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Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… earl of Essex (who commands the Queen's army) it favour of O'Neil (?). The Viceroy, Sir Harry Sidney, who is a very good …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… fact that he was missing, hidden in a wood for four days. O'Neil has again laid down his arms on the terms offered to …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… four savage Earls, two of them powerful men, Tyrconnel (O'Donnell) and O'Neil, and two smaller men. They had fortified themselves. …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… the enclosed memorial of Richard Owen, a confidant of Earl O'Neil, which contains many points of interest. These points, … itself into the following recommendations : That Prince O'Neil should be appointed Captain-General, as no Irishman … to be governed by one of lower rank than himself. That O'Donnell be made Governor of Connaught, and Desmond Governor …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… in the present state of affairs, since the death of Earl O'Donnell. We have duly considered the matter, and record … he heard from the Irish in this court (Madrid) that Earl O'Neil can hold out until the spring, if he be assured that … he is reduced to great straits, particularly now that Earl O'Donnell has died, which will greatly discourage them. He is …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… arranging the despatch of the Viceroy to Ireland, as John O'Neil is troubling them, and, besides the castles already … Ireland in consequence of his great friendship with John O'Neil, by means of which he thinks for certain that, in case … also spoke to me respecting Irish affairs concerning John O'Neil, to which I only replied by thanking him for his …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… Argyll will not go to Ireland as was stated to help John O'Neil, and also to inquire from the Queen if the question of … pleasure at the assurance that Argyll would not help O'Neil, and that his Queen had so ordered. With regard to the … for his mistress's orders, preventing Argyll from helping O'Neil. Melvin has, however, been informed that the matter of …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… him to put things in order. They tell me that both in O'Neil's country and elsewhere they refuse to receive any …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… learnt that the Viceroy, wishing to have an interview with O'Neil and bring him to submit to the Queen, had marched ten days' journey from Dublin, towards the place where O'Neil was, with 3,000 men, most of them redshanks, Scotsmen … Irish coast, who are considered good fighting men. When O' Neil learnt that the Viceroy's troops were in the woods, …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… convenient port for summoning the chiefs. Sent word to O'Donnell of my coming, and asked him to write to the earl of Tyrone and other Catholics. O'Donnell came to the port on 1st October, and we agreed to … On 5th October they asked me to go to the monastery, as O'Neil, Cormack O'Neil, his brother, Macwilliam O'Neil, Hugh …