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<P>AN ACT FOR THE A&s;&s;uring, Confirming and Setling OF Lands and E&s;tates IN IRELAND.</P>
<P>At the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the 17^t^h day of <HI>September, An. Dom.</HI> 1656.</P>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Re-printed by <HI>Chri&s;topher Higgins,</HI> in Harts Clo&s;e, over again&s;t the Trone Church, 1657.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT FOR THE A&s;&s;uring, Confirming and Setling of Lands and E&s;tates IN IRELAND.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by a Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great-Seal of <HI>England,</HI> and In&s;tructions thereunto annex|ed, Entituled, <HI>A Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions to Charles Fleetwood, E&s;q; Lieutenant General of the Army in Ireland, Edmond Ludlow, E&s;q; Lieutenant General of the Hor&s;e, Miles Corbet, E&s;q; and John Jones, E&s;q;</HI> Impowering them to cau&s;e all the Lands therein mentioned to be forfeited to the Com|monwealth, to be forthwith &s;urveyed, in or|der to the &s;atisfying of Adventurers for <HI>Ire|land,</HI> and Arrears of Officers and Souldiers, and for the Setling and Planting of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with &s;ecurity to the Inhabitants and &s;uch as &s;hall Plant the &s;ame, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners therein named, are thereby authorized to cau&s;e the &s;aid forfeited Lands to be &s;urveyed ac|cordingly: And whereas by further In|&s;tructions, Entituled, <HI>Further In&s;tructions un|to Charles Fleetwood, E&s;quire, Lieutenant General of the Army in IRELAND, Edmond Ludlow, E&s;quire, Lieutenant General of the Hor&s;e, Miles
<PB N="2" REF="3"> Corbet, E&s;quire, and John Jones, E&s;quire,</HI> the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are thereby further authori|zed and required, for the better &s;ecurity of all tho&s;e parts of <HI>Ireland</HI> which were to be planted with Engli&s;h Prote&s;tants; And to the end that all per&s;ons in <HI>Ireland</HI> who had right to Articles, or to any Favor or Mercy held forth by any the Qualifications in an Act of Parlia|ment, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;etling of Ireland,</HI> might enjoy the benefit intended unto them re&s;pectively, to publi&s;h and declare, That all and every the &s;aid per&s;ons which had &s;uch right to Articles, or to any Favor or Mercy held forth by any the &s;aid Qualifications, &s;hould before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> 1654. remove and tran&s;plant them&s;elves into the Province of <HI>Connaught</HI> and County of <HI>Clare,</HI> or one of them, there to inhabit and abide, and to have &s;et forth to them and every of them re&s;pective|ly, &s;uch Proportions of Land, and for &s;uch E&s;tates and Terms, and under &s;uch Conditi|ons, Re&s;ervations and Covenants, as &s;hould be an&s;werable in value unto &s;o much of his and their E&s;tates, as by &s;uch Articles or Qualifica|tions he or they were to enjoy in &s;uch place and manner, as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;uch as they &s;hould Authorize, &s;hould appoint and direct; And to that end the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;io|ners were likewi&s;e authorized and impowered to nominate Commi&s;&s;ioners under them, and to authorize them to allot to any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, who by Articles granted unto them, or by vertue of any the &s;aid Qualifica|tions, were to enjoy any part of their E&s;tates, a like proportion of Land by mea&s;ure, or in value in the &s;aid Province of <HI>Connaught,</HI> or County of <HI>Clare,</HI> of like E&s;tate of Inheri|tance,
<PB N="3" REF="3"> Free-hold, Term of Years, or number of Lives, to be by them held and enjoyed in lieu or &s;atisfaction of &s;uch part of their E&s;tate, which by &s;uch Articles or Qualifications he or they were to enjoy. And whereas by a late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy and effectual Satisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, and of the Arrears due to the Soldiery there, and of other Publick Debts, and for the Encouragement of Prote&s;tants to plant and inhabit Ireland,</HI> It is Declared, That by the Ble&s;|&s;ing of God upon the Forces of the Common|wealth, the Rebels of <HI>Ireland</HI> are &s;ubdued, and the Rebellion there appea&s;ed and ended; And that therefore, to the end all ju&s;t Sati&s;|faction might be made unto the Adventurers, Officers and Souldiers, and other per&s;ons in the &s;aid la&s;t recited Act mentioned, and that the Country of <HI>Ireland</HI> might be planted and &s;etled with &s;ecurity unto &s;uch as &s;hould plant and inhabit the &s;ame, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, and