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14.2. Edward the third.

Edward the third.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 _VNneth was the businesse a|bout 1326 the witches at an end, when it was signified, that a gentleman of the familie of the Otoolies in Leinster, na|med Adam Duffe, possessed by some wicked spirit of error, 1327 denied obstinatelie the incar|nation of our sauior, the trinitie of persons in the v|nitie of the Godhead, & the resurrection of the flesh; as for the holie scripture, he said it was but a fable: the virgin Marie he affirmed to be a woman of dis|solute Adam Duffe an heretike. life, and the apostolike sée erronious. For such assertions he was burnt in Hogging greene beside Dublin. About the same time, Fitzarke Macm [...]rch, and sir Henrie Traherne were taken prisoners. In the yeare following, the lord Thomas Fitziohn erle of Kildare, and the lord Arnold Powre & William earle of Ulster were sent ouer into Ireland, & Ro|ger Outlaw prior of saint Iohns of Ierusalem in Ireland, commonlie called the prior of Kilmainan, was made lord iustice. This man by reason of vari|ance that chanced to rise betwixt the Giraldins, the The prior of Kilmainan lord iustice. Butlers, and Birminghams, on the one side; and the Powres & Burghs on the other, for terming the earle of Kildare a rimer, to pacifie the parties called a par|lement, wherein he himselfe was faine to make his purgation of a slander imposed to him, as suspected of heresie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The bishop of Ossorie had giuen an information Arnold Powre accu|sed of heresie. against Arnold le Powre, conuented & conuicted in EEBO page image 70 his consistorie of certeine hereticall opinions, but bi|cause the beginning of Powrs accusation concerned the iustices kinsman, and the bishop was mistrusted to prosecute his owne wrong, and the person of the man rather than the fault: a daie was limited for the iustifieng of the bill, the partie being apprehen|ded and respited therevnto. This dealing the bishop (who durst not stirre out of Kilkennie to prosecute his accusation) was reputed parciall: and when by meanes hereof the matter hanged in suspense, he infamed the said prior as an abbettor and fauourer of Arnolds heresie. The prior submitted himselfe to the triall, and therevpon were seuerall proclama|tions made in court, that it should be lawfull to anie man to come into the court, and to inferre, accuse, and declare what euidence he could, against the lord iustice: but none came. Then passed a decrée by the councell, commanding all bishops, abbats, priors, and the maiors of Dublin, Corke, Limerike, Wa|terford, and Droghedagh, the shirifs, knights, & se|neschals of euerie shire, to appeare at Dublin. From amongst all these, they appointed six inquisitors, which examining the bishops and other persons a|foresaid singularlie one by one, found that with an vniuersall consent they deposed for the prior, affir|ming that (to their iudgements) he was a zelous and a faithfull child of the catholike church. In the meane time, Arnold le Powre the prisoner deceased in the castell, & bicause he stood vnpurged, long he laie vn|buried.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the yeare one thousand thrée hundred twentie and nine, Iohn de Birmingham earle of Louth, and 1329 The earle of Louth slaine. his brother Peter, with many other of that surname, and Richard Talbot of Malahide were slaine on Whitsun euen at Balibragan by men of the coun|trie. Also the lord Thomas Butler, and diuerse other The lord Butler slaine. noblemen were slaine by Mac Gogoghdan & other Irishmen néere to Molinger. For the Irish as well in Leinster as in Meth made insurrections in that season, and so likewise did they in Mounster vnder the leading of Obren, whom William earle of Ul|ster and Iames earle of Ormond vanquished. So outragious were the Leinster Irish, that in one church they burnt foure score innocent soules, asking no more but the life of their priest then at masse, whome they notwithstanding sticked with their [...]aue|lins, spurned the host, and wasted all with fire: nei|ther forced they of the popes iuterdiction, nor anie ec|clesiasticall censures denounced against them (mat|ters of no small consideration among them name|lie in those daies) but maliciouslie perseuered in the course of their furious rage, till the citizens of Wer|ford somewhat tamed them, and slue foure hundred of them in one skirmish, the rest flieng were all dren|ched in the water of Slane. In the yeare one thou|sand 1330 thrée hundred and thirtie, the earle of Ulster with a great armie made a iournie against Obren, and the prior of Kilmainan lord iustice put Maurice The prior of Kilmainan lord iustice. Fitzthomas earle of Desmond in prison in the mar|shalseie, out of the which he [...]éelie escaped, and the lord Hugh Lacie returned into Ireland, and obtei|ned the kings peace and fauour.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 In the yeare one thousand thrée hundred thirtie and one, the earle of Ulster passed ouer into Eng|land, 1331 and great slaughter was made vpon the Irish in Okenslie. Also the castell of Arclo was taken by the Irishmen, and great slaughter made of the Eng|lish in the Cowlagh by Otothell and others. Also the lord Anthonie Lucie was sent ouer lord iustice into Ireland, and great slaughter was made of the Irish Anthonie Lu|cie lord iu|stice. at Thurlis by the knights of the countrie, & at Fin|nath in Meth, there were manie of them slaine by the English; but yet was the castell of Fernis taken and burnt by the Irish. On the feast daie of the as|sumption of our ladie, which falleth on the fiftéenth of August, Maurice Fitzthomas earle of Desmond The earle of Desmond ap|prehended. was apprehended at Limerike by the lord iustice, and sent vnto the castell of Dublin. Moreouer, the lord iustice tooke sir William Birmingham at Clo|mell by a wile, whilest he was sicke in his bed, & sent him (togither with his sonne Walter Birmingham) vnto the castell of Dublin, the thirtith of Aprill. In the yeare one thousand three hundred thirtie and two 1332 William Bir|mingham exe|cuted. the said sir William was hanged at Dublin, but Walter was deliuered by reason he was within or|ders.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Campion following such notes as he hath séene, Campion. writeth that the death of this William Birming|ham chanced in time of the gouernement of Wil|liam Outlaw prior of Kilmainan, being lieutenant vnto Iohn lord Darcie, that was made lord iustice (as the said Campion hath noted) in the yeare one thousand thrée hundred twentie and nine. Although Marlburrow affirmeth that he came thither to beare that office, in the yeare one thousand thrée hundred thirtie and two, after the lord Lucie was discharged, as hereafter shall be recited. But whensoeuer, or vn|der whome soeuer Birmingham was executed, he was accounted an od knight, and such a one as for his valiancie, his match was not lightlie to be anie where found. The castell of Clonmore was taken the same yeare by the Englishmen, and the castell of Bonrath was destroid by the Irish of Thomond. Al|so Henrie de Mandeuill was taken and sent priso|ner to be safelie kept in Dublin. Likewise Walter Burgh with two of his bretheren were taken in Connagh by the earle of Ulster, and sent to the ca|stell of Norburgh.