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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[July 4 1584]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[July 4]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[&quot;Spenser along with twenty-five others called upon to act as commissioner for musters in Co. Kildare.&quot; (Maley, 39)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[June 21 1584]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[June 21]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Sir John Perrot sworn in as the new lord deputy, Grey&rsquo;s former position. Spenser distrusted this man and later wrote against him in <em>A View</em>, stating that Ireland was &ldquo;more dangerously sick than ever before&rdquo; because of Perrot&rsquo;s actions. (Judson, 113)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[May 12 1583]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[May 12]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA["Spenser appointed commissioner for musters in Co. Kildare for two years (<em>Fiants</em>, 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 Rebellion. (186)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Late August 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Late August]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Grey recalled, and Spenser discharged from secretaryship. (Hadfield, 183)<br />
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[August 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[August]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser leases New Abbey, County Kildare.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[August 24 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[August 24]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &ldquo;with an old waste town adjoining, and its appurtenances&rdquo; (<em>Fiants</em>, Eliz. no. 3969): &ldquo;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 &pound;3. (Provided he shall not alien to any except and shall not charge coyne or livery. Fine &pound;20).&rdquo; The great bog of Allen was close to this property and influenced Spenser&rsquo;s writing of insects in the <em>FQ</em>. Spenser is paid by Treasurer Wallop &ldquo;for rewards to messengers.&rdquo; 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)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[July 15 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[July 15]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser granted lease under commission for New Abbey, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare. (Maley, 35)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[July 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[July ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Queen recalls Grey from Ireland. (Burlinson and Zurcher, 227)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[June 16 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[June 16]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser with Grey at Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. (Maley, 34) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[June 7 1582]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[June 7]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser with Grey at Philipstown, Co. Offaly. (Maley, 34)]]></dcterms:description>
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