The
CASE
of
THOMAS
Earl
of
Limerick
,
lately
call'd
Colonel
Thomas
Dongan
.
1.
SIR
Walter
Dongan
Baronet
,
Grandfather
of
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
,
being
seiz'd
of
several
Mannors
,
Lands
,
&c.
in
Ireland
,
by
descent
from
his
Ancestors
,
and
of
other
Mannors
,
Lands
,
&c.
there
devis'd
to
him
in
1622.
by
his
Brother
William
Dongan
Recorder
of
Dublin
,
died
so
seis'd
in
1627.
and
the
Premisses
descended
to
his
eldest
Son
Sir
John
Dongan
,
Father
of
the
now
Earl
.
2.
In
July
1642.
Sir
John
Dongan
having
eight
Sons
,
viz.
Walter
,
William
,
Edward
,
Robert
,
Michael
,
Jerome
,
Thomas
and
James
,
made
his
Will
,
and
entail'd
both
Estates
upon
all
his
Sons
successively
,
except
a
small
part
in
the
Queen's
County
,
which
he
entail'd
upon
the
second
Son
of
his
Family
for
the
time
being
,
and
died
in
1650.
3.
1652.
Sir
John
Dongan
and
his
two
elder
Sons
,
having
serv'd
in
the
King's
Army
during
the
Civil
War
in
England
,
their
Estate
was
sequestred
,
and
kept
from
the
Family
till
the
Restoration
of
K.
Charles
the
Second
.
4.
1655.
Sir
Walter
Dongan
,
eldest
Son
of
Sir
John
Dongan
,
dy'd
without
Issue
.
5.
1663.
Sir
William
Dongan
the
second
Son
,
afterward
created
Viscount
Dongan
of
Clane
,
together
with
his
Father
and
elder
Brother
,
were
decreed
Innocent
by
the
Court
of
Claims
in
Ireland
,
and
the
Viscount
was
restor'd
to
both
the
Estates
.
6.
All
the
other
Sons
of
Sir
John
Dongan
,
except
William
and
Thomas
,
dying
without
Issue
,
Thomas
as
second
Son
of
the
Family
,
enjoy'd
the
Estate
in
the
Queen's
County
according
to
his
Father's
Will
,
about
five
and
twenty
years
before
the
last
War
in
Ireland
.
7.
In
July
1676.
William
Viscount
Dongan
designing
to
go
to
Spain
,
made
a
Settlement
of
his
Estate
to
the
use
of
himself
for
Life
,
the
Remainder
to
his
eldest
Son
,
and
every
other
of
his
Sons
in
Tail
Male
,
the
Remainder
to
his
Brother
Thomas
(
the
now
Earl
)
in
Tail
Male
,
with
divers
Remainders
over
:
But
this
Settlement
being
made
in
the
Country
,
was
,
for
want
of
good
Advice
,
ill
drawn
,
and
worse
writ
,
yet
sufficient
in
Law
to
answer
the
Ends
intended
by
it
.
8.
1685.
William
Viscount
Dongan
was
created
Earl
of
Limerick
,
and
the
same
Title
was
limited
in
Remainder
to
Thomas
(
then
call'd
Colonel
Thomas
Dongan
)
and
his
Heirs
Male
.
9.
1686.
William
Earl
of
Limerick
having
levy'd
some
Fines
of
his
Estate
,
in
order
to
make
a
Joynture
to
his
Wife
,
and
borrow
Money
,
borrow'd
7500
l.
of
his
Wife's
Mother
Donna
Mariana
Chambers
,
the
Widow
of
Sir
Richard
Chambers
,
and
granted
a
Rent-charge
of
450
l.
per
Annum
to
the
Lords
Kingsland
and
Trimblestown
and
their
Heirs
,
in
trust
for
her
;
but
redeemable
upon
payment
of
7500
l.
and
all
Arroare
of
the
Rent
at
any
time
after
.
This
is
a
way
of
Mortgaging
frequently
practis'd
in
Ireland
,
to
avoid
entring
upon
the
mortgaged
Estate
,
and
being
accountable
for
the
Profits
,
because
the
Courts
of
Equity
there
never
foreclose
a
Mortgager
of
the
Equity
of
Redemption
.
10.
1688.
