THE
CASE
OF
William
Eyres
Esq.
Concerning
his
Estate
in
Ireland
,
truly
stated
,
and
Humbly
Presented
to
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
and
both
Houses
of
Parliament
.
CAlcot
Chambre
Esq
being
seized
in
Fee
of
the
half
Barony
of
Shelelah
with
the
Castle
of
Carnow
,
and
Appurtenances
thereunto
belonging
,
in
the
County
of
Wicklow
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
;
conteyning
of
Arable
,
Pasture
,
Meadows
,
and
Wood-lands
,
about
sixty
thousand
Acres
.
Fearing
the
profuseness
of
his
Son
,
made
a
Lease
of
the
same
,
Anno.
1629.
To
James
Fines
,
Nathaniel
Fines
,
and
John
Crew
,
Esq
for
two
hundred
years
without
Impeachment
of
wast
,
in
trust
for
payment
of
his
Debts
and
Legacies
;
and
afterwards
to
such
uses
as
he
should
declare
by
any
further
Deed
,
or
by
his
last
Will
and
Testament
;
and
for
default
of
such
Declaration
to
the
use
of
his
own
right
Heirs
.
The
said
Calcot
Chambre
Anno.
1635.
Made
his
last
Will
,
and
gave
all
his
said
Lands
to
his
only
Son
Calcot
Chambre
;
as
also
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
:
and
made
his
said
Son
Sole
Executor
,
and
dyed
.
After
whose
death
,
the
said
Trustees
possest
themselves
of
the
Premises
,
and
would
have
let
a
Lease
thereof
to
one
Sandford
for
three
years
,
for
payment
of
the
Deceased's
Debts
and
Legacies
;
and
to
allow
Young
Chambre
300
ll.
per
Annum
for
those
three
years
,
and
then
to
account
and
deliver
up
the
Estate
to
him
:
For
this
Sandford
Marrying
Old
Chambre's
Daughter
did
manage
the
Estate
in
his
time
,
and
therefore
the
Trustees
thought
him
the
fitter
to
manage
it
now
for
the
Young
Man
.
The
rather
for
that
the
greater
part
of
the
said
Debts
and
Legacies
was
due
to
him
and
his
Brother
in
Law
the
Lord
Brobson
,
since
Earl
of
Meeth
,
who
Married
Old
Chambre's
other
Daughter
.
That
Thomas
late
Earl
of
Strafford
then
Lord
Deputy
of
Ireland
,
being
by
some
ill
Persons
put
upon
coveting
this
Estate
,
(
which
was
,
and
is
,
as
considerable
as
most
in
that
Kingdom
)
prevented
the
Trustees
in
these
their
honest
Intentions
,
and
at
last
got
the
same
into
his
own
hands
,
or
in
trust
for
him
,
by
the
means
and
Practices
following
.
The
aforesaid
Young
Chambre
being
come
to
Dublin
with
his
Wife
to
take
Shipping
for
England
to
live
with
his
Father
in
Law
Esq
Lester
in
Cheshire
,
and
there
abide
'till
the
aforesaid
three
years
were
expired
,
was
by
the
subtilty
of
the
Earl
of
Straffora's
Agents
perswaded
not
to
go
Aboard
that
night
,
but
use
means
to
get
his
Brother
Sandford
out
of
the
Estate
,
or
else
he
would
be
undone
:
And
that
he
should
Arrest
his
Brother
Sandford
for
seven
thousand
Pounds
,
which
he
was
to
give
an
account
for
in
his
Fathers
time
:
But
the
morning
following
Chambre
himself
was
made
a
Prisoner
for
the
mourning
for
his
Fathers
Funeral
;
and
Sandford
hearing
of
it
,
Posted
to
Dublin
to
pay
the
Debt
:
But
the
before
mentioned
Agents
met
him
as
soon
as
he
came
,
and
told
him
if
he
went
to
his
Brother
he
would
be
Arrested
for
seven
thousand
Pounds
.
Upon
which
Sandford
,
being
much
troubled
,
went
back
and
took
counsel
of
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
seeming
his
great
Friend
,
whom
he
did
not
suspect
to
have
any
design
upon
the
Estate
:
and
he
advised
instead
of
releasing
his
Brother
,
to
clap
another
Arrest
upon
him
for
a
thousand
Pounds
Legacy
that
his
Father
gave
him
.
When
this
was
done
,
the
Earl
caused
Sir
Philip
Persival
,
and
others
,
to
make
a
Proposal
;
that
the
said
Sir
Philip
might
have
a
Lease
of
22
years
of
Chambres
Estate
,
for
the
use
of
the
Countess
of
Carlile
,
paying
4000.
l.
Fine
,
and
500.
per
Annum
;
and
the
third
Penny
profit
of
the
Wood
And
in
order
to
this
,
the
said
Agents
perswaded
Chambre
to
Petition
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
that
the
Lease
the
Trustees
would
make
to
Sandford
might
not
go
on
;
but
that
this
Lease
proffered
by
Sir
Philip
might
be
perfected
,
that
he
might
receive
the
4000.
l.
to
pay
his
Fathers
Debts
and
Legacies
,
and
get
out
of
Prison
.
