Ormond complains of the proceed- ings of the lords justices, 218. Expostulates with a just and spirited resentment in a letter to the earl of Essex, 227. Transmits the request of the gentlemen of Connaught to the government, 231. Obliged to apologize for it, ib. Commissioned with others to meet the confede- rate catholics, 234. Acquaints the king in a letter of the opposition of the lords justices, 235. Meets the confederates at Trim, 236. Receives their remonstrance, ib. Joins in a memorial addressed to his majesty, 262. Reasons with Ormond on the treaty of peace, 266. Writes to Ormond on his refusal to join the confederates 290. Shews cause that sir Charles Coote should be proclaimed a rebel and a traitor, 292. Is prevailed on to accept the government in the absence of Ormond, 372. Transmits to Ormond an account of affairs in Ireland, 378. Leaves Ireland, 386.
Clarendon, Earl of, is exceedingly partial in his account of the state of the catholics before the insur- rection, 184, note. His account of popish judges and juries, 462. Of captain Ashton's trial, 464. Clotworthy, sir John, declares in a speech in the house of commons of England, that the conversion of papists in Ireland was only to be effected by the bible in one. hand and the sword in the other, 148.
Cole, sir William, receives private intelligence of the insurrection, 153, note. His singular services against the insurgents, 182, note. Informs the lords justices, 198,note. Services done by his regiment, 226,
Coote, (old) sir Charles, cruelly puts to death several innocent persons in the town of Wicklow, 202. Makes a proposal at the council- board for executing a general mas- sacre on all the catholics in Ireland, ib. & 203. Made governor of Dublin, 204. Burns Clontarff, 207. Executes martial law indis- criminately, 212, note. Made provost-master general, ib. Cau-
ses Higgins a priest to be put to death, ib. His character, ib. His wanton cruelties, 226. Killed at Trim (says Borlase) pursuing the rebels, note, 202.
Coote, (young) sir Charles, commits hostilities on the confederates in Connaught, 260. Frequently as saults lord Clanrickard, 291. Makes false promises to Owen O'Nial, 353. Is made president of Connaught, 401. Sends an ex- press to the king, 402. Finds as- sistance to seize the castle of Dub- lin, ib. Sends commissioners to his majesty, 403. Created earl of Montrath, and made one of the lords justices, 406.
Cromwell, Oliver, arrives at Dublin, 347. Takes Drogheda by storm, ib. Orders that no quarter be given, ib. His breach of faith, and barbarity, ib. Repeats the same at Wexford, 350. Publishes a proclamation, 351. Transports forty thousand Irish, S86. Trans- plants the Irish into Connaught, 389. Establishes high courts of justice, called Cromwell's slaughter- houses, 391.
, Henry, son to Oliver, is placed in the government of Ire- land, $98. Makes a favourable representation of the Irish, ib. His character, 399. Is invested with full power and authority in Ireland, 401.
Cork, (old) earl of, his account, in
a letter to the speaker of the Eng- lish house of commons of his suc- cess in indicting eleven hundred persons, among whom were many noblemen, 214. This proceeding he calls, the work of works, ib. Crosby, sir Pierce, is sequestered from the privy council, 127.
DAVIS, sir John, (attorney gene- ral of Ireland), his character of the Irish, 2, note. Expresses their sufferings emphatically, 48. Delvin, lord Baron of, refuses to sign the proclamation against the earl of Dermond, 24. Goes with other noblemen with their com plaints to the king, 79.
Derry, its gates shut against king James, 483. Besieged by De Ro- sen, ib. The means taken to re- duce it to surrender, ib. Had no effect but firing on their friends from its walls, 484. note. Gar- rison of, not behindhand in cru- elty with De Rosen, 491. De Rosen, Mareschal, besieges Derry, 483. His expedient to reduce it under obedience to king James, ib. Represents to his majesty the ill consequences of his clemency, ib. note. His order, 488. His motives, ib. note. Attempts to justify his conduct in a letter to the king, 490.
