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
struck off at one blow than was left in the heads of the surviving Nobility He was born at Everton in Cambridg shire brought up in Baliol Colledge in Oxford He held a Parliament at Dublin in the 7. of this King He was attainted by Parliament in England for taking part with Edw. 4. against King H. 6. who had then again resumed his Title with a grateful admittance into London and was beheaded on Tower-hill 1470. and his body was buried in the Preaching Friers London 1467. Thomas Fitz Maurice Earl of Kildare made Lord Justice and 1471. Lord Deputy to George Duke of Clarence before whom a Parliament was held at Naas the 12 of Edw. 4. 1475. William Sherwood Bishop of Meath Deputy to the Duke of Clarence Lord Lieutenant In July he held a Parliament at Dublin the 15 of Edw. 4. He died at Dublin December 3. 1482. and lies buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul near Trim. 1478. Henry Gray Lord Gray of Ruthin a descendant of the Earls of Kent Deputy to the said Duke of Clarence and the same year Sir Robert Preston Knight descended from the line of the Prestons in Lancashire was Deputy to the said Henry Lord Gray and before the end of the year Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Justice Vir licet spectatae fortitudinis rigidus tamen Praeferox He held a Parliament at Dublin the 18 of the King and 1479. The said Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Deputy to Richard of Shrewsbury Duke of York second Son of Edw. 4. nominated Lord Lieutenant of Ireland He held a Parliament at Dublin the 20 of Edw. 4. Sub EDWARDO V. 1483. The said Earl of Kildare was continued Deputy Sub RICHARDO III. 1483. The said Earl of Kildare was first made Deputy to Edward the Kings Son before whom sub exitum anni writes Sir James Ware in Parliamento Dublinii incepto lata est lex de nummis adveteratis fi angendis Edward the Kings son died 1484. the 2 of Richard 3. And after the death of Edward the Kings Son the said Earl of Kildare was made Lord Deputy to John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln Lord Lieutenant who was slain at Stokefield taking part with Martin Swarth June 20. the 2 of H. 7. 1487. Sub HENRICO VII 1485. Gerald Earl of Kildare was continued Deputy to the said Earl of Lincoln Lord Lieutenant Whilest the Government was thus committed to Kildare Lambert Simnel a Youth that carried a kind of fascination in his Countenance was sent thither out of the Burgundian Forge with a considerable Force under Martin Swarth a German accompanied with the Earl of Lincoln the Lord Lovel and other persons of Quality who so smoothly carried their Design as the Deputy the Chancellour Treasurer of Ireland and some of the Bishops all friends to the White Rose conceived this Pretender to be the true Earl of Warwick son of George Duke of Clarence rightful Heir to the Crown of England and thereupon had him solemnly Crowned in Christ Church Dublin with a Crown taken off the head of the Statue of the blessed Virgin Mary who on such occasions it seems takes it not ill to be divested of her Attire Afterwards that Idol with its complices were defeated at Stokefield and which some account a notable subtilty in H. 7. our Deputy the Earl of Kildare with all the Council were not only pardoned but continued in the same Government with Instructions suitable to the Time And then 1491. He was made Deputy to Jasper Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Bedford Uncle to H. 7. Lord Lieutenant After whom 1492. Walter Fitz Simons Archbishop of Dublin was made Deputy to the said Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke Lord Lieutenant who held a Parliament at Dublin the 8 of H. 7. and was afterwards Chancellour who in Synodo ab eâ— Dublinii celebrata Theologiae praelectori salarium assignavit à se Suffragiis suis annuatim pendendum an Argument the University formerly established by Archbishop Bicknor 1320. was not wholy neglected He died at Finglass May 14. 1511. and was most honourably buried in St. Patricks Church Dublin 1493. Robert Preston Viscount Gormanston succeeded Deputy to the Duke of Bedford He was the first Viscount Gormanston He died the 5. of the Ides of April 1541. He held a Parliament at Drogedagh which was repealed the 10 of H. 7. because he had no power by his Commission to keep a Parliament other causes are alledged also The Duke of Bedford died Decemb. 21. 1495. the 11 of H. 7. Gormanston quitted his Government The same year to his Son as his Vicar or Deputy who surrendred it 1494. To Sir Edward Poynings Knight of the Garter and one of the Privy Council in England designed Deputy Decemb. 13. and was sworn at Dublin not long after He held a Parliament at Drogedagh in the 10 of the King wherein besides many Acts of notable importance he passed an Act That no Parliament should be holden in Ireland until the Acts were first certified into England and thence returned with the Royal Assent under the Great Seal which hath been the grand security of what the English hath since enjoyed Then also it was enacted That all the Statutes made in England to that time should also be in force in Ireland So making saith my Lord Bacon some compensation for the meagreness of his Service in the War Also there past an Act that the Lords of Ireland should appear in the like Parliament Robes in the Parliament of Ireland as the English Lords are wont to wear in the Parliament of England Which some of them put on not with less regret than ours would their Trowses as Tirlagh Lynnagh who was suffered to beaâ— the Title of O-Neal after it was dam'd by an Act of Parliament He died an old man Anno 1522. He going for England in Jan. 1495. Leaves Henry Dean then Bishop of Bangor writes Ware but not till the Year following saith Godwin only Prior of Lanthony Abbey and Chancellor of Ireland Lord Justice A person of great prudence soon detecting the Imposture of Perkin Warbeck Dean died Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Febr. 15. 1502. and lies buried in the Martyrdom at Canterbury under a fair Marble stone inlaid with Brass 1496. August 6. Gerald Earl of Kildare was made Lord Lieutenant before whom August 26. at Tristledermort was held a Parliament in the â—4 H. 7. 1503. In April Walter Fitz Simons Vir gravis eruditus Archbishop of Dublin succeeded Deputy to the said Earl of Kildare and in August the same Year quitted the Sword to Gerald Earl of Kildare magno tum honore novis instructionibus returning out of England Lord Deputy maugre all the malice of his adversaries Sub HENRICO VIII 1509. The said Gerald Earl oâ— Kildare continued his Government with a new Patent under the Title of Justice though the year
Curia Romana pro negotio ipsius patris nostri expediendis pro expensis quas idem Archiepiscopus fecit in servitio nostro in Hibern dum ultimo fuit Justiciar noster Hibern Assignavimus eidem Archiepiscopo Centum libras de firma Civitatis nostrae de Limerick recipiendas ad duos terminos viz. ad festum Sancti Michaelis quinquaginta libras ad Paschae quinquaginta libras Assignavimus etiam eidem Archiepiscopo in solutione ejusdem debiti quinquaginta Marcas per annum percipiendum de firma Civitatis nostrae Dublin Sicut plenius continetur in nostris patentibus quas inde fieri fecimus ideo vobis mandamus quod praedictas centum libras de firma praedictae Civitatis Limerick praedictas quinquaginta Marcas de firma Civitatis nostrae Dublin eidem Archiepiscopo recipere permittatis quousque praedictum debitum ei persolvatur Teste Rege apud Westm Maii 10. Anno Regni nostri 12. 1232. Maurice Fitz Gerald was made Lord Justice September 2. He continued so till 1245. at which time Mauritium Hiberniae Justiciarium eo quod ficte tarde auxilium ab Hibernia the King having use of his Forces against David ap Llewellin Prince of Wales domino regi duxerat periclitanti a Justiciaria deposuit Whilest he was Justice he excellently well behaved himself against Earl Marescal who 1234. had hostilely invaded Ireland animated by Geoffery de Marisco whom Mat. Paris calls homo ejus ligius senex infidelis and subduing him the first of April after that the Earl Marescal had with an unexpressable courage most of his Party betraying him manfully defended himself He died May 8. 1257. Miles strenuus facetus nulli secundus and was buried at Youghall amongst the Frier Minors which Covent he founded 1231. And upon his remove 1245. Sir John Fitz Geoffery was made Lord Justice Novemb. 4. Vir quidem praeclarus genere divitiis potentia To whom the King directs his Writ that Turvil Bishop of Ossory might dispose of his Goods by his last Will. Mandatum est Johanni filio Galfrido Justiciar Hiberniae quod permittat Priorem de Conale alios executores testamenti Galfridi de Turvil Episcopi Ossoriensis habere liberam administrationem omnium bonorum quae fuerunt ejusdem Episcopi Ita quod de primis bonis leventur debita Regis quae Regi debebat quae sunt Clara. Teste Rege apud Westm April 12. On his remove 1247. Theobald Butler Lord of Carrick and John Cogan were chosen Lords Justices Butler died in the Castle of Arkelo 1285. 