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
all deductions by the said Order appointed to be made be made accordingly which being done the said Commissioners are to proceed to the setting out of satisfaction to the said Officers or their Assignes pursuant to the Rules of this Act and the said Order and not otherwise Saving to Charles late Earl of Mountrath his Executors and Assigns the benefit of six thousand pounds due for service before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine which is hereby declared shall be satisfied and paid out of the securities aforesaid equally and in like proportion to and with any other persons who are to be satisfied their arrears and have yet received no satisfaction for the same Any thing in the said Order of the Twelfth of January or herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Saving also unto Edward Lord Vicecount Conway and Kilulta the satisfaction of such arrears as are due to him for his own service or for his Fathers service in Ireland before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine in such manner and form as the same ought to have been satisfied if no such Order had been made by the Lord Lieutenant and Council upon the twelfth of January One thousand six hundred sixty three Any thing in the said Order or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas your Majestie taking into your Princely consideration of how great importance it is to the security peace and good settlement of this your Kingdom of Ireland that the Maritime Towns and other places of strength should be put into such hands are are capable to carry on the plantation and settlement of those places whereby the further ruine of the houses in those Towns will be prevented and Commerce and Trade recovered to the great encrease of your Majesties Revenue was graciously pleased by one or more Letters under your Royal signature to direct and appoint that Wentworth Earl of Roscommon and Roger Earl of Orrery should have the priviledge of preemption and be first satisfied out of the forfeited houses of your Majesties City of Limerick Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Wentworth Earl of Roscommon and Roger Earl of Orrery their Heirs and Assigns in the distribution and setting forth of the security appointed for the satisfaction of the arrears of the Commissioned Officers who served your Majestie and your Royal Father in Ireland before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine shall have the preference and primer satisfaction of Fifty thousand pounds of their own personal arrears or other arrears purchased by them out of the forfeited Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the City Suburbs and Liberties of Limerick which are part of the said securities at the rate of eight years purchase as they are or should be found to be really and bonâ fide worth and if any doubt or difficulty should arise concerning the value of the said Houses or Lands so as the Trustees for the said Officers shall not be satisfied with the return already made of the value of the same that in such case upon the desire and request of the said Trustees there shall be a new survey and valuation of the said Town and Liberties by such persons as shall be appointed by your Majesties Commissioners for the execution of this Act by and with the consent of the said Trustees according to which return the said Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments are to be sold and not otherwise And in case the said Earls their Heirs and Assigns or any of them shall offer unto your Majesties said Commissioners for the execution of this Act any Debentures of Officers who served as aforesaid before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine for or in part of payment for all or so much of so much of the said houses and premises as shall be valued to be worth Fifty thousand pounds as aforesaid the same shall be allowed and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to accept and receive the same for all or in part of the said Fifty thousand pound so as the said Debentures are capable of Prior satisfaction and there has been such deductions and defalcations made as are directed by this Act and the said former Act and shall not be accepted to satisfie more in the pound than the whole security will hold out to satisfie the Debentures of the rest of the said Officers And the said Commissioners are also required and authorized to give such Certificate as is necessary for the passing of Patents thereof according to the Rules in this Act. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the Protestants who before the first day of September One thousand six hundred sixty three purchased lands in the Province of Connaght or County of Clare from any transplanted or transplantable person and the Heirs Executors Assignee or Assignes of such Protestant purchasor shall hold and enjoy and be continued and confirmed in such two third parts of all and singular the lands Tenements and Hereditaments so by them purchased as aforesaid whereof they are now in possession which by the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act shall be allotted to them and shall hold the same for and during such respective estates as were purchased freed and discharged from all penalties and forfeitures and all inquiries or qualifications whatsoever and of and from all estates titles and interests claims or demands as fully and amply as any Adventurer or Souldier ought to enjoy his or their full two third parts herein before expressed And that the Commissioners for Execution of this Act do proceed with all expedition possible to the setting out of the two thirds and cause the same to be entred in Books in like manner as is before prescribed in the Settlement of Adventurers and Souldiers to the end that the persons concerned in the said two thirds and their Settlement thereupon may be enabled to demand Letters Patents thereof in like manner as any Adventurer or Souldier may demand for his part which is hereby Enacted shall be granted accordingly and be as effectual to the respective persons therein mentioned to all intents and purposes as any Letters Patents granted to any Adventurer or Souldier in pursuance of this Act are or ought to be Nevertheless it is hereby declared That the persons to be settled as aforesaid shall have the benefit of all their respective improvements as neer as may be And shall have like liberty and advantage in Retrenchment of that third part which they are to relinquish and upon like terms and conditions as the Adventurers and Souldiers are to have in the Retrenchment of that part of their possessions which shall exceed their full two third parts and whatever shall be so Retrencht from the said Protestant purchasors or from any Adventurer or Souldier his or their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assignes shall remain in His Majestie his
estate did or might have received upon the sale of the lands in Connaght to which he or they were transplanted shall be paid unto the Receivers herein after constituted and appointed who shall account for and pay the same over unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey Vice-treasurer of Ireland or to the Vice-treasurer of Ireland for the time being And that the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey or the Vice-treasurer of Ireland for the time being shall thereout issue pay these several summs following That is to say To Morough Earl of Inchequin the full summ of Eight thousand pounds sterling as a marke of His Majesties favourable gracious consideration of the losses and sufferings of the said Earl To John Lord Berkeley the summ of four thousand pounds To Charles Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding Treasurer of His Majesties House-hold the summ of two thousand pounds To Henry Coventrey Esq Groom of His Majesties Bedehamber the summ of two thousand pounds To Colonel William Legg the like summ of two thousand pounds in full satisfaction of all the right and interest which they the said Henry Coventrey or William Legg can or may have of in or to any fractions of od aeres pounds shillings or pence in or by the said former Act reserved to His Majestie and by this present Act released and discharged as aforesaid To Colonel Edward Villiers the summ of One thousand pounds To Elizabeth Terrill Wife of Sir Tymothy Terrill the summ of three thousand pounds To Colonel Marmaduke Darcy the summ of three thousand pounds To Sir Connel Farrell the summ of two thousand pounds To Colonel Daniell Treswell Captain of His Majesties Guard of Battle Axes the summ of One thousand pounds Sir William Armorer the summ of five hundred pounds Nicholas Bayly Esq the summ of two thousand pounds Thomas Lynch the summ of One thousand pounds And if any more moneyes shall arise out of the premisses than will be sufficient to discharge the respective summs herein before mentioned the same shall remain in His Majesties Exchequer at Dublin to be further applyed and disposed as His Majestie being informed thereof shall direct and appoint And whereas the Towns and lands of Shamaclone Garons-Brury Garrane Lishanacone Ballifoukin Ballimoran Balliwillin in the Barony of Conello and County of Limerick and also fifteen hundred acres in Garundenny in the Barony of Slewmargye in the Queens County were allotted to Charles Lloyd Esq now Sir Charles Lloyd Baronet as an Adventurer for lands in Ireland the rents issues and profits of which lands have notwithstanding by Samuel Avery and other Adventurers been wrongfully received or in the hands of the Tenants of the said lands detained Be it therefore Enacted and it is Enacted by this present Parliament That the said Sir Charles Lloyd shall have receive and recover all and singular the rents issues and profits of the said lands remaining in the hands of the respective Tenants thereof or in the hands of their Executors or Administrators which have grown due since the lands were allotted as aforesaid any thing in this present Act or any other Act of Parliament contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is here by further Enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore Sir Richard Bellings Knight unto the present and actual possession of all and singular the Mannors Castles Lordships Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and all other Hereditaments interests conditions powers of Redemption right and title whatsoever in the said Kingdome of Ireland which Sir Henry Bellings Knight Grandfather to the said Sir Richard Bellings and Richard Bellings Father of the said Sir Richard Bellings or either of them or any other person or persons in trust for them or either of them or to their or either of their use or uses had held or enjoyed or of right ought to have held or enjoyed on the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and that from and after such Restitution as aforesaid the same shall be granted by Letters Patents and settled upon and confirmed unto the said Sir Richard Bellings the Grandsonn and his Heirs and Assignes for ever This present or any other Act Ordinances Order Vtlary Attainder Record or any other matter cause or thing to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That John Lord Kingston shall hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the said former Act ratified and confirmed unto him and all other the benefits and advantages of the said Act the Lands Decreed away by the Commissioners and the full benefit of reprizals and the Lands herein granted or confirmed unto Charles Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding formerly granted to Charles late Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding Earl of Falmouth onely excepted as fully and amply and with the like Confirmations Privileges Immunities and exemptions as any adventurer or Souldier by this or the said former Act may or ought to hold and enjoy any of the Lands whereof they or any of them respectively were possessed the Seaventh day of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine and as if the several clauses and provisoes in the said former Act on that behalf had been in this Act particularly recited and Enacted and shall also have hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and every the Towns Lands Tenements and Hereditaments given granted and confirmed or mentioned to be given granted and confirmed unto him in and by His Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England bearing date at Westminster the five and twentieth day of January in the sixteenth year of His Majesties Raign And that the said Letters Patents and all clauses and things therein contained shall be and are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall be taken most beneficially to and on the behalf of him the said Lord Kingston his Heirs and Assignes according to the tenor and purport thereof to all intents and purposes and as if the same Letters Patents and every clause therein had been in this Act fully and at large recited and particularly Enacted but in case the Lands in the said Letters Patents mentioned which shall be possessed and enjoyed by the said Lord Kingston and not recovered or granted away from him by this or the said former Act shall exceed the present cleer yearly rent of Seaven hundred pounds and two full third parts of all the Lands recovered against him the said Lord Kingston by any Decrees herein confirmed then such overplus shall be reconveyed to such as the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall appoint And be it also Enacted in case the said Lands shall not be sufficient That then the Commissioners or such person or persons as are or shall be appointed for Execution of this Act doe and shall forthwith cause to be set out and delivered unto him the said
