CHAPTER XV.

THE IRISH CHURCH UNDER HENRY VIII.

Points at issue between King and Pope 288 See of Armagh 289 Dublin 290 Meath 290 Cashel 291 Tuam 292 Remoter sees 292 King and Pope in Leinster, Munster, and Connaught 293 Corrupt state of the Church 294 Miserable condition of four sees particularly described 295 General corruption of the clergy 296 Evils of Papal patronage 297 Many of the religious houses out of order 298 Excellent service rendered by others 299 Ecclesiastical legislation in 1536 300 The Crown could procure the passing of Acts, but the people remained unaffected by them 301 Archbishop Browne 302 His quarrel with Bishop Staples 303 Lord Leonard Grey gave general offence 303 Images, relics, and pilgrimages 304 The Munster bishops conformed 305 But this does not prove any real conversion 306 Origin of a double succession 306 Wauchop made Primate by the Pope 306 First appearance of the Jesuits 307 The friars oppose the royal supremacy 310 The Reformation hateful to the Irish 311 Henry attacks the monasteries 312 Account of the different orders 313 Cistercian abbeys 314 Hospitallers 315 Pensions to monks 317 The monks were not really driven out 317 Property of the religious houses 318 The mendicant orders 319 Their suppression scarcely decreased the number of friars 320 The plunder of the monasteries shared by all classes 320 The educating monasteries not replaced 321 Early attempts at an Irish university 321 Archbishop Browne 322 Bishop Staples 323