1255. Alan de la Zouch succeed-Lord Justice descended from Alan Viscount of Roan in Little Brittain in times past Lord Ashbey de la Zouch in Leicester-shire He was in the 34 of H. 3. Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. He was slain by John 7. Earl Warren and of Surrey half Brother to King H. 3. in Westminster Hall 1259. Stephen de long Espee second Son of William the first Earl of Salisbury Justiciarius in Hibernia Dominus Capitalis erat oâ—dinatus He died 1260. in Ireland being slain by his own People his body was buried in England The 16 year of K. John He was made Earl of Vlster 1260. William Dean Lord Justice He died 1261. 1261. Sir Richard de Rupella or Rochel Glynn calls him la Rochel de Capel Lord Justice who being recalled into England 1267. Sir David de Barry was instituted in his place who did excellent Service in composing some differences between the Geraldines and Bourks which were too heady for the former Governour it is conceived that the Viscount Barries in Ireland descended from this man and all from Barry in Glanmorganshire 1268. Sir Robert de Vfford Ancestor not unlike of Robert de Vfford Earl of Suffolk Lord Justice upon whose remove into England 1269. Richardus de Exonia was made Lord Justice He died the same Year and 1270. Sir James Audley alias Aldelegh from whence as is supposed the noble Lord Audley was made Lord Justice He was killed with a fall from his Horse in Tocmond 1272. June 23. After whose death till the entrance of Edward the first Histories supply not who was instituted in his room This was he as probably may be conjectured to whom Hugh Lacy Earl of Vlster gave Lands with the Constableship of Vlster Sub EDWARDO I. 1272. Maurice Fitz Maurice Lord Justice to whom the King directs this Writ De conservatione Pacis in Hibernia Rex dilecto fideli suo Mauritio filio Mauritii Justic suo Hibern salutem Cum defuncto jam celebris memoriae Domino H. Rege patre nostro ad nos regni Angliae gubernaculum terrae Hibern Dominium successione haereditaria pertineant per quod nos qui in exhibitione pacis conservatione omnibus singulis de praedictis regno sumus ex nunc debitores jam pacem nostram in eodem regno nomine Regis fecimus proclamari vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes quod per totam terram nostram Hib. pacem nostram publice clamari firmiter teneri faciatis inhibendo omnibus et singulis de eadem terra sub periculo exhaeredationis vitae et membrorum ne quis pacem nostram infringere praesumat Nos enim omnibus et singulis de praedicta terra nostra Hiberniae in omnibus juribus et rebus ipsos contingentibus contra quoscunque tam majores quam minores parati sumus erimus plenam Auctore Domino Justitiam exhibere Dat per manum W. de Merton Cancellarii nostri apud Westminst Decemb. 7. 1173. Geoffery Lord Genevil of the House of Lorrain newly returned in Pilgrimage from the Holy Sepulchre Lord Justice succeeded in October to whom I find many Writs directed the following may be sufficient to testifie the truth Rex dilecto fideli suo Galfrido de Genevil Justiciario suo Hiberniae salutem Mandamus vobis quod omnimodas exactiones demandas districtiones quas fieri facitis venerabili Cassalen Archiepiscopo ponatis in respectum usque ad ventum nostrum in Angliam ut tunc inde provideatur quod rationabiliter fuerit inde faciendum nullam molestiam sibi vel Ecclesiae suae interim inferendo Dat c. Junii 13. Anno regno 2. He died the 12. before the Calends of November 1314. and was buried amongst the Preaching Friers in Trim the Foundation he himself had established 1276. Sir Robert de Vfford Lord Justice the second time who going into England 1279. Stephen de Fulborn Bishop of Waterford afterwards Archbishop of Tuam Treasurer of Ireland Lord Justice The year following he surrenders and Vfford resigning it he again accepts it 1282. He died at Dublin 1288. 5. Nonas Julii to whom the King for the better support of his Justiceship granted a Pension out of the Exchequer in Ireland of 500 l. per annum
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
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
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
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