Hugh Earl of Mount-Alexander and his Hiers with benefit of reprizal in case of restitution as Adventurers by the said former Act ought to have had as in and by the said former Act more at large appears since which time the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act have by their Decree adjudged James Allen to be innocent and restored the said Lands to the said James Allen and his Heirs against which Decree an appeal was made to His Majestie by a Petition exhibited by William Montgomery Esq on the behalf of the now Earl of Mount-Alexander an Infant Sonn Heir of Hugh late Earl of Mount-Alexander on hearing of which case and on the defence made by Colonel Richard Talbot to whom part of the lands restored by the said Decree were for good and valuable considerations and by sufficient assurances in Law legally conveyed by the said James Allen His Majestie thought not fit to alter the said Decree or weaken any of the said assurances His Majestie is therefore graciously pleased that it may be Enacted and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for execution of this Act shall set out and allot or cause to be set out and allotted unto the now Earl of Mount-Alexander his Heirs and Assignes so much other undisposed forfeited lands as may be equal in quantity of acres unto two full third parts of the lands so evicted and recovered by Decree as aforesaid and that Letters Patents shall be thereof passed in like manner and shall be of like effect as any other Letters Patents granted by virtue of this Act are or ought to be And whereas in and by certain Letters Patents passed under the Great Seal of Ireland and bearing date the Seaventh day of March in the twelfth year of the Raign of His Majesties Royal Father the Territories and precinct of Feartry in the County of Wicklow and certain other Mannors lands and Tenements in the said Letters Patents contained were thereby given and granted unto Sir John Coke knight and his Heirs his late Majesties principal Secretary of Estate And whereas Thomas Coke late of Grayes-Inn in the County of Middlesex His Majesties Sollicitor Generall sonn of the said Sir John Cooke Deceased was in his life time lawfully seized of or otherwise intitled unto the said Territory and precinct of Feartry and other the lands and Tenements in the said Letters Patents contained the Inheritance whereof after the Death of the said Thomas Coke Deceased did descend and come or of right ought to have descended and came unto _____ Coke an infant onely Sonn and Heir of the said Thomas Coke Deceased Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no sequestration or allotment of any of the lands or Tenements in the said Letters Patents contained to any Adventurer or Souldier shall any way Barr or weaken the right or title of him the said _____ Coke in or the said lands or Tenements but that he the said _____ Coke shall and may hold enjoy the same to him and his Heirs according to the tenor and effect of the said Letters Patents any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas in this and the said former Act great care is taken of the relict and Heirs of Sir Simon Harcourt Knight Deceased upon whom his Majesties Royall Father did by Letters under his Privie Signet appoint that lands of the value of four hundred pounds per annum to be taken out of the forfeited estate of Luke Nettervill should be settled part of which estate together with certain Houses in Dublin were set out accordingly and the relict and Heirs of Sir Simon Harcourt thereof possessed at the time of His Majesties late Gracious Declaration and so still are which lands and Houses together are as is alleaged still short of the value of four hundred pounds per annum intended to be settled as aforesaid It is therefore Explained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for Sir Philip Harcourt Knight son and heir of Sir Simon Harcourt Knight to hold and enjoy to him and his heirs the houses in the City of Dublin so as aforesaid set out and possessed so as the houses and lands together do not exceed the value of Four hundred pounds per annum Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas Thomas Cunningham and Captain Lewis Dick in the year One thousand six hundred forty two pretended to have performed acceptable services against the then Rebels in Ireland by hindering provision coming to them by Sea and by relieving the English Garrisons which were in distress wherein they so far gained belief as that they obtained from the Treasurer for the Irish Adventurers and acknowledgement that they paid in Seven thousand pounds as money adventured and for which they likewise had a certificate from the Committee of Adventurers sitting at Grocers-Hall in London And howbeit the said Thomas Cunningham or Captain Lewis Dick never did any service on the coast of Ireland according to the said undertaking nor paid in any money as other Adventurers did yet by colour of the said certificate there were set out for the said Seven thousand pounds the number of fifteen thousand five hundred fifty and five acres of Land in the County of Tipperary and Limerick whereof they the said Thomas Cunningham and Captain Lewis Dick or their Assigns were possessed the seventh of May One thousand six hundred fifty nine Now least by the general rule of the present settlement the said number of acres or two third parts thereof so unduly obtained as aforesaid should be secured to the said Thomas Cunningham and Captain Lewis Dick or their Assigns His Majestie is graciously pleased that it be Enacted and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said fifteen thousand five hundred fifty five acres so set out as aforesaid for and on pretence of the said Seven thousand pounds shall be remain and continue and are hereby vested in his Majestie His Heirs and Successors for ever Provided nevertheless That if the said Thomas Cunningham and Captain Lewis Dick their Heirs or Assigns shall within two months after the Royal Assent shall be actually given to this present Bill make it appear by full and clear proof before the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours and Council of Ireland that the said Adventure money of Seven thousand pounds was really and bona fide issued and paid in pursuant to the several Acts made by His late Sacred Majestie for reducing the Rebels of Ireland then they shall have the like benefit and advantage by the said Adventure and out of the said fifteen thousand five hundred fifty five acres as other Adventurers are to have by virtue of this present Act. Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours
said Vice-Treasurer may know what sums of money he is to receive all Acquittances which shall be given as aforesaid are to be entred and signed by the several Officers of the Exchequer according to the accustomed manner of Acquittances All which payments sum and sums of money the said Receiver or Receivers are to accompt for and pay over unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey His Majesties Receiver General and Vice-Treasurer of this Kingdom or to the Receiver General and Vice-Treasurer of this Kingdom for the time being to be diposed of issued and paid out by him to and for the several uses intents and purposes unto which and in such manner as the same are respectively designed limited or appointed and to no other intent use or purpose upon the issuing whereof the said Earl of Anglesey or the Vice-Treasurer for the time being shall take the usual accustomed fees payable for other moneys And the said Collector or Collectors Receiver or Receivers for their pains care and service herein shall have take receive and deduct out of and for the respective payments sum and sums of money which they shall so receive pay over or accompt for such fees as were formerly allowed unto and taken by the former Receivers of the money payable by the Adventurers and Souldiers Any thing in the said former or this present Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Nevertheless it is hereby declared That the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine shall be and are hereby discharged of and from the payment of any fees due and payable unto the said John Bence and Alexander Bence Receivers aforesaid for or out of any Debentures due to the said Commissioned Officers but that the said John Bence and Alexander Bence shall in lieu of and satisfaction for the same receive such compensation and recompense out of the Rents Issues and Profits of the Security appointed for satisfaction of the said Debentures as the Lord Lieutenant and Council shall think fit Provided alwaies and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for execution of this Act do forthwith and without staying for any previous Reprizal restore unto Theobald Lord Vice-Count Mayo his Heirs and Assigns his and their principal and Capital Messuage with the appurtenances and shall also forthwith restore unto the said Theobald Lord Vice-Count Mayo his Heirs and Assigns all and singular other the Messuages Mannors Castles Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and all other Hereditaments right title condition and other interest and estate whatsoever which he the said Theobald Lord Vice-Count Mayo or his Father or any Ancestor whose heir he is or any other in trust for them or any of them or for any of their uses had held possessed or enjoyed or ought to have had held possessed or enjoyed on the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and whereof no Adventurer or Souldier nor the Heir Executor Administrator or Assignee of any Adventurer or Souldier is now in possession Impropriations or Appropriate tythes onely excepted And that all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof the said Theobald Lord Vice-Count Mayo or his Father or any other Ancestor whose heir he is or any other person or persons in trust for them or any of them were seized or possest on the said two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and which are now in the possession of any Adventurer or Souldier or of the Heir Executor Administrator or Assignee of any Adventurer or Souldier shall after their several and respective full two third parts to them set out and allotted out of other forfeited and undisposed lands in satisfaction of their several and respective interest be likewise set out and allotted unto and placed in the possession of him the said Theobald Lord Vice-Count Mayo and his Heirs Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That nothing herein contained shall in any sort prejudice the right title or interest of Captain Owen Mac Carthy of Clogheroe in the County of Cork unto any of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in the said County mentioned or specified in his Claim upon which he was adjudged innocent by the late Commissioners but left to the Law for the recovery of the same And that the Lands so claimed by him shall continue and remain in His Majesties hands undisposed of for the space of twelve moneths next after the passing of this Act to the end that the said Owen Mac Carthy may within that time make out his right and title thereunto if any he have and cause the same to be