At
the
time
of
the
Revolution
William
Earl
of
Limerick
liv'd
near
Dublin
in
Ireland
,
and
had
a
Regiment
of
Dragoons
;
but
being
an
old
paralytical
Man
,
was
uncapable
of
Action
.
His
Quality
oblig'd
him
to
attend
the
Person
of
the
late
K.
James
when
he
arriv'd
there
,
and
to
be
of
his
Council
,
his
present
Majesty
not
having
then
any
Forces
in
that
Kingdom
to
resort
to
for
protection
:
But
it
is
notoriously
known
that
William
Earl
of
Limerick
oppos'd
in
Council
all
violent
proceedings
against
the
Protestants
.
11.
William
Earl
of
Limerick
laid
down
his
Commission
of
Colonel
of
Dragoons
before
the
10th
day
of
April
1689.
in
obedience
to
their
Majesties
Proclamation
,
which
promis'd
Indemnity
and
injoyment
of
their
Estates
to
all
such
who
laid
down
their
Arms
before
that
time
.
After
this
he
never
took
any
Commission
,
except
one
for
the
Government
of
Munster
,
which
he
accepted
at
the
earnest
Request
of
the
Protestants
,
whose
Persons
,
Estates
,
and
Churches
he
preserv'd
from
all
manner
of
Violence
,
as
many
eminent
Protestants
have
certified
under
their
Hands
.
12.
After
the
Battle
at
the
Boyn
(
wherein
he
was
not
engaged
)
William
Earl
of
Limerick
left
Ireland
;
and
having
no
opportunity
to
go
elsewhere
,
went
to
Bretagne
in
France
.
13.
After
the
Reduction
of
Ireland
,
William
Earl
of
Limerick
was
Outlaw'd
upon
13
several
Indictments
for
High-Treason
against
K.
William
and
Q.
Mary
(
generally
,
without
expressing
any
particular
Act
of
Treason
)
alleg'd
to
be
committed
on
the
13th
day
of
February
1688.
which
was
the
very
day
their
Majesties
were
declared
King
and
Queen
;
when
it
was
morally
impossible
for
him
,
who
was
then
in
Ireland
,
to
have
notice
of
their
accession
to
the
Crown
,
and
consequently
to
be
guilty
of
any
Treason
against
them
.
14.
1693.
Godart
Earl
of
Athlone
obtain'd
a
Warrant
for
a
Grant
of
the
Earl
of
Limerick's
Estate
;
and
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
having
notice
of
it
,
petition'd
the
Queen
for
time
to
make
out
his
Title
before
the
Grant
pass'd
.
In
which
interval
,
by
the
permission
of
the
Secretary
of
State
,
he
sent
to
his
Brother
in
France
for
an
account
of
the
Settlements
of
the
Estate
:
which
by
reason
of
his
long
absence
from
England
,
and
the
little
expectation
he
had
of
coming
to
the
Estate
,
had
slipt
out
of
his
memory
.
15.
His
Brother
sent
him
over
the
Deed
of
Settlement
made
in
1676
,
and
mention'd
above
in
Number
(
7
)
conceiving
it
sufficient
to
preserve
his
Right
.
The
now
Earl
shewed
it
to
the
Secretary
of
State
,
and
several
Council
at
Law
,
who
all
found
fault
with
the
unskilful
drawing
and
bad
writing
,
but
thought
it
valid
in
Law
:
and
one
of
the
Council
took
a
Copy
of
it
,
lest
it
should
have
been
lost
at
Sea
in
the
passage
to
Ireland
.
16.
This
Deed
was
,
by
the
Queen's
Order
,
sent
into
Ireland
to
be
produc'd
before
the
Lords
Justices
.
They
directed
it
to
be
deliver'd
to
the
Sollicitor
General
,
who
was
of
Council
with
the
Earl
of
Athlone
.
17.
The
Sollicitor
General
,
about
three
days
before
the
time
appointed
for
producing
this
Deed
to
the
Lords
Justices
,
pronounc'd
it
a
forg'd
Deed
,
and
prefer'd
an
Information
against
the
now
Earl
of
Limcrick
,
his
Council
,
Attorny
and
Agents
,
for
publishing
this
Deed
,
which
deterr'd
all
Persons
from
appearing
on
the
now
Earl's
part
,
and
the
Lords
Justices
were
therefore
induc'd
to
believe
it
a
forg'd
Deed
.
