History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.

by James Anthony Froude

[316] State Papers, Vol. II. p. 146.

[317] It had been partially subdued by Lord James Butler.—Irish statute, 28 Henry VIII. cap. 1.

[318] O'Brien of Thomond to Henry VIII.: State Papers, Vol. II.

[319] Report of 1533: State Papers, Vol. II. pp. 163-179.

[320] State Papers, Vol. II. p. 180.

[321] Ibid. p. 177.

[322] State Papers, Vol. II. p. 192.

[323] State Papers, Vol. III. p. 10.

[324] It is remarkable that, as I believe, there is no instance of the act of heresy having been put in force in Ireland. The Irish Protestant church counts many martyrs; but they were martyrs who fell by murder in the later massacres. So far as I can learn, no Protestant was ever tried and executed there by form of law.

[325] 28 Hen. VIII. cap. 1. Irish statutes.