Sir John Perrot

This Query surprises me. Sir John Perrot was not governor of Ireland *in the reign of Henry VIII.*, and your correspondent E.N.W. is mistaken in his belief that Sir John was *beheaded* in the reign of Elizabeth. He was convicted of treason 16th June, 1592, and died in the Tower in September following. In the *British Plutarch*, 3rd edit., 1791, vol. i. p. 121., is *The Life of Sir John Perrot*. The authorities given are Cox's *History of Ireland; Life of Sir John Perrot*, 8vo., 1728; *Biographia Britannica*; Salmon's *Chronological History*; to which I may add the following references:— Howell…