1 No. V. Proclamation of temporary Conftitutions made by Deputy and Council IN 1ft. That King Henry be received and called King of Ireland. 2d. That bishops may exercise their jurisdictions in their diocess, according to the law of God, and the canons. 3d. That laymen nor boys be not admitted to eccelesiastical preferments, and that fuch as be in already, fhall be immediately deprived. 4th. That the demefnes of bishops, and the glebes of rectors and vicars not exceeding ten marks per annum, be exempted and privileged from taxes. 5th. That all thofe, that have dignities or benefices ecclefiaftical, shall take orders and refide. 6th. That a general peace be proclaimed throughout Munfter; and afterwards, he that commits murder or robbery fhall be fined forty pounds, half to the king and half to the lord of the fee. 7th. That larceny, above the value of fourteen pence, fhall be punished with lofs of an ear the first time, and t'other ear the fecond, and the third time with death. 8th. No horfeman fhall keep more garfons or boys, than horses, on pain of twenty fhillings. 9th. That every father shall anfwer for his children, master for his fervants, gentleman for his followers, and brother for his brethren, under his tuition, and fhall give in a lift of them. 10th. That every kerne, that has not a mafter, that will anfwer for him, be taken as a vagabond. 11th. That there be no more exactions to maintain horse or foot, or kernes or to war against one another; and that no more coyne or livery be taken but by the deputies order at a general huftings. 12th. That nevertheless the captain of the county must have the usual contribution of the country for the public and his own private defence. 13th. That petty larceny be punished by a fine of three pounds fix fhillings and eight pence, whereof forty fhillings fhall be paid to the captain or lord of the county, and twenty fhillings to the tanist, fi non eft particeps criminis, and fix fhillings and eight pence to the informer. 14th. That no man buy goods above the value of five fhillings, from any fufpected perfon, at his peril, if they prove to be stolen. 15th. Depopulatores agrorum et fpoliatores per viam and rape fhall be punished with death without mercy. 16th. That no man fhall meddle with any ecclefiaftical officer or benefice, but pay all their tithe punctually, and half tithe of the fish taken by foreigners on the coaft. 17th. That noblemen fhall have but twenty cubits or bandles of linen in their fhirts, horfemen eighteen, footmen fixteen, garfons twelve, clowns ten, and that none of their fhirts fhall be dyed with faffron on pain of twenty fhillings. 18th. That the lord or gentlemen, into whofe county a theft is traced, muft trace it thence, or make restitution. 19th. No hiftriones, mummers or players at Christmas or Eafter. Lastly, the Earl of Ormond, in the counties of Waterford, Typerary and Kilkenny, and the Earl of Defmond in the rest of Munster, are made cuftodes and executores of thefe ordinances, with the affiftance of the Bishop of Cafhel. No. VI. 3 and 4 P. and M. c. 2. An Act whereby the King and Queen's Majefties, and the Heires and Succeffours of the Queen be entitled to the Countries of Leix, Slewmarge, Irry, Glinmaliry, and Offaily, and for making the fame Countries Shire Grounds. P. 70. PRAYEN the commons in this prefent parliament affembled, that forafmuch as the O'Mores, Odempfies, O'Connors, and others of the Irishry, lately inhabiting the countries of Leix, Slewmarge, Irry, Glinmaliry, and Offaily, and by their fundry manifest treafons, after many pardons granted to them, and fundry benefits fhewed to them, yet often rebelled, committing great hurts to the king and queen's majesties moft loving fubjects, by the which they provoked the most worthy prince, Edward the fixth, brother to our our faid fovereign lady, the queen's majeftie, to ufe his power against them, who at length to his great charge did fubdue and reprefs the faid Irish rebels or enemies, bringing into his poffeffion the countries aforefaid, fithence which time the faid O'Mores, Odempfies, O'Connors, and others of the faid Irifhry, have traitorously, contrary to their bounden duties, by force entered the faid countries, and them fo did hold against the king and queen's majesties, unto fuch time as their majefties, by the diligent and painfull travaill and labour of the Right Honourable the Earl of Suffex, their majefties lord deputy in Ireland by the fword evicted and reduced the faid countries out of and from the wrongfull and ufurped poffeffion of the faid Irifh enemies or rebels to their majefties former poffeffion, as of right appertayneth, and for that, that neither of the faid countries is known to be within the limites of any fhires or coun-ties of this realm, no title could be found either to the faid late king, or to their majefties, for and in the faid countries, and the hereditaments of them as by their graces law is appointed to be in like cafe; by default whereof their majesties might not take order for the difpofition of the faid countries by their graunts as they now intend to doe. Bee it therefore ordeyned enacted and established by our faid fovereign lord and lady the king and queens majefties, the lords fpiritual and temporall, and the commons in this prefent parliament affembled, and by authoritie of the fame, that the faid king and queens majesties during the life of the faid queen, and the heires and fucceffors of the faid queen, shall have, hold and poffefs for ever as in the right of the crown of England and Ireland, the faid counties of Leix, Slewmarge, Iwrye, Glimnalyrie and Offaily, and all fingular