[318] O’Daly, chap. xix.; Russell; Ormonde to Burghley, March 20, 1575, with enclosures, the originals of which Ormonde sent to the Queen.
[319] Captain George Thornton’s Declaration, May 25, 1575; Answer of the Seneschal, &c., July 18. Fitzmaurice came to St. Malo in February.
[320] Sidney to the Privy Council, Feb. 27, 1576, in the Sidney Papers. James Fitzmaurice to the General of the Jesuits, Jan. 31, 1576, in Hogan’s Hibernia Ignatiana.
[321] The five families were Barrett or MacPadden, Staunton or MacEvilly, Dexter or MacJordan, Nangle or MacCostello, Prendergast or MacMorris.
[322] This tour of Sidney’s is detailed in his letter to the Privy Council, April 27, 1576, in the Sidney Papers.
[323] Sidney to the Queen, April 28, 1576.
[324] Sidney to Walsingham, April 27; to the Privy Council, June 15.
[325] Sidney to the Privy Council, June 15, 1576.
[326] Clanricarde to Ormonde and to Upper Ossory, June 28; Sidney to the Privy Council, July 9; Gerard to Walsingham, June 29; Fitton to Burghley, July 8.
[327] Sidney to the Privy Council, July 9: Submission of Clanricarde, July 8.