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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Kilkenny, Ireland is in County Kilkenny.
See: , , , , St James' Street, Kilkenny.
Flowers of History by Roger of Wendover 1233. He [Richard Marshal 3rd Earl Pembroke (deceased)] was buried on the following day [17th April 1234] at Kilkenny [Map], in an oratory belonging to some of the Minorite brethren, where he had whilst living built a handsome tomb. Thus died the earl marshal, a noble knight, one skilled in learning and distinguished by his manners and virtues. lie departed this life on Palm Sunday to receive from the Lord in heaven a palm for his reward; amongst the sons of men his person was so beautiful that nature seemed to have striven with the virtues in its composition.
In 1366 Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence (age 27) held a Parliament at Kilkenny, Ireland [Map]. The Parliament enacted thirty-five statutes known as the Statutes of Kilkenny which began:
... now many English of the said land, forsaking the English language, manners, mode of riding, laws and usages, live and govern themselves according to the manners, fashion, and language of the Irish enemies; and also have made divers marriages and alliances between themselves and the Irish enemies aforesaid; whereby the said land, and the liege people thereof, the English language, the allegiance due to our lord the king, and the English laws there, are put in subjection and decayed...
Before 1422 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 28) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde in Kilkenny, Ireland [Map].
On 4th February 1541 William Brereton (age 68) died in Kilkenny, Ireland [Map].
Calendar of the State Papers of William and Mary 1693 January. 23rd January 1693. Dublin Castle. Viscount Sydney to the Earl of Nottingham. I herewith send you a list of such popish officers and the number of priests that were by a late general Order in Council taken within the provinces of Leinster and Ulster, whereby you can compare them one with another. The returns are not yet made for the other two provinces of Munster and Connaught, but as soon as they are will send you alike list of them. This late general seizure was occasioned upon some apprehensions we had of a French descent upon this kingdom, but as those apprehensions are now blown over, or in a great manner lessened, the persons who were imprisoned are now set at liberty upon giving security for their good behaviour and promising to come forth when required, only excepting the regular clergy, who are still imprisoned till his Majesty's pleasure be known in telation to them, and' for this purpose I send your lordships copies of a report from a Committee of the Council appointed to consider what may be fit to be done with the regular priests and of the Board's concurrence with the said report, which I desire you will lay before the King and let me know how he will have the regular clergy dealt with. The state of this matter and the methods formerly used to drive them out of this kingdom are fully set forth in the said report. [S.P. Ireland855, No.7.] Enclosing:—
'A list of such Roman Catholic Officers as have been taken up by virtue of the late General Order, dated the 17th day of December, 1692." Dublin:
Captain Arthur French, Captain Harvey Morris, Lieut. Lepland, Captain James Nettervill, Captain Patrick Everard, Captain Edmund Sally, Major Brien Kelly, Captain James Clarke, Captain John Moore, Cornet John Walsh, Captain Edmund Kelly, Captain William Condron, Colonel Francis Nangle, Colonel Eustace, Captain Patrick Mandevil, Capt. Butler, Inreut. Silvester Bores, Major Hugh Ryley, Lieut. Patrick Lynch, Captain Roath, Captain Foulk Comerford, Captain Simon Archbold, Lieut. Terence Farrell, Colonel Bellew, Colonel Henry Oxbrough, Major Walter Delamere, Lieut. Colonel John Talbot, Colonel Walter Butler, Colonel Walsh, Captain Darby Ryan, Captain D'Arcy, Lieut. John Croghan, Ensign Thomas Floodgate, Captain Multher Levallin, Lieut. Francis Matthews, Captain Richard Purcell, Captain Theobald Butler, Quartermaster Richard Lock, Lieut. John Byrn, Colonel Maurice Fitz Gerald, Captain Fitz Gerald ..... Kiaght o7 Kerry; Captain Edward Fitz Harris, Captain Thomas Russell, Capt. Walter Nugent, Lieut. Walter Smyth, Lieut. Peter Bay, Captain Michael Fleminge, Captain Thomas Reade, Colonel Talbot of Belgard, Ineut. Colonel James Butler, Captain John Fury, Captain Pallas, Captain George Dowdall, Captain Barnewall, Lieut. Colonel Tutt, Captain Luke Dowdall, Captain William Russell, Captain Christopher Prppard, Captain Mark Baggot, Captain John Carberry, Lieut. George Walsh, Captain Daniel Woods, Lieut. Andrew Phelan, Lieut. Ryley, Captain Patrick Bellew, Lieut. Bellew, Ensign John Dowdall, Captain Patrick Usher, 68 officers, 35 priests.
Lord Meath's Liberty.
Captain Patrick McMahon, Captain Tiurlan, Captain Courtney; total, three.
Queen's County.
Colonel Lawrence Byrne, Lieut. Thomas Haring, Captain Sir Gregory Byrne; total, 3 officers and 2 priests.
Roscommon
Colonel Lord Dillon, Lieut. Colonel Thomas Dillon, Lieut. Colonel Theobald Dillon, Lieut. Christopher Dillon, Captain Andrew O' Connor, Captain Brian O'Connor, Captain James Plunket; total, 7 officers, 5 priests.
King's County.
