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-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
Harviestown and the mill thereunto belonging PoleHore Bolgerstown and Muchy-wood and Mullindery with the appurtenances all lying and being in the County of Wexford And that he the said Philip Hore shall have hold possess and enjoy all and singular the premisses to him and his Heirs against the Kings Majestie his Heirs and Successors and against the said Sir George Lane and his Heirs and all claiming by from or under them or any of them by virtue of this or the said former Act with all the rights members and appurtenances Rents issues and profits and all other advantages whatsoever to them and every of them belonging and appertaining to the use of him the said Philip Hore his Heirs Executors and Administrators respectively for ever Subject unto such rents and services as the same are lyable unto by this Act This present Act or any other Act Law Statute Ordinance Order Grant Decree Outlawry Attainder Record Provision Sequestration Distribution Allotment Iudgement or Conviction or any other clause matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding His Majestie having taken to his Princely consideration the many faithfull and acceptable services of Sir George Hamilton Knight performed aswell to his late Majestie of Glorious Memory as to himself in the Warrs of Ireland and that in severall qualities as Captain of Horse Colonel and Captain of Foot Governour of the Castle of Nenach and other capacities for which there were arrears to great value accrued to the said Sir George Hamilton before and after the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine which though not stated are by agreement and consent between him and other the Commissioned Officers and Trustees serving in Ireland before that time reduced to five thousand pounds sterling Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Sir George Hamilton shall in full satisfaction of all personal arrears due unto him for his service in Ireland in the several imployments he had there before and after the said fifth day of June One thousand six hundred forty nine be satisfied the summ of five thousand pounds sterling out of the security set a part and designed by this and the said former Act for satisfaction of the arrears of such Commissioned Officers as served His Majestie or his said Royal Father in the Warrs of Ireland at any time before or after the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine in such manner as by the said agreement is directed this Act or any other Act or matter to the contrary notwithstanding Provided Alwayes and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any lands Tenements or Hereditaments which were seized sequestred or set apart upon account of the late Rebellion or Warr have been given and granted by any particular clause or provision in the said former Act mentioned or by any Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England or under the Great Seal of Ireland to any person or persons whose estates therein were confirmed by the said former Act or are confirmed by this present Act and whereof a third part hath not been already evicted by some Decrees herein confirmed the lands granted to his Royal Highness James Duke of York George Duke of Albemarle Arthur Earl of Anglesey Roger Earl of Orrery Charles late Earl of Mountrath Richard Lord Baron of Coloony Charles late Earl of Falmouth Theobald Earl of Carlingford Henry Lord Arlington John Lord Kingston Chidley Coot and Thomas Coot Esquires the relict and Heirs of Sir Simon Harcourt and the relict and Children of Colonel George Cook Sir William Pen Sir Theophilus Jones Sir George Ayscough the Orphans of Colonel Owen O Conell Sir George Rawdon Baronet Sir George Lane Edward Vernon Esq Erasmus Smith Esq and the lands conveyed or mentioned to be conveyed by John Parker to certain Trustees for pious uses which Trustees are hereby made responsible to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour and Governours and Council there for the time being touching the execution and performance of the said Charity and the lands granted to any person or persons in satisfaction of arrears due for service done in Ireland or in satisfaction of any debt owing to them for provisions for the Army or Navy in Ireland and the lands which by the said former Act are restored to former Proprietors onely excepted That there and in such cases the said Provisoes Clauses Grants and Letters Patents shall be understood and so are hereby declared to be good and valid for no more than two full third parts of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments therein mentioned and thereby granted and as to one third part of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments therein contained shall be and so are hereby declared to be null and void Any thing in the said Provisoes Clauses Letters Patents or in the said former Act or in this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Nevertheless such Grantees and all those who claim under them shall have like liberty of Retrenchment and in like manner and form as Adventurers and Souldiers are to have by the rules of this Act and the third part so as aforesaid to be retrencht shall remain and be vested in His Majestie His Heirs and Successors to be disposed and applyed to such uses as other forfeited lands by this Act ought to be Any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That out of all the Lands which have been decreed to any Irish Papist Popish Recusant or Roman Catholick by virtue of any Decrees not grounded upon some particular Proviso in the said former Act and made by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act after the second day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty three and herein confirmed one years rent according to the values the same were let at in the year One thousand six hundred fifty nine over and above all other the rents and payments by this Act imposed or made levyable shall be raised and levyed and paid unto the Receivers herein after mentioned by two even and equal payments the first payment thereof to begin upon the first day of November which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and seven and the second payment thereof to be upon the first day of November which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and eight under the penalty following That is to say every person lyable to the payment of any part of the said years rent and making default and failing to pay the same by the space of twenty days next after any the days and times wherein the same ought to be paid shall be chargeable and is hereby charged with double the sum which ought to have been paid as aforesaid to be levyed by Process out of His Majesties Court of Exchequer in like manner as any other the rents herein before
paid their purchase money to His Royal Highness or his Commissioners or to the Executors of such Regicides who have since answered the same upon their accompts to His Royal Highness or his Commissioners and other than the lands and Houses granted or intended to be granted unto James Duke of Ormond and the Lady Dutchess his Wife or either of them by this or the said former Act and other than the lands granted unto Michael now Lord Archbishop of Dublin heretofore Lord Bishop of Cork and the lands granted unto Francis Lord Aungier and other than the lands granted to Sir George Lane before and confirmed in and by the said former Act and other than the lands settled upon Hercules Huncks by the said former Act which shall remain to them their Heirs and Assignes accordingly and other than the lands which have been decreed away by the Commissioners for Execution of the late Act shall be and are hereby declared to be and continue vested in his Royal Highness and his Heirs as fully and amply with all the like benefit and advantage as by the said former Act is mentioned discharged of all Rents services and payments by this or the said former Act reserved created or imposed but subject to the same Rents services and payments as other lands by this Act ought to be in case his Royal Highness or his Heirs shall alien or demise the same otherwise than forlives or years reserving the full Moyery of the improved Rent And where any lands formerly set out in satisfaction of any Adventures or arrears or any other lands whatsoever due to the said Regicides or any of them have been evicted or recovered from his Royal Highness his Heirs and Assignes by virtue of any such decrees as aforesaid Be it further Enacted That some other like quantity of profitable and forfeited lands according to the down Survey equal in number of acres to those which have been so evicted and within the Counties of Dublin Lowth Kildare and Cork or some of them if it may be or otherwise elsewhere be forthwith set out by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness and his Heirs to be held as aforesaid And further that all deficiencies which have happened to all or any the persons whose estates by the said former Act or this present Act are vested in his Royal Highness and his Heirs or which have happened to their or any of their estates be fully satisfied and supplyed out of some other forfeited lands to be set out by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness and his Heirs to be held as aforesaid and that all moneys lent or disbursed by any of the said persons or hy any others for them or any of them for Provisions Arms or Ammunition for support of His Majesties Army in Ireland in the beginning of the Rebellion there be likewise satisfied out of the Lands and Houses for that purpose according to His Majesties Declaration in the said Act of Settlement to be set out by the Commissioners for execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness his Heirs and Assignes to be held as aforesaid Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Saving always unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey such Right and Title of in and to such part of the premisses as he the said Earl of Anglesey hath or ought to have by virtue of the said former Act or this present Act or by virtue of an Indenture of Lease under the hand and seal of his Royal Highness made between his Royal Highness of the one part and the said Earl of Anglesey on the other part bearing date before the passing of this Act Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted That this Act shall not extend or be any ways construed to take away or be prejudicial unto any Estate Right Title or Interest of George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs or Assigns of in or to any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments accrewing to him or them by virtue or in pursuance of the said former Act or one other Act intituled An Act for the securing several Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to George Duke of Albermarle Any thing herein before or after expressed to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is further Enacted That the Ferry at Wexford with all the profits and other the Rights and Priviledges thereunto belonging or therewith used and enjoyed shall be and are hereby vested and settled in the said George Duke of Albemarle and shall be held and enjoyed by the said George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs and Assigns And whereas several Lands and Tenements whereof the said George Duke of Albemarle was seized by virtue of one or both the Acts before mentioned have been evicted or recovered