two hundred and sixty-eight; the number of arms allotted to the county, one hundred and seven.

From "an abstract of the returns from the commissioners of array of the several regiments, troops, and companies of militia in the provinces of Leinster and Connaught," it appears that in 1719, the county of Carlow had one regiment of dragoons, consisting of five troops, and one independent company of foot.

The following names appear in "a list of sheriffs who had not closed their accounts the 19th day of October, 1722, commencing at 1692, and ending at the year 1715, exclusive.'

COUNTY CATHERLOGH.

A.D. 1694, Edmond Jones, Esq. 1706, George Brereton, Esq. 1707, Digby Berkeley, Esq.-1712, Maurice Warren, Esq.1713, Benjamin Bunbury, Esq.-1714, Richard Vigors, Esq.

A list of sheriffs of County of Carlow, who from 1714 to 1723 had not closed their accounts.

A.D. 1715, Henry Percy, Esq.-1716, Charles Nuttall, Esq. -1717, Wentworth Harman, Esq.-1718, Charles Bernard, Esq.-1719, Jeffrey Paul, Esq.-1721, Richard Wolseley, Esq. -1722, William Pendred, Esq.

One of the first acts of the Irish parliament in 1715, was the attainder of the duke of Ormonde, for conspiring to restore the Pretender. He possessed considerable property in our county, and, therefore, an account of the various titles then enjoyed by him will be apposite as well as interesting. He was at that time possessed of the following titles, viz. The most high, puissant, and noble prince, James Butler, duke of Ormonde, earl of Brecknock, and baron of Lanthony and Moore Park, in England; duke, marquis, and earl of Ormonde, earl of Ossory and Carrick, viscount Thurles, baron of Dingle and Arklow in Ireland; baron of Dingwall, in Scotland; hereditary lord of regalities and governor of the county palatine of Tipperary, and of the city, town, and county of Kilkenny; hereditary lord chief butler of Ireland, lord high constable of England, lord-warden and admiral of the cinqueports and constable of Dover castle; lord lieutenant of the county of Somerset, lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Norfolk; high steward of the cities of Exeter, Bristol, and Westminster; chancellor of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, colonel of the first regiment of foot-guards, 'and the first regiment of horse-guards; captain general and commander in chief of all her majesty's forces by sea and land throughout the British dominions, or acting in conjunction with allied powers; one of her majesty's most honorable privy council in England and Ireland; knight companion of the most noble order of the garter, and lord lieutenant, general, and general governor of Ireland.-The estates forfeited by this great nobleman, have been valued at eighty thou sand pounds sterling per annum. An act was passed in 1721,

Journals of the House of Commons, vol. iii.

enabling his brother, the earl of Arran, to re-purchase the entire of the Irish property from the crown, save the palatinate of Tipperary, which was suppressed.*

Doctor Vigors, bishop of Leighlin and Ferns died on the 3rd of January, 1721; having enjoyed the sees thirty years. He was buried at St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin. He purchased from Joseph Dean, Esq., chief baron of the exchequer, a fee-farm in the manor of Old Leighlin, for five hundred and forty-eight pounds, and by his will desired that his executor, by advice of the archbishop of Dublin, should convey the fee-farm to his next successor, the bishop of Leighlin, for the use of him and his successors for ever. He further bequeathed to the said prelate, the sum of three hundred pounds; to be employed in the increase of the revenue of the poor bishopric of Leighlin; either by the purchase of a fee farm, or the erection of a house for the more convenient habitation of the bishop; with the advice of the archbishop of Dublin for the time being. He left ten pounds each to the poor of the parishes of Ballindearig and Urglin, and the same sum to the poor of Leighlin. Bartholomew Vigors, A.M., son of the bishop, was presented to the deanery of Leighlin.†

Josiah Hort succeeded doctor Vigors. He was born at Marshfield, in Gloucestershire. Having attended a grammar-school in Bristol, he was entrusted to the care of a private tutor in London, and afterwards entered at Clare-hall, Cambridge, where his tutor was Mr. Richard Laughton. He received deacon's orders, in 1705, from doctor John More, bishop of Norwich; and towards the conclusion of the same year was ordained priest by doctor Simon Patrick, bishop of Ely. He was then appointed to the parish of Wicken, in the last-named diocese, by the earl of Oxford; and in 1706, he was presented to the vicarage of Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, (in the patronage of the crown), by lord chancellor Cowper.