18.
One
of
the
Defendants
to
the
Information
swore
in
his
Answer
,
that
he
brought
this
Deed
out
of
France
in
the
same
condition
it
was
when
deliver'd
to
the
Soll
.
General
;
and
if
the
late
or
present
Earl
of
Limerick
could
have
been
guilty
of
so
dishonourable
a
practice
,
they
could
not
want
assistance
to
have
had
a
Deed
well
drawn
,
well
writ
,
and
well
attested
.
This
Deed
is
attested
by
six
Witnesses
,
some
of
whom
are
now
living
in
Ireland
,
and
Persons
of
Estate
and
Reputation
.
19.
By
this
management
the
Deed
was
damn'd
without
any
Trial
,
and
order'd
to
be
hung
up
in
the
Exchequer
in
Ireland
,
where
it
continues
;
and
the
Grant
of
the
Estate
to
the
Earl
of
Athlone
,
pass'd
without
opposition
,
wherein
the
Lands
in
the
Queen's
County
are
compris'd
,
tho
the
Lords
Justices
upon
proof
of
their
being
so
long
enjoy'd
by
the
now
Earl
as
second
Son
,
had
order'd
the
Commissioners
of
the
Revenues
to
restore
'em
to
him
.
20.
1694.
The
Earl
of
Athlone's
Agents
being
apprehensive
of
the
Defects
in
the
Outlawrys
,
procur'd
an
Act
of
Parliament
in
Ireland
for
confirming
the
late
Earl
of
Limerick's
Attainder
,
and
the
Grant
of
his
Estate
to
the
Earl
of
Athlone
,
notwithstanding
any
Reversal
of
the
Attainder
,
or
any
Charter
of
Pardon
or
Restitution
.
21.
1693.
Before
this
Act
pass'd
,
the
Lady
Chambers
who
had
the
Mortgage
for
7500
l.
upon
this
Estate
,
came
into
England
to
look
after
it
;
and
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
looking
upon
himself
next
intituled
to
the
Estate
after
the
Death
of
his
Brother
,
bought
in
this
Debt
and
Rent-charge
by
which
it
was
secur'd
,
for
a
Sum
of
ready
Money
,
and
an
Annuity
for
the
Life
of
the
Lady
Chambers
.
22.
The
E.
of
Athlone's
Agents
at
first
endeavour'd
to
impeach
this
Mortgage
of
Forgery
;
but
it
being
attested
by
many
Persons
of
Honour
and
Quality
still
living
,
they
drop'd
that
Design
,
and
fell
upon
the
following
Stratagem
.
23.
They
caus'd
an
Inquisition
to
be
taken
at
Dublin
,
which
found
the
Lady
Chambers
to
be
an
Alien
,
and
then
seis'd
the
Rent-charge
granted
for
the
Security
of
her
7500
l.
into
the
King's
Hands
,
as
a
Real
Estate
purchased
in
trust
for
an
Alien
,
which
the
King
was
intituled
to
by
his
Prerogative
,
and
the
Earl
of
Athlone
obtain'd
a
Grant
of
it
from
the
King
in
1695.
24.
This
Grant
of
the
Rent-charge
to
the
Lords
Kingsland
and
Trimblestown
,
was
never
intended
to
be
a
Purchase
,
but
only
a
Mortgage
,
as
appears
by
the
Deed
it self
;
and
Money
lent
upon
a
Mortgage
in
Fee
is
but
Personal
Estate
,
which
an
Alien
may
acquire
;
and
if
the
late
Earl
of
Limerick
had
repaid
the
Money
before
the
Inquisition
taken
,
the
King
could
have
got
nothing
by
an
Inquisition
taken
afterwards
.
25.
The
Lady
Chambers
was
an
Alien
Friend
,
viz.
a
Spanish
Woman
,
and
the
Widow
of
an
English
man
,
Sir
Richard
Chambers
,
and
ought
not
to
have
been
treated
as
an
Alien
Enemy
.
26.
Beside
the
particular
hardship
to
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
,
this
Precedent
may
be
of
ill
consequence
to
the
English
in
Spain
,
where
they
frequently
lend
Money
upon
Mortgage
of
Houses
and
Lands
,
and
yet
the
English
not
naturaliz'd
can
no
more
purchase
Estates
in
Spain
,
than
Spaniards
can
purchase
in
England
.
