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A45983 An act for the explaining of some doubts arising upon an act intituled, An act for the better execution of His Majesties gracious declaration for the settlement of His kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the several interests of adventurers, souldiers, and other his subjects there; and for making some alterations of, and additions unto the said act, for the more speedy and effectual settlement of the said kingdom.; Public General Acts. 1665 17 Charles II c. 2. Ireland. 1665 (1665) Wing I316B; ESTC R216259 132,385 160

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estate did or might have received upon the sale of the lands in Connaght to which he or they were transplanted shall be paid unto the Receivers herein after constituted and appointed who shall account for and pay the same over unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey Vice-treasurer of Ireland or to the Vice-treasurer of Ireland for the time being And that the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey or the Vice-treasurer of Ireland for the time being shall thereout issue pay these several summs following That is to say To Morough Earl of Inchequin the full summ of Eight thousand pounds sterling as a marke of His Majesties favourable gracious consideration of the losses and sufferings of the said Earl To John Lord Berkeley the summ of four thousand pounds To Charles Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding Treasurer of His Majesties House-hold the summ of two thousand pounds To Henry Coventrey Esq Groom of His Majesties Bedehamber the summ of two thousand pounds To Colonel William Legg the like summ of two thousand pounds in full satisfaction of all the right and interest which they the said Henry Coventrey or William Legg can or may have of in or to any fractions of od aeres pounds shillings or pence in or by the said former Act reserved to His Majestie and by this present Act released and discharged as aforesaid To Colonel Edward Villiers the summ of One thousand pounds To Elizabeth Terrill Wife of Sir Tymothy Terrill the summ of three thousand pounds To Colonel Marmaduke Darcy the summ of three thousand pounds To Sir Connel Farrell the summ of two thousand pounds To Colonel Daniell Treswell Captain of His Majesties Guard of Battle Axes the summ of One thousand pounds Sir William Armorer the summ of five hundred pounds Nicholas Bayly Esq the summ of two thousand pounds Thomas Lynch the summ of One thousand pounds And if any more moneyes shall arise out of the premisses than will be sufficient to discharge the respective summs herein before mentioned the same shall remain in His Majesties Exchequer at Dublin to be further applyed and disposed as His Majestie being informed thereof shall direct and appoint And whereas the Towns and lands of Shamaclone Garons-Brury Garrane Lishanacone Ballifoukin Ballimoran Balliwillin in the Barony of Conello and County of Limerick and also fifteen hundred acres in Garundenny in the Barony of Slewmargye in the Queens County were allotted to Charles Lloyd Esq now Sir Charles Lloyd Baronet as an Adventurer for lands in Ireland the rents issues and profits of which lands have notwithstanding by Samuel Avery and other Adventurers been wrongfully received or in the hands of the Tenants of the said lands detained Be it therefore Enacted and it is Enacted by this present Parliament That the said Sir Charles Lloyd shall have receive and recover all and singular the rents issues and profits of the said lands remaining in the hands of the respective Tenants thereof or in the hands of their Executors or Administrators which have grown due since the lands were allotted as aforesaid any thing in this present Act or any other Act of Parliament contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is here by further Enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore Sir Richard Bellings Knight unto the present and actual possession of all and singular the Mannors Castles Lordships Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and all other Hereditaments interests conditions powers of Redemption right and title whatsoever in the said Kingdome of Ireland which Sir Henry Bellings Knight Grandfather to the said Sir Richard Bellings and Richard Bellings Father of the said Sir Richard Bellings or either of them or any other person or persons in trust for them or either of them or to their or either of their use or uses had held or enjoyed or of right ought to have held or enjoyed on the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and that from and after such Restitution as aforesaid the same shall be granted by Letters Patents and settled upon and confirmed unto the said Sir Richard Bellings the Grandsonn and his Heirs and Assignes for ever This present or any other Act Ordinances Order Vtlary Attainder Record or any other matter cause or thing to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That John Lord Kingston shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the said former Act ratified and confirmed unto him and all other the benefits and advantages of the said Act the Lands Decreed away by the Commissioners and the full benefit of reprizals and the Lands herein granted or confirmed unto Charles Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding formerly granted to Charles late Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding Earl of Falmouth onely excepted as fully and amply and with the like Confirmations Privileges Immunities and exemptions as any adventurer or Souldier by this or the said former Act may or ought to hold and enjoy any of the Lands whereof they or any of them respectively were possessed the Seaventh day of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine and as if the several clauses and provisoes in the said former Act on that behalf had been in this Act particularly recited and Enacted and shall also have hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and every the Towns Lands Tenements and Hereditaments given granted and confirmed or mentioned to be given granted and confirmed unto him in and by His Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England bearing date at Westminster the five and twentieth day of January in the sixteenth year of His Majesties Raign And that the said Letters Patents and all clauses and things therein contained shall be and are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall be taken most beneficially to and on the behalf of him the said Lord Kingston his Heirs and Assignes according to the tenor and purport thereof to all intents and purposes and as if the same Letters Patents and every clause therein had been in this Act fully and at large recited and particularly Enacted but in case the Lands in the said Letters Patents mentioned which shall be possessed and enjoyed by the said Lord Kingston and not recovered or granted away from him by this or the said former Act shall exceed the present cleer yearly rent of Seaven hundred pounds and two full third parts of all the Lands recovered against him the said Lord Kingston by any Decrees herein confirmed then such overplus shall be reconveyed to such as the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall appoint And be it also Enacted in case the said Lands shall not be sufficient That then the Commissioners or such person or persons as are or shall be appointed for Execution of this Act doe and shall forthwith cause to be set out and delivered unto him the said
Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Gobernours of Ireland and Council there that the said Sir Edward Fitz Harris hath committed any Massacre Murther or other such like Heynous Crime or cruelty upon the persons of any of his Majesties good Subjects shall prove the same by such witnesses or other evidence as the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council there shall think good proof that then and in such case it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council there by order of the Council to declare and adjudge him the said Sir Edward Fitz Harris to be guilty of the Crime or cruelty so alleaged and proved as aforesaid and upon such declaration and judgement the said Sir Edward Fitz Harris and his Heirs shall be and are hereby made incapable of any benefit or advantage in and by this present Act given or of any restitution as aforesaid but shall remain and be to all intents and purposes in the same plight and condition as he or they would have been if the said Sir Edward Fitz Harris had not been named in this present Act Any thing herein before contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is further Enacted That all and every the Adventurers Souldiers and Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine their Heirs and Assigns who are to be removed to make way for the restitution of the four and fifty persons herein before named or any of them shall be first satisfied by some other forfeited lands to be set out and allotted to them by the Commissioners for execution of this Act equal in value worth and purchase to the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments from whence they are to be removed and all and every the Protestant Purchasors in Conaght and Clare shall be first satisfied by an allotment of land equal in value unto the lands from whence they are to be removed And be it further Enacted and declared by the Authority aforesaid That where any person or persons now in the possession of any Messuages Lands Tenements or Herements ought to be reprized for the same and after reprizals first set out to be removed from thence to make way for the restitution of any of the fifty four persons herein before named their Heirs or Assigns or for the restitution of any other person or persons herein before or after mentioned who by the Rules of this Act is made restorable after previous reprizals that there and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for all and every the person or persons so as aforesaid appointed to be removed to have receive and keep the rents issues and profits of all and singular the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof they are now in possession to their own use and behoof without any accompt to be therefore made or rendred until the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall have set out and allotted unto the person or persons so as aforesaid appointed to be removed such forfeited lands by way of reprizal as they shall adjudge to be due to them by the rules of this Act And all and every person and persons who after reprizals set out and allotted by the Commissioners shall refuse to accept of such reprizalls and shall detain and keep the possession of the lands from which they ought to be removed shall account for and pay unto the person who ought to be restored all the Rents and profits received from the time of setting out such reprizalls untill the restorable person shall be put into actual possession of the same any thing here in before or after contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted That all and every the Leases which have been made Bonâ Fide of any the lands or Tenements which by virtue of any clause in this Act are to be restored shall be held and enjoyed by the several and respective Tenants during their respective Leases they paying the Rents and services thereupon reserved and performing the covenants and agreements therein contained unto the person or persons to whom the Reversion thereof shall appertain but if such Leases have been made in consideration of a fine paid and by reason thereof a Lesser Rent hath been reserved than otherwise the premisses were worth to be let then the person to be removed shall pay or cause to be paid unto the person to be restored the said fine and shall be satisfied for such fine so paid by such an allotment of so much other forfeited lands as after the rate of eight years purchase may be Equivalent thereunto And it is further declared That no Restitution made unto any of the persons herein before named The Restitution of Francis Lord Bermingham Baron of Atthunry excepted shall any way extend to alter or diminish the right which the Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine can or may claim by virtue of this or the said former Act to the benefit arising from the Redemption of Mortgages Statutes Staple and Iudgements which do or may incumber the premisses so to be restored Nevertheless the four and fifty persons so as aforesaid to be restored their Heirs and Assignes The Lord Bermingham excepted shall have full power and Authority at any time within the space of two years next after the Royall assent to this Bill given to Redeem all and every the Mortgages Statutes and Iudgements which have been entred into by any forfeiting person or person not decreed innocent and do incumber the premisses so as the moneys thereupon due and owing for such part of the incumbrances as are within the security set a part for the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine be paid and satisfied unto their use the payment whereof shall be and is hereby declared a sufficient discharge of such incumbrance and no possession is to be delivered of the premisses untill the respective forfeited Incumbrances thereupon lying be paid and satisfied as aforesaid And all and every the Mortgages Statutes and Iudgements which have been entred into to any forfeiting person or person not declared innocent and do incumber the premisses or any part thereof herein before appointed to be restored unto the said Francis Lord Bermingham Baron of Atthunry shall be and are hereby released barred discharged and extinguished And the Commissioners for Execution of this Act are to set out so much other forfeited land as may be sufficient to satisfie the Officers who served before June One thousand six hundred forty nine for the several forfeited Incumbrances within their security and extinguished as aforesaid And to the end that the Protestants who upon or since the Seaventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine have been in the actual possession of any
William Petty his Executors Administrators or Assignes from time to time as often as any such Order or warrant shall be made to enter into all and every the lands in such Order or warrant mentioned and to levy the respective summs therein appointed to be paid not exceeding one penny the acre by distress and sale of such distress as shall there be found belonging to the occupiers of the said lands returning the overplus and whatsoever the Tenants or occupiers of the lands shall pay or shall otherwise be levied upon them as aforesaid not exceeding one penny the acre shall and may be deducted out of the rents by them respectively payable and for so much they and every of them shall be and are hereby discharged against their several and respective Landlords And because the Settlement now intended and endeavoured to be perfected would be very much obstructed if the Heirs or Assignes of Wentworth late Earl of Kildare should hold and enjoy the full benefit of a certain clause in the said former Act contained whereby the Preemption of all forfeited estates and interests held of or from Wentworth Earl of Kildare or George Earl of Kildare or either of them and of all other lands lying intermixt with the said Earl of Kildares estate is given to the said Wentworth late Earl of Kildare his Heirs and Assignes and further the arrears due to George Earl of Kildare for service before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine were appointed to be satisfied in the County of Kildare and else where lying most convenient to the said Earl of Kildares estate as the said Wentworth late Earl of Kildare should make choice of Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That so much of the said clause as concerns the preemption of forfeited estates and interests held of and intermixt with the Earl of Kildares grant as aforesaid or appoints the satisfaction of personal arrears for service to be within the County of Kildare or elsewhere at election as aforesaid shall be and is hereby repealed which arrears of the said George Earl of Kildare now belonging to Sir James Shaen Knight and Baronet Administrator of the said George Earl of Kildare are to be satisfied as in and by another clause herein after following and providing for the satisfaction of the interests of the said Sir James Shaen is declared and that in lieu and satisfaction of those privileges and advantages in and by the said clause given or intended to be given the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall forthwith set out or cause to be set out unto John now Earl of Kildare and his Heirs so much undisposed forfeited lands as shall be of the cleer yearly value of five hundred pounds per annum over and above all charges and reprizes therein shall take care that the