The Confiscation of Ulster: In the Reign of James the First, Commonly Called the Ulster Plantation |
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The Confiscation of Ulster: In the Reign of James the First, Commonly Called ... Thomas Macnevin No preview available - 2018 |
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allotted amongst ancient Armagh ATTAINTED PROPRIETORS barbarous bawn of lime bawn of sods bishop Captain Carrickfergus castle Catholic Cavan Chichester chief chieftain church civility Coleraine Commissioners Council court crown Culmore DENOMINATIONS Derry Ditto Donegal Dublin Dungannon dwelling Earl eighty feet Elizabeth England escheated estates feet high feet long feet square flankers four flankers freeholders Gavelkind Hamilton Henry History of Ireland honour Hugh O'Neill hundred inhabited with Irish Irish Society King King's knight labour Leland letters patent lime and stone Lingard Lord Deputy Lough ment Montgomery Munster nation O'Donnell O'Reilly Oath of Supremacy ORIGINAL PATENTEES Parliament PARTIES IN POSSESSION Plantation Plantation of Ulster planted planters plot POSSESSION 1619 Precinct prince proportion rebellion Recusants reign religion rent says Scotch Scotland Scottish Sir John Davies Sir Thomas soil stories high strong bawn Tanistry thousand acres timber tion town Tyrconnell Ulster Ulster Plantation Undertakers unto woods
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Page 66 - That the Irish having robd Spensers goods, and burnt his house and a litle child new born he and his wyfe escaped, and after he died for lake of bread in King Street and refused 20 pieces sent to him by my Lord of Essex and said he was sorrie he had no time to spend them.
Page 30 - Tyrone hath been heard to complain that he had so many eyes watching over him — that he could not drink a full carouse of sack, but the state was advertised thereof a few hours after.
Page 92 - ... especially the race and generation of men, valiant, hard, and active, as it is not easy, no not upon the continent, to find such confluence of commodities, if the hand of man did join with the hand of nature.
Page 94 - Commentaries. But when I speak of a council of plantation, I mean some persons chosen by way of reference, upon whom the labour may rest, to prepare and report things to the council of estate here, that concern that business. For although your Majesty have a grave and sufficient council in...
Page 102 - Such were the arts by which James introduced humanity and justice among a people who had ever been buried in the most profound barbarism. Noble cares ! much superior to the vain and criminal glory of conquests, but requiring ages of perseverance and attention to perfect what had been so happily begun.
Page 114 - ... and their want of humanity in all their history. Even the Norman historians, notwithstanding the low state of the arts in their own country, speak of them as barbarians, when they mention the invasion made upon them by the Duke of Normandy™. The Conquest put the people in a situation of receiving slowly, from abroad, the rudiments of science and cultivation, and of correcting their rough and licentious manners.
Page 105 - Great and profitable fishing axe in the next adjacent isles of Scotland, where many Hollanders do fish all the summer season, and do plentifully vend their fish in Spain and within the Straits. " Much train or fish oil of seal, herrings, &c., may be made upon that coast. "As the sea yieldeth very great plenty and variety of the sea fish, so doth the coast afford abundance of all manner of sea foul, and the rivers greater store of fresh fish than any of the rivers in England.
Page 197 - Irish-Scots, whose Scottish bowes are not past three quarters of a yard long, with a string of wreathed hempe slackely bent, and whose arrowes are not much above halfe an ell long, tipped with steele heads, made like common broad arrow...
Page 73 - ... promised by an instrument in writing to convey part of his own moiety unto the said Patrick and Thomas, as a requital of their pains for him, which he afterwards performed, the said Laird signing as consenting to the said instrument, the said agreements being fully...
Page 247 - What is it to you, whether I make many or few boroughs ; my council may consider the fitness, if I require it; but what if I had made forty noblemen, and four hundred boroughs, the more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer.