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Letter in hand of Spenser, from Dublin. This letter shows Grey arguing against the general pardon that Elizabeth is about to issue for all but the most prominent rebels, forcing Grey into a disadvantageous position. (CSPI82.54; Maley, 21) (TNA: PRO…

Spenser appears “in propria persona” (in person) in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin (Memoranda Roll, 21st-24th Eliz., membrane 108; Maley, 21)

Letter addressed by Spenser, from Wexford. Spenser’s presence with Grey on a journey to Wexford may be tied to Spenser’s acquisition of the twenty-one-year lease of the house of friars, manor, lands, and a weir in Enniscorthy, Co.…

Spenser secures lease under commission of the Castle and Manor of Enniscorthy, County Wexford. (Maley, 23)

Spenser accompanies Grey on his northern sojourn. (Maley, 23) Judson believes that Spenser’s excursion with Grey influenced his description of eastern Ulster which appears in the opening of A View. (100)

Spenser and Lodowick Bryskett with Grey during negotiations with lord Turlogh Lynagh O’Neill at the Blackwater in Ulster. (Maley, 23)

Spenser accompanies Grey on an expedition against James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglas and the Wicklow lord Feagh McHugh O’Byrne. (Maley, 24)

Spenser receives the official lease for the Abbey and Manor of Enniscorthy, a former Franciscan monastery, along with a substantial collection of other properties. (Maley, 26; Hadfield, 183; Burlinson and Zurcher, 226)

Spenser conveyed the Enniscorthy property to Richard Synnot. Judson speculates that Spenser may have used the profit from his lease of the Enniscorthy lands to invest in an Augustinian monastery at New Ross, Co. Wexford. (102)

Spenser in Dublin when head of the rebel Sir John of Desmond, brother of the earl of Desmond, was delivered to Grey by Colonel Zouche; it was publicly displayed like that of Pollente in FQvii 19. (Maley, 29)