thereof from the Kingdome of Ireland in the year One thousand Six hundred Forty seven were since expulsed from their Habitations and Estates in the time of the Vsurped Power Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That such of the Inhabitants and Proprietors of the said City and Town as constantly adhered to the Royal Authority until their respective deaths or withdrawing of the same Royal Authority from the said Kingdome in the year One thousand six hundred forty seven and did not at any time after adhere to the Papal Clergy or other the Irish Rebels in opposition to the Royal Authority and the Heirs and Widows of such of them as are dead shall be restored unto and have and enjoy as of their former estates all and every their and every of their Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Freedomes and Immunities respectively in the said City of Dublin and Town of Drogheda and elsewhere any thing in this Act or in any other Act contained to the contrary or any other matter or proceedings against them or any of them at any time since the said withdrawing of the Royal Authority until his Majesties restitution notwithstanding 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 Kingdome 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 and 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 of May One thousand six hundred sixty two 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 wisdome shall think fit so as the Penalties for breach of the Rules of Plantation do not extend further then to treble the Quit-rents due for the Lands which shall be planted otherwise then 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 only payable and so as the Penalties for breach of the Rules to be made touching Corporations do not extend further then to the removal and disfranchizment 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 effectual 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 the said Rules Orders and Directions shall be limited and appointed Provided nevertheless That no undisposed nor unconfirmed Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in the Province of Ulster which are or shall come unto your Majesties hands shall be set out in satisfaction of deficient Adventures but that the same may be wholly reserved and disposed of for Reprizal according to the full value worth and purchase of the same unless the forfeited Lands in other Provinces shall not be found sufficient to satisfie those deficiencies And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Lands and Tenements in Ireland given and granted by his Majesty under his Great Seal of England or Ireland and any way ratified confirmed or approved by this present Act shall stand charged and be chargeable with a years Rent or a year and a halfs Rent and such like other Quit-rents and annual Payments wherewith any the Lands of Adventurers or Souldiers stand respectively charged to be raised levied and paid in like manner as other the like Rents and Payments by this Act before mentioned are appointed Provided alwayes That where any greater Rent is reserved upon any such Grants and Letters Patents as aforesaid than the Quit-rents reserved by this Act would amount unto that then and in such case the Rent reserved by the said Letters Patents shall be duely answered and paid and no other Quit-rents any thing before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Saving to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors all and singular the Estate Right Title and Interest of in and to any Honours Manors Castles Lands and Tenements which his Majesties Royal Father had upon the Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred Forty and one in Right of his Crown of Ireland and which were then or at any time within ten years before in charge in his Majesties Court of Exchequer otherwise then by any Inquisition of Lands in Connaught found and returned in the time of the Earl of Straffords Government and which have not since been granted or disposed by his Majesty or his Royal Father by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England or Ireland and other then such Rights and Titles as in and by a certain Act of Parliament pasted in England Intituled An Act of Free and General Pardon Indemnity and Oblivion are mentioned or intended to be barred or extinguisht any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Theobald Earl of Garlingford and Thomas Lord Viscount Dillon shall be and are hereby restored unto and vested in all and singular the messuages manors lands tenements and hereditaments respectively whereof they or either of them or any other person or persons to the use of or in trust for them or either of them were seized or possessed upon the Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand Six hundred Forty one or at any time since and that such persons and their heirs and assigns to whom any of the lands belonging to the said Earl of Carlingford and Lord Viscount Dillon or either of them have been set out and who are by this Act reprizable for the same be forthwith reprized out of the first Lands that shall come unto his Majesty in the Province of Connaught or County of Clare either by the restoring of any persons to their Estates who weâ—e formerly transplanted or otherwise any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided Nevertheless and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend to settle upon or give or be construed to settle upon or give unto all or any of the said Adventurers any benefit part or portion of such sum or sums of money as have been forfeited by any Adventurer or Adventurers by
from time to time out of the acâ—ruing Rents Issues Fines and Profits which shall come into the Receipt of your Majesties Exchequer for or by reason of the licencing or permitting the Sale of Wine Aqua-vitae or Strong-waters or any of them by Retail in this Kingdome pay or cause to be paid without further delay Order or Directions unto the said Sir James Shane his Executors Administrators or Assigns half yearly every Michaelmas and Easter the currant Interest of the said Eight thousand Pounds or so much thereof as shall remain unsatisfied the first payment of the said Interest money to be made at Michaelmas One thousand six hundred sixty two and that the said Sir James Shane his Heirs and Assigns shall have and enjoy the full benefit and advantage and effect of your Majesties Gracious Letters under your Royal Signet bearing date the Twenty fifth day of March One thousand six hundred sixty two in the Fourteenth year of your Reign for granting of several houses and lands unto him his heirs and assigns in satisfaction of Adventures and other Interests according to the Rules of the said Declaration so far forth as the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdome for the time being shall judge the several matters and things therein contained to be consistent with your Majesties said Declaration excepting only what relates unto his said Estate in Irris any clause proviso sentence matter or thing whatsoever in this Act contained in any wise notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom for the time being by and with the consent of the Privy Council shall have full power and authority out of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments vested by this Act in his Majesty and which shall be setled or restored by virtue thereof to settle such a yearly allowance for ever not exceeding one Thousand Pounds Per Annum for the founding erecting and endowing of Hospitals and Work-houses for Souldiers maimed or wounded in the Service of Ireland and in case of deficiency of such persons then towards other publick and pious Vses in such manner and in such places as they shall think most equal and fit Provided also That whereas such Papists as by special Grace are restorable unto their Estates by this Act ought in some measure to manifest their gratitude unto Your Majesty for the Happiness and advantage which they enjoy by Your Majesties wonderful Restauration and thereby the better enable your Majesty to restore or satisfie divers persons who have suffered much in Your Majesties Service and for want of Reprizals may not be restored to their Estates Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council for the time being to charge for the use of Your Majesty the Estates of the persons so restorable not exceeding the proportions following viz. All Papists who took no lands in Connaught one half years value and such as took lands in Connaught one years value of the Estates unto which they are or shall respectively be restored what they shall be so charged with to be paid in the same manner and proportion as the respective sums payable by the Adventurers or Souldiers are made payable by this Act and that the same shall be paid unto the Receipt of his Majesties Exchequer to be disposed of for satisfying the said unrestored persons or for the buying and purchasing of Reprizes Adventures Arrears Incumbrances or other allowed Interest confirmed by this Act from such person or persons as shall be willing to sell their respective Rights thereunto whereby the Lands designed for Reprizals may the better hold out to answer the ends of Your Majesties said Declaration any thing in this Act notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in case Reprizals shall fall short whereby persons mentioned and appointed in the said Declaration and this Act to be restored without being put to any further proof cannot or shall not obtain or receive the full Benefit intended them then it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council for the time being and they are hereby authorized to order appoint and make distribution amongst them of the Satisfaction or Restitution allotted them in such proportions and method as they shall judge most equal and just consideration being had of the conditions and pretences of the several persons concerned nevertheless according to the Rules and Directions of the Declaration concerning them in all other points and particularly in that of previous Reprize or Reprizals which Order and