W.

Wackeman, see Wakeman.

Wackley, John, 57, 64,

Waddesworth's letter to Tilletson, 411.

Wakeman, John, King's patentee, 134.

Wale, Edward, 66.

—, father, Jesuit, living at Cashel, 508.

Walker, Nicholas, 458.

Walled towns, King's power acknowledged in, xi.

Wallestown, 66.

Wallop, Sir Henry, 95, 443.

Wallye, 479.

—, Mr., praise of his diligence and discretion, 423.

Walsh, Henry, 71.

—, Peter, ib.

—, Therlo, gives information as to Edmund O'Brenan, 209.

—, James, abbot of Mellifont, 252.

—, John, 458.

—, Maurice, 58.

—, Sir Nicholas, Chief Justice of Common Pleas, xxxvii, 14, 116, 141, 144.

—, —, is of Irish birth, xxxvii.

—, —, report on Recorder of Cork, xlvi.

—, Chief Justice, to preside at Tipperary assizes, 47.

—, —, examines the list of persons to be pardoned, 100.

—, Sir Edmund, assists in capture of John Bourke, 103.

—, Oliver, 61.

—, Richard, 57, 61.

—, Robert, 451.

—, Thomas, report of, on state of Ireland, xxi.

Walsingham, initiates Sir T. Edmonds in public service, cxviii.

—, his servant, John Crosse, 420.

Walterstown, 57.

Wards to be established in Munster, 393.

— — in Ulster, ib.

— necessary as guards against foreign invasion, 595.

—, places in the North recommended for, by the Marshal, 596.

Wardships, 75.

— to be passed at stated times only, 98.

Ware, Auditor, 189.

—, —, presents book of division of Monaghan to the Council, 221.

—, James, 56, 59.

—, Sir James, 433, 436.

—, —, report of, on three law cases 432.

Waren, Sir William, widow of, 419.

Warren, William, 556.

Warwick, Earl of, the "O'Nevile" in Yorkshire, 213.

Waspailstown, 55.

—, tithes of, 56.

Waste and desolation, 82.

Waterford, 255, 287, 439, 472, 540, 650.

—, corporation of, 433.

—, mayor of, 433, 567.

—, mayor and sheriffs of, 80.

—, —, appeal to Salisbury to protect them (by his ancestral patronage) in their exemption from poundage, ib.

—, —, impoverished by fines for nonconformity, ib.

—, —, pray renewal of their charter, 433.

—, citizens of, their loyalty, 396.

—, —, petition assented to, ib.

—, priests in, lxiii.

—, 76.

—, His Majesty's customs at, ib.

—, —, the city exempted from, ib.

—, visitation of, 235.

—, a fort required at, 304.

—, the town ill-affected, ib.

—, see of, 18.

—, corporation of, license to export skins to Bristol, 21.

—, —, obstinacy of, 46.

—, —, resists compulsion in religion, 101.

—, Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem at, 71.

—, court house, near Guildhall, at, ib.

—, abbey of St. Katharine at, ib.

—, St. Katharine's in, 244.

—, report on disordered state of diocese of, 247.

—, recusants of, ib.

—, poverty of, 252.

—, John Lancaster to be bishop of, 389.

—, see of, not to be vacant during life of Archbishop of Cashel, 421.

—, —, destined for Mr. Lancaster, ib.

—, —, to be resigned by Miler Magrath, 422.

—, fort to be erected at, 430.

—, imprest to be made for, 526.

—, assembly of priests at, 117.

—, a citadel to be built at, ib.

—, —, to be expedited, 137.

—, —, suggestions to lessen expense of building, 117.

—, recusants at, 140.

— co. inhabited by ancient English race, 14.

—, charter of, 498.

—, "firebrand of," 507.

Waterford and Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, 62.

Waters, Stephen, 66.

Watson, Thomas, payment of, 131.

Waynman, Sir Edward, 1.

Welshman's Lands, in Kilmainham, 55.

West, John, 145.

—, —, his license to export wool, 142.

—, —, writes to Sir John Davys, ib.

West Chester, 476, 563.

Westmoreland, county of, 363.

—, soldiers pressed from, 408.

Weston, Richard, 558.

Wexford (Logh-Garman), 439n., 448.

—, one of the original counties, ix.

—, half county of, King's law in, xvi.

—, fort of, xl, 91.

—, garrison of, 2.

— county inhabited by ancient English, 14.

—, recusants at, 15.

—, assizes at, 15, 16.

—, Chetham and Longe, lessees of poundage of, 76.

— castle, constable of, 86.

—, clerk of Crown of, 145.

—, charter of, 498.

—, county of, grand panel of, 618.

—, justices of peace of, ib.

—, coroners of, ib.

— gentlemen of, ib.

—, portreeves of, ib.

Whalley, Mr., clerk of Council of Munster, 518.

—, —, his underhand dealings, ib.

Wheat, price of, in Ireland, 2.

Whitchurch, Marmaduke, 67, 263, 378.

—, —, constable of Carlingford, xl.

—, —, though not a dweller in Armagh, made sheriff of the county contrary to statutes, 378.

White, Adam, 60.

—, Alison, 56.

—, Andrew, 59.

