HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT AN Act for the graunt of one entier Subsidie by the Temporaltie DVBLIN Imprinted by Iohn Franckton Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiesty Anno 1615. An Act for the graunt of one entier Subsidy by the Temporaltie THis your Maiesties Realme of Ireland most dread and gratious Soueraigne hath in former times beene subiect to so many miseries as that it hath beene a continuall burthen to the Crowne of England without yeelding any retribution or returning of any commodity or profitt to the same And albeit infinit Treasures haue beene from time to time expended in and vppon this Kingdome yet did it neuer thereby become more rich and wealthy but continued in want and penurie as it was before The true cause whereof did arise from the great and long discentions and troubles which did waste and depopulate the whole Land made all possessions vncertaine and disabled the Subiects to improoue the commodities of the same But forasmuch as since the beginning of your Maiesties most happy Raigne all the causes of warre discention and discontentment are taken away by the rooting out of many wicked and vngratefull Traytors by receauing all the Irishry into your gratious Protection by setling of your Subiects estates in their Lands by your Commissions for Surrendors and defectiue Titles by securing their liues as well by generall as particular Pardons by remitting many great arrears of Rents meane profits and forfeitures by confirming and enlarging the Priuiledges of your Cytties and Townes Corporate by establishing the Circuits and visitations of Iustice throughout the Kingdome And lastly by the Plantation of â—lster with Brittish Colonies your Maiestie now being in the absolute and peaceable possession of this your Vineyard and hauing cleered it from the thornes and bryers of Rebellion fenced it as well with the Law as with the Swoord planted it with so many Ciuill Subiects of England and Scotland may now iustly expect some fruite thereof And therefore wee your Maiesties most loyall and louing Subiects assembled in this present Parliament most gratefully acknowledging that wee haue receaued from your Maiestie these inestimable benefits before expressed doe with all duety humble affection present vnto your Highnes one entyer Subsidy most humbly beseeching your Maiestie to accept thereof as the first fruites of this your poore Kingdome of Ireland and to that end wee humbly beseech your Maiestie that it may be enacted And be it enacted by the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same that your Highnes your Heires and Successors shall haue and receaue one entyer Subsidy to bee rated taxed leuied and payd at two seuerall and equall payments of euery person Spirituall and Temporall of what estate or degree hee or they be according to the Tenour of this Act in manner and forme following That is to say as well that euery person borne within this Realme or other his Maiesties Dominions as all and euery Fraternity Guild Corporation Mysterie brotherhood and CoÌ„monalty corporated or not corporated within this Realme or other his Maiesties Dominions being worth three poundes for euery pound as well in Coine and the value of euery pound that euery such person Fraternity Guild Corporation Mystery brotherhood and Commonalty corporate or not corporate hath of his or their owne or any other to his or their vse As also Plate stocke of Marchandise all manner of Corne and Graine housholdstuffe and of all other goods mooueable as well within this Realme as without and of all such summes of money as to him or them is or shal be owing whereof hee or they trust in his or their conscience surely to bee payed except and out of the premises deducted such summes of money as he or they owe and in his or their consciences intendeth truely to pay And except also the apparell of euery such person their Wiues and Children belonging to their owne bodies sauing Iewels Gould Siluer Stone and Pearle shall pay to and for the said Subsidy in two seuerall payments two shillings eight pence of euery pound that is to say sixteene pence of euery pound at euery of the said payments And also euery alien and Stranger borne out of the Kings obeysance as well Denizen as others inhabiting within this Realme of euery pound that hee or they shall haue in Coine and the value of euery pound in Plate Corne Graine Marchandise houshould-stuffe or other goods Iewests Chattels mooueable or vnmonueable as is aforesaid as well within this Realme as without of all summes of money to him or them owing whereof he or they trust in his or their conscience to be paid except and out of the same premises deducted euery such summe or suÌ„mes of money which he or they doe owe and in his or their conscience or consciences intend truely to pay shall pay to and for the said Subsidie in two feuerall payments fiue shillings and foure pence of euery pound that is to say two shillings eight pence of euery pound at euery of the said payments And also that euery Alien and Stranger borne out of the Kings Dominions being Denizen or not Denizen not being contributory to any the Rates aforesaid and being of the age of seauen yeares or aboue shall pay to and for the said Subsidy eight pence for euery Poll at two seuerall payments that is to say foure pence for euery Poll at euery of the said payments and the master or hee or shee with whome the said Alien is or shal be abyding at the time of the taxation or taxations thereof to bee charged with the same for lacke of payment thereof And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that euery person borne vnder the Kings obeysance and euery Corporation Fraternity Guild Mistery Brotherhood Commonalty corporate or not corporate for euery pound that euery of the said persons and euery Corporation Fraternity Guild Mistery Brotherhood CoÌ„monalty Corporate or not Corporate or any other to his or their vse hath in Fee-simple Fee-tayle for tearme of life tearme of yeares by execution wardshipp or by coppie of Court Roll of in any Honors Castles Mannors Lands Tenements Rents Seruices Hereditaments Annuities Fees Corrodies or other yearly profits of the yearly value of twenty shillings as well within auncient demeasne and other places priuiledged as elsâ—where and so vpward shall pay to and for the said Subsidy at two seuerall payments foure shillings of and for euery pound and euery Alien Denizen or not Denizen borne oâ— of his Maiesties obeysaneâ— in such case to pay to and for the said Subsidy at two seuerall equall payments eight â—â—â—llings of euery pound and that all summies to bee presented and chargeable by this Act either for goods and debtes or either of them or for lands and Tenements and other the premises as is in this Act contained shal be at euery of the said payments