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This yeare the lord Antonie Lucie was dischar|ged of his roome by the king, and so returned with his wife & children into England, and the lord Iohn The lord Darcie iustice Darcie was sent ouer lord iustice in Lucies place, and great slaughter was made vpon Bren Obren, and Mac Arthie in Mounster, by the English of that countrie. This Iohn Darcie (as should appeare by gifts bestowed vpon him by the king) was in singu|lar fauour with him. Amongst other things which he had of the kings gift, we find that he had the manors of Louth, and Baliogarie, and other lands in Ire|land The earl [...] of Ew. which belonged to the earle of Ew. And for that the said earle was a Frenchman, and tooke part with Philip de Ual [...]is the kings enimie, they were seized into the kings hand. The earle of Desmond 1333 [...] parlement. vpon suerties was set at libertie, and by the parle|ment holden at Dublin in this yeare 1333, was sent ouer into England vnto the king; and William erls of Ulster a yoong gentleman of twentie yeares of age, in going towards Knockfergus the seauenth of Iune, was slaine neere to the foords in Ulster, by his owne people, but his wife and daughter escaped into England: and the daughter was after maried vnto the lord Lionell the kings sonne. She deceased afterwards at Dublin, and left a daughter behind hir that was his heire, maried to Roger Mortimer earle of March, and lord of Trim.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This murther was procured by Robert Fitz|martine Mandeuill, who was the first that presumed to giue to the earle anie wound. To reuenge the The earle of Ulster slaine. death of this earle of Ulster (slaine as yee haue heard beside Knockfergus) the lord iustice Darcie with a great power went into Ulster, to pursue those that through Mandeuils seditious tumults had so traito|rouslie murthered their lord. At his setting forward, the said iustice Darcie appointed sir Thomas Burgh Sir Thomas Burgh. treasuror, to gouerne as lieutenant to him in his absence. When the lord iustice had punished the trai|tors in Ulster, he passed ouer into Scotland, there to The lord iu|stice inuadeth Scotland. make warre against the Scots that were enimies EEBO page image 71 at that present to the king of England, and on the feast daie of saint Margaret, great slaughter was made of the Scots by the Irishmen: and so what by the king in one part, and the lord iustice of Ireland in another, Scotland was in maner wholie conque|red, and Edward Balioll was established king of Scotland. The lord iustice might haue possessed the Iles if they had béene worth the kéeping: into the which Iles, except the said Darcie and the earle of Sussex late lieutenant of Ireland, no gouernor at anie time yet aduentured. At Darcies comming backe into Ireland, and exercising the office of lord iustice, he deliuered Walter Birmingham out of the castell of Dublin.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the yeare 1336, and tenth of Edward the thirds 1336 reigne, on S. Laurence daie, the Irish of Connagh were discomfited and put to flight by the English|men of the countrie there, with the losse of one Eng|lishman, and ten thousand of the enimies. The lord Iohn Charleton baron came into Ireland to be lord 1337 Sir Iohn Charleton iustice. iustice, and with him his brother Thomas bishop of Hereford lord chancellor, and Iohn Rice lord treasu|ror, and two hundred Welshmen souldiors. The bi|shop was ordeined afterward lord iustice, in whose 1338 The bishop of Hereford lord iustice. time all the Irish of Ireland were at destance with the English, and shortlie brought againe into quiet by the earles of Kildare and Desmond. The lord Iohn Darcie by the kings letters patents was (du|ring 1340 Iohn Darcie lord iustice during life. life) ordeined lord iustice of Ireland, in the four|téenth yeare of king Edward the thirds reigne, which king abused by euill counsell and sinister infor|mers, called in vnder his signet roiall, the franchises, Calling in of liberties. liberties and grants, whatsoeuer had béene deuised, made and ratified to the realme of Ireland, and to euerie each person thereof. This reuoking of liber|ties was displeasantlie taken. The English of birth and the English of bloud falling at words, were di|uided into factions about it, for which contention the Irish still waited, so as the realme was euen vpon the point to giue ouer all, and to rebell. For redresse whereof, the lord iustice called a parlement at Du|blin, to the which the nobles refused to come, and in quiet wise assembled themselues togither at Kilken|nie, where they with the commons agréed vpon cer|teine questions to be demanded of the king by waie of supplication, signifieng in the same partlie their gréefes. Which questions were in effect as follow|eth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 1 How a realme of warre might be gouerned Articles or questions. by one both vnskilfull and vnable in all warlike ser|uice?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 How an officer vnder the king, that entered verie poore, might in one yeare grow to more exces|siue wealth, than men of great patrimonie and liue|lihood in manie yeares?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 3 How it chanced, that sith they were all called lords of their owne, that the souereigne lord of them all [...]as not a pennie the richer for them?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The cheefe of them that thus seemed to repine with the present gouernment, was Thomas Fitz|maurice earle of Desmond, through whose mainte|nance and bearing out of the matter, the countrie was in great trouble; so as it had not lightlie béene séene, that such contrarietie in minds and disliking had appeared amongst those of the English ra [...]e, in that realme at anie time before. Héerewith Rafe Uffort was sent ouer lord iustice, who bringing his 1343 Rafe U [...]ort lord iustice. wife with him, the countesse of Ulster arriued about the thirtéenth of Iulie. This man was verie rigo|rous, and through persuasion (as was said) of his wife, he was more [...]treame and couetous than o|therwise he would haue béene, a ma [...]er not to be forgotten. For if this ladie had béene as readie to The countesse [...]