Catalogue description SIR WILLIAM BRABAZON to GERALD AYLMER and JOHN ALLEN.

Your bedfellows are in health. As to occurrences, "they be nothing so fruitful as they were at your departure." A great part of Uriell is destroyed, preyed, and burnt by them of Ferney; but now it is likely that there will be peace between us and them of Ferney. When they of Ferney were at the war, my Lord Chancellor was sent to the borders beside Dundalke, to parle with O'Nell; at which parliament O'Nell's company took a prey in the English pale and burned some towns there. He has made no restitution, though he says he will keep peace. "At that time O'Railey was somewhat busy for the death of Kaer Modder, his brother, who now as I think is at good stay; and as on Friday last past Mr. Kelwey had parliament with Tirlogh O'Thoyll and Art besides the Three Castles; who had assembled to him certain husbandmen and freeholders of Rathmore, Newton, the parish of Kill, and others, and would needs chase Tirlogh and Art up to the high mountains, who there had their kerne ready, and turned back and set upon Kelwey, and drove him to the Three Castles, and others with him, and set fire on the top of the castle, so that they yielded; wherein was taken Kelwey and your kinsman Mr. Justice Richard Aylmer, young Flattesbery, Lang, and divers others, and such husbandmen as the kerne met with they slew them, for they had no horses to flee, and, as I am informed, there was slain sixty householders.

Thomas Lang is let forth, and Mr. Aylmer remaineth with them and some others; and after that they had Mr. Kelwey, within a while they killed him, and such of the soldiers as was with him. My Lord at this season was coming from Ferney. O'More came with my Lord of Ossory to Dublin, so that stay might be had between him and the late O'More's sons, but he is arrested and taken to Meynothe." The greater part of the Council is here at Dublin, "and thought to see all matters well stayed here, and in especial such causes as is between my Lord Deputy and my Lord of Ossory, concerning O'More's sons, with others; but my Lord of Ossory, being here and sick, complained of the wrongs done to the King's subjects and his tenants of Oteryn and Tholoo Phelom, by Kedogh O'More and his brethren, but as hereunto there is no restitution made; and Kedogh, who was here, sent home. I have never seen like handling.

The late Earl of Kildare's sister is gone to be married to Manus O'Donell. Young Gerrot Dalahide and others are gone with her, which I like not. "I was never in despair in Ireland till now.

Wednesday before Whit Sunday.

Addressed: To my loving friends the Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls of Ireland. Endorsed.

State Papers III. 17.

Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, ed. J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen (6 vols., 1867-73), vol. I, document 121.