. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . wasinvolved in litigation with the Church, in respect of the tithe ofthe parish of Ward which the rector of Finglas claimed, and like 1 Fiants, Edw. VI, iios. 426, Book of Howth, p. 195. * Fiants, Philip and Mary, no. 86. ? Book of Hosvth, p. 197; Haliday Manuscripts, p. 13. Book of Howth, p. 198 ; cf. Cal. S. P., Carew, 1515-74, p. 261. • Monius Pat. Rolls, ; Fiants, Philip and Mary, no. 222; Cal. S. P.,Carew, 1515-74, p. 278 ; Book of Howth, p.
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . wasinvolved in litigation with the Church, in respect of the tithe ofthe parish of Ward which the rector of Finglas claimed, and like 1 Fiants, Edw. VI, iios. 426, Book of Howth, p. 195. * Fiants, Philip and Mary, no. 86. ? Book of Hosvth, p. 197; Haliday Manuscripts, p. 13. Book of Howth, p. 198 ; cf. Cal. S. P., Carew, 1515-74, p. 261. • Monius Pat. Rolls, ; Fiants, Philip and Mary, no. 222; Cal. S. P.,Carew, 1515-74, p. 278 ; Book of Howth, p. 199. IN PLANTAGENET AND TUDOR TIMES. 67 his father was defeated/ He married the Dame CatherineEitzGerald,- but appears to have had no children. His death tookplace in the autumn of 1558, probably at Drogheda, where amonument to his memory formerly stood in the Cord Cemetery. 1 Repertory Chancery Decrees, i, 47 ; cf. Acts of Privy Council, 1556-58, p. She married as a second Imsband Nicholas Wogan of Rathcoffy. ChanceryDecree, Eliz., no. 102. ^ DAltons Hist, of Drogheda, i, 119. See for cadets at. that period Appendix f2 ( 68 ) CHAPTER V. UNDER ELIZABETH. A STORY of an heir of the house of Howth having been carried offby a Sea Queen to the western shores of Ireland, and of hisransom having been a promise of perpetual hospitality in the hailsof Howth Castle, is widely known. In the popular imaginationit is the most important event in the history of Howth, and formsa link between the peninsula and the Virgin Queen, in whosereign the Sea Queen flourished. The Sea Queen, Graina Uaile byname, was a most remarkable woman, who fulfilled the motto ofher race, terra marique potens, and was able to impress not onlythe Irish Government, but also Elizabeth herself, with a sense ofher power.^ The story tells that about the year 1575, on herreturn from a visit to Elizabeth, Graina Uaile landed at Howth, andproceeded as far as the Castle gates, which she found closed. Onlearning th
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