On 17 April 1588 Captain Edmund Uvedall wrote from Bergen to Walsingham “The bearer hereof Jacob Uvedale his kinsman, was in the town with him and can satisfy his honour of anything that may seem doubtful. He has followed both the wars of Ireland and of these countries, but fortune has not yielded him the preferment he desires. Humbly craves his honour’s favour for him; Burgen op Zone.” Jacob would have been 32 at the time and had obviously spent some time in Ireland.