same may be set out as neer unto the said Earls estate and as contiguous to the Lordship of Kilka in the County of Kildare as the same can conveniently be done and after such allotment and setting forth the same shall be granted by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of Ireland unto John Earl of Kildare and the Heirs Males of his body And for want of such issue to remain and be to Robert Fitz Gerald Esq uncle of the said John Earl of Kildare and the Heirs Males of his body and for default of such issue to the right Heirs of Wentworth late Earl of Kildare for ever subject nevertheless to the payment reimbursement and discharge in the first place of all such summ and summs of Money with interest for the same as upon any contract or bargain heretofore made by the said Wentworth late Earl of Kildare touching the benefit of the said former provisoe or touching the benefit of any part thereof have been paid unto the said late Earl or shall be paid hereafter to such Contractors during the minority of the the said John Earl of Kildare and lyable also to such other charges and payments as shall be necessarily made and disbursed in and for the settling and securing the premisses And that the Letters Patents so as aforesaid to be granted shall be of like force and effect as any other Letters Patents herein before appointed to be granted are or ought to be Provided alwayes and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That out of the estates of John Fitz Gerald John Magill and Ieoffrey Faning before by this Act vested in His Majestie his Heirs and Successors It shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governours of Ireland to restore unto and settle upon them and their Heirs respectively such part or parts of the said respective estates as they shall think fit Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Sir John Stephens Knight Governour of His Majesties Castle of Dublin shall and may have hold and enjoy to him his Executors and Assignes all and every the lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Cork which at any time were reputed to belong to Sir Brice Coghran by colour of any grant or guift of the late Vsurped powers and which are or have been possessed by the said Sir John Stephens by virtue of Letters Patents under the Great Seal or otherwise for and during such time and term of years and under such rents onely as in the said Letters Patents are expressed and no other so as he the said Sir John Stephens do place or cause to be placed upon so much of the premisses as shall be found to be within the securities set apart for satisfaction of the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine so much of the stated arrears due to such Officers which are satisfiable and for which no satisfaction hath yet been given as the value of the premisses may amount unto any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Moneyes which by virtue of this or the said former Act shall or may growe due unto His Majestie for or in respect of the measne profits of those lands which have been set out and received in satisfaction of any arrears for service done in England commonly called English arrears or for or in respect of the measne profits of those lands which have been set out to any person or persons in satisfaction of any Adventures upon the Ordinances commonly called the doubling Ordinances or for or in respect of any other measne profits which by this Act are made due and payable unto His Majestie as being received out of lands set out in satisfaction of interests not satisfiable by this or the said former Act and also all and every the summs of Money now due unto His Majestie which any person or persons transplanted into Connaght and since restored or hereafter to be restored to his former
of Adventures or Arrears or of purchases made in Connaght or any restitution to any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments the Incumbents of the severall Parochial Churches excepted such Fees and no other as the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour and Governours of Ireland and Councill there shall think fit and appoint and that after the same Fees so as aforesaid ascertained like remedy shall be given for the recovery thereof as in and by the said former Act is provided any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted That no Lease or Custodiam made or granted by the Kings Majestie unto Edward late Lord Bishop of Limerick now Lord Bishop of Corke Cloyne and Rosse or unto any other person or persons of any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in the Baronie or Baronies of Conello and Pople-Bryan in the County of Limerick or either of them whereof William Barker Esq by himself his Agents or undertenants was in possession the seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine shall any way prejudice the right Title Interest or Possession of the said William Barker of in or to the same but that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said William Barker his Heirs or Assignes to enter into and take possession of all and singular the said lands and Tenements in the said Baronies or either of them whereof he was so in possession not Decreed away by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act and the same to have hold and enjoy to him the said William Barker his Heirs and Assignes and that the said William Barker and his heirs shall have like priviledge and advantage in retaining the possession of the Premisses and in retrenching the third part thereof or placing such deficiencies thereupon as are satisfiable by the Rules of this Act as any Adventurer or Souldier ought to have and that the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall proceed to give such certificates thereof in order to the passing of Letters Patents as may be necessary for the finall Settlement of him the said William Barker his Heirs and Assignes in lieu and satisfaction of his purchase of Gilbert Marshall in as full and ample manner as he the said William Barker his Heirs or Assignes might have held and enjoyed the same if he the said William Barker had still continued in possession and as if no such Lease or Custodiam had ever been made or granted subject nevertheless to such Quitrents Services and Payments as other Adventurers in the said County of Limerick ought to pay and with like benefits and advantages as other adventurers ought to have by this Act any thing in the said Custodiam or in a certain clause for confirmation of the Patent granted to John Lord Kingston herein mentioned or any other matter or thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas it was provided by the said former Act that every of the Adventurers whose estates were to be confirmed should pay such summ or summs of money as the Committee of Adventurers sitting at Grocers-Hall London or any five or more of them should appoint not exceeding two pence for every twenty shillings adventured towards defraying of such publique charges as would conduce to the Settlement of that interest And whereas the same is to be levyed upon such persons as shall make default by distress and sale of their Goods The generality of such persons making default not liveing in this Kingdom the said provision hath been hitherto rendred very much fruitless Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for better answering of those ends and raising the said summs the several persons hereafter named viz. Sir Charles Lloyd Baronet Sir Stephen White William Barker Esq _____ Gower Esq _____ Ridge Esq _____ Lenthall Esq _____ Radcliffe Edward Smith Esq or the Major part of them or the Survivors or Survivor of them be and are hereby Authorized to be Treasurers of the said moneyes and shall and may by Order under their hands and Seals levy or cause to be levyed any summ or summs of Money that the said Committee of Adventurers or any seaven or more of them shall think fit and appoint upon all and every the Adventurers for lands in Ireland their lands Tenements and Hereditaments Lessees Tenants or Assignes by distress and Sale of their Goods rendering the overplus to the owners which said Lessees Tenants or Assignes shall be discharged of and may retain so much of their Rents in their hands as the said sum to be levyed shall amount unto such sum or sums of money so to be levyed not exceeding two pence for every twenty shillings originally paid and adventured and that shall be satisfied in lands in this