for which and his integrity he bears the Papal Frown having manifested only that the Vicar of the Church hath no Soveraignty over Soveraign Princes in their own Dominions in Civil and Temporal Affairs A Tenent so necessary that the contrary in History is marked with a black Coal Nor can it be otherwise no Pope willingly allowing Subjects any other Obedience to their Prince than what is in subordination to their See upon which the greatest dissentions in the World have ensued so that indeed to talk of Obedience in Civil and Temporal Affairs only is in truth nothing the Ecclesiastick Authority wiping off at pleasure the other Cobweb pretended Subjection The 26 of October following his Graces arrival at Kilkenny the Parliament which had been long put off by many necessary Prorogations fell into consideration of the Explanatory Bill of Setlement which took up much time as it had long before exercised his Graces Solicitations Interest and Studies in England At length it passed though not without some doubts by the Commons in Parliament which his Grace with the advice of the Council the 15 of December 1665. having satisfied he past into an Act which I am the willinger to mention that what Niceties soever one may raise thence the Faith of this Illustrious person given in its defence may bear up its honour and validity though some thought notwithstanding the utmost extent of the Investing Clause the whole was short of what might be expected for Money so long subscribed the charge the Souldiers and Adventurers had been at for surveying maintaining and defending their Lots the passing of Patents and the great Rents payable thence which considering the State of Affairs could hardly be avoided As it may well be concluded by this that after five years pains taken by the King by his Councils and by his two Houses of Parliament the State was got no farther than into the Prospect of a Settlement All which and more you will find in his Graces Speech to both Houses of Parliament at his giving the Royal Assent to the Grand Act of Settlement 1665. to which I must refer you as being the support of his Graces confidence in the Settlement and may well be others whoever is most concerned in the Adventure At his Return for England near three years after he was chosen Chancellor of Oxford on Dr. Sheldon Lord Archbishop of Canterburie's rie's Resignation August 4. 1669. as one best able to protect that place and the Theatrum Sheldonianum a Piece if not exceeding emulating the stateliest Monuments of Antiquity yet he was not sworn till August the 26. at Worcester-House London in a Convocation there held by Dr. Fell Vice Chancellor a most obliging and vigilant Governour and others of the University in their Formalities 1668. April the 25. the Earl of Ossory was again sworn Lord Deputy in the absence of the Duke his Father who embarqued the day before for England he having passed over his Government with general satisfaction resigned The right Honourable John Lord Roberts of Trâ—ro Lord Privy Seal Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour of his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland one of the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council Anno Domini MDCLXIX 1669. To John Lord Roberts Baron of Thruro Lord Privy Seal the 18 of September who landed at Houth and was that day honourably conducted to Dublin and sworn at the Council Board Lord Lieutenant who on the access of the Lord Barkley to the Government gave up his Power with this short Speech My Lord I will not detain you long from the great Charge now placed upon you Action is the life of all Government I have no more to say But I received this Sword in Peace and will deliver it so to your Excellency For whom I have seen this Inscription written by one who knows as well what Men are as the Language wherein he is excellent to express them in Hic jacet aut habitat Recti Pertinax Honoratissimus Dominus Dominus Johannes Barkley Baro de Stratton Locum Tenens Gubernator Generalis Hiberniae necnon Serenissimo Principi CAROLO Secundo Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regi Fidei Defensori c. tam Anglia quam Hibernia e Consiliis Secretioribus 1670. May the 21. John Lord Barkley Baron of Stratton landed privately at Rings End by Dublin scarce then expected and was that day sworn Lord Lieutenant at the Council Board Who going for England 1671. June the 12. Dr. Richard Boyle Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor and Sir Arthur Forbes Barronet a Member of the Privy Council and Captain of a Troop of Horse were sworn Lords Justices Archbishop Boyle was one of the twelve Bishops consecrated in St. Patricks Church in Dublin the 27. of January 1660. in that