Crown of England and the English Laws than ever any Force had reduced them to before they being a Nation saith Sir John Davies that love equal and indifferent Justice much contented with the Benefit and Protection of the Law Which in that it was the Master-piece and most excellent part of the Work of Reformation securing the Crown of England by allowing the British and Irish to grow up together into one Nation I conceive it not impertinent to give you a touch of that it may be evident with what singular affection as well as prudence the State of England aimed at the Interest of the Natives as well as the British By which Act Ireland was indeed Reduced and not before to the Imperial Crown of England Vnion of Laws being the best Cement of Affections as farther may appear by the Act it self Anno XI JACOBI Cap. V. Fol. 428. Declaring That the Natives of Irish bloud for their Hostility against the English were in several Statutes and Records called Irish Enemies and accordingly abridged of the benefit of the Laws Bot being now taken into his Majesties gracious Protection under One Law as dutiful Subjects to match and freely commerce together Those Laws of Difference and Distinction were wholely abrogated and from that Session of Parliament utterly repealed At which time the Harp was first marshalled by King James with the Royal Arms of Great Britain Soon after even in the 9 year of his Reign he instituted the Order of Baronets upon which Sir Henry Spelman in his Glossary hath these Verses Ecce Baronettos florentis nomen Honoris Indicat in Clypei fronte Cruenta Manus Non quod sâ—vi aliquid aut strictâ— fortiter Ense Hostibus occisis gesserit ista Cohors Neâ— genus aut virtus meritum veâ— gratia Claros Efficit at Nummi O male sana fames Quinque notent digiti centenas quinque ferendaâ— Mercandi pertium nominis esse libras Vilius at multi dum cauponare morantuâ— Ex vera Geniti Nobilitate Virâ— Interea è caulis hic prorepit Ille tabernis Et modo â—it Dominus Qni modo servus erat And to keep the Order from swarming the King confined it to the number of 200 and as their Issue should fail their Order to cease engaging for himself and his Heirs not to superinduct a New Order under another Name But he that will look how well the End of the Institution and the Laws of it have been observed shall to use Sir Richard Bakers words perhaps find it to be here as it was in the Order of St. Michael in France into which at first there were none admitted but Princes and eminent Persons but afterwards all sorts of Men without any difference that it came almost to be doubted whether the Dignity of the Order did more grace the Persons or the Meanness of the Persons disgrace the Order In so much as with Camd. in his Eliz. An. 1594. I shall conclude with what a noble French man said The Chain of St. Michael was once a badge of Noble men but now a Collar for all Creatures After his quitting Ireland he was sent Ambassadour to the Emperour of Germany which he discharged with singular Integrity and Honour He died near the time that King James died and was buried at Belfast in Ireland For whom some Friend in a Table hung over his Tomb hath exprest his Passion but not our Deputies merit for which we shall omit the Poem only give you what is inscribed on the Table Sacred to GOD and eternal MEMORY Sir Arthur Chichester Knight Baron of Belfast Lord High Treasurer of Ireland Governour of Carrigfergus and of the Countries adjoining descended of the ancient and noble House of the Chichesters in the County of Devon Son of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh Knight and of his Wife Gertrude Courtney Grandchild of Edward Chichester and of his Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Bourchier Earl of Bath after the flight of the Earls of Tirone and Ter-Connel and other Arch Traitors their Complices having suppressed Odoughertie and other Northern Rebels and setled the Plantation of this Province of Ulster and well and happily governed this Kingdom in flourishing estate under JAMES our King the space of xj years and more whilest he was Lord Deputy and Governour General thereof retired himself into his Private Government and being mindful of his Mortality represented unto him by the untimely death of Arthur his Son the onely hope of his House who lived not full two Moneths after his Birth as also of his Noble and Valiant Brother Sir John Chichester Knight late Serjeant Major of the Army in this Kingdom of Ireland and the Precedent Governour of this Town hath caused this Chappel to be repaired and this Vaulâ— and Monument to be made and erected as well in remembrance of them whose Statues are expressed and their Bodies interred as also a resting place for the Body of himself and his most dear and best beloved Wifâ— the Noble and Vertuous Lady Lettice Eldest Daughter of Sir John Perrot Knight sometime the Worthy Deputy of this Kingdom Which they hope shall rest here in peace until the second coming of their crucified Redeemer whom they mosâ— constantly believed then to behold with their bodily eyes to their endless Blessedness and everlasting Comfort Under the Crest En me triumphantem Under the Arms Honor sequitur fugientem Over the Quire Dore in Christ Church Dublin there is this erected to his Memory at the repairing of the place The Right Honourable Arthur Chichester Baron of Belfast and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland who took the Sword of State and Government of this Kingdom the third of February 1604. and when he had been Lord Deputy and governed with Justice 11 Years and odd Days surrendred the Sword the 11 of February 1616. to the then Lords Justices to his now great Honour and his Majesties approbation of his worth and merit 1615. Doctor Thomas Jones Archbishop of Dublin Lord Chancellor and Sir John Denham Knight Lord Chief Justice of his Majesties Chief Place Febr. 11. were constituted Lords Justices
