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An act for incouraging Protestant-strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland
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Ireland.
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1662
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Wing I303; ESTC R26813
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AN ACT FOR INCOURAGING PROTESTANT-STRANGERS AND OTHERS To Inhabit and Plant in the KINGDOM OF IRELAND C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT DVBLIN Printed by John Crook Printer to the KINGS most Excellent MAJESTY and are to be sold by Sam. Dancer 1662. AN ACT For Encouraging PROTESTANT-STRANGERS And Others To Inhabit and Plant in the KINGDOM of IRELAND FORASMVCH as the Late Intestine Troubles and cruel Wars have much despoiled and wasted this Your Majesties Kingdome of Ireland whereby the Trade Commerce thereof is much decoyed and lessened for want as well of Merchants Traders and Dealers of Ability to exercize a Traffic as of skilful Artificers Artizens and Workman for the making and working all Sorts of Manufactures there And whereas for this cause many of the Materials and Commodities of the growth of this Kingdom as Wool Flax Hemp Wollen and Linen Yarn Iron and sundry others the the like are usually transported and carried into Forraign Parts there to be wrought and manufâ—ctured into sundry Commodities whereby the â—eople of this Your Maiesties Kingdom are deâ—ived of the benefit which might arise by working those materials themselves and for want of Imployment are necessitated to live idly and poorly and so apt to run into Thefts Robberies Rebellions and all other sorts of Mischiefs and if any of the Materials and Commodities aforesaid do happen to be wrought in this Kingdom either through Vnskilfulness or other indirect practice of the Workmen they are usually so wrought as they are most commonly unfit for wearing at Home or Merchandizing abroad and therefore much Coyn and ready Money is carried out and transported for buying and purchasing of Forraign Manufactures to the great exhausting and diminishing the Treasure of this Kingdom And whereas many Strangers and otherâ— from the consideration of Your Maiesties mosâ— Princely Wisdom Clemency and Goodness and of the plentifulness of all sorts of useful and pro fitable Commodities with which this Your Majesties Kingdom abounds in a very great measure might be induced and inclined to transport Themselves and Families to the filling and replenishing of this Kingdom as well with people as Trade if such Strangers might be made Partakers of the Advantages Liberties and Priviledges which this Kingdom hath formerly and doth still enjoy under the most Gracious and Benign Government of Your Majesty and Your most Royal Predecessors and have the free Exercize of their Trades Mysteries Crafts and Sciences of buying selling working and manufacturing the said Materials without Interruption and Disturbance May it therefore please Your most Excellent Majesty that it may be Enacted And Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and of the Commons in this present Parliament Assembled and by the Authority thereof That all and every person and persons born out of Your Majesties Dominions of the Protestant Religion and all Merchants Traders and Dealers in any Goods Wares or Merchandizes Artizans Artificers or others working or manufacturing any Goods or Commodities or any Maririners or Seamen who are at present inhabiting within any part of this Kingdom and all others who shall at any time hereafter within the term of seven Years from the end of this present Parliament transport his or their Stocks and Families into any part of this Kingdom with intention that Themselves and Children after them will inhabit reside and abide in some part thereof shall after his or their arrival with his or their Stock Substance and Family or Families within this kingdom and after his or their taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie to and of Our Sovereign Lord the King before the Lord Chancellour or the Lords Presidents or Vice-Presidents of the Province of Munster or Connaught respectively for the time being or any Iudge in his Circuit who are hereby authorized to administer the said Oaths unto any such person or persons as aforesaid and thereupon to certifie his or their doing thereof unto His Majesties High Court of Chancery there to remain on Record deemed adjugded and reputed Your Majesties liege free and natural Subject or Subjects of this Your Majesties Kingdom and be adjudged reputed and taken in every respect condition and degree to all Intents Constructions and Purposes Your Majesties natural and liege Subjects of this Kingdom as if they and every of them had been or were born within this Kingdom of Ireland and that they and every of them their Wives and Children in all things and by all lawful ways and means whatsoever shall and may use