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P.

Paces, see Passes.

Pale, the English, x, xii.

, —, petition of Catholic Lords of, xlii.

, —, few forces kept in the countries near the border of, 7.

, —, priests of note in, arrested, 142.

, —, forces in the, 167.

, —, subsidies only for lands in, 248.

, —, heads of Bill to render perpetual the composition of, 249.

, —, the Lords of, 395.

, —, —, their claim to have Bills for Parliament submitted to them, ib.

, —, 415.

, —, fines for ploughing by the tail levied in, without warrant, 448.

Palmer, Peter, Esq., of Waddesley, Bucks, Justice of C. B., Ireland, 76.

, —, Justice of C. B., 79.

, —, 112.

, —, his fee as second justice, C. B., ib.

, Thos. Ensign, discharged, 152.

Papistry, propositions for suppression of, 25.

, —, to be enforced by all bishops, 31.

Papists, their views as to the expected Parliament, xxxix.

— trafficking, to be arrested, 32.

, fines and forfeitures of, how to be applied in Munster, 92.

, opinions of, as to the coming Parliament, 153.

, what class of members they will return, ib.

, proposed oath of, 545.

Pardon, general, Act of, 290.

, whether the King's, can be pleaded before any man (the judges excepted) unless by a special commission under the seal, 388.

, "straight penning" of, noticed, 527.

— of no great value, without pardon of alienations and intrusions, 530.

Parishes, new, distribution of, desired by the undertakers, 27.

, new, 243.

, —, to be erected in the undertakers' lands in Ulster, ib.

Parkins, Lieutenant, 208.

Parliament, the, of 1613, account of, xxxvi, and fol.

, in Ireland, had become little more than name, xxxvi.

, notice of, in Carew Calendar, ib.

, —, probably by Sir J. Davys, ib.

, —, supplied by him to Lord Carew, ib.

— in reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. ib.

, under Edward VI., ib.

, Philip and Mary, ib.

, Elizabeth, ib.

, Perrott's Parliament, ib.

, only English summoned to Parliament in Ireland, ib.

, small number of members, xxviii.

, a parliament expected from the accession of James I., xxxvii.

, —, why delayed, ib.

, —, objects proposed in holding, ib.

, heads of Bills for, proposed, ib.

, Carew, Sir George, suggestions about, xxxviii.

, of 1587, original journal of, ib.

, Protestant interest in, ib.

, preponderance of Catholics in, apprehended, ib.

, feared by Irish Catholics that their representatives would be excluded, xxxix.

, Catholic Lords preferred its being held in England, xl.

, parties in, probable relative strength of, ib.

, Protestant returns to, in Munster, estimate of, ib.

— meets in the Castle of Dublin, xlv.

, scene at opening of, xlvii.

, "knotty beginning" of, li.

, business of, suspended, ib.

, prorogued to July, lii.

, —, and again to November, liii.

— again prorogued, lvii.

— re-opened on October 11th, 1614, lviii.

, King's title read by Lord Deputy, ib.

, difficulties with recusants removed, ib.

, final proceedings, ib.

, permanent results of this Parliament, lix.

, Bills for, brought over by Sir H. Winch, 5.

, intended, in Ireland, preparations for holding, 11.

, several months necessary to be ready for, ib.

— in Ireland, memoranda for, 18.

, the bishops are to influence barons and others in their diocese to support religion, 26.

— in Ireland, 72.

, the King instructs Lord Carew to consider of calling a parliament, ib.

, none held since 27th Elizabeth, ib.

, consultation as to calling of, 145.

, intended, Chichester's opinion on, given in writing to Carew, 147.

, Chichester urges the calling of, 154.

, none held for 26 years, ib.

, Protestant returns to, expected, 161.

, representation in, 164.

, number of representatives, ib.

, Acts for, prepared by Sir J. Davys and Sir H. Winche, 178.

, —, five or six months required for preparation, ib.

, corporate towns to be erected before its meeting, in order to send members to it, 179.

, 22 Acts in preparation for, 186.

, Sir J. Davys sent over with heads of Bills for, 248.

, peers whisper their votes in ear of Chancellor, ib.

, subsidies of 13s. 4d. per ploughland, what it amounts to, ib.

, —, paid only in the Pale, ib.

, —, should be paid on lands and goods, as in England, ib.

, —, diminished by exemptions, ib.

, Chichester suggests that Sir J. Davys be appointed for speaker of, ib.

, recusant lords and gentlemen should be sent to England to be instructed in furthering the Acts to be propounded in, ib.

, Daniel Molynell recommended for instructions about, 251.

, Lord Chancellor of Ireland hopes that peers of Ireland will no longer whisper their votes in the ear of the Chancellor, ib.

, —, manner of England should be observed, ib.

, 20 Acts for, sent over, 285.

, —, King sends them by Sir J. Davys, ib.

, to be engrossed and sent back, according to Poyning's Act, ib.

, February fixed for time of meeting, 286.

, to be held in Castle of Dublin, ib.

, matters will not be ready for, till Midsummer, 263.

, additional burgesses of, to be created, 267.

, —, the King selects towns for, ib.

, November fixed for opening, ib.

, public notice of time to be given, ib.

, Acts of, to be propounded at Michaelmas 1612, 289–290.

, —, observations on each Act, ib.

, clerk of Lower House to be sent to England to learn precedents of procedure, 291.

, —, to be bearer of the Bills under the Great Seal, ib.

, directions to Chichester to call up to the House of Peers the Earl of Abercorn, Lord Henry O'Brien, Lord Ochiltree, Lord Burley, 332.

, —, also Lord Barry, as his elder brother is deaf and dumb, ib.

, —, all questions to be silenced, ib.

, Lord Bourke's claim to be tried by commissioners, ib.

, counties and boroughs sending representatives to, 333.

, —, old distinguished from new, ib.

, the members classed, 335.

, —, total number, ib.

, suspension of Poyning's Act as regards private Bills, 336.

, —, refused, ib.

, —, origin and purpose of, 337.

, the recusant Lords contend that they are of the Grand Council, and ought to have the heads of Bills communicated to them, 342.

, —, complain that many of them are omitted to be summoned, while others, "parliant" in England and Scotland, are called to the approaching Parliament, ib.

