I'm seen the bit about James dying in the Inquistions. I wish there was a guide to understanding them. There's a lot of stock phrases and words in them, but a lot of the words aren't easy to translate. The abbreviations don't help, but I'm not even sure that all the words are standard Latin.
I've wondered a lot about the repeating names. On the one hand, I was thinking about this cousin idea. But, then again, I think there weren't many major land-owning families. And a lot those that existed were very fruitful. So, even within 50 or 100 miles, you might not see too many names. You used to see this phrase: O'Molloy country, or Bermingham country, etc. If you look at the Down Survey maps, in some places, you can really see how the names cluster.
