[1] _LIeutenants to Henrie the sixt ouer the relme of Ireland were these, Edmund earle of March, and Iames earle of Ormond his deputie; Iohn Sutton lord Dudle [...]e, and sir Thomas Strange knight his deputie; sir Thomas Stan|leie, and sir Christopher Plun|ket his deputie. This sir Thomas Stanleie on Mi|chaelmasse daie, in the twelfe yeare of king Henrie Here endeth Marlburrow, and all that followeth is taken out of Campion. the [...]xt, with all the knights of Meth & I [...]rell, fought against the Irish, slue a great number, & tooke Neill Odonell prisoner.]
[1] Lion lord Wels, and the earle of Ormond his deputie. Iames earle of Ormond by himselfe, Iohn earle of Shrewesburie, and the archbishop of Dublin lord iustice in his absence. Richard Plantagenet duke of Yorke, father to king Edward the fourth & earle of Ulster, had the office of lieutenant by the kings letters patents during the terme of tenne yeares, who appointed to rule vnder him as his de|puties at sundrie times the baron of Deluin, Ri|chard Fitzeustace knight, Iames earle of Ormond, and Thomas Fitzmorice earle of Kildare. To this Campion out of the records of Christs church. George duke of Clarence borne at Du|blin. Iacke Cade. Richard duke of Yorke and Ulster then resident in Dublin, was borne within the castell there his se|cond sonne the lord George that was after duke of Clarence. His godfathers at the fontstone were the earles of Ormond and Desmond. Whether the com|motion of Iacke Cade an Irishman borne, naming himselfe Mortimer, and so pretending cousinage to diuerse noble houses in this land, procéeded from some intelligence with the dukes fréends here in Ireland, it is vncerteine: but surelie the duke was vehementlie suspected, and immediatlie after began the troubles, which through him were raised. Which broiles being couched for a time, the duke held him|selfe in Ireland, being latelie by parlement ordeined protector of the realme of England: he left his agent in the court, his brother the earle of Salishurie, lord chancellor, to whom he declared the truth of the trou|bles [page 78] then toward in Ireland: which letter exemplifi|ed by sir Henrie Sidneie lord deputie, a great sear|cher and preseruer of antiquities, as it came to Cam|pions hands, and by him set downe we haue thought good likewise to present it here to your view.