Kingdom Provided alwayes that neither this nor any thing herein contained shall extend to charge any person or persons with any summ or summs of Money that hath been paid to any person or persons upon the account of the two pence in the pound in the said former Act granted but that such person or persons who received the same are to stand and be chargeable with and accountable unto the said Treasurers for all the Money by him or them received and the said Treasurers are to take care to imploy persons of integrity and trust for levying and collecting the said summs under very good security for whom they will answer and not to dispose of any summ or summs without order from the said Committee or any seaven or more of them to whom alone they are hereby made accountable And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith and without staying for any previous reprizal restore unto Sir Henry O Neil his Heirs and Assignes all and singular the lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Antrim whereof the said Henry O Neil or any other person in trust for him or to his use were or ought to have been seized or possest upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and that after such restitution in lieu and satisfaction thereof the said Commissioners do likewise with all convenient speed set out and allot or cause to be set out and allotted unto John Lord Vice-count Massareen his Heirs and Assignes so much other forfeited lands as may be of equal value worth and purchase to the lands so as aforesaid to be restored out of the lands in the County of Lowth or if there shall not be found sufficient in that County then out of other lands to be disposed of by this Act and that such further satisfaction be given the said Lord Massareen and his Heirs as is appointed by the said former Act and will stand with the rules of this Act so that the said lands may as neer as may be lye contiguous And that like effectual Letters Patents be
appurtenances in the said County of Wexford and all other Lordships Mannors Castles Lands Tenements Rents and Arrearages of Rents reserved and payable upon any Lease or Leases for lives or years or otherwise and all Reversions Remainders Services and Hereditaments late of the said Robert Wallop with their and every of their appurtenances in the said County of Wexford and also all that Priory or Rectory and Church Impropriate of Selsker in the said County of Wexford and all Houses Edifices Barns Stables Tythes Oblations Obventions Profits Commodities and Advantages whatsoever thereunto belonging or appertaining and all other Tithes or tenth parts of Corn Grain Hay Wool Lamb Fish and other Tithes whatsoever late of the said Robert Wallop yearly arising coming renewing or happening within the severall Parishes and Towns Vills fields hamletts tytheings and tytheable places of St. Margaret St. Ivern Ishartenon Kilmore Killame St. Peter Carycke Killoryn Ballysonon Ballnalden Killish Ardcavan and Ard-Collme Killmallock St. Nicholas Takillin Skreene Killisk Ballmestaine Selsker and St. Toolirck in the said County of Wexford and also all other Lordships Mannors Castles Abbeyes Towns Vills Territories Messuages Lands Tenements rents and arrearages of rents as aforesaid reversions tythes and hereditaments whatsoever in Ireland late the possessions of the said Robert Wallop and also all other Mannors Messuages Lands Tenements Meadowes feedings pastures woods under-woods tythes rents reversions and hereditaments together with all and singular Courts Courts-leet Courts-Baron viewes of Franckpledge and all that to Courts-Leete and viewes of Franckpledge appertaineth Perquisits and profits of Courts Chattels Waifes Estrayes Rights Iurisdictions Franchises Privileges Commodities Advantages Emoluments Hereditaments whatsoever to the aforesaid Lordships Mannors Castles Abbyes Lands Tenements Hereditaments and other the premisses aforesaid or any of them or any part or parcel of them in the said County of Wexford or elsewhere in this Kingdom of Ireland belonging or appertaining or accepted used reputed taken or known as part parcel or member of them or any part or parcel of them with their and every of their appurtenances late of the said Robert Wallop all which premisses by His Majesties Letters Patents under his Great Seal of England bearing date the six and twentieth day of September in the thirteenth year of his now Majesties Raign were mentioned to be granted by his said Majestie unto the said Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgeman and Sir Henry Vernon and their Heirs and all and singular conditions covenants forfeitures entries titles and rights in any Indenture or Indentures of Lease of the premisses or any of them specified or contained or otherwise And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid That all and singular the said Castles Mannors Hereditaments and premisses shall be and are hereby declared and adjudged to be vested and settled in the said Thomas Earl of Southampton Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgeman Sir Henry Vernon and their heirs and that as fully and amply as if the said Letters Patents had been good and effectual in law according to the intent and purpose thereof any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary hereof in any withstanding And be it further Enacted That Sir Maurice Eustace Knight late Lord Chancellor of Ireland Arthur Earl of Essex Roger Earl of Orrery Charles late Earl of Mountrath Richard Lord Baron of Coloone Michael late Lord Bishop of Cork now Lord Chancellor of Ireland and Lord Archbishop of Dublin John Lord Vicecount Massareen Marke Lord Vicecount Dungannon Rober Boyle Esq Sir Arthur Forbus Major George Rawdon now Sir George Rawdon Baronet and the relict and heirs of Sir Simon Harcourt and the relict and Children of Colonel George Cooke and the Orphans of Colonell Owen O Conelly Sir George Lane Sir James Waymes Sir George Ascough Sir Theophilus Jones Sir Walter Plunkett Sir George Preston Sir John Bellew Sir Martin Noel Sir St. John Broderick William Legg Esq Edward Vernon Esq Robert Southwell Esq Captain William Hamilton Maurice Keating Esq Erasmus Smith Esq Susanna Bastwick and her Children Sir William Pettie and all others particularly provided for in the said former Act and not particularly mentioned in this present Act and other special provisions made for them their heirs executors and Assigns do hold and enjoy to them their heirs and Assignes all and singular the lands tenements and hereditaments in and by the said former Act settled granted disposed and confirmed or mentioned meant or intended to be settled granted disposed and confirmed to them their heirs and Assignes and not already decreed away by such decrees as are herein confirmed and all other the benefits and advantages of this present Act and the benefits and advantages in and by the said former Act mentioned in any particular clause or other provisoe relating to them or any of them their heirs or Assignes the benefit of reprizals in the said former Act granted onely excepted any retrenchment or alteration thereof made by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland or any other matter or thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And it is further Enacted that Sir William Penn shall hold and enjoy to him and his heires all and singular the lands Tenements and hereditaments situate in the County of Cork whereof he the said Sir William Penn by himself or his under tenants was upon the first day of March One thousand six hundred sixty and four in possession as tenant to his Majestie and in case the same shall fall short of the full value of One thousand pound per annum over and above all Quit rents charges and reprizes the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall cause so much other forfeited land to be sett out and allotted unto the said Sir William Penn his Heirs and Assignes as may make up the same to the full cleer yearly value of One thousand pounds per annum as aforesaid and in case the lands held by the said Sir William Penn his undertenants or Assignes upon the said first day of March One thousand six hundred sixty and four shall exceed the value of One thousand pound per annum over and above all Quit rents charges and reprizes as aforesaid he the said Sir William Penn his Heirs and Assignes shall reconvey unto his Majestie his Heirs and Successors so much thereof as by the Commissioners for the execution of this Act shall be declared or by any Inquisition to be taken within two years after the Royal assent given to this Bill shall be found to be over and above the value of One thousand pounds per annum as aforesaid And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Earl of Clanrickard Earl of Castlehaven Morrough Earl of Inchequin the Earl of Clancarty Lord Vice-Count Dillon Simon Luttrell Dudley Bagnall Esq Henry Bagnall Catherine Corbett Theobald Purcell Esq and such others who are particularly mentioned in the said former Act to be restored to their estates and therein