As
soon
as
ever
the
Earl
of
Strafford
received
the
Petition
,
he
transmitted
it
to
England
to
the
late
King
and
Counsel
;
and
enclosed
it
in
a
Letter
to
Secretary
Nickolas
,
seeming
to
commiserate
the
condition
of
the
Prisoner
,
and
troubled
that
they
being
out
of
his
reach
,
he
could
not
redeem
the
poor
Man
;
and
therefore
desired
that
the
Trustees
might
be
Summoned
before
the
King
and
Counsel
,
to
answer
the
Petition
;
or
else
to
be
sent
over
into
Ireland
,
that
he
might
take
a
course
with
them
,
and
the
Defendant
Sandford
,
that
the
Prisoner
might
be
released
.
Hereupon
the
Trustees
were
immediately
sent
for
to
Counsel-Board
to
yeild
to
the
Lease
propounded
to
Persival
;
who
alledging
that
they
were
letting
a
Lease
to
Sandford
,
Brother
in
Law
to
the
Petitioner
,
that
was
much
more
advantagious
to
the
Petitioner
,
than
that
propounded
by
Persival
.
The
King
and
Counsel
made
an
Order
,
that
the
business
should
be
wholly
remitted
to
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
to
perfect
that
Lease
for
the
Countess
of
Carlisle
(
which
was
in
truth
for
himself
,
as
did
afterwards
appear
:
)
Or
make
any
other
better
Bargain
for
the
good
of
the
Petitioner
;
declaring
the
Earl
of
Strafford
should
by
a
Decree
in
Chancery
inforce
the
Trustees
,
to
assent
to
what
Bargain
he
should
make
with
the
said
Countess
,
or
others
,
so
far
as
did
concern
their
trust
for
twenty
two
years
.
And
farther
,
that
the
Earl
should
provide
by
such
Decree
,
to
preserve
the
Inheritance
,
according
to
the
intent
of
Old
Chambre
;
(
which
was
,
that
the
trust
should
continue
in
them
200
years
:
for
he
made
a
power
in
the
Lease
to
revoke
it
,
but
never
did
it
;
so
that
it
is
the
general
Judgement
of
Counsel
,
that
the
Lease
is
still
in
being
,
and
distinct
from
the
Inheritance
.
)
Calcot
Chambre
being
informed
what
order
the
Earl
of
Strafford
had
received
Petitions
again
to
him
and
the
Counsel
,
that
the
Lease
propounded
by
Persivall
might
not
be
made
good
,
for
he
could
have
a
great
deal
better
bargain
.
At
the
Reading
of
which
,
his
Brother
in
Law
the
Lord
Brobson
being
one
of
the
Counsel
,
desired
,
seeing
his
Brother
must
be
forced
to
Lett
his
Estate
to
pay
his
Debts
,
that
the
King
and
Counsels
Order
might
be
fulfilled
,
and
the
best
Bargain
accepted
of
;
The
most
of
his
Fathers
Debts
being
due
to
him
who
there
offered
to
have
the
Lease
of
22
years
,
and
give
his
Brother
5000
l.
Fine
,
and
600
ll.
per
An.
And
half
the
Profits
of
the
Wood
:
whereas
Persivall
would
give
but
4000
ll.
fine
and
500
ll.
per
An.
and
the
third
penny
profit
of
the
Woods
:
so
that
here
was
above
ten
thousand
pounds
profit
,
better
than
that
of
Persivalls
;
For
there
was
above
two
thousand
pounds
a
year
made
of
the
Woods
,
besides
a
thousand
pounds
a
year
of
an
Iron
work
upon
the
Ground
:
Yet
,
notwithstand
Strafford
had
the
Kings
Order
to
make
the
best
Bargain
for
the
Petitioner
,
he
refused
this
of
the
Lord
Brobsons
,
and
causeth
that
of
Persivals
to
be
perfected
by
a
special
Order
of
him
and
his
Counsel
:
Then
Sandford
was
turned
out
,
and
the
Earle
of
Straffords
Agents
got
possession
of
the
Premises
:
Yet
still
Chambre
was
deteyned
a
Prisoner
,
though
Sandford
and
others
Released
him
;
but
many
came
against
him
with
Paper
Petitions
to
the
Earle
of
Strafford
,
insomuch
Mr.
Chambre
could
scarce
get
Victuals
,
and
often
Petitioned
to
the
Earle
of
Strafford
that
the
4000
ll.
Fine
might
be
paid
,
that
he
might
be
able
to
pay
his
Debts
and
go
out
of
Prison
;
upon
which
,
the
Earle
causes
an
Agent
to
go
to
him
,
and
tell
him
the
4000
ll.
would
not
pay
his
Debts
,
and
perswaded
him
to
sell
the
Reversion
of
the
Estate
,
and
he
should
have
13
thousand
200
pounds
for
it
:
that
is
to
say
,
1200
pounds
in
hand
to
help
to
pay
his
Debts
,
and
with
the
other
twelve
thousand
pounds
the
Earle
would
Purchase
him
a
better
Estate
than
his
was
:
But
Chambre
alledging
he
could
not
sell
it
because
of
the
Lease
of
two
hundred
years
,
was
kept
closer
Prisoner
than
before
,
and
forced
to
Petition
to
the
Earle
,
that
the
Cook
might
be
paid
that
he
might
have
Victuals
.
