still enjoyed the same Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament That one Grant or Lease made by Randal now Marquess of Antrim on or about the One and Twentieth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Seven of the Barony of Carey the Lordship of Bally Castle and the Island of Rachlins and all his Lands and Hereditaments within the said Barony Lordship and Island or any of them unto Alexander Mac Donnel John Moore Archibald Stewart and John Trayleman for ninety nine years from Michaelmas One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Seven which Lease was made in Trust for payment of and Counter-Security against his Debts shall be and remain of the like effect and force in Law and no other as the same was before the making of this Act any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding And that the said Estate and term of years of and in the said demised premisses shall be and is hereby transferred from the aforesaid Lessees unto and vested and setled in Martin Noel Esq Thomas Carleton Citizen and Mercer of London and John Bradborne of the Middle Temple London Gentleman who shall hold and enjoy the said demised premisses from henceforth for and during such Interest as they legally have by the said Lease upon this Trust reposed in them the said Martin Noel Thomas Carleton and John Bradborne that they their Executors and Administrators shall from time to time dispose and imploy such moneys as they shall raise or receive by or out of the said Premisses for and towards the Satisfaction and Payment of all such Debts of the said Marquess as are yet unpaid and were intended by the said Lease or Ninety nine years to be secured and that all and every person and persons now seized or possessed of any part of the premisses and reprizable by the Rules of the Declaration and Instructions and this present Act shall be forthwith reprized for so much as shall be Adjudged from Them by Virtue of the said Lease Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord High Treasurer of England Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgman Knight and Baronet Lord Chief Iustice of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas and Sir Henry Vernon To Have Hold and enjoy to them and their Heirs and Assigns all that the Castle Manor and Abby of Eniscorthy in the County of Wexford and all those Manors Townships Lands Tenements Territories and Hereditaments late parcel of the possessions of Robert Wallop commonly called or known by the name of Kilbeck Clony Turnesallough and Effernock and also all that the Priory or Rectory and Church Impropriate of Salsker in the said County of Wexford late parcel of the possessions of the said Robert Wallop with all Tythes Oblations Obventions and all other Profits whatsoever thereunto belonging and all other the Messuages Lands Tenements Tythes Rents Reversions and Hereditaments whatsoever in the Kingdom of Ireland granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said Earl of Southampton Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgman and Sir Henry Vernon and their Heirs in and by certain Letters Patents bearing Date the Six and Twentieth day of September in the Thirteenth year of his Majesties Reign which said Letters Patents shall be and are hereby ratified confirmed and approved according to the Tenor and Purport thereof any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided always and Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for Sir Richard Ingoldsby Knight of the Bath to receive and take to his own use the Rents Issues and Profits of all and singular the Messuages Lands and Tenements formerly belonging to Sir Hardress Waller and now forfeited by the Attainder of the said Sir Hardress Waller for High Treason and also all and singular the Goods and Chattels formerly belonging to the said Sir Hardress Waller and now forfeited wheresoever the same shall be found in the Kingdom of Ireland until the said Sir Richard Ingoldsby shall out of the Rents and Profits or by reason of the said Goods and Chattels be fully satisfied and paid the sum of Two Thousand Pounds with the Interest thereof since the year One thousand Six hundred Fifty eight or so much thereof as remains yet unsatisfied he the said Sir Richard Ingoldsby accompting for and paying the full Overplus thereof if any shall be unto Our Sovereign Lord the King any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for Sr. George Lane Knight his Heirs and Assignes to have hold possess and quietly enjoy to the use of him the said Sir George Lane Knight his Heirs and Assigns all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments wherein the said Sir George Lane had any Estate in Possession Reversion or Remainder on the Fifteenth day of September One thousand six hundred and fifty And also all the Castles Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which he the said Sir George Lane or any other person or persons in Trust for him the said Sir George Lane or to his Vse hath or have purchased of or from Thomas Dutton Esq Son and Heir of Sir Thomas Dutton Kt. deceased and also of and from Sir John Norton of Rotherfield in the County of Southampton Baronet situate lying and being in the Counties of Longford and Leitrim containing by Estimation Two Thousand Six hundred Acres of profitable land be it more or less And also all other the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof John Cook and Philip Hore lately attained for High Treason or either of them or any other person or persons to the use of or in Trust for them or either of them was or were seized or possessed on the Day they the said John and Philip respectively committed their several Treasons or at any time since and which were given and granted or mentioned to be given and granted by his Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of Ireland unto the said Sir George Lane and his Heirs according to the purport and meaning of the said Letters Patents all which said Manors Castles Lands Tenements and Hereditaments are to be held and enjoyed by the said Sir George Lane his heirs and assigns with like benefit of Reprizal in case of Restitution as any Adventurers ought to have Saving to all and every person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs Executors Successors and Assigns other then to the Kings Maiesty his Heirs and Successors and other then to the said Thomas Dutton Sir John Norton John Cook and Philip Hore or any of them or the Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns of them or any of them and other than such person
and persons their Heirs Executors or Assigns as do or may claim to the use of or in trust for them or any of them and other than to such person and persons their Heirs Executors and Assigns who shall not be adjudged innocent according to the Qualifications of this present Act all such Estate Right Title and Interest either in Law or Equity as they or any of them had before the making of this Act any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted That the Lands Tenement and Hereditaments now in the possession of George Duke of Albemarle or his Assigns which are or shall be confirmed to him his Heirs and Assigns by or in pursuance of this or any other Act of this Parliament or any other Grant from his Majesty his Heirs and Successors shall be continue and remain to him his heirs and assigns for ever to be held in free and common Soccage as of his Majesties Castle of Dublin by Fealty and the yearly Rent of Ten pounds payable at the Two most usual Feasts in the Year viz. Saint Michael the Arch-Angel and our Lady Day by Two most equal Portions at his Majesties Receipt of the Exchequer and freed and discharged from all other Rents Accompts or other Services to his Majesty his Heirs or Successors any thing in this or any other Law Statute or Ordinance to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided also and be it Enacted That the Town of Mollingar in the County of Westmeath with all the houses Castles Tenements Lands and Commons thereunto belonging and forfeited to his Majesty be and they are hereby settled upon Sir Arthur Forbess Baronet and his heires for ever according to a Grant thereof passed unto him by Letters Patents under his Majesties Great Seal of Ireland bearing Date the Seven and Twentieth day of July in the Thirteenth year of his said Majesties Reign And whereas some doubt may arise upon the words of that Clause relating to the satisfaction of such Commissioned-Officers their heirs or assigns who were in Regiments Troops or Companies raised in Ireland or Transported out of England and served his late Royal Majesty of Glorious memory or his now Majesty in the Wars in Ireland at any time before the Fifth day of June One thousand six hundred forty nine whether provision be thereby made for satisfaction of the Arrears due to James Duke of Ormond Robert Earl of Leicester according to their several Commands they bore in the said Kingdom of Ireland Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and several Arrears due to the said James Duke of Ormond and Robert Earl of Leicester or either of them by or upon all or any their Entertainments or Allowances according to their Commands aforesaid be and shall be satisfied out of the lands Tenements and Hereditaments and other securities by this present Act laid out and ascertained for the satisfaction of such Officers unto the said Duke and Earl their Heirs or Assigns according to the same rate and in the same manner as such Arrears by this present Act are to be satisfied any Clause or thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And for the better satisfaction of Robert Southwel of Kingsale in the Kingdom of Ireland Esq the sum of Seven hundred pounds by him heretofore furnished for the supply of Our Fleet in the year One thousand six hundred forty eight being then in the Port of Kingsale aforesaid Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Forfeited Lands late the freehold and inheritance of Philip Barrioge lying in the Liberty of Kingsale and Barony of Kinalea in the County of Cork in the said Kingdome of Ireland situate lying and being in the several Plow-lands and Places herein after mentioned One Plow-land