Appointment of theirs shall be final and observed by the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed for the Execution of this Act any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided always and be it hereby further Enacted That all such Castles Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Sligo as have been purchased by Sir Philip Percivall Knight deceased or any other person or persons in trust for Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Ratcliffe Knight deceased or either of them and their Heirs or the Heirs of either of them and whereof they or either of them or any other person or persons to their or either of their uses or in trust for them or either of them were seized or possessed at any time before the Three and Twentieth day of October One thousand Six hundred Forty one shall be and are hereby vested in his Majesty his Heirs and Successors and so remain and continue until the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being and the Council there shall upon hearing of the said Purchasers their Heirs or Assigns and the Heirs and Assigns of the said late Earl of Strafford Sir George Ratcliffe and also upon hearing of the persons their heirs or assigns who sold the premisses or any part thereof declare and adjudge whether the same do belong to Sir Philip Percivall his heirs or assigns in trust for William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Ratcliffe or either of them or to any other person or persons his or their heirs or assigns of whom the same are pretended to be purchased as aforesaid which Declaration and Iudgement shall be as good and effectual in Law to all Intents and Purposes on behalf of the person or persons for whom the same shall be made as if the same had been particularly Enacted by these presents any Distribution or Allotment thereof during the late times of Vsurpation to any Adventurer or Souldier any defect of Conveyance or Assurance to the said Sir Philip Percivall or other the Trustees of the late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Ratcliffe any Right or Title in his Majesty by virtue of the Office or
of the true yearly value of all and every the Messuages Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments possessed by any Adventurer or Souldier or any other person claiming by from or under them any benefit by vertue of this present Act as the same were worth in the year One thousand six hundred Fifty nine and to Order and Declare the true and full yearly value of the same which Declaration and Order of the said Commissioners or of so many of them as shall be thereunto Impowered shall be entred in a Book to be kept for that purpose and a Duplicate thereof shall be returned into his Majesties Court of Exchequer there to remain as a Record and shall be and is hereby made a Charge upon all and every the Messuages Lands and Tenements therein mentioned described or referred unto and shall be sufficient to Intitle his Majesty to have and receive a years value or a halfe years value according to that rate and in such manner as is herein before limited which several and respective sums so ascertained as aforesaid shall under the Penalties herein before mentioned be paid unto the Right Honourable Roger Earl of Orrery and John Lord Viscount Massareene whom his Majesty hath appointed to be his Receivers of the same or to such other persons as his Majesty shall hereafter appoint for that purpose who shall accompt for and pay unto his Majesty in his Court of Exchequer all and every the sums of money by them received And it is hereby further Declared and Enacted that the Receivers for the time being shall observe and follow such Directions and Instructions as his Majesty hath heretofore given or at any time hereafter shall give Provided nevertheless and be it Enacted That all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which are or shall be before the First day of May One thousand six hundred sixty and two setled or conveyed by Erasmus Smith Esq for any pious or charitable use shall be and are hereby exempted and freed from paying the years Rent or full years value of the profits herein before assessed imposed or reserved any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and it is hereby further Enacted That where any Lease or Leases of any Messuages Manors Lands or Tenements whereof the next or immediate reversion or remainder doth or shall appertain to any innocent Protestant or Papist not exceeding the time and term of One and Thirty years or Three lives from the Three and Twentieth day of October One thousand Sir hundred Forty one or other sooner time of making thereof are forfeited to and vested in his Majesty It shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governors for the time being by any Dâ—ed under his or their Hands and Seals to grant the rest and residue of such lease or leases unto such innocent person or persons as are or shall be Intituled unto the next or immediate reversion or remainder which Grants shall be sufficient to Intitle the persons to whom they shall be respectively made to enjoy the said lease or leases against Vs Our Heirs and Successors and against all and every other person And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Donnough Earl of Clancarthy and Charles Viscount Muskry his Son and both of them respectively shall be and are hereby restored unto their Blood and Honour and shall and may derive their Pedigree and Descent from their and every of their Ancestors Lineal and Collateral and shall be and are hereby restored unto and shall and may have hold possess and enjoy unto them and their Heirs respectively all and singular the Titles of Honour Dignities Honours Manors Castles Lordships Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and all other Hereditaments Right Title and Interest whatsoever in the said Kingdome of Ireland which he the said Donnough Earl of Clancarthy or the said Charles Viscount Muskry or either of them or any other person or persons in Trust for them or either of them or to their or either of their use or uses had held or enjoyed or of right ought to have held or enjoyed on the Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since according to by and under the same Tenure Rents and Services as the same were then held and by and under no other Tenure Rents or Services this present or any other Act Law Statute Ordinance Order Outlaâ—y Attainder Record Provision Sequestration Distribution Allotment Iudgement or Conviction or any other Cause Matter or Thing to the contrary notwithstanding Saving to all and every person or persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs and Successors other than to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors and those who shall or may claim by from or under his Majesty his Heirs and Successors or any of them all such Right Title or Interests which they or either of them had before the passing of this Act. And be it further Enacted That all such persons as are or shall be dispossessed of any part of his or their Estates in order to the said Earl of Clancarty and Lord Viscount Muskry's restitution who are reprizable by the rules of his Majesties Declaration shall be forthwith reprized in lands of equal worth and value Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Sir Connel Farrel Knight for his faithful and eminent Services and constant adherence to Vs in the Parts beyond the Seas be and hereby is restored to and setled in so much of the Manors Towns and Lands of Tulickin Lackin Kiltaffery Lisanisky in the County of Longford the Towns and Lands of Rosmore and Ferry-Glass in the County of Leytrim the Towns and Lands of Loghil Ederagh Creagh Carromoare Linnen Derryartwood Ballyglaslan Mullacorny alias Mullaghwerny and Larach in the said County of Longford as were belonging to John Farrel Father to the said Sir Connel and unto him the said Sir Connel or either of them the Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since to have and to hold unto the said Sir Connel Farrel his Heirs Assigns for ever under such Rents Tenures and Services as they were formerly held And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Cornet Robert Meredith and such others to whom the premisses were set out for Arrears be forthwith reprized for the same by other forfeited lands of equal value worth and purchase by Our Commissioners appointed or to be appointed for putting Our Gracious Declaration and Instructions in execution and that the lands so to be set and given for reprizals unto the said Cornet Robert Meredith and the others interested in the lands aforesaid be by the Authority aforesaid on the setting out thereof vested and setled in the said Robert Meredith and the rest of the said persons to be reprized and their Heirs respectively And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Sir
