An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, 1608-1620 |
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acres in demesne acres le piece adjoining aforesaid afterwards appears Armagh balliboe Bann barony Bawne Bishop Brittish Captain castle of Dublin Cavan Chichester chief church Clogher Coleraine commissioners common socage county of Coleraine court baron created the manor Davys Derry Donegal Dungannon English escheated Fermanagh find planted fishing Flankers Freeholders gent glebe Hamilton hath heirs hold forever Hugh inhabitants Inquisitions of Ulster Ireland Irish King King's Knight land called Lessees letters patent Lime and Stone Lord Deputy Lough Lough Erne Lough Neagh Magwire Majesty Majesty's natives O'Donnell O'Neill Oath of Supremacy parcels parish plantation of Ulster planted and estated pole poll portion possession precinct premises are created Rent Salisbury Scottish sept servitors Shane Sir Henry Sir James Sir John Sir Thomas small proportion Stewart Strabane tate tenants termon lands thereof Tirlagh town undertakers Undertenants unto woods
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Page 443 - From Scotland came many, and from England not a few, yet all of them generally the scum of both nations, who from debt, or breaking or fleeing from justice, or seeking shelter, came hither, hoping to be without fear of man's justice, in a land where there was nothing, or but little as yet, of the fear of God.
Page 97 - ... of the year, that is to say, at the feast of the nativity of St John the Baptist, St Michael the Archangel, the birth of our Lord God, and the annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
Page 16 - The Anglo-Norman settlement on the east coast of Ireland acted like a running sore, constantly irritating the Celtic regions beyond the Pale, and deepening the confusion which prevailed there. If the country had been left to itself, one of the great Irish tribes would almost certainly have conquered the rest.
Page iii - ... another Britain, as Britain was said to be another world, is endowed with so many dowries of nature, considering the fruitfulness of the soil, the ports, the rivers, the fishings, the quarries, the woods, and other materials ; and...
Page 11 - Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betrayed her, When Malachi wore the collar of gold, Which he won from her proud invader...
Page 37 - To take him in the observation of his letters and writings, which should best set him off, for such as have fallen into my hands, I never yet saw a style...
Page 11 - Erin had power to give even the milk of his cow, nor as much as the clutch of eggs of one hen in succour or in kindness to an aged man, or to a friend, but was forced to preserve them for the foreign steward or bailiff or soldier.
Page 128 - Ireland? wherein so many families may receive sustentations and fortunes, and the discharge of them also out of England and Scotland may prevent many seeds of future perturbations. So that it is as if a man were troubled for the avoidance of water from the place where he hath built his house, and afterwards should advise with himself to cast those waters and to turn them into fair pools or streams, for pleasure, provision, or use. So shall your Majesty in this work have a double commodity, in the...
Page 79 - Irish, or to such persons as will not take the oath, which the said Undertakers are bound to take by the former article. And to that end a proviso shall be inserted in their letters patents.
Page 180 - The poor old man, fetching a deep sigh, confessed that he knew where the roll was, but that it was dearer to him than his life ; and therefore he would never deliver it out of his hands, unless my Lord Chancellor would take the like oath, that the roll should be restored...