Desmond, earl of, proclaimed, with- out committing any overt act of treason, 23. His letter to the earl of Ormond, 25. His death, 26. Digby, lord, in concert with Ormond, summons the earl of Glamorgan before the council, 277. Accuses him of forging his commission, ib. Writes to Ormond from Kil- kenny, 286, note. His good opi- nion of the confederates, 289. Receives a letter from Ormond acknowledging his treating with the parliament commissioners, 292, note. Writes to Ormond con- cerning the king's situation, 294, Arrives in Dublin, 298. His declaration to perfect a peace with the confederates, 298. His character, ib. note. Enters into a private engagement with gene. ral Preston, 318, Writes to Or- mond, ib. Receives an answer, and writes again to him, 319. He, in concert with Ormond, enters into a new treaty with the confe- derates, 323. His spirited attempt to prevent Ormond from giving up the regalia to the parliament commissioners, 332. Receives a letter from Ormond, acquainting him that peace was concluded,
Dillon, of Costelloe, lord, urges against the prorogation of parlia- ment, 195. His advice to the lords justices slighted, 197. Dopping, bishop of Meath, preaches against keeping faith with the Irish catholics, 512. Dewnham, Bishop of Derry, delivers
ECCLIN, bishop of Down, his me- thod of ordaining, 74. Elizabeth, queen, slavery of the Irish in the reign of, 3. Her instructi- ons to sir John Perrot, 18, note. Displeased that her commands respecting Tyrone were not exe- cuted, 21. Disposes of Desmond's estate, 28. -Restores his son (James) to honor, 29. Her remarks on the destruction made in Ireland, 32. Orders the deputy to pardon all the inhabitants of Munster, ib. Her order not strictly observed, 33. Essex, Walter Devereux, earl of, in- vites Bryan O'Nial of Clameboy and his family to an entertainment, 8. the cruel manner he treated them, 9.
Everard, sir John, is chosen speaker of the house of commons by one party, 78. Dragged out of the chair by the other party, 79, Makes a motion in the house of commons for redress of grievances,
Eustace, sir Maurice, in a letter to
the marquis of Ormond, gives an account of the horrid advice of sir William Parsons and of sir Adam Loftus, 351. Made lord chan- cellor and one of the lords justices of Ireland, 406. His conduct on the report of a conspiracy, 412.
Falkland, lord deputy, is dismissed from his viceroyalty, 92, note. Fitzwilliams, sir William, enters on the government of Ireland then peaccable and quiet, 13. Designs to enrich himself by seeking for Spanish treasure among the inha- bitants of the coast of Connaught and Ulster, ib. Takes two Ulster gentlemen prisoners, who were well affected to government, ib. Causes Hugh M'Mahon to be un- justly put to death, 14. Inflames the northern chieftains by his cruelty, 16. Sends forces into Fermanagh and takes Macguire's castle of Enniskillen, 17. Is re- called into England, 18. Forbes, lord, his conduct at the town of Galway, 218. Murders committed by his soldiers, 232,
George 1. popery laws enforced in the reign of, 548. George II. penal laws put in force in the reign of, 553-560. Is address- ed by the catholics of Ireland, 561. Geogh, sir James, makes a motion on chusing a speaker of the house of commons, 78. Rejected, ib. Gibson, colonel, his conduct at Caric- main castle, 182, note.
Ginckle, lieutenant general, signs the
articles of Limerick, 517 and 525. Uses means to infringe the first military article, 526. Glanmorgan, earl of, is commissioned to conclude a peace with the con- federates, 274. Arrives at Kil- kenny, 275. A copy of his treaty accidentally found, ib. Is sum- moned before the council, and impeached by Ormond and Digby, 276. Imprisoned, ib. His com- mission publicly disavowed by the king, ib. Is enlarged, 279. Goes to Kilkenny, 280. Writes to the Marquis of Ormond, ib. Nego ciates with the Nuncio Renuccini, 231. Proves his commission real, ib. Receives two letters from the king, ib. Glenco, account of the massacre of, 484, note.