and thereby are actually restored without any Previous reprizall and their and every of their Executors and Assignes shall stand and continue restored to and vested in such their estates thereby intended and shall have and enjoy the lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other the benefits and advantages of the said former Act in such manner and form and for such estates and with such privileges immunities and discharges respectively as in and by the said former Act are mentioned and expressed Nevertheless it is hereby declared that this restitution and confirmation is not to extend to any lands Tenements or Hereditaments other than such as did truely and without fraud upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty and one belong to and were enjoyed by the said persons or some of them their or some of their Ancestors or Heirs or were in the possession and seizin of some others in trust for them or some of them or be particularly expressed in the several and respective clauses of the said former Act And to the end it may more cleerly appear how much land the persons aforesaid are truely intitled unto by virtue of this or the said former Act and how farr the persons who are or shall be dispossessed by them or any of them ought to be relieved by virtue of this Act It is further Enacted that all and every the persons aforesaid who claim any benefit by the clauses aforesaid shall make out such their title as to the several parcels of land which they demand before the Commissioners for Execution of this Act within such time as shall be limited by the Commissioners and take out their Decrees for so much as shall be allowed upon their Claims and in default thereof shall forfeit two years value of the lands in their or any of their possessions respectively or in the possession of their tenants or Trustees one Moyety to the Kings Majestie the other to the Informer to be recovered in like manner as other forfeitures are by this Act appointed to be recovered And it is further declared and Enacted That Thomas Pigott Esq and Matthew Lock Esq shall have and enjoy to them and their Heirs two full third parts of the lands in Westmeath settled on them by the said former Act with like libertie of Retrenchment retaining possession and of demanding and having Letters Patents as other Adventurers and Souldiers ought to have and as if the said lands in Westmeath had been in the possession of the said Thomas Pigott and Matthew Lock on the Seaventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty and nine and had been allotted to them as original Adventurers any thing herein before to the contrary notwithstanding And it is hereby declared and further Enacted That if any of the said persons herein before mentioned to be restored and appointed to take out Decrees as aforesaid or any others who by virtue of any Decrees heretofore made by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act have been restored shall at any time within two years next ensuing be found by colour of some clause in the said former Act or Decree as aforesaid to have entred upon and kept possession of more land than did rightfully belong unto them and was in their possession on the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty and one unles the same land were particularly expressed and given in some clause in the said former Act contained that then and in such case the person so offending shall forfeit double the value of the land so fraudulently possessed and detained unless the said offendor shall within three months next after the first sitting of the Commissioners for the Execution of this present Act discover and declare the same to the said Commissioners and openly relinquish and surrender the possession so unduely detained as aforesaid of which forfeiture one third part shall be to our Soveraign Lord the King and the other two thirds to him or them that will sue for the same to be recovered by action of Debt Bill Plaint or information in any of the four Courts of Record at Dublin wherein no essoyne Protection or wager of law shall be or any more than one imparlance And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the clauses in the said former Act contained and not herein altered explained or repealed and which will consist with the Execution of this Act shall be and so are hereby declared to remain and be of such like force and effect as the same were before the passing of this Act and that all other the clauses which will not consist with the effectual Execution of this Act shall be and are hereby repealed any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding And further that all and every the clauses in this or the said former Act contained so farr as the same remain in force shall be construed expounded and taken in all Courts and places whatsoever most liberally and beneficially for the protecting settling and establishing the persons estates and interests of Protestants who are principally intended by these presents to be settled and secured And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Decrees made by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act whereby any Protestant or Protestants have been declared innocent shall be and are hereby absolutely confirmed and also that all Decrees whereby any Papist or Papists have been declared innocent and which shall be taken out within three months after the first sitting of the Commissioners for Execution of this present Act shall be and are hereby absolutely confirmed according to the tenor purport and effect of the same any exception touching the time wherein the same Decrees were made and any irregularity or pretended irregularity in not pursuing the Declaration Instructions and the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding such Decrees wherein any lands are comprehended or which any Protestant or Protestants was or were possessed before the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and which were never seized or sequestred or set apart upon the accompt of the late Rebellion or warr and such Decrees wherein more lands are Decreed to the Claimant than were claimed by him as to those lands so Decreed beyond the claim onely excepted which are hereby declared as for so much to be utterly void so as the same be discovered within six moneths next after the first sitting of the Commissioners subject nevertheless to such penalties as in this and the said former Act are contained touching false and fraudulent Claims so as the same be discovered within two years next ensuing the passing of this present Act. Provided always and be it Enacted That no person or persons who by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act have been adjudged and declared innocent and to whom any Land Tenements or Hereditaments have been adjudged and restored
