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Spenser granted lease under commission for New Abbey, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare. (Maley, 35)

Spenser appointed secretary to Arthur, fourteenth Lord Grey de Wilton, upon his departure from England to become Lord Deputy of Ireland. (Maley, 12) "Spenser was probably made an offer he could not refuse [as Grey’s secretary], and, although it may…

Queen recalls Grey from Ireland. (Burlinson and Zurcher, 227)

Date of Spenser’s sonnet to Harvey from Dublin, published in Harvey's Foure Letters(1592). (Maley, 43) Spenser is back in Dublin, either having returned by this date or having stayed in Dublin for much of the first half of the year, indicating…

The Spanish Armada battles the English in the Channel and North Sea, with the Spanish suffering a horrendous defeat. Spenser “devotes eighteen stanzas of curious allegory” to this battle in the FQ, 5.8.28-45. (Judson, 123) Since the…

"Spenser along with twenty-five others called upon to act as commissioner for musters in Co. Kildare." (Maley, 39)

"Spenser probably accompanies Norris and new Lord Deputy Perrot on tour of inspection through Connaught and Munster." (Maley, 39)

Spenser marries Elizabeth Boyle. (Hadfield, 296) Marriage commemorated in his poem, “Epithalamion.”

Spenser in Limerick for summer session of Munster Council. (Maley, 45)