William Pen shall be forthwith reprized to the full yearly value worth and purchase of the Lands by him heretofore possest and according to the value of the said Lands in the Barony of Muskry whereof he hath been dispossest in order to the Restitution of the Earl of Clancarty at the time of his Surrender and his Improvements of the same and for the Arrears of Rents quitted to the said Earl as also for the Rent that would or might become due until the said Sir William Pen shall be possest of a full Reprize as aforesaid out of such forfeited Lands and Possessions as he now holdeth as Tenant to His Majesty in the said County of Corke so far as the same will extend thereunto and in case of Defect or Restitution of any of the said Lands the same to be made up out of other forfeited Lands of a good and clear Title and unincumbred with the first that shall be reprized And if the Title of any of the Lands by which he shall be so reprized shall be defective or that the said Lands be liable to Incumbrances that forthwith upon Discovery of the same his Reprize shall be made up fully by other forfeited Lands of a clear Title and free from Incumbrances and so from time to time till the said Reprize be compleated as aforesaid And whereas there was formerly intended to be setled on the Orphans of Colonel Owen O Connely particularly mentioned in the Declaration Lands to the value of Two Hundred Pounds per annum as a Recompence for the Fathers Services performed in the Discovery of the Rebellion which begun the Three and Twentieth of October One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners to be appointed for the Execution of this Act shall and are hereby impowered to set out for the use of Arthur and Martha O Connely Orphans of the said Owen O Connely their Heirs and Assigns out of the Forfeited Lands of Murragh Leestown Westperstown Bernonstown Artaine Bremore alias New Haven in the Baronies of Balruddery and Conlocke or elsewhere in the County of Dublin an Estate of the value of Two Hundred Pounds per annum which Estate of Two Hundred Pounds per annum so to be set out for their use shall be chosen out of such of the aforesaid Lands as are Forfeited for the best conveniency of the Orphans under the like Rents and Tenures and with the like Benefit of Reprizals in case of Restitution Removal or Incumbrance as Adventurers are to have by virtue of this present Act Which Lands so to be set out as aforesaid are to be setled upon the said Orphans their Heirs and Assigns in such manner and proportions and according to such Rates and Values as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being shall direct and appoint Provided always That neither this Act nor any thing therein contained shall be construed or extend to prejudice Anne Marchioness Dowager of Clanrickard her Right unto any the Lands or Hereditaments setled upon her for her Ioynture but that the said Marchioness of Clanrickard her Tenants and Assigns shall forthwith enter into possess and enjoy the said Lands and Hereditaments according to her Title unto the same in the same manner and form as she and they might have done if this Act had not been had nor made this Act or any thing therein contained notwithstanding Provided always That neither this Act nor any thing therein contained shall be construed to prejudice the Grant made by his Majesties late Father of ever Glorious Memory unto George Lane Esq in Trust for Sir George Hamilton of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof John Draycot of Mornonstown in the County of Meath Esq attainted of High Treason and since deceased was seized or some other person or persons in trust for him or to his use in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred Forty One but that the same shall be of such and no other effect as if this Act had not been made Provided also and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Captain William Hamilton of Lough Currine in the County of Tyrone his Heirs and Assigns be forthwith satisfied for all such Arrears as upon stating thereof shall appear to rest due unto him either in his own Right or as Heir Executor Administrator or Assigne to others for his or their respective Services in the War of Ireland Out of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments lately belonging or reputed to belong unto Sir Phelim O Neile of Kinard Knight lying and being in the Barony of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone according to the Rates of Ten Years purchase free Rent over and above all Incumbrances and Reprizes whatsoever subject nevertheless to the like Rents Payments Tenures and Services as either the Lands of Officers who served before June One Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Nine are subject unto within that Province And if in case the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments belonging unto the said Phelim O Neile at the Rate aforesaid shall not amount to a full Satisfaction of the said Arrear or Arrears then the remaining part of such Arrear or Arrears shall be satisfied and set forth to him the said William Hamilton his Heirs or Assigns out of the Forfeited Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying and being in the Baronies of Ardagh and Grannard in the County of Longford at the like rate and in like manner as aforesaid any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided alwayes That such forfeited and unrestorable lands within and contiguous to the Mile-Line in the County of Clare that were set out unto Sir Richard Ingoldsby Kt. of the Bath and Sir Henry Ingoldsby Baronet or either of them in satisfaction of one thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds eleven shillings and two pence with their now dwelling Houses and Gardens in Limrick of which they or either of them were possessed by themselves or Tenants the Seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine in consideration of their great Expence by improvement on the premisses be hereby vested setled and assured in and upon them their Heirs and Assigns for ever they or either of them delivering up to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland who is hereby impowered to receive the same so many Debentures for Pay due to Officers before One thousand six hundred forty nine as at the rate of Twelve shillings Six pence in the Pound shall amount unto the full sum of Two thousand Pounds in lieu of the said One thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds the same to be held and enjoyed by such Tenures Rents and Services as other Lands and Houses set out for Services in the year One thousand six hundred forty and nine are or shall be held by this present Act. And in case they shall be dispossessed of any of the said Houses or Lands by virtue of the Declaration
still enjoyed the same Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament That one Grant or Lease made by Randal now Marquess of Antrim on or about the One and Twentieth day of November in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Seven of the Barony of Carey the Lordship of Bally Castle and the Island of Rachlins and all his Lands and Hereditaments within the said Barony Lordship and Island or any of them unto Alexander Mac Donnel John Moore Archibald Stewart and John Trayleman for ninety nine years from Michaelmas One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Seven which Lease was made in Trust for payment of and Counter-Security against his Debts shall be and remain of the like effect and force in Law and no other as the same was before the making of this Act any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding And that the said Estate and term of years of and in the said demised premisses shall be and is hereby transferred from the aforesaid Lessees unto and vested and setled in Martin Noel Esq Thomas Carleton Citizen and Mercer of London and John Bradborne of the Middle Temple London Gentleman who shall hold and enjoy the said demised premisses from henceforth for and during such Interest as they legally have by the said Lease upon this Trust reposed in them the said Martin Noel Thomas Carleton and John Bradborne that they their Executors and Administrators shall from time to time dispose and imploy such moneys as they shall raise or receive by or out of the said Premisses for and towards the Satisfaction and Payment of all such Debts of the said Marquess as are yet unpaid and were intended by the said Lease or Ninety nine years to be secured and that all and every person and persons now seized or possessed of any part of the premisses and reprizable by the Rules of the Declaration and Instructions and this present Act shall be forthwith reprized for so much as shall be Adjudged from Them by Virtue of the said Lease Provided always and Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord High Treasurer of England Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgman Knight and Baronet Lord Chief Iustice of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas and Sir Henry Vernon To Have Hold and enjoy to them and their Heirs and Assigns all that the Castle Manor and Abby of Eniscorthy in the County of Wexford and all those Manors Townships Lands Tenements Territories and Hereditaments late parcel of the possessions of Robert Wallop commonly called or known by the name of Kilbeck Clony Turnesallough and Effernock and also all that the Priory or Rectory and Church Impropriate of Salsker in the said County of Wexford late parcel of the possessions of the said Robert Wallop with all Tythes Oblations Obventions and all other Profits whatsoever thereunto belonging and all other the Messuages Lands Tenements Tythes Rents Reversions and Hereditaments whatsoever in the Kingdom of Ireland granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said Earl of Southampton Lord Ashley Sir Orlando Bridgman and Sir Henry Vernon and their Heirs in and by certain Letters Patents bearing Date the Six and Twentieth day of September in the Thirteenth year of his Majesties Reign which said Letters Patents shall be and are hereby ratified confirmed and approved according to the Tenor and Purport thereof any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided always and Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for Sir Richard Ingoldsby Knight of the Bath to receive and take to his own use the Rents Issues and Profits of all and singular the Messuages Lands and Tenements formerly belonging to Sir Hardress Waller and now forfeited by the Attainder of the said Sir Hardress Waller for High Treason and also all and singular the Goods and Chattels formerly belonging to the said Sir Hardress Waller and now forfeited wheresoever the same shall be found in the Kingdom of Ireland until the said Sir Richard Ingoldsby shall out of the Rents and Profits or by reason of the said Goods and Chattels be fully satisfied and paid the sum of Two Thousand Pounds with the Interest thereof since the year One thousand Six hundred Fifty eight or so much thereof as remains yet unsatisfied he the said Sir Richard Ingoldsby accompting for and paying the full Overplus thereof if any shall be unto Our Sovereign Lord the King any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for Sr. George Lane Knight his Heirs and Assignes to have hold possess and quietly enjoy to the use of him the said Sir George Lane Knight his Heirs and