Mr. Hort, in 1709, attended Thomas, marquis of Wharton, lord lieutenant of Ireland, as his domestic chaplain; and shortly obtained a patent for the parish of Kilskir in the diocese of Meath, vacant by the promotion of doctor Ralph Lambert to the deanery of Down. "But the title of the crown," says Harris, "to that advowson was litigated; and Moreton, bishop of Meath. admitted his own son to it, under a title derived from a popish lord, who had forfeited by the rebellion of 1641. Whereupon a quare impedit was brought, and a complete verdict obtained in behalf of the crown. But the cause was removed into England by writ of error, where it depended for many years; aud at last was ended by a judgment of the British house of lords. During this interval, Mr. Hort was instituted to the rectory of Haversham, in Buckinghamshire, upon the queen's presentation, by the favour of the lord chancellor Cowper. Judgment being at length given in be

• Memoirs of the family of Grace. By S. Grace, Esq., F. S. A. ↑ Harris.

half of the title of the crown to Kilskir, in 1717, he came over and possessed himself of the parish; but lost upwards of seven year's profits, which could not be recovered from the clerk defendant, by any law then in force. This vexatious delay gave rise to an act of parliament, anno 6 George I., and since continued, for the better securing the rights of advowson and presentation to ecclesiastical benefices; by which not only all essoins in writs of quare impedit are taken away, but the intruder is upon eviction made accountable for the mesne profits, after a sufficient allowance made for serving the cure."

Mr. Hort was promoted, in 1718, to the deanery of Cloyne, and rectory of Louth, by the duke of Bolton, lord lieutenant of Ireland. In 1720, he was transferred to the deanery of Ardagh; and thence was presented to the bishopric of Leighlin and Ferns, by the duke of Grafton, lord lieutenant of Ireland, by letters patent, dated the 10th February, 1721. He was also granted the rectory of Killeban. The new prelate was consecrated on the 26th of said month of February, in the church of Castleknock, by the bishops of Meath, Kilmore, Ardagh, and Dromore. George the I. died on the 11th June, 1727,

CHAP. XXIX.

Reign of George, II. A.D. 1727, to A.D. 1760.

George II, succeeded to the throne on the death of George I. By the favour of Lord Carteret, lord lieutenant of Ireland, bishop Hort was translated from Leighlin and Ferns, to the sees of Kilmore and Ardagh, by letters patent, dated 20th July, 1727.

John Hoadley, archdeacon of Salisbury, was promoted to the bishopric of Leighlin and Ferns, by the letter of king George I., dated 3d June, 1727. But the king died before either he or bishop Hort could pass the patents for their respective preferments. He, however, procured the letters patent of George II. dated August the 4th; and was consecrated in St. Patrick's church, Dublin, on the 3d of September following, by William, Archbishop of Dublin, and other assisting prelates. Bishop Hoadley was translated to the archdiocese of Dublin, on the 11th of January, 1729.

Arthur Price was translated to Leighlin and Ferns from the see of Clonfert, by letters patent, dated 26th May, 1729, and thence to the diocese of Meath, on the 4th Feb. 1733.

