Statute Recognizance Process Order Course or Suite of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heires or Successors as also all and every the foresaid Pains and Penalties which shall so likewise be recovered and which the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet Iohn Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood VVilliam Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns are or ought to have according to the intent of these presents shall immediately after the recovering or levying thereof from time to time be delivered by the said Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the said Exchequer or some of them to the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assigns or some of them to their and every of their own proper uses and behoofs without any Account or other thing to our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs or Successors to be had paid or done of or for the same or any part or parcel thereof other than the said several and respective yearly Rents and Sums of Money and other Things and Duties before in these presents respectively reserved and agreed to be paid to his Highness his Heirs and Successors according to the tenor purport Or else shall be retained by the King in part of the Rent and true meaning of these presents or else shall be retained towards or for or in part of payment of the said Rent and Sums of Money to His Highness his Heirs and Successors reserved or payable by force of these presents which then shall be due if to the said Lord-Treasurer Vice-Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the Court of Exchequer or the more part of them for the time being it shall be thought meet and convenient for his Majesties service and surety in the premises And also that our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors shall from time to time as occasion shall be make or cause to be made unto the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors The Farmers are to have such Grants of the Forfeitures recovered as they desire and the Extents thereupon Administrators and Assigns and every or any of them under the Great Seal of England or Ireland or under the Seal of the Court of Exchequer there or otherwise as by the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assignes or any of them their or any of their Councill learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised or required and at their or any of their proper Costs and Charges in the Law such and so many Grants Conveyances and Assurances of and for the said annual Rents Excizes Customes Subsidies Imposts Debts Duties Revenues and Profits Forfeitures Pains Penalties and Sums of Money and of all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments Goods and Chattels extended or seized thereupon or for or by reason thereof which by our said Soveraign Lord the Kings Majesty his Heirs or Successors or by any of them shall be had recovered levyed or paid by vertue of any such Process Order Course or Suits if the said lord-Lord-Treasurer vice-Vice-Treasurer Chancellor and Barons or the more part of them shall not think good so to retain the same And his Majesty doth hereby for him his Heirs and Successors authorize and straitly charge and command as well the Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland for the time being as the said Treasurer Vice-Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the said Court of Exchequer for the time being or some of them to perform do and execute or cause to be performed done and executed his Highness said pleasure herein according to the true intent and meaning of these presents And these Presents or the Enrollment Constat or Exemplification of the same shall be from time to time a sufficient warrant to the said Lord Chancellor or Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland Treasurer Vice-Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of the said Court of Exchequer for the time being and to all other Officers and Ministers whatsoever of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors for the time being to whom it shall appertain for the making forth Process suing for recovering and levying of the said Annual Rents Excizes Customes Subsidies Imposts Debts Duties Revenues Profits and Sums of Monyes and every of them and of all the said Forfeitures Pains and Penalties and for the Payment and delivery over to the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assigns or to any of them the said annual Rents Excizes Imposts Customes Subsidies Debts Duties Revenues Profits Forfeitures Pains Penalties and Sums of Money and other things whatsoever which by vertue of such Process Order Course or Suits as is aforesaid shall be levyed or paid and for to accept the same so recovered as in part of payment of the Rent and Sums of Money above reserved or payable according to the tenor of these presents then next due to be paid in case it shall be thought meet to retain the same as aforesaid and also for the making of such Grants and Assurances of the said annual Rents Excize Customes Subsidies Impositions Debts Duties Revenues Profits Forfeitures Pains Penalties and Sums of Money and other things that shall be so recovered levyed or paid as is aforesaid under the Great Seal of Ireland and under the Seal of the said Court of Exchequer or either of them or otherwise as by the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Iemmet John Breedon Iames Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assigns or any of them or by their or any of their Counsel learned in the Law shall be reasonably according to the true intent and meaning of these presents devized and required without any other Warrant or Declaration of the pleasure of his Highness his Heirs or Successors to be obtained or had in that behalf And that they the said John Forth William Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns and every of them shall and may from time time during the said several and respective termes of years to be accounted as aforesaid The Farmers power to take Bonds in the Kings name take Bonds Obligatory in the name of the Kings Majesty his Heirs or Successors or in the names of the said John Forth William Bucknall