adjudged and determined by due course of Law And in case the said right and title be not made to appear and be determined as aforesaid within the time aforesaid then all and singular the said Lands shall and may be disposed of as any other forfeited lands by this Act ought to be Any thing in the said former Act or this present Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the arrears due unto the late Marquess of Clanricard for the several times and imployments he had in this Kingdom before the tenth of December One thousand six hundred and fifty be allowed and satisfied to the Executors or Administrators of the said Marquess of Clanricard out of the Securities set apart for satisfaction of the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine And that the said Executors and Administrators be and are hereby admitted and allowed to state all the said arrears due to the said Marquess of Clanricard before and until the tenth of December One thousand six hundred and fifty before the Commissioners for execution of this Act before any distribution made of the said Securities Any thing in this Act or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding His Majestie taking into consideration the many good and faithful services performed by Charles late Vice-Count Muskry in Forreign parts and particularly that in consequence of the Disposition of Dunkirk the state of His Majesties affairs did not admit the continuance of the pay of the Regiment of Foot commanded by the said Charles Vice-Count Muskry was therefore graciously pleased by His Royal Letters of the sixth of April in the fifteenth year of His Reign to direct and appoint that all the Lands in the Barony of Muskry in the County of Cork forfeited to His Majestie and not set out to Souldiers or Adventurers nor restored to the former Proprietors the greatest part whereof were held of the estate of Donogh Earl of Clancarty the said Charles his Father should be by one or more Grant or Grants passed under the Great Seal of Ireland unto the said Charles late Vice-Count Muskry his Heirs
the same according to the rules of this Act and are by virtue hereof to be removed from the same shall have so much other forfeited lands set out to them by the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act as may be sufficient to reprize and satisfie them for two full third parts of the lands from whence they are to be removed and certificates shall be thereof granted in order to the passing of Letters Patents which shall be of like force and effect as any other Letters Patents granted in pursuance of this Act are or ought to be And they and every of them are hereby likewise discharged for them their Heirs and Executors respectively of and from all arrears of rent and measne profits received or to be received by them at any time before they shall be removed as aforesaid Provided also That the Town and Lands of Bradcullen and so much lands contiguous about the same as may amount unto three thousand acres of profitable land with the appurtenances which by the said Contract made with the said Teige O Conner were to have been given or assured to the said Teig O Conner and his heirs shall be and are hereby excepted from being settled upon the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe and their Heirs or any of them and shall remain diposeable between Sir Francis Gore Knight and Captain Robert Parkes according to their several proportions of what they respectively possess of the said estate and what by the rules of this Act shall belong to them respectively and are to be reckoned and numbred out of such lands which are now in their or either of their possessions most contiguous to the said Town of Bradcullen in pursuance of the said Contract And whereas the said Sir Philip Percival and Sir George Ratcliffe or one of them did besides the said Donogh O Connors estate in like manner purchase some other small parcels of lands tenements and hereditaments in the said County of Sligoe from several other persons Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe shall be and are hereby restored to all the Estate Right and Title which the said Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliffe or either of them had either in Law or equity in or to the said last mentioned lands tenements and hereditaments in the year One thousand six and forty And that they the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Ratcliffe shall by the said Commissioners for execution of this Act be forthwith restored to the possession of all such of the said last mentioned lands tenements and hereditaments whereof the said Thomas late Earl of Strafford and Sir George Radcliff 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 in the said year One thousand six hundred and forty under the rents and services due and payable thereout to His Majestie in the said year And forasmuch as the Adventurers and Souldiers and Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and are now in possession of or claim the same may the better know whether they may hold the said lands or take themselves to their Reprizals the said Commissioners are required to hear and determine of the said purchases and of the right title and interest either in Law or Equity which they the said William Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliffe have or had in or to the said last mentioned lands and to reprize the said Adventurers Officers and Souldiers in other lands of equal value worth and purchase according to the rules of this Act in case the said lands shall be evicted from them as aforesaid who are hereby discharged of and from all arrearages of rent and mean profits received at any time before they shall be removed from the said last mentioned lands Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Explained Declared and Enacted by by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the lands tenements and hereditaments and other estates with their and every of their members and appurtenances of within or appertaining to the half Barony of Irris alias Irrus or Erris and the Parish of Dunfiny alias Ducuni adjoyning unto Irris in the County of Mayo and the Parish of Termon-barry alias Tearmonbeary in the County of Roscommon and all and every or any of them vested in settled on forfeited to or belonging upon the said three and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since unto Your Majestie or Your Royal Father together with all the Mines and Minerals therein Royal Mines excepted and all Fishings on the Sea coasts of the same as also on the Loughs and fresh Rivers and waters thereunto in any wise belonging or appertaining be and they are hereby as from the five and twentieth day of March One thousand six hundred sixty five in the Seaventeenth year of your Majesties Raign vested in settled on and granted unto Sir Robert Vyner Knight Thomas Vyner Esq James Temple Henry Lewis and Silvanus Hyde of London Gent. their Heirs and Assignes for ever to be held of your Majestie your Heirs and Successors as of your Castle of Dublin in Free and Common Soccage at and under the yearly Rent of fifty pounds to be paid into your Majesties Exchequer at Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions And that Thomas Earl of Ossory Richard Earl of Burlington and Cork Roger Earl of Orrery Richard Earl of Arran and Robert Boyle Esquire their Heirs and Assigns for ever shall possess and enjoy the full benefit advantage and effect of your Majesties gracious Letters under your Royal Signet bearing date the Five and twentieth day of March One thousand six hundred sixty two in the Fourteenth year of your Reign for granting of several houses and lands unto Sir James Shaen his Heirs and Assigns for ever in for or towards satisfaction of Adventures or Arrears for service done in Ireland and other interests confirmed allowed or satisfied by or intended allowed confirmed or satisfied by or in pursuance of your Majesties said gracious Declaration of the Thirtieth of November One thousand six hundred and sixty and other Concessions consistent with and agreeable to the same And also to have hold and enjoy to them their Heirs and Assigns for ever the full benefit advantage and effect of your Majesties Letters under your Royal Signet bearing date the Four and twentieth day of July One thousand six hundred sixty five in the Seventeenth year of your Reign in trust for and to the uses intents and purposes therein expressed mentioned and declared Excepting onely what concerns the lands and premisses in Irris Dunfiny and Tearmonbeary or any of them Any other Clause Provisoe Sentence matter or thing whatsoever in the said former
Heirs and Successors to the uses herein before and after mentioned And where any of the lands so purchased have been evicted by any Decrees herein after confirmed or shall be given or restored to any person or persons by any special clause or provisoe herein contained The Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall set out and allot unto the person prejudiced by such Decree or clause so much other forfeited land as may be equal in quantity of acres to two third parts of the lands so evicted or restored as aforesaid And it is likewise further declared and Enacted That the persons to be settled in Connaght and Clare as aforesaid and from whom a third part is to be Retrencht and cut of as aforesaid shall be and are hereby discharged of and from the years rent reserved and payd by Charles Earl of Mountrath and others in a particular clause in the said former Act mentioned and of and from all the arrearages thereof And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid That neither Adventurer or Souldier Commissioned Officer who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine Protestant purchasor in Connaght and Clare transplanted person Nor the Heirs Executors Assignee or Assignes of them or any of them nor any other person or persons Body Politick or Corporate who by the said former Act of Settlement is or are any way intituled to reprizals for or in respect of some possession which they have quitted or of some Decrees which have been made against them or otherwise shall at any time hereafter be enabled to demand or have the same reprizals further than what will amount to his and their full two third parts as aforesaid but shall be thereof for ever barred and excluded any thing in the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding His Royal Highness James Duke of York His Grace George Duke of Albemarle and such others herein after mentioned according to the provision herein after made onely excepted And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Adventurer or Souldier nor the Heir Executor Assignee or Assignes of any Adventurer or Souldier who before any Decree of innocence made by the Commissioners for Execution of the said Act did by himselfe or any other directly or indirectly compound or agree with any Irish claimant whose claim was then depending before the said Commissioners shall ever be admitted to receive or have his two third parts or any other satisfaction for that part of his estate which he so compounded or agreed for but as to so much of his estate for which any agreement was made as aforesaid shall be for ever barred and concluded to demand his two third parts as if the person so agreeing had never been seized or possessed of the same or intitled thereunto so as such Composition or agreement be made to appear before the Commissioners for execution of this Act within three moneths after their first sitting And for the better improvement and ascertaining of His Majesties Revenue Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all lands by this or the former Act vested in His Majestie or restored by virtue of any Decrees herein after confirmed or settled or mentioned to be disposed restored confirmed or settled unto or upon any person or persons Bodies Politick or Corporate by virtue of any Clause in this or the said former Act contained and not particularly by plain and express words excepted from Quit Rents in the same Clause and the Lands by this Act appointed to be set out for Augmentation of Bishopricks for endowment of Parochial Churches with Glebe for the better support of the Provost or of the Provost and Fellows of the Colledge of Dublin for the maintenance of the Fort at Duncannon and the benefit of the Corporation at Bandon-Bridge and all the lands enjoyed by transplanted persons in the Province of Conaght or the County of Clare