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NOTES : Capt. Richard Tyrrell, 1553-1625, 431 Beche-de- Mer, 482 Bibliographical Account of Charles Dibdin's Works, 483 Seething Lane Censorship of Plays, 485 Sussex Belie Railway Travelling Reminiscences ' 'Culprit " " Nonesopretties," 486 Jenny Lind Dickens : Literary Coincidence Clarionett as a Surname " Pow- wow " "Pennyworth," 487.
QU ERIES : Stukeley Family John Kelsall, Mayor of Chester Capt. Thomas Boys, 487 John Slade Thomas Rennet Hocktide at Hexton William O'Brien Joseph Young 'Abridgement of Calvin's Institution' The Storm Ship, 488 Nimbus Founders of the City of Norfolk, Virginia Postscript of a Woman's Letter Robert Buchanan's Descent Thomas Somerford Comets, 489 Lancaster, Painter "Rollick" C. Moran Peninsulas Second Ceylon Regiment "All the world and bis wife "General Picton, 490.
RKPLIES : Holt Castle and the Beauchamp Family, 490 Witchcraft Bibliography, 491 McNab Legend, 492 Canopied Pews The King's Bodyguard Wilkes's ' Essay on Woman,' 493 Episcopal Scarf or Tippet Llangollen Dr. Johnson's Watch, 494 Dr. Johnson's Uncle Hanged Sir Lewis Pollard Author of Quotation Wanted "Une 86vign6 " Textual Criticism in Ru firms, 495 Doctrine of Signatures " Fossel ": "Fossett," 496 "Seven and nine " Goose with One Leg Early Italian Literature- Beating the Bounds Punch and Judy Carstares or Carstairs Woman Burnt for Poisoning her Husband- Polish Dragoons : "Jager," 497 Earl Ferrers" Put-log " : "Pudding" "Though lost to sight" Glamorgan Mechanical Road Carriages Ethelreda, Viscountess Townshend J. Bew German Life, 498.
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CAPT. RICHARD TYRRELL, 1553-1625.
(See ante, pp. 246, 317.)
THE hero of the mythical battle of Tyrrell's Pass, so graphically described by the imaginative MacGeoghegan in his
- Histoire de 1'Irlande,' was nevertheless a
notable man. He is rightly called by the Four Masters the son of Thomas Oge Tyrrell, i.e., Thomas junior, but wrongly in another place the son of Thomas the son of Richard ; for he was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Tyrrell of Bollebrack, co. Westmeath, who died 28 March, 1567, a younger son of Sir Thomas Tyrrell, Captain of Fertullagh. He was therefore brother's son, not brother, to Sir John Tyrrell of the Pass (' Calendar, State Papers, Ireland, 1596-7,' p. 181). He was fourteen years old or thereabouts at the time of his father's death, probably .some years older, as he is said to have been foster-brother to Cahill, Caloach, or Charles O'Connor (Faly), commonly called " Don Carolo " after his flight to Spain. H
appears to have served under Lord Delvin
n the expedition to Ulster in 1579, as he
limself states that he killed MacMahon's
srother, and on other occasions did many
good services against those of the north,
which were recognized by successive Lords
Deputy. But as he was imprisoned divers
imes without a cause, as he alleges, he
evolted to the Earl of Tyrone in 1596, and
jecame one of his principal commanders.
- Ie displayed great military skill, and
jehaved as a gallant soldier, being several
- imes wounded, and was regarded, after
Tyrone himself, as the most formidable
opponent of the forces of the Crown. Hence
onstant attempts were made to win him
jack to his allegiance.
In November, 1600, he married the sister of Owny MacRoy O'More, but refer- ences to his children imply that he had seen previously married. He suffered a final defeat when his camp in Muskerry was surprised and taken by Sir Samuel Bagenal, 22 Oct., 1602, and he and his wife had only time to escape " in their shirts." The richness of the clothes they left behind excited wonder, being so different from the
- poil usually found in an Irish camp.
The submission of Tyrone in March, 1602/3, brought the rebellion to an end, and Tyrrell immediately afterwards sub- mitted to the Lord Deputy, binding himself by solemn oaths to continue faithful to the King against all the world, on condition of being employed in the King's service. He was accordingly granted a general pardon by patent dated 5 Nov., 1603, being de- scribed as of Bollebreck in the co. West- meath, with Dorotie More his wife and a large number of his followers of the counties of Westmeath, Longford, and Cavan. At the same time he was appointed captain of a company, which was, however, disbanded 30 May, 1606, when he received a pension of 200J. a year.
Richard and his brother William had made large purchases of land in the co. Cavan, which on the plantation of that county they abandoned, receiving a grant from the Crown, by patent dated 25 May, 1612, of 2,000 acres to hold for ever as of the Castle of Dublin in common socage, at a rent of 16Z. per annum. At the election held 6 April, 1613, Walter Talbot and Tyrrell were candidates for the co. Cavan in the Catholic interest ; but although they claimed the majority of votes, the Govern- ment nominees were returned by the Sheriff. In 1620 Tyrrell surrendered his pension, but what the consideration was does not appear.