Assigns all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments wherein the said Sir George Lane had any Estate in Possession Reversion or Remainder on the Fifteenth day of September One thousand six hundred and fifty And also all the Castles Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which he the said Sir George Lane or any other person or persons in Trust for him the said Sir George Lane or to his Vse hath or have purchased of or from Thomas Dutton Esq Son and Heir of Sir Thomas Dutton Kt. deceased and also of and from Sir John Norton of Rotherfield in the County of Southampton Baronet situate lying and being in the Counties of Longford and Leitrim containing by Estimation Two Thousand Six hundred Acres of profitable land be it more or less And also all other the Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof John Cook and Philip Hore lately attained for High Treason or either of them or any other person or persons to the use of or in Trust for them or either of them was or were seized or possessed on the Day they the said John and Philip respectively committed their several Treasons or at any time since and which were given and granted or mentioned to be given and granted by his Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of Ireland unto the said Sir George Lane and his Heirs according to the purport and meaning of the said Letters Patents all which said Manors Castles Lands Tenements and Hereditaments are to be held and enjoyed by the said Sir George Lane his heirs and assigns with like benefit of Reprizal in case of Restitution as any Adventurers ought to have Saving to all and every person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs Executors Successors and Assigns other then to the Kings Maiesty his Heirs and Successors and other then to the said Thomas Dutton Sir John Norton John Cook and Philip Hore or any of them or the Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns of them or any of them and other than such person
lyable to the Satisfaction of such Arrears in the County of Kildare and elsewhere in the Kingdom of Ireland lying most convenient unto the Estate of the said Earl of Kildare which he the said Wentworth Earl of Kildare shall make choice of all which said Satisfactions are to be made at the same Rates and Proportions and according to the same Rules as are directed by this Act in Cases of the like Nature any thing in this present Act or any clause therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted That all such Adventurers who are or shall be removed from any of the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments belonging to Theobald Purcell of Loghmoe in the County of Tipperary lately deceased shall be only reprized out of Surplusage Lands within the Security of the Adventurers any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided alwayes That nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice the Right Title or Interest of Martin Noel or John Arthur in any the forfeited houses tenements or hereditaments in the Town of Wexford And it is hereby Enacted That such of the said Houses Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Town of Wexford as shall be found to be forfeited and already set out unto the said Martin Noel and John Arthur shall be and are hereby vested in and setled upon the said Martin Noel and John Arthur their Heirs and Assigns for ever under such Rents and according to such respective Rules as were set down in his Majesties said Declaration and Instructions Provided alwayes That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend to any person or persons Bodies Politick or Corporate any Manors Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Services or Hereditaments which did belong unto any Hospital Almes-house Lepers or Lazars or other charitable Vse within the said Kingdom of Ireland on the Two and Twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Forty one but that all such Manors Lands Tenements Rents Reversions and Hereditaments and every of them shall be restored setled and disposed to the respective Hospitals Almes-houses Lepers Lazars or other charitable Vse to which they or any of them did belong before the said year One Thousand Six Hundred Forty and One and that to be done by the Inspection Direction and Regulation of the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour Governours and Council for the time being any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted That Arthur now Earl of Anglesey and Lord Viscount Valentia his Heirs and Assigns in his and their respective Settlements and Satisfactions pursuant to this Act shall and may enjoy the ful benefit and advantage of his Majesties respective Gracious Letters in the behalf of the said Lord Viscount Valentia under his Majesties Royal Signet Inrolled in his Majesties high Court of Chancery in Ireland so far forth as the same are consistent with his Majesties said Declaration any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to any Manors Castles Towns Villages Messuages Houses Lands Tenements or Hereditaments whereof Simon Luttrel of Luttrelstown in the County of Dublin Esq deceased or Thomas Luttrel Son of the said Simon or either of them were or was seized in Fee or Fee Tail in Vse Possession Remainder or Reversion on the Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty and one or whereof they or either of them or their or any of their Tenant or Tenants was or were dispossessed expulsed or removed by or under colour of any Actings of the late Vsurped Power in the Kingdome of Ireland but that the said Thomas Luttrel his Heirs and Assigns shall and may from henceforth have hold and enjoy all and singular the said Manors Castles Towns Villages Messuages Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with appurtenances without and before any previous Reprizals and at the ancient Rents and Tenures any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstrnding Provided alwayes and be it hereby enacted That John Bellew of Castletown in the County of Lowth Esq his Heirs and Assigns shall have hold possess and enjoy all the Houses Lands Tenements Rents Services and Hereditaments whatsoever which did belong in Possession Reversion or Remainder to Sir Christopher Bellew late of Castletown aforesaid Knight Father to the said John on the Two and Twentieth of October in the year of Our Lord God One thousand six hundred forty and one in as large and ample manner as the said Sir Christopher or any other in his Right or to his Vse enjoyed the same subject nevertheless to such Charges and Incumbrances as were justly laid upon or issuing out of the said Estate before the said Two and Twentieth day of October One thousand Six hundred forty and one any Clause Proviso matter or thing in this Act whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes That John Morrish and Robert Clayton and their Heirs Executors and Assigns shall have hold and enjoy all and singular the forfeited Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Wexford in Ireland whereof they or One of them stand seized or possessed in Trust for Sir John Cutler Knight and Baronet Sir Edward Heath Knight of the Bath Thomas Yate Doctor in Divinity Robert Abbot Gentleman Didier Fouchant Gentleman and Timothy Stamp Esquire and whereon or on some part whereof Iron-works and other necessary Improvements have been erected and made and which were formerly purchased or taken in Lease in the Names of any of the parties above-named from Officers Souldiers or others to whom the same were set out or allotted in satisfaction of Adventures or Arrears or did otherwise of right appertain according to the effect and purport of the several and respective Deeds of Purchase and Demise and with such benefit of Reprizal in case of restitution or incumbrance and with such other Advantages as any Adventurer or Souldier their Heirs or Assigns within the Province of Leinster ought to have any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further enacted That the Lands and Estate formerly set out in the County of Cork unto Hercules Huncks Esq for his Arrears due for his Service in Ireland be established on and confirmed unto Edward Adams of London Merchant his Heirs and Assigns for ever according to such Tenures Rents and Services and under such Limitations and Directions for Reprizal as are set down and expressed for any other Officer or Souldier in this present Act any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas several of the Inhabitants and Proprietors of the City of Dublin and Town of Drogheda who constantly adhered unto the Royal Authority until the withdrawing