Further In&s;tructions are ratified and confirmed; And whereas by the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction, it is declared to whom, how, and in what manner, and at what Rates the forfeited Lands in <HI>Ireland</HI> &s;hall be divided, allotted, given, granted, &s;et out and di&s;tributed to the &s;aid Adventurers and Souldiers, and others in the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction expre&s;&s;ed, and that for &s;o much of the &s;aid Lands as &s;hould be a&s;&s;igned or &s;et out to the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers in &s;a|tisfaction of their Arrears for their Service there, and in <HI>England,</HI> by vertue of the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction, the Ordering, Allot|ting, Granting, Di&s;po&s;ing and &s;etling thereof
<PB N="4" REF="4"> unto, and upon &s;uch the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers &s;hould be mannaged by the then Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament in <HI>Ireland,</HI> in &s;uch &s;ort and manner as in and by the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction is declared; And whereas by an Ordinance of his Highne&s;s the Lord Pro|tector and his Council, dated the Twenty third of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for the further En|couragement of the Adventurers for Lands in Ire|land, and of the Souldiers and other Planters there,</HI> It is thereby (among&s;t other things) Ordai|ned, That for, and in con&s;ideration of every Rent, Service, Charge or Duty, i&s;&s;uing, re&s;erved, charged, due or payable on, or out of the Lands, or other the Hereditaments granted or intended to and for the &s;aid Soul|diers and Adventurers, or either of them, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons who have duely claimed the &s;ame, and according to this Ordinance, &s;hall have the &s;ame allowed and ordered, Every &s;uch Adventurer and Souldier, on or out of who&s;e Lands or Hereditaments the &s;ame &s;hall be i&s;&s;uing, re&s;erved, charged, due or payable, &s;hall have &s;et forth and enjoyed to him and his Heirs for ever, &s;o much Land in the County of <HI>Kildare</HI> (according to the Va|lues of Adventurers, at &s;uch mea&s;ure as was allowed to &s;uch per&s;on for his Adventure, in &s;atisfaction whereof &s;uch Lands &s;o charged were allotted unto them) as would have been produced, or due for an Adventure of &s;uch cer|tain &s;um of Money as the Purcha&s;e or buy|ing out of &s;uch Rent, Service, Charge, or Duty &s;hall be computed to amount unto, com|putation being thereof made and certified by
<PB N="5" REF="4"> &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall be authorized by his Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protector, with the Con&s;ent of his Council; And whereas in pur&s;uance of all and every the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ion and In&s;tructions, further In&s;tructi|ons, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordinance for Encouragement, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament, the Lord Deputy and Coun|cill of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and his Highne&s;&s;e Council for the Affairs of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or &s;ome of them, have cau&s;ed the &s;aid forfeited Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> to be Surveyed, and have cau&s;ed the Papi&s;t Proprietors in the Province of <HI>Leyn&s;ter, Ul|&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> (Except tho&s;e in the County of <HI>Clare</HI>) who had any &s;uch Right to Arti|cles, or who fell within any the Qualifica|tions afore&s;aid, to remove and tran&s;plant them&s;elves and Families into the &s;aid Pro|vince of <HI>Connaught,</HI> or County of <HI>Clare,</HI> and have likewi&s;e cau&s;ed the Lands of all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;on &s;o tran&s;planted, to be &s;urveyed, and have likewi&s;e by their Commi&s;&s;ioners thereunto by them deputed and appointed, cau&s;ed to be allotted and given out unto &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, &s;o removed and tran&s;planted, &s;uch proportions of Land in the &s;aid Province of <HI>Connaught,</HI> and Coun|ty of <HI>Clare,</HI> or one of them, as are equall in mea&s;ure or value to &s;uch Lands, and for &s;uch E&s;tate and E&s;tates, as the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o removed and tran&s;planted, ought to have had and enjoyed in any other part of <HI>Ireland,</HI> by vertue of his, or their Articles or Qualifications.</P>
<P>And whereas the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament, the Lord Deputy and Council