And
some
of
the
Earls
Agents
came
often
unto
him
in
Prison
to
make
him
merry
and
cheerful
;
and
then
when
they
found
him
a
little
yielding
to
the
Earls
desires
,
he
should
be
sent
for
to
Dine
with
him
at
the
Castle
,
and
sometimes
let
him
out
of
Prison
,
and
then
one
pretended
Debt
or
other
clapt
him
up
again
;
insomuch
that
he
was
brought
into
such
misery
that
he
was
willing
to
yield
to
the
Earls
desire
,
If
his
Wife
would
:
Then
the
Earle
sent
a
Messenger
to
his
Wife
,
desiring
her
that
she
would
pass
a
Fine
and
Recovery
,
that
her
Husband
might
sell
his
Estate
and
come
out
of
Prison
;
but
she
refusing
,
was
threatned
,
and
her
Husband
kept
close
Prisoner
,
that
she
,
nor
any
else
should
come
at
him
,
though
she
six
times
Petitioned
to
see
him
,
but
could
not
be
admitted
,
'till
he
falling
often
into
Convulsion
Fits
,
the
Keeper
thinking
he
would
have
died
,
went
to
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
told
him
that
Mr.
Chambre
had
a
desire
to
see
his
Wife
,
and
if
she
did
not
see
him
speedily
,
she
would
never
see
him
alive
;
upon
which
he
sent
his
Gentleman
to
go
along
with
her
,
and
three
other
men
went
into
his
Chamber
with
her
,
which
are
all
sworn
to
what
followeth
,
That
he
lay
upon
the
Table
on
his
belly
as
good
as
dead
,
and
they
setting
him
upon
his
Breech
,
pouring
some
Spirits
,
and
rubbing
his
Temples
,
he
began
to
look
up
,
and
his
Wife
weeping
,
said
Husband
,
how
dost
thou
do
:
Wife
,
said
he
,
I
am
kept
here
for
a
Bargain
:
prethe
Husband
,
replyed
she
,
pardon
me
,
for
it
is
my
fault
I
would
not
pass
a
Fine
of
Recovery
:
but
rather
than
I
will
be
an
Instrument
to
thy
death
,
I
will
Signe
it
.
Upon
which
words
the
Gentleman
returned
to
the
Earl
,
and
told
him
he
must
strike
whilest
the
Irons
were
hot
,
for
now
she
was
willing
:
So
a
Fine
was
perfected
upon
these
words
only
,
and
a
Deed
Sealed
by
Chambres
for
the
Reversion
only
to
four
persons
,
Carpenter
,
Car
,
Little
,
and
Billingsly
,
for
13
thousand
two
hundred
pounds
,
when
the
Estate
was
worth
above
Six
score
thousand
;
for
the
Lands
would
be
worth
,
within
4
or
5
years
time
,
when
the
old
Leases
expired
,
5
or
six
thousand
pounds
per
Ann.
and
at
that
time
the
Wood
upon
the
Estate
was
worth
a
hundred
thousand
pounds
,
the
Earl
of
Corke
having
proffered
(
but
a
year
before
Old
Chambre's
death
)
Threescore
thousand
pounds
for
the
Timber
Trees
upon
the
Land
.
But
how
Wood
,
and
Land
,
and
all
must
go
for
Thirteen
thousand
two
hundred
pounds
,
and
even
of
that
Money
,
none
was
ever
yet
paid
,
except
one
Five
hundred
pounds
,
which
I
think
was
to
Chambres
of
Minmore
,
for
to
relinquish
all
his
Right
in
the
Premises
,
so
much
being
given
him
by
Old
Mr.
Chambres
Will
,
to
Relinquish
all
Rights
,
and
Claimes
in
the
Premises
.
And
the
Earl
of
Strafford
made
above
30
thousand
pounds
out
of
the
Profits
of
the
Estate
in
four
years
time
,
before
the
Rebellion
broak
forth
in
Ireland
,
as
hath
been
proved
by
many
Witnesses
.
Whereby
appears
how
well
the
Kings
Order
before
mentionod
was
observed
,
that
the
best
Bargain
should
be
made
to
preserve
the
Estate
,
&c.
This
being
done
,
the
said
Chambre
was
set
at
Liberty
,
but
coming
into
the
fresh
Air
,
and
a
full
Dyet
,
he
lived
not
long
after
,
leaving
two
Children
,
a
Son
,
(
that
dyed
soon
after
him
)
and
a
Daughter
.
But
before
his
Death
,
viz.
the
7th
of
Aug.
1638.
he
makes
his
last
Will
and
Testament
,
bequeathing
all
his
Lands
to
Mary
his
Wife
,
for
12
years
,
the
Remainder
one
Moiety
to
his
said
Wife
,
during
her
life
,
the
other
Moiety
to
his
Heirs-Male
,
and
for
want
of
an
Heir-Male
,
to
his
Uncle
Chambre
of
Minmore
,
and
his
Heirs-male
for
ever
:
And
2000
ll.
to
his
Daughter
:
And
makes
his
Wife
sole
Executrix
,
and
expressly
gave
her
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
:
By
which
she
became
Entituled
to
the
Lease
of
200
years
,
and
the
13200
ll.
agreed
to
be
given
for
the
Reversion
of
the
Premises
.