Captain Edward Gernon, Captain Paul Briscoe, Captain Hanagan, Ensign Arthur Hanagan, Quarter-Master Roger O'Connor, Captain Marcus Geoghegan, Cornet Garret Burne, Quarter Master William Fitz Gerald, Captain John Dowdall, Captain Edward O'Donnelan, Ensign Charles Dempsy, Ensign Brian O'Connor, Captain Morgan O'Connor, Cornet Michael Gibbon, Lieut. Barnaby Laffin, Captain Morrice Birmingham, Captain Charles Geoghegan, Captain Owen win, Captain Morgan Bryan, Captain Toby Birmingham, Captain Pierce Nugent, Captain Patrick Kennedy, Captain John Connor, Lieut. Barnewall, Lieut. Lawrence Lynan, Lieut. Peter Sheile; total, 26 Officers, 4 priests.
Kilkenny, Ireland [Map]
Colonel Toby Matthew, Captain James Brian, Captain John Rowlan, Lieut. James Shee, Lieut. Robert Murphey, Ensign St. Leger, Captain Gaffney; total, 7 officers, 18 priests.
Tyrone
Captain McClenahan, Ensign O'Neile, Ensign O' Hagarty, Major Edward McCommy, Captain O'Neile, Captain Coremick McCromay, Captain Dugon, Captain Con O'Neile; and 9 more officers; total, seventeen officers, five priests.
Mayo
Captain Garret Moore, Colonel John Brown, Lieut. Colonel Terence McDonogh, Captain Josias Browne, Captain Thomas Browne, Captain John Garvey, Captain Anthony Garvey, Captain Jos. Lynch, Captain Walter Brown, Captain William Brabazon, Captain Miles FitzMorris, Captain John Moore, Captain Owen Gallagher, Captain Terence McDonnell, Captain James McDonnell, Captain John Browne, Captain Farragh McDonnell, Captain Charles Molloy, Captain Miles Bourk, Captain Owen O'Malley, Captain Dominick Browne, Captan P. Lynch, Captain Francis Darey, Captain Jeffry French, Ineut. Edmund FitzMorris, Lieut. Francis Garvey, Lieut. O'Hara, Cornet John Swiney, Cornet Henry Dillon, Ensign John FitzMorris; total, 30 officers, 4 priests.
Tipperary
Absconded:—Captain Edmund Butler, Major Anthony Morris, Lieut. Edmund Morris, Ensign Tho. Cleary, Captain Constaine (sic) Connor, Lieut. William Meagher, Philip Fogarty, Captain John Meagher, Captain O' Meagher, Ensign Teege Hogan, Ensign John Ryan, Laeut. Edmund Hegan, Captain Philip Dwyer, Ensign Michael Ryan, Captain John Magrath, Ensign John Egan, Captaanm John Carroll, Lieut. Fergus Deane, Lieut. Hogan of Killodargung, Lieut. Wiliam Hogan, Ensign Andrew Kennedy, Major James Carrell, Captain Guire, Lieut. Matthew Kennedy, Lieut. John Grady, Ensign William Moyley, Lreut. John Ryan, Lieut. John Creagh, Captain Butler of Banshea, Captain Butler of Doracloghin, Captain Butler of Kulmatohir.
Taken up:—Captain John Kennedy, Captain Edmund Dalton, Captain William Bourke, Lieut. Robert Vriel, Lieut. John Ryan, Lieut. John Creagh, Ensign Wiliam Moylan, Lieut. David Lavallin, Captain Bryan O'Bryan, Captain Mortogh O'Brien, Lieut. Brien Meagher; total, 43 officers, besides several names not known; priests absconded, 7; and all the priests of Upper Ormond; 4 priests taken up.
Captain John Dillon, Lieut. Edward Enons, Ensign James FitzGerald, Captain Cornels Coonan, Captain Pierce Archbold, Lieut. James Archbold, Captain Richard Archbold, Captain Lawrence FitzGerald, Lieut. Gerald FitzGerald, Ensign James FitzGerald, Lieut. Michael Wyer, Cornet Ferdinand Hickey, Captain James Wall, Ineut. Pierce Caulfeild, Captain Alexander Eustace; 15 officers, 2 priests.
Dublin County
Lord Kingsland, Lieut.-Colonel John Talbot, Captain Christopher Barnwall, Captain Nicholas Birmingham, Captain John Cowan, Lieut. Gilbert Berryes, Captain Kelly, Lieut. William Fitz Williams, Ensign Thomas Wade, Ensign Thomas St. Lawrence, Captain Richard Eustace, Captain William Nottingham, Captain Thomas Down, Laeut. George Foster, Quartermaster Patrick Lawless, Captain Nicholas Harrold, Lieut. John Pureell, Lieut. Thos. Chamberlin, Captain Hdmund FitzGerald, Lieut. Robert Lutterrell; total, 20. officers, 8 priests.
Five priests. [S.P Ireland 355, No. 71.]
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In 1804 Bishop Charles Caulfield was born at Kilkenny, Ireland [Map]. He married before 1862 Grace St George and had issue.
In 1610 Henry Mainwaring was appointed Archdeacon of Ossory.
In 1714 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected Bishop of Ossory in which position he remained for life.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 22nd October 1779 Bishop John Hotham 9th Baronet (age 43) was elected Bishop of Ossory.
On 14th November 1779 Bishop John Hotham 9th Baronet (age 43) was consecrated Bishop of Ossory at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin by Archbishop Robert Fowler (age 54) assisted by Bishop Charles Jackson and Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 43).
In 1782 Archbishop William Beresford 1st Baron Decies (age 38) was appointed Bishop of Ossory.