by the Lord Lieutenant Deputy or other chief Governour or Governours of Ireland and Councel of the said Kingdom of Ireland for the time being shall be appointed to that purpose or some of their Deputies nor shall not within the space of six Months They shall not towards the end of the Term fill the Markets immediately next before the Expiration or other Determination of the said Term of six years directly or indirectly design or contrive to anticipate the Receipt of his Majesty his Heirs or Successors by inviting treating or compounding with any Merchant or Importer to Import Goods to fill the Markets THE IN-LAND EXCIZE AND ALE and BEER LICENCES AND His Majesty of his more abundant special grace certain knowledge and meer motion hath demised and granted and by these Presents for his Highness his Heirs and Successors for and in consideation of the 70000 l. so as aforesaid advanced and of the Covenants and Agreements herein also contained Demise of all the In-land Excize doth demise and grant unto the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall all and all manner of Rates Charges Impositions Sums of Money Payments and Duties of Excize whatsoever which by vertue of the Act aforesaid or otherwise howsoever shall at any time after the 25th day of March 1671. unto the 25th day of December 1675. inclusive grow due and renew and from time to time during the term aforesaid ought to become due and payable and are appointed to be paid unto his Majesty his Heirs and Successors for or in respect of any Beer Ale Strong-Waters or other Excizeable Liquors brewed or made vended spent or consumed within the said Realm of Ireland or for or in respect of any the Goods Merchandizes or Commodities whatsoever which are of the Native Growth Production or Manufacture of the said Realm of Ireland and all other the Duties of Excize whatsoever commonly called or known by the name of the In-land Excize and also that Duty or Sum of Twenty Shillings And the duty of Twenty shillings for Ale and Beer Licences which shall grow due and payable annually to his Majesty by such Persons who shall yearly be Licenced to sell Ale and Beer in their Houses by Retail for and in respect of such Licence and all other Duties of that nature which by vertue of the said late Act of Parliament entituled An Act of the Improvement of His Majesties Revenue upon the granting of Licences for the selling of Ale and Beer or otherwise howsoever shall or may at any time after the 25th day of March which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy and one unto the Five and twentieth day of December which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy five inclusive grow due and renew or from time to time during the term aforesaid ought to become due and payable and are appointed to be paid unto our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs or Successors or any of them Habendum TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Rates Charges and Impositions Sums of Money Payments and Duties of Excize whatsoever which by vertue of the said late Act of Parliament touching or concerning the Excize are due and payable unto His Majesty his Heirs and Successors for or in respect of any Beer Ale Strong-Waters or other Excizable Liquors brewed or made in the Realm of Ireland or for or in respect of any Goods Wares or Merchandizes of the growth production or manufacture of Ireland and all other the Duties of Excize whatsoever commonly called or known by the name of The In-land Excize And also all that Duty of Twenty Shillings which by vertue of the said late Act of Parliament touching or concerning Licences for selling Ale and Beer will be yearly due and payable to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors from every Person and Persons taking or renewing any Licence for selling Ale and Beer by Retayl except before excepted unto the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns from the Twenty fifth day of March From the4 25th day of March 1671 for Four years and three quarers which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy one for during and until the full end and term of Four years and three quarters of a year from thenceforth next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended to the onely proper use benefit and behoof of John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns without any Account Matter or other thing to be yielded made or done for the same other than the Rents and Sums of Money and other things herein before or hereafter in and by these presents reserved and covenanted or agreed to be paid or performed and in as large and ample manner as his Majesty may might or ought to have take or enjoy the same by force or vertue of any Statute or Statutes Act or Acts of Parliament Custom Use Usage or Prescription and as largely amply and beneficially as his Majesty may demise or grant the same or any part thereof or as the same are hereby mentioned meant or intended to be demised or granted Any Law Statute Act or Acts of Parliaments and more especially the Clause in the said late Act of Parliament Non obstante the Clause in the Act for Ale and Beer Licences intituled An Act for the Improvement of his Majesties Revenues upon the granting of Licences for selling Ale and Beer which enacts That all the Sums of money due and payable by the said Act shall be duly and constantly paid into his Majesties Court of Exchequer and shall not be set or let to Farm his Majesty intending to retain the same in his own hands and not to interest any private Person whatsoever with the profits thereof and that all and every such Lease and every Clause of Non obstante therein contained should be utterly void And that all such Lessees or Farmers should be Accountants unto His Majesty for all profits received by pretence of any such Grant or farme And also the Clause in the said late Act of Parliament intituled An Act for setling of the Excize And also the Clause in the Act for Excize or new Impost upon His Majesty His Heirs or Successors according to the Book of Rates therein inserted which prohibits any Lease to be thereof made during the space of seven years next ensuing the said Act or after the said seven years without the Advice of the Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland or six or more of the
