Note 189 — Chapter XXXIII · ORMONDE’S LAST STRUGGLES, 1650

The Jamestown congregation to Ormonde, August 10, and the Bishop of Dromore’s statement, August 13, in Clarendon, Ireland, 133-137; Ormonde’s answer, August 31, in Cox, ii. 32, where the date is misprinted; eight Commissioners of Trust (none of the names Celtic, Bellings one) to the Archbishop of Tuam, September 2, in Contemp. Hist., iii. 179. Fourteen bishops and the procurators of several others signed the Jamestown declaration. Among the other subscribers were representatives of the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Augustinians. The Jesuits refused to sign on the ground that they were not allowed to meddle in politics and affairs of State, Spicilegium Ossoriense, i. 359.