should be built, and room to be left for three hundred more; and that four thousand acres, lying on the Derry side, next adjacent to the Derry, should be laid thereunto, bog and barren mountain to be no part thereof, but to go as waste for the City: the same to be done by indifferent commissioners. "Third. Also, that the Bishop and Dean of the Derry should have convenient plots of ground for the scite of their houses at the Derry.

"Fourth. Also, that Coleraine should be situated and built on the abbey side; and that one hundred houses should be built thereon, and room left for two hundred more; and that three thousand acres of land should be laid thereunto, viz. one thousand acres to be taken on the abbey side, next adjacent to the town: and that, if it should please the King's Majesty, at his charges, after some good proceeding in the Plantation, to erect and maintain a bridge in perpetuity for a common passage over the river, between the town and county of Coleraine. Then it was agreed the other two thousand acres to be taken on the other side of the river; otherwise the whole three thousand acres were agreed to be taken on the abbey side, next adjacent to the town of Coleraine.

"Fifth. That the measure and account of land should be after the Balliboes, according to the King's last survey.

"Sixth. That the rest of the territory and entire county of Coleraine, estimated at 12,000 acres, more or less, undertaken by the City, be cleared from all particular interests, except the Bishop and Dean of Derry's inheritance; and except certain portions of land to be assigned unto three or more Irish gentlemen at the most, then dwelling and settled in the county of Coleraine, who were to be freeholders to the City, and to pay them some small rent; the same portions and rent to be limited by commissioners to be indifferently chosen between his Majesty and the City.

"Seventh. That the woods and the ground, and soil of

Glanconkene and Killetrough, extending from the county of Coleraine to Ballinderry, be wholly to the City in perpetuity; the timber trees of those woods to be converted to the furtherance of plantation, and all necessary uses within Ireland, and none to be made merchandize.

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Eighth. That the soil of so much land within, and amongst the woods of Glanconkene and Killetrough, which stood charged as surveyed lands, to be undertaken in like form as the county of Coleraine.

“Ninth. That the City should have the patronage of all the churches, as well within the said city of the Derry and town of Coleraine, as in all lands to be undertaken by them.

"Tenth. That the 7000 acres laid to the city of Derry and town of Coleraine, should be in fee farm, at the rent of 538. 4d.

"Eleventh. That the city of Derry and town of Coleraine, and 7000 acres of land to them, shall be holden of the King in free burgage

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Twelfth. That the residue of the county lands and woods, and all such lands as were to be undertaken, should be holden of the King in common socage.

"Thirteenth. That the customs of all goods imported, or to be exported, poundage, tonnage, the great and small customs, should be enjoyed by the City for the term of 99 years, within the city of the Derry, town and county of Coleraine, and ports and creeks thereof, paying yearly 6s. 8d. to his Majesty as an acknowledgment; and to have the like within the port of Portrush.

"Fourteenth. That the salmon and eel fishing of the rivers of Bann and Lough Foyle, and all other kind of fishing in the river of Lough Foyle, so far as the river floweth ; and in the Bann to Lough Neagh, should be in perpetuity to the City. Fifteenth. That the City should have liberty to transport all prohibited wares growing upon their own lands.

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"Sixteenth. That the City should have the office of admiralty in the coasts of Tyrconnell and Coleraine, and all

the royalties and profits thereunto belonging; and should have their own ships and goods, which should happen to be wrecked at sea in Ballyshannon and Oderfleete, and in all the coasts, ports, and creeks, along and between them, saved and reserved to themselves.

"Seventeenth. That the City should have the like liberty of fishing and fowling upon all that coast as other subjects had; and that it should be lawful for them to draw their nets and pack their fish upon any part of that coast that they fish upon, and carry the same away; and that they have the several fishing and fowling in the city of Derry, and town and county of Coleraine, and all the lands to be undertaken by them; and in the river of Lough Foyle, so far as it floweth, and of the river of Bann unto Lough Neagh.

