Brendan Scott (EDT) Dr Henry Jones' Account of the 1641 Rising

Annotation

In 1641, Dr Henry Jones was dean of the Church of Ireland dioceseof Kilmore. His life, and those of many other British settlers in theUlster Plantation, fell into disarray when the rising began inOctober of that year. Jones managed to escape Cavan andestablished and chaired the 1641 Commission, responsible fortaking around 8000 depositions or witness statements relating tothe rising. Jones also wrote a number of pamphlets about therising, including this new edition of his description of the events inCavan between October 1641 and June 1642, entitled A relationof the beginnings and proceedings of the rebellion in the countyof Cavan. This fully annotated edition of the pamphlet comes withan extensive introduction which details County Cavan in the earlyseventeenth century, Jones' background and his account of therising there while also rescuing from obscurity an importantcompanion piece to the 1641 depositions which affords the readera unique insight into this chaotic period of Irish history.