Catalogue description SUBMISSION of the EARL OF DESMOND.

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Title: SUBMISSION of the EARL OF DESMOND.
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I, Garret, Earl of Desmond, knowing myself to have offended the Queen's?laws, and to stand in great peril of life and forfeiture of all my lands and goods; and besides, knowing myself to be in danger of forfeiting 20,000l., wherein I stand bound to her Majesty by recognizance: therefore, to obtain her favour, I submit myself to her mercy and clemency, and do offer to her Majesty all my possessions, thereof to take into her hands so much as she thinks convenient, and to dispose of the same for the benefit of the realm of Ireland, at her pleasure; and I grant and promise that within ------ [Blank in MS.] days after her pleasure shall be signified to me, what castles, lands, or liberties she shall think good to take, I will make assurance thereof to her Majesty, her heirs and successors.

 

At Haward House, before the Privy Council, 12 July 1568, 10 Eliz.

 

Copy.

Date: 12 July 1569
Related material:

Another copy in MS 617, p. 86.

Held by: Lambeth Palace Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: MS 611, p. 166
Language: English
Physical description: 1 Page.
Unpublished finding aids:

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 259.

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