, protest against the representatives for new corporations of Ulster, ib.

, —, against the proceedings at late elections by sheriffs, 343.

, —, against armed men attending the sitting, ib.

, —, against Parliament being held in the castle, ib.

, —, Chichester's answer, 342–345.

, protest of the recusant Commons against Sir J. Davys' election as speaker, 347.

, the recusant Commons complain of the violent proceedings of the first day of Parliament, ib.

, —, Chichester's answer, 348.

, petition of the recusant Lords, ib.

, —, for leave to abstain from attendance because of the violence, and to attend the King, ib.

, —, their declaration that they will not attend because of the omission of ancient boroughs, 349.

, both recusant Lords and Commons protest against the members for new boroughs having votes, and appeal to the King, 348, 349.

, the recusant Commons ask copies of King's letters for new corporations, the charters, but are refused by the Chancery, 349.

, —, allege that Chichester had promised these, ib.

, —, and had licensed them to send agents to the King, ib.

, Sir Robert Jacob's letter with account of the Dublin election, 350.

, by advice of Talbot and Barnewall, the lawyers, two recusants are elected, ib.

, —, this through the illegal courses of the sheriffs, ib.

, the government have the majority in both Houses, ib.

, recusant Lords' declaration that by their not attending Parliament they do not intend to question the King's title, 351.

, Deputy and Council's report to the King of the conduct of the recusant Lords and Commons on the meeting of Parliament, 352.

, the Lords' contests for precedency, ib.

, their retiring from attendance at the church door, ib.

, their attending in the Upper House to hear the King's speech, ib.

, proceedings in Commons House at the election of speaker, 353.

, the recusant Lords withdraw from Parliament like the Commons, ib.

, —, ordered to attend to make recognition of King's title, ib.

, —, decline, ib.

, the confederacy of the recusant Lords and Commons, ib.

, —, promoted by private meetings in town, ib.

, —, priests and Jesuits probably attend in disguise, ib.

, Deputy and Council send over Sir J. Denham and Sir Oliver St. John to report and take the King's directions, 353.

, they send over all their petitions and complaints of the recusants, 354.

, the Lords have licensed their agents to repair to the King, ib.

, Dr. Ryves' account of the first meeting sent to Sir Dan. Dun, ib.

, Sir G. Carew's paper, "Brief Relation of the Passages in Parliament," 392–399.

, dangers of rebellion from the present discontents, and the consequences likely to ensue, ib.

, the ill carriages of recusants at the opening of Parliament enumerated by Sir G. Carew, ib.

, they fear that the erecting of new corporations will enable the King to make what laws he will, ib.

, —, that new penalties against religion will be enacted, ib.

, priests and Jesuits stir up the people against the holding of a Parliament, ib.

, the several petitions and letters of the recusant party in Parliament enumerated by Sir Geo. Carew, 395–399.

, the King's power to summon English and Scottish peers, landed [men] in Ireland, to Parliament questioned by recusant Lords, 395.

, Sir G. Carew's account of the contest for the speakership, ib.

, his summary of the recusant Lords' second letter to the King, 396.

, —, of the Commons' letter to the Lords of Council in England, ib.

, Sir G. Carew enumerates and gives the purport of the several papers of the recusant party in Parliament, 395–399.

, —, first petition of Lords to Deputy of 17 May, 395.

, —, second letter to His Majesty, 19 May, 395, 396.

, —, Commons' letter to Lords of Council in England, 19 May, ib.

, —, Commons' first petition to Deputy, 20 May, 397.

, —, Commons' second petition to Deputy, 21 May, ib.

, —, Commons' third petition to Deputy, 21 May, ib.

, —, Lords' second petition to Deputy, 21 May, ib.

, —, Lords' third petition to Deputy, 22 May, 398.

, —, Commons' fourth petition to Deputy, 25 May, ib.

, —, Commons' fifth petition to Deputy, 26 May, ib.

, —, Lords' fourth petition, to Deputy, 27 May, ib.

, declaration of the Protestant party concerning the proceedings at the opening, 399, 427.

, commission of inquiry into grievances alleged by recusants of Parliament, 389–422.

, Sir Richd. Moryson's letter to, 424.

, commissioners' names, 428.

, —, their letter (Oct. 15) to Privy Council, 426.

, —, concerning the matters in Parliament, the principal object of their commission, ib.

, — find the complaints concerning returns causeless, ib.

, fourteen returns complained of, ib.

— find combinations to prevent election of Protestants, 427.

, —, priests active in, ib.

, in collections of money, priests movers and collectors, ib.

, after hearing Sir J. Davys and Sir J. Everard, find the account of their contest for speakership as returned by Deputy and Council to be true, ib.

, at Sir J. Everards' request have sent for other recusants of the Lower House to represent their grievances, ib.

— find, on the admission of six Lords, that their petition to His Majesty on their withdrawal from Parliament was not drawn by themselves, ib.

, —, decline to say who drew it, ib.

— have appointed to hear the Wexford complaints, ib.

— have required certificates from the bishops and judges of the execution of the laws for promotion of religion, ib.

— seek private information concerning foreign seminaries and titular bishops, ib.

, agents for the recusants in Parliament are paid by a cess of 4d. per couple imposed on the parishes, 430.

, commission to examine the abuses in Parliament and country, with the commissioners' return at length, 436–455.

, names of the commissioners, 436.

, articles of instruction to commissioners to inquire if any ancient boroughs had no writs of election sent, 436.

, concerning ill practices of sheriffs at elections, ib.

, —, of priests and Jesuits at, ib.

, — of the collections made for the agents, ib.

, — of promotion of petitions against returns, ib.

, — of the contest between Sir J. Davys and Sir J. Everard for speakership, ib.

, — of the true causes of the withdrawing of the Lords and Commons, 437.

, — of the elections' committee named by Chichester, ib.

, — of the number of armed men drawn into Dublin on the meeting of Parliament, ib.

, —, of the Lords or Commons who came attended by extraordinary companies of men, ib.

, certificate of the commissioners of inquiry into abuses concerning matters of Parliament, 438–446.

, of the disputed returns for the counties of Armagh, Cavan, Down, King's county, Limerick county, Fermanagh, 438.