and all other the Lands seized sequestred or set out by reason of or upon accompt of the late Rebellion or War the lands of James Duke of Ormond Elizabeth Lady Dutchess of Ormond the Earl of Burlington and Cork the Earl of Roscommon and other the Protestants of Ireland heretofore sequestred onely excepted be subject and liable to such Quit-Rents to be paid unto His Majestie His Heirs and Successors as in the former Act is directed and appointed Saving onely that the lands in the Province of Ulster which by the former Act were charged with one peny the Acre Quit-Rent shall be and are hereby charged from henceforth with two pence the acre Quit Rent Nevertheless because it may so fall out that in some Counties and Baronies of this Kingdom the Quit Rents which by the Rules of this Act will be chargeable upon and issuing out of the lands therein lying may exceed or at least amount to the full value of the land therewith charged or very neer the full value to the great discouragement of all Plantation and Improvement thereupon Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours and Council for the time being at any time during the space of three years from and after the passing of this present Act to make such abatement and moderation of Quit Rents as they in their judgements shall think fit and that such Order of Council as shall be made touching the abatement of Quit Rents and enrolled in the Court of Exchequer shall be as good and effectual as if the same had been Enacted by these Presents Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding And for the better carrying on of this present Settlement by raising such a sum of money as may be sufficient to buy of several Estates and Interests which by virtue of the said former Act are now in being and if they should be strictly challenged and demanded according to the tenor of the said Act would in a great measure delay and hinder the execution of this present Act Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That one years rent of all the lands in Ireland which were returned by the Civil survey to belong to any Irish Papist Popish Recusant or Roman Catholick according to the values of the same lands were let at in the year One thousand six hundred fifty and nine and of all other the lands wherein any Adventurer or Souldier his Heirs Executors or Assigns hath any benefit of Settlement or Confirmation by virtue of this present Act the lands settled by Erasmus Smith to any pious or charitable use onely excepted be forthwith raised and paid unto the Receivers herein after constituted and appointed by two even and equal payments the first payment thereof to begin upon the first day of February which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty five the second payment to be upon the first day of
February which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty six under the penalty following that is to say every person liable to the payment of any part of the said years Rents and making default and failing to pay the same by the space of twenty days 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 levied by Process out of His Majesties Court of Exchequer in like manner as any the Rents whereof the said Earl of Orrery and Lord Massereen were appointed Receivers by the said former Act might have been levied and if need so require like course is to be taken for the ascertaining of the value of lands charged with the said years rent and of returning the same into the Exchequer to remain and be a charge upon Record as in and by the said former Act in case of the said other rent therein secured was appointed And the said Receivers herein after appointed are to accompt for and pay unto Arthur Earle of Anglesey Vice-treasurer of Ireland or to the Vice-treasurer of Ireland for the time being all and every the summs of money by them to be received Nevertheless it is hereby declared and Enacted that all and every the summs of money formerly paid to the Earl of Orrery and Lord Vice-Count Massareen in pursuance of the said former Act shall be allowed to the person and persons so paying the same his and their Heirs Executors and Assignes in full discharge of so much of the rent payable by this Act as the moneyes so as aforesaid payd do or shall amount unto and the two half years rents payable to the said Earl of Orrery and Lord Vice-Count Massereen by any Adventurer or Souldier their Heirs Executors or Assignes by virtue of the said former Act shall be and are hereby from henceforth discharged And in case the monies to be raised as aforesaid shall fall short of the summ of three hundred thousand pounds then it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other chief Governour and Council there for the time being to tax and assess upon all the lands in Ireland so much more money as together with what hath been before raised and allowed by virtue of this Act shall make up the full and just summ of three hundred thousand pounds sterling and to cause the same to be assessed distributed raised and levied by such wayes and means as they shall think fit observing therein all the equality and indifferency that can be And Arthur Earl of Anglesey Vice-treasurer of Ireland or the Vice-treasurer for the time being is hereby required and enjoyned to pay or cause to be payd out of the moneyes to be received as aforesaid unto the Kings Majestie the summ of fifty thousand pounds and also unto and amongst such Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine and have not yet received any satisfaction in lands or money and amongst the Heirs Executors and Assigns of such Commissioned Officers and other persons intitled to be satisfied within their security such summs of money as the Commissioners for Execution of this Act having respect to the arreares already stated shall by any warrant under their hands and Seals or the hands and Seals of the Major part of them direct and appoint until the whole sum of One hundred thousand pounds shall be fully satisfied and payd and the warrant or warrants under the hands and Seals of the said Commissioners or the Major part of them together with the acquittance or acquittances of the party or parties who shall receive any money thereupon shall be unto the said Vice-treasurer a sufficient discharge for so much as the said acquittances extend unto which said One hundred thousand pounds so as aforesaid appointed to be payd is hereby declared to be in lieu and recompence of and in full satisfaction for the years rent payable out of the lands of those Souldiers who had lands set out for their arrears in the year One thousand six hundred fifty three and the year and halfs rent payable by those other Souldiers who had lands set out for their arrears in the years One thousand six hundred fifty five One thousand six hundred fifty six One thousand six hundred fifty seaven One thousand six hundred fifty eight One thousand six hundred fifty nine The payment of which said rents shall from henceforth cease and determine and the persons and estates there with charged or chargeable by the said former Act shall be and are hereby thereof for ever acquitted and discharged And whereas several clauses in His Majesties Gracious Declaration of the thirtieth of November in the twelfth year of his Raign and in the former Act do intitle His Grace James Duke of Ormond and the Lady Dutchess His Wife to great quantities of forfeited lands in the Counties of Catherlagh Galloway Waterford Dublin Kildare Meath Cork Kerry Kilkenny and Tipperary and other places and if the same were extended to the utmost would greatly obstruct and hinder the Settlement now intended Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the full summ of fifty thousand pounds sterling be payd out of the moneyes aforesaid unto his said Grace James Duke of Ormond now Lord Lieutenant of Ireland His Executors Administrators or Assignes which the said Vice-treasurer is hereby required and enjoyned to pay or cause to be payd out of the moneyes aforesaid unto His said Grace or unto such other person or persons as His Grace shall appoint which is hereby declared to be in lieu and recompence of and in full satisfaction for all such forfeited and forfeitable estates titles interests claims or demands in or to any Mannors lands Tenements or Hereditaments mediately or immediately held as of any of the Mannors of the said Duke or the Lady Dutchess of Ormond His Wife or heretofore granted by His Grace or any of his Ancestors or by any of the Ancestors of the said Lady Dutchess in Fee Farm or Fee tail and of all and singular the statutes judgements Mortgages and other real securities for money given made acknowledged or entred into by any person or persons holding as aforesaid to any other forfeiting person or person not declared innocent to all which premises the said Duke and Dutchess respectively hy his Majesties said Declaration and by the said former Act are intitled and of all mean rates issues and profits thereof since incurred and now due to His Grace other than what is already received to his use for which he is hereby acquitted and of all and every the Reversions and Remainders which the said Duke or Dutchess now hath or have expectant upon the said forfeited and forfeitable Estates tail which Estates Interests and other the benefits and advantages herein before mentioned are intended and so are hereby declard to
be as against the said Duke or Dutchess their Heirs and Assignes utterly barred and extinguished Saving nevertheless to the said Duke and Dutchess their Heirs and Assigns and to such other person and persons as are concerned in the uses expressed in one Quadripartite Deed bearing date the twentieth day of December One thousand six hundred sixty one the full benefit and advantage of all such Tenures chief-rents and other services as the said forfeited and forfeitable Lands and Tenements were held by other than the benefits and advantages of Wardships and Tenures by Knights Service in as full and ample manner as the said Duke and Dutchess did hold or enjoy or might have held or enjoyed the same upon the Two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since Saving also to the said Duke and Dutchess of Ormond their Heirs and Assigns the benefit of all forfeited and forfeitable Estates vested in His Majestie and held of them or either of them as aforesaid their or either of their Ancestors and which were never allotted to any Adventurer or Souldier in which words it is hereby declared That the Estates allotted or set out to any Souldier for service in England or elsewhere other than in Ireland are not to be understood or comprehended nor the Estate of any Adventurer upon the doubling Ordinances for more than such Adventurer is to have by the rules of the said former Act for the sum by him disbursed as other Adventurers nor the estate of any Adventurer who claimeth for sea-service nor the estate allotted to any person whatsoever by the free gift of the late Vsurpers or of the then usurped Government but that all such estates shall be and remain unto the said Duke and Dutchess their Heirs and Assigns as they did or ought to have been at any time before the making of this Act And also saving unto the said Duke and Dutchess their Heirs and Assigns the full benefit and advantage of all other matters and clauses in the said Declaration former Act contained not herein hereby expresly changed and altered and by the said Duke Dutchess waved parted withall which are hereby declared to remain and be in full force as they were before the makng of this Act. And whereas the most part of the Houses and Lands in the City of Kilkenny and in the several Towns of Clonmel Carrick Callin and Inistioge Traly and Dingle and in the Suburbs and Liberties of the said City and Towns were held the Three and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty and one of the said Duke of Ormond either in his own right or in right of the said Duke or Dutchess his wife by reason whereof the forfeited and forfeitable interest of any person or persons in the said houses and lands were not by the said Declaration and former Act to be settled in any Adventurers or Souldiers or any other person whatsoever other than the said James Duke of Ormond and his Heirs of which Concession if the said James Duke of Ormond did take the advantage and full benefit as he might the same would tend to a great diminution of the security designed for satisfaction of the Commissioned Officers serving in Ireland before the fifth day of June