"Tenth. That the seven thousand acres laid to the city of Derry and town of Coleraine should be in fee farm, at the rent of 53s. 4d.

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

"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.

* Though Coleraine was a sea port, the obstruction created at the mouth of the Bann by the bar, caused Portrush to be used, to a great extent, as the harbour of the port.

"Sixteenth. That the City should have the office of admiralty in the coasts of Tyrconnel 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.

"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.

*

"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.

"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.

"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.

*The origin of this fortalice has not been ascertained, but it was probably erected by the O'Dohertys in the 16th century. It was in the possession of the crown in 1556.

"Twenty-sixth. That the City should have time, during the term of seven years, to make such reasonable demands as time should show 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 first of November then next following, with convenient fortifications, and the rest of the houses, with the fortifications, should be built and perfected by the first of November, 1611."

One part of the said articles was signed by the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor of England, and ten other persons, 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 Common Council, on the behalf of the Mayor and Commonalty.

This agreement being thus executed by the parties, the Court of Common Council 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 Assistants 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 elected and appointed, or thereafter from time to time to be elected and appointed, or any nine of them, whereof the Governor or Deputy for the time being to be one, should have full power and authority to hold and keep a court, and in the same to treat, debate, and determine of all matters and causes concerning the business that to them in their