George, Dr. secretary to Marshal Schomberg, his account of King William's army, 473. His letter to colonel Hamilton, 646. Gormanstown, lord, the arms given him recalled, 201. Is appointed one of the commissioners to treat Grant, Winter, (Mr. Leyburne) for a cessation, 242. brings letters from the queen and the Prince of Wales to Ormond, 324. Expostulates with Ormond, ib. Is employed to treat with the confederates, 325.
Gray, lord deputy, orders the garri- son of Smerwick to be put to the sword, 9. Makes a victorious cir- Grenville, sir Richard, his behaviour cuit round the kingdom, 58. to the gentlemen taken at the battle of Rathconnel, 235.
JAMES I. intrigues of, previous to the death of Queen Elizabeth, 49. His promises to the catholics, 50. Publishes an act of oblivion, 55. Forbids the exercise of the catho- lic religion in Ireland, ib. Ap- proves of Chichester's proceedings with the aldermen of Dublin, 64. His quirk of royal logic, 81. ders the deputy to thank the par- liament, 84.
James II. State of the protestants of Ireland considered in the reign of, 450-462. Orders the deputy to
issue quo-warrantos, 466, note. Sends De Rosen to besiege Derry, 483. Countermands De Rosen's order, 487. His circular letter on that occasion, ib. Falsely accused of taking their churches from the protestants, 491. Publishes a pro- clamation against meddling with them, 492. His conduct compared with that of the prince of Orange, ib. note. Charged with violating his coronation oath, 493, note. Cause of the decline of the protes- tant religion in Ireland in the reign of, 496-498. His coronation oath, 660.
James-town, meeting of the bishops there, 370-371. Inchiquin, lord, receives a commission from the English parliament, 253. Performs considerable services for the parliament, ib. His laborious exploit at Cashel, ib. Administers an oath to his officers to extirpate popery, 255. Commits hostilities daily in Munster, 260. His forces revolt to the rebels, 356. Insurrection, immediate cause of, 147.
Unfair misrepresentation of, 153. Begins in Ulster with the cause, 161. Irish, reputed aliens, 2. No felony to kill a mere Irishman, ib. They petition for the benefit of the law, ib. Their love of justice, 3. In absolute slavery in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI. 4. Received to mercy on hard terms, 43. Prohibited the exercise of their religion, 55. Excluded out. of the general act of oblivion, 66. Their sufferings and patience dur- ing the reign of James I. 89-91. They demand the benefit of the two treaties of peace, 442. Island-Magee, Massacre of, 165— 167. Remarks on Dr. Leland's account of, ib. Insurgents, chiefs of the, their huma- nity, 184-188.
KILKENNY, general assembly, and
supreme council of the catholic no- 1 bility and gentry there, 230. Acts of the general congregation held there, 632.
King, Mr.his house and corn destroy-
ed, contrary to the public faith,
Killeen, lord, with other noblemen, petition the king, 79.
Kinsale, besieged, 36. Surrender of, ib. Cruelty of the English after the battle there, 37-41. Knor, bishop of Rapho, informs the deputy of the means to extirpate popery out of Ireland, 76.
LEE, captain Thomas, his brief de- claration of the government of Ire- land, 587.
Leicester, earl of, receives intelligence of the insurrection, 156. Receives private intelligence from the lords justices, 199.
Leslie, general of the covenanting ar- my, his coming to Ireland to extir- pate the Roman catholics of Ulster, 147. His design discovered by a letter intercepted, ib.
Limerick, surrender of, 509. Surren- der of favourable to King William, 510. Articles of, 513-519. In- fringement of its articles commen- ces, 526. Its catholic citizens cru- elly treated, 531.
Lorrain, duke of, his treaty consider- ed, 377-380.
Loughrea, meeting of the catholic as- sembly there, by the appointment of Ormond, 371-377. Conduct of the clergy there, 578. Ludlow, Edmund, general to Crom- well, and parliament commissioner, publishes a proclamation against priests, 393. Offers life to sir Phelim O'Nial, if he would accuse the king, $96. Appointed chief general in the puritan conspiracy,
Luther, Martin, a part of his last will and testament, 6, note.
