[126] Conossius Maguire to the King, Feb. 20, 1534, in _Carew_. Letter from the five Alens, May 17, 1534. R.O. _Ireland_. [127] Examination of Robert Reyley, Aug. 5, 1536, in _Carew_. Stanihurst. [128] Stanihurst. Finglas to Cromwell, July 21, 1534. Dowling says Offaly was commonly called 'Thomas sericus.' [129] The King to the Earl of Ossory, No. 72 in the printed _State Papers_. Butler's letter is in Stanihurst. [130] Examination of Robert Reyley in _Carew_, Aug. 5, 1536; Sir John Rawson to the King, Aug. 7, 1534; Dowling's _Annals_. Rawson says 'divers of his chaplains and servants' were killed with the Archbishop, and that the murder was in Offaly's presence and 'by his commandment.' [131] Wine, 20 tuns; beer, 20 tuns; powdered beef, 16 hogsheads; 2,000 dried ling, &c. &c. [132] Stanihurst. [133] Stanihurst. Ossory to Walter Cowley, No. 93 in the printed _State Papers_. [134] Stanihurst. Brereton and Salisbury to the King, Nov. 4, 1534. [135] Stanihurst. [136] _Ibid._; Dowling. According to Stanihurst, Salisbury and Brereton did not land until after the fight in which Musgrave fell, but their own letter seems to contradict this. [137] John Alen to Cromwell, Oct. 4; Brereton and Salisbury to the King, Nov. 4; Skeffington to the King, Nov. 11; Ossory to Mr. Cowley, No. 93 in the printed _State Papers_. [138] Brereton and Salisbury to the King, Nov. 4; Skeffington to the King, Nov. 11; Ossory to Mr. Cowley, as above. [139] John Alen to Cromwell, Dec. 26, 1534, and Feb. 16, 1535; Vice-Treasurer Brabazon to Cromwell, Feb. 16, 1535; Skeffington to Sir Edmund Walsingham, March 13. [140] The sentence of excommunication is printed in the _State Papers_, No. 81; see No. 84; Stanihurst. Kildare died Dec. 12, 1534. [141] Stanihurst; Alen to Cromwell, Dec. 26, 1534. [142] Ossory to Skeffington, Jan. 17, 1535. [143] Alen to Cromwell, Feb. 16, 1535; Stanihurst. [144] Stanihurst; Lord Deputy and Council to the King, March 26. [145] Ware; Stanihurst; the Lord-Deputy and Council to the King, March 26. The official despatch does not mention the negotiation with Paris, but I see no reason to disbelieve Stanihurst. 'Too late, quoth Boys,' became proverbial. [146] 'Quæ vulgariter dicitur a saulte.' [147] Coyne and livery, cuddies, kernaghts, 'vel talia poculenta.' [148] The indenture is dated July 26, 1535. [149] Aylmer and Alen to Cromwell, Aug. 21. [150] Grey to Cromwell, August 15. Aylmer and Alen to Cromwell, Aug. 21 and 26. [151] Skeffington to the King, Aug. 24; the Council of Ireland to the King, Aug. 27. [152] Audeley to Cromwell, i. S.P., p. 466; Stanihurst; _Four Masters_. [153] The King to Skeffington, ii. S.P., p. 280; Audeley to Cromwell, i. S.P., p. 146; Norfolk to Cromwell, September 9, 1535. [154] Feb. 3, 1537. The letter to Rothe (enclosing that to O'Brien) is in S.P. ii., p. 402.