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
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
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
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
such Irish claimants or the person or persons who shall derive under such Irish claimant then shall such Adventurer or Souldier or other person or persons his or their Heirs Executors or Assignes who shall be concerned in that suit for ever and finally hold the said land in question and every part thereof to him and his Heirs but in case verdict or judgement be given for the title of the Irish claimant or no such election be made as aforesaid the Adventurer or Souldier or other person his or their Heirs Executors or Assignes shall be excluded from demanding or having his two third parts or any other satisfaction which otherwise he might have had in respect of such land so recovered as aforesaid Nevertheless it is hereby declared that no other title shall be admitted to be alleaged or given in evidence by such Irish claimant or any claiming under them but such title as was alleaged in the claim exhibited before the Commissioners for the Execution of the said former Act Provided that if any secret agreement be made between the Irish Claimant and the partie concerned as aforesaid directly or indirectly and the person so agreeing shall obtain any satisfaction for or in respect of the lands so agreed for that then and in such case the party so offending shall forfeit double the value of the lands so obtained one Moyety to the Kings Majestie the other Moyety to the Informer to be recovered in like manner as other forfeitures are herein appointed to be recovered And be it further Enacted that all and every person and persons who now have any grants or Patents of any lands Tenements or Hereditaments or of any titles of honour or dignity or of any annuity pension office or imployment within this Kingdom not already enrolled do cause the same to be enrolled in the Chancery of Ireland within the space of two years next after the Royal assent to this Bill actually given under pain of forfeiture of two years value of any lands Tenements annuities pensions or offices whereof the Patents shall not be enrolled as aforesaid one Moyety to the Kings Majestie his Heirs and Successors the other Moyety to him or them that shall will sue for the same to be recovered by action of Debt Bill Plaint or information in any Court of Record wherein no essoyne protection or wager of law to be allowed or any more than one imparlance and that all every person persons having any Patents touching or concerning any title of honour or dignity not already enrolled or to be enrolled within the time aforesaid shall forfeit and loose the summ of one hundred pounds sterling one Moyety thereof to the Kings Majestie his Heirs Successors the other moyety to him or them that shall will sue for the same to be recovered as aforesaid And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Letters Patents hereafter to be granted of any titles of honour offices or lands whatsoever shall contain in the same Letters Patents a clause requiring and compelling the said Patentees to cause the said Letters Patents to be enrolled in the Chancery of Ireland within a time therein to be limited and all Letters Patents wherein such clause shall be omitted are declared to be utterly void and of no effect Provided alwayes and be it Enacted that nothing in this or the said former Act contained shall extend to prejudice or alter the right title or interest which Elizabeth Countess of Guilford hath or ought to have in the Mannors Castles Towns Villages Messuages lands Tenements or herediments lying or beeing in the County of Cork and now in the actual possession of her the said Countess or her Assignes as the jointure or Dower of her the said Countess the relict of the late Lord ViceCount Kynalmeaky but that the same be possessed and enjoyed by her the said Countess and her Assignes in the same state and condition and no other as she held and enjoyed the same before the first sitting of this present Parliament any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Charles Lord ViceCount Fitz Harding Treasurer of His Maiesties House-hold shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the lands Tenements and Hereditaments lately granted or mentioned to be granted unto Charles late Lord ViceCount Fitz Harding afterwards Earl of Falmouth and his heirs in and by certain Letters Patents thereof passed under the Great Seal of Ireland And it is hereby declared that the Adventurers and Souldiers and Protestant purchasors of lands in Conaght and Clare their Heirs and Assignes who shall be thence removed shall be satisfied his and their two third parts in like manner as any other Adventurer or Souldier ought to be satisfied by the rules of this Act Provided alwayes that if His Majestie shall at any time within the space of two years next and immediately ensuing pay or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Lord ViceCount Fitz Harding his heirs or Assignes the summ of twenty thousand pounds at or in the middle Temple-Hall in London upon notice thereof first given to the said Charles Lord ViceCount Fitz Harding and his heirs by the space of one week before such payment then all and singular the lands in the said Letters Patents mentioned shall return to and remain in his Majestie his heirs and Successors to the uses of this Act and that until the whole summ of twenty thousand pounds shall be paid and satisfied as aforesaid it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Charles Lord ViceCount Fitz Harding and his Heirs to retain and keep possession of the premisses and the profits thereof to receive and convert to his and their own use without any account to be therefore made any thing herein before to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Lewis Lord Vicecount Clanmalira being but tenant in tail of certain lands in Ireland exhibited his claim before the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act but the same remained undetermined and no other claim was exhibited by any other person to any part of the lands of the said Lewis Lord Vicecount Clanmalira either in possession or reversion or remainder except only the claim of Sir Henry Bennet Knight now Lord Arlington His Majesties principal Secretary of State to the reversion thereof in fee being granted to him the said Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington by His Majesties Letters Patents bearing date the fifth day of November in the fourteenth year of his Majesties Raign which claim was by the said Commissioners allowed in so much that the estate and interest of such Adventurers and Souldiers who were formerly planted thereupon are become very doubtful and that as at the best they were not to continue longer than during the said estate tail so now it may be doubted in law whether they be of any continuance at all and