Act Colonel John Fitz Patrick of Castle-Town in the Queens County is restored in blood and also restored unto and vested in the real and actual possession and seizin to him and his Heirs of all and every the Castles Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments reversions 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 upon which words Seized or possessed some doubt or question in law may arise how far the said clause may avail the said Colonel Fitz Patrick by reason that a certain Office or Inquisition was found in the nineteenth year of King James by which His Majestie is or may be intiled or presented to be intitled to the whole Territory of Upper Ossery within which place the Lands intended to be restored to the said Colonel John Fitz Patrick do lye and so by consequence the seizin and possession thereof which was in the said Colonel John Fitz Patricks Grandfather at the time of the said Office or Inquisition found may be from the said nineteenth year of King James conceived to have been in the Kings Majestie and not not in the said Colonel Fitz Patricks Grandfather or any other in trust for him although he or some of them were then in the Actual possession and occupation thereof and received the profits Be it therefore Enacted and explained by the Authority aforesaid that the said Colonel John Fitz Patrick shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs the full benefit of the clause and provisoe in the said former Act contained the said Office of Inquisition or any other matter or thing in the said former Act or this present Act to the contrary notwithstanding And it is hereby declared and Enacted that all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers their Heirs and Assigns to whom any Lands or Tenements in the Queens County were set out and allotted and whereof they were possest the seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty and nine the Lands of the said John Fitz Patrick excepted shall hold and enjoy such part of the said Lands and Tenements as will be due to them by the Rules of this Act the said Office or Inquisition in the nineteenth year of King James to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwaies that all and singular the Clauses in the said former Act contained wherein or whereby any Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments are granted to or vested in Theobald Earl of Carlingford or whereby any other benefit or advantage can or may accrue unto the said Earl of Carlingford shall be and are hereby again confirmed and shall be enioyed by the said Earl of Carlingford in as full and ample manner as in the said Act is contained any retrenchment change or other alteration thereof made by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland and any other clause matter or thing in the said former Act or this present Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided alwaies and it is hereby declared and Enacted That Sir Richard Ingoldsby Knight of the Bath and Sir Henry Ingoldsby Baronet shall hold enjoy to them and their Heirs all and singular the Lands within and contiguous to the Mileline in the County of Clare which were set out to them or either of them in satisfaction of fifteen hundred and fifteen pounds eleaven shillings two pence with their Houses and Gardens in Limerick and also all and every their Lands of which they or either of them were possessed by themselves or their Tenants the seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty and nine such part of the Premisses onely excepted as have been Decreed away by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And Whereas Captain Henry Finch late of Londonderry Deceased in pursuance of a Commission from Sir William Parsons and Sir John Birlacy sometimes Lords Iustices of Ireland did in the moneth of November One thousand six hundred forty one levy and Arm a Company of Foot consisting of One hundred Men besides Officers in the County of the City of Londonderry and maintained the said Company for three years at his own charges and continued in the command of the said Company against the Rebels from the moneth of November One thousand six hundred forty one until the moneth of October One thousand six hundred forty and eight and was then disbanded without receiving any the least satisfaction and yet nevertheless the arrears due to the said Henry Finch for his service before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine have not been cast up nor stated by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act partly by reason of some doubt conceived that the said Company was not upon the establishment of the Ulster Army Whereas in truth the said Company was received into the said establishment though the Order whereby the same should be made appear could not then be produced and partly by reason of other accidents Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith and before any distribution made of the Houses lands Tenements Hereditaments or summs of money herein before appointed for the security and satisfaction of such Commissioned Officers as served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine cast up and state the arrears which were due to the said Henry Finch Deceased for the service aforesaid and that after the arrears so stated William Finch and Henry Finch Sonns and Administrators of the said Henry Finch Deceased shall be satisfied and paid and are hereby Enabled to demand and receive satisfaction equally and proportionably having respect to the arrears stated and in like manner as any other Commissioned Officer who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine and whose arrears are stated and allowed by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act may or ought to be satisfied and as fully and amply as if the arrears which were due to the said Henry Finch Deceased had been stated and allowed within the time limited by the said former Act any thing in the said former Act or this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Alice Countess Dowager of Barrimore would have been lawfully intitled unto the payment of and satisfaction for the several respective arrears which were due unto David late Earl of Barrimore ber Husband and to James Barry her son deceased as Commissioned Officers for service done in Ireland before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine if the same had been duely stated and allowed within the time limited by the said former Act And whereas also Dennis Muschampe Esq would
assigned shall be and are hereby vested in his Majestie his Heirs and Successors and discharged of the uses or trusts in this or the said former Act expressed any thing in this or the said former Act or any other Act matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the fifty four persons herein after named That is to say The Earl of Westmeath the Lord Vice-count Ikerryn The Lord Baron of Dunboyne The Lord Baron of Trymletstown The Lord Baron of Upper-Ossory The Lord Bermingham Baron of Athunry Colonel Richard Butler Sir Richard Barnwell Baronet Sir Redmund Everard Baronet Sir Dermott O Shagnussey Knight Master Edmund Fitz Gerald of Balymalo Master Thomas Butler of Killcomell Master _____ Macnemarra of Crevagh Master David Power of Kibolane Master Donnogh O Callaghan of Clonmeen Master Barnard Talbott of Rathdown Conly Geoghegan of Donore who were mentioned amongst the thirty eight persons in his Majesties late Gracious Declaration and were restored after reprizalls set out and for whom no provision hath yet been made and also the Heirs of Sir Lucas Dillon Knight the Heirs of Sir Valentine Blake Baronet Sir Robert Talbott Knight Sir Richard Blake Knight Doctor Gerrard Fennell Geoffry Browne John Browne of the Neale John walsh Thomas Terrill Edmund Dillon Francis Coghlan of Kilcolgan in the Kings County Robert Nugent of Cartlanstown Sir John Bourke of Derry-Maclaghney Thomas Arthur Esq Doctor in Physick Gerald Fleming of Castle-Fleming and Bartholemew Stackpoole Esquires who were also mentioned in the said former Act to be restored to their former estates as aforesaid and for whom no provision hath yet been made And also the Lord Baron of Brittas Master Tute Sonn to Andrew Boy Tute of Cullanmore in the County of Westmeath Esq Master _____ Walsh Heir of David Walsh of Bally-Beaghan in the County of Tipperary Esq Sir Edmund Bourke Baronet Sonn to Sir Vlick Bourke of Giusk in the County of Roscomon Baronet Deceased Sir Thomas Esmond Baronet Sir Lucas Dowdall Knight Sonn of Lawrence Dowdall of Athlumney in the County of Meath Esq Master _____ Walsh Heir of Walter Walsh of Castle Hoyle in the County of Kilkenny Esq Edward Wall of Ballinikill in the County of Catherlagh Esq Master _____ Butler Sonn of Theobald Butler Sonn of James Butler of Derry-Luscan in the County of Tipperary Esq James Tobyn of Killaghee in the County of Tipperary Esq Richard Butler of Ballinikill in the County of Tipperary Esq Philip Purcell of Ballyfoyle in the County of Kilkenny Esq Sir Edmund Fitz Gerald of Clanlish in the County of Limerick Baronet Peirce Walsh of Abbey Owhney in the County of Limerick Esq John Power of Doneile in the County of Waterford Esq Peirce Power of Money Largy in the County of Waterford Esquire William Brabazon the Heir of Anthony Brabazon of Balinaslo in the County of Roscomon Esq Daniel O Brien of Dnogh in the County of Clare Esq Lord Vice-count Iveagh Sir Edward Fitz Harris of Clogh-Notefoy in the County of Limerick Baronet John Cantwell of Mokarky in the County of Tipperary Esq and their Heirs and