the said Commissioners which then shall haue taken vppon them the execution of any part of the said Commission shall by himselfe or his sufficient Deputie truely certifie and bring forth vnto the said Commissioners named in the said Commission the certificate and presentment made before him and such other Commissioners as were limitted with him in one limitt so that the same certificate may bee accounpted and cast with th' other certificats of th' other limits within the same Commission and then the said Commissioners and euerie number of them vnto two at the least as is aforesaid if any bee in life or their executors or administrators of their goods if they then bee dead shall ioyntly and seuerally as they were deuided in their limits vnder their Seales by their discretion make one or seuerall writings indented containing in it as well the names of the said Collectors by the Commissioners for such collection and accounpts in the Exchecquer and payments in the same Receipt deputed and assigned as the grosse and seuerall summes written vnto euerie such Collectors to receaue the said Subsidie and also all fines amerciaments and other forfeitures if any such by reason of this Act happen to bee within the Precinct and limitt of their Commission to bee certified into the Kings Maiesties said Exchecquer by the said Commissioners in which writing or writings indented so to bee certified shal be plainely declared and expressed the whole and entire summe or summes of the said Subsidies seuerally limitted to the collection of the said Collectors seuerally deputed and assigned to the collection of the said summes so that none of the said Collectors so certified in the said Exchecquer shal be compelled there to accoumpt or to bee charged but onely to and for the summes limitted to his collection and not to and for any summe limitted to the collection of his fellowes but euerie of them shal be seuerally charged for their part limitted to their collection And if the said Commissioners ioyned in one Commission amongst themselues in that matter cannot agree or if any of them bee not ready or refuse to make certificate with other of the same Commissioners that then the said Commissioners may make seuerall Indentures in forme aforesaid of their seuerall limits or separations of Collectors within the limitts of their Commission vpon and in the Baronies Cantreds or such other like deuisions within the said seuerall limitts of their Commission as the places there shall require to bee seuered and deuided and as to the same Commissioners shall seeme good to make deuisions of their limitts or Collections for the seuerall charges of the same Collectors so that alway one Collector shal be charged and accoumpt for his part to him to bee limitted onely by himselfe and not for any summe limitted to the part of any of his fellowes and the charges of euerie of the Collectors to bee set and certified seuerally vppon them And euerie such Collector vppon his accoumpt and payment of the summe of money limitted within his collection to bee seuerally by himselfe acquitted and discharged in the said Exchecquer without paying any manner of Fees or rewardes to any person or persons for the same vppon paine and penaltie last abouesaid and not to bee charged for any portion of any other collector and if any Commissioner after he hath taken certificate of them that as is aforesaid shalve lefore any such Commissioners examined and the summes rated and set and the Books writings thereof being in his hands or if any Collector or other person charged with any Receipt of any part of the said Subsidie or any other person taxed or otherwise by this Act charged with or for any parcell of the said Substdie or with any other summe Fine amerciament penaltie or other forfeiture happen to die before the Commissioners Collectors or other whatsoeuer person or persons haue executed accomplished satissied or sufficiently discharged that which to euerie such person shall appertaine or belong to doe according to this Act then the executors and heires of euerie such person and all other seissed of any Lands and Cenements that any such person being charged by this Act and deceasing before hee be discharged thereof or any other to his vse onely had of estate of inheritance at the time that any such person was named Commissioner Collector or otherwise charged with or for any manner of thing to bee done satisfied or payd by reason of this Act and all those that haue in their possessions or hands any Goods Chattels Leases or other things that were to any person or persons at the time of his death or any Lands or Tenements that were to the same persons at the time hee was as is aforesaid charged by this Act shalve by the same compelled and charged to doe and accomplish in euerie Case as the same person so being charged should haue done or might haue beene compelled to doe it hee had beene 〈◊〉 plaâ—e life after such rate of the Lands and Goods of the said Commissioner or Collector as the partie shall haue in his hands and if the said