[207] Brabazon, Aylmer, and Alen to Cromwell, July 24, 1538.
[208] Grey to the King, July 26, 1538. Brabazon, Aylmer, and Alen to Cromwell, Aug. 22. Information against Lord Leonard Grey, Oct. 1840, in Carew.
[209] Grey’s account has been pretty closely followed; see his letter to the King, July 26, 1538.
[210] For unfavourable strictures on Grey’s journey see Brabazon, Aylmer, and Alen to Cromwell, Aug. 22; articles by the Earl of Ormonde in S.P., vol. iii. p. 77; Thomas Agard to Cromwell, July 25, 1538. Agard blames Grey for taking cannon with him; he risked them of course.
[211] Brabazon, Aylmer, and Alen to Cromwell, Aug. 22.
[212] Articles by the Earl of Ormonde, S.P., vol. iii. p. 80.
[213] Brabazon, &c., as above.
[214] Grey to Cromwell, Oct. 31, 1538, in Carew.
[215] Ibid. The ‘islands’ referred to seem to be the peninsula of Ards, subsequent attempts to colonise which did not meet with much success. The islets in Lough Strangford are very small.
[216] St. Leger and others to Cromwell, Nov. 15, 1537, and Jan. 2, 1538.