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Letter Book of Florence Mac Carthy Reagh, Tanist of Carbery, Mac Carthy Mór

Author: Various

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Preamble

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Document 1

An Inquisition taken upon the death of Sir Donogh MacCarty in Anno 19 Eliz., 1 June 1576.

Document 2

Presentments made by the jurors of Cork to Sir William Drury, circa November 1576.

Document 3

Presentment made by jurors to Sir William Drury, Cork, circa November 1576.

Document 4

Thomas Butler, earl of Ormond, to Elizabeth I, 24 April 1583.

Document 5

Donal, earl of Clancar, to Elizabeth I, 28 May 1583.

Document 6

The lords justices to the privy council, 23 June 1583.

Document 7

Sir Owen MacCarthy Reagh to Elizabeth I, 25 July 1583.

Document 8

'A briefe selection of suche payments as Sir Owen McCarthy Knight and his Countrey of Caribrie in the Countie of Cork haue paid for the furtherance of Her Majeties service sence the first of the rebelion of James Fitz Mores'; circa 1583.

Document 9

Thomas Butler, earl of Ormond, to the privy council, 15 November 1583.

Document 10

The lords justices to the privy council, Dublin, 17 November 1583.

Document 11

Ormond to Walsingham, 28 November 1583.

Document 12

Treasurer Wallop to Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Elizabeth I, 9 July 1584.

Document 13

Sir Edward Waterhouse, chancellor of the exchequer of Ireland, to Walsingham, 28 November 1584.

Document 14

Waterhouse to Walsingham, Dublin Castle, 19 January 1585.

Document 15

Nicholas Skiddie to Walsingham, 12 February 1585.

Document 16

Letter of Adam Loftus, chancellor and archbishop of Dublin, to Burghley upon an occasion of Jacques de Franceschi, lieutenant of Sir William Stanley, going to England, June 1585.

Document 17

'The Humble Petition of Finin McCormack to the Right Honourable the Lords and others of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council', 1587.

Document 18

Irish Statute, 28 Elizabeth, Caput 7; in the year 1587.

Document 19

Draught of a letter from the lords to Sir William FitzWilliam, lord deputy of Ireland, 30 January 1587.

Document 20

Sir Owen Mac Carthy Reagh to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, 23 December 1587.

Document 21

'A True Copie of a Condicion made betwixt Maister Florence Mc Carty and the Earl of Clancare', 9 March 1588.

Document 22

Examination of Florence MacCarthy, conducted 23 March 1588.

Document 23

St. Leger to the privy council, 14 May 1588.

Document 24

Extract from the first of three tracts sent to Burghley, June 1588.

Document 25

Extract from the second tract sent to Burghley, 12 June 1588.

Document 26

Sir Thomas Norreys to Walsingham, 1 July 1588.

Document 27

'Notes for Her Majestie to consider of', 1 July 1588.

Document 28

Sir William Herbert to Walsingham, 12 July 1588.

Document 29

Sir Thomas Norreys to Walsingham, 28 July 1588.

Document 30

Norreys to Walsingham, 30 September 1588.

Document 31

Sir Valentine Browne to Walsingham, 16 October 1588.

Document 32

Sir William Herbert to Burghley, 20 October 1588.

Document 33

St. Leger to the lords, 7 December 1588.

Document 34

'The demaundes of Sir Owen Hopton, Knight, Lewitennant of Her Majestie's Tower of London, for the Diette and other chardges of Prisoners in his custodie, from the Nativitie of Our Saviour Christe last paste, 1588, Till Th'Annunciacion of Our Blessed Ladye the Virgyn then nexte following, beeinge one quarter of a yeare, as hereafter is particularly declared.'

Document 35

Herbert to Burghley, 27 December 1588.

Document 36

Herbert to Walsingham, 27 December 1588.

Document 37

Nicholas Browne to Walsingham, 6 January 1589.

Document 38

Fitzwilliam to Walsingham, 28 January 1589.

Document 39

'This was the Relation and State of English in Munster given to Her Majesty's Attorney-General (Sir John Popham) and Sir Edward Phyton the last summer, and sithence — Table of Undertakers in February, 1589.'

Document 40

Sir Warham St. Leger to Burghley, 18 February 1589.

Document 41

Letter of Sir John Popham, 4 March 1589.

Document 42

Norreys to Walsingham, 8 March 1589.

Document 43

Mr. Justice Smyth to Walsingham, 11 March 1589.

Document 44

'Articles to be mynistred unto Florence Mac Carty.' 23 March 1589.

Document 45

Letter of Florence MacCarthy, Tower of London, 31 March 1589.

Document 46

Letter of Florence MacCarthy, 31 March 1589.

Document 47

St. Leger to Burghley, 22 June 1589.

Document 48

Petition of Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 14 May 1590.

