[409] Four Masters, 1555 and 1556. Proceedings of Deputy and Council, Feb. 25, 1557, in Carew. Dowling says Connel O’More was ‘apud pontem Leighlin cruci affixus.’ Ware’s Annals.
[410] Thomas Alen to Cecil, Dec. 18, 1558; Letters of Queen Mary, calendared under 1557 (Nos. 63 and 64), and petitions (Nos. 65 and 66). For grants of abbey-lands, see Morrin’s Patent Rolls, passim. Mary’s only Irish Parliament (3 and 4 Phil. et Mar.), met June 1, 1557, in Dublin. There were adjournments to Limerick and Drogheda. See Stuart’s Armagh, p. 244, and Rymer, Dec. 1, 1556.
[411] July 1557; Journal by Sussex of that date in Carew; Four Masters, 1557.
[412] October; Four Masters, 1557.
[413] Four Masters. This was towards the end of 1557.
[414] Four Masters, 1557.
[415] Lord Justice Sidney and Council to the Privy Council, Feb. 8, 1558; Desmond to the Queen, Feb. 5 and Feb. 23, and her answer, April 19; Sidney to Sussex, Feb. 26, and to the Queen, March 1.
[416] Piers to Curwin, Feb. 14, 1558; Sussex to Boxoll, June 8; Articles by an Irishman, 1558 (No. 15).
[417] The Queen’s letters are all dated March 12.
[418] See instructions in Carew, March 20; Estimate for munitions, March 13.