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dutyes. The Earle of ormonde hath lately passed landcs to one Walter 

 lawly wherin (as it is sayd) ther hath byne great colusyon used 

 wherby to defraud hys md}\ I myght speake of the Earle of Tomond, 

 & syr Eichard Boylle between whom ther was some covert dealyngc 

 (& as some do thynke counterfeyt dealyng) ; but I my self sawe a 

 rowle of pticulers to be passed that was above vi yardes longe brought 

 undre the Earle of Tomonde's name, but a great pte of the landes well 

 yenough knowne to be syr Richard Boyle's. 



Howsomeeu*^ thys passynge & repassyug of landes hath byne 

 handeled for hys ma*'' benefyt, it hath byne a good mylch cowe to 

 some of hys learned counsayll & no lesse avayllable to hys ma*'" 

 surveyor gen^all. 



How HYS MAti IS OVERBUETHENED WYTH 

 SOME EXPENCES MOKE THAN NEDETn. 



Hys mat' myght be well eased of one charge of 40'^ p an that is 

 payed out of the revenue to the Clarke of the casualtyes,^^ an offyce 

 that was yet never put into executyon nor neu^ dyd the kyng one 

 peny worth of profyt. 



Ther are two other offyces namely the colector of the Impost & 

 the Controuler of the same that haue between them 15i'-- per an for 

 doynge of just nothynge, hys ma*'' imposts of that realme beyng 

 farmed owt, the composytyon is payd to hys ma*'* Treasurer, thos 

 offycers neyther to make nor medle in the matter. 



Ther be yet other offycers as well as some pencyon^s that wyll 

 not com to church & therfore I thynk unworthy of ther payes. but 

 amongst other unnecessary expences wherwyth hys ma^^ is most over 

 burthyned is thys genlralyte of concordatums when it is a matter 

 of ordynary amongst thos that haue great payes and stypendes 

 belongynge to ther places, yet yf they ryde but one daye Jorny to do 



The office of Clerk of the Casualties, or collector of the casual profits of the 

 Crown in Ireland, was created in 1579, in favour of Sir Edward "Waterhouse, an 

 eminent official of his day. Waterhouse was succeeded in loQ-t by Ludovic 

 Bryskett, the poet. In 1603, " Mr. Bryskett being proved by inquisition not to have 

 duly exercised this office either by himself or his deputy," one Thomas Hibbotts 

 was appointed at a fee of £40 English, " until the King should think fit by reason 

 of his care and pains to increase his salary." Hibbotts was succeeded in 1613 by 

 one Christopher Conway, who appears to have been the last occupant of this 

 sinecure. Vide " Liber Munerum," vol. i., part ii., p. 143. 



22 In the ''Anothomy" this sura is stated at £90. I can find no record of 

 these offices. 