. Ulster. mooue hit husband to haue shewed himselfe gentle and mild in his gouernement, as she was bent to pricke him forward vnto sharpe dealings and rigo|rous procéedings, she had beene now aswell repor|ted of, as she is infamed by their pens that haue re|gistred the dooings of those times. But to the purpose. This Uffort lord iustice, in paine of forfeiture of all his lands, commanded the earle of Desmond to The earle of Desmond. make his personall appearance at a parlement, which he called to be holden at Dublin, there to be|gin the seuenth of Iune. And bicause the earle refu|sed to come acording to the summons, he raised the kings standard, and with an armie marched into Mounster, and there seized the earles possessions in|to the kings hands, letting them foorth to farme for an annuall rent vnto other persons.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And whilest he yet remained in Mounster, he de|uised waies how to haue the earle of Desmond ap|prehended: which being brought to passe, he after|ward deliuered him vpon mainprise of these suerties whose names insue. William de Burgh earle of Suerties for the earle of Desmond. Ulster, Iames Butler earle of Ormond, Richard Lute, Nicholas Uerdon, Morice Rochford, Eustace le Powre, Gerald de Rochford, Iohn Fitzrobert Powre, Robert Barrie, Maurice Fitzgirald, Iohn Wellesleie, Walter le Fant, Richard Rokelleie, Henrie Traherne, Roger Powre, Iohn Lenfant, Roger Powre, Matthew Fitzhenrie, Richard Walleis, Edmund Burgh sonne to the earle of Ul|ster, knights: Dauid Barrie, William Fitzgirald, Foulke de Fraxinus, Robert Fitzmaurice, Henrie Fitzberkleie, Iohn Fitzgeorge de Roch, Thomas de Lees de Burgh. These (as yée haue heard) were bound for the earle. And bicause he made default, the lord iustice verelie tooke the aduantage of the bond a|gainst the mainpernours, foure of them onelie ex|cepted, the two earles and two knights.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The lord iustice is charged with strict dealing by Uffort [...] spoken of. writers in this behalfe, for that the same persons had assisted him in his warres against Desmond. But trulie if we shall consider the matter with indiffe|rencie, he did no more than law and reason requi|red. For if euerie suertie vpon forfeiture of his bond should be forborne, that otherwise dooth his duetie, what care would men haue either to procure suerties or to become suerties themselues? But such is the affection of writers, speciallie when they haue con|ceiued anie misliking towards those of whome they take occasion to speake, so as manie a worthie man hath béene defamed, and with slander greatlie defa|ced in things wherein he rather hath deserued singu|lar commendation. But howsoeuer this matter was handled touching the earle of Desmond, vpon the death of the lord iustice, which insued the next yeare, Ioie concei|ued for the death of the lord iustice Uffort. bonfiers were made, and great ioy shewed through all the rel [...] of Ireland. His ladie verelie (as should appeare) was but a miserable woman, procuring him to extortion and briberie. Much he abridged the prerogatiues of the church, and was so hated, that euen in the sight of the countrie he was robbed without rescue by Mac Cartie, notwithstanding he gathered power, and dispersed those rebels of Ulster. Robert Darcie was ordeined iustice by the councell till the kings letters came to sir Iohn Fitzmaurice, 1346 Robert Dar|cie lord iustice who released Fitzthomas earle of Kildare left in du|rance by Uffort at his death. Fitzmaurice conti [...]|ed Iohn Fitz|morice iustice. L. Birming|ham iustice. not long, but was discharged, and the lord Wal|ter Birmingham elected to succeed in that roome, who procured a safe conduct for Desmond to plead his cause before the king, by whom he was liberallie in|treated, and allowed towards his expenses there twentie shillings a day at the princes charge. In con|sideration of which courtesie shewed to his kinsman, the earle of Kildare, accompanied with diuerse lords, knights, and chosen horssemen, serued the king at EEBO page image 72 Calis, a towne thought impregnable, & returned af|ter the winning thereof in great pompe and [...]ollitie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 We find that Thomas Berkeleie, and Reinold 1347 Record. Tur. lord Cobham, and sir Morice [...] became mainpernours for the said earle of Desmond, that he should come into England, and abide such triall as the law would award. Iobn Archer prior of Kil|mainan 1348 The prior of Kilmainan. Baron Ca|rew iustice. Sir Tho|mas Rokes|bie iustice. Record. Tur. was substituted lieutenant to the lord iu|stice. To whom succéeded Baron Carew, and after Carew followed sir Thomas Rokesbie knight, vnto whom was assigned aboue his ordinarie retinue of twentie men of armes, a supplie of ten men of armes, and twentie archers on horssebacke, so long as it should be thought néedfull. Great mortalitie chanced this yeare, as in other parts of the world, so especiallie in places about the seacoasts of England and Ireland. In the yeare following departed this 1349 life Alexander Bignor archbishop of Dublin. And the same yeare was Iohn de saint Paule consecra|ted Iohn de S. Paule arch|bishop of Dublin. archbishop of that see. This y [...]are deceased Kem|wrike Shereman somtime maior of Dublin, a great benefactor to euerie church and religious house with|in 1350 Kemwrike Shereman. twentie miles round about the citie. His legacies to the poore and others, beside his liberalitie shewed in his life time, amounted to thrée thousand marks.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this season dwelled in Ulster a we [...]hie knight one sir Robert Sauage, who the rather to preserue Sir Robert Sauage. his owne, began to wall and fortifie his manor hou|ses with castels and piles against the Irish enimie, erhorting his he [...]re Henrie Sauage to applie that worke so beneficiall for himselfe & his posteritie. Fa|ther (quoth yoong Sauage) I remember the prouerbe Better a castell of bones than of stones. Where strength & courage of valiant men are prest to helpe vs, neuer will I (by the grace of God) cumber my selfe with dead walles. My fort shall be where soeuer yoong blouds be stirring, & where I find [...]oome to fight. The father in a fume let lie the building, and for|sware to go anie further forward in it But yet the want therof and such like hath béene the decai [...] as well of the Sauages, as of all the English, gentle|men in Ulster: as the lacke also of w [...]lled townes is one of the principall occasions of the rude wild|nesse in other parts of Ireland.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This Sauage, hauing prepared an armie against the Irish, allowed to euerie souldier before they should buckle with the enimie, a mighty draught of Aqua vitae, wine, or old ale, and killed in prouision for their returne, beefe, venison, and fowle, great plentie: which dooing diuerse of his capteins misliked, bicause they considered the successe of warre to be vncerteine, and therefore esteemed it better policie to poison the cates, or to doo them awaie, than to keepe the same; and happilie to feed a sort of roges with such princelie food, if ought should happen to themselues in this aduenture of so few against so manie. Herat smiled the gentleman and said,