, — and of the boroughs of Carlingford, Cavan, Kildare, Trim, and Wicklow, ib.

, report of commissioners of grievances upon, 439–443.

, they find combinations to return none but recusants, 443.

, priests and Jesuits counsel them to return no Protestants, ib.

, the recusant Lords' account to the commissioners of their reasons for withdrawing from Parliament, 444.

, —, being the many new corporations, undue elections, assembling of soldiers in the city, &c., ib.

, recusant Commons assign to the commissioners as the reason of their withdrawal the disorders on the first meeting at the election of speaker, 445.

, — and the new corporations, ib.

, reasons for declining the election committee offered by Chichester, ib.

, contests in, reported on by commissioners, 463.

, King summons certain members over, ib.

, —, directs Chichester to send them, ib.

, —, list of, 464.

, Bills prepared for, to be sent by a trusty messenger, 472.

, complaints of, by the recusants, 474.

, —, best Parliament in the world, ib.

, recusants unheard of till now, 473.

, re-opening of, 508.

, proceedings in, 508, 509.

, will not be a long session, 510.

— adjourned for a fortnight, 513.

— have passed three Bills, ib.

, continually interrupted, 523.

, present proceedings of, not to furnish a precedent for after ones, ib.

, the King's commission for calling a Parliament, 328.

, the heads of Bills to be passed sent over, ib.

, —, two rejected, the Countess of Kildare's jointure and W. Nugent's restoration in blood, ib.

, the Lords wish the paper books had been also sent over, ib.

, —, they might thus have examined them more thoroughly, ib.

, the commission for calling, is after Sir John Perrott's commission, in 27th Elizabeth, ib.

, to meet 18th May, ib.

, "the knotty beginning" of, 357.

, recusant Lords' complaint, ib.

, one Mr. Finglas employed to present the petition of the recusant Commons to the King, 358.

, —, and a schedule of returns complained of, ib.

, four agents from the recusant Lords to repair to the King, ib.

, —, eight from the recusant Commons, ib.

— to be prorogued till 15th July that the King may hear and determine these complaints, ib.

, petition of parliamentary grievances of recusant Commons to the King, 359.

, —, with names (94) of subscribers, ib.

, schedule of the elections impeached, 360–364.

, "tumultuous beginning of," 369.

, two barons and four Commons, agents of recusants respectively, arrive in London, ib.

, Chichester to send others to complete the numbers ordered, ib.

, there being not time for hearing the recusants' grievances, Parliament to be prorogued till 3rd Nov., 381.

, King's proclamation (26 July) to assure people that Parliament is not called to pass new penal laws against religion, 386, 387.

, —, and that he will issue a commission to inquire into grievances, and on their report being returned will hear their complaints himself, ib.

— prorogued till 3rd Nov., ib.

— to be prorogued till next term, 526.

, delayed to see the issue of the Bills of subsidy, ib.

, grant of a subsidy sought by recusants to be made conditional on relief from fines for non-conformity, 530.

, — of revocation of charters to new erected boroughs, ib.

, earnest desire for recusant lawyers to be restored to practice, ib.

, pardon sought for alienations and intrusions, ib.

, the Government majority not so large, 531.

, ill attendance of the Government members, ib.

, prorogued on 29th Nov. till 31st Jan., 532, 533, 535.

, "rough beginning of," smoothed by Sir J. Everard and Mr. Talbot, 533.

, Bill for attainder of Tyrone passed, ib.

, Bill for confirming grants of 2 Eliz. of attainted lands rejected, ib.

, recusants in a majority through neglect of attendance of Protestants, ib.

, they mutter about repeal of charters, suspension of 2° Eliz., and that recusant lawyers shall be again allowed to practise, ib.

, Blunden doubts if they will pass the Bill of subsidy unless on the above conditions, ib.

, — in spite of "what even Sir John Davys may giddily undertake," ib.

, Sir J. Davys observes that the Parliament session had lasted a whole week of weeks, 536.

, such harmony not known in memory of the living, ib.

, the delay in sending over the Bills of subsidy will cause another session, 537.

, they that wish a fair end of this Parliament, wish a speedy end, ib.

, Chichester thought to have little desire to end it, 538.

, computation of numbers of both Houses, 541.

Parmenter, Christ., resident agent of W. Wylson, assignee of Sir Hy. Docwra's proportion of 2,000 in precinct of Lifford, 122.

Parrie, see Parry.

Parry, John, to be prothonotary of Common Pleas, 282.

, Rhyse, burgess of Newbury, 299.

, Sir Thomas, 541.

Parsons, Fenton, 124.

, William, ib.

, —, works doing on his proportion of 1,000 acres in precinct of Clogher, ib.

, Fenton, 336.

, Laurence, 115.

, W., commissioner for Longford settlement, 61.

, Sir William, 104, 111.

, —, surveyor general, his annual fee, 1602 and 1611, 197.

, —, His Majesty's surveyor, has 1,000 acres as servitor, 130.

, —, English undertaker, his proportion in Clogher precinct, 201.

, —, burgess of Wicklow, 309.

, —, King's surveyor, sent to Wexford, 450.

, —, commissioner for King's title, 450–451.

, —, grant to, in Wexford, 452.

Partington, Thos., burgess of Boyle, 366.

Partridges, 250.

, heads of Bill against killing, ib.

Patent, grants by, reduced by Lord Carew, 150.

Patentees in Wexford put forcibly into possession by sheriff, 454.

— passed in England to be enrolled in Ireland, 36.

, 66.

, grants of omissions and conceal ments in, to be revoked, ib.

, the omitted or concealed parcels to be granted to the undertakers, ib.

Patrick's, dean and chapter of St., 245.

, —, their petition, ib.

Paul, St., xx n.

, —, Sir C. Cornwallis' quotation from, "Nunquid cura de bobus ex Deo?" ib.

Paulet, Sir George, estates made by, to be satisfied in money, 40.

Pawsett, John, burgess of Castlebar, 305.

Pay of captains to be in English money, 2.

— of officials in arrear, 5.

Pearson, William, 126.

Pecke, David, 405.

, Damian, clauses as to fees as Attorney-General of Connaught, 551.

, Daniel, asks the favour of Sir J. Cæsar, 275.