Edward Synge was translated from the see of Cloyne, to Leighlin and Ferns, by letters patent, dated the 8th February, 1733, The following is a letter from this prelate to Dean Swift:-"Sept. 18, 1738. Sir, a message which I just now received from you by

Mr. Hughes, gives me some hopes of being restored to my old place. Formerly I was your minister in musicis: but when I grew a great man (and by the by,you helped to make me so) you turned me off. If you are pleased again to employ me, I shall be as faithful and observant as ever. I have heard Mr. Hughes sing often at Percival's, and have a good opinion of his judgment: so has Percival, who, in these affairs, is infallible. His voice is not excellent, but will do; and, if I mistake not, he has one good quality, not very common with the musical gentlemen, i. e. he is desirous to improve himself. If Mason and Lamb were of his temper, they would be as fine fellows as they think themselves. I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, EDWARD FERNS."* Bishop Synge was translated to Elphin.

George Stone succeeded, by letters patent, dated 5th June, 1740. He was consecrated at Chapelizod, on the 3rd of August, by the archbishop of Dublin. He was translated to Kildare.

William Cottrell, son of Sir Charles Cottrell, master of the ceremonies, dean of Raphoe, was appointed to the see of Leighlin and Ferns, by letters patent, dated 24th March, 1743. He was consecrated at Christ-church, by the archbishop of Dublin, on the 19th June, 1743. He died in England, on the 21st June, 1744.

Robert Downes succeeded, by letters patent, dated 1st August, 1744, and was consecrated in St. Michael's church, Dublin, by John, Archbishop of Armagh, on 19th August. He was translated to Down and Connor, on the 13th October, 1752.

A new parliament met on the 28th of November, 1727.

MEMBERS.

County of Catherlogh.-Robert Burton, Esq.

Jeffery Paul, Esq.

Borough of Catherlogh.-James Hamilton, Esq.

Richard Wolseley, Esq.

Borough of Old Leighlin.-Thomas Trotter, Esq.

John Beauchamp, Esq.

Parliament again met, on the 23rd of September, 1729.

MEMBERS.

County of Catherlogh.-Robert Burton, Esq.

Richard Butler, Esq.

Borough of Catherlogh.-James Hamilton, Esq.

Richard Wolseley, Esq.

Borough of Old Leighlin.-Thomas Trotter, Esq.

John Beauchamp, Esq.

11th November, 1729.-A complaint being made to the house of a breach of privilege committed by Mr. Charles Callaghan, Thomas Callaghan, Patrick Cummin, Thomas Cummin, John Bourk, Miles Devitt, and John Sheehan, against James Hamilton,

• Hawkesworth's Life of Swift.

Esq. a member of this house, by disturbing him in his possession of the castle-yard of Catherlogh, during the time of privilege.

Ordered-That the matter of the said complaint be referred to the committee of privileges and elections, and that they do examine and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the house.

11th December, 1729.-Ordered-That it be an instruction to the committee of privileges and elections, that they do hear the matter of a breach of privilege complained of to be committed by Mr. Charles Callaghan, and others, against James Hamilton, Esq. a member of this house, on Saturday next.

13th December, 1729.-Ordered-That it be an instruction to the committee of privileges and elections, that they do hear the matter of a breach of privilege, complained of to be committed by Mr. Charles Callaghan and others against James Hamilton, Esq. a member of this house, on Tuesday next.

15th December, 1729. Ordered-That it be an instruction to the committee of privileges and elections, that they do hear the matter of a breach of privilege, complained of to be committed by Mr. Charles Callaghan and others, against James Hamilton, Esq. a member of this house, on Wednesday next, at nine of the clock in the morning.

18th December, 1729.-Dr. Trotter reported from the committee of privileges and elections, that they had heard the matter of a breach of privilege, complained of to be committed by Charles Callaghan, Thomas Callaghan, Patrick Cummin, Thomas Cummin, John Bourk, Miles Devitt, and John Sheehan, against James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house, and had come to several resolutions therein, which he read in his place, and after delivered at the table, where the same were again read, and agreed to by the house, and are as follow:

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that Charles Callaghan is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that Thos. Callaghan is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved--That it is the opinion of this committee, that Patk. Cummin is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that Thomas Cummin is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that John Bourk is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that Miles Devitt is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by James Hamilton, Esq., a member of this house.

Resolved-That it is the opinion of this committee, that John