Add MS 47172

EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCLIII. Egmont MS. 231. Entry-book of the Court of Castle Chamber (or Star Chamber) in Dublin, containing orders or decrees of the court and statements of the cases to which they refer; circ. 1573-1620. Described and calendared in Hist. MSS. Comm. (series 63), Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont, i, 1905, pp. lxvi-lxxi, 1-60; for the history of the court see also H. Wood, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, xxxii, 1914, pp. 152-170. A volume in Trinity College Library entitled 'Star Chamber Tryals' (Trin. Coll. MS.G.3. 1; T. K. Abbott, Cat. of MSS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, 1900, no. 852), contains 17th century transcripts of many decrees in the present MS. with further material to 1630, cf. H. Wood, op. cit., p. 169, and Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, 1603-1606, pp. 348-349, 353-354, 391-392, where decrees for 22 Nov. 1605-29 Jan. 1606 (ff. 137-142b in the present MS.) are printed from these transcripts. Decrees are signed by the Lord Deputy and officers of the court, regularly until the beginning of the Easter Term, 1582 (f. 54), and occasionally in later entries; the names of these signatories are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xvi, 1951-1952, p. 63. Paper and (f. 286) vellum; ff. iv+286. 300 mm.×200 mm. Circ. 1573-1620 (first dated entry, 4 Nov. 1573, at f. 26 [f. 2 blank]). Original pagination, indicating several leaves wanting at the beginning (beg. with p. 15), these leaves apparently missing at least since 1738-1739, when the MS. appeared in the Osborne sales of St. George MSS. (see above) as item 44 (label f. ii), and the number '71' and pencilled price '£5.5.0' were entered on the present f. 1 (cf. similar markings in other MSS. from these sales, Add. MSS. 47171, 47180; Harley MSS. 6082, 6148, 6213, 6238, 6250, 6589, 6591, 6592; Lansdowne MSS. 259, 762, 855, 858, 860A, 862). Miscellaneous memoranda, notes of debts, etc., in Dublin, occur in later hands at ff. 144b, 158b, 190, 205, 237b, 282b (dated 14 May 1660), 284b-285, and at f. 239b a copy of a letter of recommendation, 27 Jan. 166⁰/1 , by George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1660-1661; d. 1670), for 'Capt. Jacob Knolles', whose name also appears, erased, in the upper margin of f. 148. Contemporary vellum binding; the back cover was originally strengthened by a vellum leaf from a 13th cent. collection of medical recipes, written in one column with blue and red initials (now f. 286). Correspondence, 18, 25 Nov. 1898, of Mrs Sophie C. Lomas, editor of the H.M.C. calendar of the MS. (see above), with J. J. Cartwright of the Public Record Office, Assistant Sec. of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, inserted at the beginning (ff. iii-ivb).

Court of Castle Chamber: Entry book of decrees: circ. 1573-1620.

Ireland: Entry book of Court of Castle Chamber: circ. 1573-1620.

includes:

• ff. iii, iv James Joel Cartwright, of the Public Record Office: Correspondence with Mrs. S. C. Lomas: 1898.
• ff. iii, iv Mrs Sophie Crawford Lomas, of the Historical Manuscripts Commission: Correspondence with J. J. Cartwright: 1898.
• ff. 1-12 b passim, 90 b Sir William FitzWilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1590.
• ff. 1-1b Francis Agarde: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573.
• ff. 1-44 passim Hugh Brady, Bishop of Meath: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1580.
• ff. 1-47 b passim, 92 Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber: 1573-1590.
• ff. 1-51b passim, 92 Sir Lucas Dillon, Chief Baron of Exchequer, Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1590.
• ff. 1-78 passim Nicholas White, Master of the Rolls in Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1584.
• ff. 1b, 2b, 3, 12b, 36 Sir Edward Fyton, Vice-Treasurer and Treasurer at Wars in Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1578.
• ff. 2 b, 3, 12 b Sir Thomas Fleming, Baron of Slane: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573, 1574.
• ff. 2b-3, 6, 12b,16b,23b,24b John Plunket, Chief Justice of K B, Ireland; Knight 1567: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1573-1577.
• ff. 3, 12b Roland Eustace, Viscount Baltinglas: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1574.
• ff. 4-6b, 7b, 12b, 23b, 28b, 31b, 36, 43 John Chaloner, Secretary for Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1574-1579.
• ff. 12b, 22b, 23b, 33, 35b Thomas Lancaster, Archbishop of Armagh: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber: 1574-1578.: Signed.
• ff. 12b-78 passim John Garvey, Dean of Christchurch, Dublin; Archbishop of Armagh 1589: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1574-1584.
• ff. 16-16b, 19-19b, 20b, 36, 41, 43 Sir William Gerard, alias Gerrarde; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1576-1579.
• ff. 22,23, 24b-25,26b,28b,32b,33b Sir Henry Sydney, alias Sidney; Lord Deputy of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1577-1578.
• f.23b Henry Colley, Seneschal of King's County, Ireland: Order in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1577.
• ff. 40b, 41b Sir William Drury, Lord Justice of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1579.
• ff. 41, 43, 48, 49b, 51b Sir Nicholas Bagenall, Knight Marshall of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber: 1579-1582.: Signed by.
• ff. 43, 48 Captain Sir Nicholas Malbie, Governor of Connaught and Thomond: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber: 1579, 1581.: signed.
• ff. 44b, 47-49, 51, 53 Arthur Grey, Baron Grey de Wilton; Lord Deputy of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber, etc., signed by: 1581-1582.
• f. 45 b Nicholas Nugent, 2nd Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland: Order in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1581.
• ff. 45 b, 47 b-48, 49 b, 51 Edward Waterhouse, Knight 1584; Chancellor of Exchequer in Ireland 1586: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1581-1582.
• ff. 45b, 47b-48, 49b, 51b Sir Henry Wallop, Lord Justice in Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1581-1582.
• f. 46 Christopher Barnewall, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Richard De la Sale, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Simon Row, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Dunboyne, Meath: Petition to Lord Deputy of Ireland by jurors: 1581.
• f. 46 John Eustace, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Patrick Pheyps, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Richard Penteney, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Gerald Forster, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Patrick Ley, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• f. 46 Moreshe Lee, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy: 1581.: Signed.
• f. 46 Christopher Hussey, juror of Dunboyne: Petition to Lord Deputy signed by: 1581.
• ff. 49b, 51b Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State for Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1582.
• ff. 49b, 51b, 92 Sir Robert Dillon, Chief Justice of CP for Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1582-1590.
• ff. 52, 53 Laurence Hollynshed, Clerk of the Court of Castle Chamber: Petition to Lord Deputy of Ireland: circ. 1582.
• ff. 76, 77, 78 Sir John Perrot, Lord-Deputy of Ireland: Orders in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1584.
• f. 92 Thomas Jones, Bishop of Meath; Archbishop of Dublin 1605: Order in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1590.
• f. 92 Sir Nicholas Walshe, Justice of KB in Ireland; Lord Chief Justice of CP 1597: Order in Court of Castle Chamber signedby: 1590.
• f. 92 George Carew, 1st Baron Carew; Earl of Totness (1626): Order in Court of Castle Chamber signed by: 1590.
• f. 92 G. Bourchier: Order in Court of Castle Chamber, signed by: 1590.