Letters regarding the Irish Rebellion of 1641-1644 1680 (copies of earlier 17th century originals)

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Butler, James, 1610-1688, 1st Duke of Ormonde, soldier and statesman

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Chichester of Belfast, Arthur Chichester, Baron, 1563-1625

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John Henry St 1678-1751 1st Viscount Bolingbroke statesman

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James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde

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James Butler, 12th Earl and 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688), was appointed Lieutenant-General of the King's army at the outbreak of the rebellion in Ireland in 1641. His plans to move against the rebels were overruled by the Lords Justices. However, between January and March 1642 he engaged and defeated the rebel forces, and proceeded to quieten Connaught, before suffering further obstruction from the Lords Justices. He defeated the rebels at Ross in March 1643, and in September concluded a year...

John Oliver St 1559-1630

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