solemn Order as since the Reformation the like hath not been observed with so much Formality and State a Procession yet not so solemn as amazing To the Euge of which was that ingenious and celebrated Anthem designed entituled Quam deâ—â—o exaltavit Dominus Coronam Composed by the then Dean of S. Patricks Dr. William Fuller since Bishop of Limerick now of Lincoln and that no question might be raised as to the Legitimacy of this Ordination some who in the late Wars moved excentrical to their Functions were not admitted to lay on their hands though the eminency of their Parts and the strictness of their lives are exemplary The Justices 1671. The 23 of September delivered up their Power to John Lord Barkly Lord Lieutenant then returned out of England who with much tranquility continued his Government till that His Excellency Arthur Earl of Essex Viscount Maldon Baron Capel of Hadham Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Hertford and Wilts one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council Lord Lieutenant General and General Governour to his most excellent Majesty King CHARLES the Second of his Kingdom of Ireland in the 24 year oâ— his Reign MDCLXXII 1672. August the 5. Arthur Lord Capel Earl of Essex Son of Arthur Lord Capel the Victim arrived at Dunlary near Dublin and that afternoon was sworn at the Council Board Lord Lieutetenant A person so acceptable to the Nation as Obedience is their Sacrifice and Honour his Rule FINIS In his Dedicatory Epistle before the Statutes of Ireland C. Vel. Patere p. 11. Veter Epist 50. Hiber Sylloge p. 118. Fol. 737. Fol. 353 Spel. Gloss fol. 336. Fol. 346. Spel. Gloss fol. 331. Alias Dominus de Chepstow Earl of Ogie in Normandy Earl of Leicester Earl Marshal of England Vicegerent of Normandy Lord Lieutenant as is said of Ireland and Prince of Leinster in the right of Eva his wife sole heir of Dermot Mac-Morogh King of Leinster Hoveden Is est inter Caesarem Populum constitutus Judex ita ut quicquid ab eo Negotiorum Imperialium justum est perinde habeatur ratum ac si ab ipso Caesare fuerit peractum L. Funestella De Magistratibus
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
some others attainted for the Insolencies he had done during his Deputyship Which Act was repealed in the 11 year of Queen Eliz. the Earl of Kildare's Brothers and Sisters being thereby restored to their Blood as in King Edw. 6. his Reign Gerald Earl Thomas's Brother was restored to his ancient Inheritance and by Q. Mary May 14. 1554. to his Honour and Baron of Offaly who returning the same Year into Ireland was received with great Applause by the people though his Brother had been beheaded and 5 Uncles hanged at Tiburn Febr. 3. 1537. And it was further also enacted in this Parliament that the King his Heirs and Successors should be Supream Head of the Church of Ireland prohibiting also Appeals to Rome This Lord Gray was in the Year 1541. beheaded on Tower-hill about June 25. for having as it was conjectured joined with Cardinal Pool and others of the Kings Enemies notwithstanding his good Service against O-Donnel and O-Neal as also in France and other places the Council of Ireland with whom he often wrangled having much prejudiced him in the Kings thoughts At his going for England 1540. Sir William Brereton afterwards Marshal of Ireland Ancestor of the Breretons of Brereton in Cheshire since Baron of Laghlin in Ireland was left Justice who died the same year at Kilkenny in his journey towards Limerick and was buried in St. Canicus's Church in Kilkenny 1540. Sir Anthony St. Leger a Kentish man Vnus Nobilium Secretioris Camerae Regis July 25. Lord Deputy sworn in Trinity Church in Dublin in this form viz. YOu shall swear that you shall faithfully and truly to your power serve our Sovereign Lord the Kings Majesty in the Room and Authority of Lord Deputy and Chief Governour of this his Realm of Ireland you shall maintain and defend the Laws of God and the Christian Faith You shall to your power not only keep his Majesties Peace amongst his People but also maintain his Officers and Ministers in the execution and administration of Justice You shall defend his Majesties Castles Garrisons Dominions People and Subjects of this Realm and repress his Rebels and Enemies You shall not consent to the Damage and Disherizen of his Majesty his Heirs or Successors neither shall you suffer the right of the Crown to be destroyed by any way but shall let it to your power and if you cannot let the same you shall certifie his