Tush ye are too full of enuie: this world is but an in, to the which ye haue no speciall interest, but are onelie tenants at the will of the Lord. If it please him to command vs from it as it were from our lodging, and to set other good fellowes in our roomes, what hurt shall it be for vs to leaue them some meat for their suppers? Let them hardlie win it & weare it. If they enter our dwellings, good manner would no lesse but to welcome them with such fare as the countrie breedeth, and with all my heart much good may it doo them. notwithstanding I presume so far vpon your noble courages, that verilie my mind giueth me we shall returne at night, & banket our selues with our owne store. And so did, hauing slain 3000 Irishmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 In the yeare 1355 deceased Maurice Fitztho|ma [...] earle of Desmon [...]ord iustice of Ireland, who 1355 The earle of Desmond lord [...]stice deceased. Th [...]mas [...] lord iustice his sa [...]eng. had that office of the kings grant for ter [...]e of life. After him succéeded in that roome Thomas de Ro|kesbie, a knight, sincere and vpright of conscience, who being controlled for suffering himselfe to be ser|ued in tréene cups, answered: Those homelie cups & dishes paie trulie for that they conteine: I had ra|ther drinke out of tréene cups & paie gold and siluer, than drinke out of gold & make woodden paiment. 1357 Dissention betw [...]t the primat of Armagh, [...] the soure or|ders of [...] Thr [...] lord iust [...]s. This yeare began great variance betwixt Richard Rafe primat of Armagh, & foure orders of begging friers, which ended at length by the deaths of the said Richard Rafe, and Richard Kilminton, in the yeare 1360: Rafe deceasing in the popes court, and Kil|minton in England. Almerike de S. Amand, Iohn or (as other haue) Iames Butler earle of Ormond, and Maurice Fitzthomas earle of Kildare, were ap|pointed lord iustices of Ireland by turnes. In Or|monds Record. Tur. time, and in the thrée and twentith yeare of king Edward the thirds reigne, order was taken that the Irish lords should remaine and dwell in their houses on the marches, to defend the subiects from inuasions of enimies. And further, proclama|tion went foorth, that no méere Irish borne should be made maior, bailiffe, porter, officer, or minister in anie towne or place within the English dominions: nor that anie archbishop, abbat, prior, or anie other being of the kings allegiance, vpon forfeiture of all that he might forfeit, should aduance anie that was méere Irish borne to the roome of a canon, or to haue anie other ecclesiasticall benefice that laie among the English subiects.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 To Maurice Thomas earle of Kildare, when he The earle of Kildare lord iustice. was ordeined lord iustice, the kings letters assigned in yearelie fee for his office 500 pounds, with condi|tion, that the said gouernour should find twentie great horsses to serue in the field, he himselfe to be the twentith man in going against the enimie: which allowance and conditions in those daies (so farre as Lionell duke of Clarence. I can gesse) should seeme to be ordinarie to the office. Lionell duke of Clarence sonne to king Edward the third, came ouer into Ireland to be lord iustice there, and was in right of his wife earle of Ulster. He published an inhibition to all of the Irish birth not once to approch his armie, nor to be in anie wise imploied in seruice of the wars. He vanquished O| [...]ren, but yet sudenlie (no man vnderstanding how) an hundred of his souldiers were wanting as they laie in garrison, the losse of whom was thought to be occasioned by that displeasant decree afore rehear|sed. Wherevpon he tooke better aduise, and receiued the Irish into like fauour, as other lieutenants had them in before that present, shewing a tender loue towards them all, and so euer after prospered in his affaires. He created diuerse knights, as Preston, now knowne by the name of the familie of Gor|manston, Holiewood, Talbot, Cusac, de la Hide, Patrike, Robert and Iohn de Fraxinis: all these being gentlemen of worthie [...]ame in [...]iualrie. The excheker he rem [...]ed to Catherlagh, & [...] in furnishing that towne fiue hundred pounds.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the yeare 1362 Iohn de S. Paule archbishop 1362 of Dublin departed this life the fi [...]t ides of Sep|tember. And in the yeare following was Thomas Min [...] [...] archbishop of that place. Girald 1367 The lord windsor lieu|tenant. [...] of Desmond was appointed lord iustice, vntill the comming of the lord Windsor, the first lieutenant in Ireland, who came ouer in the yeare 1369. This Windsore called a parlement a [...] 1369 Record Turris A parlement, A subsidie. Kilkennie, in the which was granted to the king a subsidie of three thousand pounds to be leuied of the people, subiects to the king in that land. And in an other parlement holden by him at Balidoill they granted two thousand pounds to be likewise [...]. Which said sums were granted of the méere and frée good [...] of the nobles and communaltie of the EEBO page image 73 land, towards the maintenance of the kings expen|ses in his warres. Yet the king in the three and for| [...]ith yeare of his reigne, directing his letters vnto the said lord Windsor, cõmanded him to surceale from leuieng the foresaid monie, although afterwards he commanded againe that the arrerages should be le|uied and paid to his lieutenant the said Windsor.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The third pestilence in Ireland made awaie a M [...]alitie of [...]ople. 1370 great number of people. In the yeare 1370 the lord Gerald Fitzmorice earle of Desmond, and the lord Iohn Fitzrichard, and the lord Iohn Fitziohn, and manie other noble men were slaine by Obren, and Mac Conmard of Thomond in the moneth of Iu|lie. Conh [...]. In the yeare 1372 sir Richard Ashton was sent ouer to be lord iustice in Ireland. In the yeare fol|lowing 1372 Sir Richard Ashton lord iustice. 1373 Slaughter. great warre was raised betwixt the Eng|lish of Meth, and Offeroll, in the which manie vpon both sides were slaine. In Maie, the lord Iohn Hus|seie baron of Galtrim, Iohn Fitzrichard shiriffe of Meth, and William Dalton were slaine in Kina|leigh. In the yeare 1375 Thomas archbishop of 1375 Dublin departed this life, and the same yeare was Robert de Wikeford consecrated archbishop there