One thousand six hundred forty and nine And be the said James Duke of Ormond might likewise as a Commissioned Officer charge the remain of the said security with his arrears amounting to Threescore thousand pounds sterling accompting to the tenth of December One thousand six hundred and fifty yet is content to accept of the said Houses and Lands in full discharge of his said arrears Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said James Duke of Ormond shall have hold and enjoy to him and his Heirs in full satisfaction and discharge of the said arrears all and singular the forfeited and forfeitable Houses and Lands lying and being in the said City and in the said several Towns and in the Suburbs and Liberties thereof other than what hath been given out to Adventurers and Souldiers and by them their Heirs or Assigns were possessed upon the seventh day of May One thousand six hundred fifty and nine Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding He the said James Duke of Ormond and his Heirs paying and satisfying to His Majestie his Heirs and Successors yearly for ever out of the said Houses and Tenements in the said City and several Towns and in the Suburbs and liberties thereof one shilling six pence yearly out of every twenty shillings yearly rent which shall be had or answered out of the said Houses or Tenements And the said Vice-treasurer is hereby further required and enjoyned to issue out and pay the whole residue of the said three hundred thousand pounds unto such person and persons as his Majestie already hath or hereafter shall appoint as a Reward of their Eminent services and sufferings for His Majestie or His Royal Father And for preventing of all doubts which may arise in the issuing and payment thereof It is hereby declared that the same shall principally and in the first place be applyed to and for the payment and discharge of such summs of money as his Majestie did heretofore appoint to be payd out of the half years Rent payable by Adventurers and Souldiers by the said former Act That is to say to and for the payment and discharge of such summ or summs of money appointed by His Majestie to be payd to his Grace James Duke of Ormond or so much thereof as is in arrear and also for the payment and discharge of so much money as the half years Rent payable by Adventurers and Souldiers in the Counties of East and Westmeath Wexford and Kilkenny would have amounted to in case the same had not been discharged by this present Act which shall now be payd out of the residue of the said three hundred thousand pounds unto the Assignee of the half years Rents in the Counties aforesaid deducting only what hath been already received And be it further Enacted declared and explained by the Authority aforesaid That all the Honors Mannors Castles Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the Regicides in the said former Act named and of all other seized or possessed in trust for them or any of them or claiming by from or under them or any of them which by the said former Act were or ought to be vested in His Royal Highness James Duke of York and Albany Earl of Ulster c. and his Heirs and of all other persons excepted in the Act passed in the Parliament of England intituled an Act of free and general pardon Indemnity and Oblivion or His Majesties late gracious Declaration and Instructions in the said former Act mentioned whose estates are not otherwise disposed other than the lands of such purchasors for valuable consideration from any of the said Regicides who have
paid their purchase money to His Royal Highness or his Commissioners or to the Executors of such Regicides who have since answered the same upon their accompts to His Royal Highness or his Commissioners and other than the lands and Houses granted or intended to be granted unto James Duke of Ormond and the Lady Dutchess his Wife or either of them by this or the said former Act and other than the lands granted unto Michael now Lord Archbishop of Dublin heretofore Lord Bishop of Cork and the lands granted unto Francis Lord Aungier and other than the lands granted to Sir George Lane before and confirmed in and by the said former Act and other than the lands settled upon Hercules Huncks by the said former Act which shall remain to them their Heirs and Assignes accordingly and other than the lands which have been decreed away by the Commissioners for Execution of the late Act shall be and are hereby declared to be and continue vested in his Royal Highness and his Heirs as fully and amply with all the like benefit and advantage as by the said former Act is mentioned discharged of all Rents services and payments by this or the said former Act reserved created or imposed but subject to the same Rents services and payments as other lands by this Act ought to be in case his Royal Highness or his Heirs shall alien or demise the same otherwise than forlives or years reserving the full Moyery of the improved Rent And where any lands formerly set out in satisfaction of any Adventures or arrears or any other lands whatsoever due to the said Regicides or any of them have been evicted or recovered from his Royal Highness his Heirs and Assignes by virtue of any such decrees as aforesaid Be it further Enacted That some other like quantity of profitable and forfeited lands according to the down Survey equal in number of acres to those which have been so evicted and within the Counties of Dublin Lowth Kildare and Cork or some of them if it may be or otherwise elsewhere be forthwith set out by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness and his Heirs to be held as aforesaid And further that all deficiencies which have happened to all or any the persons whose estates by the said former Act or this present Act are vested in his Royal Highness and his Heirs or which have happened to their or any of their estates be fully satisfied and supplyed out of some other forfeited lands to be set out by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness and his Heirs to be held as aforesaid and that all moneys lent or disbursed by any of the said persons or hy any others for them or any of them for Provisions Arms or Ammunition for support of His Majesties Army in Ireland in the beginning of the Rebellion there be likewise satisfied out of the Lands and Houses for that purpose according to His Majesties Declaration in the said Act of Settlement to be set out by the Commissioners for execution of this Act and allotted to his Royal Highness his Heirs and Assignes to be held as aforesaid Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Saving always unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey such Right and Title of in and to such part of the premisses as he the said Earl of Anglesey hath or ought to have by virtue of the said former Act or this present Act or by virtue of an Indenture of Lease under the hand and seal of his Royal Highness made between his Royal Highness of the one part and the said Earl of Anglesey on the other part bearing date before the passing of this Act Any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted That this Act shall not extend or be any ways construed to take away or be prejudicial unto any Estate Right Title or Interest of George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs or Assigns of in or to any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments accrewing to him or them by virtue or in pursuance of the said former Act or one other Act intituled An Act for the securing several Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to George Duke of Albermarle Any thing herein before or after expressed to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is further Enacted That the Ferry at Wexford with all the profits and other the Rights and Priviledges thereunto belonging or therewith used and enjoyed shall be and are hereby vested and settled in the said George Duke of Albemarle and shall be held and enjoyed by the said George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs and Assigns And whereas several Lands and Tenements whereof the said George Duke of Albemarle was seized by virtue of one or both the Acts before mentioned have been evicted or recovered from the said George Duke of Albemarle by virtue of certain Decrees lately made by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act and some Incumbrances have likewise by Decree of the said Commissioners been allowed and charged upon the Lands of the said George Duke of Albemarle for redemption whereof the said George Duke of Albemarle hath paid and satisfied the full sum of Eight hundred pounds Be it further Enacted That the Commissioners for execution of this Act do forthwith set out and allot to the said George Duke of Albemarle and his Heirs or Assigns out of the lands in the County of Wexford now or lately held in Custodiam of His Majestie by Sir Richard Clifton Knight so much other land as may be equal in quantity of profitable acres to what hath been so Decreed and Evicted as aforesaid and in value to such Incumbrance as hath been recovered and satisfied as aforesaid which lands so as aforesaid to be allotted shall be held and enjoyed by the said George Duke of Albemarle his Heirs and Assigns as fully and amply as the lands so Evicted and Decreed as aforesaid might have been held in case no such Decree or Eviction had been Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Right honourable Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord high Treasurer of England Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley Chancellor and Vndertreasurer of His Majesties Court of Exchequer Sir Orlando Bridgeman Knight and Baronet Lord chief Iustice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas at Westminster and Sir Henry Vernon Knight and Baronet shall have hold and enjoy to them their Heirs and Assignes all that the Castle Mannor and Abbey of Eniscorthy in the County of Wexford and all the Mannors Towns Vills Lands Tenements Territories and Hereditaments late of Robert Wallop late of Farley-Wallop in the County of Southampton called Kilbeg Cloine Tumsalow and Effernock or by what other name or names soever they are known or called with their and every of their
by the Decree of the said Commissioners nor any other person or persons claiming under such Decree shall be permitted to sue or prosecute the person or persons against whom such Decree was made his or their Executors or Administrators or any of their Tenants or Assigns touching or concerning any Measn profits of the Lands and Tenements so as aforesaid decreed but that all Suits Actions and Demands touching or concerning such Measn profits and all prosecutions therefore whether in law or equity shall be and are hereby barred and excluded and all and every person and persons liable to such actions molestations and prosecutions shall be thereof for ever acquitted and discharged Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And because many persons did put in their claims before the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act as innocent persons thereby demanding some small parcel of land onely or deriving his or their title to some small part from some Irish Papist and thereupon no opposition being made the said Commissioners declared the said Claimant or the person under whom the Claimant derived to be innocent quo ad hoc since which time the said Claimants and the said persons under whom they derive alleaging themselves to be declared innocent enter upon great estates in several Counties as devested out of the Crown by such Iudgement of Innocence pretending the limitation of that Innocence by the words of the Decree quo ad hoc to be repugnant and impossible contrary to the intention and meaning of the said Commissioners by them publickly declared whereas if the whole estates to which the said persons now pretend had been then in question before the said Commissioners the several Adventurers and Souldiers therein concerned had been summoned to have taken notice thereof and might have made such opposition and produced such proof of their nocency as they thought fit Be it therefore Enacted That no Decree wherein any person or persons have been declared innocent quo ad hoc shall give such person or persons any title by virtue of any such Decree to enter upon or enjoy any more or other lands than what were particularly mentioned in such Decrees but that all other the lands of such person or persons declared innocent quo ad hoc which were