Inquisition in the time of his Royal Father for vesting Land in the Province of Connaught or any other matter or thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Maurice Keating Esq Son and Heir of Edmond Keating of Norraughmore in the County of Kildare Esq shall and may have hold and enjoy to him and his heirs all and every the Manors Towns Villages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Kings County purchased by or in trust for his said Father before the three and twentieth day of October One thousand Six hundred Forty one from John Carrol Esq if the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland and Council thereupon hearing the parties concerned shall think fit to adjudge the same accordingly any thing in this Act or in any other Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted That Theobald Lord Viscount Taaff Earl of Carlingford shall have hold possess and enjoy to him and his Heirs all those the Lands Manors Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Lowth whereof the said Theobald upon the first day of August in the year One thousand six hundred sixty one was possessed or were set out assigned or granted to the said Theobald by way of Custodium or otherwise in Order to a further Settlement thereof to and on the said Theobald and his heirs for and in lieu of the Estate of Coloony in the County of Sligo and also that the said Theobald shall have and enjoy to him and his heirs the Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof Christopher Taaff of Bragganstown and Theophilus Taaff of Cookestown or either of them or any of their Ancestors or any other person or persons to their use or in trust for them or any of them stood seized or possessed upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one all and singular which premisses the said Theobald Lord Viscount Taaff Earl of Carlingford shall hold to him and his heirs at and under the same or like Tenures Rents and Services as the Officers and Souldiers by this Act are to hold any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Your Majesty by your Letters Patents under Your Great Seal of England bearing date the eight day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty two and in the Fourteenth year of Your Majesties Reign was graciously pleased to grant to Richard Earl of Clanrickard and his Heirs the Honours Castles Lordships Seigniories Abbeys Abbey-lands and Impropriate Tythes Lands Tenements and other Hereditaments to the uses and in such manner as is therein mentioned Provided therefore That this Act or any thing therein contained shall not extend to or be construed to extend to vest in Your Majesty Your Heirs or Successors any Honours Castles Manors Lordships Seigniories Abbeys Abbey-Lands Impropriate Tythes or other Lands Tenements or Hereditaments whatsoever which are granted or intended or mentioned to be granted by the said Letters Patents any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Honours Castles Manors Lordships Seigniories Abbeys Abbey-Lands Impropriate Tythes Lands Tenements and other Hereditaments whatsoever which are granted or intended or mentioned to be granted in or by the said Letters Patents shall be immediately without any previous Reprizal or other Incumbrance whatsoever vested setled and established and are hereby vested setled established in the said Richard Earl of Clanrickard his heirs to and for the uses intents purposes in such manner as is expressed set forth in by the said letters Patents to no other use intent or purpose or in any other manner whatsoever that the said Richard Earl of Clanrickard and his Heirs shall and may have hold occupy and enjoy the same to the Vses Intents and Purposes and by and under the Rents and Services in and by the said Letters Patents mentioned and reserved and by no other Rents or Services any thing in this Act or any other Act Law Statute Ordinance Order Attainder Record Provision Sequestration Distribution Allotment Iudgement Conviction or any cause matter or thing had made transacted or done to the contrary notwithstanding Saving to all manner of persons Bodies Politick and Corporate other then Your Majesty your Heirs and Successors and such as shall or may claim from by or under Your Majesty and other then such whose Estate would have vested or been in Your Majesty by the general scope words or intent of this Act if the above-Proviso were not had made inserted or mentioned in this Act and other then such who had held or were possessed of any of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments by the said Letters Patents granted by or under any defeazable Right Title or Estate and other then such as shall or may pretend or claim any Right or Title thereunto in prejudice of any the Vses limited in and by the said Letters Patents by descent or by virtue of any Estate or Remainder in Tail from any the late Earls of Clanrickard all and every the Right Title Estate and Interest Nevertheless it is hereby declared and enacted That such persons their Heirs and Assigns to whom any of the lands belonging to the said Earl of Clanrickard have been set out and who are by this Act reprizable for the same be forthwith reprized out of the first lands that shall come unto his Majesty in the Province of Connaught and County of Clare either by restoring of any persons to their Estates who were formerly Transplanted or otherwise any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdome for the time being by and with the consent of the Privy-Council shall have full power and Authority to erect another College to be of the Vniversity of Dublin to be called by the Name of The Kings College out of all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments vested by this Act in his Majesty and which shall be setled or restored by vertue thereof to raise a yearly allowance for ever not exceeding Two thousand Pounds per annum by an equal charge upon every One thousand Acres or lesser quantities proportionably and therewith to endow the said College which said College so as aforesaid to be erected shall be setled regulated and governed by such Laws Statutes Ordinances and Constitutions as his Majesty his Heirs or Successors shall under his or their Great Seal of England or Ireland declare or appoint Provided nevertheless and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Robert Boyl Esq his Executors Administrators and Assignes shall and may for and during the term of Thirty one years have hold and enjoy all and singular the impropriations
Reverend Father in God John Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland or to James Duke of Ormond or the Lady Elizabeth Dutchess of Ormond his Wife or to any of their Children or to James late Earl of Roscomon William Earl of Strafford Murrough Earl of Inchiquin Sir George Hamilton Sir Richard Lane Sir George Lane Sir James Montgomery or his Heirs or Thomas Radcliffe Esquire Provided likewise that this Act or any thing therein contained shall not vest nor be understood or construed to vest in your Majesty your Heirs or Successors or otherwise be prejudicial unto or take away any Estate Right Title Interest Service Cheifry Vse Trust Condition Fee Rent-Charge Chattel Real Mortgage Right of Redemption of Mortgage Recognizance Iudgement Forfeiture Extent Right of Action Right of Entry Statute or any other Estate of what nature or kinde soever from any Protestant or Protestants their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns who did not joyn with the said Rebels before the 15th day of September 1643. whereof upon the said 22. day of October 1641. they were respectively seized or possessed or otherwise interested or Entituled or wherein they had any other Estate Vse Possession Trust Reversion or Remainder other then such Estate Interest whereof they or any of them stood seized or possessed for the use of or in trust for any of the Rebels aforesaid nor unto any Iudgement or Decree which hath been obtained by any such Protestant or Protestants in the late Courts or Pretended Courts for Abjudication of Claims or in the Court of Exchequer or any other of the four Courts sitting at Dublin or for which any Iudgement or Decree is or shall be confirmed had or made by the Commissioners heretofore appointed by His Majesty for the execution of His late Gracious Declaration and Instructions herein after recited or at any time hereafter to be appointed by His Majesty for the executing of the said Declaration and Instructions and this present Act who are hereby enabled and Authorized to receive hear and determine the same Nor to the vesting any of the Lands Tenements Hereditaments or Chattels real Right Title Service Cheifry Vse Trust Condition Fee Rent-Charge Chattel real Mortgage right of Redemption of Mortgage Recognizance Iudgement Forfeiture Extent Right of Action Right of Entry Statute or any other Estate of what nature or kinde soever or any innocent Papist or their innocent Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every such Person or Persons his and their Executors Administrators and Assigns to whom any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments belonging unto such Protestant or innocent Papist have been assigned or distributed set out or enjoyed shall forthwith and before any other Reprizals whatsoever to be set out be reprized any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also That no Person or Persons their Heirs Executors or Administrators who enjoyed all or any of the said Lands Tenements or Hereditaments which by this present Act are vested or setled in your Majesty your Heirs or Successors shall be accountable for any the Rents Issues or Profits of the same from the said 23. Day of October 1641. until the time of the passing of this present Act other then such Rents Issues and Profits as by new Contracts stand charged in His Majesties Court of Exchequer since the year 1650. or the profits of concealed Lands enjoyed without Title allowed and confirmed by this present Act. And whereas Your Sacred Majesty hath by your said Gracious Declaration Instructions declared your Royal pleasure and Intentions how the said Honors Manors Castles Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other the Estates and Interests hereby forfeited unto and vested in Your Majesty your Heirs and Successors should be disposed of and also by Commission under your Great Seal of this Your Kingdome bearing date the 30th Day of April in the 13th year of your Majesties Reign appointed certain Commissioners for putting in execution all the matters and things in the said Declaration and Instructions contained Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all the said Honors Manors Lands Castles Houses Tenements Hereditaments and all other the Estates and Interests hereby vested and setled in Your Majesty your Heirs and Successors except before excepted or provided for as aforesaid shall be and remain in your Sacred Majesty your Heirs and Successors to the intent to be setled confirmed restored or disposed to and for such use and uses and in such manner as in and by the said Declaration and Instructions hereafter following and by this present Act and the true intent and meaning thereof is declared limited meant intended or appointed His Majesties GRACIOUS DECLARATION FOR The Settlement of His Kingdome of Ireland and satisfaction of the several Interests of Adventurers Souldiers and other His Subjects there CHarles the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all Our loving Subjects of Our Kingdome of Ireland of what degree or quality soever Greeting It having