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Froceedinga of the Royal Irhh Academij. 



Of hts ma*'' survey oe that is 



NOWE IN IeELANDE.^^ 



The surveyor that now is, who was sometymes Syr Jefery Penton's^* 

 man from whom he got the o:ffyce, although he had neuter hyne 

 trayneduppe in the knowleadge helongynge to a surveyor, yet he hath 

 so well surveyed for hymselfe, that wythin thes feew yeares that he 

 cam to hys ofipyce he hath gotten a greater cyrquet of landes (& that 

 wythin one dayes jorny of Dublyne) then all the surveyors that hath 

 byne in Irelande for thes 40 yeares before hym. As he hath used 

 dylygence in gatheryng of landes, so he hath byne as industryous to 

 provide for afterclapes ; for he hath gotten two seu*^all pdons, and 

 amongst other crymes that thes pdons must serve to sheltre I am 

 sure he hath not forgotten for brybery and deceypt. but amongst 

 such offycers as thes, ther is neu'^er a xli that is taken for a brybe 

 but is tenne tymes twenty owt of hys ma*'' cofers. Of hys maS of 

 surveyenge I shall haue after ocasyon to speake of a lyttell, whereby 

 it may apeare what the more hath byne. 



landes 

 recced at 

 4h 10s 

 nowe sur- 

 veyed & 

 passed in 

 fee farme 

 at xviiid P 

 ann. 



How HYS MA*'' REVENUES HAVE 

 BYNE LATELY ImPAYEED IN IeELANDE. 



And allthough for example's sake I shall here but infere a 

 p^sydent or two how hys ma*' hath byne wronged, yet uppon a farther 

 search, ther myght some other matter fall owt that myght gyve lyght 

 for hys Ma*'' profyt : 



I wyll fyrst begyne wyth a mylne scytuat undre the Castell of 

 Dublyne that at thys p*^sent houre & duringe the tyme of a lease for 

 5 yeares yet to com, doth yeld hys Ma*^ iv li x s. str of a small rent, 

 the reu^cyon of whych mylne Syr Eychard Boylle^^ hath now lately 

 passed in fee fearme surveyed at l%d per an. Such ma3 of surveying 

 ther would much more be found owt yf good search wer made. 

 Ther is yet agayne the maS of Monohan sometymes farmed by 



13 Sir William Parsons, 1570-1650, afterwards the well-known Lord Justice 

 of Ireland during the Rebellion, held the office of Surveyor- General from 1602 to 

 his death in 1650. See " Dictionary of National Biography," vol. xliii. 



1* Sir Jeffrey Fenton, 1539-1608, the well-known statesman and author, was 

 Surveyor -General from 1591 to 1602. Vide ibid.^ vol. xviii. 



15 Sir Eichard Boyle, 1566-1643, afterwards the well-known first Earl of Cork. 

 Vide ibid., vol. vi. 



