1560s.  Fiants of Queen Elizabeth 1 of England with West Cork References Multiple Pardons (McCarthys. O’Driscolls/Crowleys/O’Crowleys/Dalys/O’Mahonys/O’Cullanes/Collins for ‘Rebels’.

The format of the surnames is different to that now used.

1595-6, multiple O’Mahonys included Bandon and Mizen area, McCarthys, O’Donovans, Crowleys, from page 204.  Thanks to John Hallisey for drawing attention to this.

https://archive.org/details/reportofdeputyke1720irel/page/n35

Records listed below abstracted by John T. Collins, Cork Historian in the 1930s.

Courtesy History Ireland:

Tudor Fiants

Published in Featured-Archive-Post, Features, Issue 4 (July/August 2015), Volume 23

Digitisation has transformed how we practise family history. There are over 120 million Irish historical records on-line. It is now possible to trace and document Irish families to a much earlier date. This has led to renewed interest in early modern records, 1500–1700. One series of particular interest and use to family historians are the Tudor Fiants.

A ‘fiant’ was a warrant by the deputy or…