time to time VR c. shall from the 4th of August 71 to 26 of Dec. 75 defray all the Expences of Ireland according to the Establishments as otherwise which by His Majesty ought to have been borne if this Indenture had not been made and cause the same to be paid by equall proportions within 40 dayes after the end of every Quarter as the same shall respectively grow due The Monies to be paid for such expences are not in any one year to exceed 171843 l. 5 s. 6 d. out of which the Fees Cheques are to be deducted And there are to be due and legal Warrants signed for the issuing thereof and at all times from and after the date of these Presents untill the six and twentieth day of December which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Seventy Five fully and duely answer defray satisfie discharge and pay or cause to be fully and duely answered defrayed satisfied discharged and paid all and singular the Charges and Expences of His Majesties said Kingdom of Ireland as well in the Payment of the Civill and Military Lists there according to their several and respective Establishments which are or shall be made by His Majesty His Heires or Successors as otherwise which by His Majesty His Heires and Successors ought to have been borne defrayed and discharged if this present Indenture had not been made and shall cause the same from time to time to be satisfied and paid by equal Proportions within forty dayes after the end of every Quarter as the same shall respectively grow due and the Payments thereof to be made in good lawfull and currant money of England or such lawfull and currant money in Ireland as may be equivalent in Ireland to so much English money as shall then be due so alwayes that the money to be paid and Issued out for such Charges and expences as aforesaid do not in any one yeare exceed the sum of One Hundred Seventy one thousand eight hundred forty three pounds five Shillings and six pence out of which the Fees and Cheques are to be deducted and so as that there be due and legall Warrants signed for the issuing and payment thereof from time to time If after 25th December 1670 and before 26th December 1675 any Cheques of Pay made or to be made by reason of absence want or unserviceableness of Horse or Armes or neglect of duty the Chief Governour may lessen or remit any such Cheques so the same be done within three moneths after the Muster Rolls shall be closed and before any Warrants of Pay be issued upon such Muster Rolls Duplicates whereof are to be returned to V. R. c. PROVIDED alwayes that if at any time after the five and twentieth day of December now last past or before the six and twentieth day of December which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy five any Cheques of Pay have been or shall be made by His Majesties sworn Officers for or by reason of the absence of any Officer or Soldier from his Command want of Horse or Armes or by reason of their being unserviceable or otherwise neglecting their duties then and in every such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being from time to time and as often as he or they shall see cause to reduce and lessen or otherwise totally to remit any Cheques of Pay which have been or shall be made for any the causes aforesaid so as such reducement lessening or remission be within the space of three months next after the Muster Roll are or shall be closed and before any Warrants of Pay be made or issued upon such Muster-Roll Duplicates whereof are from time to time to be returned unto the said Richard Lord Viscount Ranelagh Sir Alexander Bence Sir Iames Hayes John Bence George Dashwood Joseph Deane Robert Huntingdon John Stepney and Richard Kingdon who shall pay and satisfie to every Soldier or other so much pay as by vertue of the said Military List he ought to receive after such reduction or remission made any thing herein before contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding AND the said Richard Lord Viscount Ranelagh Sir Alexander Bence Sir James Hayes John Bence George Dashwood Joseph Deane Robert Huntingdon John Stepney and Richard Kingdon for themselves their Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them have covenanted and granted and by these presents do covenant and grant to and with our said Sovereign Lord the Kings Majesty his Heirs and Successors that they the said Richard Lord Viscount Ranelagh Sir Alexander Bence Sir Iames Hayes John Bence George Dashwood Ioseph Deane Robert Huntingdon John Stepney and Richard Kingdon or the Survivors or Survivor of them V. R. c. shall within four years after 25th December 1671 discharge the Arrears which on the 25th of December 1670 were unpaid according to the estabâ—ishment to any in the Military and Civil Lists and to the Train of Artillery or the Heirs Executors or Administrators of the Survivor of them shall and will within the space of four years to commence from the five and twentieth day of December next ensuing the date of these presents fully discharge satisfie and pay or cause to be fully discharged satisfied and paid all and every the Arrears of Pay which at or upon the five and twentieth day of December last past before the date hereof were behind and unpaid to any person or persons comprehended in the Martial or Military List according to the Establishment AND also all and every the Arrears of Pay Wages Sallary or Pension then due to any person or persons comprehended within the Civil List according to the said Establishment AND also all Arrears whatsoever then due to His Majesties Train of Artillery in Ireland and shall cause due satisfaction and payment thereof to be made within the time aforesaid And shall cause due payment to be made of the said Arrears within the said time by even and equal portions without composition or deduction the Fees and Cheques excepted the first payment whereof shall begin and be made the 24th of December 1672. His Majesty shall be discharged from all such arrear so as the same deducting the Fees and Cheques exceed not for the Military List 139001 li. 11 s. 4 d. for the Civil List 4000 li. and for the Train of Artillery 1147 li. and by even and equal portions and in good lawful and currant English money or so much lawful and currant money of Ireland as shall be equivalent in Ireland to English money without any composition defalcation or other deduction whatsoever the usual Fees and Cheques only excepted the first payment whereof shall begin and be made at or before the four and twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy and two AND