from the said George Duke of Albemarle by virtue of certain Decrees lately made by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act and some Incumbrances have likewise by Decree of the said Commissioners been allowed and charged upon the Lands of the said George Duke of Albemarle for redemption whereof the said George Duke of Albemarle hath paid and satisfied the full sum of Eight hundred pounds Be it further Enacted That the Commissioners for execution of this Act do forthwith set out and allot to the said George Duke of Albemarle and his Heirs or Assigns out of the lands in the County of Wexford now or lately held in Custodiam of His Majestie by Sir Richard Clifton Knight so much other land as may be equal in quantity of profitable acres to what hath been so Decreed and Evicted as aforesaid and in value to such Incumbrance as hath been recovered and satisfied as aforesaid which lands so as aforesaid to be allotted shall be held and enjoyed by the said George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs and Assigns as fully and amply as the lands so Evicted and Decreed as aforesaid might have been held in case no such Decree or Eviction had been Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Right honourable Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord high Treasurer of England Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley Chancellor and Vndertreasurer of His Majesties Court of Exchequer Sir Orlando Bridgeman Knight and Baronet Lord chief Iustice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster and Sir Henry Vernon Knight and Baronet shall have hold and enjoy to them their Heirs and Assignes all that the Castle Mannor and Abbey of Eniscorthy in the County of Wexford and all the Mannors Towns Vills Lands Tenements Territories and Hereditaments late of Robert Wallop late of Farley-Wallop in the County of Southampton called Kilbeg Cloine Tumsalow and Effernock or by what other name or names soever they are known or called with their and every of their
first deducted And the said Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of Ireland are hereby required to cause all the moneyes so as aforesaid received to be issued out and paid from time to time to such person or persons as his Majestie already hath appointed or hereafter shall appoint And it is further declared That an acquittance or receipt signed with the sign manual of the said Lord Lieutenant or other chief Gouernour or Governours of Ireland shall be for so much as is therein contained a sufficient discharge unto the said Sir John Percival his heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them And for the more just regulation of proceedings in this Office the Commissioners for Execution of this Act are hereby impowered and required to Administer an Oath to the said Sir John Percival and all others who shall be imployed in any ministerial Office or imployment relating to the service of this Act in these words following You shall sweare that you shall well and truely execute the place of _____ according to the best of your skil and knowledge and therein you shall spare no person for favour and affection nor any person grieve for hatred or ill will so help you God And whereas there is one clause contained in the said former Act in these words following And for the better prevention of all future Rebellions and to the end our good Subjects of Ireland may be likewise secured against all Insurrections or attempts for the time to come and the said Kingdom be the better planted and improved Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours and Council of Ireland for the time being from time to time and at all times hereafter during the space of seven years to be accompted from the first day of May One thousand six hundred sixty five to make and establish such rules orders and directions for the better planting with Protestants the Lands by this Act vested in His Majesty and not appointed to be restored to innocent persons And for the better regulation of Cities walled Towns and Corporations and the electing of Magistrates and Officers there and to inflict such penalties for the breach thereof as they in their wisdom shall think fit so as the penalties for breach of the rules of plantation do not extend further than to treble the Quit-rents due for the lands which shall be planted otherwise than those rules shall direct the said penalties to continue and be yearly paid to the King His Heirs and Successors till the said Rules of plantation be performed and thenceforth the rent by this Act reserved to be onely payable and so as the penalty for breach of the rules to be made touching Corporations do not extend further than to the removeall or disfranchisement of such persons as shall be found guilty of the breach thereof which Rules Orders and directions so as aforesaid to be made shall be as good and effectuall in Law to all intents and purposes as if the same had been established by authority of this present Parliament and shall remain continue and abide in force for such and so long time as in and by the said Rules Orders and directions shall be limited and appointed And whereas some doubt doth arise whether the Lord Lieutenant Chief Governour or Governours and Council of Ireland for the time being may make and establish Rules Orders and directions for the better regulating of such Cities walled Towns and Corporations as have been anciently incorporated or onely for the better regulating such corporations as shal or may hereafter be created according to the Tenor purport of His Majesties Gracious Declaration for the Settlement of His Kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the severall interests of Adventurers Souldiers and other his Majesties Subjects there for the cleering