"Fourth. They shall inhabit their lands, and build their castles, houses, and bawns, within two years, as the former undertakers.

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Fifth. They shall make certain estates for years or for lives, to their under-tenants, and they shall take no Irish

exactions.

"Sixth.

They shall use tillage and husbandry after the manner of the English pale.”*

“CERTAIN general Propositions to be notified to the Undertakers of all sorts.

"First. That there shall be commissioners appointed for the setting forth of the several proportions, and for the ordering and settling of the Plantation, according to such instructions as shall be given unto them by his Majesty in that behalf.

"Second. That all the said undertakers shall, by themselves, or by such as the states of England or Ireland shall allow of, attend the said commissioners in Ireland, at or before Midsummer next, to receive such directions, touching their Plantations, as shall be thought fit.

“Third. That every undertaker, before the ensealing of his letters patent, shall enter into bond or recognizance, with good sureties to his Majesty's use, in the office of his Majesty's chief remembrancer in England or Ireland, or in his Majesty's exchequer or chancery in Scotland, or else before two of the commissioners to be appointed for the Plantation, to perform the foresaid articles, according to their several distinctions, of building, planting, residence, alienation within five years,

* The limit which divided the possessions of the English settler from those of the native Irish, was called the pale; and the expressions of inhabitants within the pale and without the pale, were the terms by which the two nations were distinguished.

and making of certain estates to their tenants, in this manner, viz. the undertaker of the greatest proportion to become bound in £400, of the middle proportion in £300, and of the least proportion in £200.

"Fourth. That in every of the said counties there shall be a convenient number of market-towns and corporations erected, for the habitation and settling of tradesmen and artificers; and that there shall be one free-school at least, appointed in every county, for the education of youth in learning and religion.

"Fifth. That there shall be a convenient number of parishes and parish churches, with sufficient incumbents in every county; and that the parishioners shall pay all their tithes in kind to the incumbents of the said parish churches."

The before-mentioned conditions appear afterwards to have been formed into a general stipulation, entitled, " Conditions to be observed by the British Undertakers of the escheated Lands in Ulster," consisting of three principal points, viz. first, What the British undertakers shall have of his Majesty's gift; second, What the said undertakers shall, for their parts, perform; and, third, In what manner the said performance should be executed.

These conditions do not vary in substance from the former. It was directed that the lands to be undertaken should be divided into sundry precincts, of different quantity.

Every precinct to be subdivided into proportions of three sorts, great, middle, and small.

The great proportion to contain 2000 English acres at least; the middle, 1500; and the small, 1000 acres at the least. Bog and wood to be allowed to the same, rent free.

The precincts were by name distinguished part for the English and part for the Scottish, as appeared by the table of distributions of the precincts.

Every precinct should be assigned to one principal under

taker and his consort, as would appear by the table of assignation of the precincts.

The chief undertakers should be allowed two middle proportions, if they desired the same; otherwise, no single undertaker was to be allowed above one great proportion.

They were to hold courts baron twice a year, but not oftener; and they were empowered to create tenures in socage, to be holden of themselves.

Timber to be assigned for building during the space of two years; and after that period, every undertaker to hold to his own use the timber and woods remaining upon his own proportion.

The principal undertaker to have one advowson within his precinct, to him and his heirs.

Every undertaker, within three years, to be accounted from Easter then next, was to plant or place, upon a small proportion, the number of twenty-four able men, of the age of eighteen years or upwards, being English or inland Scottish, and so rateably upon the other proportions; which numbers should be reduced into ten families at least, to be settled upon every small proportion, and rateably upon the other proportions, in the following manner, viz, the principal undertaker, and his family, to be settled upon a demesne of three hundred acres; two fee-farmers upon one hundred and twenty acres a piece; three leaseholders for three lives, or ▾ twenty-one years, upon one hundred acres a piece; and upon the residue, being one hundred and sixty acres, four families or more, of husbandmen, artificers, or cottagers, whose portions of land were to be assigned by the principal undertaker, at his discretion.

The tenants of the undertakers to build their houses altogether, and contiguous to the principal mansion, and not to be detached and scattered, in order that they might constitute villages and townships, and be conducive to mutual defence.

The undertakers to take the oath of supremacy, and be conformable to the national religion.

The undertakers, either in person, or by such agents as should be allowed by the councils of the estate of Ireland, or Scotland, respectively, should, before Midsummer-day then next, repair unto the realm of Ireland, to offer themselves to the lord deputy and commissioners for the Plantation, who should take order with the said undertakers for the distribution of the proportions within every precinct, either by agreement or lot, so as every undertaker should know his portion, if the same should not happen to be distributed in England before.

The undertakers should take possession before Michaelmas then next.

The time specified for bringing over into Ireland the families of the undertakers, to be all settled before All-Saints'day, 1611.

The undertakers to take out their letters patent, either in England or Ireland, at their election, before Midsummer then next.

Directions for the buildings to be completed within three

years.

21st July, 1609.-A commission was issued by the crown to Sir Arthur Chichester, Knight, Deputy of Ireland; Thomas, Archbishop of Dublin; Henry, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland; George, Bishop of Derry, Clogher, and Raphoe; Robert, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh; Sir Thomas Ridgway, Knight, Vice Treasurer; Sir Richard Wingfield, Knight, Marshal of the Army; Sir Humphrey Winche, Knight, Chief Justice; Sir John Denham, Knight, Chief Baron, and Master of the Rolls; Sir Oliver St. John, Knight, Master of the Ordnance; Sir Oliver Lambert, Knight; Sir Henry Power, Knight; Sir Gerald Moore, Knight; Sir Adam Loftus, Knt. Privy Councillors;

Sir Richard Cooke, Knight, Principal Secretary of State; Sir John Davis, Knt. Attorney General; William Parsons, Esq. Surveyor General; and George Sexton, Esq. Escheator of Ulster;-who were directed to inquire into the King's title to the several escheated and forfeited lands in Ulster; to whom were given the following instructions, in the name of the King:

"First. That a general care be taken that such orders, conditions, and articles, as have been lately published in print, or are to be printed, or transmitted, touching the Plantation, be observed and put in execution, as well by the commissioners, as by the undertakers.

"Second. That the said commissioners be ready to begin their journey into our province of Ulster, for the execution of their commission, before the end of July next, or sooner if it may be.

"Third. The omissions and defects in the former survey of the escheated lands in Ulster, either for us or the church, are to be supplied and amended by new inquisitions, and the ecclesiastical lands to be distinguished from the lands belonging to the crown.

"Fourth. The counties being divided into several proportions, every proportion is to be bounded out by the known metes and names, with the particular mention both of the number and name of every balliboe, tath, poll, quarter, or the like Irish precinct of land, that is contained in every portion, and to give each portion a proper name to be known by, and in the proportion lying near to the highways, choice is to be made of the most fit seat for undertakers to build upon, in such sort as may best serve for the safety and succour of passengers; and also to allot and set out by mears and bounds, unto every proportion, so much bog and wood over and above his number of acres, as the place, where the proportion shall lay, may conveniently afford, having respect to the adjacent proportions.