But
Chambre
thus
dying
,
without
having
Signed
any
Deed
to
lead
the
uses
of
the
said
Fine
,
the
Lord
Deputy
,
apprehending
he
had
not
yet
made
the
Estate
secure
,
by
his
Agents
sets
up
a
Nuncupative
Will
of
the
said
Chambre
,
and
a
Deed
of
Uses
thereupon
,
bearing
Date
the
3d
of
Novemb.
with
Feoffees
joyning
with
the
said
Chambre
:
that
is
to
say
,
Ralph
Lester
,
Job
Ward
,
Calcot
Chambre
of
Minmore
,
Esq
pretended
to
be
made
his
Feoffees
by
a
Deed
in
his
Life
time
,
and
a
Lease
,
and
Release
dated
the
same
day
under
Chambre
of
Carnow's
hand
only
,
of
all
the
Lands
and
Appurtinences
absolutely
,
whereas
the
said
Chambre
in
truth
did
perfect
in
his
Life
time
only
one
Deed
Dated
the
2d
of
Novemb.
which
was
only
of
the
Reversion
,
and
without
any
Feoffees
joyning
:
And
these
After-deeds
were
set
up
only
to
make
the
business
plausible
on
the
Earls
side
.
For
the
same
3d
of
Novemb.
Carpenter
,
Car
,
Little
,
and
Billingsly
made
a
Deed
back
to
Calcot
Chambre
of
Carnow
,
and
to
Lester
,
Ward
and
Chambre
of
Linmore
and
their
Heirs
of
all
their
Right
and
Title
,
till
the
Deed
of
Uses
,
or
Articles
of
Agreement
were
made
good
by
Carpenter
,
Car
,
Little
,
and
Billingsly
,
but
all
to
the
uses
of
the
Nuncupative
Will
:
so
that
if
we
own
these
Deeds
,
we
must
own
that
(
which
is
false
)
and
if
we
Sue
Carpenter
,
&c.
who
Purchased
of
Chambre
,
they
Answer
,
they
Reconvey'd
all
the
Right
they
Purchased
,
and
we
may
seize
the
Lands
for
not
making
good
the
Articles
,
and
renounce
all
Title
.
In
which
lies
the
grand
Intrigue
of
the
Fraud
.
But
to
the
end
if
one
Device
would
not
serve
,
another
might
,
the
Earl
about
Trinity
Term
13
Car.
Prim.
caused
a
Case
,
commonly
called
the
Case
of
Tenures
upon
defective
Titles
to
be
made
,
without
Jury
or
Tryal
,
or
consent
of
Parties
,
or
other
legal
process
,
and
procured
the
opinion
of
the
Judges
of
England
,
and
Letters
Pattents
:
wherein
(
amongst
others
)
this
Estate
of
Shalelaw
is
mentioned
,
as
a
defective
Title
(
though
it
never
were
so
;
as
by
inquisition
upon
Record
appears
)
and
upon
that
he
obtained
an
Act
of
Parliament
in
Ireland
in
1640.
(
As
is
pretended
by
the
now
Earl
of
Strafford
)
for
confirmation
of
Estates
on
defective
Titles
;
amongst
which
this
was
again
inserted
:
But
this
Act
was
never
Recorded
;
for
before
he
obtained
the
Royal
Assent
he
was
put
to
Death
.
But
before
that
,
the
Trustees
in
the
Lease
of
200
years
by
vexation
and
practise
were
prevailed
upon
to
Assign
the
said
Lease
(
contrary
to
their
trust
,
and
without
Chambre's
Widdow
joyning
with
them
)
to
two
Persons
for
the
use
of
Carpenter
,
Carr
,
and
others
:
But
it
was
upon
condition
that
the
13200
l.
should
be
paid
,
or
laid
out
for
purchasing
Land
of
Inheritance
according
to
the
aforesaid
Articles
.
Which
Articles
were
to
be
performed
in
1645.
but
were
never
made
good
,
nor
can
be
.
True
it
is
in
the
time
of
the
Suits
with
the
Trustees
,
the
Earl
of
Strafford
pretended
for
to
purchase
a
place
,
called
the
Rannalaws
of
Sir
Adam
Loftus
,
which
was
Plantation
Land
,
taken
from
the
Irish
in
Ireland
,
and
given
to
several
men
,
upon
commission
of
Grace
,
and
no
real
Inheritance
,
according
to
the
Articles
:
and
the
Purchase
was
but
a
Lease
of
five
hundred
years
,
to
the
use
of
Mr.
Chambre
,
and
the
aforesaid
Trustees
,
which
was
mentioned
in
the
said
Articles
,
for
such
damages
as
they
should
sustain
,
till
the
Articles
of
agreement
was
made
good
,
on
Carpenter
and
Cars
part
.
And
also
the
Lease
of
five
hundred
years
,
was
for
the
use
of
Carpenter
and
Car
till
the
other
should
be
made
good
the
Articles
on
their
part
.
The
Earl
of
Strafford's
Agents
pretend
they
have
laid
out
ten
thousand
Pounds
for
it
,
but
they
laid
it
out
without
our
assent
;
for
the
Land
was
never
worth
five
thousand
Pounds
,
as
it
appeared
by
many
Witnesses
:
and
the
said
Mary
Chambre
the
Relict
(
then
Married
to
Job
Ward
)
was
put
into
Possession
of
it
,
not
knowing
where
else
to
go
;
and
injoyed
it
one
year
,
before
the
Rebellion
broke
out
,
as
part
of
security
of
the
twelve
thousand
Pounds
,
which
should
be
laid
out
for
Land
of
Inheritance
.
