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Letter endorsed by Spenser, from Dublin. This letter demonstrates the military and logistical links between events in Ireland and the Netherlands, and also an attempt to resolve the consequences of the discharge of soldiers earlier that year. It also…

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.”…

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 appears “in propria persona” (in person) in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin (Memoranda Roll, 21st-24th Eliz., membrane 108; Maley, 21)

Letter addressed by Spenser, from Wexford. Spenser’s presence with Grey on a journey to Wexford may be tied to Spenser’s acquisition of the twenty-one-year lease of the house of friars, manor, lands, and a weir in Enniscorthy, Co.…

Spenser secures lease under commission of the Castle and Manor of Enniscorthy, County Wexford. (Maley, 23)

Spenser accompanies Grey on his northern sojourn. (Maley, 23) Judson believes that Spenser’s excursion with Grey influenced his description of eastern Ulster which appears in the opening of A View. (100)

Spenser and Lodowick Bryskett with Grey during negotiations with lord Turlogh Lynagh O’Neill at the Blackwater in Ulster. (Maley, 23)

Spenser accompanies Grey on an expedition against James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglas and the Wicklow lord Feagh McHugh O’Byrne. (Maley, 24)

Spenser receives the official lease for the Abbey and Manor of Enniscorthy, a former Franciscan monastery, along with a substantial collection of other properties. (Maley, 26; Hadfield, 183; Burlinson and Zurcher, 226)