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3.2. Edward the third.

Edward the third.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 VNneth was the buſineſſe about the Witches at an ende,1326 when it was ſignified that a gen|tleman of the familie of the Otoolies in Leyniſter named Adam Duffe, poſſeſſed by ſome wicked ſpirit of error,1327 denyed obſtinately the incarnation of our ſauiour, the trinitie of perſons in the vnitie of the Godhead, & the reſurrectiõ of the fleſh: as for the holy ſcripture, he ſayde it was but a fable:Adam Duffe an heretike. the virgin Marie he affyrmed to be a womã of diſſo|lute life: ye Apoſtolike ſea erronious. For ſuch kind of aſſertions, he was burnt in Hogging grene be|ſide [figure appears here on page 58] Dublin. About the ſame time, Fitz ark Mac|morch, & ſir Henry Trahern were takẽ priſoners.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare folowing, the lord Thomas Fitz Iohn Earle of Kildare, and the Lorde Arnolde Poer, and William Erle of Vlſter, wer ſent ouer into Ireland, and Roger Outlaw prior of ſaint Iohns of Ieruſalem in Ireland, commonly cal|led the prior of Kilmaynam, was made Lorde Iuſtice.The Prior of Kilmaynam Lord iuſtice. This man by reaſon of variaunce that chaunced to riſe betwixt the Giraldines, the But|lers, and Birminghams, on the one ſide, and the Poers and Burghes on the other, for terming the Earle of Kildare a rimor, to pacifie the parties called a Parliament, wherin he himſelfe was fain to make his purgation of a ſlaunder impoſed to him, as ſuſpected of Hereſie.Arnald Poer accuſed of hereſie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Biſhop of Oſſorie had giuen an informa|tion agaynſte Arnalde le Poer conuented and conuicted in his Conſiſtorie of certaine hereticall opinions, but bycauſe the beginning of Poers accuſation concerned the Iuſtices kinſman, and EEBO page image 59 the Biſhop was miſtruſted to proſecute his own wrong, and the perſon of the man rather than the fault: a day was limitted for the iuſtifying of the byll, the partie being apprehended and re|ſpited therevnto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This dealing the Biſhop (who durſt not ſtyrre out of Kilkenny to proſecute his accuſation) was reputed partiall, and when by meanes hereof the matter hanged in ſuſpence, he infamed the ſayde Prior as an abettor and fauourer of Arnolds he|reſie. The Prior ſubmitted himſelfe to the tryal, and thervpon were ſeueral Proclamations made in Court, that it ſhoulde bee lawfull to any man to come into the Court, and to inferre, accuſe, and declare what euidence he coulde, agaynſt the Lorde Iuſtice, but none came. Then paſſed a decree by the Counſaile, commaunding all Bi|ſhops, Abbots, Priors, & the Maiors of Dublyn Corke, Lymerike, Waterford, and Droghdagh, the Shirifes, Knightes, and Seneſhals of euerie ſhire, to appeare at Dublin. From amongſt all theſe, they appointed .vj. inquiſitors, which exa|mining the biſhops & other perſons aforeſayd ſin|gularly one by one, found that with an vniuerſal cõſent they depoſed for the Prior, affyrming that to their iudgments he was a zealous and a faith|full childe of the Catholike Church. In the meane time, Arnold le Poer the priſoner deceaſed in the Caſtel, and bycauſe he ſtoode vnpurged, long hee lay vnburied.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1329.1329 The Earle of Louth ſlaine. Iohn de Birmingham Erle of Louth, and his brother Peter, with many other of that ſurname, and Richard Talbot of Mala|hide were ſlain on Whitſon euen at Balibragan by men of the Countrey.The Lorde Butler ſlaine. Alſo the Lord Thomas Butler, and diuerſe other noble men were ſlaine by Mac Gogoghdan and other Iriſh mẽ neare to Molinger, for the Iriſh aſwell in Leyniſter as in Meth, made inſurrections in that ſeaſon, and ſo likewiſe did they in Moũſter vnder the leading of Obren, whom William Erle of Vlſter, and Ia|mes Erle of Ormond vanquiſhed. So outragi|ous were the Leyniſter Iriſh, that in one Church they brunt foure ſcore innocent ſoules, aſking no more but the life of their prieſt thẽ at Maſſe, whõ they notwithſtãding ſticked with their Iauelins, ſpurned the hoſt, & waſted al with fire, neither for|ced they of ye Popes interdictiõ, nor any eccleſiaſti|call cenſures denoũced againſt thẽ (matters of no ſmal cõſideratiõ amõg thẽ namely in thoſe days) but maliciouſly perſeuered in ye courſe of their fu|rious rage, till the citizens of Wexford ſomwhat tamed thẽ, & ſlue .400. of thẽ in one ſkirmiſh, ye reſt fleeing were all drenched in the water of Slane.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1330.1330 the Earle of Vlſter with a great army made a iourney agaynſt Obren,The Prior of Kilmaynam Lord Iuſtice. and the prior of Kilmaynã Lord iuſtice put Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Deſmond in priſon in the Marſhalſee, out of the which he freely eſcaped, and the Lord Hugh Lacie returned into Ireland, and obteyned the kings peace and fauour.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1331.1331 the Earle of Vlſter paſ|ſed ouer into Englande, and great ſlaughter was made vpon the Iriſh in Okenſly. Alſo the caſtell of Arclo was taken by the Iriſh men, and great ſlaughter made of the Engliſhe in the Cowlagh by Otothell and other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo the Lorde Anthonie Lucie was ſent ouer Lorde Iuſtice into Irelande,Anthony Lucy Lord Iuſtice. and great ſlaugh|ter was made of the Iriſh at Thurlis by the knightes of the Countrey, and at Finnath in Meth, there were manye of them ſlaine by the Engliſh, but yet was the Caſtell of Fernis ta|ken and burnt by the Iriſh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the feaſt day of the Aſſumption of our La|die, which falleth on the .xv. of Auguſt,The Earle of Deſmond ap|prehended. Maurice Fitz Thomas Erle of Deſmond was apprehen|ded at Limerike by the Lorde Iuſtice, and ſent EEBO page image 60 vnto the Caſtell of Dublyn.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer the Lord Iuſtice tooke ſir William Birmingham at Clomell by a wile, whileſt hee was ſicke in his bed, and ſent him togither with his ſonne Walter Birmingham vnto the Caſtel of Dublyn, the .xxx. of Aprill.

Compare 1587 edition: 1

1332

William Bir|mingham exe|cuted.

In the yeare .1332. the ſayde ſir William was hanged at Dublin, but Walter was deliuered by reaſon he was within orders.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Campion.Campion following ſuche notes as he hath ſeene, writeth that the death of this William Birmingham chaunced in time of the gouern|ment of William Outlaw Prior of Kilmaynã, being lieutenant vnto Iohn Lorde Darcie, that was made Lorde Iuſtice (as the ſayd Campion hath noted) in the yeare .1329. Although Marle|burgh affyrmeth that hee came thither to beare that office, in the yeare .1332. after the Lord Lu|cie was diſcharged, as hereafter ſhall be recyted. But whenſoeuer, or vnder whom ſoeuer Bir|mingham was executed, hee was accounted an odde Knight, and ſuche one as for his valiancie, hys matche was not lyghtly to bee any where founde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Caſtell of Clonmore was taken the ſame yeare by the Engliſhmen, and the caſtell of [figure appears here on page 60] Bonrate was deſtroyed by the Iriſh of Thomõd.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo Henry de Mandeuile was taken and ſent priſoner to be ſafely kept in Dublyn.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Likewiſe Walter Burgh with two of hys brethren were taken in Connagh by the Earle of Vlſter, and ſent to the Caſtell of Norburgh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This yeare the Lord Antonie Lucie was diſ|charged of his rowmth by the king, and ſo retur|ned with his wife and children into Englande,The Lorde Darcie iuſtice. and the Lorde Iohn Darcie was ſent ouer Lord Iuſtice in Lucies place, and great ſlaughter was made vpon Bren Obren, and Mac Carthi, in Mounſter, by the Engliſh of that Countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Iohn Darcie (as ſhoulde appeare by gyftes beſtowed vpon him by the King) was in ſingular fauour wyth him. Amongeſt other things which hee had of the kings gyft, we fynde that hee had the Manours of Louth, and Ba|liogarie, and other landes in Irelande which be|longed to the Earle of Ew,The Earle of Ew. and for that the ſayd Earle was a French man, and tooke part wyth Philip de Valois the kings enimie, they were ſeyſed into the kings hande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Deſmonde vpon ſureties was ſet at libertie,

1333

A Parliament.