It
is
to
be
noted
,
that
all
this
while
,
the
real
Will
in
Writing
of
Chambre
was
not
discovered
,
he
having
intrusted
it
with
Mr.
Guttridge
then
Minister
of
Carnow
;
who
in
the
year
1640.
proved
the
said
Will
,
and
Mary
the
Relict
came
in
Person
and
Administred
to
it
;
and
then
tho
Nuncupative
Will
was
thrown
out
of
Court
,
although
she
was
forced
to
Administer
to
it
a
year
before
:
And
the
Earl
of
Strafford
had
spent
above
500.
l.
in
the
maintaining
of
it
in
Law
;
but
when
this
was
done
,
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
his
Agents
,
was
at
a
stand
,
because
all
the
false
Deeds
and
the
Articles
of
agreement
upon
which
the
Trustees
signed
away
their
trust
;
and
whatsoever
was
done
upon
the
nuncupidie
Will
,
was
void
and
out
of
doors
:
And
Job
Ward
and
his
Wife
had
all
the
Deeds
and
Writings
and
the
Lease
of
200
years
(
that
was
resigned
up
by
Mr.
Crew
)
in
their
own
hands
,
and
none
were
delivered
to
the
Earl
of
Strafford
or
his
Agents
;
because
the
proving
of
the
real
Will
had
hindered
any
farther
proceedings
at
present
.
And
in
the
time
of
the
Rebellion
Job
Ward
and
his
Wife
was
turned
out
of
the
Ranalows
by
the
Rebbells
,
and
came
into
England
and
lived
some
years
.
and
Job
Ward
dyed
.
And
in
the
year
1647.
William
Eyres
Marries
the
Widdow
;
by
which
Marriage
all
the
Writing
and
proceedings
in
the
cause
abovesaid
,
came
to
his
hands
;
and
also
the
Lease
of
200
years
,
and
the
Estate
therein
:
but
by
deceit
and
subtilty
he
was
deprived
of
them
,
and
many
of
them
came
into
the
now
Earl
of
Strafford's
hands
,
and
his
Agents
.
For
,
By
the
means
of
the
said
Eyres
often
Imprisonment
opposing
Oliver
Cromwel
in
his
Arbittrary
power
,
and
the
death
of
the
late
King
of
blessed
Memory
,
the
said
Eyres
being
a
close
Prisoner
in
Warwick
Castle
in
the
year
1649.
Judge
Advocate
Whale
,
being
a
Servant
to
Mrs.
Chambre
in
Ireland
(
which
was
become
William
Eyres
his
Wife
)
he
perswaded
her
to
make
Colonel
James
Temple
his
Daughters
Guardian
;
for
Cromwel
would
sequester
her
Estate
,
because
of
her
Husbands
Actions
:
whose
pernicious
advice
she
took
,
and
also
trusted
the
said
Temple
with
most
of
the
Writings
concerning
the
Estate
,
upon
his
promise
,
to
restore
her
Daughter
,
and
Writings
,
upon
demand
:
But
the
said
Eyres
and
his
Wife
in
the
year
1650.
demanded
the
Daughter
,
and
Writings
,
which
he
refused
to
deliver
;
and
contrary
to
his
promises
Inveigles
the
Daughter
to
marry
with
his
youngest
Son
Alexander
:
and
the
said
Eyres
,
the
latter
end
of
the
year
1650.
went
into
Ireland
to
look
after
his
Estate
,
in
the
right
of
his
Wife
;
and
the
then
Lord
Ierton
,
being
informed
by
most
of
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
,
of
the
wrong
done
to
Mr.
Chambre
,
the
said
Eyres
,
his
predicessor
by
the
late
Earl
of
Strafford
,
did
,
by
the
advice
of
the
then
Counsel
put
the
said
Eyres
in
possession
of
the
said
Chambre's
Estate
with
the
Castle
of
Carnow
,
which
the
said
Eyres
held
several
years
;
but
being
made
Prisoner
again
,
by
Cromwel
,
for
many
years
together
.
The
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
Colonel
James
Temple
,
and
his
Son
Alexander
and
his
Wife
,
taking
the
opportunity
of
Eyre's
Imprisonment
,
combined
together
,
and
commenced
many
Suits
to
out
him
of
the
half
Barony
of
Shelela
,
of
which
he
was
in
possession
,
and
entertained
one
Mr.
Joseph
Avery
to
prosecute
both
their
Suits
against
him
;
and
trusted
him
with
the
Writings
,
which
Old
Temple
had
betrayed
Eyres
of
.
And
also
delivered
the
Lease
of
200
years
in
to
my
Lord
Crews
hands
(
who
was
one
of
the
Trustees
)
who
hath
sworn
he
hath
the
Lease
still
by
him
;
and
shall
deliver
it
,
to
whom
a
Court
shall
command
.
