Spenser in Ireland, possibly as a bearer of letters from the Earl of Leicester to Sir Henry Sidney and Sir William Drury, where he witnesses the execution of Murrogh O’Brien at Limerick. (recorded in View; Maley, 6)
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…
Grey and his entourage arrive in Dublin, "Spenser most likely accompanies him"; at Dublin Castle, Spenser probably “started his new life taking rooms in the castle.” (Hadfield, 156; Burlinson and Zurcher, 224)
Grey defeated by O’Byrne at Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains; Spenser “refers directly to the defeat in his account of the marriage of the Thames and the Medway” in FQIV.xi.44, line 5—"balefull Oure, late staind with…
Spenser probably present at Grey’s investiture as Lord Deputy in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. (Maley, 13) Judson speculates that Spenser witnessed this ceremony and that it relates to when “Artegall in the FQwas represented as…
Spenser accompanies Grey on military expedition to Dingle, County Kerry to engage with the Papal forces ensconced in the fort of Dunanoir—The Golden Fort—at Smerwick. (Maley, 14) "We can be sure that Spenser was with him, as there are…
