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Petition to Elizabeth, 1598

A petition to Elizabeth I from the first English settlers of Co.Kerry.
This petition is after the Irish insurrection of 1598, in which Tralee was burnt. The English settlers of Kerry have withdrawn probably to Cork.
This petition was apparently presented to the Queen in Nov 1598.
It mentions Sir Thomas Norris (died 1599) and Sir Edward Denny (died 1600).
Part of the Denny papers.

• See cover and petition.
• Transcript on p.191 and p.192 of Notes and Queries, 13th series, vol.1, 8 Sept 1923. Notes by Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet.
• See envelope.

Start of petition to Elizabeth from the English settlers of Co.Kerry.
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Start of transcript of petition.
The English settlers say their lives and properties have been lost to Irish rebels.
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This letter dates the petition.
Extract from p.430 of vol.3 of The progresses and public processions of Queen Elizabeth by John Nichols, 1823.
This is a letter of 3 Nov 1598 from Sir John Stanhope (later 1st Baron Stanhope) to Sir Robert Cecil (later 1st Earl of Salisbury).
It says that a petition from Kerry has been presented by Sir Edward Denny to the Queen.
The 7th Baronet in his notes above says this must be this petition.

The signatures of the settlers.
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A reading of the signatures by Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet.
He notes Thomas and Robert Blennerhassett, the first two settlers of that name in Kerry.
Most of the other names are not found in later Kerry history. It seems most of these early settlers never went back to Kerry.
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