pleased Almighty God out of his great mercy and compassion towards Vs and all Our Subjects to restore Vs in so wonderful a manner to each other and with so wonderful circumstances of affection and confidence in each other as must for ever fill Our Hearts if We are in any degree sensible of such Blessings with an humble and grateful acknowledgement of the Obligation We owe to His Divine Providence That he would vouchsafe to work that miracle for Vs himself which no endeavours of Our own could bring to pass We think it agreable to the just sense We have and ought to have of the good affection of all Our good Subjects who have contributed so much in bringing this unspeakable Blessing upon Vs themselves that We acknowledge that our good Subjects in Our Kingdome of Ireland have born a very good part in procuring this happiness that they were early in their dutiful Addresses to Vs and made the same professions of a resolution to return to their Duty and Obedience to Vs during the time of Our being beyond the Seas which they have since so eminently made good and put in practise However it was not easy for us to make any publick Declaration with reference to that Our Kingdome there being many difficulties in the providing for and complying with the several Interests and Pretences there which We were bound in Honour and Iustice in some degree to take care of and which were different from the difficulties We were to contend with in this Kingdome We well knew the Acts of Parliament which had formerly past for the security of the Adventurers in that Kingdom had heard of the proceedings which had been thereupon by which very many Officers Souldiers and others as well of this as that Our Kingdome were in possession of a great part of the Lands of that Our Kingdom and
aforesaid That James Duke of Ormond the Earl of Inchiqueene the Executors of Sir Philip Percivall Knight deceased late Commissary of the Victuals in Ireland who are to be satisfied for what Disbursements were made to the other Commissaries and Officers in the Establishment belonging to the said Imployment by the said Sir Philip Percivall and others who were General Officers Staffe-Officers Officers of the Train Colonels and Majors of Dragoons and Lieutenant Colonels of Horse Be and are hereby intended according to the several Commissions for Satisfaction of their said respective Arrears for Service as aforesaid before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine among the rest of the said Officers out of the aforesaid security and are equally to enjoy all benefits and advantages in all particulars whatsoever with any other Commission-Officers serving before the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine mentioned in this Act according to their respective establishments And be it further Enacted by the Authorized aforesaid That in the Stating of the said Arrears no Officers be allowed for Service in Ulster but such as were of the Army called The Brittish Army and within the establishment of the said Army And that no Company or Troop be allowed but those that were Regimented or Mustered by the Commissary of the Musters as a non-Regimented Company or Troop and actively served during the whole time they pretended unto and received Pay and Quarters with the rest of the Army And be it hereby further Enacted That James Duke of Ormond the Earl of Inchiqueen and such Protestant Officers as served faithfully under his Majesties Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at any time between the Fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and the Tenth of December One thousand six hundred and fifty and never served in any Army since but under his Majesties Authority may have their Arrears stated for that time also and may be allowed satisfaction for the same as for the rest of their respective Arrears and that the Debentures to them respectively for those Arrears be for the whole time without distinction And be it also Enacted That all Adventurers Souldiers their Heirs and Assigns whose Adventures and Lots were set out of the Lands of James Duke of Ormond and who have not been yet reprized shall be satisfied out of the remaining forfeited lands in the County of Catherlogh and also out of the respective moyeties of the ten Counties appointed for satisfaction of Adventurers and Souldiers And further That such Adventurers or Souldiers their Heirs or Assigns as have been or shall be removed upon or by reason of the restitution of the Earl of Roscommon shall be reprized in such sort as deficient and other Adventurers are by this Act intended to be satisfied And be it Enacted That the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Essex Son and Heir of the Right Honourable Arthur late Lord Capel who in his life time subscribed and paid in his money as an Adventurer for Lands in Ireland and the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Culpeper Son and Heir of the Right Honourable John late Lord Culpeper who also in his life time subscribed and paid in his money as an Adventurer on certain propositions for lands in Ireland and all and every other person or persons their Heirs or Assigns who subscribed and paid in their moneys as Adventurers for lands in Ireland according to the Act or Acts passed in the Parliament begun and held at Westminster on the Third day of November in the sixteenth year of the Reign of Our late Sovereign Lord Charles the First of ever blessed memory and have not yet had Certificates from any Five or more of certain persons late sitting at Grocers-hall shall upon the producing the Original Receipts of the moneys so paid in or making good and sufficient proof therein before the Commissioners to be appointed for execution of the Declaration and Instructions and this present Act be enabled and Intituled to Ask Demand Receive and Have his and their respective satisfaction for their Moneys by a full and equal proportion of Lands out of the moyeties of the ten Counties heretofore set out for Adventurers or elsewhere as fully and amply as any other Adventurer can or may justly claim by vertue of any Certificate or Certificates whatsoever unless he or they have received or accepted satisfaction for the Original moneys so adventured out of Church-lands Crown-lands or other Lands formerly exposed to sale in England And be it further Enacted that where any Adventurer hath delivered up his Original Receipt and taken Certificates from any Five or more of certain persons late sitting at Grocers-Hall such Certificates shall be as effectual in the Law and as available to all intents and purposes as if the Original Receipt had been produced and all and every person and persons having and producing such Certificates shall be and are hereby enabled to have receive possesse and enjoy so much and no more forfeited Lands out of the moyeties of the Ten Counties aforesaid or elsewhere and such number of Acres English or Irish measure respectively as by vertue of the said Certificates shall be certified to be due to him or them respectively Provided alwayes That if it shall be clearly proved before the said Commissioners that the said Certificates do contain a greater quantity of Acres than ought to be given and allowed for the Original money paid that then such Certificates shall not Intitle them to any more Lands then are justly due for the Original subscription and money paid Provided alwayes That nothing in the Declaration Instructions or this present Act herein before or after mentioned shall be expounded construed or taken to give any Right or Title to any Adventurer or Adventurers who adventured their moneys upon certain Ordinances or pretended Ordinances of Parliament made in the years One thousand Six hundred Forty three and One thousand Six hundred forty and seven commonly called The Doubling Ordinances nor to the Heirs or Assigns of any such Adventurer or Adventurers to have hold or enjoy any further or other satisfaction out of the forfeited Lands aforesaid than according to the moneys really and Bona Fide paid in and advanced upon the said Ordinances or pretended Ordinances which moneys shall be satisfied with the like proportion of forfeited Lands according to Irish measure as other Adventurers their Heirs or Assigns who advanced their moneys upon the Act passed in the Parliament held at Westminster the first day of November in the Sixteenth year of the Reign of Charles the First Intituled An Act for the further Advancement of an effectual and speedy Reduction of the Rebels in Ireland to the obedience of His Majesty and the Crown of England may and ought to have any Certificate Allotment Distribution or other possession thereof upon the Seventh of May One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Nine or any other matter or thing to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding Nevertheless It