, —, memoranda on vacant offices, 314.

Peerage, Chichester proposed for, 56.

, —, desires not to be named, ib.

Peers, spiritual, in Ireland, number of, xliv.

, temporal, return of, ib.

, recusant, authorised to send four delegates to London, lii.

, petition of, ib.

, spiritual and temporal, number and quality of, in Ireland, 163.

, vote in Ireland by whispering in the Chancellor's ear, ib.

, —, should be hindered in the new Parliament, ib.

, House of, 332.

, Chichester to call thither Lord Abercorn, Lord Henry O'Brien, Lord Ochiltree, Lord Burly, ib.

, —, and Lord Barry, though his elder brother is alive, ib.

, Lord Bourke's claim remitted to commissioners to determine, ib.

, absent, writs sent to, 509.

Pelham, Herbert, lands leased to, by Florence M'Carthy, 172, 481.

Pemble, Thos., annuity to, 59.

Pembroke, Earl of, supports claim of Jasper Herbert, 168.

Penal laws, English, 249.

, to make them current in Ireland against English recusants flying thither, ib.

Penruse, Chr., burgess of Enniscorthy, 303.

Pensions and annuities, A.D. 1602, list of, 110.

, list of, and of annuities, compared with those of 1602, ib.

, excessive, 149.

, would suffice to keep up the wards, &c., ib.

Pension lists of 1602 and 1611 compared, 197.

Pensioners, list of, alterations in, intended, 2.

, very numerous, ib.

, annual charge of, 145.

, no profitable use of, ib.

Peppard, Captain, postmaster by sea, 138.

, Mr., lives on surrendered lands in Wexford, 176.

, Patrick, 418.

, —, offers same rent as new undertakers, 454.

Pepyr, of Calais, Richard, a pirate, lx.

Perceval, Mr., detains Sir S. Bagnall's money, 44.

Perkins, Capt. John, pardon for, 504.

, Thos., freeman of Lifford, 281.

, —, burgess of Lifford, 294.

Perrott, Sir John, Parliament of, xxxvi.

, —, 111.

, —, in the Parliament held by him peers whispered their votes in the ear of the Chancellor, ib.

, Sir James, xvii.

Pirrie, Chas., burgess of Tulsk, 308.

Perse, Henry, grant of yearly fair and weekly market at Clonona, 304.

Peru, 366.

, French ship from, stayed at Cork, ib.

, Governor of Newhaven, in France, stays all English and Irish ships there, in retaliation, ib.

Peters, Captain, 338, 339.

Pethick, Humphrey, burgess of Tralee, 303.

Petitions of O'Donnel, Sir Neale, to Chichester for comynes, xxiii.

, of M'Swiney, Brien M'Owen, of Cloheeda, county Cork, gent., 77.

— of Wexford inhabitants, 78, 234.

— of O'Neil, Sir Cormac, 107.

— of Trevillian, Bartholomew, 233.

— of Hansard, Sir Richard, ib.

— of Bysse, Christopher, ib.

— of Cooper, Thomas, 237.

— of Mountgarret, Lord Viscount, 239.

— of dean and chapter of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 245.

— of Sir James Douglas, Henry Acheson, James Craig, Claud Hamilton, and William Lauder, undertakers in Fews precinct, co. Armagh, 256.

— of Sir Thos. Phillips, 340, 341.

— of the recusant Lords to Chichester, 342.

, —, maintain that heads of Bills to be passed ought to be submitted to them, as being of the Great Council, ib.

, —, that some of them are omitted to be summoned, ib.

, —, while other Lords, "parliant" in England and Scotland, are called, ib.

— against the new plantation boroughs, 343.

— against the omission of ancient boroughs, ib.

— against sheriffs' abuses at elections, ib.

— against armed guards attending the sitting, ib.

— against the Parliament being held in the Castle of Dublin, ib.

, —, Chichester's answers, 343–345.

, —, claims as his promise that the new boroughs should not vote till their legality was decided, 347.

, second petition, 348.

, pray license to abstain from attendance in Parliament, and to repair to England to the King, 348, 349.

— of recusant Commons, 347, 349.

, — will not attend till the violence offered in the election of speaker on the first day be redressed, 347.

, —, Chichester's answer, 348.

, —, claims his promise of a view of the King's letters for erecting new boroughs, 349.

, —, but are refused by Chancery, ib.

, —, protest against its being supposed that by declining to attend they are unwilling to recognise the King's title, 350.

, —, declare their loyalty, ib.

, recusant Commons to the King, 359.

— of East India merchants at Dundaniel, county Cork, 369.

, 371.

— of William Ive, purchaser of land, against R. Waldron, Ulster undertaker, 371.

— of Dame, Ruth Harrington, widow of Sir Henry Harrington, 388.

— of Sir Neal O'Donnel, from Tower of London, to Chichester, 390, 391.

, —, to Lord Northampton, 392.

— of Sir Donel O'Cahan to Chichester, from Tower of London, 390, 391.

, —, to Lord Northampton, 392.

— of recusant party in Parliament, as enumerated by Sir George Carew, 395– 399.

— of recusant Lords, first, to His Majesty, Nov. 1612, 395.

— —, second, to His Majesty, 19 May 1613, 396.

— —, first, to Deputy, 17 May 1613, 395.

— —, second, to Deputy, 21 May 1613, 397.

— —, third, to Deputy, 22 May 1613, 398.

— —, fourth, to Deputy, 27 May 1613, ib.

— of recusant Commons, first, to Privy Council, 19 May 1613, 396.

— —, first, to Deputy, 20 May 1613, 397.

— —, second, to Deputy, 21 May 1613, ib.

— —, third, to Deputy, 21 May 1613, ib.

— —, fourth, to Deputy, 25 May 1613, 398.

— —, fifth, to Deputy, 26 May 1613, ib.

, Protestant party, their declaration of the proceedings, 399.

Petley, Thomas, 220.

, —, to surrender and have regrant of Carrigaline, 260.

Petty customs of threepence per pound due by common law on all strangers' goods imported, 194.

, great custom or subsidy of 12d. on all imports and exports granted by 15 Hen. VII., ib.

"Peppercorn," the ship, charged with piracy on Turks, Indians, and Portuguese, 425.