called Rincorran One Plow-land called Raghmore and one Plow-land called Preehaus lying in the liberty of Kingsale one half of a Plow-land called Toghermeshim half a plow-Plow-land called Currentry Leshane half a plow-Plow-land called Knocknenaffe half a plow-Plow-land called Ballineclashy and one quarter of a plow-Plow-land called Ballinvallin lying and being in the Barrony of Kinelea in the County of Cork all containing by estimation One thousand Three hundred Seventy and two Acres as also parcel of the forfeited lands of James Melliphont videl One plow-Plow-land called Southwaters land wherein is the place called Cilly and Bensons Cow containing about One hundred and Sixty Acres and lying and being in the said liberty of Kingsale be held and emoyed by the said Robert Southwel His Heirs and Assigns in satisfaction and full recompence of his said Debt to hold the same to the said Robert Southwel his Heirs and Assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the like Rents and Services and with like benefit of Reprizal in case of restitution as any adventurer ought to have and also with like benefit or reprizal in case the same be due to any Adventurer or Souldier by virtue of this Act any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authority of the same That the Lord ships of Templetown Mooretown and Mouclogh in Cowly in the Diocess of Ardmagh the Lordship of Kilsaran the Rectories of Monasterboies Desert Clougegan and the Lands and Hereditaments of Terman Feigham Doulier and Downam or by what other Name or Names they or any of them are known or called with their and every of their appurtenances shall be and are hereby settled and vested in William Legge Esq one of the Grooms of his Majesties Bed-Chamber his Executors and Assigns for the term of Ninety nine Years to be accompted from the determination of one or more lease or leases heretofore made unto Sir Thomas Plunket Lord of Lowth or to any other person or persons under such Yearly Rents and services as any Adventurers ought to pay within the Province where the premisses do lye unless the Rent formerly reserved were greater in which case the highest Rent is to be paid And whereas there was set out and assigned unto Colonel Carey Dillon certain Lands Tenements and Hereditaments within the Mile-line of Connaught and Clare in satisfaction of a small part of his Arrears due unto him for Service in Ireland before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and by the Declaration confirmed unto him Be it therefore hereby further Provided and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Carey Dillon his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assignes shall and may receive for the remainder of his Arrears unsatisfied for Service in Ireland before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine farther and equal satisfaction with other the Commissioned Officers that shall or are to receive satisfaction for their respective Arrears due before the said Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine by virtue of this Act any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in
Service shall may or ought to receive any Clause Article Matter or Thing whatsoever in this present Act mentioned or contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That any Clause Sentence Matter or Thing in this Act or in any other Act or Acts passed or made or to be passed or made in this present Parliament contained mentioned or expressed shall not or may attaint or convict or be otherwise prejudicial unto Dudly Bagnel Esq son and Heir of Walter Bagnel late of Dunlickny in the County of Catherlogh Esq deceased nor to Henry Bagnel Brother of the said Dudly nor to Catherin Corbet alias Bagnel sister of the said Dudly nor to the Heirs or Issues lawfully begotten of the said Walter Bagnel Dudly Bagnel Henry Bagnel or Catherin Corbet alias Bagnel nor of any or either of them and that the said Dudly Bagnel Henry Bagnel and Catherin Corbet alias Bagnel and every of them and the Heirs and Assigns of every of them respectively shall have hold and enjoy their respective Estates and Interests in Law or Equity in all and every the Castles Lordships Mannors Segniories Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Remainders and Hereditaments with their and every of their apportenances which did of right belong or appertain unto the said Walter Bagnel or whereof he was seized as of his Estate of Inheritance in Vse Possession or Remainder on the Three and Twentieth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred Forty one or at any time after any Act or Acts Ordinance or Ordinances Matter or Matters Thing or Things done or to be done in this present Parliament or otherwise at any time since the Three and Twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred Forty one to the Damage Prejudice or Harm of the said Walter Bagnel his Heirs or Assigns to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted That neither this present Act nor nor any thing therein contained do any ways prejudice or tend in any manner to alter any Right Title Interest Mortgage or Lease that Sir John Temple Master of the Rolls in this Kingdom or his late Mother the Lady Temple had in the year One thousand six hundred and forty to any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments belonging to Walter Bagnel Esq late Father of the said Dudly Bagnel lying or being within the County of Catherlogh Saving nevertheless to all and every person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs Executors Successors and Assigns such Right and Title either in Law or Equity and such benefit and advantage of redemption which they or any of them could or might have had either in Law or Equity as fully and amply as if the Proviso herein last before mentioned had never been had nor made any thing in the said Proviso to the contrary hereof notwithstanding Provided also That so much of the Forfeited Lands in the Towns and Lands of Lispopel Nutstown Wegestown and Cordenstown with their and every of their apurtenances situate in the Barony of Balrothery in the County of Dublin containing according to the Down Survey One thousand two hundred forty nine Acres shall be held possessed and enjoyed by George Rawden Esq his Heirs and Assigns for ever as shall amount unto a full and just satisfaction of the publick Debts due to him by Debentures for Provisions and money disbursed for the use of the Army in Ireland according to His Majesties Gracious Declaration and Instructions which principal Debt with the Interest thereof cast up according to the Rate of six pound per cent amounteth unto Two thousand three hundred twenty four pounds Ten shillings Four pence And that in case the said Lands or so much thereof as will amount unto a full satisfaction of the said sum be not forfeited or if it shall happen that so much thereof shall be restored as that the residue shall not be sufficient to satisfie him the said George Rawden that then he be satisfied and reprized for the same by some other forfeited Lands in the County of Dublin Provided that this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend nor be construed to extend to the prejudice of any Protestant or Protestants or Innocent Papists their Innocent Executors or Administrators holding Tythes by Lease or Leases derived from the Crown for or by reason or occasion of any advantage or Forfeiture which may be taken for the Non-payment of the Rents reserved to the Crown by such Leases for the time past but that every such Protestant and Protestants and Innocent Papists their and every of their Executors and Administrators holding any of the said Tythes shall and may have hold and enjoy the said respective Tythes during the respective Terms of years thereof yet unexpired without any advantage to be taken against them or any of them for non-payment of the said Rents for the time past as if this Act had never been made Provided That this Act nor any thing therein contained shall not extend or be expounded to extend to the prejudice of Sir Robert Meredith Knight nor his Son Sir William Meredith Baronet nor their Heirs or Assigns nor any persons possessed or interested in their behalfs in the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments of Green Hills heretofore called Bishops Court near the Lissie in the County of Kildare nor any part member or parcel thereof And Be it further Enacted That all the forfeited Lands Tenements and Hereditaments set out assigned or delivered unto Sir William Petty Knight by the name of Doctor William Petty and by him possessed on the seventh day of May One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Nine be settled upon and confirmed unto him his Heirs and Assgnes for ever any thing in this Act or in his Majesties Instructions of the Nineteenth of February One thousand six hundred and sixty to the contrary notwithstanding the same to be held according to such Tenures Rules Rents Services under such Limitations and Directions for Reprizal and otherwise as in His Majesties Declaration of the Thirtieth of November One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty set down and expressed concerning such as were then of his Army in Ireland And whereas his Sacred Majesty having under his serious consideration the Present Settlement of this Kingdom is very desirous to confirm and inlarge the designed Bounty and Goodness of his late Royal Father of ever blessed Memory by adding to the Revenue of the Church of this Kingdome Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the King Our Sovereign Lord with the Assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament Assembled and by Authority of the same That all and every the Manors Lands Tenements and Rents whereof any Arch-Bishop Bishop Dean Dean and Chapter or any other Ecclesiastical person or persons whatsoever in his or their politick Capacity or any of them were actually seized or by themselves or their Tenants possessed in the year of
