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was to refuse to sit, under such, until it were decided whether the charters 

 were not sufficient. 



Another source of trouble was the question of the extent of the city 

 liberties in St. Patrick's Street, and in 1608 certain of the assembly were 

 empowered to treat with the Lord Ghancellor,i as to that street, the Coombe, 

 New Street, and St. Kevin's Street being united to the franchise of the city. 

 He agreed to this for his life, for which he was to have £66. 



The civic authorities of the day appear to have been on excellent terms 

 with the representative of the Crown in Ireland, and some instances of 

 civilities and courtesies passing between them are recorded. On the departure 

 of Lord Mountjoy, deputy, in May, 1603, the mayor and aldermen resolved to 

 accompany him to the shore with " heartiest farewell." In September, 1606, 

 a butt of good sack and two hogsheads of Gascon wine were to be selected by 

 a committee for presentation to the Lord Deputy (Sir Arthur Chichester), as 

 an acknowledgment of his furtherance of city affairs. In January, 1611, a 

 committee was again appointed to select a butt of sack, two hogsheads of 

 Gascon wine, and 40 lb. of white sugar in loaves, for presentation to Sir 

 Arthur Chichester on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter.'' Chichester 

 had an only child — a son — who died in infancy ; and there can be no doubt 

 that the bride-elect was one of the daughters of his wife, Lettiee (who was a 

 daughter of Sir John Perrot), by her marriage with Walter Vaughan of 

 Golden Grove, Caermarthen. Jane married Sir Adam Loftus of Eathfarnham; 

 and Elizabeth married Sir Edward Moore, son of the first Viscount Moore, of 

 Drogheda, but which was the bride in January, 1611, in the absence of dates 

 in the pedigrees, it is not possible to decide. 



It is interesting to find that commencements in Trinity College during 

 the earliest celebrations of that now time-honoured function were attended 

 by the Mayor and Corporation of Dublin, presumably in state. In October, 

 1608, an entry states that, it having been found that commencements may be 

 held on a certain day, this would hinder the meeting of the Assembly. 

 It was accordingly resolved to fix it for a later date. 



1 Thomas Jones, archbishop of Dublin. 

 ^ ' An account roll of 1611 in the Public Record Office has a note of the expense of repairing and 

 trimming up the hall of Dublin Castle and other rooms, &c., there, in January of that year, against 

 the marriage feast. 



