Add MS 4786

MILLES COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIII (ff. 226). Papers relating to Ireland; 1576-1603, 1642. Clarendon MS. Vol. 33. The contents are as follows: (1) Instructions for the Governor and Council of Connaught from the Council of Ireland; 1578. Signed. ff. 3-9.

(2) 'A declaracion of the causes which led me to entertayne Yrishe horsemen...', by Sir Nicholas Malby; 15 July 1581. Signed. ff. 10-13.

(3) Instructions from the Queen to the Lord Deputy and Council, and a memorial to the same from the Privy Council, both to be communicated by Sir Nicholas Malby; 3, 26 Apr. 1582. Copies. Cf. Cal. State Papers Ireland, 1574-1585, p. 358, artt. 3, 4. ff. 14-16.

(4) Ceremony of creation of John de Burgh as Baron of Leitrim; 5 May 1583. f. 17.

(5) Instructions of English Privy Council to Sir Henry Wallop and the other Commissioners for surveying the lands of rebels in Ireland; 27 May 1584. Signed. ff. 18-19.

(6) An incomplete list of the archbishoprics and bishoprics of Ireland; before 1583. f. 20.

(7) Instructions from the Queen to the Lord Deputy and Council;

24-26 Feb. 1585/6. Copies. Cf. Cal. Carew MSS., 1575-1588, pp. 409, 410. ff. 21-25.

(8) The contents of letters patent of 27 June 1586 relating to the grant of escheated lands in Munster to undertakers; followed (f. 29) by 'the plottt of our offer touchinge the peoplinge of Mounster', 1586, and 'the effecte of her Majesty's Commissions ... for the surveyinge and devysion of escheated lands' of 5 July 1586. At f. 31 is a letter of the Privy Council to the Lord Deputy, 10 Feb. 1586/7. Cf. Cal. Carew MSS., p. 439. Copies. ff. 26-33.

(9) Letters and instructions mainly from the Queen and Privy Council to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland, relating to the government of Ireland; 20 June 1576-5 April 1603. Copies. Calendars of versions of most of these documents are to be found in Cal. State Papers Ireland, Cal. of the Carew MSS. and Acts of the Privy Council. ff. 34-224.

(10) 'A Brief Relation of the Proceedings in Conaght since the leaving of the two Regiments at Athlone ... by the Lo. Marquess of Ormond', June 1642, by Colonel Sir Michael Ernley; 17th cent. Copy. ff. 225-226.

Ireland: Papers rel. to the government of: 1578-1603.

includes:

• f. 3 Sir William Drury, Lord Justice of Ireland: Signature: 1578.
• ff. 3-9 Province of Connaught: Instructions to the Governor and Council of: 1578.
• ff.3-9 Ireland: Instructions from the Council of, to the Governor and Council of Connaught: 1578.: Signed.
• f. 9 John Garvey, Dean of Christchurch, Dublin; Archbishop of Armagh 1589: Signature: 1578.
• f. 9 Richard Colman, Chief Remembrancer of Ireland: Signature: 1578.
• f. 9 Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin: Signature: 1578.
• f. 9 Hugh Brady, Bishop of Meath: Signature: 1578.
• f.9 William Gerard, Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Signature: 1578.
• ff. 10-13 Sir Nicholas Malby, President of Connaught: Reasons for entertaining the Irish horse: 1581.: Signed.
• f. 17 John de Burgh, Baron Leitrim: Account of ceremony of his creation: 1583.
• ff. 18-19 Sir Henry Wallop, Lord Justice in Ireland: Instructions to, as commissioner for the survey of lands of Irish rebels: 1584.
• f. 19 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Signature: 1584.
• f. 19 Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor: Signature: 1584.
• f. 19 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Signature: 1584.
• f. 19 Sir James Croft, Privy Councillor: Signature: 1584.
• f. 19 Sir Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln: Signature: 1584.
• f. 19 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Signature: 1584.
• ff.26-33 Province of Munster: Papers rel. to escheated lands in: 1586-1587.
• ff. 225-226 Colonel Sir Michael Ernley: Relation of events in Connaught by: 1642.: Copy.