whether the said estate tail be not extinct in law by the forfeiture of the said Lord Clanmalira whose claim of innocence hath not been allowed and so by consequence the reversion granted to Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington as aforesaid come to take effect in present possession Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington shall and may enter into and upon and shall have hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs all and singular the Messuages Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof Lewis Lord Vice-Count Clanmalira or any other person in trust for him was seized or possessed the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one in as full and ample manner as the said Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington might have held or enjoyed the same by virtue of the said Letters Patents in case the said estate tail had been spent or expired or otherwise determined or extinguished which said Letters Patents and all and every the clauses therein contained are hereby confirmed and declared to be good valid and effectual in law to all intents and purposes and that all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers their Heirs Executors Assignee or Assignes who are to be removed in order to the quiet and peaceable possession of the said Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington shall be satisfied their full two third parts respectively in like order and manner to and with other Adventurers and Souldiers any clause matter or thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And Whereas Francis Lord Aungier in and by the said former Act was intitled unto some part of the premisses amounting to the value of two hundred pounds per annum or there abouts which as is alleaged lyeth so intermixt with the residue of the said estate that the same cannot without great inconvenience be continued in the possession of the said Francis Lord Aungier in such manner as now it is held Be it therefore Enacted That the said Sir Henry Bennet now Lord Arlington his Heirs or Assignes shall before the first day of January next ensuing convey and assure unto the said Francis Lord Aungier his Heirs and Assignes so much of the premisses as Arthur Earl of Anglesey and Roger Earl of Orrery or the surviver of them shall by any writing under his or their hands and Seals before that time to be made declare and appoint in lieu and recompence of the estate of the said Francis Lord Aungier of and in the premisses and in default of such Declaration and appointment or of the performance thereof the said Francis Lord Aungier shall hold and enjoy to him and his heirs the Messuages Lands and Tenements whereof he is now in possession and to which he stands intitled by the said former Act according to the tenor thereof any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That there shall be and is hereby constituted and erected an office or place of Register to the Commissioners for Execution of this Act who shall take care that due entries be made of all Retrenchments of any third part or other proportion of lands to be cut off from any Adventurer or Souldier their Heirs and Assignes and the valuations thereof and of all Decrees and certificates to be made by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and of all other the proceedings in order to the service of this Act which are fit and proper to be Registred And that the said Office or place shall be held by Sir John Percival Baronet during his natural life to be exercised by himself or his sufficient Deputy and that the said Sir John Percival by himself or his Deputy shall be and is hereby impowred and required to have the care and custody of all claims certificates plots surveyes except such as relate to the Office and imployment of the Surveyor General Debentures Duplicates Entries and copies of them Returns of Commissions Valuations Examinations Affidavits Reports Rols and all other publique Books Papers writings and Records whatsoever which any the Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners for the service of this Act shall use in such Office or place wherein they sit and which shall be dependant on the said service or relating thereunto and all persons who have any of the like Books or Papers aforesaid which have been used in or towards the Execution of the said former Act shall forthwith deliver the same or cause the same to be delivered to Sir John Percival And to the end that no fraud or deceipt may be used herein nor any of the said writings or Records be imbeizeled the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being and the Council there shall have power to send for any person or persons whom they shall suspect to have any of the writings or Records-aforesaid and to examin him or them upon his or their Oathes touching the same and to commit to prison such person or persons as shall refuse to be examined or being examined shall refuse to deliver such Books Papers and Records relating to the service of the said former Act as shall appear to be in his or their hands or which they can come by And further the said Sir John Percival by himself or his Deputy and by such under Clerks for which he will be responsible shall from time to time attend such Commissioners and transcribe Copy Prepare Register Enter Draw up and enrol or cause to be transcribed Copied Prepared Registred Entred Drawn up and enrolled all and every the Decrees Iudgements Orders Warrants Summons Injunctions Reports and certificates of any of the Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act not already enrolled or entred or of any the Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners for the service of this Act for the time to come and shall also Act and do or cause to be Acted and don all and every the matters and things which doe or may any way concern the Office of Register or other the premisses as fully and amply as any Register or Registers to the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act and his and their Clerks did or ought to have done he and they taking therefore such Fees only and no other as by the Lord Lieutenant or other cheif Governour and Governours of Ireland for the time being shall be held reasonable which Fees he and they are hereby enabled to receive and recover accordingly And it is hereby declared and enacted That the said Sir John Percival shall yearly and every year during the Execution of this and the former Act account for and pay unto the Lord Lieutenant or other cheif Governour and Governours of Ireland one full third part of the cleer annual Profits of the said Office the necessary charges to be expended in and about the Execution thereof being
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
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
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