<PB N="6" REF="5"> of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and his Highne&s;&s;e &s;aid Council for the Affairs of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or &s;ome of them, in fur|ther pur&s;uance of the &s;aid &s;everal aforemen|tioned Powers and Authorities, have procee|ded by them&s;elves and their Commi&s;&s;ioners, and others by them authorized, to allot, di&s;tri|bute, grant, a&s;&s;ign, &s;et out and deliver &s;everal parts, &s;hares and proportions of the &s;aid for|feited, e&s;cheated and exchanged Lands of the &s;aid Rebels, Papi&s;t Proprietors, and Tran&s;|planted per&s;ons, unto &s;everal Officers and Souldiers, in full or part of their re&s;pective Debentures, for the Arrears for their re&s;pec|tive Services there and in <HI>England,</HI> and to &s;e|veral other per&s;on and per&s;ons, compri&s;ed in the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Fur|ther In&s;tructions, Acts and Ordinances, or &s;ome of them, and have likewi&s;e ordered, made, granted, &s;et out, di&s;tributed and deli|vered over, to &s;everal Officers and Souldiers and others, who&s;e Lands &s;o to them allotted, di&s;tributed, granted, a&s;&s;igned, &s;et out and deli|vered as afore&s;aid, proved to be legally incum|bred with any &s;uch Rent, Service, Charge or Duty, as in the &s;aid Ordinance of Encourage|ment is expre&s;&s;ed, other Lands (equal to the &s;aid Incumbrance) by way of repri&s;al, out of the forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Lands in the &s;aid County of <HI>Kildare,</HI> according to the Te|nor of the &s;aid Ordinance of Encouragement as afore&s;aid; All and every which &s;aid per|&s;on and per&s;ons, to whom &s;uch Allotments, Di&s;tributions, Grants, A&s;&s;ignments and Re|pri&s;als were, and have been made as afore&s;aid, their Le&s;&s;ees or A&s;&s;igns have entred into their &s;aid &s;everal &s;hares and proportions of Land,
<PB N="7" REF="5"> and have many of them disbur&s;ed &s;everall great &s;ums of Money in Buildings, Repa|rations and Improvements upon the &s;aid Lands &s;o to them allotted, granted, a&s;&s;igned, di&s;tributed, &s;et out, and delivered, or given in repri&s;al, as afore&s;aid, &s;o that the &s;ecuring and confirmation of the &s;aid Allotments, Di&s;tri|butions, Grants, A&s;&s;ignments, and Repri|&s;als is now become of great u&s;e and nece&s;&s;ity to the Plantation and Peace of <HI>Ireland;</HI> Be it therefore Enacted and Declared by his Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protector of the Com|monwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Au|thority thereof, That all and every Act and Acts, Thing and Things which have been done by the late Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Parliament, Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Com|monwealth, Lord Deputy and Council, or the Lords of his Highne&s;&s;e Council there, or any of them, or by any other per&s;on or per|&s;ons thereunto authorized by them, or any of them, upon, or in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In&s;tru|ctions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordinance for Encouragement, or any of them, for the &s;urveying, allotting, &s;etting forth, di&s;po&s;ing and di&s;tributing of any of the &s;aid Rebels and Papi&s;ts forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Lands, according to the true intent and mea|ning of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructi|ons, Further In&s;tructions, Act of Sati&s;|faction, and Ordinance for Encouragement, or any of them; And all and every Com|mi&s;&s;ion and Commi&s;&s;ions, or other Authority granted by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Par|liament,
<PB N="8" REF="6"> Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Common|wealth, Lord Deputy and Council, or by his Highne&s;&s;e &s;aid Council for the Affairs of <HI>Ire|land,</HI> to any per&s;on or per&s;ons for the Adjudi|cation of Claims, or for the Adjudication of the Qualifications of the <HI>Iri&s;h,</HI> or for &s;etting forth of Lands unto them, And all and every Iudgment and Iudgments, Decree and Decrees, Di&s;po&s;ition and Di&s;po&s;itions of Lands made by them, or any of them, in pur&s;uance of their re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;i|ons, And al&s;o all and every Divi&s;ion, Allot|ment, Grant, A&s;&s;ignment, Order, Act and Thing already done, made, executed and per|formed, or cau&s;ed to be done, made, executed or performed by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament, Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Com|monwealth, Lord Deputy and Council of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or his Highne&s;&s;e Council for the Af|fairs of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any of them, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons by Commi&s;&s;ion or Authority from them, or any of them, upon, or in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, further In&s;tructions, Act and Ordinance aforementioned, or any of them, for the di&s;po&s;ing of the &s;aid Rebels and Pa|pi&s;ts forfeited, e&s;cheated or exchanged Lands, &s;hall be, and are hereby adjudged, deemed and declared to be good, firm and effectual to all intents and purpo&s;es, and are hereby for ever ratified and confirmed. And be it further Enacted and Declared, and it is likewi&s;e fur|ther Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;tra|tors and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, to whom any
