Irish Rebellion of 1641.- Bacon (Sir Francis, English judge who condemned Irish leader Conor Maguire to death, 1587-1657). Manuscript reckoning relating to charges and debt attaching to the Rectory of Eastriston leased by Sir Francis Bacon to Robert Lambert, "w[it]ch was nowe paide And so all Accounts nowe and at this tyme stande even betweene us." signed "Fran. Bacon" in the hand of Bacon, manuscript on paper, slightly soiled, 150 x 177mm., 27th September 1645.
⁂ Sir Francis Bacon was the sole judge of the King's Bench at the trial of Conor Maguire, 2nd Baron of Enniskillen (1616-1645) a leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. On 10 February 1645, Maguire was tried for High Treason for his role in the attempt to seize Dublin Castle. He was found guilty, and Bacon sentenced him to be hanged, drawn and quartered. That sentence was carried out at Tyburn on 22 February 1645 - the same year Bacon executed the present document.
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