MAC DONNELL, sir Alexander, alias Colkitto, commands an army sent to Scotland, 258. Slain in the battle of Knocnoness, ib. note. Macguire, a northern lord, stands up- on his defence, 16. Is proclaim- ed a traitor by the lord deputy, 17. Joins with the other lords of the
north for self-defence, ib. ged with rebellion, 158. Mac Mahon, chieftain of Monaghan, surrenders his country to Queen Elizabeth, 14. Receives a re-grant thereof, ib. His brother Hugh Roe Mac Mahon put to death by the lord deputy, 15. His estate distributed to Sir Henry Bagnal and other adventurers, 16, note.
Ever, bishop of Clogher, his conduct at the assembly of the pre- lates at Clonmacnoise, 252, note. Reccives a commission from Or- mond to the command of the army sent by Owen O'Nial, 355. Is taken prisoner and put to death by order of sir Charles Coote, ib. Hugh, put to the rack, 220,
Malone, counsellor, pleads at the bar of both houses of parliament, 536. Maxwell, Dr. Robert, extract of his examination, 162, note. His ac- count of the ghosts of Portnadown, 176, note. His relation of Mrs. Hovenden, 185, and note, ib. Meath, Dr. Henry Jones, bishop of, his discovery of the Irish rebellion,
Monk, general, his proposal to Owen
O'Nial, 355, note. Is declared lord lieutenant of Ireland, 402. Monroe, major general, behaves per. fidiously to the earl of Antrim, 251. Commits hostilities daily in Ulster, 260. Receives a commis- sion from the English parliament, 272. Takes Belfast, ib.
Moore, Roger, his motives for rebel- ling, 160.
Moreton, bishop of Kildare, preaches
on the obligation of keeping the public faith, 512.
Montgomery, bishop of Derry, his account of the conspiracy confut- ed, 69.
Mountgarrot, lord, presides at the council held at Kilkenny, 282. Mountjoy, lord duputy, gives his opinion of the war in a letter to the council in England, 29. Re- ceives an answer from the queen, 33. Does not full her order, ib. His conduct at Cork, 52. At Waterford, 54. Conducts Tirone to England, 55.
Munster, tumults there, 566. Cause assigned, ib. and notes. Murders, collection of, committed on the Irish, 623.
NUGENT, Mr. makes submission to the president, 44. His offer to kill the earl of Desmond, 45. Taken in the attempt and hanged, ib.
justice, his declaration at Drogheda, 463.
O'CONNELLY, captain Owen, the famous discoverer of the Irish re- bellion, brings letters to the British colonels in Ulster recommending to them to take the covenant, 250. An account of his conduct, ib. O'Conor, Charles, his account of a
transaction in Kerry, 12, note. Of the affair of Mulloghmaston, ib.' O'Donnell, first cause of his disaffec- tion to the government, 20. O'Farrells, of the county of Long. ford, send a remonstrance of griev
ances to the lords justices, 163. O'Nial, Owen, made general of the Irish forces, 183. Reprimands sir Phelim O'Nial, 184. Unjustly charged of ingratitude and perfidy, 506. His answer to General Pres- ton, 309. Advances towards Dub- lin with an army, 313. Proclaimed a rebel, 941. His character, ib. note. Concludes a treaty with Ormond, 345. Addresses the officers of his army, 356. Sends forces to Ormond under the com- mand of Ever Mac Mahon, bishop of Clogher, ib.
O'Nial, sir Phelim, charged with massacres, 169, note Tempted on histrial by the judges to blacken the memory of the king, 394. His conduct on that occasion, 395. Charges against him greatly aggra- vated, 397.
Bryan of Claneboy, cruelly murdered, 11. Ormond, earl of, refuses to give up his sword, 103. Surrenders his country to the king, 126. Is made
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