writing under his Hand and Seal a particular of the Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments possessed by him together with the content or number of Acres both profitable and unprofitable in each town-Town-Land Village Balybo or Quarter of Land as the same were admeasured to him or for his use and in the Right of whom he claimeth such Adventure And if such Adventure be for Houses in any city such Adventurer is to deliver in not onely the particular Houses Tenements and Hereditaments by him possessed but also the value of them respectively as set out to him or any other for his use And if any Adventurer or the Assignee or Assignees of such Adventurers as aforesaid shall neglect to return a Certificate as above-said or shall wittingly make and deliver a false Certificate of the sums he was to be satisfied according to the several Acts past in the Parliament begun at Westminster the third day of November in the year of Our Lord One thousand six hundred and Forty and in the sixteenth Year of the Reign of Our Royal Father entituled An Act for the speedy and effectual reducing of the Rebels in his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland to their due obedience to his Majesty and the Crown of England An Act for adding unto and explaining of certain clauses in another Act made this Parliament intituled An Act for the speedy and effectual reducing of the Rebels in his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland to their due obedience to his Majesty and the Crown of England An Act for the further advancement of an effectual and speedy reduction of the Rebels in Ireland to the obedience of his Majesty and the Crown of England An Act for a speedy Contribution and Loan towards the relief of his Majesties distressed Subjects of the Kingdom of Ireland An Act to enable Corporations and Bodies Politick to participate of the benefit of an Act lately passed intituled An Act for the speedy and effectual reducing of the Rebels in his Majesties Kingdom of Ireland to their due obedience to his Majesty and the Crown of England Or shall neglect to return a Certificate as aforesaid or willingly make and deliver a false Certificate of the Town-Lands Villages Balyboes Quarters or other Denominations of Land assigned or given out for satisfaction of the said Debt or Demand or of the content or number of Acres according as the same was set out to him or them such Adventurer or his Assignee shall forfeit for three years the Rents and Profits that such Houses Lands Tenements Hereditaments shall yeild that he shall so omit to certifie or that he shall not rightly certifie such Forfeiture to be one Moyety to Vs and the other to be for and towards the defraying the charges in executing this Our Commission Provided a Discovery be made thereof before the three and twentieth of October One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Three That such of the said Adventurers and Souldiers as have taken Surveys of their Lands do at or before the nine and twentieth day of September One thousand six hundred sixty two bring in to you the said Surveys or Duplicates thereof together with the Field-Books if in their possessions the which you are carefully and exactly to compare with the Surveys taken by Order of the late pretended Powers And if you shall find any considerable difference between the said Surveys you are to ascertain such Adventurers and Souldiers possessions by such of the Surveys as shall appear most for Our advantage and furtherance of this Service Yet so that if such Adventurer or Souldier shall think himself aggrieved thereat You shall appoint one or more sworn Surveyors to re-survey the said Lands in question such Surveyor returning his Field-Book to some other sworn Surveyor to examine cast up and make up the same such Adventurer or Souldier paying the said Surveyor for their said work and in the mean such Adventurer and Souldier to be continued in possession according to the Survey which shall appear as aforesaid most for Our Advantage and if any one shall without cause complain and obtain a re-survey he shall as a penalty for so doing forfeit so much land as he claims to want and shall not be found wanting And if any suggestion or information shall be made to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being That profitable lands are held and possessed as unprofitable the same shall be inquired of by a Iury and such lands as were surveyed and set out to Adventurers and Souldiers or their Assigns as unprofitable and shall by such inquiry be found profitable shall be re-assumed to supply Deficiencies or make Reprisals Out of which said Certificates and Surveys and by such other lawful ways and means as you shall think fit you are to make up Books of what is due to each Adventurer and to ascertain the possession of such to whom lands are assigned therein expressing who was the former Proprietor who forfeited the same the three and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one or since the Town-land Village Balyboe Quarter or other Denomination of Land the content or number of Acres the Parish Barony County and Province in which such Lands do lye respectively and where you shall find any Adventurer or his Assign to have more Lands than will satisfie his Adventure and that such Adventurer be in any other place deficient or shall buy the Right of any deficient Adventurer that such Over-plus Lands shall be assigned unto him towards satisfaction of such deficiencies and having brought things to this certainty you are to set out Lands to the deficient Adventurer in such way as shall be most indifferent and impartial and pursuant to the Acts of Parliament Whereas We have been graciously pleased to appoint the Forfeited Lands in the County of Kildare for satisfaction of Incumbrances on the Estates of Adventurers and Souldiers according to Our said Declaration in the satisfying thereof you are to observe these following Directions viz. To examine in the Books and Records of the late Court of Claims or Exchequer or other Courts what Decrees or Iudgements were passed and allowed to be satisfied out of the Estates of the said Adventurers and Souldiers the Adventurer and Souldier claiming satisfaction for such Incumbrance shall make it appear that the said Decreed Lands are set out unto him as part of his lot and he thereby Entituled to the Reprize for the said Incumbrance If such Incumbrance be by Mortgage Statute Staple Iudgement Recognizance or of any sum of Money on the payment whereof the Land so Incumbred is to be free and discharged you are then to set out Lands in the said County of Kildare for satisfaction of the said Incumbrance after the rate of Ten years purchase to be ascertained by inquiry in way and manner as is hereafter directed for the Reprize of such Adventurers and Souldiers as shall be removed from off their present Estates or according to such other particular
Directions as you shall receive herein from Vs or from Our Chief Governour or Governours and Council of that Our Kingdome for the time being agreable to Our said Declaration If such Incumbrance be a Rent-charge or Yearly Rent issuing or payable out of the Estates of the said Adventurers or Souldiers for ever or for years or for life You are then to put a Rate or Value on such Rent-charge not exceeding Ten years Purchase for an Estate for ever or Six years Purchase if for life or for any term under Ten years or Seven years Purchase if for Two lives or any term above Ten years and under Twenty one years or Eight years purchase for any term above Twenty one years and under Thirty one years and Nine years Purchase for all above Thirty one years which shall be satisfied out of the said Forfeited lands in the said County of Kildare after the Rate afore-going If such Incumbrance be by Lease or Leases for term of years or for life or lives you shall as is before directed inquire after the damage such Adventurer or Souldier sustains by virtue of such Lease and if the said term shall not exceed seven years or the damage be not one third part of the full value of the said Lands set out to him you shall not assign any recompence or Reprize but if such damage be for above Seven years or above one third part of the profits of such Estate satisfaction is to be given in way and manner as in the preceding Instructions is directed The which Lands being thus set out allotted and distributed to the said Adventurers and Reprized to the said Adventurers and Souldiers you are to give unto them respectively a Certificate of what Lands are so set out unto them with the number of acres Denominations of the said Lands the Parish Barony and County such Lands are in and who Forfeited the same which Certificate the said Adventurers Souldiers are forthwith to Record in Our Court of Exchequer upon which Our said Court is to give Order to Our respective Sheriffs to put the said Adventurers and Souldiers their Assigns or Agents into the possession of such Lands so allotted divided and set out or reprized as aforesaid Whereas by Our said Declaration the Estates of every person or persons that sate as Iudges in the pretended High Court of Iustice upon the Life of Our Royal Father of blessed Memory or who Sentenced him or who Signed or Sealed the Warrant for Execution or who were of the Guard of Halberteers assisting to put the Bloody Sentence of Death in execution upon the Thirtieth of January One thousand Six hundred Forty eight are not confirmed You are therefore to inquire what Estates any of the said persons had and to return Certificates thereof into Our Court of Exchequer which Court is hereby required to sieze the same to Our use and for the increase of Our Revenue except so much of the same lands Tenements and Hereditaments lately belonging to John Cook as by Our Letters of the Twenty fourth of November last was granted by Vs to Sir George Lane Knight for his faithful Service which it is Our will and pleasure shall be confirmed to him his Heirs and Assigns accordingly and that all proceedings necessary for the finding Our Title thereunto and to the lands Tenements and Hereditaments of Philip Hoare of Kilsalchan in the same letter to the said Sir George Lane granted be speedily made by Our Officers and Ministers intrusted in that behalf and that thereupon letters Patents be past thereof or of any other Forfeited Lands Tenements and Hereditaments given or granted by Our said letters in lieu thereof under Our Great Seal of Ireland to the said Sir