sorts of Strong Waters by retaile And also one other Act Entituled An Act for the better Execution of his Majesties Gracious Declaration for the settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the several Interests of Adventurers Souldiers and other His Subjects there And also one other Act entituled An Act for the explaining of some doubts arising upon an Act entituled An Act for the better Execution of His Majesties gracious Declaration for the settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the several Interests of Adventurers Soldiers and other his subjects there and for making of some alterations of and additions unto the said Act for the more speedy and effectual settlement of the said Kingdom And whereas also His Majesty is pleased to demise and to farme let all and every the Branches of his Revenue herein before mentioned and all other Branches of his Revenue of that nature whether the same do arise by virtue of all every or any the Acts aforesaid or by virtue of any other Act Statute Custome or Prerogative Royal or whatsoever touching or concerning the premises or any other part thereof together with several other duties and payments herein after mentioned And whereas also the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphry Taylor and Ralph Bucknall have offered to farm of His Majesty the Branches of his Revenue aforesaid and other the duties and payments hereafter mentioned and to take a Lease of so much thereof as is now out of Lease for the terme of seven years beginning at the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord now last past before the date hereof and to take a Lease of the residue thereof as soon as the respective Leases now in being shall expire during the residue of the said seven years and to pay for the same during the first year in consideration of the Quit-rents Hearth-mony Wine-licenses and such other Revenue as shall be injoyed during that year the Rent of fourscore and eleven thousand and five hundred pounds and from thence during the second year to pay a further encrease of Rent of seventy five thousand pounds more A Recital of the Rents during the whole Lease in consideration of the Customes and Imported excise which during that year will come into possession in all during that year one hundred sixty six thousand and five hundred pounds and during the third year to pay two hundred and six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds that is to say forty one thousand six hundred twenty five pounds part thereof at our Lady-day one thousand six hundred seventy and one and the residue thereof at the three following quarter-dayes of that year that is to say on each quarter-day fifty four thousand eight hundred seventy five pounds in consideration of the Inland Excise and Ale and Beer Licenses which on the twenty fifth day of March 1671 will come into possession And also to pay during the four last years for the whole two hundred and nineteen thousand and five hundred pounds yearly by quarterly payments and to pay down by way of Advance the sum of threescore and ten thousand pounds in manner following That is to say upon every first Monday in every Month after the sealing of these presents to pay down by way of advance into His Majesties Exchequer at Dublin the full sum of ten thousand pounds per mensem over and above the Rent by these presents reserved untill the whole sum of threescore and ten thousand pounds shall be fully paid in and advanced as a security for the better payment of the Rent herein reserved and to let the same remain in His Majesties hands during the first four years of the said Term at ten pounds per Cent. according as Interest is payable by the Laws of Ireland so as after the first four years they might have liberty to reimburse themselves by way of retayner out of their rent as much of the said seventy thousand pound as they shall think fit they first giving unto His Majesty such sufficient security for the payment of the rents herein reserved during the residue of the said seven years as the Lord-Lieutenant or other chief Governour or Governours of Ireland for the time being shall think fit to accept and allow of so as the interest thereof at the rate of ten pounds per Cent. so long as the same shall remain in His Majesties hands may be paid quarterly by way of deduction out of the Rent hereby reserved Which said offers and proposals having been made to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesties Treasury their Lordships upon due consideration hereof had did represent the same unto His Majesty in Councel and afterwards by vertue of and in pursuance of an Order made by His Majesty in Councel bearing date the eleventh day of November now last past did proceed to a full and final agreement and conclusion touching the same Now this Indenture Witnesseth That the Kings most Excellent Majesty for and in consideration of the sum of seventy thousand pounds so as aforesaid to be advanced and paid in which said sum of seventy thousand pounds they the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphry Taylor Ralph Bucknall and every of them do Covenant to pay unto our Soveraign Lord the King at his Receipt of Exchequer at Dublin over and above the Rents herein afore-mentioned by the proportion of ten thousand pound per mens untill the whole be advanced and paid in the first payment of the said ten thousand pound per mens to begin in the first moneth after the date of these presents and that the whole seventy thousand pounds be left in His Majesties hands for four years and from thence untill the end of the terme unless other sufficient security for payment of the rent be given in lieu thereof according to the intent and meaning of the said proposal aforementioned And also for and in consideration of the yearly rents herein and hereby reserved and of other the Covenants Provisoes Conditions and Agreements herein after-mentioned on the parts and behalfes of the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphry Taylor Ralph Bucknall to be paid done and performed and for divers other good causes and considerations His said Majesty thereunto especially moving HATH by and with the advice of the Lords Commissioners of His Treasury and others of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council and of His especial Grace certain knowledge and meer motion demised and granted and to farme letten and by these Presents for His Highness his heirs and Successors doth demise grant and to Farme let unto the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Phillip Iemmet Iohn Breedon Iames Hayes Dannet Forth George
Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall all that the Annual rate duty charge or imposition of two shillings sterling by the year due and payable to His Majesty his Heires and Successors for or in respect of any Fire-hearth or other place used for Firing and Stoves within any House or Edifice and which at any time after the Feast of the Nativity now last past unto the Feast of the Nativity which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred seventy five shall or may from time to time during the terme aforesaid become due and payable or are appointed to be paid unto His Majesty His Heires and Successors by virtue of the said late Act Intituled An Act for establishing an Additional Revenue upon His Majesty His Heires and Successors for the better support of His and their Crown and Dignity And of the said other Act Intituled An Additional Act for the better ordering and collecting the Revenue arising by Hearth-Money or otherwise howsoever And also all and every the powers liberties priviledges profits and advantages in and by the said Acts or either of them vested in His Majesty and also all those Rates Charges Duties Impositions Payments and Sums of Mony due and payable to His Majesty by such person or persons who now are or at any time before the Feast of the Nativity which shall be in the year of our Lord 1675 shall be licensed to utter and sell by way of Retaile in their respective houses any Wine or Aqua-vitae Vsquebagh Brandy Balkan or any kind of distilled strong-waters or spirits and all other duties and sums of Money of that nature which by vertue of the said late Act of Parliament Entituled An Act for the better ordering the selling of Wines and Aqua-vitae together with all sorts of strong-waters by retaile or otherwise howsoever have grown due or shall or may at any time after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord now last past unto the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord which shall be in the year of our Lord 1675 inclusive grow due and renew or from time to time during the terme aforesaid ought to become due and payable and are appointed to be paid to His Majesty His Heirs and Successors or any of them and all other the benefits profits and advantages of the said Act and also all those annual Quit-rents and payments of three pence per Acre yearly for every acre of English measure within the Province of Leinster in the Realm of Ireland and of two pence farthing per acre yearly for every acre of English Measure within the Province of Munster in the Realm of Ireland and of one penny half peny per acre yearly for every acre of English measure within the Province of Connaught in the Realm of Ireland and of two pence per acre yearly for every acre of English measure within the Province of Ulster in the Realm of Ireland and of one shilling six pence yearly out of every twenty shillings Rent for which any Houses or Tenements in any the Corporations in Ireland which have been allotted to any person or persons their heirs or assigns in or towards satisfaction of any arrears due to any Commissioned Officers who served his Majesty or his Royal Father in the Wars of Ireland upon or before the fifth of June 1649 have been or shall be let or demised And all and every the Annual Quit-rents and payments of that nature which by vertue of the said late Act entituled An Act for the better execution of his Majesties Gracious Declaration for the settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the several Interests of Adventurers Souldiers and other his Subjects there And of the said other Act Entituled An Act for the explaining of some doubts arising upon an Act Entituled An Act for the better execution of his Majesties Gracious Declaration for the settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland and satisfaction of the several Interests of Adventurers Soldiers and other his Subjects there and for making some Alterations of and additions unto the said Act for the more speedy and effectual settlement of the said Kingdom or by any other Act of Parliament whatsoever or otherwise howsoever From Christmass last untill Christmass 1675 inclusive shall or may at any time after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God now last past and before and untill the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God which shall be in the year of our Lord 1675 inclusive grow due and payable or from time to time during the terme aforesaid ought to become due and payable and are appointed to be paid unto his Majesty his Heires and Successors or any of them by or from all every or any of the Adventurers or Soldiers their Heires or Assignes setled in any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments by vertue of the two Acts of Parliament last before mentioned or either of them and by or from all and every person and persons restored unto and reprized for his and their estate and estates and by vertue of both or either of the Acts aforesaid and by or from such Commissioned Officers who served his Majesty or his Royal Father in the Wars in Ireland at any time before the fifth of June 1649 their heirs or assigns respectively and by or from any other person or persons whatsoever All which said annual quit-rents and payments are by the latter of the said two Acts of Parliament last mentioned commonly called the Explanatory Act charged upon and enacted to be issuing out of all Lands whatsoever which by the said Explanatory Act or by the said former Act commonly called the Act of Settlement were vested in his Majesty or restored by any Decrees in the said Explanatory Act confirmed or setled or mentioned to be disposed restored confirmed or setled