1691 Military Document Tells Of Conflict In Ireland During The Time Of The Glorious Revolution

(IRELAND). Document Signed. 1pg. 7 x 9. October 29, 1691. Ireland. A document signed Ranelagh: Recd then by me Richard Earle [sic] of Ranelagh Payma. of their May 12 Forces on an order bearing date of 24th day of July 1691 by vertue [sic] of their May 12of Privy Seale [sic] dated 11th of July 1691 of Thomas Howard Esq Sum of five hundred pounds in part of said order for ye sum of hundred pounds five hundred thousand pounds Ranelagh. The document was written on behalf of Richard Jones, the first and only Earl of Ranelagh. Jones (1641-1712) was an Irish politician in both the Parliaments of Ireland and England and was a notable convert from the forces (truncated) allied with King James II to the forces allied with William III and Mary II during the Glorious Revolution. The Glorious Revolution saw the peaceful overthrow of the Catholic King James II over fears of a Catholic regime in Protestant England by the Protestant William III and Mary II in 1689. While this led to the English Bill of Rights, it also led to civil war in Ireland as Protestant forces tried to suppress a French-funded Catholic uprising of forces still loyal to James II. Though it took over fifty years to fully suppress Catholic dissent, Protestant military successes in 1691 in Ireland ended formally pacified Ireland, through efforts like those described in the document. Ranelagh was an Irish village neighboring Dublin that was formally incorporated into Dublin in the Nineteenth Century. The document is in fine condition. (Inventory #: 6153)