The political concessions known as the Graces remained a sticking point for Irish Catholics. They had bought and paid for them with taxation, but the last Lord Deputy had dragged his feet. Now, with Sir Thomas Wentworth in charge, perhaps the longed-for toleration would finally be made real.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

• Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
• Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
• Harris, T. Rebellion 
• Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
• Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland

See the website for a full bibliography.

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