CHAPTER XIX
Reign of Queen Mary A.D. 1553 to A.D. 1558
MARY, eldest sister of the deceased king, ascended the throne. In
1554, Travers, bishop of Leighlin was deprived of his see by George
Dowdal, archbishop of Armagh, William Walsh, bishop of Meath, and Thomas
Leverous, Bishop of Kildare, because he was a married man. The terms of
his life, or the place of his residence after deprivation, are not
known; but Sir James Ware believes, that he died in the reign of Queen
Mary. Thady Dowling, chancellor of Leighlin, gives him the character of
a cruel, avaricious man, and an oppressor of his clergy.
Thomas Field, or O'Fihel, a Franciscan friar, and a native of the
county of Cork, was appointed in the place of Bishop Travers by a papal
provision.
By an inquisition taken the first year of queen Mary, it was found
that, the abbey of Abbington, county Limerick, (of which John O'Mul-Ryan
was the last abbot), possessed the rectory of Tullowphelim, in the
county of Carlow, annual value, besides reprises, four pounds sterling,
Irish money.
On the 9th of February, 1555, Charles Mac Art Kavanagh was created
baron of Balian for life. After his death, his brother Dermot had the
same title. It is worthy of note, that Charles MacArt was also nominated
captain of his sept or nation; thus giving him all the ancient
jurisdiction of a chieftain, after he became lord of parliament.
The honours bestowed on the chief did not, however, ensure the
loyalty of the clan. In May, the Kavanaghs, and others, invaded the
northern part of the county of Dublin; but the citizens of the
metropolis, after great slaughter of .the rebels, drove one hundred and
forty of them to Powerscourt castle, which they made an attempt to
defend. On the appearance, however, of Sir George Stanley, with a
military force, they surrendered at discretion, when seventy-five of
them were hanged in Dublin, and the remainder pardoned,
On the 19th June, 1557, a parliament enacted, that nobody shall make
aquavita: (whiskey) without licence under the great seal, excepting
noblemen, gentlemen, and freemen of towns that send members to
parliament. This was designed to spare corn, and prevent death. Queen
Mary died on the 17th November, 1558.
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