27.
But
if
in
strictness
of
Law
this
Rent-charge
mortgag'd
in
trust
for
an
Alien
may
be
call'd
a
Purchase
,
the
King
could
not
be
intituled
to
it
,
nor
any
Profits
of
it
,
till
an
Inquisition
taken
,
and
his
Title
was
found
of
Record
,
and
the
Lady
Chambers
and
her
Grantee
are
intituled
to
all
the
Arrears
incurr'd
before
;
yet
upon
a
Bill
exhibited
by
the
Earl
of
Athlone
in
the
Court
of
Chancery
of
Ireland
,
an
Injunction
was
granted
to
stay
all
Proceedings
upon
a
distress
for
the
Arrears
,
and
is
continued
to
this
day
.
28.
This
usage
put
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
upon
recollecting
the
antient
Settlements
of
the
Estate
,
and
brought
to
his
remembrance
the
Entail
made
by
his
Father's
Will
,
which
he
communicated
to
the
Earl
of
Athlone
,
and
by
his
Consent
petition'd
the
King
that
his
Title
might
be
examin'd
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
of
Ireland
,
or
the
Attorney
General
here
;
the
Earl
of
Athlone
telling
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
,
that
his
Majesty
had
promis'd
to
make
the
Earl
of
Athlone
amends
,
if
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
appear'd
to
have
a
Title
to
the
Estate
.
29.
The
King
referr'd
it
to
the
Lords
Justices
of
Ireland
;
but
this
Reference
was
stifled
till
the
Earl
of
Athlone
went
into
Ireland
,
sold
part
of
the
Estate
,
and
left
that
Kingdom
;
but
the
Purchasers
had
notice
of
the
Petitioner's
Claim
from
the
Earl
of
Athlone
,
and
otherwise
.
30.
Then
,
and
not
sooner
,
the
Reference
was
produc'd
,
and
the
Lords
Justices
referr'd
the
Case
over
to
the
Attorney
and
Sollicitor
General
of
Ireland
,
who
were
both
of
Council
with
the
Earl
of
Athlone
,
and
made
their
Report
to
the
effect
following
.
First
,
That
Sir
Walter
Dongan
,
Grandfather
of
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
,
in
1615.
settled
the
antient
Estate
of
the
Family
on
Sir
John
Dongan
,
and
the
Heirs
Male
of
his
Body
,
with
divers
Remainders
over
;
which
disabled
Sir
John
Dongan
to
make
any
Settlement
by
his
Will
in
1642.
and
that
Earl
William
levied
several
Fines
of
the
Estate
,
and
made
himself
Tenant
in
Fee
.
Secondly
,
That
Sir
John
Dongan's
Will
is
questionable
,
and
to
be
suspected
,
because
not
prov'd
till
above
twenty
Years
after
the
Date
of
it
,
viz.
in
1663.
and
was
then
prov'd
only
in
common
Form
by
the
Executor
upon
his
Oath
de
Credulitate
,
and
by
one
Patrick
Fitz-Gerald
,
and
not
by
any
one
of
the
four
subscribing
Witnesses
to
the
Will
;
and
Earl
William
took
no
notice
of
this
Will
in
his
Petition
to
the
Court
of
Claims
.
Thirdly
,
That
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
can
have
no
right
to
any
Estate
of
his
Ancestors
,
because
he
was
never
decreed
Innocent
by
the
Court
of
Claims
,
tho
his
Father
and
two
elder
Brothers
were
decreed
so
,
and
that
the
Acts
of
Settlement
make
all
persons
Nocent
who
were
not
decreed
Innocent
.
To
the
first
of
these
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick
answers
:
No
such
Deed
of
Settlement
made
in
1615.
has
been
produc'd
,
nor
any
Footstep
thereof
appears
,
otherwise
than
by
an
Office
found
in
1627.
and
some
mention
made
of
it
by
William
Earl
of
Limerick
in
his
Petition
to
the
Court
of
Claims
,
which
are
no
binding
Evidence
;
nor
was
that
Deed
produced
to
the
Court
of
Claims
,
as
appears
by
their
Decree
;
nor
was
there
any
occasion
to
prove
any
thing
more
than
the
Seisin
of
his
Father
,
and
that
he
was
Innocent
.
