Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 1 (of 3), 1603-1642

'There are,' says Hume, 'three events in our history which may be regarded as touchstones of party men: an English Whig who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Cath...

Since the dissolution of Perrott's Parliament in 1586 none had been held in Ireland, but James made up his mind to have one. Lord Carew was instructed to obtain information as t...

The tribal system known to the writers of what are called the Brehon laws survived much longer in Ulster than elsewhere. In the other three provinces the Anglo-Norman invaders m...

Sir Oliver St. John, who had been ten years Master of the Ordnance in Ireland, owed his appointment in part to the rising influence of Villiers; but the advice of Chichester is...

Towards the end of 1635 Laud warned Wentworth that he was making enemies at Court, especially 'on the Queen's side.' They said that he was 'over-full of personal prosecutions ag...

As soon as Wandesford's death was known Robert Lord Dillon and Sir William Parsons were appointed Lords Justices. As Master of the Wards Parsons had been useful in increasing th...

When Mountjoy left Ireland at the beginning of June 1603 he was accompanied by Tyrone, and by Rory O'Donnell, whose brother's death had made him head of the clan. The party, inc...

Dr. James Welwood, physician-in-ordinary to William III., wrote a short history of the hundred years preceding the Revolution and dedicated it to the King. He gave Strafford ful...

Wentworth was determined that his government, and especially his army, should not depend upon benefactions extorted from the fears of the Protestants and bought by dispensations...

In the course of a very thorough investigation Carew found that while much had been done by the settlers, much still remained to do. There were indeed many surveys and inquiries...

The change from Elizabeth to James I. marks the transition from an heroic age to one very much the reverse. The new court was scandalous, and after the younger Cecil's death pub...

Having done what was required of it, the Irish Parliament was prorogued to June 1, and on April 3 Strafford sailed for the last time, leaving Wandesford behind as Deputy. The go...

The death of James I. made little immediate difference to Ireland. King Charles was proclaimed in Dublin, and a new commission was issued to Falkland as Lord Deputy. An attack f...

The Scottish settlers in Ulster gave trouble from the first, for crossing the sea did not change their nature, nor their religious opinions. When Presbyterianism was oppressed a...

The question of religious toleration was one of the first which Chichester had to consider, for the movement in the Munster towns was felt all over Ireland. Priests and Jesuits...

The wild territory of Inishowen between Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly had been for ages in possession of the O'Dogherty clan, who were, however, not quite independent either of O...

Interference with property was not limited to the ancient Irish, but was extended by James to the greatest and most loyal of the Anglo-Norman families. The tenth Earl of Ormonde...

As soon as the troubles in Scotland began it was natural that Charles should expect help from Ireland. The first proposals came from Tyrone's grandson, Randal MacDonnell, second...

It was natural, considering the history of the country, that very few titles to Irish land should be absolutely without flaw. This uncertainty affected all business transactions...

Wentworth was in England from the beginning of June until late in November 1636, rooms being assigned to him at Hampton Court. Wandesford and the Chancellor were Lords Justices,...

show, and he was much taken with your project to have the Scotch there take an oath of abjuration of their abominable covenant.' The text of the Black Oath is in _Rushworth_, vi...

No Parliament for 27 years 108 A Protestant majority 109 Roman Catholic opposition 110 Violent contest for the Speakership 112 Sir John Davies on the constitution 114 Patience o...

Parsons and Borlase Lords Justices 312 Roman Catholic majority in Parliament 313 Apprehensions of a rising 315 Rory O'More, Lord Maguire, and others 317 The plot to seize Dublin...

Savage character of the contest 333 Conjectural estimates 334 The rising in Tyrone 335 In Armagh and Down 336 In Fermanagh 337 In Cavan--the O'Reillys 338 In Monaghan 342 The Po...

The tribal system 63 Chichester's plan of colonisation 66 Bacon on the settlement 67 The Scots in Ulster--Bishop Montgomery 68 Church and Crown 70 Chichester and Davies 71 Briti...

St. John tries to enforce uniformity 150 Charter of Waterford forfeited 152 Plantation of Wexford 153 General dissatisfaction 156 Bishop Rothe's strictures 160 Plantation in Lon...

Wentworth's antecedents 190 His alliance with Laud--'thorough' 192 His other friends 193 Conditions of Wentworth's appointment 195 His journey delayed by pirates 198 His arrival...

Wentworth's parliamentary policy 211 Wentworth and the Irish nobility 213 How to secure a majority 214 Parliamentary forms and ceremonies 215 Wentworth's speech 216 Supply voted...

Tyrone at Court 30 O'Cahan's case 31 Death of Devonshire 33 Earldom of Tyrconnel created 34 Departure of Tyrone, Tyrconnel, and Maguire 37 The fugitives excluded from France and...

[210] _Rushworth_, viii, 672; Wentworth to Northumberland, July 30, 1638, to the Bishop of Down, October 4, and the Bishop's two letters of September 22 and October 18; Reid's _...

Lord Wilmot's case 255 The Mountnorris case 256 Martial law in time of peace 257 Hard treatment of Mountnorris 261 Case of Lord Chancellor Loftus 264 Judgment of Royalist contem...

Accession of Charles I. 175 Quarrel between Falkland and Loftus 175 The case of the O'Byrnes 176 Alleged plot of Lord Thurles 180 The 'graces' 180 The bishops declare toleration...

Wentworth's account of his services 276 His power practically unchecked 278 Country life and game laws 279 Wentworth chief minister 281 Made Lord Lieutenant and Earl of Straffor...

Wandesford as Strafford's Deputy 297 The Irish Parliament refractory 298 Strafford commander-in-chief 299 Strafford at York 300 His arrest 301 The Irish Parliament repudiate Str...

Rise of Presbyterianism in Ulster 231 Wentworth, Laud, and Bramhall 232 Bishop Adair's case 233 The Covenant 236 The Black Oath 238 Repression of the Presbyterians 239 A 'desper...

The Ormonde heritage 139 The MacDonnells in Antrim 141 Irish expedition to the Isles 142 Plot to surprise the Ulster settlements 145 Chichester recalled; his position and charac...

Defective titles 245 Large colonisation schemes 246 Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo submit 247 Resistance of Galway 249 Treatment of the Galway people--Clanricarde 250 Injustice of W...

The laws against Recusancy 17 Proclamation against toleration 19 Cases of Everard and Lalor 21 Attempt to enforce uniformity--the Mandates 23 Bacon on toleration--Sir P. Barnewa...

Lord Antrim's plot against Scotland 285 Wentworth garrisons Carlisle 287 The new Irish army 288 Muster and disbanding 291 Danger from disbanded soldiers 292 Recruits for France...

The settlement at Derry 51 O'Dogherty and Paulet 53 Derry surprised and sacked 54 Flight and death of O'Dogherty 56 A 'thick and short' war 58 A Donegal jury 60 Forfeitures 61