whereof Be it further Enacted and it is hereby declared and Enacted by the Kings most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour Governours and Council of Ireland for the time being from time to time and at all times to come during the space of seven years to be accompted from the nine and twentieth day of September One thousand six hundred sixty five to make and establish such Rules Orders and Directions for the better regulating of all Cities Walled Towns and Corporations both new and old and such as shall be created within this Kingdom and the electing of Magistrates and Officers there and to inflict such penalties for the breach thereof as they in their wisdom shall think fit so as the penalties for breach of the Rules Orders and Directions to be made touching such Corporations do not extend further than to the removeall and disfranchisement of such persons as shall be found guilty of the breach thereof and such Rules Orders and directions so to be made as aforesaid shall be as good and effectual in law to all intents and purposes as if the same had been specially and particularly established by Authority of this present Parliament and shall remain continue and abide in force for such and so long time as in the said Rules Orders and Directions shall be limited and appointed any thing in the said Act or otherwise to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And whereas the Officers and Souldiers who served in Ireland since the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and the Connaght purchasors for the better furtherance and management of their common interest have by their humble address represented the necessity of raising of monies and supplicated leave for so doing as was formerly granted to the Adventurers and their Assigns in the like case and least some of the said Officers and Souldiers or some of their respective Assigns may prove to be refractory in paying and allowing their just proportions of money for the said ends and for defraying of the publique charge there about it being nevertheless very expedient that a service of such a publique and common advantage should be equally born by all persons concerned therein Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the said Officers and Souldiers and Connaght purchasors their Heirs and Assigns shall allow satisfie and pay such sum and sums of money as Arthur Earl of Anglesey Roger Earl of Orrery the Lord Vice Count Conway Lord Kingston Sir John Skeffington Baronet Sir Thomas Clarges Knight Sir Thomas Stanley Knight Sir Richard Kerle Sir William Petty Doctor Robert Gorges Henry Nicoll John Brett and Miles Cooke Esq or any three or more of them meeting at Dublin the first Thursday in Hillary Term One thousand six hundred fifty and five or any other Term after at the
that after such Restitution made the said Charles Farrell shall hold and enjoy the same to him and his Heirs Subject nevertheless to the quit-rents by this or the former Act imposed and lyable to all and singular the statutes Mortgages Debts Charges and all other the Acts and Incumbrances whatsoever of him the said Charles Farrell or his Father any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall out of such forfeited lands as shall remain undisposed after all the English interests herein provided for shall be satisfied set out and allot unto Frances Darcy widow so much land as shall be of like yearly value as the lands which she the said Frances Darcy formerly held or ought to have held for her joincture to be held and enjoyed by the said Frances Darcy during her life any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the summ of Four thousand five hundred pounds due for service done in Ireland before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine unto Arthur Lord Vice-count Ranelaugh by Debentures already stated and allowed by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act shall be paid and satisfied out of the securities thereunto lyable by this present Act unto Richard Earl of Burlington and Cork Lord High Treasurer of Ireland Arthur Earl of Anglesey Roger Earl of Orrery and Sir John Skeffington Baronet and the Survivors and Survivor of them and that they and the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Heirs of the Survivor shall have hold receive and enjoy to his and their Heirs all and singular the Mannors lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other the satisfaction whatsoever or of what nature or kind soever which shall or may be hereafter appointed allotted or otherwayes set out and Assigned for the satisfaction of the said Four thousand five hundred pounds Nevertheless in trust to and for the onely use benefit and advantage of Frances Jones and Elizabeth Jones Daughters of the said Arthur Lord Vice-count Ranelaugh their Executors and Assignes and to and for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted that all Leases terms and estates which upon the three and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one did not exceed three lives or one and thirtie years and are forfeited to or vested in His Majestie whereof or whereupon the next and immediate Reversion or Remainder doth or shall appertain to any innocent Protestant be and are hereby declared to be ceased determined null and void any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted That nothing in this present Act nor in the former Act shall be taken or any wayes construed to weaken or make void all or any of the right title and claim which Lawrence Hide of Henton-Dawbney in the County of Southampton Esq hath by virtue of any Statute Staple Mortgage or otherwise unto the Towns and Town Lands of Ballihenukin Knockanammy and part of Chancellors-town in the Barony of Iffa and Offa and the lands of Quarter-cross