Document 49

Florence MacCarthy to the lords justices, 15 December 1590.

Document 50

An order from the privy council directed to the lieutenant of the Tower, 19 January 1591.

Document 51

William Lyon, bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross to Sir Warham St. Leger, 24 February 1592.

Document 52

Letter of Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 17 June 1592.

Document 53

Sir Geoffrey Fenton to Burghley, 15 March 1593.

Document 54

[Enclosed with Fenton's letter of 15 March to Walsingham.] Bishop William Lyon to Sir G. Fenton.

Document 55

Endorsed letter of Lord Buttevant to Popham, 22 March 1593.

Document 56

Enrollment at request of Florence MacCarthy, 9 November 1593.

Document 57

Fitzwilliam to Burghley, 10 November 1593.

Document 58

John Annyas to the privy council, 1594.

Document 59

Fitzwilliam to Burghley, 20 January 1594.

Document 60

Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 16 March 1594.

Document 61

Fitzwilliam to Burghley, 12 June 1594.

Document 62

Fitzwilliam and Sir Thomas Norreys to Burghley, 17 June 1594.

Document 63

[Schedule enclosed in the above letter, 17 June 1594.]

Document 64

Copy of Articles preferred, against Florence Mac Carthy by Lord Barry, 17 June 1594.

Document 65

Authenticated copy of the Answers of Florence MacCarthy to the Articles preferred against him by the Lord Barry, 17 June 1594.

Document 66

Undated list of names of the Irish gentlemen of Gray's Inn (circa 1624/5).

Document 67

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, 29 September 1594.

Document 68

David Barry to Cecil, written from Ireland, 1 October 1594.

Document 69

Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 29 November 1594.

Document 70

Nicholas Browne to Burghley, 4 December 1594.

Document 71

Nicholas Browne to Lord Treasurer Burghley, 21 December 1594.

Document 72

Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 11 January 1595.

Document 73

Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 15 January 1595.

Document 74

Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 21 March 1595.

Document 75

Letter of Florence MacCarthy to Burghley, 1 April 1595.

Document 76

Report on Florence MacCarthy, supposed by Sir John Popham, 8 July 1595.

Document 77

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, 8 July 1595.

Document 78

Endorsed letter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton to Lord Burghley, 17 October 1595.

Document 79

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, 13 April 1596.

Document 80

Sir Thomas Norreys, Justice James Golde and Captain Francis Barkley to the privy council, 14 January 1597.

Document 81

Norreys & Robinson to Lord Treasurer Burghley, 15 January 1597.

Document 82

Bishop Nicholas Kenan of Ardfert, the Brownes and others to the privy council, 12 February 1597.

Document 83

[Enclosed with the above letter.] 'A Not of such as are Lordes of Cuntries being Finnin Mac Cartis kinsmen, and Followers of the Earls of Clancarte within Desmond and the County of Cork adjoining uppon Desmond.'

Document 84

Petition of Florence MacCarthy to recover the mortgaged lands of his late father-in-law, circa February 1597.

Document 85

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, circa February 1597.

Document 86

Sir Geoffrey Fenton, secretary of state for Ireland, to Sir Robert Cecil, 14 February 1597.

Document 87

Norreys to Cecil, 23 February 1597.

Document 88

Commentary on the conduct of Sir Thomas Norreys, vice-president of Munster, circa 1598/9.

Document 89

Fenton to Cecil, 20 April 1598.

Document 90

Roger Wilbraham to Sir Robert Cecil, 25 May 1598.

Document 91

Sir Thomas Norreys to Sir Robert Cecil, 30 May 1598.

Document 92

Reasons that Florence MacCarthy alleged to prove that the Earl of Clancar's lands ought to descend to Ellen his Wife, and to his heirs, circa June 1598.

Document 93

Ormond to Cecil, 18 June 1598.

Document 94

Endorsed letter of Sir Thomas Norreys to the privy council, by the hands of Spencer, 1598.

Document 95

Warrant to the government in Ireland to allott a sufficient Dower to Honora Countess of Clancarty, 13 August 1598.

Document 96

William Weever to Sir Robert Cecil, October 1598.

Document 97

Thomas Butler, earl of Ormond, to James FitzThomas, 8 October 1598.

Document 98

James FitzThomas to Thomas Butler, earl of Ormond, 12 October 1598.

Document 99

Earl of Ormond to Elizabeth I, 12 October 1598.

Document 100

Justice William Saxey to the privy council, 26 October 1598.

Document 101

David Barry to Cecil, 12 February 1599.

Document 102

'The state of the seuerall petitions and clayms by Florence McCarthy and Nicholas Browne, to all the inheritance of the late Erle of Clancare.' 16 March 1599.

Document 103

Petition made by Florence MacCarthy, 16 March 1599.

Document 104

Sir Thomas Norreys to the privy council, 20 March 1599.

