A Viewentered in the Stationers’ Register, and the Warden of the Company left a note explaining that the contents of the manuscript would need approval from an authority before publication due to its sensitive information about Ireland and…
Sir Warham Sentleger informs Burghley that there are some sixty to seventy deaths every day due to plague and famine in Cork, "which is but one street not half a quarter of a mile in length." (CSPI91.41) (Maley, 32). Compare with descriptions of…
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 spectates meetings of the Irish parliament, whose main item of business was “passing a bill of attainder against the earl of Desmond and other rebels” which “invalidated all transfers made for twelve years prior to the…
Spenser present at trial of Chief Justice Nicholas Nugent at Trim, charged with complicity in the revolt of his uncle, William Nugent. (Maley, 32; see also Burlinson and Zurcher, 226)