have and enjoy the full grace and benefit of all and every the Laws Preheminences Iurisdictions and Customs of this Kingdome to all Intents Constructions and Purposes in the Law or otherwise whatsoever in the same manner and form as any natural born Subject hath may or can have use and enjoy and that they and every of them shall answer and shall be answered unto and shall and may implead or be impleaded in whatsoever Court or Courts of Iustice or otherwhere within this Your Majesties Kingdom as the natural born free liege Subjects of this Kingdom of Ireland And that they and every of them by force of this present Act shall have full Licence Freedom Liberty Power and Authority as well to have occupy posâ—ess and enjoy retain and keep as to ask demand challenge and have and also to acquire buy and purchase or receive by gift or otherwise by any lawful ways or means to the use of them and of all and every or any of them their Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns of all and every or of any of them for ever all any and whatsoever Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Rents Services Offices Hereditaments and other Possessions Goods real and personal whatsoever as well by any of their Ancestors and Predecessors acquired and purchased or to them or any of them made granted enfeoffed conveyed or assured or which at any times hereafter shall and may be made granted enfeoffed given conveyed or assured or shall come as Heir or Heirs to their or any of their Ancestors lineally or collaterally by reason of any Descent Remainder Reversion Right or any other Title Gift or Conveyance whatsoever or which after the first day of this present Parliament shall descend remain revert accrew come or grow unto Your said Subjects or any of them and in the same to inherit succeed and come by Right of Inheritance or otherwise howsoever without the Let and Impediment of Your most Excellent Majesty Your Heirs and Successors any Law Custom Statute Act Provision Ordinance Restraint or Inhibition to the contrary before this time made Enacted Ordained and Provided or ony other Matter Cause or thing whatsoever notwithstanding And also to prosecute pursue maintain avow justifie and defend all and all manner of Actions Suites and Causes and all other lawful things whatsoever to do as lawfully frankly fully liberally surely and
freely as if Your said Subiects had been and were born within this Kingdom of Ireland and as any other person or persons naturally born within this Kingdome of Ireland may Lawfully or in any wise do any Act Law Statute Custom Ordinance or other Thing whatsoever had made done premulged or provided to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every person and persons as well Strangers and Aliens as His Majesties Subjects of the Protestant Religion who is are or shall be Traders Artizans Artificers Seamen or otherwise skilled and exercized in any mystery craft or trade or in the working or making any Manufacture or Art of Navigation who are at present residing and inhabiting within this Kingdom or who shall at any time hereafter come into any City Burrough Priviledged and Incorporated Town or Place of this Kingdom with Intent Purpose and Resolution there to inhabit reside and dwell shall upon his or their reasonable Suit or Request made and upon payment down or tender of Twenty Shillings by way of Fine unto the Chief Magistrate or Magistrates and Common Council or other persons authorized to admit and make Freemen of such City Town or Corporation where he or they do intend to inhabit reside or dwell be admitted a Freeman of any such City Burrough or Priviledged or Incorporated Town or Place within this Kingdom and if he or they shall desire it of all or any Guild Brotherhood Society or Fellowship of anie Trade Craft or other Mysterie within all or anie the same and during his or their Residence for the most part and his and their Families constant Inhabiting within this Kingdom and no longer to have exercize and enjoy all Priviledges and Immunities of trading buying working and selling in as large and ample manner as anie Freeman of anie such Citie Burrough Priviledged and Incorporated Town or other Place might have exercize or enjoy by virtue of his or their Freedom and that everie such person or persons whatsoever who shall be admitted to be free as aforesaid shall from thenceforth be deemed esteemed taken and be Denizen and Denizens within this Kingdom anie former Law Statute Charter Vsage or Custome of this Kingdom or of anie Citie Burrough Priviledged Incorporated Town or other place of the same to the contrarie in anie wise notwithstanding Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That all Strangers Artificers and others to be admitted Freemen as aforesaid before he or they be admitted to be Freemen as aforesaid shall take the Oaths of Supremacie and Allegiance to Our Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors and also such other Oaths as is accustomably