Document 105

Sir Robert Cecil to the lord lieutenant, Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, April 1599.

Document 106

Petition made by Florence MacCarthy, April 1599.

Document 107

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, 20 April 1599.

Document 108

St. Leger and Power to Cecil, 10 December 1599.

Document 109

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Cecil, 12 December 1599.

Document 110

List of the Irish forces in Desmond by Sir George Carew, lord president of Munster, circa 1600.

Document 111

Sir Henry Power to the lords of the privy council, 4 March 1600.

Document 112

William Lyon, bishop of Cork and Ross, to Cecil, 5 March 1600.

Document 113

John Meade, mayor of Cork, to Cecil, 6 March 1600.

Document 114

Sir John Stanhope to Florence MacCarthy, 20 March 1600.

Document 115

Mr. Justice Saxey to Sir Robert Cecil, 28 March 1600.

Document 116

'A brief note of Captain Flower's Journey into Roskarbry', 1 April 1600.

Document 117

William Lyon, bishop of Cork, to Sir Robert Cecil, 2 April 1600.

Document 118

[Enclosed with the above letter of 2 April 1600.] Certain conference past betwixt Florence McCarthie And Donell McCarty, alias McCarty Reaugh; delivered by the said Donell McCarthie, to me, the Bishop of Cork.

Document 119

Joshua Aylmer to Sir Robert Cecil, 21 April 1600.

Document 120

Sir Henry Cuffe to Cecil, Cork, 23 April 1600.

Document 121

Power to the privy council, 30 April 1600.

Document 122

Carew to the privy council, Cork, 30 April 1600.

Document 123

Carew to Cecil, Shandon Castle, 30 April 1600.

Document 124

Carew to Cecil, 2 May 1600.

Document 125

Letter from Sir George Carew, Shandon, 6 May 1600.

Document 126

[Enclosed with the above:] Copy of letter from Florence MacCarthy to Carew, 3 May 1600.

Document 127

Florence MacCarthy to Cecil, Cork, 6 May 1600.

Document 128

Florence MacCarthy to Carew, 14 May 1600.

Document 129

[Note added to this letter by Sir George Carew and enclosed with the above letter to Sir Robert Cecil:—]

Document 130

Copy of letter from Ormond to Florence MacCarthy, Kilkenny, 16 July 1600.

Document 131

Ormond to Cecil, Kilkenny, 18 July 1600.

Document 132

Carew to the privy council, 5 August 1600.

Document 133

[Enclosed with the above letter.] Florence MacCarthy to Carew, 2 August 1600.

Document 134

[Enclosed with the above letter.] Florence MacCarthy to Carew, 2 August 1600.

Document 135

Carew to Cecil, Limerick, 17 August 1600.

Document 136

Letter to Sir George Carew, lord president of Munster, 25 August 1600.

Document 137

Carew to Cecil, 30 August 1600.

Document 138

Carew to the privy council, 30 August 1600.

Document 139

Reply to the above letter, from Sir Robert Cecil to Carew, circa September 1600—

Document 140

Carew to Cecil, 17 September 1600.

Document 141

Carew to Cecil, Cork, 23 September 1600.

Document 142

Extract from letter of Cecil to Carew, 15 October 1600.

Document 143

Carew to Cecil, 22 October 1600.

Document 144

Cecil to Carew, November 1600.

Document 145

Carew to Cecil, 2 November 1600.

Document 146

Cecil to Carew, 8 November 1600.

Document 147

Enclosed with the above letter, circa November 1600, endorsed in Sir Robert Cecil's handwriting.

Document 148

Cecil to Carew, 8 November 1600 [Lambeth Mss].

Document 149

John Meade, mayor of Cork, to the privy council, 14 January 1601.

Document 150

Carew to the privy council, Moyallo, 25 January 1601.

Document 151

Carew to Cecil, 11 February 1601.

Document 152

Cecil to Carew, 30 April 1601.

Document 153

Edmund FitzGerald, the White Knight, to Carew, 29 May 1601.

Document 154

Carew to the privy council, 3 June 1601.

Document 155

Carew to Cecil, 4 June 1601.

Document 156

Carew to Cecil, 18 June 1601.

Document 157

Carew to Lord Deputy Mountjoy and the Irish Council, Cork, 22 June 1601.

Document 158

Cecil to Carew, 29 June 1601.

Document 159

Cecil to Carew, 29 June 1601.

Document 160

Cecil to Carew, August 1601.

Document 161

Carew to the privy council, Cork, 6 August 1601.

Document 162

Carew to Cecil, 6 August 1601.

Document 163

Carew to Cecil, 13 August 1601.

Document 164

Cecil to Carew, 10 September 1601.

Document 166

John Meade, mayor of Cork to Carew, lord president of Munster, 21 September 1601.