—, Nicholas, to be of Munster Council, xxiii.

—, Sir Nicholas, 55.

—, Owen, 458.

—, "Sir" Patrick, 571.

—, Prest, 244.

—, Rev. Dr., 252, 439.

—, Thomas, Dr., bishop of Waterford, 18.

—, —, nephew of Dr. Peter Lombard, ib.

—, —, lives in Rome, ib.

—, James, Dr., bishop of Limerick, ib.

—, —, resides at Clonmel, ib.

—, Dr., a Jesuit, his conference with Lord Mountjoy, xlv.

—, —, residing in Waterford, lxiii.

—, James, called bishop of Limerick, but resides in Clonmel, lxvi.

—, Thomas, has title of bishop of Waterford, ib.

—, —, nephew of Dr. Peter Lombard, ib.

—, —, resides at Rome, ib.

—, Dr., "the firebrand of Waterford," 507.

—, —, holds meeting of priests there, ib.

—, Walter, to have reversion of escheatorship (joint) of Leinster, 128, 129.

White Knight, 564, 663.

White Knight's country, 488. See Clan Gibbon.

Whitechurch, tithes of, 70.

Whitechurch Castleton, ib.

Whyte, Dr., vicar-general of Waterford, 117.

—, —, convenes assembly of Catholic clergy, ib.

—, Francis, 270.

—, —, supplies a ship to Tyrone for his flight, ib.

Wicklow, fort of, xl.

—, proposed to be made a county, ix.

—, not a county till James I., x.

—, county of, gaol very full, 17.

—, —, where Feagh M'Hugh and his sons haunted, is as quiet as any county in the kingdom since it was made into a shire, 94.

Wilbraham, Sir Roger, 10, 23, 94, 129, 185, 189.

—, —, grant of a termon to, 23.

—, —, to come over to advise the King in the suit of Tyrone and O'Cahan, 221.

William Rufus, Mandate of, ci.

Williams, Sir Thomas, 135, 538.

Wilmot, Sir Charles, 1, 252, 269, 652.

—, —, joint commissioner for Munster, with Thornton, xxxii.

—, —, pension and seat in Privy Council, 330.

Wilson, Thomas, secretary of Lord Salisbury, cxxi.

—, Mr., to make new survey of Tarbert, 125.

—, Peter, 458.

—, Thomas, 643, 648, 650.

—, Walter, to be prothonotary of Common Pleas, 329.

Winch, Sir Humphrey, commissioner of abbey lands in Dublin, 46.

Windebank, Sir Thomas, requested by Salisbury to report to the King Sir H. Brouncker's death, 193.

Wine, customs on, laws of, 45.

—, importation of, inconsiderable, 401.

Wingfield, see The Marshal.

—, Sir Richard, 63.

—, Wingfielde, Sir Richard, 1, 14, 135, 142.

—, Sir Edward, 539.

—, Sir Richard, Marshal of the army, xxxviii.

—, —, his letters to Chichester, 607.

Winsor, Sir William, 538.

Winwood despatches, cxvi.

Wise, Thomas, 71.

—, George, ib.

Wiston, Mr., 435.

Woghterard. see Oughterard.

Wolsey, Cardinal, allusion to his sinister practices against the Kildare family, cix.

—, —, in Shakespeare's Henry VIII., ib.

—, —, "The Life and Death of," cxi, note.

Wood, 570.

—, a Scotchman, great spreader of intended alteration, 595.

—, George, grant to, of constableship of Carrickfergus, 233.

—, Robert, 566, 567.

—, Owen, chaplain's leave of absence for, 24.

Woods in Ulster to be cut down, 289.

Worcester, Earl of, 7, 8, 22.

Workington, 360.

Wotton, Henry, 651, 652, 653.

—, Sir Henry, ambassador at Venice, account of, cxix–cxxi.

—, —, reports of, on fugitive Earls, cxx.

—, —, he reports a proposal to assassinate Tyrone, ib.

—, —, now that the fugitive Earls are in Italy, it is his business to watch them, 651.

—, —, gives account of their unwontedly splendid reception in Milan, ib.

—, —, his remonstrances thereupon, 652.

—, —, their splendid reception at Rome, 654, 655, 656.

—, —, receives proposal for the assassination of Tyrone, 657.

Wray, Chief Justice, 394.

Writ, King's, did not run in Irish counties, xii.

—, —, —, nor at all times in the towns, ib.

Writs of Quo Warranto brought against corporations, 213.

Wynch, Chief Baron, 445, 451, 453.

Wynche, Chief Baron, 189.

—, Sir Humphrey, 257.

—, —, succeeds Sir James Ley as Chief Justice of King's Bench, xxxvii.

—, —, Chief Baron, 116.

—, —, —, an understanding and powerful gentleman, 113.

—, —, —, requests that learned lawyers may be sent from England, 115, 116.

—, —, —, certificate by, of value of Lord Ormond's lands, 121.

—, —, —, solicited to protect Mrs. Bagnall in her cause, 128, 141.

—, —, — his circuit in Munster, 425.

—, —, —, consultations of, addressed to English judges, 432.

—, —, —, has not yet received reply, 433.

Wyse, Sir George, letter to, xxi.