Majesty clearly and expresly thereof You shall give your true and faithful Counsel for the Kings Majesties Profit and his Highness Council you shall conceal and keep All other things for the preservation of his Majesties Realm of Ireland the Peace amongst his People the execution of his Justice according to his Majesties Laws Vsages and Customs of this his Highness Realm you shall perform and do to your power So God you help and the Contents of this Book Before whom a Parliament was held at Dublin June 13. the 33 of H. 8. in which it was enacted that the King and his Successors should be Kings of Ireland not but that before by the name of Lord of Ireland they had all Sovereign Jurisdiction and Preheminence but as a Title more repleat with Majesty ut dum colit terras ipso nomine titulo Regis Consecraretur which Title the 7 of the Ides of June 1555. Paul the 4. Bishop of Rome confirmed not being able to take away that which H. 8. had before decreed To him the Irishry and degenerate English make their several submissions by Indenture as formerly to H. 2. to King John to Edw. 1. to Richard 2. and now to Sir Anthony St. Leger in 33 of H. 8. 1543. Sir Anthony going into England leaves Febr. 10. Sir William Brabazon Lord Justice 1544. Sir Anthony St. Leger Kt. of the Garter August 11. the second time arrives at Dublin Lord Deputy who going for England 1546. Leaves Sir William Brabazon the second time Lord Justice who took his Oath in Christ Church Dublin April 1. Sub EDWARDO VI. 1547. The said Sir Anthony St. Leger continued Governour first under the title of Lord Justice the Deputy He overcame the O-Birns c. To him was sent from England Sir Edward Billingham unus è nobilibus Secretioris Camerâ— Regis titulo Capitanei Generalis Viâ— fortitudine militari scientia clarus with 600 Horse and 400 Foot whâ— so powerfully pursued the O-More and O-Connars as they submitted tâ— the Deputy for which Service he was Knighted and made Marshal oâ— Ireland 1548. Sir Edward Billingham landed at Dalkie in the Vigils oâ— Whitsontide and the second day after received the Sword in Trinity Church Dublin Brian O-Connar and Patrick O-More great Lords of â—â—ix and Offaly whom he had formerly subdued St. Leger takes with him into England to whom the King gives a yearly Pension of 100l â— piece O-More dies at London within the year the ensuing year Billingham being maligned by some â—f the Council is called into England at whose departure the Council of Ireland offered him Commendatory Letters to which he replied that Credo Resurrectionem â—â—rtuorum if my innocency cannot protect me subterfugies shall not do it my Enemies may kill me but not conquer me He died in England the year following more of grief than a disease after that he had cleared himself of the accusation and it was resolved to have sent him again Deputy into Ireland He was a fervent Protestant and an excellent Governour spending his whole allowance in Hospitality calling thâ— same his dear Masters meat none â—â— his own cost He took Ship aâ— Houth Decemb. 16. And 1549. The Chancellor and other having the Kings leave elect Sir Fâ— Brian Marshal of the Army the King Favourite Lord Justice during thâ— Kings pleasure who in Christ Church Dublin was sworn Decemb. 29. Anâ— Febr. 2. he died at Clonmel advancing against O-Carol and was buried in the Cathedral Church iâ— Waterford in great State 1549. February 2. Sir William Brabazon Vice Treasurer was made Lord Justice the third time who effectually pursued Charles Macart Cavenach who of late had flown again into Rebellion Brabazon died the 7. of the Ides of July in the Tents in Vlster and was buried in Trinity Church Dublin and his Heart carried into England 1550. Sir Anthony St. Leger about September 10. arrived at Dubâ—â—n the fourth time Lord Deputy â—â— whom Charles Mac-art Caveâ—â—ch submitted himself solemnly renouncing before him the Council â—â—d many Lords the name Macâ—urrogh On the surrender of Bulâ—in to the French they paid a considerable sum 8000 l. of which â—ame for Ireland with 400 men with a charge that the Laws of England should be there administred and the Mutinous severely suppressed and saith my Author it may seem strange that among all the horrible Hurries in England Ireland was then almost quiet which must be imputed either to the Kings withdrawing much People thence which otherwise would have disquieted affairs at home or else
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
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