Elizabeth Dutchess of Ormond or either of them or any other person or persons in Trust for him or her or to his or her use had held or enjoyed this present Act or any other Act Law Statute Ordinance Order Attainder Record Provision Sequestration Distribution Allotment Iudgement or Conviction or any Clause Matter or thing had made Transacted or done to the contrary notwithstanding And to the end that the said Duke and Dutchess may have hold possess and enjoy their Estate and Estates free from all Estates Taile Morgages Leases Statutes and Iudgements and other securities for moneys forfeited to his Majesty to which their Estate or Estates are or may be lyable Be it therefore further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Estates Tail for life or lives or for years and all other Estates whatsoever whereof the said Duke or Dutchess of Ormond or any other person in Trust for them or either of them had the reversion or the remainder the Two and Twentieth of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred forty and one or at any time since and which by virtue of this present Act or otherwise are become forfeited to his Majesty And all Iudgments Statutes Recognizances and all other Securities for money of any kind or nature whatsoever which may in any kind impeach charge or incumber any of the Seigniories Manors Castles Lordships Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders or other Hereditaments or Interests whatsoever of the said Duke or Dutchess of Ormond or of any other person or persons in Trust for them or either of them in the said Kingdom of Ireland which by this present Act or otherwise are become forfeited or vested in his Maiesty shall be vested settled and given and are hereby vested settled and given to the said Duke of Ormond as fully and ample and in as large ample beneficial manner to all intents and purposes and for such Estate and Estates in Fee-simple or otherwise as his Majesty by virtue of this present Act or any Clause therein contained or by any other means had or might have had held or enjoyed the same any former or other Clause or Provision in this present Act or any other Act Law Statute Ordinance Order Attainder Record Provision Sequestration Distribution Allotment Iudgement or Conviction or any other Cause Matter or Thing had made Transacted or done to the contrary notwithstanding And to the end that the Estate and Estates of the said Duke and Dutchess may be settled in such manner as the same by the said Quadrupartite Indenture are intended to be settled Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Conveyance and Conveyances Settlement and Settlements Assurance and Assurances whatsoever at any time heretofore made by the said Duke and Dutchess or either of them by themselves or joyntly with any other persons Trusted on the behalf of them or any of their Children for the settling of any the Honours Seigniories Castles Lordships Manors Lands Tenements or any other of the Hereditaments in the said Quadrupartite Indenture mentioned upon the said Duke or Dutchess or either of them or upon their or any of their Children and Blood with or without Remainders to any other person or persons whatsoever shall be revoked repealed adnulled and made void and are hereby revoked repealed adnulled and made void And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Honours Seigniories Castles Lordships Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments mentioned in the said Indenture Quadrupartite and intended to be granted settled or conveyed or mentioned to be thereby granted settled or conveyed shall be by the authority of this present Act vested settled and established and are hereby vested settled and established in the several respective persons and for the several and respective Estate and Estates Vse and Vses and Intents and under and subject to the same powers Limitations and Trusts as are expressed touching the same and contained in the said Quadrupartite Indenture as fully as if the said Quadrupartite Indenture were executed by Fine Common Recovery Livery of Seizin Atturnement of Tenants or by any other way or means whatsoever requisite or necessary for the doing thereof and as fully as if the said Quadrupartite Indenture had been particularly recited expressed and enacted in this Act notwithstanding the said Elizabeth Dutchess of Ormond be a Feme Covert And although there be no other execution of the said Quadrupartite Indenture then the Power and Authority of this present Act any other matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding Saving to all and every person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate their Heirs and Successors othen then to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors and other then to such whose Estates are forfeited to his Majesty or are by this Act vested in his Majesty and those who claim by from or under his Majesty or them or any of them all such Right Title or Interest as they or any of them had before the passing of this Act and also saving to all and every person and persons Bodies Politick and Corporate other then the Children of the said Duke or Dutchess and such others as claim any estate or estates in Trust for them or any of their Children and such as claimes estates in Remainder in Tail or Fee-simple by vertue of any conveyance or conveyances at any time heretofore made of the said Honours Castles Lordships Manors and Lands in and by the said Quadrupartite Indenture settled or mentioned or intended to be setled all such Right Title and Interest as they or any of them had before at the passing of this Act. Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Wentworth Earl of Kildare his Heirs and Assigns shall and may have the preemption and be preferred unto the purchase of and enjoy the Forfeited Interests and Estates in and of all such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments by this present Act vested in his Majesty his Heirs and Successors and not restored to the former Proprietors as were or are held of or from George late Earl of Kildare or the said Wentworth Earl of Kildare or either of them or of their or any of their Manors or whereout Chief Rent Service or Duty was or is reserved unto the said George Earl of Kildare Wentworth Earl of Kildare or either of them as also of any other Lands Tenements or Hereditaments surrounded by or intermixt with the said Earl of Kildares Estate which he the said Earl shall desire by placing thereon such Adventures Arrears Decrees Incumbrances or other publick Debts or Interests as are confirmed and allowed by this present Act and according to the Tenor thereof are satisfiable thereupon and that the personal Arrears of George late Earl of Kildare for Service in Ireland before the Fifth day of June One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine be satisfied out of such Forfeited Houses Lands Tenements or Hereditaments and other Security
lie most contiguous unto the Fort of Duncannon which lands so as aforesaid to be set out shall be reserved unto his Majesty his Heirs and Successors to the intent that the Rents Issues and Profits thereof may for ever be imployed for and towards the better support and maintenance of the Fort aforesaid and all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers and other reprizable persons to whom any of the said Lands so as aforesaid to be set out have been heretofore allotted or disposed shall be forthwith reprized out of some other forfeited lands of an Estate of equal value worth and purchase any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted That all and singular the forfeited Messuages Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof Henry Jones Lord Bishop of Meath or any other person or persons in Trust for him or to his Vse were seized or possessed on or before the Nine and Twentieth day of May One thousand six hundred and sixty shall be and are hereby vested and setled in and confirmed unto the said Henry Lord Bishop of Meath in his natural capacity and shall be held and enjoyed by him the said Henry Lord Bishop of Meath and his Heirs subject to the like Rents Tenures and Payments as any Adventurer for lands in the Province of Leinster ought to be and in case any of the forfeited lands hereby vested in the said Lord Bishop of Meath did heretofore belong to any restorable person other than innocent persons that then and in such case no restitution shall be made until the said Henry Lord Bishop of Meath be first reprized with an estate in value worth and purchase equal to that which ought to be restored any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to the disposal of any lands tenements or hereditaments whereof the Provost Fellows and Scholars of the holy and individed Trinity near Dublin of the Foundation of Queen Elizabeth were seized in Fee in the year One thousand six hundred forty one and are now in their actual possession but that the said lands tenements and hereditaments together with the Right Title and Interest of all and every person and persons to any of the said lands tenements and hereditaments which they held by virtue of any Grant Lease or Fee-farm from the Provost Fellows and Scholars of the said Colledge and which is forfeited to his Majesty by the late Rebellion shall remain and are hereby granted and confirmed to the said Provost Fellows and Scholars and their Successors for ever paying for the same such Rents as Adventurers ought to pay for lands within the Provinces where the lands hereby granted and confirmed lye any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And whereas there are Fees claimed to be due to Sir Audley Mervyn Knight Speaker of the House of Commons Sir George Lane Knight Clerk of the House of Lords Philip Fernly Esq Clerk of the Houss of Commons and other Attendants on either of the said Houses out of every Bill past in Parliament wherein or whereby any person or persons Bodies Politick or Corporate receive any Grant of or restitution to any forfeited lands tenements or hereditaments to them or any of them their Heirs and Successors being particularly Named or included in the said Bill Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the ascertaining the respective Fees payable by the said persons Bodies Politick and Corporate not particularly named by this Act though included therein both as to the sum and sums and the way time manner and paying thereof be and is hereby left to the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council of Ireland for the time being after Advice therein had with both Houses of Parliament there and what Order or Orders shall be by them after such Advice resolved upon and recorded in the High Court of Chancery shall be as good effectual and binding to all intents and purposes for the demanding Levying and Payment of the said Fees to the persons aforesaid their and every of their Executors and Assigns as if the said Order or Orders were particularly and distinctly set down and expressed in this present Act. Provided also that any thing in this Act contained shall not avoid the grant of a Remainder of a term of years in certain Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying in the Parish of Finglasse and County of Dublin forfeited by William Hewlet and passed by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of this Kingdome to Sir Timothy Terril Knight but the same are hereby confirmed for and