To this end he sent one of the merchants, Nicholas Darcy, to London to seek much-needed payment and cancellation of debts.
Their evidence suggested that the fleet's original destination was either Limerick or Galway, but had been forced to divert due to bad weather.
The landing of six thousand men had taken place on 2 October; thus Lynch immediately sent a dispatch to Dublin to warn the authorities.
This in turn led to Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, marching to Kinsale with as many men as he could take, where he laid siege to the town.
Christopher was the son of George Lynch, and served as mayor again from June to September 1603, following the death of Mayor James Riabhach Darcy (father of the Irish nationalist Patrick D'Arcy.