Lord Viscount Wentworth c. Nov. 23. Lord Deputy During whose time the notable Case of Tenures upon the Commission of Defective Titles came to be argued by the Judges of Ireland five of which were of opinion that the Letters Patents granted by King James in the IV year of his Reign March 2. were void in the whole the Subject having contrary to the Authority given by the Commission obtained Letters Patents in fraud and deceit of the Crown to defeat the King of his Tenures in Capite a principle Flower of his Crown as is fullyargued by Sir James Barry Baron Barry in the Case drawn up by him Contrary to which two Judges viz. Justice Mayart and Justice Cressey held that the Letters Patents were only void as to the Tenure which Opinion amongst the generality begat a reverence of the later Judges almost incredible especially after it was decreed at the Council Board July 13. 1637. that all Tenures other than by Knights Service in Capite were void in the whole and therefore disannulled whatever Estates had otherwise past in the Counties of Roscomman Slygo Mayo Galloway or the County of the Town of Gallway yet after all when it had cost his Majesty much in fining Offices none of these Lands were ever alienated from the pretenders to them Afterward the Lord Deputy going for England the North of Ireland being sufficiently secured against the Scots at that time somewhat suspected 1639. Robert Lord Dillon of Kilkenney West and Christopher Wansford Master of the Rolls September 12. were sworn Lords Justices In whose time a Parliament was summoned at Dublin but more than meet did little in expectation of Illustrissimus excellentissimus Dom. Thomas Comes de Straffordia Vicecom Wentworth Baro Wentworth de Wentworth Woodhouse de Novo Mercato Oversley Raby Serenissimi Dom. CAROLI Magn. Britanniae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Locum-tenens Generalis Necnon Gubernator Generalis Regni sui Hiberniae Dominus Praesidens Consilii in partibus Borealibus Regni Angliae à Secretioribus suae Majestatis Consiliis Anno Dom. MDCXXXIX 1639. Thomas L d Viscount Wentworth some Moneths before made Earl of Strafford then constituted Lord Lieutenant for that as his Patent runs Obsequium suum industriam nobis aegregiè probaverit dum Officium Deputatus nostri in Regno nostro Hiberniae Praefecturam generalem exercitus nostri ibidem conscripti fide summa administravit resque nostras illius regni ea Prudentia ordinaverit ut nostro honori saluti Ecclesiae populoque universo optime Consulerit He arrived at Dublin March 18. and the next day received the Sword at the Council Table After which he appeared in Parliament who granted four intire Subsidies for that as it is in the Preamble of the Statute being moved thereunto by sundry great causes of joy and comfort particularly in providing and placing over us so just wise vigilant and profitable a Governour as the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford Lord Lieutenant of this your said Kingdom of Ireland President of your Majesties Council established in the North parts of your said Kingdom of England One of your Majesties most Honourable Privy Council of the said Kingdom Who by his great care and travel of body and mind sincere and upright Administration of Justice without Partiality increase of your Majesties Revenues without the least hurt or grievance to any of your wel-disposed and loving Subjects And our great comforts and security by the large and ample benefits which we have received and hope to receive from your Majesties Commission of Grace for remedy of Defective Titles procured hither by his Lordship from your Sacred Majesty His Lordships great care and pains in Restauration of the Church the Reinforcement of your Army within this Kingdom and ordering the same with such singular and good Discipline as that it is now become a great comfort stay and security to this your whole Kingdom which before had an Army rather in name than substance His support of your Majesties wholsome Laws here established his encouragement to your Judges and other good Officers Ministers and Dispensers of your Laws in the due and sincere Administration of Justice his necessary and just strictness for the execution thereof his due punishment of the contemners of the same and his care to relieve and redress the Poor and oppressed For this your tender care over us shewed by the deputing and supporting of so good a Governour c. We in free Recognition of your great goodness towards us do for the Alleviation of some part of your Majesties said inestimable charges most humbly and freely offer to your Majesty c. four intire Subsidies c. Upon the reputation of which the Earl of Strafford raised 8000 Foot and 1000 Horse additional to the Veterane Forces And so having expedited his Majesties Affairs there he hasted into England where after a Trial before his Peers in Westminster Hall a Scene more magnificent than History can Parallel he was on the pretended hate of the whole Empire condemned by Bill of Attaindor Et si accusatus non minus acriter quam fideliter Defensus varias sententias habuit plures tamen quasi mitiores Since which that Act with all the circumstances of it was repealed Anno 14 Caroli secundi worthy often perusal having in it the state of the whole business and the same act that condemned him also secured that his Death should not be a president for the like He was beheaded on Tower-hill May 12. 1641. Quem Ille as it was said of Momoransis supremum casum fortiter juxta Religiose tulit For whom there are several Epitaphs but that of his Majesty in his incomparable Meditations will survive Brass or Marble I look saith his Majesty upon my Lord of Strafford as a Gentleman whose abilities might make a Prince rather afraid than ashamed in the greatest Affairs of State Some few days after the Earl of Strafford was beheaded Robert Earl of Leicester Grandson of Sir Henry Sidney that excellent Governour was nominated Lord Lieutenant of Ireland A Person acceptable on all accounts having never been engaged in the publick Currant of the Times a virtue very remarkable but often imployed on the noblest Embassies abroad and at home whereby he was a fit Instrument to serve his Prince in so eminent an imployment on the loss of such a Minister of State as the Earl of Strafford who by his knowledge in Martial Affairs and other his great Abilities would have been no doubt as Sir Benjamin Rudyard observed abundantly capable to have reduced the Irish to a due Obedience But though he had sent over Servants and much Furniture into Ireland and lay a long time at Chester for a dispatch he yet never came into Ireland much to the Regret of many that wished well to that Service though part of the Arrears of his Entertainment there are of late secured by the Act of Settlement in