| CHAPTER I |
| MOUNTJOY AND CAREY, 1603-1605 |
| PAGE |
| Accession of James I. | 1 |
| Agitation in Irish towns | 2 |
| Insurrection at Cork | 8 |
| Reform of the currency | 14 |
| Chichester made Lord Deputy | 15 |
| CHAPTER II |
| CHICHESTER AND THE TOLERATION QUESTION, 1605-1607 |
| The laws against Recusancy | 17 |
| Proclamation against toleration | 19 |
| Cases of Everard and Lalor | 21 |
| Attempt to enforce uniformity—the Mandates | 23 |
| Bacon on toleration—Sir P. Barnewall | 27 |
| The Mandates given up | 29 |
| CHAPTER III |
| THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS, 1607 |
| Tyrone at Court | 30 |
| O’Cahan’s case | 31 |
| Death of Devonshire | 33 |
| Earldom of Tyrconnel created | 34 |
| Departure of Tyrone, Tyrconnel, and Maguire | 37 |
| The fugitives excluded from France and Spain | 39 |
| Reasons for Tyrone’s flight—Lord Howth | 41 |
| Uncertainty as to the facts | 42 |
| Lord Delvin’s adventures | 44 |
| Royal manifesto against the Earls | 47 |
| Tyrone leaves the Netherlands | 48 |
| He reaches Rome | 49 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| REBELLION OF O’DOGHERTY, 1608 |
| The settlement at Derry | 51 |
| O’Dogherty and Paulet | 53 |
| Derry surprised and sacked | 54 |
| Flight and death of O’Dogherty | 56 |
| A ‘thick and short’ war | 58 |
| A Donegal jury | 60 |
| Forfeitures | 61 |
| CHAPTER V |
| THE SETTLEMENT OF ULSTER |
| The tribal system | 63 |
| Chichester’s plan of colonisation | 66 |
| Bacon on the settlement | 67 |
| The Scots in Ulster—Bishop Montgomery | 68 |
| Church and Crown | 70 |
| Chichester and Davies | 71 |
| British settlers invited | 72 |
| The natives neglected | 74 |
| The survey | 75 |
| Londonderry and Coleraine | 76 |
| Sir Thomas Phillips | 77 |
| Slow progress | 78 |
| English and Scots compared | 79 |
| Carew’s prophecy | 81 |
| Settlers and natives | 82 |
| Bodley’s and Pynnar’s surveys | 85 |
| The Londoners’ settlement | 87 |
| English, Scotch, and Irish | 88 |
| Optimism at Court | 90 |
| CHAPTER VI |
| CHICHESTER’S GOVERNMENT TO 1613 |
| Sir John Davies on circuit | 91 |
| Uniformity in Ulster—Bishop Knox | 97 |
| Irish swordsmen deported to Sweden | 99 |
| Piracy on the Irish coast | 101 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| THE PARLIAMENT OF 1613-1615 |
| No Parliament for 27 years | 108 |
| A Protestant majority | 109 |
| Roman Catholic opposition | 110 |
| Violent contest for the Speakership | 112 |
| Sir John Davies on the constitution | 114 |
| Patience of Chichester | 116 |
| Royal commission on grievances | 117 |
| Election petitions—new boroughs | 118 |
| Opposition delegates in London | 120 |
| Doctrines of Suarez: Talbot, Barnewall, and Luttrell | 122 |
| Rival churches—neglect of religion | 122 |
| Ploughing by the tail | 124 |
| Chichester found upright by the Commissioners | 126 |
| The King verbally promises toleration | 127 |
| But tries to explain away his language | 128 |
| Bacon as philosopher and Attorney-General | 129 |
| The King’s speech on parliamentary law | 130 |
| Legislation | 132 |
| The Protestant majority insufficient | 134 |
| Taxes not easily collected | 135 |
| Legislation against the Recusants abandoned | 136 |
| James falls back upon prerogative | 137 |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| LAST YEARS OF CHICHESTER’S GOVERNMENT, 1613-1615 |
| The Ormonde heritage | 139 |
| The MacDonnells in Antrim | 141 |
| Irish expedition to the Isles | 142 |
| Plot to surprise the Ulster settlements | 145 |
| Chichester recalled; his position and character | 147 |
| Death of Tyrone and Tyrconnel | 149 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| ST. JOHN AND FALKLAND, 1616-1625 |
| St. John tries to enforce uniformity | 150 |
| Charter of Waterford forfeited | 152 |
| Plantation of Wexford | 153 |
| General dissatisfaction | 156 |
| Bishop Rothe’s strictures | 160 |
| Plantation in Longford and King’s County | 162 |
| The new plantations not successful | 164 |
| Plantation of Leitrim | 166 |
| Irish swordsmen in Poland | 167 |
| Unpopularity of St. John | 168 |
| Lord Deputy Falkland | 169 |
| Ussher and the civil power | 170 |
| Effect of the Spanish match in Ireland | 171 |
| Falkland’s grievances | 173 |
| Death and character of James I. | 174 |
| CHAPTER X |
| EARLY YEARS OF CHARLES I., 1625-1632 |
| Accession of Charles I. | 175 |
| Quarrel between Falkland and Loftus | 175 |
| The case of the O’Byrnes | 176 |
