Lambert was crowned king at Dublin amid the acclamations of the Irish people.

Not a voice was raised in Henry's favour; Kildare, the practical ruler of Ireland, earls and archbishops, bishops and barons, and great officers of State, from Lord Chancellor downwards, swore fealty to the reputed son of an Oxford tradesman.

Ireland was only the volcano which gave vent to the subterranean flood; (p.

010) treason in England and intrigue abroad were working in secret concert with open rebellion across St.George's Channel.

The Queen Dowager was secluded in Bermondsey Abbey and deprived of her jointure lands.