and by the Parliament holden at Dublyn in this yeare .1333. was ſent ouer in|to Englande vnto the King, and William Earle of Vlſter a yong Gentleman of twentie yeares of age, in goyng towardes Knocfergus the .vij. of Iune,The Earle of Vlſter ſlaine. was ſlaine neare to the fourdes in Vlſter, by his owne people: but hys wyfe and daughter eſcaped into Englande: and the daughter was after maryed vnto the Lorde Lio|nell the kings ſonne. She deceaſſed afterwards at Dublyn, and left a daughter behind hir that was hir heyre, maryed to Roger Mortimer Earle of March, and Lorde of Trym.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This murther was procured by Robert Fitz Martine Mandeuile, who was the firſt that pre|ſumed to giue to the Earle any wounde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To reuenge the death of this Erle of Vlſter (ſlaine as ye haue heard beſide Knocfergus) the Lorde Iuſtice Darcie with a great power went into Vlſter, to purſue thoſe that through Man|deuiles ſeditious tumultes had ſo trayterouſly murthered their Lord. At his ſetting forward,Sir Thomas Burgh. the ſaide Iuſtice Darcie appoynted ſir Tho. Burgh Treaſurer, to gouerne as lieutenant to him in his abſence. When the Lorde Iuſtice had puni|ſhed the trayters in Vlſter,The Lorde Iuſtice inua|deth Scotland. hee paſſed ouer into Scotlande, there to make warre agaynſte the Scottes that were enimies at that preſent to the EEBO page image 61 king of England, and on the feaſt day of Saint Margaret, greate ſlaughter was made of the Scots by the Iriſh men, and ſo what by the king in one part, and the Lorde Iuſtice of Irelande in another, Scotland was in maner wholy conque|red, and Edwarde Ballioll was eſtabliſhed king of Scotland. The Lord Iuſtice might haue poſ|ſeſſed the Iles if they had bene worth the keeping, into the which Iles, except the ſayd Darcy & the Earle of Suſſex late Lieutenant of Irelande, no gouernor at any time yet aduentured.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At Darcyes comming backe into Irelande, and exerciſing the office of Lorde Iuſtice, he deli|uered Walter Birmingham out of the Caſtell of Dublin.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1336.1336 and tenth of Edward the thirdes raigne, on Saint Laurence day, the Iriſh of Connagh were diſcomfited and put to flight by the Engliſh men of the Countrey there, with the loſſe of one Engliſh man, and ten thouſande [figure appears here on page 61] of the enimies.

1337

Sir Iohn Charleton Iuſtice.

The Lord Iohn Charleton barõ came into Irelande to be Lord Iuſtice, and with him his brother Thomas Biſhop of Hereforde Lord Chancelor, & Iohn Rice Lorde Treaſorer, and two hundred Welchmen ſouldiers. The Bi|ſhop was ordeyned afterward Lorde Iuſtice,

1338

The Biſhop of Hereford lorde Iuſtice.

in whoſe time all the Iriſh of Ireland were at defi|ance with the Engliſh, & ſhortly brought againe into quiet by the Erles of Kildare and Deſmond. The Lorde Iohn Darcy by the kings letters pa|tents,

1340

Iohn Darcie Lorde iuſtice during life.

was during life ordeyned Lorde Iuſtice of Irelande, in the .xiiij. yeare of king Edwarde the thirds raigne, which king abuſed by euill counſell and ſiniſter informers, called in vnder his ſignet royall,Calling in of liberties. the franchiſes, liberties and grants what|ſoeuer had bin deuiſed, made & ratified to ye realm of Ireland, and to euery eche perſon thereof. This reuoking of liberties was diſpleaſantly takẽ. The Engliſh of byrth, and the Engliſh of bloud fal|ling at wordes, were deuided into factions about it, for which contention the Iriſh ſtill wayted, ſo as the realme was euen vpon the point to giue o|uer all and to rebel. For redreſſe whereof the lorde Iuſtice called a Parliament at Dublin, to the which the nobles refuſed to come, & in quiet wiſe aſſembled thẽſelues togither at Kilkenny, where they with the commons agreed vpon certain que|ſtions to be demaũded of the king by way of ſup|plication, ſignifying in the ſame partlye their griefs. Which queſtiõs were in effect as foloweth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howe a Realme of warre might bee gouerned by one both vnſkilfull and vnable in all warlike ſeruice.Articles or queſtions.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 How an officer vnder the king that entred very poore, might in one yeare grow to more exceſſiue wealth, than men of great patrimonie and liue|lode in many yeares.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howe it chaunced, that ſithe they were all called Lordes of theyr owne, that the ſoue|raigne Lord of them all, was not a pennie the ry|cher for them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The chiefe of them that thus ſeemed to re|pine with the preſent gouernment, was Tho|mas Fitz Maurice Erle of Deſmonde, through whoſe maintenance and bearing out of the mat|ter, the Countrey was in great trouble, ſo as it had not lightly beene ſeene, that ſuche contra|rietie in myndes and diſlyking had appeared a|mongeſt thoſe of the Engliſh race in that realme at any time before.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herewith Raufe Vffort was ſent ouer Lord Iuſtice, who bringing hys wyfe wyth him,

1343

Raufe Vffort Lord iuſtice.

the Counteſſe of Vlſter arryued about the .xiij. of Iulie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thys man was verye rygorous, and through perſwaſion (as was ſayde) of his wyfe, he was more extreeme and couetous than otherwyſe hee woulde haue beene, a matter not to bee forgot|ten:The Counteſſe of Vlſter. for if thys Ladie had beene as readie to moue hir huſbande to haue ſhewed hymſelfe EEBO page image 62 gentle and mylde in his gouernment, as ſhe was bent to pricke him forwarde vnto ſharpe dealing and rygorous proceedings, ſhee had beene nowe aſwell reported of, as ſhee is infamed by theyr pennes that haue regyſtred the doyngs of thoſe tymes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to ye purpoſe. This Vffort Lord iuſtice in paine of forfeyture of all his lands commaunded the Erle of Deſmonde to make his perſonall ap|pearance at a Parliament which he called to bee holden at Dublin, there to begin the .vij. of Iune,The Earle of Deſmonde. and bycauſe the Erle refuſed to come (according to the ſummonance, he rayſed the kings Stan|dard, and with an army marched into Mounſter, [figure appears here on page 62] and there ſeyſed the Earles poſſeſſions into the kings handes, letting them foorth to ferme for an annuall rent vnto other perſons.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And whileſt hee yet remayned in Mounſter, he deuiſed wayes how to haue the Earle of Deſ|monde apprehended, whiche being brought to paſſe, hee afterwarde deliuered him vpon main|priſe of theſe ſureties whoſe names enſue:Sureties for the Earle of Deſmonde. Wil|liam de Burgh Earle of Vlſter, Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde, Rycharde Tuyt, Nicho|las Verdon, Maurice Rochefort, Euſtace le Power, Geralde de Rochefort, Iohn Fitz Ro|bert Power, Robert Barry, Maurice Fitz Gi|rald, Iohn Welleſley, Walter le Fant, Richard Rokelley, Henrie Traherne, Roger Power, Iohn Lenfaunt, Roger Power, Mathew Fitz Henrie, Richarde Walleys, Edmonde Burgh ſonne to the Earle of Vlſter, knightes: Dauid Barry, William Fitz Gerald, Foulke de Fraxi|nus, Robert Fitz Maurice, Henry Fitz Berkley, Iohn Fitz George de Roche, Thomas de Lees de Burgh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe (as ye haue heard) were bounde for the Earle, and bycauſe hee made default, the Lorde Iuſtice verily tooke the aduauntage of the bonde agaynſt the mainpernours, foure of them onely excepted, the two Earles, and two knightes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Vffort euill ſpoken of.The lord Iuſtice is charged with ſtrayte dea|ling by wryters in this behalfe, for that the ſame perſons had aſſiſted him in his warres agaynſte Deſmond: but truly if we ſhal conſider the mat|ter with indifferencie, he did no more than law & reaſon required. For if euery ſurety vpõ forfeyture of his bonde ſhoulde be forborne, that otherwyſe doth his duetie, what care woulde men haue ey|ther to procure ſureties, or to become ſuretyes themſelues?