The
first
Suit
the
said
Avery
,
and
the
Earl
of
Strafford
his
Agents
commenced
,
was
in
the
behalf
of
the
Countess
of
Carlile
for
the
Lease
aforesaid
for
22
years
;
yet
had
not
paid
a
Penny
Rent
,
nor
any
profit
of
the
Wood
,
according
to
the
tenour
of
the
Lease
;
upon
which
the
Lease
was
forfeited
:
yet
they
commenced
many
Suits
several
years
,
to
weary
out
the
said
Eyres
,
as
he
was
a
Prisoner
:
and
also
commenced
a
Suit
against
the
said
Eyres
,
and
Calcot
Chambre
of
Minmore
,
who
did
pretend
to
be
Heir
Male
to
the
Estate
,
according
to
the
tenour
of
Young
Chambre's
Will
of
Carnow
:
And
in
the
year
1657.
all
the
Suits
of
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
his
Agents
,
came
to
a
full
hearing
:
and
after
five
days
debate
,
from
morning
to
night
,
before
Chancellor
(
Steel
)
who
did
then
Judge
,
that
the
Inheritance
might
belong
to
the
Earl
of
Strafford
;
because
of
the
fine
and
recovery
past
,
although
it
were
surreptitiously
gained
;
and
the
Heir
Male
went
forth
of
the
Court
,
and
refused
to
make
out
his
Title
;
but
the
Court
Judged
that
the
Lease
of
200
years
did
belong
to
William
Eyre
,
in
the
right
of
his
Wife
;
and
therefore
did
dismiss
the
Countess
of
Carlile
,
and
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
all
his
Agents
,
with
their
Suits
,
that
had
been
four
or
five
years
standing
in
several
Courts
;
and
did
declare
,
that
the
said
Eyres
should
be
kept
still
in
Possession
,
in
the
right
of
his
Wife
(
the
Lease
of
200
years
belonging
unto
him
.
)
Whereupon
the
Earl
of
Strafford's
Agents
produced
the
before-mentioned
Act
of
Parliament
,
for
the
strengthening
of
defective
Titles
,
upon
his
Majesty's
Commission
of
Grace
of
400
and
odd
Mannours
(
amongst
which
)
Shelelah
,
and
Chambres
Estate
,
was
foysted
in
,
with
a
defective
Title
;
upon
which
Chancellor
Steel
deferred
his
Jubgement
,
till
the
next
Term
,
expecting
the
said
Eyres
,
and
his
Wifes
Cross-Bill
,
would
come
to
a
hearing
.
By
the
next
Term
the
Earl
of
Strafford
,
and
all
his
Agents
put
in
a
Plea
to
the
said
Eyres
,
and
his
Wifes
Bill
,
renouncing
all
Titles
,
and
Claims
whatsoever
,
declared
by
the
said
Bill
.
And
did
challenge
the
Estate
,
by
the
Act
of
Parliament
for
strengthening
defective
Titles
;
upon
which
,
though
it
never
had
the
Royal
Assent
,
nor
was
Recorded
Judge
Steel
made
a
Decree
,
that
the
Earl
of
Strafford
should
enjoy
the
Possession
of
the
Estate
,
not
upon
any
Title
,
but
only
by
that
Act
;
and
declares
in
his
Decree
,
there
is
nothing
to
be
considered
but
that
:
That
is
,
whether
it
be
a
defective
Title
or
not
,
and
gave
the
Earl
of
Strafford
Possession
,
till
he
was
outed
by
due
course
of
Law
,
or
farther
order
of
the
Court
:
And
did
publickly
blame
Eyres's
Counsel
,
for
not
bringing
his
Cross-Bill
to
hearing
,
with
the
Earl
of
Strafford's
Suits
;
and
told
them
that
there
was
speaking
of
a
Will
,
and
an
Inquisition
,
to
prove
that
the
Estate
was
no
defective
Title
;
and
he
did
believe
there
were
such
things
:
but
they
had
not
appeared
Judicially
before
him
,
and
advised
the
said
Eyres
to
Appeal
to
a
Parliament
,
who
would
undoubtedly
do
him
right
in
the
thing
,
which
he
being
of
an
Inferiour
Court
,
had
not
power
to
do
.
But
the
said
Eyres
being
,
at
that
time
,
a
Prisoner
by
Cromwel's
order
,
for
opposing
the
death
of
the
late
King
aforesaid
,
could
not
look
after
his
business
:
And
was
not
released
,
until
Richard
Cromwel
was
turned
out
,
and
Ludlow
sent
over
by
the
Long-parliament
into
Ireland
:
And
within
half
a
year
afterwards
was
made
Prisoner
again
for
this
occasion
(
as
followeth
)
His
Majesty
being
to
be
Proclaimed
in
Ireland
in
the
year
1660.
on
the
18th
.
of
May
,
the
aforesaid
Eyres's
Wife
,
desired
that
she
might
rejoyce
with
her
Tenants
for
the
Restauration
of
His
Majesty
on
the
day
aforesaid
;
and
invited
six
or
seven
hundred
People
to
Feast
,
and
ordered
the
said
Eyres's
Servants
to
carry
ten
Wain-load
of
Wood
to
a
Hill
,
to
make
a
great
Bone-fire
.