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Eighteenth. That no flax, hemp, or yarn, unwoven, be carried out of the ports of the Derry and Coleraine, without licence from the city officers; and that no hides be transported raw, without licence, out of those ports.

"Nineteenth. That as well the cities and towns, as the county of Coleraine, be freed from all patents of privileges theretofore granted to any person; and that thereafter no patent of privilege be granted within the said several cities, towns, and county of Coleraine, and other the undertaken lands; and that the said city of Derry, town and county of Coleraine, should be freed from all compositions, and taxes which might be exacted or imposed by the governor or governors of those parts.

"Twentieth. That the City should have the castle of Culmore, and the land thereunto, in fee-farm, they maintaining a sufficient ward of officers therein.

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Twenty-first. That the liberty of the City of Derry and Coleraine should extend three miles every way.

"Twenty-second. That the City should have such further liberties to the Derry and Coleraine, as upon view of the charters of London, the Cinque Ports, and Newcastle-upon

Tyne, or the City of Dublin, should be found fit for those places.

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Twenty-third. That all particular men's interests in the places about the Derry and county of Coleraine, and in other the undertaken lands be cleared and freed to the city, (except as excepted in the sixth article.)

"Twenty-fourth. That sufficient forces should be maintained at the King's charges, for safety of the undertakers, for a convenient time.

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Twenty-fifth. That for settling and securing all things touching the said Plantation, his Majesty would give his royal assent to acts of parliament in England, and the like in Ireland, to pass.

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Twenty-sixth. That the City should have time, during the term of seven years, to make such reasonable demands as time should shew to be needful, but could not presently be foreseen.

"Twenty-seventh. Lastly, that the City should, with all speed, set forward the said Plantation, in such sort as that there should be sixty houses built in Derry, and forty houses in Coleraine, by the 1st of November then next following, with convenient fortifications, and the rest of the houses, with the fortifications, should be built and perfected by the 1st of November, 1611."

One part of the said articles was signed by the Right Honourable Thomas, Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor of England; Robert, Earl of Salisbury, Lord high Treasurer of England; Henry, Earl of Northampton, Lord Privy Seal; Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's household; Edward, Earl of Worcester, Master of his Majesty's Horse; George, Earl of Dunbar; Edward, Lord Zouch; William, Lord Knowles; John, Lord Stanhope: Sir John Herbert, Knight, one of his Majesty's Secretaries; and Sir Julius Caesar, Knight, Chancellor of his Majesty's

Exchequer, being all of the Privy Council; and another part was signed by Sir Henry Montague and sixteen other persons, being the committees appointed by act of CommonCouncil, on the behalf of the Mayor and Commonalty.

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This agreement being thus executed by the parties, the Court ordained, that for the purpose of conducting the said Plantation, a Company should be constituted and established within the City of London, which should consist of one Governor, one Deputy to the Governor, and twenty-four Assistants; and that the Governor, and five of the said Assistants, should be Aldermen of the City of London; and Mr. Recorder, of the City, should likewise be one of the same Assistants; and the Deputy, and the rest of the Assist ants, should be commoners of the same City; which company thenceforward, in every year, should be elected and chosen at the first Common-Council to be held after the Feast of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary; at which time the Deputy, and twelve of the Assistants for the year precedent, might be removed, and one other Deputy, and twelve other Assistants in their steads, should be newly elected, to join with the other twelve Assistants, that were not removed for the year ensuing; and the next year, those that continued the year before might be removed, so that twelve of the Assistants might continue the space of two years.

The Court accordingly appointed the members of the Society, of which William Cockaine, Alderman, and one of the Sheriffs of the City, was Governor, and William Towerson Deputy Governor, and it was ordained, that the said Governor, Deputy Governor, and the Assistants, should continue in their office for one year, beginning at the Feast of the Purification then next ensuing, and that at the next Common Council to be held after the expiration of the said year, the new election of a Governor, Deputy, and Assistants, should be had in form aforesaid, and so from year to year. And the Court further enacted, that the said Company then