parcel of the town and Lands of Clare nor unto two acres great Countrey measure in Burdens-Grange in the Barony of Middle-third in all containing about eight hundred acres lying and being in the County of Tipperary but that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Commissioners for Execution of this Act to examine the right and title of him the said Lawrence Hide of in and to the said lands and Tenements or to any summ of money which can or may be levied thereupon and to make such Order and Decree for the said Lawrence Hide or his Assignes to hold and enjoy all and singular the premisses until he or they shall be fully satisfied and paid the moneys to him due as aforesaid together with what interest shall be due for the same as they shall think fit any thing in this Act or in any former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Colonel Christopher O Bryen was appointed by His Majestie in his late gracious Declaration to be restored unto his estate as one who in an especial manner had merited his Maiesties Grace and favour and was afterwards in pursuance of His Majesties Orders put into possession thereof by the Sheriff of the County of Clare in which County the said estate doth lye notwithstanding which if the same should be strictly examined according to the Rules of the said former Act It may be doubted whether such delivery of possession were legal and whether the lands so delivered do not still remain Subject to the uses of the said former Act and this present Act And whereas the said Christopher O Bryen is lately Dead without issue and all his estate right title and interest descended unto and upon Morogh Earl of Inchequin his next and immediate Brother and Heir Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore unto the said Morogh Earl of Inchequin and his Heirs the present and actual possession of all and singular the Castles Houses Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which the said Colonel Christopher O Bryen or any other in trust for him or to his use had held or enjoyed upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since the lands Tenements and Hereditaments formerly belonging to the said Christopher O Bryen and now in the possession of Peirce Creagh excepted which are hereby granted and confirmed unto the said Peirce Creagh and his Heirs and shall likewise set out and allot unto the said Earl of Inchequin and his Heirs so many acres more of undisposed and forfeited lands as may be equal in quantity of acres to the said lands held by the said Peirce Creagh and from and after such restitution and allotment so made as aforesaid the said Morogh Earl of Inchequin shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments so as aforesaid restored and allotted and all and every the persons transplanted into and upon any part of the premisses their Heirs and Assignes shall have such satisfaction out of the forfeited lands undisposed of to English Protestants as the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland shall think fit after the several interests of His Majesties Protestant Subjects in Ireland have been fully satisfied and settled according to this Act any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Sir Thomas Sherlock Knight Deceased was in his life time a very dutifull and Loyall Subject and from the time of the first
breaking out of the said Rebellion and Warr unto the last end thereof behaved himself with great courage and diligence in His Majesties service and suffered great hardships and extremities from the said Irish Rebells by reason of such his fidelity and Obedience to the Crown of England until at last being taken prisoner by them he was forced for fear of his life to subscribe their Oath of association and having so gained his Liberty did immediately fly unto Dublin and there submitted himself to the now Lord Duke then Lord Marquess of Ormond His Majesties Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and continued there ever after serving His Majestie and his Authority to the uttermost of his power The consideration whereof inclined His Majestie to mention the said Sir Thomas Sherlock in his late gracious Declaration amongst the names of those few persons whom His Majestie was pleased to appoint to be restored to their former estate without any further Proof of their innocency which said Sir Thomas Sherlock was afterward by the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act adjudged a nocent person upon no other grounds or evidence than the enforced subscription of the Oath of association as aforesaid His Majestie therefore being very unwilling to proceed with such rigour and strictness towards any of his good Subjects or to suffer a Decree so severe to continue any longer in force to the ruine of the said Sir Thomas Sherlock and his Family is graciously pleased That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith and without any previous reprizall restore unto Paul Sherlock Esq sonn and Heir of the said Sir Thomas Sherlock and his Heirs the possession of the principal and capital Messuage or seat and also one third part of all and singular the Messuages Mannors lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof the said Sir Thomas Sherlock or any other person or persons in trust for him or to his use were seized or possessed upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one Impropriations and appropriat tithes excepted and shall also with all convenient speed restore the whose residue of the said lands and Tenements Impropriations and appropriate tithes excepted the respective Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assignes now in possession thereof or claiming the same being first satisfied their respective two third parts and for their several and