Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spenser in Ireland Subject The topic of the resource Spenser in Ireland Description An account of the resource Spenser's time in Ireland Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sarah Parrish Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 4-16-18 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. “Biography.” Spenser Online, http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/scholarly-resources/biography/. Accessed March 2018. Hadfield, Andrew. Edmund Spenser: A Life. Oxford UP, 2012. Judson, Alexander C. The Life of Edmund Spenser. Edited by Greenlaw, E., Osgood, C.G., Padelford, F.M., Heffner, R.Oxford UP, 1945. Maley, Willy. A Spenser Chronology. MacMillian, 1994. Spenser, Edmund. Selected Letters and Other Papers. Edited by Christopher Burlinson and Andrew Zurcher, Oxford UP, 2009. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 24 1582 Subject The topic of the resource August 24 Description An account of the resource Spenser obtains official lease of the dissolved House of Friars minors, known as New Abbey, Co. Kildare, twenty-five miles from Dublin, one of the forfeited estates of Viscount Baltinglas, who had fled to Spain in 1581. The lease came “with an old waste town adjoining, and its appurtenances” (Fiants, Eliz. no. 3969): “Lease under commission 15 July xii) [sic] to Edmund Spenser Gent., of the site of the house of friars called New Abbey, Co. Kildare, with appurtenances in the Queens disposition by the rebellion of James Eustace. To hold for 21 years. Rent £3. (Provided he shall not alien to any except and shall not charge coyne or livery. Fine £20).” The great bog of Allen was close to this property and influenced Spenser’s writing of insects in the FQ. Spenser is paid by Treasurer Wallop “for rewards to messengers.” This appears to be the final payment of Spenser's secretaryship for the purpose before Grey's recall. (Maley, 36; Judson, 102; Burlinson and Zurcher, 227)