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But ſuch is the affection of wryters, ſpeci|cially when they haue conceyued any miſlyking towardes thoſe of whome they take occaſion to ſpeake, ſo as many a worthie man hath bene de|famed, and with ſlaunder greatly defaced in things wherein he rather hath deſerued ſingular commendation. But howſoeuer this matter was handled touching the Earle of Deſmonde,Ioy conceyued for the death of the lord Iu|ſtice Vffort. vpon the death of the Lord Iuſtice, whiche en|ſued the nexte yeare, Bonfyres were made, and greate ioye ſhewed through all the Realme of Irelande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His Ladie verily (as ſhoulde appeare) was but a miſerable woman, procuring him to ex|tortion and bryberie. Much he abridged the pre|rogatiues of the Churche, and was ſo hated, that euen in the ſight of the Countrey he was robbed without reſcue by Mac Cartie, notwithſtan|ding he gathered power, and diſperſed thoſe Re|bels of Vlſter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert Darcy was ordeyned Iuſtice by the Counſell,

1346

Robert Darcie Lord iuſtice.

till the kings letters came to ſir Iohn Fitz Morice, who releaſed Fitz Thomas Earle of Kildare left in durance by Vfford at his death.Iohn Fitz Mo|rice Iuſtice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fitz Morice continued not long, but was diſcharged, and the Lorde Walter Birmingham elect to ſucceede in that rowmth,Lord Birming+ham Iuſtice. who procured EEBO page image 63 a ſafeconduct for Deſmonde to pleade his cauſe before the King, by whome he was liberally en|treated, and allowed towarde his expences there twentie ſhillings a day at the Princes charge, in conſideration of whiche curteſie ſhewed to hys Kinneſman, the Earle of Kildare, accompanied with dyuerſe Lordes, Knightes, and choſen Horſemen, ſerued the King at Calyce, a towne thought impregnable, and returned after the win|ning thereof in greate pompe and ioylitie.

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1347

[...]ecord Tur.

Wee finde that Thomas Lorde Berkeley, and Reignalde Lord C [...]bham, and Sir Morice Berckley became main [...]ernours for the ſayde Earle of Deſmonde, that hee ſhoulde come into England and abide ſuch tryall as the law would awarde.

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1348

The Prior of Kilmaynam. Baron Carew Iuſtice.

Sir Thomas Rokesby Iuſtice. Record Tur.

Iohn Archer Prior of Kylmaynam was ſubſtituted Lieutenaunt to the Lorde Iuſtice. To whome ſucceeded Baron Carew, and af|ter Carewe followed Sir Thomas Rokeſbye Knight, vnto whome was aſſigned aboue his ordinarie retinew of twentie men of armes, a ſupplie of tenne men of armes, and twentie. Ar|chers on Horſebacke, ſo long as it ſhould bee thought needfull.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Greate mortalitie chaunced this yeare, as in other partes of the worlde, ſo eſpecially in places aboute the Sea coaſtes of Englande and Ire|lande.1349

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following, departed this life A|lexander Bignor Archbiſhop of Dublin.Iohn de Saint Paule Archbi|ſhop of Dub|lin. And the ſame yeare was Iohn de Saint Paule con|ſecrated Archbiſhop of that ſea.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This yeare deceaſed Kemwryke Shereman ſometime Maior of Dublin,

1350

Kenwrike Shereman.

a great benefactor to euery Churche and religious houſe within .xx. myles rounde aboute the Citie. His legacies to the poore and other, beſides his liberalitie ſhewed in his lyfe tyme, amounted to three thouſande Markes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Robert Sauage.In this ſeaſon dwelled in Vlſter a wealthie knight, one ſir Robert Sauage, who the rather to preſerue his owne, began to wall and fortifie his Manor houſes with Caſtelles and pyles againſt the Iriſh enimie, exhorting his heyre Henrie Sa|uage to applie that worke ſo beneficiall for him|ſelfe and his poſteritie.

Father (quoth yong Sa|uage) I remember the prouerbe, Better a Caſtell of bones than of ſtones: where ſtrẽgth & courage of valiant men are preſt to helpe vs, neuer will I (by the grace of God) comber my ſelfe with dead walles. My fort ſhall bee where ſoeuer yong blouds be ſtyrring, and where I finde rowmth to fight.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The father in a fume let [...] the buylding, and forſware to goe any further forwarde in it. But yet the want therof and ſuch like, hath beene the decay as well of the Sauages, as of all the Eng|liſhe Gentlemen in Vlſter: [...] the lacke alſo of walled Townes is one of the principall occaſi|ons of the rude wildeneſſe in other partes of Ire|lande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Sauage hauing prepared [...] armie a|gaynſt the Iriſhe, allowed to euerie Souldier be|fore they ſhould buckle with the enimie, [...] draught of Aqua vite, Wine, or olde Ale, and killed in prouiſion for their returne, Bi [...]e, Vr [...]|ſon, and fowle, great plentie: which doing diuers of his captaines miſliked, bycauſe they conſidered the ſucceſſe of warre to be vncertaine, and there|fore eſteemed it better policie to poyſon the cates, or to do them away, than to keepe the ſame, and happely to feed a ſort of rogues with ſuch [...] foode, if ought ſhoulde happen to themſelues, in this aduenture of ſo fewe agaynſte ſo manye. Hereat ſmyled the Gentleman and ſayde, [...] ye are too full of enuie: This worlde is but [...] Anne, to the which ye haue no ſpeciall intereſt, but are onely tenants at will of the Lorde. [...] pleaſe him to commaunde vs from it, as it were from our lodging, and to ſet other good fellowes in our rowmthes, what hurt ſhall it be for vs to leaue them ſome meate for their ſuppers, let them hardly winne it and weare it. If they enter our dwellings, good maner woulde no leſſe but to welcome them with ſuch fare as the Countrey breedeth, and with all my heart much good may it do them. Notwithſtanding I preſume ſo farre vpõ your noble corages, that verily my mind gi|ueth me we ſhal returne at night, & bãket our ſel|ues with our owne ſtore, and ſo they did, hauing ſlain three .M. Iriſhmen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yere .1355. deceaſed Maurice Fitz Tho|mas Erle of Deſmond L. iuſtice of Ireland,