respective improvements which will be due to them by the rules of this Act and from and after such restitution so made as aforesaid the said Paul Sherlock shall hold and enjoy to him his Heirs and Assignes all and singular the lands and Tenements so restored in as full and ample manner as he or they might have done if no such Decree had ever been had or made 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 restore unto Nicholas Bourke of Limerick Sonn and Heir of James Bourke his Heirs and Assignes the principal and capital Messuage whereof he the said Nicholas or his Father or any other in trust for them or either of them or to their use were seized or possest the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and also two thousand acres thereunto adjoyning or so much thereof as they or either of them or any other to their use were seized or possest of on the said two and twentieth of October and that so much other forfeited and undisposed land be likewise set out and allotted unto the said Nicholas Bourke and his Heirs and within such County and Barony as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour and Governours of Ireland and Council there shall direct and appoint And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore unto the Lord Vice-count Gormanston and his Heirs all and singular the Messuages Mannors lands Tenements Rents Reversions Remainders and Hereditaments to which he is not already restored by some Decree of the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act herein confirmed and all other the estate Right Title and interest whatsoever whereof the said Lord Vice-count Gormanston or Nicholas late Lord Vice-count Gormanston his Father or any other person or persons to their use or in trust for them or either of them were seized or possessed the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one Impropriations and appropriate tithes excepted the Heirs or Assignes of Charles late Earl of Mountrath now having or claiming the same being first satisfied by an allotment to them and their Heirs of so much forfeited lands as may be equal in quantity and number of profitable acres to the lands so as aforesaid to be restored and being also first satisfied and paid or otherwise secured for the Rents issues and measne profits received and detained by the said Lord Vice-count Gormanston and his Agents since his entry on the premisses or to be received and detained until such allotment shall be made as aforesaid according as the same shall be ascertained by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and at such times and in such manner as they shall appoint and from and after such Restitution made as aforesaid the said Lord Vice-count Gormanston shall hold and enjoy to him his Heirs and Assignes all and singular the lands Tenements and Hereditaments so restored this Act or any other Act Record Vtlary or Attainder or any other matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore unto John Grace of Court-stown Esq and Colonel Richard Grace and their respective Heirs all and singular the Messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments except Impropriations and appropriate tithes and except the houses in Kilkenny which they or either of them respectively or any other person or persons in trust for them or either of them respectively had held or enjoyed upon the Two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and which are not already restored to the said Richard Grace by some decree of the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act herein confirmed the respective Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assigns now in possession thereof or claiming the same being first satisfied their respective charges and proportions and for their several and respective improvements which will be due to them by the rules of this Act and from and after such restitution so made as aforesaid the said John Grace shall hold and enjoy to him and his heirs all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments so to be restored and the said Richard Grace shall hold enjoy to him and his Heirs the lands so to be restored 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 restore unto Patrick Archer Merchant all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which he or any other person or persons in trust for him had held or enjoyed upon the Two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one the respective Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assigns now in possession thereof or claiming the same being first satisfied their respective shares and proportions and for their several and respective improvements which will be due to them by the rules of this Act And from and after such restitution so made as aforesaid the said Patrick Archer shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments so to be restored Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas upon the passing of certain Letters Patents under His Majesties Great Seal of England bearing date the eight day of April in the Fourteenth year of His Majesties Reign unto Richard Earl of Clanrickard and his Heirs an use was therein limited or some other provision thereby made for the better securing unto Charles late Lord Vice-count Muskry the sum of Ten thousand pounds by the yearly payment of Two thousand pounds sterling per annum for and during the term of five years next ensuing the date of the said Patent And forasmuch as it may so fall out by reason of sundry emergent occasions that the payments thereby secured may not be fully compleated within the said term of five years according to the true intent and meaning of the said Letters Patents Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the term of five years in the said