"Livre du massacre d’Irlande;" an account of the Irish massacres in 1641, temp. James II
Written in the time of James II, under the form of a letter (apparently satirical) from a Roman Catholic priest in England to a friend in France, complaining of the little progress made by Romanism in England, chiefly from the objections on the ground of persecution, and enclosing the particulars of the massacres in Ireland, in order that the friend may suggest a reply
The contents are these: —
- (fol. 2) "Lettre de Mr. * * * *, missionnaire apostolique en Angleterre à Mr. Fore, docteur de Sorbonne."
- (fol. 7b) "Extrait des registres publics du royaume d’lrlande, touchant le massacre commis en ses different provinces le 23 Oct. 1641, et suiv."
- (fol. 10) "Lettre de M. (Richard) Tennison, minister de Trim, au comté de Meath à un milord."
Dates
- Creation: temp. James II
Extent
26 Leaves
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 424
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 424.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13193.
Physical Facet
On paper, in octavo minori
Repository Details
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