sequestred upon the accompt of the late Rebellion or War shall remain and continue in His Majestie to the uses of this and the said former Act Any thing in either of the said Acts to the contrary notwithing Provided also and be it Enacted That nothing herein contained shall extend in any wise to ratifie or confirm the Decree made by the Commissioners for execution of the said former Act wherein and whereby Oliver Earl of Tyreconnel hath been declared to be nocent but that the said Decree and every part thereof shall be and so is hereby declared to be null and void as if the same had never been had or made and that the said Oliver Earl of Tyreconnel and all others who upon the Three and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since were or are seized to his use or in trust for him or in trust for Sir Thomas Fitz William late Vicecount Meryon Father to the said Earl or Christopher Fitz Williams Vncle to the said Earl or in trust for the Countess of Tyreconnel Wife of the said Earl of Tyreconnel for her separate maintenance or claiming by from or under him the said Earl of Tyreconnel shall be and continue in such like estate and condition and no other nor better than he or they ought to have been in case no such Decree had ever been made subject nevertheless to such Quit Rents as by this Act are imposed Any thing herein or in the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted That the said Oliver Earl of Tyreconnel shall hold and enjoy to him and his heirs the lands in Cappock in the County of Dublin and Hanlaston and Athronan in the County of Meath mortgaged by the Lord Vicecount fitzs William his Father now forfeited to His Majestie and that His Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England bearing date the eight day of June in the sixteenth year of His Majesties Reign containing His Majesties gracious pardon to the said Earl of Tyreconnel and a clause of Restitution of all the lands and Tenements of the said Earl shall be and is hereby confirmed and shall be held and enjoyed accordingly subject to Quit Rents as aforesaid Provided always and it is hereby Enacted and Explained That no lands whereof the Provost Fellows and Scholars of the Colledge of the holy and undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth neer Dublin were seized in Fee in the year One thousand six hundred forty one and are now in their actual possession nor any lands held by virtue of any Grant Lease or Fee Farm from the said Provost Fellows and Scholars and forfeited to His Majestie shall be disposed by virtue of this or the said former Act but that they and every of them remain and be in the said Provost fellowes and scholars and their Successors for ever Subject nevertheless to the payment of such Quit rents for the said forfeited lands as Adventurers or Souldiers by virtue of this or the former Act ought to pay any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And because several persons have been decreed innocent but nevertheless have not been restored to the lands which they claimed before the Commissioners for Execution of the said former Act but have been left to the course of law for the recovery of their possessions by trying their titles grounded upon the validity of those evidences by which they pretended to claim Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every person persons who were defendant or defendants in the suit or claim upon which such decree was made as aforesaid and those claiming by from and under them shall within three months next after the sitting of the Commissioners for Execution of this Act declare and make his and their election by writing under his and their hands and Seals or under the hands and Seals of his and their Atturneys or Agents thereunto lawfully authorized whether they will immediately deliver up and relinquish the possession of the lands in controversy unto the Kings Majestie and resort to their proportionable satisfaction out of other forfeited lands which if they do elect they are to be admitted accordingly and shall be satisfied his and their full two third parts and so much more as may be Equivalent to his and their buildings and improvements and then shall part with the said lands or whether they will rather abide the tryal at law which if they do elect and the Irish claimant should fail to prosecute his title or a verdict or judgement shall be given against
Lord Kingston his Heirs and Assignes so much more other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the Counties of Cork Limerick and Tipperary which by virtue of this Act shall or may be Retrenched from any Adventurers Souldiers their Heirs Executors or Assignes or of other forfeited lands within the said Counties or within the Counties of Dublin and Kildare or some of them as together with the lands in the said Letters Patents granted or mentioned to be granted to him as aforesaid and as shall be possessed and enjoyed by him and not recovered or granted away from him by this or the said former Act are of the said present cleer yearly rent of Seaven hundred pounds and as over and above the said yearly rent are equal in value worth and purchase unto two full third parts of all the lands recovered against him by virtue of any Decrees heerein confirmed or that have been delivered up or parted with to William Lord Vice-count Dungan and others in observance of His Majesties Letters To the end that like effectual Letters Patents may thereof also be granted unto the said John Lord Kingston and his Heirs as are herein before appointed to be granted to other Adventurers and Souldiers of their respective allotments any matter or thing whatsoever in this or the said former Act or any other Act contained or otherwise to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Saving unto Charles Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding and his Heirs such right and title in and to any of the premisses as he or they can or may claim by virtue of any Letters Patents thereof granted unto Charles late Lord Vice-count Fitz Harding after Earl of Falmouth by His Majestie any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That Sir John Percivall Baronet his Executors Administrators and Assignes shall and may hold possess and enjoy the Town Lands of Kinsaley in the County of Dublin for the term of sixty one years from the first day of May One thousand six hundred sixty and three according to the tenor and full effect of an Indenture of Lease under the Great Seal of Ireland to him thereof made and under the rents covenants and conditions thereby reserved expressed and limited any thing in the last precedent clause or in this present or any other Act to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided also that nothing in this Act or the Letters Patents granted to the said Lord Kingston shall enable him the said Lord Kingston his Heirs or Assignes to hold or enjoy any mannors lands or Tenements lying or being within the Securities set apart for satisfaction of the Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine unless he the said Lord Kingston his Heirs or Assignes shall cause so many Debentures for arrears due to the said Commissioned Officers as are satisfiable by the rules of this Act and have not been satisfied in part to be placed thereupon as after the rate of eight years purchase may be sufficient to purchase the premisses any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the messuages Castles Mannors Lands Tenements and other the Hereditaments whereof Sir Daniel O Bryen now Daniel Lord Vice-count O Bryen of Clare or his Brother Tige O Bryan Esq or Connor O Bryan Esq Sonn and Heir apparent to the said Lord Vice-count or Morough O Bryan one other of the Sonns of the said Vice-count O Bryan or any other person or persons whatsoever to their or any of their use or in trust for them or any of them were upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one lawfully seized of any estate of freehold or inheritance or possest for any term of years yet in being as also one stone-house in the City of Limerick impropriations and appropriated tithes excepted shall be by the Commissioners for Execution of this Act set out and allotted unto and placed in the present and actual possession of Daniel O Bryan Esq Sonn and Heir apparent of the said Connor O Bryen and the Heirs and Executors of the said Daniel O Bryen respectively without and before any previous reprizal any clause matter or thing in the said former Act or in this present Act herein before or after contained to the contrary notwithstanding And that the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall grant unto the said Daniel O Bryen such certificates as may be necessary in Order to the passing of Letters Patents of the premisses and further that until such final Settlement and allotment as aforesaid it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Daniel O Bryen to enter upon and retain and keep possession of the premisses and all and every the Adventurers and Souldiers Protestant purchasors of Lands in Conaght or Clare and Commissioned Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine their heirs Executors Administrators and Assignes who shall be removed to make way for such restitution or be prejudiced thereby shall after such restitution made be satisfied by the allotment of some other forfeited and undisposed lands as may be equal to their several and respective two full third parts of what they depart from or may be prejudiced in according to the rules of this Act and all and every the persons transplanted into and upon any part of the premisses their Heirs and Assignes shall have full satisfaction out of the forfeited lands undisposed of to the 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 settled and satisfied according to this Act. Provided alwayes and it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall restore James Fleming of Staholmock Esq unto all the Lordships Castles Houses Lands Tenements Rents Reversions Remainders Hereditaments Right Title interest and estate whatsoever whereof the said James Fleming or any or others in trust for him or to his use were seized or possessed the three and twentieh of October One thousand six hundred forty one And that after such Restitution the said James Fleming shall hold and enjoy the same to him and his Heirs this Act or any other Act Record Outlary 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 restore unto Captain Charles Farrell all and singular the lands Tenements and Hereditaments in the County of Longford whereof he the said Charles Farrell or his Father or any other in trust for them or either of them were seized upon the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since and