Letters Patents mentioned shall be and is hereby enlarged unto the term of three years more next after the said five years ended and determined and that if the several payments in and by the said Letters Patents intended to be secured shall be made and determined within the time hereby enlarged the same shall be as good and effectual in Law as if they had been made within the said five years and that in all other uses limitations matters and things the said Letters Patents and every Clause and Article therein shall be as good and effectual in Law and of like force and effect as the same were before the making of this Act Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And to the end that no person or persons who is or shall be restored or intitled unto or confirmed in any Messuages Mannors Lands Tenements or other Hereditaments by virtue of any Clause in this Act contained or by virtue of any Letters Patents Grant Restitution or other Disposition or Allotment herein made or hereafter to be made in pursuance of this Act may by pretense of such new title avoid the payment of any just debts to which they or their respective Testators or Ancestors were or ought to have been lyable Be it therefore Explained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every person and persons their Heirs and Assignes having and holding or claiming to have and to hold any messuages Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as aforesaid shall be and are hereby made Subject unto and charged with all and singular the Debts and summs of money now due and owing by them or any other person or persons whose Heirs Executors or Administrators they are and under whom they claim their several and respective allotments as Heir Executor or Administrator whether the same Debts be due and owing by virtue of any specialty or matter of Record and that all and every the messuages lands Tenements and Hereditaments so held and claimed as aforesaid shall be held and accompted as Assets in Law and are hereby declared to be Assets for and towards the satisfaction and payment of all such Debts to which the first takers thereof are in their own right or as Heirs Executors or Administrators of any other person or persons made lyable by this Act any thing in this or the said former Act or any other Law matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted That the Heirs or Assignes of Charles late Earl of Mountrath shall have hold and enjoy all such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which were settled upon or granted unto the said late Earl by any Letters Patents of the late Vsurped Powers whereof he was in possession the seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty and nine except such as have been decreed or shall be by this Act or restored unto the Irish Proprietor for which he or they shall forthwith have the like quantitie of profitable Acres set out unto him or them respectively and that all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and other the advantages by this or the said former Act intended to be given granted or confirmed unto the said late Earl of Mountrath his Heirs or Assignes shall stand and remain disposed and divided among and between the now Earl of Mountrath the relict and younger Children of the said late Earl subject and lyable unto such limitations uses debts portions and legacies as are expressed and contained in a decree made by the Lord Lieutenant and Council bearing date the _____ day of October One thousand six hundred sixty and three any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Sir Audley Mervin Knight Speaker of the House of Commons Sir George Lane Kt. Clerke of the house of Lords Philip Ferneley Esq Clerke of the House of Commons and other the attendants on either of the said Houses do claime certain Fees to be due and payable to them for every Bill containing any grant or restitution of any forfeited Lands to any person or persons Bodies Politick or Corporate their heirs or successors touching the ascertaining whereof and giving due remedy for the recovering of the same some provision was made in and by a clause in the said former Act in which clause the Speaker of the House of Lords and the Clerke of the Council of Ireland are not mentioned Be it therefore explained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Speaker of the house of Lords and Clerke of the Council of Ireland shall be deemed and adjudged to be comprehended in the said clause and that the said Speaker and Clerke of the Council and Sir Audley Mervin Sir George Lane Philip Ferneley and others mentioned in the said clause contained in the said former Act be paid by such person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs and successors who receive any grant of or Settlement in any forfeited Lands Tenements or Hereditaments by virtue of or in pursuance of this Act or of the said former Act not set out to them in satisfaction