Commissioners for causes reasonable them moueing shall thinke it not conuenient to ioyne in one certificate as is aforsaid Then the said person or persons that shall first ioyne together or hee that shall first certifie the said writing indented as is aforesaid shall certifie all the names of the Commissioners of that Commission wherevppon such writing shal be there then to bee certified with deuision of the Baronies Cantreds Hundreds Tythings and other places to and among such Commissioners of the same Commission with the names of the same Commissioners where such separations and deuisions shal be with the grosse summes of money as well of and for the said Subsidie taxed or set of or within the said Baronies Cantreds Hundreds Tythings or other places to him or them deuided or assigned that shall so certifie the said first writing as of the Fines amerciaments penalties other forfeitures if any happen to bee within the same limits whereof the same writings shaide certiâ—ed and after such writing indented which as is aforesaid shal be certified and not containe in it the whole and full summes set and taxed within the limits of the said Commission the other Commissioners of the same before the day of payment of the said Subsidie shall certifie into the said Exchecquer by their writing or writings indented to bee made as is aforesaid the grosse and seuerall summes set and taxed within the places to them limitted for the said Subsidie and other Fines amerciaments penalties and forfeitures with the names of the Baronies Cantreds Hundreds Tythings and other places to them assigned or else by their said writings indented to certifie at the same place before the same day of payment such reasonable causes for their excuses whie they may not make such certificate of and for the said Subsidies Fines amerciaments and other causes growing or set by reason of the causes of their lets or of their not certifying as is aforesaid or else in default thereof processe to bee made out of the Kings Maiesties said Exchecquer against the said Commissioners and euerie of them not making certificate as is aforesaid by the discretion of the Treasurer and Baruns of the said Exchecquer Prouided alwaies and bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all and euerie person and persons hauing Mannors Lands Tenements and other Hereditaments chargeable to the payment of the said Subsidie graunted to the Kings Maiestie by this Act and also hauing spirituall possessions chargeable to his said Maiestie by the graunt made by the Cleargie of this Realme in their conuocation and ouer this hauing substance in Goods and Chattels chargeable by this sayd Act that then if any of the said person or persons be hereafter charged or assessed and taxed for the said Mannors Lands and Tenements and spirituall possessions and also assessed charged and taxed for his and their Goods and Chattels that then hee or they shal be onely charged by vertue of this Act for his and their said Mannors Lands Tenements Hereditaments and spirituall possessions or enely for his said Goods and Chattels the best thereof to bee taken for the Kings Maiestie and not to bee charged for both or double charged for any of them Any thing in this Act contained to the contrarie in any wise notwithstanding Prouided alwaies that this graunt of Subsidie or any thing therein contained in any wise extend not to charge the Prouost fellowes and schollers of the Colledge of the holie Trinitie neere Dublin nor any Mannors Lands Tenements or other possessions Goods Chattells or other moueable substance which the said Prouost fellowes schollers or any others to their vse haue within this Realme of Ireland Any thing in this present Act to the contrarie in any wise notwithstanding Prouided alwaies and bee it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that no Orphant or Infant within the age of twenty and one yeares borne within any the Kings Maiesties Dominions shal be charged to any payment of this Subsidy for his or her Goods and Chattels to him or her left or bequeathed Any thing in this Act contained to the contrarie notwithstanding Prouided neuerthelesse and bee it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that if any Alien or Stranger borne Denizen or not Denizen and dwelling or inhabiting within this Realme of Ireland shall assigne or conuay ouer vnto any his or their Childe or Children borne within this said Realme of Ireland any his or their Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels to the intent thereby to defraud the Kings Maiestie of his said Subsidie of or for the same that then all and euerie such Child or Children so being seised of any such Lands and Tenements or possessed of any such Goods or Chattels shal be charged and chargeable to and with the payment of double the said Subsidie for the same Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels at the said rates and values as Aliens and Strangers Denizens or not Denizens are before limitted and appointed to pay FINIS Imprinted at Dublin by Iohn Franckton Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie for Ireland Anno Domini 1615. * * ** * *
