James I: April 1613

James I: April 1613

643. Counties and Boroughs sending Burgesses to Parliament. [April 1.] S.P., Ireland, vol. 232, 4.

The names of the counties, and of the boroughs within each county in this kingdom, which are enabled, by charter, to send burgesses to the Parliament, with a distinction of the old boroughs from the new.—1 April 1613.

Leinster.

The University of Dublin, new.

The county of the city of Dublin.

The county of Meath.—Trim, Athboye, Navan, Kelles, all old.

Westmeath.—Molengare [Mullingar] and Athlone, old; Kilbeggan, new.

Longford.—None in the whole county, there being no town fit for it.

Louth.—Atherdie [Ardee], Dundalke, Carlingford, old.

The county of the town of Drogheda.

Kildare.—The Nasse [Naas], Kildare, old.

King's County.—Phillipstown, old.

Queen's County.—Marieborough, old; Ballynekill in Gallen Ridgway, new.

Catherlagh.—None in the whole county, there being no town fit for it. (fn. 1)

The county of the city of Kilkenye.

The county of Kilkenye.—Callen, Enishtioge, Thomastoune, Gowran, old.

Wexford.—Wexford, Rosse, old; Federd [Fethard], Eniscortie, new.

Wicklowe.—The town of Wicklowe, new.

Mounster.

The county of the city of Waterford.

The county of Waterford.—Dungarvan, old; Lismore, Tallow, new.

The county of the city of Cork.

The county of Cork.—Youghell, Kinselle [Kinsale], old; Mallowe, Bandonbridge, Baltimore, new.

The county of the city of Limericke.

The county of Lymericke.—Kilmalocke, old; Acketinge [Askeaton], new; Clare, Enishe [Ennis], new; Kierye [Kerry], Dinglecuish [Dingle-i-Coosh], old; Tralye, new; Crosse Tipperarie, Cashell, Fetherd, old.

The liberty of Typperarie.—Clonmell, old.

Conaught.

The county of the town of Gallaway.

The county of Gallaway.—Athenrye, old; Tuam, new.

The county of Roscomon.—Roscomon, Boyle, new.

Mayo.—Castlebarr, new.

Sligo.—Sligo, new.

Leytrime.—Carraghdrumruske [Carrick-on-Shannon], new.

Ulster.

The county of the town of Knockfargus.

The county of Antrim.—Belfast, Colrain, new.

Down.—Down Patricke, old; Newry, Bangore, Newtowne, Killaleagh, new.

Armagh.—Armagh, Charlemount, new.

Tyrone.—Dungannon, Agher, Strabane, new.

The county of the city of the Derrye.

The county of Dunegall.—Liffer, Ballashan [Ballyshannon], Donegall, new.

The county of Colraine.—Lemavadie, new.

The county of Fermanagh.—Enishkellan [Enniskillen], new.

The county of Monahan.—Monahan, new.

The county of Cavan.—Cavan, old; Belturbett, new.

The Archbishops and Bishops in each Province.

Leinster.

The Archbishop of Dublin; the Bishop of Meath, who is also Bishop of Clogher in Ulster; the Bishop of Kildare; the Bishop of Fearnes [Ferns] and Laughlin; the Bishop of Osserye, void.

Ulster.

The Lord Primate of Ardmagh, void; the Bishop of Down and Connor, the Bishop of Derrye, the Bishop of Raphoe, the Bishop of Dromore, the Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh.

Munster.

The Lord Archbishop of Cashel, who has also Emely in Munster, and Killala and Ardconrie [Achonry] in Connaught; the Bishop of Lymericke and Kilfenora; the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore; the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Rosse; the Bishop of Killaloe; the Bishop of Kerrye.

Connaught.

The Lord Archbishop of Tuam; the Bishop of Elphine; the Bishop of Clonferte. Total, 20, whereof 2 void.

The Lords Temporal of the several Provinces.

Leinster.

The Earl of Kildare, in minority; the Earl of Ormond; the Lord Viscount Gormanstone; the Lord Viscount Mountgarrett; the Lord Viscount Butler, of Tully Phelime; the Lord Baron of Slane; the Lord Baron of Delvin; the Lord Baron of Killine; the Lord Baron of Houthe; the Lord Baron of Dunsanie, in minority; the Lord Baron of Trimleston; the Lord Baron of Louth; the Baron of Upper Ossery.