<PB N="9" REF="6"> &s;uch forfeited, e&s;cheated or exchanged Man|nors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments have been &s;o allotted, a&s;|&s;igned, given, granted, di&s;tributed, &s;et out, delivered or reprized by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;io|ners of Parliament, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Commonwealth, the &s;aid Lord Deputy and Council, or his Highne&s;&s;e &s;aid Council for the Affairs of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any of them, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons by Commi&s;&s;ion or Authority from them, or any of them, are and &s;hall be, and are hereby re&s;pectively adjudged and declared to be in real and actual Sei&s;in and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of all and every &s;uch Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, &s;o to him and them allotted, a&s;&s;igned, given, granted, di&s;tributed, &s;et out, delivered or reprized re&s;pectively, as afore&s;aid; And that all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per|&s;ons, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall, and may for ever hereafter have, hold, and enjoy the &s;ame to him and them re&s;pectively, and to his and their re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns in free and common Soccage, as of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin,</HI> under &s;uch Rents, Services, Co|venants, Conditions, Qualifications, Re|mittals, and Abatements, as in and by the &s;aid &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordinance for Encouragement, or any of them are expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein, nor in the &s;aid aforementioned Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In|&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordi|nance for Encouragement, or any of them
<PB N="10" REF="7"> contained &s;hall any wayes extend to the for|feiture, extingui&s;hment, defeating, making void or prejudicing of any Contract, Bargain, Sale, Grant, Demi&s;e, Lea&s;e, Relea&s;e, Rent, or Exchange, heretofore made or granted of, or out of any the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated or exchanged Lands, by any the &s;aid Officers or Souldiers, or others to whom the &s;ame have been &s;o formerly allotted, a&s;&s;igned, gi|ven, granted, di&s;tributed, &s;et out, delivered or reprized as afore&s;aid, or of any Contract, Bargain, or Sale of any Debenture or De|bentures, in &s;atisfaction whereof any the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated or exchanged Lands, Te|nements or Hereditaments, are, have been, or &s;hall be allotted, granted, given out, or di&s;tri|buted to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, but that all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per|&s;ons to whom any &s;uch Contract, Bargain, Sale, Grant, Demi&s;e, Lea&s;e, Relea&s;e, Rent or Exchange, hath or have been &s;o made or granted, and the Heirs, Executors, Admini|&s;trators, and A&s;&s;igns of all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons re&s;pectively, &s;hall and may at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enjoy to his and their re&s;pective V&s;e and V&s;es, the benefit and advantage of every &s;uch Bargain and Contract, &s;o to him and them re&s;pectively made as afore&s;aid, Any thing in this Act, or in the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In|&s;tructions, Further In&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordinance for Encourage|ment, or any of them, contained to the con|trary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And to the end the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In&s;tructions, Act of
