FROM THE YEAR 1536 TO THE YEAR 1540.
| Administration of Lord Leonard Grey | [195]-[220] |
| The royal supremacy established by law | [196] |
| The Act of Absentees | [197] |
| The O’Neills | [198] |
| Poverty of the Crown | [199] |
| Grey in the West of Ireland | [200] |
| Want of money | [204] |
| Grey and the O’Connors | [206] |
| Vague good intentions of Henry VIII. | [210] |
| The O’Neills and O’Donnells | [212] |
| Grey and the O’Connors | [213] |
| Seizure of the five Geraldines | [215] |
| Eclipse of the Kildare family | [216] |
CHAPTER XII.
END OF GREY’S ADMINISTRATION.
| Ormonde proposes to reform his country | [221] |
| Grey almost constantly engaged in war | [222] |
| His quarrel with the Butlers | [223] |
| The O’Carrolls | [223] |
| The O’Mores | [224] |
| Rash expedition of Grey | [226] |
| His dispute with the Butlers | [229] |
| The revenue | [233] |
| Cromwell’s Irish policy | [234] |
| The royal supremacy acquiesced in | [236] |
| A Catholic movement nevertheless makes itself felt | [238] |
| Grey routs the O’Neills | [240] |
| Fall and fate of Grey | [243] |
CHAPTER XIII.
1540 AND 1541.
| Confusion after Grey’s recall | [247] |
| Sir Anthony St. Leger Lord Deputy | [249]-[261] |
| His policy | [250] |
| Case of the O’Tooles | [251] |
| The King will not allow a military brotherhood | [254] |
| Desmond abjures the Pope | [255] |
| Success of St. Leger with the Irish chiefs | [256] |
| Henry VIII. made King of Ireland by Act of Parliament | [259] |
CHAPTER XIV.