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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)

December 8: Spenser becomes "delinquent in payment of first fruits, a sum required of the occupant of a benefice upon taking his charge, with respect to the prebendary of Effin, possibly a sinecure post (CSPI127.18)." (Maley, 44) Hadfield notes this…

Spenser conveyed the Enniscorthy property to Richard Synnot. Judson speculates that Spenser may have used the profit from his lease of the Enniscorthy lands to invest in an Augustinian monastery at New Ross, Co. Wexford. (102)

Spenser leaves Cork for England to deliver Norris’s letter to the Privy Council. (CSPI202.15; Maley, 75; Burlinson and Zurcher, 234)

Area of the wall with a distinct pattern

Sārnāth: Main Archaeological Site

Sārnāth: Main Archaeological Site

Said to mark the exact spot where the Buddha revealed his first lesson after enlightenment, the Dharmacakrapravatana Sūtra, in which he explained the Four Noble Truths. This stūpa is one of the most imposing and distinctive structures found in…