and Assigns for ever To his and their use and uses without any accompt to be given for the same to His Majestie His Heirs or Successors as by the tenor of the said Letter more at large may appear since which time the said Charles late Vice-Count Muskry hath ended his long continued Services by the loss of his life in the late expedition at Sea against the Hollander His Majestie is therefore graciously pleased pursuant to His said former Royal intentions That it be Enacted and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall set out and allot unto Charles-James Mac Carthy now Vice-Count Muskry Son and Heir to the said Charles Vice-Count Muskry all the forfeited lands in the said Barony not set out formerly to Adventurers and Souldiers nor restored to the former Proprietors And that the said Commissioners shall quiet and establish the said Charles-James Vice-Count Muskry in the possession thereof which he is to hold possess and enjoy to him and the heirs males of his body and for want of such issue the Remainder to the said Donogh Earl of Clancarty and the heirs males of his body begotten the Remainder in Fee to the right heirs of the said Earl Any thing in this Act or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And that Certificates be thereof granted in order to the passing of Letters Patents Provided nevertheless That the said Donogh Earl of Clancarty Grandfather to the said Charles-James now Vice-Count Muskry or the now Countess of Clancarty if she survive the said Earl may by way of Lease for years of any part of the premisses or by grant of a Rent-charge for years out of the premisses or or otherwise as to him the said Donogh or to her the said Countess if she survive shall seem meet afford such relief out of the premisses to the former Proprietors thereof as he or she shall finde do best merit the same And what he or she shall do therein is hereby allowed of and made good and valid in Law And whereas Sir Philip Percival Knight Deceased for and on the behalf of of Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliffe Knight Deceased and their Heirs in or about the year One thousand six hundred thirty and six did contract and agree with Teige O Connor Sligoe Vncle and Heir in taile to Donogh O Connor Sligoe then lately Deceased and also with Edmond Mac Iordan and Dorothy his Wife sole Sister and Heir General to the said Donogh for divers Lordships Mannors Castles Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Sligoe being formerly the estate of the said Donogh O Connor Sligoe whereupon several summs of money were paid disbursed and secured to be paid by the said Sir Philip Percival to the said Teige O Connor Edmond Mac Iordan and Dorothy his Wife and to some other person or persons by their or some of their consent direction or appointment for the freeing discharging and disingaging the said premisses of or from some mortgages Leases or Incumbrances thereupon or some of them but no legal conveyance were or could then be made or perfected to him the said Sir Philip Percival by reason of the Grand Office then lately found in the Province of Connaght whereby his Majestie was intitled to the said lands amongst divers others in the said Province Be it therefore further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the said Lordships Mannors Castles Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances formerly belonging to the said Donogh O Connor Sligo and the said Teige O Connor Sligo or to either of them shall be and are hereby settled upon William Earl of Strafford Sonn and Heir of the said Thomas Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe Esq Sonn and heir of the said Sir George Radcliffe and their heirs under the Rents and services due and payable thereout to his Majestie in the year One thousand six hundred forty one And that they the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe and their heirs be forthwith settled in the possession of all and singular the said Lordships Mannors Castles Lands Tenements and hereditaments by the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed for the Execution of this Act any thing in the aforesaid Act or in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted that all depositions and examinations of witnesses that have been taken in a cause lately depending before the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland between the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe Esq and Sir John Percival plaintiffs against Martin O Connor Grandsonn and heir to Teige O Connor Sligoe Esq Deceased Richard Lord Baron of Coloony and others defendants shall and may be read and made use of as good proof for all such lands Tenements and hereditaments as by the said Depositions have been proved to be part of the said Donogh O Conners estate And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe or either of them their heirs or Assignes shall within six monthes time after the passing of this Act pay or cause to be paid all such summ or summs of money as shall within the time of the said six monthes be made appear to be iustly due from the said Teige O Conner Sligoe Edmond Mac Jordan and Dorothy his Wife Sir Philip Percival Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliffe or any of them their heirs or Assignes of any of them and not by them or some of them allready paid for and towards the purchasing and buying off of any of the said Mortgages Leases or Incumbrances which were upon the estate of the said Donogh O Conner at the time of the said contract made as aforesaid which summ or summs of money so made appear to be due as aforesaid from the said Teige O Conner Edmond Mac Jordan and Dorothy his Wife Sir Philip Percival Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliffe their heirs or Assignes or any of them or by them or any of them deposited in the Clerk of the Councils hands in Order to the buying off of any of the said Mortgages Leases or incumbrances shall be and are hereby vested in and made payable unto his Majestie his Heirs and Successors to be disposed of by his Majestie as by his Signet and Sign manual he shall declare and appoint Saving and excepting hereour such summ and summs of money as shall appear to be justly and legally due by one Mortgage upon part of the said estate made by the said Donogh O Conner to certain Feoffees to the use of the children of Sir Francis Blundell their heirs or Assignes Provided that the Adventurers Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and Souldiers who are now in possession of all or any the said lands or ought to have
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