[Excerpts from "State Papers Published Under The Authority of His Majesty's Commission. Volume III. King Henry the Eighth. Part III.", 1834] [Excerpted 17 Sep 2007, Mark Murphy] p. 99 1538 The Lord Deputy and Council to Henry VIII. CCLVI. THE LORD DEPUTY AND COUNCIL to KING HENRY VIII. MAY it plese Your most excellent Highnes to be advertised, that assembling at this season togeders, we have thought it mete to asserteyne Your Majestie of theffectes of the last jornaie made upon Mac Morgho, and his kinsmen called the Cavenaghes, which proceded upon theis occasions. At our last assembly, with thErle of Ormonde, the Lord Butler his son Highe Tresorer of this Your Highnes lande, and other of your Counsaile, at your citie of Dublin, upon the complaint of your subjectes of the counties of Wexford, Kildare, and others ,bordereing to the same Cavenaghes, toching manifold hurtes committed by them, we thought good, that befor any forrey or roode to be made upon them, to prove there myndes by honest and reasonable communication; to thintent, that if by that meane we mought have a reasonable offer of them, we wolde exchue the costes and daunger of the warr. For which purpoos, we aggreid that the said Erle, and his son, the Tresorer of your Warres, and your Chief Justice, shuld have a meting with the said Mac Morgho, and other the principall gentilmen and capitaynes of his nation, upon ther borders. At whois meting, and communication had with them, they wolde condescende to no reasonable point. Wherupon we aggreid that a jornay, with 21tie dais victelles, shuld be made upon them.i And Your Graces countie of Dublin being guarded upon the borders with men, and left in the oversight of thArchebishop of Dublin, the Master of your Rolles, the Chief Justice of your Comon Place, and others in Commission for that purpoos; and your countie of Kildare semblably guarded, and assigned to the oversight of the Shiriff of the rebewke for me, that my enemys shold here, that my servaunt shold be deteyned by your Lordship. At our meating I trust that we shall so apoynt to gethers, that we shall doo our Master good servyse, with the help of Jhesu, who prosper and kepe your Lordshippis to His plesure, and to your hartes desyers. Wrytten in Dongall, the 15 day of July. EGO ODON. The trew coppe of Odonel letter, sent unto me the 15 day of July, in the 30 yere " of our Rayn of our Sofferant Lord." (Superscribed) To the Ryght Honorable and Pusant Lord, the Lord Lenerd Grey, Kinges Deputie, and to the Honer- able Lordes of the Kinges Counsell in Erlond. An account of this journey is given by William Sayntloo, Seneschal of Wexford, in a letter to Sir William Kingston, dated 30th September, which is in the Chapter House, Miscellaneous Letters, temp. H. VIII. Vol. tn. leaf 19. o 2 shire,