1921 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 569 359. Rome, St. Peter's, 19 November 1594. Brief to Albert, cardinal, archduke of Austria, announcing dispatch of his nephew G. F. Aldo- brandini to Philip II to discuss Turkish threat to the empire. Anulus Piscatoris, much defaced. ' Tantae, et tarn '. Add. MS. 28697, fo. 63. 360. Rome, St. Peter's, 11 March 1595. Brief to the same recommending Girolamo Miranda, canon of Toledo. Trace of Anulus Piscatoris. 1 Hieronymo Miranda uiro Add. MS. 28697, fo. 65. 361. Rome, St. Peter's, 31 October 1595. Mandate to bishop of Cork to institute Owen O'Hegan as abbot in commendam of ' loci de Namona * Clemens. Bulla, much defaced ; string. ' Romani Pontificis prouidentia '. Cott. Ch. xvi. 23. 362. Rome, St. Peter's, 11 March 1596. Brief to nuncio in Spain to confirm election of abbot of Valldigna, revoking former measures. Anulus Piscatoris, well preserved. ' Alias postquam felicis Add. Ch. 16530. 363. Frascati, 15 October [1]596. 2 Mandate to bishop of Cork or bishop of Ossory to institute Owen [0']Hegan 3 to deanery of Cork, vacant by deajh of Thomas Moiran. Clemens. String of bulla. ' Dignum arbitramur et '. Titus B. xiii, fo. 475. 364. Rome, St. Peter's, 21 November 1600. Mandate to bishop of Cloyne and Cork and Owen [0']Hegan, vicar-apostolic in Ross (that see being vacant), to grant dispensation for ordination of Donough Cronyn, diocese Ross, notwithstanding defect of birth. Clemens. Bulla ; string. ' Ex parte dilecti Cott. Ch. vi. 7. 365. Rome, St. Peter's, 5 April 1601. Grant in commendam to Owen [0']Hegan, dean of Cork, of abbey of Maure 4 and priory of Ballybeg. Clemens. Bulla ; silk. ' Romani Pontificis prouidentia '. Cott. Ch. vi. 8. Paul T (1605-21) 366. Rome, Sta. Maria Maggiore, 4 August 1616. Brief to Vincenzo Gonzaga appointing him cardinal deacon. Anulus Piscatoris in red wax covered with tissue paper. ' Tua singularis in '. Add. MS. 6875, fo. 439. 367. Rome, Sta. Maria Maggiore, 28 March 1620. Appointment of 1 I am unable to identify this abbey, which is described as ' sancti Benedicti vel alterius ordinis Corcagen. dioc.' The manuscript catalogue of Cotton charters doubt- fully suggests Navan, co. Meath, but that is not in the diocese of Cork and was formerly called Nonan (M. Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum, with additions by W. M. Mason, Eg. MS. 1775, fo. 118). The name Namona (which, as Mr. Flower points out, means
- of the moor ') suggests Mourne, where there was a preceptory of Knights Templars
(afterwards given to the Hospitallers), called in Irish Monasternamona (Archdall, p. 75) ; but this can hardly be meant. Was there perhaps an unrecorded Benedictine abbey at Mourne ? 2 ' Millesimo ' is omitted. 3 ' Eugenium Heganum.' Evidently the same person is referred to here and in 361, 364, and 365. 4 Manuscript * Morro '. Since Maure (in the parish of Myross, West Carbery) is in the diocese of Ross, as Morro is here stated to be, the identification seems probable ; for this abbey see Archdall, Monasticon, p. 60.