George Lane his Heirs and Assignes according to the direction of Our said letters in the most large favourable and benigne acceptation thereof You are by the best way and means you can to inquire after all Forged Debentures or Bills on which any lands have been set out either to Adventurers or Souldiers and forthwith certifie such Forgeries into Our Court of Exchequer that such persons may be proceeded against according to law The like you are to do after the Estates of such as have procured or obtained the possession of any Estate by Perjury Bribery or Subornation of Witnesses or false or undue admeasurement to Our prejudice To the end such Estate or Estates so unjustly obtained may be seized according to the Tenor of Our said Declaration And whereas many being conscious of their own guilt or evil intentions with respect to the most heinous Rebellion begun the Three and Twentieth of October One thousand Six hundred Forty and One have made private Settlements of their Estates and many of Our Protestant Subjects having formerly Mortgaged their Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments unto such as have Forfeited the same in these evil and unsetled Times have notwithstanding entred upon and keep possession of Our Right You are therefore in the best way and manner you can to make a Discovery of all such or any other concealments to Our prejudice In Order whereunto Our Officers in Our Four Courts of Dublin or in the Office for Probat of Wills are required to be aiding and assisting to you herein and from time to time to search after such matters or things as you shall judge for Our Service to inquire after and to attend you with such Records as you shall judge needful Whereas by Our said Declaration several innocent Protestants and Papists are to be restored to their Estates and a Reprize of equal value worth and purchase is to be assigned to such Adventurers and Souldiers and other persons as do possesse the same in the doing thereof you are to observe these following directions viz. Not to restore any as an innocent Papist that at or before the Cessation which was made upon the Fifteenth day of September One thousand Six hundred Forty and three were of the Rebels party nor any who being of ful Age and sound Memory enjoyed their Estates Real or Personal in the Rebells Quarters Provided that where any Citizen or Inhabitant of the City of Cork or of the Town of Youghal or any other person or persons were not permitted to live in the English Quarters but were expelled from thence and driven into the Quarters of the Rebels that than and in such case such inhabiting in those Quarters and there receiving any benefit of their Estates shall not be construed or adjudged any bar or impeachment of their Innocence nor such as entred into the Roman-Catholick Confederacy at any time before the Articles of Peace concluded One thousand Six hundred Forty and eight nor such as at any time adhered to the Nuncioes or Clergies party or Papal power in opposition to the Kings Authority nor such as have been Excommunicated for adhering to the Kings Authority and afterwards owned their Offences for so doing and were relaxed thereupon from their Excommunication nor such who
such as hereby are to receive twelve Shillings and six pence in the pound as also the arrears due before One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine of such who have received satisfaction for their arrears due since One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine and this to be done without any Priority or Distinction in an equal proportion after that you have first made up the Deficiency of those who have been satisfied in part since One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine but have not yet Lands set out to them to the full of that proportion which they were to have had at the time when the rest of the Lands were set out unto them and others as aforesaid We having by Our said Declaration assigned the Forfeited Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments not already disposed of within any Corporation in Ireland or in the Counties of Wicklow Longford Leitrim and Donegal and within a mile of the River Shannon commonly called or known by the name of Mile-Line for satisfaction of such Officers who served Our Royal Father or Our Self in Ireland before the Fifth of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine as in Our Declaration is directed In Order thereunto Our Court of Exchequer in Ireland is hereby authorized and required to put the premisses out of Charge from the Three and Twentieth of October last past without Fee or other Charge for the same And towards the carrying on the work hereby appointed and all the contingent Charges thereof the moneys received by Major William Cadowgan and others for the Rents of the Counties of Wicklow Leitrim Longford and Donegal and for the Lands in Connaught and Clare commonly known or called by the name of Mile-Line for several years last past shall be paid into the Hands of such persons as we shall as aforesaid appoint to receive the moneys payable by the Adventurers or Souldiers and the accompts thereof forthwith delivered unto you The which accompts you are hereby required to Audit and Examine All the Rents and Profits of the Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments by Our said Declaration appointed for Satisfaction of the said Officers before the Fifth of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine until the same be sold as is before directed shall be paid into the Hands of such persons as we shall appoint as aforesaid to collect and receive the same for the Ends and Vses above mentioned as also towards the Satisfaction of such persons as are to receive Satisfaction for their Improvements in building or repairing Houses planting Orchards or Gardens All which said moneys shall be paid by Warrant from You or any five or more of you aforesaid directed to Our said Vice-Treasurer for the Ends and Vses aforesaid Whereas several Lands have been set out for satisfaction of Money lent or publick Debts incurred for Provisions Arms and Ammunition furnished before the year One thousand Six hundred Forty four the which Lands so set out We have by Our said Declaration reserved for that purpose and to the end the persons to whom the said Lands are so set out may receive satisfaction for their said Moneys and Provisions according to the Tenor of Our said Declaration you are to compute the Money that ought to have been paid for the said Provision Arms and Ammunition together with the Interest for the same unto the time the said Lands were set out after the rate of 6. pounds per centum per annum You shall inquire of the Value of the said Lands what improvements there are made since they were set out what worth to be sold when set out at the rate of Ten years purchase and who now in possession and under what Title You shall assign so much of the said Lands so set out as according to Ten years purchase the aforesaid Money for the said provision c. with the Interest thereof as aforesaid will amount unto first deducting the Improvements made on the premisses since they were set out as aforesaid And whereas James Duke of Ormond Lord Steward of Our Household together with Sir Philip Percivall and Sir George Lane Knights and also others at the instance and request of the said Duke of Ormond became bound for certain Moneys lent and publick Debts incurred for Provision Arms and Amunition and furnished and delivered in Provisions and other Necessaries in Order to the carrying on of the War in that Our Kingdom whereby they have made themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators lyable to Suit Hazard and Loss if not provided for and satisfaction set out for the same which in all equity ought to be done you are therefore required forthwith to set out Forfeited Lands in the Counties of Kildare and Dublin or one of them for satisfaction of the said Debts Provisions and other necessaries according to the last fore-going Rules and that in the mean time neither the said Duke of Ormond nor any other bound for the said Debts at his instance and request their Heirs Executors or Admistrators be sued molested or troubled for or concerning the same And if any of the said Lands already set or which shall be set out be restored to former Proprietors you are forthwith to assign other Lands of equal Value Worth and Purchase in lieu thereof You are likewise after the same rate of Ten years purchase to assign set out some convenient Forfeited lands unto Major George Rayden in satisfaction of Debentures for Arrears and Moneys paid by him for Provisions furnished as aforesaid and for which no satisfaction as yet hath been assigned as also to Doctor William Petty for his deficient Debentures according to the direction of Our Letter of the Second of January One thousand Six hundred and sixty Whereas there is a Rent payable to Vs out of every Acre of Land assigned or to be assigned to any Adventurer Souldier or other person as by Our Declaration appears in order to the ascertaining thereof you are to observe these following directions viz. Where there is no certain Record of the Lands assigned or set out to the Souldiers or other persons so that the Rent payable to Vs cannot be ascertained in all such cases you are to cause Proclamation to be made and Certificates to be returned of all such respective Possessions Debentures and Debts for which the said Lands were set out to them in way and manner as by Our aforesaid Instructions is directed with respect unto the Method to be observed concerning the Lands assigned unto the Adventurers wherein you are expresly to distinguish betwixt what Lands are set out for satisfaction of Arrears grown due in England from what is set out for satisfaction of Arrears grown due in Ireland you are out of the said Certificates and out of the Surveys and Books of Debentures or Books of Distributions or Subdivisions of Lands to any Office or place in Ireland forthwith to cause fair Books to be made up of all the Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments set out to the Adventurers Souldiers and