feignories, honours, mannors, castles, fortreffes, meffuages, lands, tenements, woods, moores, paftures, mountaines, marethes, waters, rivers, loghes, churches, chappels, advowfons, patronages, townes, fields, rentes, fervices, and all and fingular other the heriditaments, fpiritual and temporall, of what name, nature, kind or quality foever they bee of in the faid countries and everie of them according to the auncient limits, meares, and boundes of the fame countries, and everie of them, except all and fingular fuch parfonages and vicarages, as now have cure there, the patronages whereof fhall be likewife given to their majesties and to the heirs and fucceffors of the faid queen's majeftie for ever. No. No. VII. From the Preamble of 11 ELIZ. c. 1. AND now moft deere foveraign ladie, least that any man, which list not to feek and learn the truth, might be ledd eyther of his owne fantastical imagination, or by the finister suggestion of others, to think that the ftrene or lyne of the O'Neils fhould or aught by prioritie of title to hold or poffeffe anie part of the dominion or territories of Ulfter, before your majesty, your heyres and fucceffours, we your grace's faid faithful and obedient fubjects, for avoyding of all fuch fcruple, doubt, and erroneous conceit, do intend here (pardon first craved of your majefty for our tedious boldnesse) to disclose unto your highneffe your auncient and fundry strong authentique tytles conveyed farre beyond the faid lynage of the O'Neiles, and all other of the Irishrie, to the dignitie, state, title, and poffeffion of this your grace's realm of Ireland. And therefore it may like your moft excellent majestie to be advertised, that the auncient chronicles of this realm, written both in the Latine, English, and Irish tongues, alledge fundry auncient titles for the Kings of England to this land of Ireland. And first, that at the beginning, afore the comming of Irishmen into the fayd land, there were dwelling in a province of Spain, called Bifcan, whereof Bayon was a member, and the chief citie; and that at the faid Irishmen's comming into Ireland, one King Gurmonde, foune to the noble King Belan, King of Great Britaine, which is called England, was lord of Bayon, as many of his fucceffours were to the time of King Henry the Second, firft conquerour of this realm, and therefore the Irishmen fhould be the King of England his people, and Ireland his land. Another title is, that at the fame time that Irishmen came of Biscay as exiled perfons in fixtie fhips, they met with the fame King Gurmond upon the fea, at the Yles of Orcades, then coming from Denmark with great victory, their captaines called Heberus and Hermon, went to this king, and him told the caufe of their comming out of Biscay, and him prayed with great inftance, that he would graunt unto them, that they might inhabite fome land in the weft. The king at last, by advice of his counfel, granted them Ireland to inhabit, and affigned unto them guides for the fea to bring them thither; and therefore they should and aught to bee the King of England's men. Another title is, the clerke Giraldus Cam brenfis, brenfis, writeth at large the hiftorie of the conqueft of Ireland, by King Henry the Second, your famous progenitor, how Dermot Mac Morch, prince of Leinster, which is the first part of Ireland, being a tyrant or tyraunts banished, went over the fea into Normandie, in the parts of France, to the King Henry, and him bafely besought of fuccour, which hee obtayned, and thereupon became liegeman to the faid King Henry, through which he brought power of Englishmen into the land, and maried his daughter, named Eve, at Waterford, to Sir Richard Fitz Gilbert, earl of Stranguill, in Wales, and to him graunted the reverfion of Leinfter, with the faid Eve his daughter. And after that the faid earl granted to the faid King Henry, the citie of Dublin, with certaine cantredes of land next to Dublin, and all the haven-townes of Leinster, to have the reft to him in quiet, with his grace's favour. Another title is, that in the year of our Lord God one thousand one hundred fixtie-two, the aforefaid King Henry landed at the citie of Waterford, within the realm of Ireland, and there came to him Der-mot, King of Cork, which is of the nation of the Mac Carties, and of his own proper will became liege tributorie, for him and his kingdom, and upon that made his oath, and gave his hoftages to the king. Then the king: rode to Cafhell, and there came to him Donalde, King of Limericke, which is of the nation of the O'Briens, and became his liege, as the other did. Then came to him Donalde, King of Offorie, Mac Shaghlin, King of Ophaly, and all the princes of the South of Ireland, and became his liegemen afore-faid. Then went the faid King Henry to Dublin, and there came to him O'Kirnill, King of Uriell, O'Rowrke, King of Meth, and Rothorick, King of all Irishmen of the land, and of Connaght, with all the princes, and men of value of the land, and became liege fubjects and tributaries, by great oathes, for them, their kingdomes, and lordfhippes to the faid King Henry, and that of their owne good wills, as it fhould feem, for that the chronicles. make no mention of any warre or chivalrie done by the faid King, all that time, that he was in Ireland. And in the year of our Lord God a thousand a hundred fourfcore and five, he gave the land of Ireland to his youngest fonne John by name, about which time the faid John came in perfon into Ireland, and held the fame land. Another title is, that all the clergie of this realm affembled at Armagh at the time of the conqueft, upon coming. over of Englishmen our forefathers, and there it was decreed and deemed by them, that through the finne of the people of the land, by the fentence of |