Peyton, Christ., 111, 119.

, Auditor-General, his annual fee, 1602 and 1611, 197.

, Mr., auditor, is dead, 305.

, Thomas, 420, 544.

Pheasant, Thomas, 116.

Pheasants, 250.

, heads of Bill against killing of, ib.

Philezers, see Filacers.

"Philip Bonaventura," the ship seized by pirates, 276.

Philips, see Phillipps.

Philipstown, horse at, 9.

, ward at, ib.

, porter of, 114.

, 333, 439.

, election for King's County, held at, 439.

Phillips, Cooley, 118.

, Dudley, pension to, 60.

, Serjeant, Sir J. Davys promised the succession to his place when vacant, 14.

, Robt., freeman of Lifford, 282.

, Sir Thomas, exchanges some of his lands with the Londoners, 28.

, —, permitted to employ natives, 29.

, —, pension to, and to his son, 60.

, —, grant of market at Toome to, 62.

, —, improvements in progress, in 1611, at Lemevaddy Castle by, 122.

, —, his project (A.D. 1609) for Londoners' plantation of the ruined cities of Derry and Coleraine, ib.

, —, his lease of woods from the Earl of Tyrone, 225.

, —, commissioner of Wexford plantation, 253.

, —, Chichester's letters to, about the Londoners, 270.

, —, attending in London for assurance of his lands held from Londoners, 283.

, —, obliged to return to Ireland, 284.

, —, commission about Lymavadie sent by him, ib.

, —, burgess of Coleraine, 300.

, —, his petition to be compensated for his surrender of Coleraine, 340, 341.

, —, in order to its being granted to Londoners, ib.

, —, obtains Limavaddy instead, 341.

, —, loss of mesne rates, ib.

, —, differences about bounds of Loughensholin barony, ib.

, —, pains taken by, commended to the King, 470.

, —, sent to command forces at Ila, 525.

Philopater, work of, on deposing and murdering kings, 465.

Pierce, Henry, 405.

Piggot, see Pigott.

Pigott, Griffith, 114.

, Sir John, attainder of, 466.

, Margaret, alias Ashe, 62.

, Sir Robert, 104, 336.

Pikes and muskets said to be sent from Spain, 506.

— —, Chichester cannot find this to be true, 507.

Pinner, Captain Nicholas, discharged, 151.

, Captain, 211.

Pipestaves, Sir Thomas Roper to export 120,000, 67.

Piracy has reached a grievous pitch, 302.

Pirates in Irish seas, account of, lix and foll.

haunted the Irish seas from early times, lx.

, a special service equipped against them, ib.

— hinder all trade in Ulster, lxi.

, chiefly English and Flemish, ib.

, suspected to be disguised Irish, ib.

, compelled submission of inhabitants, ib.

, supposed collusion of local authorities with, ib.

, law of Ireland regarding, very imperfect, lxiii.

— must be sent to England for trial, xliii.

, efforts to assimilate the law, ib.

, number and strength of the pirates, ib.

— able to land a force of 300 men at any point, lxiv.

, their fleet of 11 ships and 1,000 men, ib.

, their chief harbour at Leamcon, ib.

— lay in wait to seize the treasure for the London plantation, lxv.

— taken into protection by Duke of Florence, lxvi.

— profess desire to fight the Dutch, ib.

— seize English ships for their own security, ib.

— recommended to be sent to Virginia, lxvii.

— resolved if not pardoned to destroy the Newfoundland fishing fleet, ib.

, a middle course taken with them, ib.

, alarmed by the preparations against them, lxviii.

, their strong fleet in Leamcon, ib.

, some sail for Leghorn and some for Barbary, ib.

, measures against them ineffective, ib.

, their main support comes from Barbary and west coast of Ireland, lxx.

, height to which the evil has reached, ib.

, measures resolved on for its abatement, ib.

, Bill passed against, lxxi.

, attempt to bring them to submission and pardon, 29.

, Lemcon, in Munster, their resort, ib.

— take 13 ships, 86.

, names of the principal, 89.

— intend to take service under the Duke of Florence, ib.

, —, but will renounce the design, if pardoned, ib.

, the King's intention to pardon them, 93.

, Roger Middleton's letter to Salisbury about, from Lemcon, 99.

, consist of nine ships, in three bands, ib.

— intend to retire to Barbary or Leghorn, ib.

, in all 500 men and 250 guns, ib.

— have their families near, ib.

, Carew says they are now 19 sail, 100.

, Mr. Povie is gone westward to communicate with them, ib.

, the United Provinces fit out a fleet against the pirates sheltering in the creeks and harbours of Munster, 101.

, the King has given them liberty to pursue the pirates within these harbours, ib.

— in Munster, 103.

, the, ready to make submission, but driven away by fear of the Dutch, 138.

— sail towards Spain, ib.

— resolved to accept the conditions offered, ib.

— not to be sent out of the kingdom if they will renounce their profession, 143.

, commission regarding, given to Capt. Skipwith, 178.

— were going to Baltimore, but were driven off by fear of the Dutch, ib.

, Capt. Skipwith asks for instructions regarding, 183.

, two places only whence they receive succour, ib.

, —, Barbary and west of Ireland, 238.

, heads of Bill against, ib.

, Captain Roger Middleton employed to offer protection to, in Munster, ib.

, they offer to submit and surrender, ib.

, are very formidable, 276.

, not safe to let them know their power, 277.

, Skipwith's examination about, 285.

, to be dealt with for their submission, 287.

, Act against, 289.

, whence their support comes, 301.

, —, Barbary and west coast of Ireland, ib.

, King resolved to root out the evil, 302.

, all those pardoned to be sent to some place in England, ib.

— have been screened by some in authority, ib.

, Sir Wm. St. John's dealings regarding, 306.

, —, is reluctant to act in the matter, ib.

, the ships and goods brought to Lemcon, in Ireland, by Baugh, Miller, and others, adjudged by Admiralty to belong to French merchants, 325, 326.

, ordered to be delivered to them, and the pirates to be recompensed, ib.

, order of the Council in full, 325, 326, and 330.

, order for the delivery of the "St. Michael," of Lubeck, ib.

, —, and the "Archangel," of Hamburg, ib.