to them and every of them their sufficient Warrant and Discharge And whereas we not apprehending that we should arrive at a Settlement of Our Kingdom of Ireland so soon and with so general Satisfaction to all Interests as we have done did upon the petitions of several persons asserting their Innocence grant Our Letters for the re-possessing such Petitioners of their former Estates or any part thereof which Letters may possibly not answer to Our said Declaration and Instructions which now We look upon as the positive and fundamental Rule for the Settlement of that Our Kingdome the Chief Governour and Governours of that Our Kingdom for the time being and Our Privy Council there are therefore in executing the contents of such Our Letters to observe the same as they shall fall under Our several Rules in Our said Declaration and agreeable to the same and as in these Our Instructions are more particularly expressed and not otherwise For your pains and labour herein and for the pains and labour of such Sub-Commissioners as you shall imploy as aforesaid We do hereby authorize you to ask demand and receive from every Adventurer Souldier or other persons his or their Heirs or Assigns now in possession or to be put in possession of any Houses Lands Tenements or Hereditaments one penny for every Acre of land as admeasured assigned or set out to him or them for ascertaining their respective possessions and likewise for every one to be reprized an Estate worth Twenty Pounds per annum the sum of Ten Shillings and after the same Rate for greater or smaller Reprizes and for every Certificate for Lands to be possessed the sum of Ten Shillings and one penny in the pound for every Debenture that shall be satisfied by you and for the Clerks and Officers to be imployed by you and the contingent Charges relating thereunto that the same be paid out of the moneys that shall be received of the Rents due and payable out of the Securities appointed for the Officers before One Thousand Six Hundred Forty and Nine In the ascertaining stating and setling of any sum or sums of Money Debentures Certificates or Decrees for Arrears Adventures publick Debts Reprizes or other allowed Interests pursuant unto Our said Declaration You are to strike off and deduct all Fractions of odd Pounds Shillings and Pence and likewise in the ascertaining and setting out of the respective Proportions of Lands which shall be setled or granted in satisfaction of any of the aforesaid Interests You are to strike off and deduct all Fractions of odd Acres Roods and Pearches taking care that there be not above the one hundred part of any such sum or sums of Money or proportions of Lands respectively deducted from any one person without his own consent and that you do keep an exact and particular accompt of all the said Deductions in Money or Lands and cause the same to be satisfied as intirely as may be in such convenient proportions and in such places as the chief Governour or Governours of Our said Kingdom for the time being shall appoint which proportions are to be reserved to be disposed of unto such use or uses as We Our Heirs or Successors shall appoint The aforesaid Adventurers and Souldiers being satisfied and the Reprizes made and the several business finished as before is directed you are to deliver up your Books not before in these Instructions otherwise disposed of unto Our Auditor General of that Our Kingdome of Ireland and Duplicates of the same to Our Surveyor General in their Offices to remain as of Record In the management of which said Trust you are from time to time as the case shall require to give an accompt to Our Chief Governour or Governours for the time being and Our Council in Ireland of your Proceedings and to observe and follow such further directions as you shall from time to time receive from Vs or from them pursuant to this Act. And for the more due and impartial execution of Our said Declaration and these Instructions it is Our will and pleasure That no Commissioner or other person imployed acting in this Service shall till the Work be finished purchase by themselves or others in their behalf or to their Vse or in Trust for them or any of them any of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments that are to be setled confirmed reprized or restored by virtue of Our said Declaration but shall before they enter upon this Trust respectively give in Lists under their Hands of such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as they are Intituled to or possest of to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council for the time being who are to take care for the observing this instruction And you are hereby further required to Reprize John Lord Viscount Massareene and his Heirs with an Estate of like yearly Rent in the Province of Leinster to that of which he stands seized in the Barony of Dunluce in the County of Antrim and to cause Our Letters dated the Eighteenth day of December One thousand six hundred and Sixty and the Fourteenth of August One thousand Six hundred Sixty and one to be put into speedy execution for the full satisfaction of the said Lord Massareene to all intents and purposes which being done you are then to cause the said Estate whereof the said Lord Massareene is seized in the Barony aforesaid to be delivered to Daniel O Neil Groom of Our Bed-Chamber in satisfaction for an Incumbrance of a much greater value wherewith the Barony of Dunluce set out to the Adventurers stands charged for the behoof of the said Daniel O Neil And for the better satisfaction of the Lord Massareene for the Estate of Henry O Neil of Killelaugh in the County of Antrim Esq which he is also to part from You are likewise out of the Forfeited Lands in the County of Dublin to Reprize the said Lord Massareene and his Heirs with an Estate of equal value worth and purchase to that which the said Lord Massareene stands now seized of and which did formerly belong to the said Henry O Neil to hold to him the said Lord Massareene and His Heirs which being done you are then to deliver to the said Henry O Neil the Estate formerly belonging to him whereof the said Lord Massareene is seized as aforesaid as an Adventurer Nevertheless the said several Adventurers shall be subject to such Deductions as other lands according to the Rules of His Majesties Declaration and Instructions and this present Act reserving alwayes liberty and licence to the said Lord Massareene to place and be satisfied on the said deductions such sum of Money as the deductions before mentioned shall amount unto out of what shall be due to him for deficiencies Incumbrances or Arrears before the year One thousand Six hundred Forty and Nine the Arrears to be in such case and manner and at such Rates as are allowed to others before the said year One thousand Six hundred
Forty and nine and the deducted Lands upon which such Deficiencies Incumbrances or Arrears shall be so placed shall be injoyed by the said Lord Massareene and His Heirs as if they had been given out for an Original Adventure And the said Lord Massareene shall injoy the several lands wherein he shall be so as aforesaid reprized to him his Heirs subject to the like Rents Services Payments and Tenures as other Adventurers for lands within the Province where the reprize shall be given are subject unto and with the like benefit of new Reprizal in case of Restitution Removal or Incumbrance as other Adventurers are to have by this present Act. And in case the Manor Castle Town and Lands of S. Wolstownes alias Allens Court in the County of Kildare or any other the Castles Manors Towns Lands Advowsons Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Kildare and County of Dublin or either of them formerly the Inheritance of Sir Thomas Allen Knight deceased or now belonging to the Lady Allen his Wife for term of life or years yet to come and the Remainder or Remainders thereof unto Robert Allen John Allen William Allen and James Allen some or one of them shall upon inquiry be found to be forfeited You are hereby required to cause the same to be delivered unto Our Right Trusty and Right well Beloved Cousin and Counsellour Hugh Earl of Mount-Alexander To Have and to Hold to him the said Hugh Earl of Mount-Alexander his Heirs and Assigns for ever subject nevertheless to the payment of the like Rents and Services as the Adventurers for Lands in the Province of Leinster are subject unto and with the like benefit of Reprizal in case of restitution as any Adventurers their Heirs and Assigns have or ought to have and also with benefit of Reprizal in case any Adventurer be Intituled to the same or any part thereof Provided alwayes That whensoever We shall declare under Our Great Seal of England or Ireland Our Will and Pleasure to revoke the Estate hereby granted in all or any part of the premisses that then and immediately from and after such Declaration the Estate so revoked shall cease and determine and remain subject unto the Rules and Ends of this Declaration as if this grant had not been made And whereas Sir Charles Lloyd Baronet became an Adventurer for Lands in Ireland upon the Acts passed in the Reign of Our Royal Father and afterwards according to the Rules and Method used in the late times of Vsurpation had a Lot for Nine hundred Pounds parcel of the said Adventure fallen within the Barony of Slewmargy in the Queens County and for One thousand Pounds residue of the said Adventure had an other Lot fallen unto him in the Barony of Conello in the County of Lymerick and Certificates delivered unto him accordingly Notwithstanding all which Proceedings no Possession hath ever been yet delivered unto the said Sir Charles Lloyd but the same hath been detained from him by others who have left their own Lots to enter upon his Our Will and Pleasure therefore is That you cause speedy Right to be done to the said Sir Charles Lloyd and possession to be delivered to him according to the Rules formerly used to have and to hold to him the said Sir Charles Lloyd and his Heirs under the like Rents and Tenures and with the like benefit of Reprizals as other Adventurers ought to have PRovided also and Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all singular the Forfeited Lands Tenements Hereditaments of or within the Half Barony of Irris in the County of Mayo wherein the Harbour of Broad Haven is scituated together with all the Mines and Mineral therein and all Fishings on the Sea-Coasts of the same as also on the Loughs and Fresh Rivers thereunto in any wise belonging or appertaining be and they are hereby vested setled and continued in Your Majesty Your Heirs and Successors to be disposed of to such Vse or Vses as Your Majesty shall think fit Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And You are hereby required not proceed upon the Return of any Commission of Inquiries after the value of Estates to be restored or reprized issued out before the first of March One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty and One until the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of Our Kingdom of Ireland for the time being shall have issued out new Commissions of Inquiry which We do hereby authorize him or them to do And that such Commissions shall be likewise returned and after the Return of such new Commissions You are then to proceed either upon the former or later Returns as You in Your Discretions shall judge to be most expedient And We do hereby give further Power and Authority to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Our said Kingdom for the time being to issue or cause to be issued such other Commission of Inquiry as shall be necessary for the Information and Instruction of the Commissioners to be appointed for the Execution of the said Declaration Instructions and this Act. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Declaration Instructions and all and every Article Clause and Thing Powers and Authorities therein or thereby given or contained with and under the Proviso's Additions and Alterations in this Act mentioned and expressed be and are hereby Enacted Ratified and Confirmed And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That notwithstanding any mention of Commissioners Names herein before made It shall and may be lawful for the Kings most Excellent Majesty His Heirs and Successors from time to time to nominate and appoint such and so many other Commissioners as His Majesty shall think fit for putting in execution His Majesties said Declaration and Instructions and this present Act which Commissioners so to be appointed from time to time and no other or so many of them as by His Majesty his Heirs and Successors shall be therein directed shall have full Power and Authority to put the said Declaration and Instructions and this present Act in execution according to the Tenour and effect thereof and to administer Oaths and further that whatsoever Act or Acts Thing or Things any Commissioners heretofore Lawfully Authorized have done or caused to be done or any other Commissioners hereafter to be appointed as aforesaid shall do or cause to be done according to and in pursuance of the said Declaration and Instructions and this present Act shall be hereby judged and declared and are hereby judged and declared to be good firm and effectual in the Law to all intents and purposes And that they and every of them shall be and are hereby ratified and confirmed to the final Settlement of every such person or persons their Heirs and Assigns according to such Decrees Sentences Orders or Iudgements as have been or shall be by the said Commissioners as aforesaid
and payable to him by the Adventurers and Souldiers to be held of his Majesty his Heirs and Successors by the tenure of Frank Almoyne or other service and tenures as the same were held before the making of this Act. And be it also Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Impropriations or Appropriate Tythes forfeited to or vested in His Majesty his Heirs and Successors by this Act or otherwise forfeited or Escheated to his Majesty in right of his Crown if there be no lease or leases thereof in being unforfeited or otherwise as soon as the unforfeited lease or leases shall be expired or otherwise determined are hereby given to the Church for ever and hereby are and for ever shall be setled and established upon the present and future Incumbents and their Successors which have or shall have actual cure of Souls in those respective Parishes wherein such Impropriations are and such Impropriate Tythes do arise and renew reserving such a proportion of them to be disposed and setled upon the Vicars and Quire-men of each Cathedral Church as an Additional provision for the increase of their Maintenance as to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council for the time being at any time before the First of January One thousand six hundred sixty four shall be thought fit and convenient They the said Incumbents and their Successors paying to His Majesty his Heirs and Successors for the same such Rents Reservations and Duties as formerly were paid for the same with such increase of Rents as by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdome for the time being with six or more of the Council shall be adjudged reasonable and convenient within the space of Two years from the passing of this Act and not after or from the expiration of the said unforfeited leases respectively Provided that neither this Act nor any thing therein contained shall extend to the disposing or altering of any Impropriate Rectories or Tythes or Rents now or lately enjoyed or possessed by or setled on the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdome for the time being or which at any time hath been or now is enjoyed possessed or received by the Lords Presidents of Munster and Connaught in the right of their respective places any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And that the Lord Chief Iustice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench the Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer and the Master of the Rolls or any other of His Majesties Officers of this Kingdome for the time being shall and may have and receive such Port-Corn of the several Rectories which formerly have been formerly paid and reserved And to the end that this present annexation of the said Rectories impropriate unto the several and respective Churches as aforesaid may not be too prejudicial unto those persons who by the Rules of this present Act might otherwise expect to be restored thereunto It is hereby further Declared and Enacted That it shall and may be lawful to for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being to allot assign and appoint unto all and every person and persons who by the Rules of this present Act shall or may be restored thereunto in case no such annexation hath been made such recompence and satisfaction out of the said respective Impropriations as to him or them shall be thought most fit and reasonable which Recompence and Satisfaction so as aforesaid to be assigned shall be by virtue of this present Act received and enjoyed accordingly And whereas by Act of Parliament held at Westminster the Third of November in the Year of Our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Intituled An Act c. as also by His Majesties Gracious Declaration of the Thirtieth of November One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty It was carefully provided amongst other things That care should be had for erecting of Churches and that maintenance for preaching Ministers should be provided In pursuance whereof Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That out of every one hundred Acres of Forfeited and Escheated Lands vested in his Majesty by this â—ct which are not yet actually disposed and distributed two Acres shall be allowed and set apart for Glebe in every Parish Barony and County as shall be most contiguous and convenient for the several Parish Churches in such places situate or to be situated and that out of all Forfeited and Escheated Lands so vested as aforesaid which are already disposed distributed or assigned and by this Act confirmed to the respective Possessors their Heirs or Assigns the said respective Possessors their Heirs and Assigns shall pay so much moneys as shall be sufficient to purchase such a number of Acres of the aforesaid measure and of the same Quality within the said Parish as the land out of which the said Acres should have been taken and assigned for Glebes at that present shall be adjudged the same Rent to be reserved payable to His Majesty his Heirs and Successors and in the same manner by the respective Incumbents and their Successors enjoying the said Lands so to be assigned to them for Glebes as the said Forfeited or Escheated Lands out of which they are taken shall be and are by this Act ordained for to pay And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That out of all Forfeited Chauntries and all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments belonging unto the said Chauntries and vested in his Majesty his Heirs and Successors by this Act that are by this present Act set out assigned or intended to be set out or assigned to any Commissioned Officers their Heirs or Assigns who served His Majesty or His Royal Father of ever blessed Memory in the late of Wars of Ireland at any time before the Fifth of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine and received no satisfaction for the same and which paid any Rent to the Church in the Years One Thousand Six Hundred and Forty and One thousand Six Hundred Forty and One there shall be paid for ever by such Officer or person his Heirs or Assigns so enjoying the said Chauntries or the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments to them belonging the Rent and all other Duties formerly upon or out of them paid or received unto the Church or in lieu and satisfaction thereof Two shillings for every pound of improved value at the Election of the Bishop of the Diocess which Rents are to be ascertained with all convenient speed by the Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being and Six of the Council or whom they shall appoint and the Rent so payable by such Officer or Person his Heirs or Assigns to the Church shall be paid to such Rectory or Vicarage that either is or shall be of the Church wherein such Chauntry was erected or otherwise to such Ministers of