taken by all or any Freemen or Member of any City Burrough priviledged or incorporated Town or other place in this Kingdom or all or any the Members of any Guild or Brotherhood Society or Fellowship of the Trade Craft or other Mysterie which he or they shall occupie or exercize in case he or they shall desire to be incorporated into any such Guild Brotherhood Society or Fellowship aforesaid and shall pay bear and sustain all such Offices and like Charges as all Freemen His Majesties Subjects of all like Trade Craft or Mysterie shall or do always use to bear and pay and no other or more And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Chief Magistrate Magistrates or other persons authorized as aforesaid of any City Town or Corporation or any Master Warden or other Governour of any Brotherhood Societie or Fellowship or anie Trade Craft or Mysterie within anie such Citie Town or Corporation shall refuse to admit anie Trader Artificers Artizan Workman or Seaman being or coming into this Kingdom with Intent as aforesaid to be a Freeman of the City Town or Corporation where he or they intend to inhabit reside or dwell or to be a Brother or Member of any Brotherhood Society or Fellowship within the same every such Chief Magistrate or Magistrates Master Warden or other Governours respectively shall forfeit for such his denial the sum of one hundred pounds And every Trader Artificer Artizan Workman or Seaman so denied to be admitted a Freeman of any Citie Town or Corporation or to be a Member or Brother of any Brotherhood Society or Fellowship within the same upon tender by him or them made of Twentie Shillings by way of Fine as aforesaid and taking the Oaths of Supremacie and Allegiance as aforesaid before any Iustice of Peace of the County next adjacent to such Citie Town or Corporation or wherein such Citie Town or Corporation is situated who is hereby authorized and appointed to administer such Oaths shall thereupon by virtue of this present Act be deemed reputed and taken to all Intents and Purposes to be a Freeman or Member of the said Citie Town Corporation Brotherhood Society of Fellowship of any Trade Craft or Mysterie where he or they shall inhabit reside or dwell and be denied admission as aforesaid and thenceforth have exercize and enjoy the Liberty and Priviledge of trading working buying or selling of anie Commodities whatsoever in as large and ample manner as if he had been admitted a Freeman of such Citie Town or Corporation a Brother or Member of such Brotherhood Societie or Fellowship of any Trade Craft or Mysterie within the same taking the usual oaths of such Brothers or Members which Oath anie one Iustice of Peace near adjoyning shall have power to administer and bearing and sustaining all such Offices and Charges as aforesaid any Law Charter Custom or Vsage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And in case any person or persons shall give any interruption or disturbance to any Trader Artificer Artizan Workman or Seaman aforesaid to the hindering him in his working buying or selling as aforesaid contrary to the intent and meaning of this present Act every such person or persons shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of Twenty pounds And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Stranger born out of the Kings obeysance using any manner of Trade Craft Manufactury Mysterie or Occupation and inhabiting within any of the Cities Burroughs Towns and Suburbs and Liberties thereof or other places as aforesaid shall at any one time use take retain and keep into his or their services any Apprentices or any manner of Iourneymen or Covenant-Servants above the number of Six besides his or their Sons or Daughters who are all to be Protestants or else the Protestant Subjects of Our Sovereign Lord the King born under his obeysance upon pain to lose his or their Freedom and to forfeit for every such Apprentice Iourneyman or other servant that he or they shall take or entertain above that number contrary to this Act the sum of ten pounds the one half thereof shall be to Our Sovereign Lord the King and his Heirs and so of all other forfeitures mentioned in this present Act and the other half to him or them that shall sue for it or them in any of the Kings Courts of of Records or before any Iudge or Iudges of Assize in his or their respective Circuits by Bill Plaint Action of Debt or Information wherein no Wager of Law Essoyn or Protection shall be allowed And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Strangers of the Protestant Religion transporting themselves and families and being Naturalized as aforesaid shall for the space of seven years from after such transporting of themselves and families and taking the Oaths of Supremacie and Allegiance as aforesaid be freed and exempted from payment of Excize for any of their private Houshold 〈…〉 or Provisions any Statute Law 〈…〉 Customs to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding FINIS