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Brief Lives, Vol. 2

Chapter 132: Sir Thomas Penruddock.
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A collection of concise biographical sketches of contemporaries and earlier figures recorded by an antiquarian observer, combining factual entries—births, offices, publications, and inscriptions—with personal anecdotes, hearsay, heraldic and parish-register notes, bibliographic references, and occasional critical judgments. Entries range from terse records to extended reminiscences, often citing documentary sources or witness statements, and reflect an informal, detail-driven approach aimed at preserving lives, reputations, and local traditions for reference and remembrance.


Sir Thomas Penruddock.

[611]<It was a> capital <offence> for a native Irishman to come to Dublin without a passe.

Sir ... espying ... went into the corne ... found him and hung him up immediately—Mr. Anderson.