<PB N="11" REF="7"> Settlement, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordi|nance for Encouragement, may be further put in execution as to the &s;aid Officers and Soul|diers, who&s;e Arrears or any part thereof are yet to be &s;atisfied in <HI>Ireland;</HI> Be it further Enacted and Declared, and it is further En|acted and declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Deputy and Council, or other chief Governor or Governors of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with the Council there for the time being, or the Council there in the ab&s;ence of the chief Go|vernor, &s;hall be, and are hereby required and authorized at all and every time and times hereafter, to do and execute, or cau&s;e to be done and executed, all &s;uch further Act and Acts, thing and things nece&s;&s;ary to be done in pur&s;u|ance of, and according to the tenor of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In|&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordi|nance for Encouragement, or any of them, as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament could, might, or ought to have done thereupon, for the &s;etting forth, allotting, di&s;tributing or a&s;|&s;igning of the remainder of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Lands, to &s;uch of the Officers, Souldiers, and others, in the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction mentioned, who have not yet received &s;atisfaction of their re&s;pective Arrears; All and every which &s;aid Act and Acts, thing and things hereafter &s;o to be done, or cau&s;ed to be done by the &s;aid Lord Deputy and Council, or the chief Governor or Governors of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with the Council there for the time being, or by the Council there in the ab&s;ence of the chief Governor, ac|cording to, and in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ion
<PB N="12" REF="8"> and In&s;tructions, Further In&s;tru|ctions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordinance of Encouragement, or any of them, to the pur|po&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, and are hereby decla|red to be good, binding and effectual in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es. Provided, and it is hereby declared, That no &s;uch further Act or Acts, thing or things &s;o to be done, or cau&s;ed to be done by the &s;aid Lord Deputy and Council, or by the chief Governor or Gover|nors of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with the Council there for the time being, or by the Council there in the ab|&s;ence of the chief Governor, or by any of them, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever by Order, Commi&s;&s;ion, Authority or Dire|ction of them, or any of them, &s;hall any wayes alter, change, impeach, de&s;troy, defeat, ex|tingui&s;h or make void all or any the &s;aid for|mer Allotments, A&s;&s;ignments, Grants Di|&s;tributions and Repri&s;als, or any of them, made to any the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers, or other per&s;ons afore-mentioned, by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Parliament, Commi&s;&s;io|ners of the Commonwealth, Lord Deputy and Council of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and his Highne&s;&s;e &s;aid Council there, or any of them, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons by Commi&s;&s;ion or Autho|rity from them, or any of them as afore&s;aid; &s;aving neverthele&s;s to the &s;aid Lord Deputy and Council of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the chief Governor or Governors of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with the Councill there for the time being, all &s;uch Power and Authority of Re&s;urveying any the &s;aid forfei|ted, e&s;cheated or exchanged Lands &s;o already allotted, &s;et out and di&s;po&s;ed of to the Officers and Souldiers as afore&s;aid, as in and by the
<PB N="13" REF="8"> &s;aid Act of Satisfaction is expre&s;&s;ed and con|tained; And &s;aving likewi&s;e to his Highne&s;s and the Commonwealth, all &s;uch benefits and advantages of the &s;urplu&s;age of Land which &s;hall be found on the returns of the &s;aid Sur|veys, according to the tenor of the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction in that behalf.</P>
<P>And for the better and more perfect Execu|tion of all and every the former Branches of this Act, Be it Enacted and Declared, and it is likewi&s;e Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Lord De|puty and Council, or the chief Governor or Governors of <HI>Ireland,</HI> with the Council there for the time being, or the Council there in the ab&s;ence of &s;uch chief Governor or Governors, &s;hall be, and are hereby further authorized and required at all times hereafter (upon re|que&s;t to them to be made) to cau&s;e Letters Patents, under the Great-Seal of <HI>Ireland,</HI> to be made unto &s;uch of the Grand Allottees, or other per&s;ons to whom the &s;aid Allotments, A&s;&s;ignments, Grants, Di&s;tributions or Re|pri&s;als of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated, or ex|changed Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> have been, or &s;hall be re&s;pectively made as afore&s;aid, or to the re|&s;pective Heir or Heirs of &s;uch Grand Allottees, or other per&s;ons afore&s;aid, in ca&s;e of his or their Decea&s;e, or to &s;o many of them as &s;hall de&s;ire the &s;ame, for the better, more perfect, and effectual Conveyance and A&s;&s;urance of all and every &s;uch Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, to be held by &s;uch Tenures, and under &s;uch Rents, Services, Conditions,
