Add MS 4819

POCOCKE COLLECTION. Vol. IX (ff. 463). Collections relating to Irish history of the 16th- 17th centt. Viz.:-

(1) Proceedings of the High Commissioners appointed for the regulation of the government of Ireland, 1537-1538; 17th cent. copies. Latin and English. Imperfect. Cf. Cal. State Papers: Ireland, 1509-1573, pp. 32-37. Ff. 41-50b were printed from originals in the State Paper Office in The Social State of the Southern and Eastern Counties of Ireland in the Sixteenth Century, ed. H. F. Hore and J. Graves (Annuary of the Kilkenny and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society) 1868, 1869. For a further part of this transcript see Add. MS. 4763, ff. 430-464. if. 1-10b, 41-50b.

(2) Instructions from the Queen to the chief governor of Ireland; 16 July 1559-4 July 1562. 17th cent. copies. Cf. Cal. State Papers: Ireland, 1509-1573, pp. 156-198. ff. 11-40b.

(3) Letters from the Queen and Privy Council to the Lord Deputy and others in Ireland; ?15/16 Aug. 1574-28 Feb. 1577/8. 17th cent. copies. First and last letters are imperfect. Printed from Carew MS. 628 in Lambeth Palace Library in Cal. Carew MSS., 1515-1574, pp. 477-481, 483, 485; 1576-1588, pp. 22-24, 106, 128. ff. 51-62b.

(4) Collections made by Sir James Perrott for his Chronicle of Ireland; 1584-1619. The material consists of draft narrative, extracts and copies from state papers, and accounts by contemporary witnesses, some of which were collected in 1622 (ff. 109, 305b). Partly autograph. For related material see Add. MS. 4763, ff. 497-501. The work was published under the above title by the Irish MSS. Commission, 1933, ed. H. Wood, from another MS. For an account of the present MS. see pp. v-viii of this edition. ff. 63-169b, 176-305b.

(5) Proposals of William Mostyn to the Lord Deputy and Council for the subjugation of Connaught; 1580. ?Copy. ff. 171-175.

(6) Extract from 'A narration of the service done by the army ymployed to Lough — Foyle', written in 1614 by Sir Henry Docwra. The whole work was printed under the above title in Miscellany of the Celtic Society, ed. J. O'Donovan, Dublin, 1849, pp. 231-286, from a MS. in the Irish Ordnance Survey Office. ff. 306-317.

(7) An account of murders committed by Scots upon the Irish; 1641. ff. 318-319.

(8) Treatises in the autograph of Adam Meredith written before 1679 (cf. f. 340 and Add. MS. 4763, f. 4), with annotations by Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. Imperfect. Ff. 333-344 are part of a transcript from the printed work Ormonds Curtain Drawn: In a short Discourse concerning Ireland .... by Sir John Temple, 1646, made mainly by Meredith. For the first two leaves of this transcript see Add. MS. 4763, ff. 4-5b. Ff. 320-332b may be a part of this treatise that was never printed. On f. 332b is written 'Imprimatur Sept. 1 1646. [?] Tho. Temple Charls Herle Richard Whittaker'. The printed work appears to be unfinished (p. 32) and the title page of the British Library copy (press mark E. 513. 14) bears the following contemporary note: 'By S^r John Temple; but not finished: S[amuel] Gellibrand', while at the foot of this page the date 5 October 1646 is noted in the same hand. ff. 320-344.

(9) Declaration of the Marquess of Ormonde at Kilcolgan; 2 Dec. 1650. Copy. Cf. Add. MS. 4763, ff. 6-34. On f. 398b is a note in the hand of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. ff. 345-398b.

(10) 'History of the Irish Confederation and the War in Ireland', 1646-1647, by Richard Bellings, being part of a transcript of this work formerly belonging to Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey. For an earlier part of this transcript see Add. MS. 4763, ff. 35-89. The whole work was printed by J. T. Gilbert in his History of the Irish Confederation, 1882-1891, vols. i, iii-vii, chiefly from a MS. at Trinity College, Dublin (cf. op. cit., i, P. ix). In this printed work the present section is to be found in vols. v, pp. 7-33, vi, p. 1-48, vii, pp. 1-28. ff. 399-438.

(11) Accompt of payments made to individuals on the civil and military establishments of Ireland and of poundage received for the year ending 20 Mar. 1663/4; followed (f. 456) by a similar accompt for the period 20 Mar. 1663/4-4 July 1664. ff. 439-463.

Ireland: Collections rel. to the history of: 16th-17th centt.

includes:

• ff. 63-169b,176-305b Sir James Perrott, MP: Collections for his 'Chronicle of Ireland': 1584-1619, circ. 1622.: Partly autogr.
• f. 128-129b Thomas Burgh, 5th Baron Burgh: Petition to, as Lord Deputy of Ireland: 1597.: Signed.
• ff. 128-129b Richard Eustace, of Walshtown, county Kildare: Petition to the Lord Deputy of Ireland: 1597.
• f. 129 b Thomas Burgh, 5th Baron Burgh: Note by: 1597: Signed.
• ff. 171-175 Province of Connaught: Proposals of W. Mostyn for subduing: 1580?: Copy.
• ff. 171-175 William Mostyn, officer in Ireland: Proposals by, for subduing Connaught: 1580.
• ff. 306-317 Henry Docwra, 1st Baron Docwra: Extract from his 'Narration of the services done by the army ymployed to Lough-Foyle': 1614.
• ff. 320-332b James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Part of a treatise, possibly a section of 'Ormonds Curtain Drawn . . . ,, not printed in the 1646 edition.: aft. 1646: Copy, bef. 1679.
• ff. 320-332b, 333-344 Adam Meredith, son of Sir Robert Meredith: 'Ormonds Curtain Drawn', etc., copied by: circ. 1660.: Imperf.
• ff. 320-344 passim, 398b Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: Notes by: circ. 1671-1680.: Autogr.
• ff.320-332b Sir John Temple, the elder; Master of the Rolls, Ireland: Part of a treatise, possibly a section of his 'Ormonds Curtain Drawn... ', not printed in the 1646 edition.: bef. 1679.: Copy.
• ff. 333-344 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Treatise entitled 'Ormonds Curtain Drawn. . . ' by Sir J. Temple, printed in 1646.: 1646: Copy, bef. 1679.
• ff.333-344 Sir John Temple, the elder; Master of the Rolls, Ireland: 'Ormonds Curtain Drawn . . . ', printed in 1646: bef. 1679.: Copy.
• ff. 345-398b Kilcolgan, Galway: Declaration of Lord Ormonde at: 1650.: Copy.
• ff. 345-398b James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Declaration of, at Kilcolgan: 1650.: Copy.
• ff. 399-438 Richard Bellings, Irish historian: 'The History of the late Warre in Ireland': circ. 1666.: Imperf. copy.
• ff. 439-463 Ireland: Accompts for payments to the civil and military establishments of: 1663-1664.
• ff. 439-463 Accompts: Payments to the Irish civil and military lists: 1663-1664.