But
the
subtilty
of
his
Adversaries
who
were
in
Possession
of
his
Estate
prevented
it
,
that
they
might
the
more
craftily
prevent
the
said
Eyres
for
Appealing
to
the
Parliament
in
Ireland
for
recovering
the
Lease
of
200
years
abovesaid
:
And
to
that
purpose
,
imploying
a
particular
Agent
,
one
Floid
a
Welsh-man
,
to
pry
into
the
said
Eyres's
Actions
;
he
brought
fained
complaints
against
him
(
whereof
one
was
that
if
they
did
not
fetch
the
said
Eyres
away
before
the
18th
day
,
he
would
be
the
head
of
a
great
Army
to
oppose
the
coming
in
of
the
King
;
whereupon
immediately
the
Counsel
of
State
sent
five
Troops
of
Horse
and
took
the
said
Eyres
out
of
his
Bed
,
and
carryed
him
Prisoner
to
Dublin
Castle
,
where
he
was
most
cruelly
handled
for
sometime
:
afterwards
hurried
(
from
Prison
to
Prison
)
above
Ten
years
space
,
and
sometimes
neither
Meat
nor
Drink
suffered
to
come
at
him
,
but
what
was
given
in
by
stealth
at
a
hole
made
under
the
door
for
the
Cat
to
go
in
and
out
:
And
the
Marshal
being
demanded
by
the
Prisoners
and
others
,
the
reason
of
so
great
Cruelty
afflicted
upon
the
said
Eyres
,
his
Answer
was
,
that
his
Command
was
so
strick
that
he
did
not
dare
to
do
otherwise
;
And
did
declare
often
that
he
had
an
Order
to
Starve
the
said
Eyres
:
At
which
time
,
all
persons
whatsoever
were
prohibited
for
coming
at
him
.
And
his
Wife
was
not
suffered
to
come
to
him
,
yet
at
the
same
time
some
were
admitted
to
serve
him
with
Subpena's
,
to
answer
a
Bill
in
Chancery
,
through
the
Combination
of
Alixander
Temple
,
and
the
now
Earl
of
Straffords
Agents
:
And
for
Contempt
to
the
Court
,
Chancellor
Hustes
grants
an
Injunction
,
and
turns
the
said
Eyres
Wife
and
his
Family
out
of
doors
of
the
Rannalaws
too
,
and
they
had
utterly
Perished
if
good
people
had
not
Relieved
them
,
although
the
said
Eyres
his
Counsel
did
proffer
his
Oath
that
the
said
Eyres
did
not
make
any
Contempt
,
neither
was
he
in
any
Capacity
so
to
do
:
Upon
which
Injunction
the
said
Eyres
and
his
Family
hath
been
ever
since
kept
out
of
the
Possession
of
the
said
Rannalows
,
which
was
pretended
to
be
Purchased
for
the
use
of
Mr.
Chambre
aforesaid
,
which
Purchase
was
but
a
Lease
of
500
years
,
and
belongs
really
to
the
said
Eyres
in
the
Right
of
his
Wife
.
But
by
Reason
of
the
above-said
Combination
,
The
aforesaid
Eyres
,
nor
any
one
of
his
Family
hath
not
since
Received
one
penny
profit
thereof
to
this
day
,
that
he
knows
of
:
For
his
Wife
Fainted
in
the
Streets
of
Dublin
(
for
Want
and
Died
)
Crying
out
her
Daughter
had
broke
her
Heart
since
Eyres
Releasement
out
of
Prison
;
And
the
said
Temple
&
his
Wife
have
the
Benefit
of
all
that
the
Earl
of
Strafford
was
to
give
for
the
Inheritance
of
Shelala
,
except
one
Five
hundred
pounds
paid
to
Chambre
of
Minmore
;
although
in
truth
the
whole
13
thousand
two
hundred
pounds
which
was
to
be
given
for
Shelela
,
did
belong
to
William
Eyre
in
Right
of
his
Wife
as
a
Chattle
(
as
ith
hath
been
often
declared
by
all
the
Judges
in
Ireland
,
for
that
there
was
no
Land
Purchased
in
Mr.
Chambre's
Life
time
:
And
the
Judges
did
farther
Declare
,
That
what
ever
they
Pay
of
the
Purchased
Money
to
any
other
,
than
to
the
said
Eyres
,
they
paid
it
in
their
own
wrong
)
which
caused
the
now
Earl
of
Strafford
to
take
a
Bond
of
the
said
Temple
,
of
twenty
thousand
pounds
to
save
him
harmless
from
the
said
Eyres
,
which
that
will
not
,
nor
cannot
do
(
if
Justice
may
be
had
)
For
Mr.
Chambre's
Daughter
had
a
Seelected
Portion
of
two
thousand
pounds
,
given
her
by
her
Fathers
Will
,
though
now
they
would
make
her
Heir
of
All.
Oserve
Mr.
Chambers
gave
all
his
Lands
to
his
Heirs
Male
,
after
the
Death
of
his
Wife
,
and
to
Calcot
Chambers
of
Minmore
,
and
his
Heirs-Male
;
And
that
the
Earl
of
Strafford
at
the
hearing
of
Cause
,
Renounced
all
his
Titles
to
Mr.
Chambers
Estate
upon
which
the
Inheritance
Remains
in
the
said
Eyres
Wife
,
as
well
as
the
Lease
of
two
hundred
years
,
he
having
one
onely
Child
by
her
.
For
Calcot
Chambre
of
Minmore
sells
to
the
said
Eyres
his
Wife
and
her
then
Husband
for
five
hundred
pounds
by
a
Deed
perfected
under
his
hand
and
Seal
,
neer
a
year
after
the
death
of
Chambre
of
Carnow
:
Whatever
was
given
in
that
Will
,
or
by
any
other
Grant
whatsoever
to
the
said
Chambre
of
Minmore
;
And
therefore
that
Chambre
of
Minmore
hath
no
Right
to
the
Premises
.