Munster.

The Earl of Thomond; the Lord Viscount Butler [Barry] of Buttevant (quere) (fn. 2); the Lord Viscount Roch, of Farmoye; the Lord Baron Cursie; the Baron of Lixnawe; the Baron of Donboyne; the Baron of Cayre [Cahir]; the Baron of Inshequine [Inchiquin], in minority; the Lord Bourke, of Castle Connell (quere) (fn. 2); the Lord Power, in minority.

Connaught.

The Earl of Clanricard; the Lord Baron Bremingham [Bermingham] of Athenrye.

Ulster.

None.

Total, 25.

Whereof four are under age, and of two, question is made whether they shall have voices in Parliament.

Pp. 9. Endd.

644. Sale of Starch in Ireland. [April 1.] S.P., Ireland, vol. 232, 3.

Indenture between the King and Francis Pollard, Esq., respecting the sale of starch in Ireland.—Dublin, 1 April 1613.

P. 1.

645. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 3.] Philad. P., vol. 2, p. 132.

Warrant to accept a surrender from Edward Dowdal of Rathmore, in the county of Meath, of all manors, castles, lands, &c., whereof he is seised of any estate of inheritance, and to re-grant the same, subject to the former rents and conditions. And for the better discovering what lands he is seised of, and the conditions of his tenure, to issue one or more commissions of inquiry to that effect.—Westminster, 3 April, in the 11th year of the reign.

Pp. 1½. Sign manual at head. Add. Endd.

646. The Lord Deputy to Sir John Davys. [April 6.] Carte Papers, vol. 62, No. 101.

Warrant to draw forth a fiant of incorporation unto the persons underwritten, by the name of Boroughmaster and Burgesses of Agher, co. Tyrone.

Emanuel Lea, boroughmaster; Fenton Parsons, Daniel Gray, Thomas Powell, John Royly, John Bennett, Thomas Pynny, Thomas Hetherington, Francis Skott, Richard Skott, Richard Fixer.—Chichester House, 6 April 1613.

P. 1. Orig. Add. Endd.

647. The Lord Deputy to Sir John Davys. [April 6.] Carte Papers, vol. 62, No. 91.

Warrant to draw forth a fiant of incorporation unto the persons underwritten, by the names of Portreeve and Burgesses of the town of Federt, co. Wexford.

James Keetinge, portreeve; William Lynge, James Sutton, Stephen Woods, Richard Forrell, Davy Rowrie, William Ketinge, Nicholas Sutton, Alexander Ketinge, Peerce Sutton, Robert Sutton, John O'Nell, Richard Deverox.—Chichester House, 6 April 1613.

P. 1. Orig. Add. Endd.

648. The Lord Deputy to Sir John Davys. [April 13.] Carte Papers, vol. 62, No. 97.

Order to draw forth a fiant of incorporation unto the persons hereunder named, by the names of the Portreeve and Burgesses of the town of Catherloghe, co. Catherloghe.

John Kirton, portreeve; Sir William Harpoole, Knt., Sir Robert Pigott, Knt., Sir Adam Loftus of Rathfarnann, Knt., Anthony Sentleger, Peter Wright, William Greatrake, Nicholas Harman, John Bromfield, John Ely, Robert Whiteacre, Robert Sutton, Richard Keatinge.—Chichester House, 13 April 1613.

P. 1. Orig. Add. Endd.

649. Lords of the Council to Lord Chichester. [April 13.] Philad. P., vol. 4, p. 258.

Mr. Bradley having been in long attendance waiting to obtain the necessaries for Parliament, and being now on his return, they send answer to his (Lord Chichester's) application for a suspension of Poynings' Act, as touching the passing of private bills.

