Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, of the Reigns of Henry VIII., Edward Vi., Mary, and Elizabeth, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, of the Reigns of Henry VIII., Edward Vi., Mary, and Elizabeth, Vol. 1 The venerable Bede informs us that Irish academies were numerous, and her schools full of all nations historians have transmitted to us accounts of the anxiety of the Irish for the preservation of their records, and we are informed that pre vions to the introduction of Christianity, periodical assemblies were ordered for the purpose of examining and regulating their monuments of antiquity, genealogies and chronicles, and whatever was approved of as authentic, was registered or enrolled for the benefit of posterity. Others incorrectly assert that the Irish, before the English Conquest, had not any regular system of laws or government, or the benefit of offices of record for the custody of the material transactions of the State, and that possibly afforded a good rea son why the history of those remote times is so mysterious and unsatisfactory. If so, the collections concerning Irish affairs from the Tower of London, contained in Rymer, Prynne, and a few others, show a material improvement in this respect. What the labours of Mr. Rymer have accomplished, in an historical way, is well known, and from the like fund of materials some historian hereafter may be found to do credit to Ireland.viii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.