wrought there; and, in consequence, the old church has been restored, and a road opened to it, which is much frequented by the people, who go to recommend themselves to the prayers of the holy martyr." PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON.t Ireland, vol. cv. No. 10. 1583, Oct. 8. Indorsed, Sir H. Wallop, and Archbishop of Dublin. Addressed-To the Worshipful Robert Beale, supplying the place of Her Majesty's Chief Secretary. SIR: By our last letters we gave you some inkling of the arrival here of one Dr. Hurley, upon intelligence whereof we caused so narrow search to be made after him, as we found he had been entertained in the house of the Baron of Slane, and some others of good account within the pale, and from thence was departed (in company with Mr. Perse Butler, base son to the Earl of Ormond) into Munster. Whereupon, sending for the Baron of Slane, we so dealt with him as he travailed presently to the earl for the apprehension of the said Hurley, and, returning again yesterday, brought him unto us, but as yet * Dr. O'Hurley's own suffragan bishop thus speaks of him: "The Archbishop of Cashel endured martyrdom in Dublin with most glorious firmness and heroism, and although subjected to the most dreadful torture, yet could never be induced to subscribe to the iniquitous innovations of Elizabeth. He died, fearlessly and gloriously, confessing his faith; but what afflicts me is, that our martyrs are no longer led publicly to execution, but are put to death in private, without the presence of the people. It was thus the archbishop was executed, by only three soldiers, fearing lest he should exhort and inflame the people to constancy in their Christian faith."-Letter of Dr. Cornelius O'Mulrian, ex Archiv. Secret. Vatican, ap. Moran. †The original correspondence on the subject of the archbishop's trial between the lords-justices in Ireland and the council in England, lately discovered in the State Paper Office, London, throw much light on the whole matter, and so strikingly prove the accuracy of the narrative of Dr. Roothe that I give them here in extenso. our leisure hath not served to examine him. What shall fall out upon his examination we will by the next advertise the Lords at large. In the mean time, it is most certain that he had been a leidger at Rome for a long time, soliciting all matters that had been there attempted to the prejudice of H. Majesty's proceedings here in this realm, and the perturbing of this state. He is nominated by the Pope to be Archbishop of Cashel. Thus for the present, all things else being in reasonable good quiet, and having not further to enlarge, we betake you to the tuition of Almighty God. From Dublin, this 8th day of October, 1583. Your assured loving friends, AD. DUBLIN, PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON. Ireland, vol. cv. No. 29. Recd. 29. Lords Justices of Ireland, Michael Fitzsimons. Barnewell's Second Confession. Dr. Hurley. Addressed-To the Right Honorable Sir Francis Walsingham, Knight, principal Secretary to her Majesty, give these at court. Touching Since your Honor's departure into Scotland. simons' pardon. we received a letter from the Lords concerning one Michael Fitzsimons, the copy whereof we send your Honor, here enclosed. Whereby it seemeth that besides his flying into France without license which he maketh the ground of his suit for a pardon, their Lordships would have him pardoned for any one fault that he hath committed against the law here in hope of his conformity and dutiful life hereafter. According to which letter we have called him before us, and declared their Lordships' pleasure in his behalf, willing him to show any one fault wherein he had offended her Majesty's laws, and he should have pardon for it according their Lordships' direction. But he will not enter into any particular with us, but urgeth the pardon in general terms. This Fitzsimons is. well known unto us to be not only an arrogant Papist, impossible to be reformed, and a continual practiser against the state. So if it please your Honor to read the examination of Christopher Barnewell against Sedgrave and William Fitzsimons of this city, your Honor shall find that this Michael Fitzsimons was made acquainted with the wholę practice, and that, if he could have furnished himself with money, he should have been the carrier of the letters both to the Pope and the King of Spain, to have solicited for more aid; and, therefore, since his offence is to be justified by Barnewell, and that he will not enter into the voluntary confession of it, it is like he find a guilty conscience in divers treasons, and therefore will depend upon this letter of the Lords for a refuge against the first fault wherewith he shall be charged. Wherefore, we wish (the quality of his offence considered) that we might have a revocation of their Lordships' said letter, whereby we might be at liberty to deal with him in a more severe sort. Second confession of Barnewell. Secondly, your Honor is to understand that about the time of the beginning of your journey into Scotland, we sent to the Lord Treasurer and your Honor jointly a second voluntary confession of the aforesaid Christopher Barnewell touching 120. In which confession there is one Dr. Hurley (by creation of the Pope, Archbishop of Cashel) named to have been a practiser at Rome about the rebels here, and to have had access to Cardinal Comensis, the Pope's secretary, as in the confession at large appeareth. This Hurley, having received letters from Rome to divers persons in Ireland, landed at Droyghadore about six weeks past, and immediately grew familiar with the Baron of Slane, and resorted to his house under pretense of acquaintance with a base son of the Earl of Ormond's, who married the Baron's daughter, and, passing some time there, from thence went into Oreylies country to seek some priests of his foreign. acquaintance, and so into Munster to the Lord General, (being a born man under his Lordship,) and craving protection at his hands. Which being revealed unto us, we so dealt with the Baron of Slane that he travailed to the Earl and brought the said Hurley hither unto us, where we have committed him close prisoner to the Castle. At his first apprehension he uttered some words to the Baron of Slane as though 120 and . . . . were to be charged with these late stirs and foreign practices and so the Baron gave it forth in secret; but before his coming to us, he had been so well schooled as now he pretendeth ignorance in all things saving that he confesseth that the Viscount of Bathinglas, his brother Richard Eustace, Barnewell, and he, were together with Cardinal Comensis, but denieth that he saw any such letters, as Barnewell in his confession allegeth, nor heard any matter of such importance. The other justifieth his former confession, and addeth that the doctor was one of the House of Inquisitions, which he denieth not. And further the doctor confesseth that he had letters from Cardinal Sans [Sens] (who is called Protector of Ireland) to the Earl of Desmond and others, which letters (he saith) he left in France and would not meddle with them. We heartily, therefore, pray your Honor that conferring with the Lord Treasurer you will procure us resolution upon our former joint letter to his Lordship and you touching the confession of the said Barnewell, how we shall either proceed in it or suppress it, and also what course we are to hold with the Popish Archbishop and Michael Fitzsimons, and so, most glad of your Honor's safe return, we commit you to the Lord. From Dublin this 20th of October, 1583. Your Honor's always at commandment, AD. DUBLIN, Canc. H. WALLOP. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON. State papers, Ireland No. 7. 1583, Dec. 10. AMONG other letters directed to us and brought by this last passage, we received one from your Honor declaring her Majesty's pleasure for the proceeding with Dr. Hurley |