Notwithstanding some precedents and the trust His Majesty has in his integrity, yet, as it seems that statute was at the first enacted out of the singular affiance which that people had in the state of England, that nothing would there be suffered to be propounded to them which should not be first maturely digested, as also out of a jealousy that factions and partialities among themselves might oftentimes so prefer bills that they thought the house might be surprised, and pass them with the strength of one party at unawares, to the prejudice of some other, to the hurt of the public, it was therefore always thought fit to maintain the reputation of that Act in general to this time.

And having compared the precedents which he cites of former dispensations with the Act itself, they find they were but nomine tenus only, and no qualification of the substance of the Act. And as His Majesty intends, whenever the occasion may require him to give way to any enlargement in this point, to do it really and indeed; and in the meantime, as frequent dispensations weaken the authority of a law, he leaves Poynings' Act in force; and if any inconvenience shall hereafter arise, he will then, on the prorogation of the present Parliament or in the next, take such a course as shall seem expedient.—Northampton, 13 April 1613.

Signed: G. Cantuar, T. Ellesmere, Canc., H. Northampton, Jul. Cæsar, Thos. Parry.

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650. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 16.] Philad. P., vol. 2, p. 134.

Has already expressed his resolution that John Tanner, now Bishop of Dromore, shall be Bishop of Derry on the next vacancy.

He now apprises his Lordship that he has made choice of Theophilus Buckworth, Bachelor of Divinity, to succeed the said John Tanner in the bishopric of Dromore, and to remit the first fruits.—Westminster, 16 April, in the eleventh year of the reign.

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651. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 16.] Philad. P., vol. 2, p. 136.

The archbishopric of Armagh being now void by the death of the late Primate and Archbishop of that see, and Dr. Christopher Hampton having been appointed Archbishop and Primate in his stead, it is his (the King's) direction that John Tanner, now Bishop of Dromore, shall succeed the said Dr. Hampton in the bishopric of Derry, as he has already declared. He is to hold in commendam, along with the bishopric of Derry, such spiritual livings as he is now possessed of.—Westminster, 16 April, in the eleventh year of the reign.

Pp. 1¼. Sign manual at head. Add. Endd.

652. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 16.] Philad. P., vol. 2, p. 138.

Having considered his Lordship's project for the plantation of the county of Wexford, and having duly heard the allegations of the several agents employed by the principal inhabitants of those countries, His Majesty directs him to proceed with that service according to the tenor of his (the King's) letters.

Has of late been made acquainted with some examinations taken by the Chief Justice in his circuit, whereby it appears that some turbulent spirits, and more especially one Henry Walsh and one Hoare, have assumed great boldness, and at several public meetings (purposely assembled), have endeavoured seditiously to stir up the inhabitants of those escheated counties to withstand and oppose the justness of his (the King's) title and the good work of the plantation which he has prescribed.

His Lordship is therefore to take order for the due punishment of the said Walsh and Hoare, and of such others as have transgressed in this inordinate and contemptuous manner above specified.—Westminster, 16 April, in the eleventh year of the reign.

Pp. 1½. Sign manual at head. Add. Endd.

653. The Lord Deputy to Sir John Davys. [April 20.] Carte Papers, vol. 62, No. 79,

Order to draw forth a fiant of incorporation to the persons hereunder named, by the name of the Portreeve and Burgesses of the town of Charlemount, co. Ardmagh, enabling them to send burgesses to Parliament.—Chichester House, 20 April 1613.

Francis Capron, portreeve; Edward Shelmington, John Wittington, William Burnam, Robert Evans, Thomas Horner, Edward Whittingham, David Morgan, Richard Roberts, Nathaniel Foorde, Daniel Barrs, John Tippitt, Robert Edmonstone.

P. 1. Orig. Signed at beginning. Countersigned by He. Perse. Endd.: "Charlemount."

654. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 21.] Docquet Book, April 21.

Letter to the Lord Deputy concerning orders in offices of the receipt there in general, and particularly touching Francis Annesly, Esq., clerk of the Tallies and Pells.

655. The King to Lord Chichester. [April 21.] Docquet Book, April 21.

Letter to the same, to accept from John Brown a surrender of the manor of Corodownen, in co. Cavan, and to make a new grant thereof to Archibald Acheson; and also to settle a controversy between the Primate of Armagh and Henry Acheson for a certain balleboe of land.