Ireland — Minor Figures
8 figures from Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Arthur Macmur
king of Lineister · first appears Richard II 59
- Richard II 59 · sworn: Richard II “King Richard hearing these things, vpon good deliberation had in the matter, determined to returne home, but first on the day of the Annuntiation of our ladie, he made the foure aboue remembred kings, to wit, Onell, Brine of Thomond, Arthur of Mackmur, and Conhur, knights”
Brine of Thomond
king of Thomond · first appears Richard II 59
- Richard II 59 · sworn: Richard II “King Richard hearing these things, vpon good deliberation had in the matter, determined to returne home, but first on the day of the Annuntiation of our ladie, he made the foure aboue remembred kings, to wit, Onell, Brine of Thomond, Arthur of Mackmur, and Conhur, knights”
Conhur
king of Cheueno and Darpe · first appears Richard II 59
- Richard II 59 · sworn: Richard II “King Richard hearing these things, vpon good deliberation had in the matter, determined to returne home, but first on the day of the Annuntiation of our ladie, he made the foure aboue remembred kings, to wit, Onell, Brine of Thomond, Arthur of Mackmur, and Conhur, knights”
Macmur
rebel · first appears Richard II 73
- Richard II 73 · enemies with Richard II “for he determined not to depart the countrie, till he had him either dead or aliue.”
Onell
king of Meth · first appears Richard II 59
- Richard II 59 · sworn: Richard II “King Richard hearing these things, vpon good deliberation had in the matter, determined to returne home, but first on the day of the Annuntiation of our ladie, he made the foure aboue remembred kings, to wit, Onell, Brine of Thomond, Arthur of Mackmur, and Conhur, knights”
Hugh de Lacy
nobleman · first appears King John 6
- King John 6 · enemies with John de Courcy, Lord of Ulster “the seruants and fréends of the said Curcie made such cruell war, in wasting and destroieng the lands and possessions that belonged vnto the said Walter and Hugh Lacies”
- King John 15 · sworn: King John “remoouing out of that office Hugh Lacie, which bare great rule in that quarter before”
Walter de Lacy
nobleman · first appears King John 6
- King John 6 · enemies with John de Courcy, Lord of Ulster “the seruants and fréends of the said Curcie made such cruell war, in wasting and destroieng the lands and possessions that belonged vnto the said Walter and Hugh Lacies”
- King John 15 · enemies with King John “After this, he marched forward into the land, and tooke diuerse fortresses and strong holds of his enimies, which fled before him, for feare to be apprehended as Walter de Lacie and manie other.”
John de Courcy, Lord of Ulster
lord of Ulster · first appears King John 6
- King John 6 · enemies with Walter de Lacy “the seruants and fréends of the said Curcie made such cruell war, in wasting and destroieng the lands and possessions that belonged vnto the said Walter and Hugh Lacies”
- King John 6 · enemies with Hugh de Lacy “the seruants and fréends of the said Curcie made such cruell war, in wasting and destroieng the lands and possessions that belonged vnto the said Walter and Hugh Lacies”
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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.