Note 142 — Chapter XLVIII · CLARENDON AND TYRCONNEL, 1685-1686
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Clarendon to Rochester, December 28, 1685, Clarendon Correspondence. Writing on December 20, 1685, Bishop Fell wishes Clarendon ‘good luck with his honour, which to me seems sufficiently hazardous,’ Hatton Correspondence. According to the Sheridan MS., Sunderland had suggested Clarendon to the King, ‘for mending his fortune, of which he stood in need, pacifying Tyrconnel by saying that the two brothers would be ruined by being kept apart.