| Alleged plot of Lord Thurles | 180 |
| The ‘graces’ | 180 |
| The bishops declare toleration sinful | 181 |
| Irish soldiers in England | 182 |
| Poynings’s law | 183 |
| Falkland recalled | 184 |
| Wentworth as a judge | 185 |
| The religious orders attacked | 186 |
| St. Patrick’s Purgatory | 188 |
| CHAPTER XI |
| GOVERNMENT OF WENTWORTH, 1632-1634 |
| Wentworth’s antecedents | 190 |
| His alliance with Laud—‘thorough’ | 192 |
| His other friends | 193 |
| Conditions of Wentworth’s appointment | 195 |
| His journey delayed by pirates | 198 |
| His arrival in Ireland | 199 |
| His opinion of the officials | 201 |
| First appearance of Ormonde | 203 |
| Reforms in the army | 203 |
| Church and State—Bishop Bramhall | 205 |
| Wentworth, Laud, and the Earl of Cork | 206 |
| Algerine pirates—sack of Baltimore | 207 |
| Wentworth suppresses piracy | 209 |
| CHAPTER XII |
| THE PARLIAMENT OF 1634 |
| Wentworth’s parliamentary policy | 211 |
| Wentworth and the Irish nobility | 213 |
| How to secure a majority | 214 |
| Parliamentary forms and ceremonies | 215 |
| Wentworth’s speech | 216 |
| Supply voted | 219 |
| Wentworth refused an earldom | 220 |
| The ‘graces’ not confirmed | 221 |
| Parliamentary opposition overcome | 222 |
| Judicial functions of Parliament—Gookin’s case | 223 |
| Taxation | 226 |
| Parliament dissolved | 227 |
| Convocation | 227 |
| The Thirty-nine Articles adopted | 228 |
| Wentworth successful in all directions | 229 |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| STRAFFORD AND THE ULSTER SCOT |
| Rise of Presbyterianism in Ulster | 231 |
| Wentworth, Laud, and Bramhall | 232 |
| Bishop Adair’s case | 233 |
| The Covenant | 236 |
| The Black Oath | 238 |
| Repression of the Presbyterians | 239 |
| A ‘desperate doctrine’ | 242 |
| Wentworth wishes to drive out the Scots | 243 |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| WENTWORTH’S PLANS OF FORFEITURE AND SETTLEMENT |
| Defective titles | 245 |
| Large colonisation schemes | 246 |
| Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo submit | 247 |
| Resistance of Galway | 249 |
| Treatment of the Galway people—Clanricarde | 250 |
| Injustice of Wentworth’s policy | 251 |
| Attack on the Londoners’ plantation | 252 |
| CHAPTER XV |
| CASES OF MOUNTNORRIS, LOFTUS, AND OTHERS |
| Lord Wilmot’s case | 255 |
| The Mountnorris case | 256 |
| Martial law in time of peace | 257 |
| Hard treatment of Mountnorris | 261 |
| Case of Lord Chancellor Loftus | 264 |
| Judgment of Royalist contemporaries | 267 |
| Wentworth and Lord Cork | 268 |
| Vindictive action of Wentworth | 270 |
| Sir Piers Crosbie’s case | 271 |
| Wentworth and Trinity College | 273 |
| Provost Chappell | 274 |
| The Irish lecture abandoned | 275 |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| STRAFFORD’S GOVERNMENT, 1638-1640 |
| Wentworth’s account of his services | 276 |
| His power practically unchecked | 278 |
| Country life and game laws | 279 |
| Wentworth chief minister | 281 |
| Made Lord Lieutenant and Earl of Strafford | 282 |
| Meeting of an Irish Parliament | 283 |
| Supply voted | 283 |
| Declaration in praise of Strafford | 284 |
| CHAPTER XVII |
| STRAFFORD’S ARMY |
| Lord Antrim’s plot against Scotland | 285 |
| Wentworth garrisons Carlisle | 287 |
| The new Irish army | 288 |
| Muster and disbanding | 291 |
| Danger from disbanded soldiers | 292 |
| Recruits for France and Spain | 293 |
| Owen Roe O’Neill and Preston | 295 |
| CHAPTER XVIII |
| TRIAL AND DEATH OF STRAFFORD |
| Wandesford as Strafford’s Deputy | 297 |
| The Irish Parliament refractory | 298 |
| Strafford commander-in-chief | 299 |
| Strafford at York | 300 |
| His arrest | 301 |
| The Irish Parliament repudiate Strafford | 302 |
| Death of Wandesford | 303 |
| Trial of Strafford | 304 |
| Death and character of Strafford | 308 |
| CHAPTER XIX |
| THE REBELLION OF 1641 |
| Parsons and Borlase Lords Justices | 312 |
| Roman Catholic majority in Parliament | 313 |
| Apprehensions of a rising | 315 |
| Rory O’More, Lord Maguire, and others | 317 |
| The plot to seize Dublin is frustrated | 319 |
| Outbreak in Ulster | 320 |
| The government weak | 321 |
| Ulster fugitives in Dublin | 323 |
| State of the Pale | 326 |
| Ormonde made general—Sir H. Tichborne | 327 |
| The Irish Parliament after the outbreak | 329 |
| The news reaches the English Parliament | 330 |
| And the King | 330 |
| Relief comes slowly | 331 |
| Monck, Grenville, Harcourt, and Coote | |