1355

The Earle of Deſmond lord iuſtice de|ceaſſeth.

that had that office of the kings grant for terme of life.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After him ſucceeded in ye rowmth Thomas de Rokeſby, a knight ſincere & vpright of conſcience,Thomas Ro|kesby Lorde iuſtice. His ſaying. who being cõtrolled for ſuffring himſelf to be ſer|ued in treen cups, anſwered: thoſe homely cups & diſhes pay truly for that they cõtein: I had rather drinke out of treen cups, & pay gold & ſiluer, than drink out of golde and make woodden payment.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This yeare began great controuerſie betwixt Richard Raufe Primate of Ardmagh,

1357

Diſſention be|twixt the Pri|mate of Ard|magh, and the foure orders of Friers.

and the foure orders of begging Friers, which ended at length by the deaths of the ſayd Richarde Raufe, and Richarde Kilminton, in the yeare .1266. Raufe deceaſſing in the Popes Court, and Kil|minton in England.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Almerike de Saint Amand, Iohn,Three Lorde Iuſtices. or as other haue Iames Butler Erle of Ormõd. and Mau|rice Fitz Thomas Erle of Kildare, were appoin|ted Lord Iuſtices of Ireland by tur [...]es.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In Ormonds time, and in the .xxxiij. yere of king Edward the thirds raigne,Record Tur. order was taken that the Iriſh Lordes ſhould remaine & dwell in EEBO page image 64 their houſes vpon the marches to defend the ſub|iects from inuaſions of enimies. And further, pro|clamation went forth, that no mere. Iriſh borne ſhould be made Maior, Bailife, porter, officer or miniſter, in any towne or place within the Eng|liſh dominiõs: nor that any Archbiſhop, Biſhop, Abbot, prior or any other being of the kings alle|giance, vpon forfeyture of al that he might forfeit, ſhould aduance any that was mere Iriſh borne to the rowmth of a Canon, or to haue any other ec|cleſiaſticall benefice that lay among the Engliſhe ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To Maurice Thomas Erle of Kildare, when he was ordeyned Lord Iuſtice,The Earle of Kildare Lorde iuſtice. the kings letters aſſigned in yearely fee for his office fiue hundred poundes, with condition that the ſayde gouernor ſhould find .xx. great horſes to ſerue in the field he himſelf to be the twentith man in going agaynſt the enimie: whiche alowance and conditions in thoſe dayes (ſo farre as I can geſſe) ſhould ſeeme to be ordinarie to the office.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Lionell Duke of Clarence.Lionell Duke of Clarence, ſonne to king Ed|ward the third came ouer into Ireland to be lord Iuſtice there. He was in right of his wife Erle of Vlſter. He publiſhed an inhibition to all of the I|riſh birth, not once to approch his army, nor to be in any wiſe imployed in ſeruice of the warres. He vanquiſhed Obren, but yet ſodenly no man vn|derſtãding how, an hundred of his ſouldiers were wanting, as they lay in gariſon, the loſſe of whõ was thought to be occaſioned by that diſpleaſant decree afore rehearſed: wherevpon he tooke better aduiſe, and receiued the Iriſh into like fauor as o|ther lieutenants had them in before that preſent, ſhewing a tender loue towards them all, & ſo euer after proſpered in his affayres. He created diuerſe knights, as Preſton, now knowne by the name of the familie of Gormaunſton, Holywood, Talbot, E [...]ſar, De la Hide, Patrike, Robert and Iohn de Fraxinis. All theſe being Gentlemen of worthie fame in chiualrie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Eſchequer he remoued to Catherlagh, & beſtowed in furniſhing that towne .v. C. pounds.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1362.1362 Iohn de Saint Paul Arch|biſhop of Dublin departed this life the fifth Ides of September. And in the yeare following was Tho. Minot conſecrated Archbiſhop of yt place.

Compare 1587 edition: 1

1367

The Lorde Winforde lieutenant.

Gerald Fitz Maurice Erle of Deſmond was appoynted Lord iuſtice, vntil the comming of the Lord William Winſore, the firſt lieutenant in Ireland, who came ouer in the yeare .1369.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Winſore called a Parliament at Kil|kenny,

1369

Record Turris A Parliament. A Subſidie.

in the which was graunted to the king a ſubſedie of three thouſand poundes to be leuyed of the people, ſubiects to the king in that land: and in an other Parliament holden by him at Balydoill they graunted two thouſande poundes to be like|wiſe leuyed. Which ſayde ſummes were graun|ted of the mere and free good willes of the No|bles and Communaltie of the lande, towardes the maintenaunce of the Kings expences in his warres. Yet the King in the .xliij. yeare of hys raigne, directing his letters vnto the ſayde Lorde Wynſore, commaunded him to ſucceaſe from leuying the foreſayde money, although after|wardes he commaunded againe that the arrera|ges ſhould be leuyed and payde to his lieutenant the ſayde Winſore.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The third peſtilence in Ireland made away a great number of people in the yeare .1370.

Mortalitie of people.

1370

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lord Gerald Fitz Morice Earle of Deſ|mond, and the Lord Iohn Fitz Richard, and the Lorde Iohn Fitz Iohn, and many other noble men, were ſlaine by Obren,Conhur. and Mac Conm [...]d of Thomond in the moneth of Iuly.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1372.

1372

Sir Richarde Aſhton lorde iuſtice.

ſir Richarde Aſhton was ſent ouer to be Lorde Iuſtice in Irelande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following great warre was rey|ſed betwixt the Engliſh of Meth, and Offerolle,1373 in the whiche manye vppon both ſydes were ſlaine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In May,Slaughter. the Lorde Iohn H [...]lſey Baron of Galtrim, Iohn Fitz Richarde Sherife of Meth, and William Dallo [...] were ſlain in Kynaleigh.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1375.1375 Thomas Archbiſhop of Dublyn departed this life, and the ſame yere was Robert de Wikeforde conſecrated Archebyſhop there.