aforesaid That James Duke of Ormond the Earl of Inchiqueene the Executors of Sir Philip Percivall Knight deceased late Commissary of the Victuals in Ireland who are to be satisfied for what Disbursements were made to the other Commissaries and Officers in the Establishment belonging to the said Imployment by the said Sir Philip Percivall and others who were General Officers Staffe-Officers Officers of the Train Colonels and Majors of Dragoons and Lieutenant Colonels of Horse Be and are hereby intended according to the several Commissions for Satisfaction of their said respective Arrears for Service as aforesaid before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine among the rest of the said Officers out of the aforesaid security and are equally to enjoy all benefits and advantages in all particulars whatsoever with any other Commission-Officers serving before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine mentioned in this Act according to their respective establishments And be it further Enacted by the Authorized aforesaid That in the Stating of the said Arrears no Officers be allowed for Service in Ulster but such as were of the Army called The Brittish Army and within the establishment of the said Army And that no Company or Troop be allowed but those that were Regimented or Mustered by the Commissary of the Musters as a non-Regimented Company or Troop and actively served during the whole time they pretended unto and received Pay and Quarters with the rest of the Army And be it hereby further Enacted That James Duke of Ormond the Earl of Inchiqueen and such Protestant Officers as served faithfully under his Majesties Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at any time between the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and the Tenth of December One thousand six hundred and fifty and never served in any Army since but under his Majesties Authority may have their Arrears stated for that time also and may be allowed satisfaction for the same as for the rest of their respective Arrears and that the Debentures to them respectively for those Arrears be for the whole time without distinction And be it also Enacted That all Adventurers Souldiers their Heirs and Assigns whose Adventures and Lots were set out of the Lands of James Duke of Ormond and who have not been yet reprized shall be satisfied out of the remaining forfeited lands in the County of Catherlogh and also out of the respective moyeties of the ten Counties appointed for satisfaction of Adventurers and Souldiers And further That such Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assigns as have been or shall be removed upon or by reason of the restitution of the Earl of Roscommon shall be reprized in such sort as deficient and other Adventurers are by this Act intended to be satisfied And be it Enacted That the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Essex Son and Heir of the Right Honourable Arthur late Lord Capel who in his life time subscribed and paid in his money as an Adventurer for Lands in Ireland and the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Culpeper Son and Heir of the Right Honourable John late Lord Culpeper who also in his life time subscribed and paid in his money as an Adventurer on certain propositions for lands in Ireland and all and every other person or persons their Heirs or Assigns who subscribed and paid in their moneys as Adventurers for lands in Ireland according to the Act or Acts passed in the Parliament begun and held at Westminster on the Third day of November in the sixteenth year of the Reign of Our late Sovereign Lord Charles the First of ever blessed memory and have not yet had Certificates from any Five or more of certain persons late sitting at Grocers-hall shall upon the producing the Original Receipts of the moneys so paid in or making good and sufficient proof therein before the Commissioners to be appointed for execution of the Declaration and Instructions and this present Act be enabled and Intituled to Ask Demand Receive and Have his and their respective satisfaction for their Moneys by a full and equal proportion of Lands out of the moyeties of the ten Counties heretofore set out for Adventurers or elsewhere as fully and amply as any other Adventurer can or may justly claim by vertue of any Certificate or Certificates whatsoever unless he or they have received or accepted satisfaction for the Original moneys so adventured out of Church-lands Crown-lands or other Lands formerly exposed to sale in England And be it further Enacted that where any Adventurer hath delivered up his Original Receipt and taken Certificates from any Five or more of certain persons late sitting at Grocers-Hall such Certificates shall be as effectual in the Law and as available to all intents and purposes as if the Original Receipt had been produced and all and every person and persons having and producing such Certificates shall be and are hereby enabled to have receive possesse and enjoy so much and no more forfeited Lands out of the moyeties of the Ten Counties aforesaid or elsewhere and such number of Acres English or Irish measure respectively as by vertue of the said Certificates shall be certified to be due to him or them respectively Provided alwayes That if it shall be clearly proved before the said Commissioners that the said Certificates do contain a greater quantity of Acres than ought to be given and allowed for the Original money paid that then such Certificates shall not Intitle them to any more Lands then are justly due for the Original subscription and money paid Provided alwayes That nothing in the Declaration Instructions or this present Act herein before or after mentioned shall be expounded construed or taken to give any Right or Title to any Adventurer or Adventurers who adventured their moneys upon certain Ordinances or pretended Ordinances of Parliament made in the years One thousand Six hundred Forty three and One thousand Six hundred forty and seven commonly called The Doubling Ordinances nor to the Heirs or Assigns of any such Adventurer or Adventurers to have hold or enjoy any further or other satisfaction out of the forfeited Lands aforesaid than according to the moneys really and Bona Fide paid in and advanced upon the said Ordinances or pretended Ordinances which moneys shall be satisfied with the like proportion of forfeited Lands according to Irish measure as other Adventurers their Heirs or Assigns who advanced their moneys upon the Act passed in the Parliament held at Westminster the first day of November in the Sixteenth year of the Reign of Charles the First Intituled An Act for the further Advancement of an effectual and speedy Reduction of the Rebels in Ireland to the obedience of His Majesty and the Crown of England may and ought to have any Certificate Allotment Distribution or other possession thereof upon the Seventh of May One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Nine or any other matter or thing to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding Nevertheless It
William Pen shall be forthwith reprized to the full yearly value worth and purchase of the Lands by him heretofore possest and according to the value of the said Lands in the Barony of Muskry whereof he hath been dispossest in order to the Restitution of the Earl of Clancarty at the time of his Surrender and his Improvements of the same and for the Arrears of Rents quitted to the said Earl as also for the Rent that would or might become due until the said Sir William Pen shall be possest of a full Reprize as aforesaid out of such forfeited Lands and Possessions as he now holdeth as Tenant to His Majesty in the said County of Corke so far as the same will extend thereunto and in case of Defect or Restitution of any of the said Lands the same to be made up out of other forfeited Lands of a good and clear Title and unincumbred with the first that shall be reprized And if the Title of any of the Lands by which he shall be so reprized shall be defective or that the said Lands be liable to Incumbrances that forthwith upon Discovery of the same his Reprize shall be made up fully by other forfeited Lands of a clear Title and free from Incumbrances and so from time to time till the said Reprize be compleated as aforesaid And whereas there was formerly intended to be setled on the Orphans of Colonel Owen O Connely particularly mentioned in the Declaration Lands to the value of Two Hundred Pounds per annum as a Recompence for the Fathers Services performed in the Discovery of the Rebellion which begun the Three and Twentieth of October One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners to be appointed for the Execution of this Act shall and are hereby impowered to set out for the use of Arthur and Martha O Connely Orphans of the said Owen O Connely their Heirs and Assigns out of the Forfeited Lands of Murragh Leestown Westperstown Bernonstown Artaine Bremore alias New Haven in the Baronies of Balruddery and Conlocke or elsewhere in the County of Dublin an Estate of the value of Two Hundred Pounds per annum which Estate of Two Hundred Pounds per annum so to be set out for their use shall be chosen out of such of the aforesaid Lands as are Forfeited for the best conveniency of the Orphans under the like Rents and Tenures and with the like Benefit of Reprizals in case of Restitution Removal or Incumbrance as Adventurers are to have by virtue of this present Act Which Lands so to be set out as aforesaid are to be setled upon the said Orphans their Heirs and Assigns in such manner and proportions and according to such Rates and Values as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being shall direct and appoint Provided always That neither this Act nor any thing therein contained shall be construed or extend to prejudice Anne Marchioness Dowager of Clanrickard her Right unto any the Lands or Hereditaments setled upon her for her Ioynture but that the said Marchioness of Clanrickard her Tenants and Assigns shall forthwith enter into possess and enjoy the said Lands and Hereditaments according to her Title unto the same in the same manner and form as she and they might have done if this Act had not been had nor made this Act or any thing therein contained notwithstanding Provided always That neither this Act nor any thing therein contained shall be construed