unto or upon any person or persons bodies politick or corporate by vertue of any clause in both or either of the said Acts contained and not particularly by plain and express words excepted from quit-rents in the same clause and no other person or persons bodies politick or corporate whatsoever and out of all and singular the Lands appointed to be set out for augmentation of Bishopricks for endowment of Parochial Churches with Gleabe for the better support of the Provost or of the Provost and Fellows of the Colledge of Dublin for the maintainance of the Fort at Duncannon and the benefit of the Corporation at Bandon Bridge and out of all the Lands injoyed by transplanted persons in the Province of Connaught or the County of Clare and out of all other the Lands seized sequestred or set out by reason of or upon account of the late Rebellion or War the Lands of James Duke of Ormond Elizabeth Lady Duchess of Ormond the Earl of Burlington and Cork the Earl of Roscomon and other the Protestants of Ireland heretofore sequestred only excepted AND His Majesty of his further especial grace certain knowledge
their appurtenances whereof no estate is already limitted by these presents except before excepted unto the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Phillip Iemmet Iohn Breedon Iames Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assigns from the Feast-day of the Nativity of our Lord now last past for during From Christmass last for seven years and untill the full end and term of seven years from thenceforth next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended TO the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns without any account matter or other thing to be yielded made or done for the same other then the rents and sums of money and other things hereafter in and by these presents reserved covenanted or agreed to be paid or performed and in as large ample and beneficial manner as his Majesty may might or ought to have take or injoy the same by force or vertue of any Statute or Statutes Act or Acts of Parliament Custome Vse Vsage or Prescription and as largely amply and beneficially as his Majesty may demise or grant the same or any part thereof or as the same are hereby mentioned meant or intended to be demised or granted Notwithstanding the clause in the Act for Hearth-mony any Law Statute Act or Acts of Parliament and more especially the clause in the late Act of Parliament intituled An Act for establishing an Additional Revenue upon his Majesty his heirs and successors for the better support of his and their Crown and dignity Which enacts That all the Revenues arising by the said Act shall be duly and constantly paid into his Majesties Courts of Exchequer and shall not be charged or chargeable with any Gifts Grants or Pensions whatsoever and that all and every such grant and all and every such Clause of non obstante therein contained should be utterly void and all and every persons to whom such grants should be passed should be accomptants to his Majesty for all Moneys received by pretence of such Grants And also all and every Ordinance Order Custome Proclamation Letters Patents Provision Restraint or any other matter or thing had or made or to be had or made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And the Farmers covenant to pay YIELDING and PAYING therefore and the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall for them and every of them their and every of their heirs executors and administrators and every of them do by these presents Covenant to and with our said Soveraign Lord the King his heires and successors to yield and pay unto our said Soveraign Lord the King his heires and successors yearly and every year during the said term of seven years mentioned in this present demise at or into his or their receipt of the Exchequer at Dublin or by such other payments and with such deductions Ninety one thousand five hundred pounds abatements and allowances and in such manner as in and by these presents is mentioned the full sum of fourscore and eleven thousand and five hundred pounds sterling of lawfull money of England or so much other lawful and currant money of Ireland as shall be Equivalent to fourscorce and eleven thousand and five hundred pounds of lawful English money At or before four the most usual Feasts That is to say the Feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary Quarterly The Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist The Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord by even and equal portions the first payment thereof to begin and to be made upon the Feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary now last past before the date of these presents AND for the better enabling the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Iemmet Iohn Breedon Iames Hayes Covenants of the first demise Dannet Forth George Dashwood VVilliam Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators Deputies and Assignes to have enjoy collect levy and receive the said Annual Rents Payments Rates Duties of Hearth-money Duties arising by Licenses for retailing Wine and Strongwaters Revenues Profits and other the Premises hereby demised according to the true intent and meaning hereof His Majesty doth by these presents as much as in him lies and as far as the Laws and Statutes of Ireland will permit nominate constitute and appoint the said Iohn Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Iemmet Iohn Breedon Iames Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators Officers Deputies Substitutes Agents and Assignes and no other person or persons whatsoever to be his Majesties Officer and Officers from and after the Commencement and during the continuance of this present demise for the receiving The Farmers made the Kings Collectors collecting and answering the said Annual rents as also the Duty arising by the Fire-hearths and Stoves by vertue of the said several Acts in that behalf or any of them and for viewing and numbering of the several Chimney-hearths and Stoves and other firing-places mentioned in the said Acts and for the inspecting and examining the several Rolls Certificates and Returnes thereof With power to do those things which the Kings Officers are enabled to do made and to be