, —, surrendered by the pirates Baugh and Miller at Kinsale, ib.

, Captain Peters and company to be pardoned on surrendering Mr. Boothby's ship and goods captured near North Cape, 338, 339.

, complaints by Queen Regent of France, 383.

, ships seized by Easton, a pirate, ib.

, interrupt the fishing of the French at Newfoundland, ib.

, ships seized by pirates brought into Kinsale, ib.

, though martial law has ceased for six years in Leinster and the Pale, pirates executed by, in Munster, 415.

, ship at Waterford charged with piracy upon Turks, Indians, and Portuguese, 425.

, King's orders as to, 463.

, Chichester said to be charged with taking gratuities from, ib.

, —, this is false and disbelieved by the Lords, 464.

, Act against, passed, 516.

, a Bill for trial of, in Ireland, passed, 533.

, 356.

, ship of Rotterdam manned by, ib.

, capture Spanish goods, ib.

, carried to Wexford, ib.

, Mayor of Wexford delays their restoration, ib.

, Baugh to be sent to London, 369.

Pirrie, John, burgess of Tulsk, 308.

Pitcairn, see Pitcarne.

Pitcarne, Patrick, surrenders office of clerk of Council of Connaught, 306.

, —, 406.

, —, claim of clerkship of Connaught Council, 463.

Pittaro, Sir John Wyhard, laird of, 88.

Pittare, Lord, 203.

, —, 1,500 acres in Latrym, 318.

Plantation, see Ulster Plantation, Undertakers.

— of Londoners, defaults of the Londoners at Derrie, A.D. 1612, 228.

— of Munster, inquisitions to find breaches of articles of, in 1611, 218.

— —, musters of horse and foot in the seigniories there, ib.

, the Ulster; see also Natives, Undertakers, Servitors, Precincts, Proportions.

— —, the three commissions of 1608, 1609, and 1610, for effecting, vii.

— —, original scheme of, viii.

— —, lottery recommended by Chichester, ix, x.

— —, Chichester's views as to natives, x.

, —, a detailed plan referred to by Chichester now lost, x, xi.

, —, orders and conditions for, xi.

, —, when published, ib.

, —, what they contained, ib.

, —, proportions for undertakers, ib.

, —, of three sizes, ib.

, —, precincts, what, xvii, xviii.

, —, not in the original scheme, ib.

, —, introduced to meet one of Chichester's objections, ib.

, —, allotted by the King to the several classes of undertakers, xviii.

, —, report on its progress, by Sir J. Davys, 59, 60.

, articles of, 66.

, Londoners', 224.

, Londoners', Sir Thos. Phillips' project for, A.D. 1609, ib.

, of Ulster, report of the works, buildings, and fortifications made by the English undertakers in 1611, 121.

, —, progress of, detailed, 129.

, —, how far carried out, 145.

, —, suggestions of Chichester as to the means of forwarding its success, 146.

, —, progressing but ill, 178.

, —, little to be reported of, ib.

, —, slow progress of, complained of by the King, 309.

, —, pursued by him for the sake of religion, 310.

, —, survey of progress ordered to be made, ib.

, —, showing what each has done, ib.

, in Cavan proposed by Sir Henry Clare, 317.

, by East India Company of London, at Dundaniel, co. Cork, 369, 381.

, —, of ironworks and shipbuilding, ib.

, —, build three towns and dockyards, ib.

, —, sought to be overthrown by "the wylde Irish," 381.

, —, Sir T. Smythe's letter to Chichester about, ib.

— in the North, great want of, is money, 461.

, —, appeal proposed, to England, Scotland, and Ireland for the means, ib.

— works to be surveyed, 482.

— of Valentia Isle, 256.

— —, granted to J. Eyres and Zachary Jones to plant with English, ib.

— of Wexford, 252, 253.

— —, project for, 252.

— —, commissioners of, 253.

Planters, English, not coming forward in such numbers as was hoped, 146.

, —, alarmed by false reports of injuries done by the natives, ib.

Platine, Nicholas Darcy of, 265.

Plogeely and Insequin seigniory, co. Cork, 220.

, grantee of, in plantation of Munster, Sir Rd. Boyle, ib.

"Plough-boote" claimed by planters in Cavan, 317.

Ploughing by the tail, Act to be passed against, 193.

, fines for, grant of, to Sir Wm. Uvedall, 304.

, Sir Chas. Cornwallis's satirical jest that great sums have been drawn out of pity for the hinder part of the poor Irish garrans, 432.

, —, wishes the care of the Government had been extended to more important matters, ib.

, reasons alleged by the Irish for ploughing by the tail, 417, 418.

, prohibited by proclamation, 418.

, fine of one garran out of every plough team, ib.

, —, never levied, ib.

, —, ten shillings fine substituted, ib.

, —, amount bestowed on churches and highways, ib.

, inquiry whether yearly compositions be not made with those that plough by the tail instead of fines, 437.

, commissioners' return concerning, 448.

, proclamation against, in 1606, ib.

, penalties and forfeiture of the horses so used, ib.

, —, not enforced until 1611, when a fine of 10s. for each offending plough was proclaimed, ib.

, —, and the benefit was granted to Capt Paul Gore in one or two counties to repay himself 160l. due by His Majesty, ib.

, fines in all Ulster levied by Chichester, in 1612, come to 870l., ib.

, now leased to Sir W. Uvedall for 100l. a year, ib.

, profit to Sir W. Uvedall 800l. per annum, ib.

, charge to the people more than the fine, 448.

, levied in Connaught and Pale without warrant, ib.

, considered necessary by the native Irish, 449.

Ploughs, the short Irish, xx.

, —, five or six horses draw them by the tail, ib.

, —, —, placed abreast, ib.

, —, Barnaby Rich's description of, ib. n.

, the Ulster short, fines for, 417.

, 10s. fine per plough, ib.

Plumstead, Thomas, undertaker of 1,000 acres, 123.

, —, his assignee, Sir Hugh Plumstead, ib.

, —, neglected state of this proportion, ib.

Plunket, see Plunkett.

Plunkett, Sir Christopher, sent as delegate to the King, lii.

, —, petition of grievances from, liv, 355, 359, 401, 405, 428, 447.

, —, petition of, 468.

