on the advice of Sir Warham St. Leger, took them along with him to Limerick. Desmond was still at large, but his power had been crippled. He instigated the eponymously-named "Pelham's Pardon" to bring the rebellion under control. This was his decision to refuse any "rebel" the right to surrender unless he had killed another suspected rebel of higher rank. Pelham, who insisted on unconditional surrender, was preparing for a fresh inroad into Kerry, when he received information that the new viceroy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton, had arrived at Dublin. It was originally intended to send Sir Henry Wallop with the sword of state to Dublin; but Pelham was offended at the lack of courtesy shown to him by the Deputy's secretary, Edmund Spenser, and determined to go himself to Dublin. He was detained for some time about Athlone by bad weather, and it was not till 7 September that he formally resigned the sword of state to the deputy in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. There was some talk of making him President of Munster, and he accompanied Grey to Drogheda to inspect the fortifications; but being taken dangerously ill, he returned to Dublin in a wagon. He obtained permission to return to England, and left Ireland early in October. On 16 January 1581 he was joined in commission with George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sir Henry Neville to convey Mary, Queen of Scots, from Sheffield to Ashby de la Zouch Castle in Leicestershire, a house of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were intended to confiscate Mary's papers and send them to London. However, these orders were cancelled and Mary remained in the keeping of the Earl of Shrewsbury at Chatsworth House.<ref>Chambers, George, Life of Mary Queen of Scots, vol.1 (1818), pp. 381–2; citing, Clifford, Arthur, ed., Sadler State Papers', vol.2 (1809), pp. 351–5 & footnotes</ref> Pelham still retained the office of lieutenant-general of the ordnance, but he was deeply in debt, and Elizabeth refused either to remit or stall the debts. She made the payment of his arrears a requirement to permit him to serve under Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in the Netherlands. Leicester and Lord Burghley induced her to accept a mortgage on his property, and in July 1586 he joined Leicester in the Netherlands. Career in the Netherlands Leicester, who thought highly of his military abilities, created him