146. _Essex's Expedition to Ireland._--It is a matter of history that
the celebrated Earl of Essex in Queen Elizabeth's time left London in
March 1599, in command of a great expedition against Ireland,
accompanied by a numerous train of nobility and gentry and other
retainers.
At what office and to what quarter is one to apply for the purpose of
discovering the _Muster Roll_ made upon that occasion? There must be
some documents, bills, letters, &c., relating to that expedition, the
object of the querist being to ascertain whether his own name,
"Jackson," can be found in any of these documents, as he has reason to
think that any ancestor of his was one of the battle-axe guards in
Dublin at that period.