<PB N="14" REF="9"> Qualifications, Indulgences, Remittals and Abatements, as in and by the &s;aid &s;everall Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In|&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordi|nance for Encouragement, are expre&s;&s;ed and declared; and in and by the &s;aid Letters Pa|tents to create &s;uch Manors, con&s;tituted and made up of &s;uch proportion and number of Acres in the &s;everal Provinces of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and with &s;uch Iuri&s;dictions, Liberties, Privi|ledges and Immunities, as in and by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and In&s;tructions, Further In|&s;tructions, Act of Satisfaction, and Ordi|nance for Encouragement, or any of them, is declared: And, that the &s;aid Grand Allottee or Allottees, or other the &s;aid Patentee or Patentees, in ca&s;e of his or their decea&s;e, &s;hall for &s;o much of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments to him and them &s;o allotted, granted, a&s;&s;igned, &s;et out, di&s;tributed and delivered, as &s;hall ju&s;tly belong to any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, who&s;e &s;hares and proportions were comprehended within the General Lot of every &s;uch Grand Allot|tee, &s;hall after the perfection of the &s;aid Let|ters Patents, upon Thirty dayes warning to him or them in that behalf re&s;pectively given by the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o concerned, or any other per&s;on for their u&s;e as afore&s;aid, and at the Co&s;ts and Charges of him or them &s;o concerned, make, execute and perfect any &s;uch A&s;&s;urance or Conveyance in the Law by Deed, Fine, Feoffment, Relea&s;e, Confirma|tion, or otherwi&s;e, for the &s;ure granting, a&s;&s;u|ring, and conveying of all and every the &s;aid
<PB N="15" REF="9"> &s;hare and proportion of &s;uch &s;everal per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o concerned, in all and every the &s;aid re&s;pective Grand Lots, to all and every the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o concerned, and to their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns for ever, with War|ranty again&s;t every &s;uch Patentee and Pa|tentees, and his and their Heirs, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons lawfully claiming by, from, or under him and them re&s;pectively, as by the &s;aid &s;everal per&s;on and per&s;ons con|cerned, his or their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, or by his or their Coun&s;el learned in the Law, &s;hall be rea&s;onably devi&s;ed, advi&s;ed or required; And that all and every the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom &s;uch A&s;&s;urance or A&s;&s;urances &s;hall be &s;o made as afore&s;aid, and his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns &s;hall and may, and are hereby declared, immediately from and after &s;uch the &s;aid A&s;&s;urance &s;o to him or them per|fected by the &s;aid Patentee or Patentees, or his or their Heirs as afore&s;aid, to &s;tand and be &s;eized of all and every &s;uch &s;hare and propor|tion of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated and ex|changed Lands &s;o to him and them granted and conveyed as afore&s;aid, to the &s;everal u&s;e and u&s;es of every &s;uch Grantee, and of his and their Heirs, freed and di&s;charged of and from all former Gifts, Grants, Bargains, Sales, Lea&s;es, Ioyntures, Dowers, Char|ges, Debts, Statutes, Iudgments, Ex|tents, Executions and Incumbrances what|&s;oever, for, or by rea&s;on of being &s;o ve&s;ted as afore&s;aid, in the &s;aid Patentee or Patentees, or any of them, and &s;hall accordingly hold and enjoy the &s;ame for ever freed and di&s;charged of and from all and every the &s;aid incumbrances.</P>
<PB N="16" REF="10">