to prejudice the Grant made by his Majesties late Father of ever Glorious Memory unto George Lane Esq in Trust for Sir George Hamilton of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof John Draycot of Mornonstown in the County of Meath Esq attainted of High Treason and since deceased was seized or some other person or persons in trust for him or to his use in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One but that the same shall be of such and no other effect as if this Act had not been made Provided also and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Captain William Hamilton of Lough Currine in the County of Tyrone his Heirs and Assigns be forthwith satisfied for all such Arrears as upon stating thereof shall appear to rest due unto him either in his own Right or as Heir Executor Administrator or Assigne to others for his or their respective Services in the War of Ireland Out of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments lately belonging or reputed to belong unto Sir Phelim O Neile of Kinard Knight lying and being in the Barony of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone according to the Rates of Ten Years purchase free Rent over and above all Incumbrances and Reprizes whatsoever subject nevertheless to the like Rents Payments Tenures and Services as either the Lands of Officers who served before June One Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Nine are subject unto within that Province And if in case the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments belonging unto the said Phelim O Neile at the Rate aforesaid shall not amount to a full Satisfaction of the said Arrear or Arrears then the remaining part of such Arrear or Arrears shall be satisfied and set forth to him the said William Hamilton his Heirs or Assigns out of the Forfeited Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying and being in the Baronies of Ardagh and Grannard in the County of Longford at the like rate and in like manner as aforesaid any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided alwayes That such forfeited and unrestorable lands within and contiguous to the Mile-Line in the County of Clare that were set out unto Sir Richard Ingoldsby Kt. of the Bath and Sir Henry Ingoldsby Baronet or either of them in satisfaction of one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds eleven shillings and two pence with their now dwelling Houses and Gardens in Limrick of which they or either of them were possessed by themselves or Tenants the Seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine in consideration of their great Expence by improvement on the premisses be hereby vested setled and assured in and upon them their Heirs and Assigns for ever they or either of them delivering up to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland who is hereby impowered to receive the same so many Debentures for Pay due to Officers before One thousand six hundred forty nine as at the rate of Twelve shillings Six pence in the Pound shall amount unto the full sum of Two thousand Pounds in lieu of the said One thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds the same to be held and enjoyed by such Tenures Rents and Services as other Lands and Houses set out for Services in the year One thousand six hundred forty and nine are or shall be held by this present Act. And in case they shall be dispossessed of any of the said Houses or Lands by virtue of the Declaration
or any Clause in this Act That they shall have reprizal for the same in such manner as other persons are reprizable by this Act any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted That out of the several parcels of Land of and in Cloenogrha Lackleenagh Clenefore Capprogge and Cloonederage with their members and appurtenances in the County of Longford Lands to the clear yearly value of fifty Pounds per annum be setled upon and granted unto John Ferral Esq your Majesties Servant and his Heirs to be held in Capite and by the yearly Rent of Twenty shillings a year any Grant Clause matter or Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding And forasmuch as Captain John Bartlet and Captain Thomas Bartlet have been eminently serviceable in and upon the Coast of Ireland to your Majesty and your Royal Father of blessed memory Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said John Bartlet and the Heir of the said Thomas Bartlet their Heirs and Assigns be equally satisfied and paid whatsoever is due unto them or their Heirs or Assigns for their or either of their Disbursements in the said Service before the first day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine according to such Accompts and stating thereof as shall be allowed by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland out of the Lands Houses and other the Security appointed or set apart for Satisfaction of the Commission-Officers that served in Our Kingdom of Ireland before the said Fifth day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty and Nine and in such manner as they or any of them are appointed to be satisfied and paid in or by his Majesties Gracious Declaration of the Thirtieth of November One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty or any Act or Acts made pursuant thereunto any thing herein before mentioned to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and Be it Enacted That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to any Manors Castles Towns Villages Messuages Lands Tenements or Hereditaments which are or were of Sir Andrew Aylemer of Donnada in the County of Kiidare Knight and Baronet but that he the said Sir Andrew Aylemer his Heirs and Assigns shall and may have hold and enjoy all and every such Manors Castles Towns Villages Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof he was so seized or possessed the two and twentieth of October One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One according to such Right and Title therein as he or they respectively then had any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That this Act or any thing or matter therein contained shall not extend to any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments whereof James Lord Audley Earl of Castle-Haven was seized or possest of in this Kingdom on the Two and Twentieth of October One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One nor to prejudice or avoid any Right Title or Interest that the said Earl his Heirs or Assigns had or might have to or in any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom but that the said Earl his Heirs Executors or Assigns may be are hereby restored to all and singular such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof he or they were lawfully seized or possest and that all and every person or persons their Heirs Executors or Assigns that have had all or any part of such Lands Tenements or Hereditaments set out unto them are hereby immediately to be removed and that such who shall be so removed and are justly capable of Reprize be Reprized as others in like cases are to be reprized any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Colonel John Fitz-Patrick of Castle-Town in the Queens County shall be and is hereby restored in Blood and enabled to make and derive his Pedigree from any Ancestor Lineal or Collateral and shall also be restored unto and vested in the Real and Actual possession and seizin to him and his Heirs of all and every the Castles Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Reversions and Remainders and Leases whereof the said Colonel John Fitz-Patrick or his Father or any other in Trust for them or either of them or to their use were at any time before the Two and Twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one lawfully seized or possessed any thing in this Act or otherwise notwithstanding And that all and every the persons to be removed from any of the premisses shall be forthwith reprized for the same according to the merit of his case Provided always That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend to prejudice his Majesties Grant under the Great Seal unto Sir George Preston Knight and his Heirs of the forfeited Mills Wares and Fishings upon the River of Shannon or upon any part thereof and upon the Sea Coast in the Province of Connaught and in the County of Leitrim but that the same shall be of such and no other force and effect than as if this Act had not been made And whereas Thomas Cooper and William Row are Purchasers of certain Lands in the Barony of Denifore in the County of Westmeath for which they paid Five thousand Pounds or thereabouts to Edward Carey late of the Middle Temple Esq who had formerly purchased the same of divers other Adventurers And the said Thomas Cooper and William Row their Heirs or Assigns being in possession upon the Seventh day of May in the year One thousand six hundred fifty and nine may happily expect according to some general words in His Majesties Declaration and those His Majesties former Instructions contained that their Estates should be made good to them as well as to any other Adventurers or their Assigns Nevertheless his Majesty being well assured that the purchase made by the said Thomas Cooper and William Row was only in trust for the Wife and Children of Archibald Hamilton then newly executed for Treason in Scotland and the moneys laid out in that purchase for the Wife and Children were given by Cromwel as a Reward of those Treasons hath thought fit to distinguish this Case from the Case of other Adventurers and their Assigns Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Thomas Cooper and William Row be removed from the possession of the premisses and all other persons claiming by from or under them and that the same be delivered unto Thomas Pigot Esq Master of Our Court of Wards and Liveries in Ireland and unto Matthew Lock Esq To Have and to Hold to them and their Heirs subject nevertheless to the payment of the like Rents and Services as the Adventurers for Lands in the Province of Leinster are and granting to them the like Benefit of Reprizals in cases of Restitution as the Adventurers or their Assignes should have had in case they had