thereof granted to the said John Lord Vice-count Massareen his Heirs and Assignes as any other Adventurer or Souldier by the rules of this Act ought to have any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided also and be it further Enacted That the town and lands of Artain alias Tartain with the appurtenances in the County of Dublin containing by estimation two hundred twenty five acres be they more or less be granted ratified and confirmed unto Sir Nicholas Armourer Knight his Executors Administrators and Assignes according to the tenor and effect of your Majesties Letters Patents under the Great Seal of Ireland bearing date the nineteenth day of November in the fifteenth year of your Majesties Raign any thing in this the former or any other Act matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and singular the Messuages Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof Sir John Fitz Gerald Knight dyed seized and whereof Sir Fitz Edmund Gerrarld Knight the Grandchild dyed seized or possessed in the year One thousand six hundred and forty and which were then belonging and of right appertaining to the Bishop of of Cloyne and his successors and were by the last Will and Testament of the said Sir John Fitz Edmund Gerrald and the Schedule and Codicil thereunto annexed dated the first of September One thousand six hundred and forty given and bequeathed or mentioned to be given and bequeathed to His late Majestie King Charles the first shall be and are hereby vested and settled in the now Bishop of Cloyne and His Successors for ever The severall rectories and impropriate tythes therein and thereby bequeathed unto His said late Majestie onely excepted which said rectories and impropriate tythes are hereby declared to be vested and settled in and upon such of the present and future incumbents and their successors who have or shall have actuall cure of Souls in those respective Parishes wherein such impropriations are and such impropriate tythes do arise and renew and in default of an actuall incumbent then in the respective persons now serving the cure and their successors who for that end shall be and are hereby made actual incumbents and capable to take to them and their successors and the presentation to the respective Churches so as aforesaid endowed shall be for ever and the patronage thereof in the Kings Majestie His Heirs and Successors and that all other the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments so given and bequeathed as aforesaid and not formerly belonging or appertaining to the Bishoprick or Sea of Cloyne shall be vested and settled in His Majestie his Heirs and Successors And whereas the right Reverend Father in God Edward Lord Bishop of Corke Cloyne and Rosse and Sir William Flower Knight have been at great pains and charges in discovering of his Majesties title to the premisses as well precedent to the forfeiture by the late Rebellion as by reason and upon the account of the said Rebellion Be it therefore Enacted that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or other Chief Governour there for the time being do cause a Lease of so much as is hereby settled in his Majestie to be passed under his Majesties Great Seal of Ireland unto the said Edward Bishop of Corke Cloyne and Rosse and Sir William Flower their Executors and Assigns for the term of one and thirty years rendring yearly unto his Maiestie his Heirs and Successors after the rate of treble such Quitrent as the Adventures and the Souldiers do pay for the like proportions within the said Province of Munster any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding Saving and reserving nevertheless to Edmund Fitz Gerald of Ballymalowe and his Heirs all such right and title which he the said Edmund Fitz Gerald had unto the premisses or any part thereof upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall set out and allot unto the Provost Fellows and Schollars of the College of the holy and undivided Trinity near Dublin the six hundred sixty six Acres two Roods and twenty six Poles English measure in the County of Tipperary and Barony of Elioguarty heretofore allotted to William Sheeres for his Fathers Adventure of three hundred pounds which in pursuance of a Decree in the High-court of Chancery in England were since conveyed or mentioned to be conveyed to the said Provost Fellowes and Schollars of the College of the holy and undivided Trinity neer Dublin towards the satisfaction of a charitable bequest devised to them by Elias Traverse Doctor of Divinity Deceased And that like effectual Letters Patents shall be thereof granted unto the said Provost Fellowes and Schollars and their Successors for ever as any Adventurers or Souldiers by the rules of this Act ought to have to be held by them the said Provost Fellowes and Schollars and their Successors without any defalcation or Deduction whatsoever Subject nevertheless to the Quit-rents by this Act imposed any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Whereas Richard Earl of Arran hath purchased from Erasmus Smith Esq his interest which he had as an adventurer in the Isles of Arran commonly called or known by the names of the Great Island the small East Island and the Island of Inishmaine Be it therefore Enacted and provided by the Authority aforesaid That the said Isles of Arran commonly called by the several names aforesaid lying and being in the half Barony of Arran in the County of Gallway together with all the Royalties Mineralls Royall mines excepted Fishings Profits and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or therewith enjoyed by the former Proprietors thereof before the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one be and are hereby vested in setled upon and confirmed unto the said Richard Earl of Arran his Heirs and Assignes for ever any thing in this Act or in the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Subject nevertheless to such Quit-rent payable to his Majestie his Heirs and Successors as other the lands lying and being in the province of Connaght allotted to Adventurers or Souldiers are lyable to And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith and without any previous reprizal restore unto Patrick Lord Baron of Dunsany and his Heirs the possession of the principal and capital messuage or seat and also one third part of all and singular the Castles lands Tenements and Hereditaments Rents Reversions Remainders Right title interest and estate whatsoever which he the said Patrick Lord Baron of Dunsany or any other person to his use or in trust for him were seized or possessed of upon the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one except impropriations
imposed or appointed to be levyed And the said Receivers herein after mentioned are to pay the moneyes by them received from time to time unto Arthur Earl of Anglesey Vice-Treasurer of Ireland or unto the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland for the time being And the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey or the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland for the time being is hereby appointed to issue out and pay all and singular the monies which by virtue of this clause shall be received and paid in or otherwise levyed as aforesaid unto such Irish Papists Popish Recusants and Roman Catholicks as served under His Majesties Ensigns abroad and are particularly mentioned in the late Declaration and were seized of or intitled unto any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments upon the three and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty and one to which they are not yet restored and in such parts and proportions as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being shall direct and appoint And whereas in the said former Act it is provided That the sum sums of money which have been forfeited by any Adventurer or Adventurers by reason he or they did not satisfie or pay in their full proportions or sums of money respectively subscribed by them according to the tenor of the Acts of Parliament of the seventeenth eighteenth of King Charles the first be are hereby vested and settled in His Majestie His Heirs Successors as in by the said Act more fully appeareth which forfeited subscriptions adventures or sums of money are commonly called by the name of lapsed money And whereas His Majestie for the better increasing of the stock of undisposed forfeited lands and to the end that more of the ancient and former Proprietors may come to be restored is graciously pleased to relinquish his satisfaction of the said lapsed money by or out of any forfeited lands to be therefore set out and to accept of the sum of Thirty thousand pounds sterling to be paid unto His Majestie in lieu and recompence thereof Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That His Majesties right and title in and to any forfeited lands in recompense of and satisfaction for the said lapsed moneys shall be and is hereby released and discharged and further that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant and other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland and Council there for the time being to assess and impose upon all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which by virtue of this Act shall be restored or confirmed to any former Proprietors of the Popish Religion or granted to any the Roman Catholicks of Ireland such further and other sums as they shall think fit for the raising and levying of Thirty thousand pounds sterling in the most equal and indifferent way that may be to be paid unto the Receiver herein after mentioned by two even und equal payments the first payment thereof to begin upon the first day of May which shall be in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred sixty and six and the second day of payment to be upon the first day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and six and in case any person or persons lyable to the payment of any part of the said Thirty thousand pounds so as aforesaid to be assessed and imposed shall make default of payment by the space of one and twenty days next after any the days and times wherein the same ought to be paid then the person so making default shall be chargeable and is hereby charged with double the sum which ought to have been paid as aforesaid and the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland for the time being shall issue out and pay or cause to be issued out and paid unto Richard Stratford of London Gentleman his Executors Administrators and Assigns the sum of Three thousand pounds sterling and the residue thereof being Twenty seven thousand pounds and all other the forfeitures and penalties which shall be incurred for non payment of the said Thirty thousand pounds unto such person and persons and to and for such uses as the said lapsed moneys or the lands to be set out in satisfaction of the same were or ought to have been granted in pursuance of His Majesties several and respective Letters under His Royal Signet bearing date upon the tenth or eleventh or the twelfth day of February in the Fourteenth year of His Majesties Reign and in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and two or by any other Letters under His Majesties Royal signet or by any Letters Patents to Roger Earl of Orrery or others Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all the customs duties and impositions of what nature or kind soever which are or shall be due for any goods wares or merchandize imported into or exported out of the ports and havens of Strangford and Ardlass or either of them or any the members thereof or Creekes thereunto belonging heretofore the inheritance of Wentworth late Earl of Kildare and by him sold unto His Majestie shall be and are hereby vested in the Kings Majestie and shall be held and enjoyed by His Majestie his Heirs and Successors any defect in the conveyance thereof to his Majestie or other matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Capital messuage mills mannors towns and lands of Chappel-Izzard alias Izzod with all the rights members and appurtenances thereof heretofore conveyed or mentioned to be conveyed or contracted for by or in behalf of the Kings Majestie and agreed to be conveyed by Sir Maurice Eustace Knight late Lord Chancellor of Ireland unto the Kings Majestie and for which part of the purchase money hath been paid by the Kings Majestie unto the said Sir Maurice Eustace in his life time shall upon payment of the residue of the purchase money unto the lawfull Executors of him the said Sir Maurice Eustace be and is hereby vested in the Kings Majestie his Heirs and Successors and shall be held and enjoyed by his Majestie his Heirs and Successors against the said Sir Maurice Eustace and his heirs and all and every other person and persons claiming by from or under him them or any of them any defect in the conveyance or assurance of the premisses any thing in the said former Act or this present Act and any other matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall set out and allot or cause to be set out and allotted unto Major John Neil so much of the undisposed and forfeited lands in the Barony of Barrymore in the County of Corke as may be sufficient to reprize