during the term aforesaid to the said Sir Timothy Terril his Executors Administrators and Assigns Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That neither this Act nor the Act enabling Ecclesiastical persons to make Leases for Sixty years for the encouragement of Planters nor any matter or thing contained in either of them shall prejudice the Right Title or Interest of Richard Earl of Cork or of Michael Lord Bishop of Cork in or unto the Town and Lands of Ballymulcask in the County of Cork but that the same may continue and be in such state and no other as if the said Acts or either of them had never been made any thing in this Act or the said other Act notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that Randal now Marquess of Antrim shall be restored to all and singular the Manors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof he or any other in Trust for him stood seized or possessed upon the Three and Twentieth day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred forty one in such manner and form and according to such order and method and no other as the Lord Viscount Nettervil and the Lord Viscount Galmoy and the rest with them in the Declaration herein before mentioned ought by virtue of the said Declaration and this present Act to be restored to their respective Estates any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the sum of Eight thousand Pounds Sterling shall be fully satisfied and paid at such times and in such way as your Majesty or your Successors shall appoint or direct unto Sir James Shane Knight his Executors Administrators or Assigns for and in recompence of his Estate in the half Barony of Irris which by this Act is absolutely vested and continued in your Majesty your Heirs and Successors and that in the mean time until the same be fully satisfied Arthur Earl of Anglesey you Majesties Vice-Treasurer and Receiver General or any other Vice-Treasurer or Receiver General of this Kingdome that hereafter shall be and is hereby Authorized and required
of or belonging to the respective Abbies late dissolved Monasteries Religious Houses Priories or Parishes of Ballytabber in the County of Mayo Knockmoy Kilcreulta Oran alias St. Maries Athenry and Dunmore in the County of Galway and Tyhone in the County of Tipperary or any of them together with all the Impropriate Tythes and Rectories and appurtenances of the said Impropriations Tythes and Rectories or belonging thereunto which belong unto or by this Act are vested in your Majesty to any of the aforesaid Vses according to the tenor and effect of such grant or grants as hath or have been or hereafter shall be past unto him thereof by your Majesties letters Patents in that behalf he or they paying yearly for the same double the Exchequer or Crown Rent reserved thereupon in the year One thousand six hundred forty One Provided alwayes and it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in all cases of grants of lands made since the date of his Majesties Declaration and Instructions or in case of Provisoes in this Act which give Reprizals to any person or persons of meer Grace that could not claim Reprizals by virtue of the said Declaration or Instructions and not as Adventurers or Souldiers the person or persons concerned in such grants or provisoes shall not have benefit of Reprizals till after such persons and Interests Reprizable by the said Declaration and Instructions be first reprized And whereas during the passing of this present Act Charles Earl of Mountrah died whereby some Questions have arisen between the Countess Dowager of Mountrath and the Heirs and Younger Children of the said Charles Earl of Mountrah concerning the Settlements and Dispositions of the said Charles Earl of Mountrath and his Intentions to dispose of his new acquired Estate be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Manors lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all benefits of Reprizals and other the advantages by this Act intended to be given granted or confirmed unto the said Charles Earl of Mountrath shall accrue unto and remain be and continue in his Majesty his Heirs and Successors until such time as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being and the Privy Council there shall upon Examination of the Settlement and the last Will and Testament of the said Charles Earl of Mountrath if any such Will there be and of any other matters or things whereby the Intentions of the said Charles Earl of Mountrath in disposing of his said Estate may appear and according to such dispositions as the said Charles Earl of Mountrath did make in his life time make a final judgement and determination therein and that such judgement and determination and all Grants and Letters Patents that shall be thereupon made shall be as good and as effectual in Law to all intents and purposes as if the same had been particularly mentioned in this present Act. Provided alwayes That if such iudgment and determination shall not be made within Two Moneths after the sitting of the Commissioners for execution of this Act in Ireland that then all and singular the manors lands tenemens and hereditaments and all other the benefits and advantages by this Act intended to be given granted or confirmed unto the said Charles Earl of Mountrath shall go and enure according to the general purport provision and meaning of this Act herein before expressed to such person or persons as by this Act can make best Title thereunto and that in such case the foregoing Clause shall be of no effect and utterly void and that in the mean time the possession of and in the premisses hereby vested in his Majesty shall not be disturbed but be and remain where it now is And that the Arrears of Rent and mean profit of the same shall and may be received by those that are in possession thereof subject to the said final judgement and determination any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying in the Baronies of Dunboyne and Rathtooth and County of Meath whereof Henry Cromwel was by himself his Tenants or Assigns possessed the Seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine be setled upon and confirmed unto Sir William Russel of Laughorn Baronet and Doctor Jonathan Goddard their Heirs and Assigns for ever And that the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments lying in the Province of Connaught whereof the said Henry Cromwel was in the like manner possessed on the said Seventh of May be setled upon and confirmed unto John Russel of Chipuham Esq his Heirs and Assigns for ever any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding the same together with all Arrears of Rent to be had and held by and according to such Rents Tenures and Directions for restitutions Incumbrances and Reprizals as by his Majesties Declaration of the Thirtieth of November One thousand six hundred and sixty is expressed concerning such as were then of his Army in Ireland and moreover That Eight hundred and Fifty Pounds be satisfied unto the said John Russel as an Adventurer in such manner as by this Act is appointed in the case of any other Adventurers Provided also and it is Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Heirs of Sir Lucas Dillon Knight Sir Robert Talbot Baronet the Heirs of Sir Valentine Blake Baronet Sir Richard Blake Knight Doctor Gerrald Fennel Geoffry Brown John Brown of the Neal John Walsh Thomas Terril Edmond Dillon John Talbot of Mallahide Francis Coghlan of Kilcolgan in the Kings County Robert Nugent of Cartlanstown Sir John Bourk of Derry Maclaghney Thomas Arthur Esq Doctor in Physick Gerrald Flemming of Castle-Fleming Luke â—ath of Ackarne and Bartholomew Stackpoole Esqs who or their respective Fathers have eminently suffered for their adhering to the Authority of his Majesty or his late Father of blessed memory in this Kingdom against the Nuntio and his party shall be forthwith restored to their former respective Estates Houses Manors Lands Tenements Hereditaments Rents Priviledges and Services by them claimed as respective Inheritors and Proprietors or as Heirs to their respective Fathers and whereof they or any of their said Fathers were dispossessed by the late Vsurped Power and be therein setled and quieted in possession to them and their Heirs respectively as fully freely and beneficially and with the same Advantages Benefits and Assurances to all intents and purposes as the Lord Viscount Nettervil and the Lord Viscount Galmoy and the rest with them in the Declaration herein before-mentioned ought by virtue of the said Declaration and this present Act to be restored to their respective Estates any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always That as to all and every the Clauses and Provisoes herein before-mentioned wherein or whereby the Estates or Interests of any private persons are setled and confirmed and the several and respective Grants thereby made to any person or persons It shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council of Ireland for the time being at any time before the first day of December One thousand six hundred sixty two to suspend the Execution thereof or of any of them till they have examined and informed themselves concerning the same and such of them as they shall finde contrary to or inconsistent with the aforesaid Declaration and Instructions or inconvenient for the general Settlement hereby intended to be allowed in their full latitude they have full power and Authority hereby granted to them to retrench alter or change and by their Direction or Order to the Commissioners for Execution of this Act to disallow such of them as they shall think meet in part or in whole or to order how far and in what manner the same shall be executed or observed Which Direction or Orders of the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council shall be final and are to be obeyed by the said Commissioners whose proceedings thereupon or in pursuance thereof shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if they had been particularly appointed or directed by this Act any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding FINIS