Assignes shall by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act be restored unto their severall and respective principall Seats That is to say unto their severall and respective principal Messuages Houses or Castles Kilmedan and the lands thereunto belonging excepted or in case they have severall Messuages Houses or Castles to such of their severall messuages Houses or Castles Kilmedan and the land thereunto belonging excepted as they shall respectively choose within two months after the first sitting of the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and unto two thousand acres of land thereunto adjoyning if they or any of them their or any of their Ancestors or any other in trust for them or any of them or to their or any of their use were seized or possessed of so much upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and were thereunto lawfully and rightfully intitled And in case they or any of them their or any of their Ancestors or any other in trust for them or any of them or to their use were not seized or possessed upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one of two thousand acres as aforesaid then unto so much thereof as they were seized or possessed of as aforesaid and which lyes contiguous to their respective principall Seats and if any of the four and fifty Persons herein before named shall be found to be in possession of any messuage and lands thereunto adjoyning which to them or any of them did rightfully belong upon the said two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and the lands so possessed shall be found to exceed the quantity of two thousand acres it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Cheif Governour or Governours of Ireland and Councill there for the time being to cause so much thereof as shall exceed the quantity of two thousand acres to be retrenched and cut off in such way and manner as they shall think fit and the land so retrencht shall remain and be vested in His Majestie to the end that the same may be further disposed to the uses of this Act And for the better support of such of the four and fifty Persons herein before named who shall not have two thousand acres near adjoyning and lying contiguous unto his and their respective Seats to which they are to be restored or having two thousand acres shall not be thought to be thereby sufficiently provided for It is further declared and Enacted That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour and Governours of Ireland and Council there for the time being upon due consideration had of the several and respective cases and merits of the persons aforesaid to direct and appoint the Commissioners for Execution of this Act to set out and allot or cause to be set out and allotted unto any of the persons aforesaid or their Heirs so much of the forfeited lands which shall remain undisposed after the several Protestant interests herein before provided for shall be satisfied as the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours Council shall think fit Provided alwayes That nothing herein contained shall extend to restore or intitle the said Sir Thomas Esmond Baronet to the possession of any Messuages Mannors lands Tenements or Hereditaments whereof George Duke of Albemarle is now in possession by himself or his under-under-tenants or any wayes intitled thereunto but that the same shall be held and enjoyed by the said George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs and Assignes any thing herein before contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided also That if any person or persons shall within the space of six monthes next after the Royal assent to this Bill actually given alleage before the
to the payment of such further Quit-rents as any other lands within the same County or Province are Subject unto And the Commissioners for Execution of this Act are hereby required with all convenient Speed to set out and allot unto all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers their Heirs and Assignes who shall be dispossessed by the restitution of the said Marquess so much other forfeited land as may be sufficient to reprize and satisfie the persons so to be removed for their several and respective two full third parts which will be due to them by the rules of this Act And for the better enabling the said Marquess of Antrim to pay his Debts when he shall be restored by sale of land or otherwise which cannot well be done unless the Reversion or remainder in Fee expectant upon the said estate Tayle be taken out of the Crown It is therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the lands and Tenements so as aforesaid appointed to be restored And all and every the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders thereof shall be and are hereby vested and settled in Alexander MacDonnell Brother of the said Marquess and his Heirs as a remainder in Fee expectant upon the Death of the said Marquess without issue male Provided alwayes and it is hereby Enacted that no fine recovery or other Act or thing whatsoever to be done or suffered by the said Marquess other than Leases for one and forty years or three lives in possession and not in reversion whereupon the Highest improved Rent which the same were let for in the year One thousand six hundred thirty and five shall be reserved touching or concerning any the Messuages lands Tenements or Hereditaments situat lying within the Barony of Donluce in the County of Antrim shall any way extend to Barr discontinue defeat or incumber the remainder thereof intended by this Act to be settled upon the said Alexander but that the said messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Barony of Donluce in the County of Antrim shall after the Death of the said Marquess without issue male of his Body remain and be in the said Alexander Mac Donnel and his Heirs Any such Fine Recovery or other Act or thing done or suffered to the contrary notwithstanding Nevertheless it is hereby declared That as to all other the Lands and Tenements so as aforesaid to be restored it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Marquess by Fine Recovery or any other way be shall think fit to bar discontinue defeat or incumber the remainder thereof so limited and settled as aforesaid Provided always and it is Enacted That nothing herein contained shall any way extend to restore the said Marquess of Antrim to the possession of any Lands which he the said Marquess or his father did heretofore grant or convey in Fee Farm to any forfeiting person or persons not declared innocent or to the possession of any lands whereof he the said Marquess or His Father did make any Lease for lives or years to any forfeiting person or person not declared innocent during the lawful continuance of such Lease but that the Lands so granted in Fee Farm or Demised as aforesaid shall be put into the possession of such person and persons for and towards the satisfaction of their two third parts as would have been intitled to the same if the said Decree had not been made nor the said Marquess hereby restored Any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding saving to the said Marquess and his heirs the Rents and Services due and to be due for the premisses Provided also That nothing herein contained shall any way extend to bar or hinder Rose Lady Marquess of Antrim of her Right and Title of Dower of in or to any the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so as aforesaid to be restored but that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Lady Marquess after the death of the said Lord Marquess her husband to sue for and recover her Dower of the said Lands and Tenements Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall forthwith and without staying for any previous Reprizal set out restore and allot or cause to be set out restored and allotted unto the said Alexander Mac Donnel and his Heirs all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Barony of Glanarm in the County of Antrim which were settled or intended to be settled upon him the said Alexander Mac Donnel by his late father and all other the Estate Right Title and Interest whereof he the said Alexander Mac Donnel or any other in trust for him was seized or possessed upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty and one Impropriations and appropriate tythes excepted subject to the debts and Incumbrances of him the said Alexander Mac Donnel and such other debts as