Document 167

Meade to Carew, 23 September 1601.

Document 168

Sir John Dowdall to Secretary Cecil, 23 September 1601.

Document 169

Ormond to the privy council, 24 September 1601.

Document 170

Henry Power to Cecil, 7 November 1601.

Document 171

Carew to Cecil, 23 December 1601.

Document 172

Carew to Cecil, 28 December 1601.

Document 173

Carew to Cecil, 14 January 1602.

Document 174

Lord Deputy Mountjoy and the Irish Council to the Privy Council, 14 January 1602.

Document 175

William Power to Sir Robert Cecil, 17 January 1602.

Document 176

Carew to the privy council, 22 January 1602.

Document 177

Carew to Cecil, 31 January 1602.

Document 178

Carew to Cecil, 13 April 1602.

Document 179

Carew to Cecil, 13 April 1602.

Document 180

Carew to Cecil, 29 May 1602.

Document 181

'The re-examination of Ellyn-ny-Connor vic Fyneen, taken before me the President of Munster; who &c., sayeth', 19 July 1602.

Document 182

Florence McCarthy to Cecil, Tower of London, August 1602.

Document 183

Sir Robert Cecil to Carew, on receipt of above letter, circa August 1602.

Document 184

'The demands Of Sir John Peyton, Lieutenant Of Her Majesty's Tower Of London, For One Quarter, From St. Michael's Day, 1602, till the Feast of the Birth of Our Lord God, next:—'

Document 185

Letter to Sir George Carew, 16 December 1602.

Document 186

Presentment voluntarily made by Robert Atkinson before a notary public, circa 1603/4.

Document 187

Record of payment to Sir Thomas Vavasour, knight marshal of James I's Household, 2 March 1604 [Pell Records].

Document 188

Lord Buttevant to Cecil, Barrycourt, 2 March 1604.

Document 189

Summary of proceedings at court in favour of Lady Ellen McCarthy, 21 June 1604.

Document 190

Grant of James I to Donal base son of the Earl of Clancar, 1605.

Document 191

Report of Carew and Wilbraham, 2 July 1606.

Document 192

Lord de Courcy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, 24 July 1607.

Document 193

Earl of Thomond to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, Limerick, 19 September 1607.

Document 194

Florence MacCarthy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salibury, June 1608.

Document 195

Petition of Florence MacCarthy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, December 1608.

Document 196

Florence MacCarthy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salibury, December 1608.

Document 197

Florence MacCarthy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salibury, Marshalsea, 27 November 1611.

Document 198

Petition of Ellen MacCarthy to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, lord high treasurer of England, circa November 1611.

Document 199

Warrant issued to Treasurers of the Exchequer, 26 December 1611.

Document 200

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, 15 October 1614.

Document 201

Endorsed copy of 'Florence McCarthy Mores own statement of his transactions with the Brownes,' circa 1616-20.

Document 202

'An Abstract of such things as are found in the Office of His Majesty's Papers for business of state concerning the actions and proceedings of Florence Mc Carte.' 27 March 1617.

Document 203

'A Relation of divers criminal articles against Florence Mc Carthy, alleged by Teig Hurly of the Country of Carbry, sometime the said Florence's servant, and confirmed by his Oath on the 28th of March, 1617.'

Document 204

Petition of Florence MacCarthy to the privy council, 10 April 1617.

Document 205

Copy of a letter from the privy councillors to Sir Oliver St John, lord deputy of Ireland, on behalf of Florence MacCarthy, 10 April 1617.

Document 206

Florence MacCarthy to Lord Edward la Zouche, 24 June 1619.

Document 207

Petition of Florence MacCarthy, circa November 1619.

Document 208

Letter of Sir Thomas Edmonds, 28 July 1624.

Document 209

Florence MacCarthy to the privy council, 1625.

Document 210

Florence MacCarthy to Sir Edward Conway, 12 March 1625.

Document 211

Petition of Florence MacCarthy, 15 May 1626.

Document 212

'Translation of a letter written from Madrid to a Franciscan Fryar called Eugenio Field, in the monastery of Timoleague'. 10 April 1628.

Document 213

Browne to Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, Ross, 22 April 1630.

Document 214

Petition of Daniel, eldest son of Florence MacCarthy, 1630.

Document 215

Decision given in regard to Browne and Florence MacCarthy, 1630.

Document 216

Daniel MacCarthy to Lord Viscount Dorchester, 2 November 1630.

Document 217

Daniel, eldest surviving son of Florence MacCarthy, to Dudley Carlton, Viscount Dorchester, 11 November 1631.

Document 218

Daniel MacCarthy to Dorchester, 19 November 1631.

Document 219

Petition of Florence MacCarthy to the privy council, circa 1630/1.

Document 220

Sir Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford, lord deputy of Ireland, to Secretary Coke, 18 August 1637.