made from time to time into His Majesties Court of Exchequer in pursuance of the said Act or Acts or any other things belonging to the same and to do and execute all and every other the matters and things touching or concerning the Revenues Duties Profits or other the premises herein demised which are directed and authorized to be done and executed by the said Acts by Officers to be thereunto lawfully appointed And further that the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphry Taylor Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators Deputies Agents and Assignes shall and may Collect Receive Levy and enjoy to their own use and benefit such sum and sums of Money or part or parts of the said Rate Duty and Premises hereby demised as by and according to the purport intent and true meaning of these presents shall have accrewed due and payable to them at or before the end or expiration of the terme or time of seven years hereby granted Although this present Demise and the said terme of seven yeares shall be expired and determined And His said Majesty doth hereby give and grant unto the said John Forth VVilliam Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood
Feast of the Nativity of our Lord which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty and nine From Christmass 1669 for 6 years from the date hereof for during and untill the terme of six years from thenceforth next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assignes without any account matter or other thing to be yielded made rendred or done for the same other then the rents and sums of Money and other things hereafter in and by these presents reserved and Covenanted or agreed to be paid or performed and in as large ample and beneficial manner as his Majesty may might or ought to have take or enjoy the same by force or vertue of any Statute or Statutes Act or Acts of Parliament Custome Use Usage or Prescription and as largely and beneficially as His Majesty may Demise or Grant the same or any part thereof or as the same are hereby mentioned meant or intended to be Demised or Granted any Law Statute Act or Acts of Parliament and more especially the Clause in the said late Act of Parliament Entituled An Act for setling the Excise Non obstante any Law and more especially the Clause in the Act for Excise or New Impost upon His Majesty his Heires and Successors according to the Book of Rates therein inserted which prohibits any Lease to be thereof made for and during the space of seven years next ensuing the said Act or after the said seven years without the Advice of the chief Governour or Governours of Ireland and six more of the Councel of that Kingdom and reserving the highest rent which in any one of the seven years next succeeding the said Statute was yielded and paid unto His Majesty and which Declares any Lease made contrary to the said Act to be void And also all and every Ordinance Order Custom Proclamation or Letters Patents provision restraint or any other matter or thing had or made or to be had or made to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding Yielding and Paying Yielding and Paying therefore yearly and the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall and every of them do by these presents Covenant to and with our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors to yield and pay unto our said Soveraign Lord the King His Heirs and Successors yearly and every year during the said term of six years mentioned in this present Demise at or into his or their receipt of Exchequer at Dublin or by such other payments and with such Deduction Abatements and Allowances and in such manner as in and by these presents is mentioned the full sum of threescore and fifteen thousand pounds The Sum of threescore and fifteen thousand pounds of lawful money of England or so much other lawful and currant money of Ireland as shall be equivalent to threescore and fifteen thousand pounds of lawful English money at or before the dayes and times and according to the several and respective proportions herein after mentioned That is to say at or before the last day of January which shall be in the year of our Lord God 1669. the sum of 3000 l. And at and before the 14th day of February By monthly payments which shall be in the year of our Lord 1669. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 28th day of February which shall be in the year of our Lord 1669. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of March which shall be in the year of our Lord 1669. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of March which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of April which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of April which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of May which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of May which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l And at or before the 15th day of June which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of June which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of July which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of July which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670. the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of August which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of August which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of September which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of September which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of October which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of October which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of November which shall be in the year of our Lord 1970 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of November which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of December which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the last day of December which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 3000 l. And at or before the 15th day of January which shall be in the year of our Lord 1670 the sum of 6000 l. which twenty four several payments so as aforesaid appointed to be made do in the time and space of twelve Months amount unto the full and just sum of threescore and fifteen thousand pounds And also yeilding and paying at or before every succeeding 15th day of January during the said term of six years the sum of 6000 l. And on every other last day of January 14th day of February 28th day of February 15th day of March last day of March 15th day of April last day of April