were thereupon charged by the Father of the said Alexander and lyable to a proportionable part of the Rent-charge granted to Alice Countess of Antrim and to such Quit-Rents as by this Act are payable for lands in the same Province Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And to prevent all Riots or Disturbances which may happen in taking or keeping possession of the premisses before the final settlement thereof It is further Declared That so much of the premisses hereby intended to be restored to the said Marquess whereof the said Marquess by himself or his Vnder-tenants was in possession upon the first of July One thousand six hundred sixty and five shall remain and continue in his and their possession until restitution be thereof made by the Commissioners as aforesaid And that the Adventures and Souldiers their Heirs and Assigns may retain so much of the premisses hereby intended to be restored to the said Marquess and the said Alexander Mac Donnel whereof they were in in possession the said first of July One thousand six hundred sixty five until restitution be thereof made by the said Commissioners as aforesaid And that Alexander mac Donnel may enter upon all the premisses hereby intended to be restored to him which are not in possession of Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assigns and the same to retain and keep in his possession until restitution thereof be made by the Commissioners as aforesaid And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Mannor of Edenduffcarick and all other the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Baronies of Toom and Antrim which were given and bequeathed to Rose Lady Marquess of Antrim by the last Will and Testament of Sir Henry O Neile her deceased Father shall be held and enjoyed by the said Lady Marquess and her Heirs Any Prosecution had against the said Lord Marquess her Husband or any other matter
alwaies and it is hereby Enacted That it shall and may be lawful to and for Richard Stephens the younger to hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the messuages and lands Tenements and other the Hereditaments situat lying and being in and about the Town and Corporation of Kells in the County of Eastmeath whereof he the said Richard Stephens the younger by himself or his under-under-tenants was seized or possessed upon the Seaventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine and which lye within the securities set apart for the satisfaction of the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine he the said Richard Stephens placing thereupon so many Debentures for arrears due for service done before the said fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine for which no satisfaction hath yet been given and which are satisfiable by the rules of this or the said former Act as do amount unto the full summ of three hundred pounds any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Sir Theophilus Jones Knight was heretofore settled in and planted upon a Messuage and certain Lands in and about Lucan and now by virtue of some Decree made by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act and herein confirmed is onely to enjoy the said Messuages and Lands during the life of Patrick Sarsfield who was declared nocent after whose death the said lands are declared to come unto William son of the said Patrick an infant and the heirs males of his body by reason whereof the said Sir Theophilus Jones is likely to sustain great prejudice if due consideration be not had of his improvements Be it declared and Enacted That the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall forthwith set out and allot unto the said Sir Theophilus Jones and his heirs so much forfeited land as may be sufficient in value worth and purchase fully to reprize the said Sir Theophilus Jones for the Messuage Lands and Improvements which have been so evicted and decreed away from him Any clause matter or thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always That it shall and may be lawful to and for Pierce Creagh to hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Province of Connaught and County of Clare or either of them whereof he the said Pierce Creagh is now in possession by himself or his vnder-Vnder-tenants and into which the said Pierce Creagh was transplanted by the late Vsurpers Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And because the Adventurers and Souldiers are by this Act exempted from payment of such Fees to the Officers attending both Houses of Parliament and others as in and by the said former Act might have been demanded or pretended to as due Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland and Council there to assess and impose upon all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers who by the said former Act were lyable or might be pretended to be lyable to the payment of such Fees such further and other sums of money not exceeding Five thousand pounds as they shall think fit and to cause the same to be levyed in such manner as any other the sums herein before imposed are levyable and to be paid to the Receivers aforesaid to the end the same may be issued out unto and distributed amongst such Officers in such manner and according to such proportions as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour and Council after the advice of both Houses of Parliament thereupon had shall direct and appoint Provided always and be it further Cnacted by the Authority aforesaid That Colonel William Leg one of the Grooms of His Majesties Bed-Chamber shall in lieu of what hath been retrenched of his Provisoe in the former Act have hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments by His Majesties Letters Patents to him granted and passed under the Great Seal of Ireland pursuant to and according to the tenor and effect of His Majesties Letters under His Privy Signet and Sign Manual bearing date at Whitehal the Nineteenth day of January One thousand six hundred sixty and three without any Retrenchment or Defalcation whatsoever Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted That James Fitz Gerald of Laragh in the County of Westmeath and his Heirs shall have the like restitution priviledges advantages and benefits in all respects as any of the fifty four persons provided for by this Act Any thing therein contained or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding His Majestie being fully satisfied of the constant loyalty and Innocence of Robert Arthur deceased late of Dublin Alderman and of John Arthur his son and heir who were both Inhabitants of Dublin is graciously pleased That it be Enacted be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said John Arthur shall be by the said Commissioners restored unto settled and established in the quiet possession and shall thenceforth have hold possess and enjoy to him and his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns respectively all and singular the Mannors Houses Castles Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Reversions Remainders Leases Rights Titles Interests and Estates whatsoever in the Kingdom of Ireland which the said Robert Arthur or any other person or persons in trust for him or to his use had held or enjoyed on the twenty second of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since Except what thereof is in the hands of Adventurers or Souldiers or is in the City of Dublin for which the said John is to be forthwith reprized elsewhere to the full value thereof as neer and contiguous to the said City as conveniently may be and the said John Arthur is likewise restored unto and is hereby enabled to demand recover and receive to his own use all and singular the debts and sums of money which at any time heretofore were due and owing to him the said Robert Arthur and are still unpaid This present or any other Act Clause matter or thing therein to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Randall Marquess of Antrim did on or about the One and twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty seven demise and grant the Barony of Cary the Lordship of Ballycastle and the Island of Rathcline and all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments within the said Barony Island and Lordship unto Alexander Macdonnell John Moore Archbald Steward and John Trayleman for the term of ninety nine years from Michaelmas One thousand six hundred thirty seven in trust for payment of certain debts