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and it is hereby like|wi&s;e further Declared, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons of the Prote&s;tant Religi|on, Bodies Politick or Corporate, and their re&s;pective Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, who have al|ready obtained any Decree or Decrees in the late Court of Adjudication of Claims in <HI>Ire|land,</HI> or in the Court of Exchequer there, for any part of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated or ex|changed Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or for any Rent out of the &s;ame, or for any Charge or Incumbrance thereupon, lying and being within any the Ten Counties, appointed in and by the &s;aid Act of Satisfaction, for the &s;atisfaction of the Adventurers, Souldiers, and others, or in the County of <HI>Lowth,</HI> or in any other County or Counties in <HI>Ireland,</HI> or who have before the Three and twentieth of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, exhibited his or their Claim or Claims, in the &s;aid late Court for Adjudication of Claims in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and &s;hall at or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;even, obtain any Decree or Decrees for any the &s;aid forfeited Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or for any Debt, Rent, Charge, Duty, Profit or Incumbrance ari&s;ing, growing due out of, or charged upon the &s;ame, by rea&s;on of any Deed, Grant, Mortgage, Statute-Staple, Recognizance, Iudgment, or other Incum|brance what&s;oever in the &s;aid Court of Ex|chequer, or who &s;hall on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord
<PB N="17" REF="10"> God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty eight, ob|tain any Decree or Decrees for any part of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments lying and be|ing in any other County or Counties in <HI>Ire|land,</HI> be&s;ides the &s;aid Ten Counties, and the &s;aid County of <HI>Lowth,</HI> or for any Debt, Rent, Charge, Duty or Incumbrance, ari&s;ing or growing due out of the &s;ame, or thereon char|ged or chargeable as afore&s;aid, &s;hall and may for ever hereafter have, hold, po&s;&s;e&s;s and en|joy all and every &s;uch of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;|cheated or exchanged Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou|&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, or the &s;aid Debt, Rent, Charge, Annuity, Duty or Profit ari&s;ing or growing due out of the &s;ame, &s;o to him or them decreed or to be decreed as afore&s;aid, for and during the re|&s;pective E&s;tate and E&s;tates &s;o to him and them decreed, according to the tenor and effect of every &s;uch Decree &s;o by him or them obtained, or to be obtained as afore&s;aid, Any thing afore in this Act contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and it is Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any the &s;aid Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, who have any &s;uch Incumbrance upon any the &s;aid forfeit|ed, e&s;cheated or exchanged Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements, or Heredita|ments, &s;hall not exhibit and pro&s;ecute his or their Claim to the &s;ame with effect, to the obtaining his or their Decree or Decrees for the &s;ame, within the re&s;pective times to that end appointed as afore&s;aid, That then
<PB N="18" REF="11"> and from thenceforth all and every &s;uch the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, who had any &s;uch right to any &s;uch Incumbrance as afore&s;aid, and the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors and Admini&s;trators of every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Po|litick and Corporate, and every of them re|&s;pectively, &s;hall for ever be from thenceforth re&s;pectively barred to make his or their Claim to the &s;ame; And that then and from thence|forth the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated and exchan|ged Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Lands, Tene|ments and Hereditaments, &s;hall be, and are hereby adjudged and declared to be for ever freed and di&s;charged of and from all and every the &s;aid Incumbrances re&s;pectively, Any thing afore in this Bill contained to the con|trary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Saving likewi&s;e, and re&s;erving out of this Bill unto the Provo&s;t, Fellows and Scholars of the Colledge of the Holy and Vn-divided Trinity at <HI>Dublin,</HI> all &s;uch Right of Action and Entry, Condition, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, Rever&s;ion, Remainder, Annuity, Rent and Common, which they have, or ought to have in or out of the &s;aid forfeited, e&s;cheated, or exchanged Lands in this Act mentioned, or any of them.</P>
<P>And al&s;o, &s;aving and re&s;erving to all and eve|ry per&s;on and per&s;ons, who were Prote&s;tants on the &s;aid three and twentieth day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty one, and have &s;o continued ever &s;ince, all &s;uch Right, Title, Intere&s;t, Benefit and Advantage, which they, or their Heirs, or the Executors or Admini&s;trators of them, or any of them, have or may have, in, to, or out of any the &s;aid for|feited,