well of the dwelling place names and summes of the said persons of whome the same summes cannot bee leauied and had as is aforesaid then as well the Constables and other Inhabitants appointed for the same particular collection against the High Collectors as the High Collector vppon his accoumpt and oath in the said Exchecquer to bee discharged thereof and processe to bee made for the Kings Maiestie out of the same Exchecquer by the discretions of the Barons of the same Exchecquer against such person his heires or executors so being behinde with his payment and ouer that the same Commissioners to whome any such declaration of the premises shal be made in forme aforesaid from time to tune shall haue full power and authority to direct their Precept or Precepts to the said person or persons charged with any summe of for and vppon any such person and persons or other as is aforesaid or to any Shiriffe Steward Bailife or other whatsoeuer Officer Minister person or persons of such place or places where any such person or persons so owing any such summe or summes shall haue Land and Tenements or other Hereditaments or reall possessions Goods and Chattels whereby any such person or persons so indebted his heires executors or assignes or other hauing the custodie gouernance or disposition of any Goods Chattels Lands Tenements or other Hereditaments which ought or may by this Act lawfully bee distrained or taken for the same hath and shall haue Goods Chattels Lands Tenements or other possessions whereof such summe and summes which by any such person or persons may or ought to bee leauied be it within the limits of such Commission where such person or persons was or were taxed or without in any place within this Realme of Ireland by which Precept as well such person or persons shal be charged to leauy such money as the Officer of the place or places where such distresse may bee taken shall haue full power and authority to distraine euerie such person indebted charged or chargeable by this Act or his executors or administrators of his goods and Chattels his Guardians Factors Deputies Lessees Farmers and assignes and all other persons by whose hands or out of whose lands any such person should haue Fee Rent Annuitie or other profitt or which at the time of the said assessing shall haue Goods or Chattels or any other thing mooueable of any such person or persons being indebted or owing such summe and the distresses so taken cause to bee kept appraised and sould in like manner and forme as is aforesaid for the distresse to be taken vpon such persons to be taxed to the said Subsidie and being sufficient to distraine within the limitts of the Collectors inhabitants or other Officers charged with or for the said summes so vpon them to bee taxed And if any such distresse for non payment happen to bee taken out of the limits of the said persons charged and assigned to leauy the same the person so charged for the leauying of any such summes by distresse shall perceaue and take of the same distresse for the labor of euerie such person going for the execution thereof for euerie mile that any such person so laboreth for the same two pence And euerie Farmer Tenant Guardian Factor or other whatsoeuer person being distramed or otherwise charged for payment of any such summe or summes or any other summe by reason of this Act shal be of such summe or summes of him or them so leauied and taken acquited and discharged at his next day of payment of the same or at the deliuery of such Goods and Chattels as hee that is so distrained had in his custodie or gouernance against him or them that shal be so taxed and set Any graunt or writing obligatory or other whatsoeuer matter to the contrarie made heretofore notwithstanding And if any such person that should bee so distrained haue no Lands or Tenements sufficient whereby hee and his Tenants and Farmers may bee distrained or haue aliened eloyned or hid his Goods and Chattels whereby hee should or might bee distrained in such manner that such Goods and Chattels should not bee knowen or found so that the summe of or by him to bee paid in the said forme shall not ne can bee conueniently leauied then vppon relation thereof to the Commissioners or to as many of them as by the said Commission shal be therevnto appointed where such person or persons were taxed and set by the oathes of him or them that shal be charged with the leauying and payment of that summe or summes the same Commissioners shall make a Precept in such manner as is aforesaid for to attach take and arrest the body of such person or persons that ought to pay the said summes and by this Act shal be charged with and for the said summe or summes and them so taken safely to keepe in prison within the Countie or other place where any such person or persons shal be taken and attached there to remaine without bayle or mainprise vntill hee hath paid the said summe or summes that such person for himselfe or for any other by this Act shal be chargeable or ought to bee charged withall and also for the Fees of euerie such arrest to him or them that shall execute such Precept twenty pence and that euery Officer to whome such Precept shal be directed doe his due diligence and execute the same vpon euerie person so being indebted vpon paine to forfeit to the Kings Maiestie for euerie default in that behalfe twenty shillings and that no keeper of any Goale from his Goale suffer any such person to goe at large by letting to bayle or otherwise to depart out of his prison before he hath payd his said debt and the said twenty pence for the said arrest vpon paine to forfeit to the Kings Maiestie forty shillings and the same Goaler to pay to the Kings Maiestie the double value as well of the rate which the said person so imprisoned was taxed at as of the said twenty pence for the Fees and like processe and remedy in like forme shal be graunted by the said Commissioners or as many of them as by the said Commission shal be therevnto appointed at like information of euery person or persons being charged with any summe of money for any other person or persons by reason of the said Subsidie and not thereof payd but wilfully withdrawen nor the same leuiable within the limitts where such persons were therevnto taxed And if the summe or summes being behinde and vnpaid by any person or persons as is aforesaid bee leauied and gathered by force of the said processe to bee made by the said Commissioners or if in default or for lacke of payment thereof the person or persons so owing the said summes of money by processe of the same Commissioners to bee made as is aforesaid bee committed to prison in forme aboue said that then the said Commissioners which shall adwarde such processe shall