Letters from the Baron of Upper Ossory, and his son Sir Barnaby Fitzpatrick, AD 1571: Carrigan’s transcriptions

This article reproduces Rev. William Carrigan’s transcriptions of material he titled, ‘Letters from the Baron of Upper Ossory, and his son Sir Barnaby Fitzpatrick, AD 1571’. The letters are three pieces of correspondence from the Baron of Upper Ossory and one from Sir Barnaby to Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Justice of Ireland (1571-1575), and mainly relate to the baron’s various complaints — that he had lost castles and houses, lands and associated incomes, and goods, had been variously mistreated and was in exile, and that Sir Barnaby was culpable. The letters demonstrate the severe rift that had developed between the baron and his eldest legitimate son but also provide peripheral facts concerning the boron’s broader relationships, places of abode, and the timing of some of his life events.