<PB N="19" REF="11"> e&s;cheated or exchanged Lands, Tene|ments or Hereditaments, by vertue of any Articles, or by vertue of any Compo&s;ition, Indempnity or Exemption upon, or in pur|&s;uance of any Articles, or of one Ordinance of his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Council, dated the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> one thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, Entituled, <HI>An Or|dinance for Indempnity to the Engli&s;h Prote&s;tants of the Province of Mun&s;ter in Ireland;</HI> or by vertue of one other Ordinance of his &s;aid Highne&s;&s;e and Council, dated the &s;econd day of <HI>Septem|ber,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, En|tituled, <HI>An Ordinance for admitting Prote&s;tants in Ireland to Compound;</HI> which &s;aid Articles, and la&s;t mentioned Ordinances, and all Compo|&s;itions made or to be made thereupon, or in pur&s;uance thereof, are hereby likewi&s;e Ratifi|ed and Confirmed, or by any or either of them.</P>
<P>And al&s;o, &s;aving to all other per&s;on and per|&s;ons, who have been pardoned by his &s;aid Highne&s;&s;e, or admitted to compound for his or their E&s;tates in <HI>Ireland,</HI> the benefit of his and their re&s;pective Pardons and Compo&s;itions, Any Law, Ordinance or Act of Parliament to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be prejudi|cial to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, for any Lands, Tenements or Here|ditaments, given or granted to him or them, or any in tru&s;t for him or them, or his or their Heirs, &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>November,</HI> one thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty one, by or in pur&s;uance of any Act or Acts, Ordinance or Ordinances, Order or Orders of Parliament, or of his
<PB N="20" REF="12"> Highne&s;&s;e and Council, or either of them; but that every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and his and their re&s;pective Heirs, or &s;uch as they are intru&s;ted for, and their Heirs, &s;hall and may have and enjoy all and every the &s;aid Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, according to the purport, true intent and meaning of all and every the &s;aid Acts, Ordinances and Or|ders re&s;pectively, Any thing in this Act, or any other Act of Parliament to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not &s;ettle upon any Officer, Souldier, or any other per&s;on, more then his or their fir&s;t Proportions and due Allotments.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it hereby Decla|red, That nothing in this pre&s;ent Act con|tained, &s;hall be con&s;trued or taken to Ratifie, Confirm, or E&s;tabli&s;h the E&s;tate or Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of <HI>Edward Dendy</HI> Serjeant at Arms, in any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Heredita|ments in the Barony of <HI>Slayn</HI> in the County of <HI>Ea&s;t-Meath</HI> in <HI>Ireland,</HI> again&s;t Sir <HI>John Ba|rington</HI> Knight and Baronet, Sir <HI>Gilbert Ge|rard,</HI> Sir <HI>William Ma&s;ham,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard Everard,</HI> Baronets; Sir <HI>William Waller,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Wharton,</HI> Sir <HI>Jacob Garet,</HI> Knights; <HI>Alexander Pym, Edward Turner,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR> <HI>William</HI> and <HI>John Arnold,</HI> or any others who were Adventurers for the reducing of the &s;aid Nation, by vertue of the Act made in the &s;eventeenth year of the late King <HI>Charls,</HI> and who&s;e Lots are fallen in the &s;aid Barony of <HI>Slayn,</HI> or again&s;t any of their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns; but that they be left to their &s;everal Remedies and Proceedings for
<PB N="21" REF="12"> the making good of their Rights and Titles according to the Law.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to the prejudice of any Adventurer or Adventu|rers for Lands in <HI>Ireland,</HI> their or any of their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, nor to any Honors, Ca&s;tles, Manors, Lands, Tenements or Heredita|ments in <HI>Ireland,</HI> that are granted, a&s;&s;igned, or duely &s;et apart, allotted, or fallen by Lot, ac|cording to the Surveys and Returns by which the &s;ame was made for toward the &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid Adventurers, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, or any of them, within the Moiety of the &s;aid Ten Counties a&s;&s;igned to the Adventurers, and within the County of <HI>Lowth</HI> (except the Barony of <HI>Atherdy</HI>) and except all &s;uch Lands and Hereditaments as are already duely Compounded for by Pro|te&s;tants, within the &s;aid Ten Counties and County of <HI>Lowth,</HI> by vertue of the afore&s;aid Ordinances of his Highne&s;&s;e and Council, of the fir&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and &s;econd of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four.</P>
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