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Maley notes that by the end of month "famine and plague had wiped out 90 percent of the male population at Cork." (34)

Spenser answers a questionnaire sent out by the English government in which he reports that six English families are on Kilcolman estate and that others have promised to come over. (Judson 129)

"Spenser appointed commissioner for musters in Co. Kildare for two years (Fiants, Eliz. no. 4150)." (Maley, 37; Burlinson and Zurcher, 227) Hadfield notes that this appointment was part of plans for strengthening the army in the wake of the Desmond…

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Spenser completes A Viewaround this time. (Maley, 70)

"Kilcolman 'taken' by Andrew Reade, possibly acting on behalf of Spenser, who in May seems to claim the estate." (Maley, 42)

Spenser’s first pension payment is collected, indicating that Spenser had probably returned to Ireland by this point. (Hadfield, 265)

Spenser appointed Registrar/Clerk of the Faculties in the Court of Chancery, an office he holds for seven years. (Maley, 18) Spenser’s acquisition of this position “meant putting down into the soil of Ireland a first small root.”…

Legal documents indicate that Kilcolman was assigned to Andrew Reade on this day. Hadfield suspects that Reade possibly "was involved in a speculative plan that was always designed to benefit Spenser." No records after this date indicate that Spenser…