, —, released, 500.

, Katharine, alias Sutton, 69.

, Oliver, 360.

, Thomas, 350.

Pluralities, 249.

, heads of Bill against, ib.

Plymouth, 93.

Poer, Sir Henry, 403, 404. See Power.

Poignes, see Poyntz, Chas., burgess of Newry, 299.

Pollard, Sir Hugh, debt of, to Richd. Wadlande, 283.

, —, farm of tobacco, 530.

, —, —, assigns to Thomas Dowrish, of Heath Barton, co. Devon, ib.

, John, debt of, to Richd. Wadlande, 283.

, —, undertaker in Fermanagh, 316.

Polycastro seigniory, abstract of inquisition made, A.D. 1611, into state of Sir A. Courtney's seigniory of, in co. Limerick, 218.

, —, breaches of articles of plantation, ib.

Pombell, Roger, 363.

Pond, Edward, commissioner for Longford settlement, 52.

Poole, Henry, burgess of Enniscorthy, 303.

Pooly Curry, see Powlycurry.

"Poor John," a Newfoundland fish, 177.

Pope, 81.

, no province in Ireland without an archbishop appointed by, ib.

, no diocese but has its bishop, ib.

, no parish but has its priest, ib.

, priests set up by, to be removed, 142.

— has more hearts in Ireland than the King, 166.

, the question is which shall reign, King James or the Pope ? 350.

, 430, 431.

, recusants have half an eye to, 474.

, father in spiritualibus, ib.

— and Popish princes believed by the people to be about to send an army into Ireland, 509.

Popery, proclamation against toleration of, 481.

, letter of intelligence sent to King of Spain, endorsed "Popery," 542.

, —, gives an account of the King's treatment of the recusants' agents, ib.

Porter, Robert, 356, 360.

"Portingales," fraudulent insurance by, lxxi.

Portingale merchants, 236.

— — of Florence, ib.

Portlagh precinct, xxvi.

— —, assigned to Scottish undertakers, ib.

— —, proclamation for all Irish to quit, ib.

, group of undertakers in, ib. n. See Portlough and Portlock.

Portlaughill, 216.

Portlester, mill of, seized forcibly by Earl of Kildare's followers, 58.

, 85.

, manor of, 99.

Portloch precinct of, 28.

Portlough precinct, works done in, by Scottish undertakers, 87.

, undertakers in, ib.

, list of Scottish undertakers in, with their several proportions, 203.

, undertaken by Sir Jas. Cunningham, 262.

Portnchull, 216.

Portrieve of Roscommon, Martin Lisle, 292.

Portruff, see Portrieve.

Portrush, horses and oxen employed by the undertakers in drawing stone and lime at, 122.

, formerly a great fishery of ray and dogfish there by Bretons of France, 225, 226.

, —, they supplied Spain, ib.

Portrushe, see Portrush.

Portugal, 338.

Portuguese, 425.

, ship "Hector" taken by, 426.

Poundage, 249, 250.

, subsidy of, ib.

, Bill to repeal exemptions from, under 15th Hen. VII., ib.

, like, to resume all grants of great and petty customs, and subsidy and poundage, ib.

Povey, Captain, fraudulently sinks his ship, the "Hope," lxxii.

, John, return of trees by, 152.

, —, master of the ship "Hope" of London, 236.

, —, —, charged with scuttling her, ib.

, —, —, to defraud the insurers, ib.

, —, —, hides in Connaught, ib.

, —, employed to communicate with the pirates, 100.

Povie, Mr., 89, 95. See Povey.

Powell, John, bailiff of Carrick-on-Shannon, 294.

, Mr., 126.

, —, undertaker, his proportion in Oneylan precinct, 231.

, Thos., burgess of Mallow, 303.

, Thos., 336.

, Wm., Lieut., discharged, 151.

, —, undertaker in Fermanagh, 316.

Power, Sir Henry, his company of horse at Maryborough, 9.

, —, 18, 102.

, —, at Maryborough, 160.

, —, grant of pension to, 156.

, —, sent against the Keatinges, 305, 354.

, John, 356, 359.

, Lord, 335, 346.

, —, of Curraghmore, is His Majesty's ward, 459.

, Thomas, 116.

, William, ib.

Powerscourt, company of horse at, 8.

Powley, John, burgess of Coleraine, 300.

Powlycurry Castle and seigniory, co. Cork, 220.

, grantee of, in plantation of Munster, Arthur Robins, ib.

, abstract of inquisition into state of, in 1611, ib.

, breaches of articles of plantation, ib.

Poyning's Act, xxxvi.

, effect of, on frequency of Parliaments, ib.

, requires Acts for Ireland to be engrossed and sealed with Great Seal, 14.

, judges to consider what English statutes are in force by reason of, 97.

, whether the statute of Rich. 2., English, prohibiting resort of English to foreign parts, be not in force in Ireland, ib.

, —, and thus the Irish may be restrained from foreign seminaries, ib.

, whether the treason of 25 Edw. 3., English, the seducing of men from their allegiance be not thereby in force in Ireland, and applicable to priests, ib.

, opinions on, given to Lord Carew, 147.

, as to Irish Acts of Parliament, 285.

, 322, 328, 336.

, heads of Bill for suspension of, objected to, ib.

, suspension of, as regards private Bills, 336.

, —, refused, ib.

, origin and purpose of, 337.

Poynts, Charles, Lieutenant, has 200 acres as servitor, 130.

, Lieutenant, 205.

Precedence, 333, 352.

, commission sent to Chichester enabling him to determine contests for, 333.

Precedents of procedure in Parliament to be sent from England, 164.

Precincts assigned to British undertakers to be cleared of Irish, xvii, xviii, xxiv, xxv.

, what, ib.

, not in the original scheme, but introduced to group the undertakers, ib.

— assigned to English, Scottish, and servitors respectively by the King, ib.

of Clogher, xxvii.

—, Sir T. Ridgeway undertaker in, ib.

, —, —, his activity, ib.

, distribution of, for English undertakers, 201.

, —, for Scottish undertakers, 202.

, surplusages in, to avoid breaking of, 204.

, lists of names of servitors and natives in the several, with the amount of lands to each respectively, and rents received, 205–214.

