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Tlze Ckronzkles of Ross 26 3
“ runneth close by the towne, the felling whereof will bee serviceable, not only for
“this worke, but allso for the quietnesse of the Country thereabouts.”‘
I583-4. Grant to Lodovick Brisket, gent, of the office of general Controller of
the Customs on wines in the ports (among others) of VVexford and Rosse. To hold
during good behaviour, with the accustomed fees. March 6, 26 Eliz.'
1585. Grant to Geo. Dormer, of New Rosse, gent., of the office of Justice of
the liberty of the County of Wexford, to hold during pleasure, with accustomed
fees. July 17, 27 E1iz,3 .
1587. Commission to Alexander Breuer, Mayor of Waterford, and Geoffrey
Fenton, Esq., Secretary of Ireland. Forasmuch as foreign invasions may be
doubted from beyond seas, and if any such happen their landing place is likely
to be at the haven of Waterford; the Commissioners are to view and muster the
able men in the City of Waterford and the suburbs, and such as are upon the
river from the city to the tower, and so upwards to the town of Rosse, from the
386 of 16‘ to 60, to see that they be well provided with armour and weapons,
trained under captains whom the Commissioners shall appoint; they shall cause
fortifications to be erected in fit places; they shall muster the great fleet of fisher-
men accustomed to be in that haven at this time of year, and if need be press
them into the Queen's service, and further to execute the instructions of the
Lord Deputy. They may execute martial law. October 16, 29 Eliz.4
I587. The following letter to Sir Henry Wallop [who had remodelled and
settled Enniscorthy, and contemplated reducing some of the rebellious septs of the
Cavanaghs about St. Mullins to obedience] from Hugh, Bishop of Ferns, and some
of the gentlemen of the County, give us an idea of the state of the Country, and
the expectations of peace and security of tenure to the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood if those projected measures could be accomplished.
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE R1‘. I-loN. SIR HENRY WALLOP, TREASURER AT WAR
IN IRELAND, FROM THE GENTLEMEN or THE Couurv WEXFORD, DATED 20TH
AUGUST, 1587.5 6
RIGHT WORSHIPFULL,--Our humble duties remembred. It hath been geven
out of late by Reporte, that your Worship was to deall with Morgan Mac Brien,7
and the rest of his Sept, for his and theire Landes in the Barrony of St. Molyns,
and elsewhere, and that your intention was to plante Habytation there, as you have
alredy done about Enescorthie. ’
At the first report whereof all Wee the Gentlemen and lnhabytants of this
Doore Countie of Wexford, did not a lyttle rejoice, hoping that by that means, We
' Brit. . . Name of writer not stated, most robabl Sir ohn
Perrott. “"5" A‘3di%iail$S"i21ili’Z “i>7.6ii. '6. '3.’ 3 mid. ‘ mid.” Y I
5 Collins quotes this as; follows in his peerage, “and was ‘so prudent a manager, that he was
greatly honoured and esteemed for,his public spirit, exemplary justice, and excellent conduct; as the
fallowing letter shews. signed by Hugh, Bishop of Ferns, twenty-mne Gentlemen of the County of
afford. all who were then resident there.” ,
The Original was among the Wallop Papers, 7 Kavanagh of Borris.