The
said
Eyres
seeing
the
Cruelty
used
to
him
and
his
Wife
,
and
Family
in
his
Imprisonment
,
brought
himself
to
a
Tryal
sometime
since
in
Ireland
by
a
Habe
as
Corpus
,
and
was
cleared
by
publick
Proclamation
by
the
Judges
of
the
Kings-Bench
:
But
immediately
,
before
he
was
clear
of
the
Prison
,
there
came
an
Order
to
another
Marshall
,
more
cruel
than
the
other
was
,
to
take
him
into
his
Custody
,
and
also
an
Order
of
High
Treason
:
And
fo
four
years
and
upwards
he
was
brought
to
the
Bar
twice
a
Term
,
that
he
might
know
what
this
High
Treason
was
;
but
the
Attorney
General
put
it
off
from
time
to
time
,
insomuch
that
the
Judges
declared
in
open
Court
,
It
would
light
heavy
somewhere
at
last
,
in
keeping
a
man
so
long
in
Prison
after
he
was
cleared
by
Law
.
But
His
Majesty
and
Counsel
being
Informed
of
the
Cruelty
used
to
the
said
Eyres
,
granted
an
Order
,
That
he
should
have
the
Benefit
of
the
Law
:
Upon
which
Order
the
Judges
brought
him
upon
Tryal
;
and
finding
nothing
come
against
him
,
Cleared
him
the
Second
time
by
Proclamation
.
Which
Troubles
(
he
fears
purposely
occasioned
)
have
been
the
only
Cause
why
he
had
not
sooner
made
his
Address
for
Relief
.
Vpon
the
Whole
Matter
Observe
;
1.
That
Calcot
Chambre
the
Younger
being
Entituled
not
only
to
the
Inheritance
,
but
also
distinctly
to
the
Lease
of
200
years
(
which
could
not
be
drowned
by
the
Discent
,
because
it
was
to
operate
to
other
Intents
afterwards
,
as
Payment
of
Debts
,
Legacies
,
&c.
)
And
he
by
his
Will
having
expressly
given
all
his
Chattels
(
wherein
such
Lease
is
included
to
his
Wife
,
whom
also
he
made
Executrix
)
Eyres
,
by
Inter-Marrying
with
her
,
become
,
and
is
Lawfully
Entituled
thereunto
:
Nor
could
the
Trustees
Legally
Assigne
it
to
any
,
without
she
and
her
Husband
had
Consented
and
Joyned
therein
.
2.
That
there
appears
only
500
ll.
paid
by
the
Earl
,
or
his
Agents
,
for
this
Vast
Estate
:
out
of
which
the
present
Earl
,
(
though
Ordered
to
the
Contrary
in
the
year
1661.
till
the
Title
were
cleared
)
has
made
3000
ll.
per
Annum
ever
since
,
meerly
of
Wood
growing
thereupon
.
3.
That
the
Earl
,
his
Trustees
,
or
Agents
can
pretend
no
Title
but
by
the
Act
of
Parliament
,
because
they
have
disclaimed
all
others
on
Record
.
4.
That
such
pretended
Act
never
had
the
Royal
Assent
:
And
was
obtained
on
a
most
false
Suggestion
;
the
Premises
being
never
any
Defective
Title
,
as
by
Inquisition
upon
Record
doth
appear
.
5.
How
tortiously
,
and
by
what
Practises
all
the
Pretenses
of
Right
and
Possession
were
obtained
;
and
that
there
is
no
Declaration
of
Uses
on
the
said
Fine
and
Recovery
by
young
Chambre
.
Lastly
,
How
long
the
said
William
Eyres
has
been
kept
out
of
such
his
Right
;
What
severe
Imprisonments
and
Hardships
,
(
chiefly
,
as
he
has
good
grounds
to
believe
,
on
this
occasion
)
he
has
suffered
,
and
to
what
Extremities
he
is
Reduced
;
with
many
other
sad
Circumstances
,
which
will
appear
to
the
Judicious
,
in
Reading
this
his
Fore-going
Case
:
The
Truth
whereof
he
is
ready
to
make
appear
in
every
Particular
:
And
yet
(
had
he
not
been
inforced
by
the
unanswerable
Impulses
of
Necessity
,
after
all
other
Overtures
were
dispised
,
though
offer'd
with
the
greatest
Respect
)
he
should
not
have
thus
Exposed
the
same
,
lest
he
should
seem
to
swound
the
Memory
of
the
Dead
,
or
the
Honour
of
the
Living
;
Both
which
are
much
contrary
to
the
Innocence
of
his
Intentions
,
whose
Design
herein
is
only
to
set
forth
matter
of
Fact
;
without
Aggravations
,
or
unbeseeming
Reflections
:
And
he
humbly
hopes
,
since
His
Majesty
in
his
late
Gracious
Speech
to
both
Houses
has
given
the
World
fresh
Assurances
of
his
great
Zeal
for
the
Preservation
of
Property
;
It
may
not
be
unseasonable
for
this
poor
Complainant
to
make
his
Addresses
to
His
Majesty
;
and
that
most
High
and
Honourable
Court
,
in
whose
Power
only
it
lies
to
Relieve
him
,
For
the
Restitution
of
his
Just
Rights
,
so
long
deteyned
from
him
.
William
Eyres
.
FINIS
.