President, Lord, of Munster, his company of horse, 9.

, —, —, of foot, ib.

Presidents and Vice-Presidents, 389, 408.

—, ordered to return to Ireland against the sitting of Commissioners of Inquiry into Grievances, 389.

Prendergast, Shane M'James Boy, 71.

Prerogative, the King's, 395.

, —, to erect new boroughs questioned by recusants, ib.

Presagard, co. Wexford, 85.

Preston, Capt., his company in Irish regiment, 485.

, Jenico, 105.

Priests, dealings of Bishop Babington with, at Derry, 3.

, refractory at first, ib.

, concessions obtained from, 4.

, Papist, not to be allowed to hold cures, 32.

, make the people obstinate in their practice, 33.

and Jesuits, 83.

, proclamation against, ib.

, proclamation for banishing, 142.

, additions to be made to, ib.

to be continued in livings if they take supremacy oath, ib.

, entertaining of, fines for advised, 150.

said to try and raise commotions, 166.

, their "incensinges" keep sedition alive, ib.

only to be kept down by force, ib.

, popish, harbouring of, Act against, 189.

, obstinacy of, in Munster, 231.

, Sir Richard Morison goes to consult with Salisbury upon, ib.

, suggestion that bishops shall inquire in every diocese for harbourers of, ib.

, a priest and bishop lately hanged at Dublin, are worshipped as saints and martyrs, 244.

, heads of Bill against, 249.

, Mr. Barnebie, after 17 weeks' imprisonment in Dublin Castle, takes oath of allegiance, ib.

, —, hence is hated, 253.

they are to be banished and cut off, 268.

, seminary, Act to adjudge them traitors after a certain day, 289.

, Irish lawyers more hurtful than, 350.

and Jesuits, probably attend the private meetings of the recusant Lords and Commons in town in disguise, 353.

, letters said to be sent from Rome to recusants to interrupt the Parliament, 355.

and Jesuits, 372.

, Chichester finds they increase in number, ib.

, must be watched, ib.

, expected news of plots abroad from a Franciscan (Thos. Fitzgerald) lately enlarged from prison, ib.

, —, he exposed things done at home ib.

, —, charged the Jesuits, ib.

, —, he has returned and preaches, ib.

, —, Chichester sent over by the Earl of Thomond a sermon of his found among his papers when arrested, ib.

, sons of Irish gentry sent abroad to seminaries, to be brought up priests and Jesuits, 377.

, opposed to the holding of a parliament, 394.

, arrested, require guards of soliders to prevent rescue or escape, 415.

, persuade against the election of Protestants, 421, 427.

, a Franciscan friar preaches in the woods in the barony of Loughinsholin, county Londonderry, 429.

, orders the congregation to fast and pray for the agents sent from Parliament to the King concerning the recusants' grievances, ib.

, are collectors of a cess of fourpence per couple, imposed on the parishes for the recusants' agents employed into England, 430, 431.

, the friar wore English apparel over his friar's weeds and a rapier by his side, 431.

, advises the people that the coming Parliament was designed to subvert their religion, ib.

, says there is a prophecy found at Rome that England has only two years more to rule in Ireland, ib.

, article of instructions to Commissioners concerning their practices at late elections, 436.

, Commissioners' return that priests and Jesuits advise the electing of no Protestants, 443.

, because they heard that laws would be enacted for their banishment, ib.

, true religion contemned through, the multitude of, 446.

, the maintenance of priests by the nobility, gentry, &c., one cause of the decay of true religion, 447.

, laws against priests to be enforced, ib.

, teaching of, reprobated by the King, 474.

, all, ordered to quit the realm before September 30, 481.

Primate, the, lands, 274.

"Plaine, Patrick," student of Trinity College, 244n.

Priory of Loughderge, 215.

Privileges, committee of, meets frequently, 513.

, —, highly approved by the King, 523.

Privy Council of England, heads of Bills for Parliament sent over to, xxxvii.

Proclamation as to returns to Parliament, xlv.

— against priests and Jesuits, 83.

— against transport of coin from England to Ireland, 238.

, Chichester cannot get over his English rents without licence, ib.

, planters hindered from bringing over their money, ib.

, the King's, for care of Ulster undertakers to be published, 254.

— to be issued against collections of moneys making by the recusants of Parliament, 381.

— for expenses of agents, ib.

, King's, 408.

Prophecy, 431.

— found at Rome that England had only two years more to rule in Ireland, ib.

Proportions, xviii.

, what, ib.

, escheated lands divided into, xl.

, three classes of, ib.

— of, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000 acres, ib.

, list of English undertakers in Ulster, with their proportions in the several precincts, 201.

, list of Scottish undertakers, with their proportions in the several precincts, 202.

— of, in Londoners' plantation, acreage of, 229.

, —, new survey suggested, ib.

, —, they themselves reporting that in a middle and small proportion, passed for 2,500 acres, were found 10,000 acres, ib.

Protest of the recusant commons, 374.

, allege that Sir J. Davys was unduly elected, ib.

, that Sir J. Everard was the true Speaker, ib.

Protestants to be strengthened in Parliament by new Protestant boroughs, xxxix.

, Irish, hostility to Catholics, ib.

Protestant returns to Parliament expected, 161.

— party in Parliament, 399.

— — their declaration of the proceedings at the opening, ib.

Protestants, 427.

, priests persuade against election of, ib.

, declaration of, Protestant party in Parliament, ib.

, general combination to elect no, 443.

, priests and Jesuits so advise, ib.

, —, reason assigned, ib.

Prothonotaries, must take oath of supremacy, 12.

Provost Marshal of Munster, 9.

Provosts, title of, for chief magistrates, 319.

Provost Marshal, 415.

, no martial law exercised in Leinster or the Pale for six years past, ib.

, —, exercised in Munster, but only against pirates, ib.

, —, cannot hang any possessed of ten pounds of goods or forty shillings freehold, ib.

, their extortions, 447.

, as many as needed, to be employed, 482.

Pubble, 329.

, religious house of, in county Tyrone, ib.

Pursuivant-at-arms, 113.

Purveyance, complaints regarding, 474.

, acts of inferior ministers, ib.

Pynnar, see Pinner.

Pynny, Thomas, 336.