Indenture between the Five and twentieth day of December 1671. and the Five and twentieth day of December 1675. for every year during the said four last mentioned years the Yearly Sum of fifteen thousand pounds To have and to hold the said Sum of Six thousand two hundred fifty and two pounds and the said Sum of Eleven thousand three hundred seventy and eight pounds and the said Sum of Fourteen thousand seven hundred seventy and three pounds and ten shillings and also the said Yearly Sum of fifteen thousand pounds unto the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns in manner and form aforesaid as of our free gift without any account trust or other matter or thing whatsoever to Us or any other to be rendered for the same and to their own sole use and benefit and not for the benefit of any other the parties to the said Iadenture And we do hereby grant and agree to and with the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood and Ralph Bucknall that it shall and may be lawfull to and for them the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Admistrators and Assigns from time to time during the continuance of the several and respective demises in the said Indenture mentioned to abate deduct defalk detain retain and keep in their hands and to their own proper use and behoof out of the several and respective Rents and Summes of Money who are also to detain their said abatements out of the Rents by the Indenture aforesaid reserved the aforesaid several Sums of Six thousand two hundred fifty and two pounds and Eleven thousand three hundred and seventy eight pounds and the said sum of Fourteen thousand and seven hundred seventy and three pounds and ten shillings and also during the said Four years as aforementioned the yearly Sum of Fifteen thousand pounds per Annum by equal quarterly payments and deductions according to the true intent and meaning of these Presents and of Our will and pleasure herein before declared And We do hereby command authorize and impower the Lord Treasurer And the Lord Treasurer c. to suffer fuch abatements c. Vice-Treasurer Chancellor and Barons of Our Court of Exchequer in Ireland and all other Officers and Ministers of Our Revenue there for the time being That they and every of them do accordingly permit and suffer the said John Forth William Bucknall VVilliam Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators or Assigns to detain retain By way of Retainer and keep in their hands and to their own proper use and behoof out of the said several Rents by the Indenture aforesaid reserved and due and payable unto Us as aforesaid the said several Sums of Six thousand two hundred fifty and two pounds and Eleven thousand three hundred seventy and eight pounds and the said Sum of Fourteen thousand seven hundred seventy and three pounds and ten shillings and the said yearly Sum of Fifteen thousand pounds per Annum in such manner and at such times as the same are hereby granted according to the true intent and meaning of these Our Letters Patents And that they and every of them do accordingly exonerate and discharge the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns and every or any of them of for and concerning the same Sums of Money and every part and parcel thereof hereby given and granted as aforesaid in as full and effectual manner and form as if the same Sum and Sums of Money had been really paid into the Receipt of Our Exchequer in Ireland at the dayes and times wherein they are by Our said recited Indenture of Demise mentioned to be payable And for so doing these Presents By vertue of these Presents without further warrant or the enrollment thereof shall be to them and every of them a sufficient Warrant and Discharge in that behalf And whereas there are several Sums of Money now due and in arrear to His Majesty for Quit-rents from several Persons within the said Kingdom of Ireland a speedy and hasty Collection whereof may not onely very much hinder and dis-able the Persons so owing the same Arrears to pay the same But also the future growing Quit-rents by them to be due and payable and by the Indenture aforesaid demised and granted to the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall whereas a moderate Collection of the said Arrears may render the same Persons more able to pay as well the said Arrears as also the future growing Quit-rents To the end therefore that the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall may be the better secured in the full enjoyment and perception of the same Quit-rents to them demised for the term of Seven years according to the true intent and meaning of the same Indenture His Majesty is hereby graciously pleased to declare and doth hereby covenant grant and agree to and with the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall their Executors Administrators and Assigns That His Majesty his Heirs or Successors shall not nor will not in any one year during the said term of Seven years to them the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood William Muschamp Humphrey Taylor His Majesty will not in any one year collect above one seventh part of any arrears of Quit-rents now due c Non obstante the ill reciting not reciting c. the aforesaid Indenture c. and Ralph Bucknall so as aforesaid granted collect gather receive or take nor suffer to be collected gathered received or taken of or from any person or persons whatsoever above one Seventh part of any such arrears of Quit-rents by them or any of them now due and in arrear as aforesaid Notwithstanding the ill reciting not reciting or mis-reciting the aforesaid Indenture of Demise made or granted to the said John Forth William Bucknall William Dashwood Philip Jemmet John Breedon James Hayes Dannet Forth George Dashwood VVilliam Muschamp Humphrey Taylor and Ralph Bucknall or to the former Farmers of any of the said Farms still in being or any the Rents or Sums of Money thereby or thereupon reserved and payable to Us