him the said John Neile for the Houses in Waterford whereof his Father was seized and possessed the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty and one any thing in the said former Act or this present Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this present Act shall restore unto Sir Luke Bath Baronet and his Heirs all the Castles Houses Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Rents Reversions or Remainders Right Title Interest and Estate whatsoever which he the said Sir Luke Bath or his deceased Father James Bath or any other in trust for them or either of them or to their or either of their use was seized or possessed on the two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one except the houses and lands within the City of Dublin and Liberties thereof and also except all Impropriations and Appropriate tythes which said Mannors Lands Houses and Hereditaments so as aforesaid to be restored shall after such restitution be held by the said Sir Luke Bath and his Heirs and Assignes and shall be subject to such Quit-rents Services and other payments as the same are made lyable unto by this Act and would have been charged with in case the same had continued in the possession of any the Adventurers or Souldiers or of their or any of their Heirs or Assigns And it is hereby Declared and Enacted That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith set out and allot unto the said Sir Luke Bath and his Heirs so much forfeited lands in lieu of the said houses and lands in Dublin formerly belonging to him the said Sir Luke Bath or his Father and to which he is not to be restored as may be sufficient to reprize him the said Sir Luke Bath and his Heirs for the houses and lands aforesaid And the said Commissioners are also to set out and allot unto His Royal Highness James Duke of York and his Heirs so much other forfeited lands as may be equal in value worth and purchase for what he hath in Custodiam of the Estate of Sir Luke Bath and that the Adventurers and Souldiers and the Officers who served before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred and forty nine and all other who are possest of or intitled unto any of the estate of the said Sir Luke Bath according to this Act shall be likewise reprized in two full third parts of the value of their respective interests before the said Sir Luke Bath be restored to such part of his estate from whence they are to be removed Any thing in this Act or the former Act or any other Law Statute Ordinance Vtlary Attainder Record Sequestration Allotment or any other cause matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always 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 restore unto Garret Moor of Mourueene in the County of Mayo Esq His Heirs and Assigns all and every the Mannors Castles Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and all other Hereditaments Right Title Condition and other Interest and Estate whatsoever which he the said Garret or his Father or any other in trust for them or either of them or for either of their uses had held possessed or enjoyed or ought to have had held possessed or enjoyed on the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and that after such restitution and in lieu and satisfaction thereof the Commissioners do likewise with all convenient speed set out and allot or cause to be set out and allotted unto the Adventurers and Souldiers their Heirs Executors and Assigns respectively who shall be removed to make way for such restitution their several and respective two third parts out of some other undisposed forfeited Lands Any thing in this or the said former Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for execution of this Act do forthwith and without staying for any previous Reprizal restore unto Edmond Lord Vice-count Mountgarret his Heirs and Assigns his and their principal and Capital Messuage with the appurtenances and shall also forthwith restore unto the said Edmond Lord Vice-count Mountgarret his Heirs and Assigns all and singular other the Messuages Mannors Castles Lands Tenements Reversions Remainders and other Hereditaments Right Title Condition and other Interest and Estate whatsoever which he the said Edmond Lord Vice-count Mountgarret or his Father or any other in trust for them or either of them or for either of their uses had held possessed and enioyed or ought to have had held possessed or enjoyed on the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one and whereof no Adventurer or Souldier nor the Heir Executor Administrator or Assignee of any Adventurer or Souldier is now in possession Impropriations or Appropriate tythes onely excepted And that all and every the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whereof the said Edmond Lord Vice-count Mountgarret or his Father or any other person or persons in trust for him or to his use were seized or possest on the said two and twentieth day of October One thousand six hundred forty one and which are now in the possession of any Adventurer or Souldier or of the Heir Executor Administrator or Assignee of any Adventurer or Souldier shall after their several and respective full two third parts to them set out and allotted out of other forfeited and undisposed lands in satisfaction of their several and respective interests be likewise set out and allotted unto and placed in the possession of him the said Edmond Lord Vice-count Mountgarrett and his Heirs any thing in this or the said former Act to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners for Execution of this Act shall forthwith restore unto Colonel Lucas Taaffe and Elizabeth his Wife all and singular the Ioinctures portions lands Tenements and Hereditaments and other interest whatsoever which the said Elizabeth or any other in trust for her or for her use had or ought to have had held possessed or enjoyed the two and twentieth of October One thousand six hundred forty one or at any time since any thing in this Act or any other Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding Provided Nevertheless that no reprizable Souldier Adventurer Officer serving before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine or Protestant Purchasor in Connaght or Clare be removed out of any part of the premisses which they are to have by the rule of this Act before they be first reprized for the same according to the said rules And be it further Cnacted by the Authority aforesaid That Richard Earl of Burlington and Corke Lord High-treasurer of Ireland his Heirs and
Assignes in the distribution and setting forth of the securitie appointed for the satisfaction of the arrears of the Commissioned Officers who served your Majestie and your late Royal Father in Ireland before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine shall have the preference preemption of all the forfeited houses lands tenements and Hereditaments in the town of Youghill or the liberties thereof belonging unto and which are part of the said securities at the rate of Eight years purchase as they are or shall be found to be really and Bonâ Fide worth and that Arthur Earl of Anglesey Vice-treasurer of Ireland his heirs and Assignes shall have like preference and preemption of all the forfeited houses lands tenements and hereditaments in the town of Rosse in the County of Wexford or the liberties thereof belonging unto and which are part of the said securities at the rate of eight years purchase as they are or shall be found to be really and Bonâ Fide worth and if any doubt or difficulty shall arise concerning the value of the said houses or lands so as the Trustees for the said Officers shall not be satisfied with the return already made of the value of the same that in such case upon the desire and request of the said Trustees there shall be a new Survey and valuation of the said towns liberties thereof by such persons as shall be appointed by the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act by and with the consent of the said Trustees according to which return the said Houses Lands Tenements and Hereditaments are to be sold and not otherwise And in case the said Earls their Heirs and Assignes or any of them shall offer unto the said Commissioners for the execution of this Act any Debentures of Officers who served as aforesaid before the fifth of June One thousand six hundred forty nine for or in part of payment for all or so much of the said Houses and premisses in the said several towns as shall be by them respectively contracted and agreed for that the same shall be allowed and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and required to accept and receive the same for all or in part of the purchase money so as the said Debentures are capable of prior satisfaction and there has been such Deductions and defalcations made as are directed by this Act and the said former Act and shall not be accepted to satisfie more in the pound than the whole security will hold out to satisfie the Debentures of the rest of the said Officers the said Commissioners are also required authorized to give such certificates as are necessary for the passing of Patents thereof according to the rules of this Act. And whereas there is a Lease granted of a House in Dublin called Corke house with the appurtenances unto the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Corke and Burlington by the name of Richard Earl of Corke Lord High-treasurer of Ireland from James Margetson Doctor of Divinity Treasurer of the Cathedral Church of St. Patricks Dublin by the approbation of the Archbishop of the same Diocess and in obedience to his Majesties Letters of Recommendation to that purpose dated the twentieth of July One thousand six hundred sixty and confirmed by the several Deans and Chapters both of the Holy Trinity Dublin and St. Patricks Dublin bearing date the three and twentieth of January One thousand six hundred sixty for the term of forty years from the Feast of the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour then last past which was made upon good and valueable considerations Be it therefore Enacted and it is hereby Enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the said Richard Earl of Cork and Burlington his Executors and Assigns shall and may have hold and enjoy the said house with the appurtenances mentioned in the said Lease for and during the years therein mentioned at the Reservations thereby reserved Any thing in this Act or any other former Act or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding Provided alwayes and be it Enacted That all and singular the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments which Arthur Lord Vice-Count of Valentia and Earl of Anglesey hath purchased from any person or persons in actual possession thereof by virtue of any Grant Order or Disposition of the late Vsurped Powers or any of them the Lands and Tenements Decreed away by the Commissioners for the execution of the said former Act onely excepted shall be settled and are hereby granted and confirmed unto him his Heirs and Assigns and he and they shall have hold and enjoy the same and that for such of the said estates or any part thereof as have or hath been Decreed away as aforesaid or shall be decreed away in pursuance of this Act by the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed for the execution thereof the said Earl His Heirs and Assigns shall forthwith be fully reprized for the same and without any Retrenchment by the said Commissioners by so much forfeited lands as may be sufficient to make up and supply unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey his Heirs and Assigns what was or is granted or intended to be granted by the said Act or by this Act And the said Earl his Heirs and Assigns shall have hold and enjoy all other the benefits and advantages in and by the said former Act given granted or provided or intended to be given granted or provided to or for the said Earl his Heirs or Assigns Any thing in the said former Act or in this present Act or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Explained Declared and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every payment and payments sum and sums of money which are and shall be made by any Adventurer Officer and Souldier Connaght-Purchasor Irish Papist Popish Recusant Roman Catholick or others out of or for any of the said forfeited vested or escheated Lands Tenements Hereditaments and Estates by virtue or in pursuance of His Majesties said Declaration Instructions the said former or this present Act or by all every or any of them to or for any use or uses intent end or purpose therein respectively mentioned expressed declared limited or appointed Excepting onely the Quit-Rents and other Chief-Rents reserved and payable unto His Majestie His Heirs and Successors and such other sums as are herein otherwise directed to be paid shall be paid for the said uses intents and purposes into the hands of John Bence and Alexander Bence Esquires or either of them who are hereby constituted and appointed joyntly and severally to collect and receive the same and to be Collectors and Receivers thereof by themselves or their Deputy or Deputies respectively whose Acquittance or Acquittances Receipt or Receipts for the said several and respective payments sum and sums of money being entred and signed as after is directed shall be firm valid effectual and sufficient discharges in Law for the same respectively And to the end our