But
if
such
Settlement
were
made
in
1615.
and
were
now
in
being
,
there
might
appear
Limitations
in
it
to
the
1st
,
2d
,
3d
,
&c.
Sons
of
Sir
John
Dongan
,
which
would
be
of
the
same
effect
as
the
Will
of
Sir
John
Dongan
:
or
there
might
appear
a
power
of
Revocation
reserv'd
to
Sir
John
Dongan
;
and
so
it
ought
reasonably
to
be
presum'd
,
and
that
he
executed
that
Power
,
since
he
took
upon
him
to
make
a
Will
of
the
Estate
;
but
in
what
manner
soever
that
Settlement
was
made
,
it
cannot
comprehend
the
Estate
of
William
Dongan
Recorder
of
Dublin
,
which
was
not
devised
to
Sir
Walter
Dongan
the
Grandfather
till
1622.
and
seven
years
after
the
pretended
Settlement
bears
date
:
and
therefore
Sir
John
Dongan
had
power
to
make
a
Will
of
that
Estate
.
The
Fines
levied
by
Earl
William
could
bind
his
own
Issue
only
,
and
not
those
who
claim
in
Remainder
;
and
all
was
resettled
by
E.
William
in
1676.
by
that
Deed
which
was
condemned
without
Trial
.
To
the
second
the
Earl
of
Limerick
answers
:
Sir
John
Dongan
liv'd
8
years
after
the
date
of
the
Will
,
viz.
till
1650.
and
then
there
was
no
Court
for
probate
of
Wills
settled
in
Ireland
;
and
the
whole
Estate
being
under
Sequestration
for
Delinquency
in
1652.
it
could
be
no
advantage
to
prove
this
Will
,
but
might
have
been
prejudicial
to
produce
it
;
but
as
soon
as
Sir
John
Dongan
and
his
two
elder
Sons
were
decreed
Innocent
by
the
Court
of
Claims
,
it
was
prov'd
in
1663.
and
has
remain'd
register'd
in
Dublin
ever
since
.
It
was
prov'd
in
Common
Form
only
,
because
no
body
disputed
the
truth
of
it
,
nor
was
disinherited
by
it
,
and
in
such
cases
Wills
are
seldom
prov'd
otherwise
than
in
Common
Form
;
neither
is
there
a
necessity
of
proving
a
Will
concerning
Lands
in
any
Court
,
unless
it
be
controverted
.
The
four
subscribing
witnesses
might
have
per●●●rd
in
the
war
,
o●
died
natural
Deat●s
,
or
have
left
that
Kingdom
in
21
years
time
;
but
Patrick
Fitz-Gerald
,
who
was
sworn
to
the
truth
of
it
,
was
Clerk
to
Sir
John
Dongan
,
and
well
acquainted
with
his
and
the
Witnesses
Hands
writing
,
and
might
see
it
executed
,
tho
he
did
not
sign
as
a
Witness
.
The
late
Earl
of
Limerick
did
not
mention
this
Will
in
his
Petition
to
the
Court
of
Claims
,
because
it
would
have
appear'd
by
that
Will
that
Sir
John
Dongan
was
seised
in
Fee
;
and
if
Sir
John
Dongan
,
or
his
eldest
Son
Walter
,
had
not
been
decreed
Innocent
,
the
Estate
would
have
been
forfeited
,
tho
E.
William
had
been
decreed
Innocent
.
But
after
the
Decree
of
Innocency
,
E.
William
own'd
the
Will
,
and
permitted
his
Mother
to
enjoy
the
Joynture
settled
by
it
upon
her
,
which
he
before
refus'd
to
allow
her
,
and
also
suffer'd
the
second
Son
of
the
Family
for
the
time
being
,
to
enjoy
the
Lands
in
the
Queen's
County
,
to
which
they
had
no
other
pretence
than
by
that
Will
.
There
are
several
living
Witnesses
who
were
acquainted
with
the
Hand-writing
of
Sir
John
Dongan
,
and
have
sworn
this
Will
to
be
sign'd
by
him
,
as
they
verily
believe
.
Many
more
Arguments
can
be
urg'd
to
prove
the
truth
of
this
Will
;
but
its
being
registred
in
Dublin
36
years
ago
,
sufficiently
justifies
it
from
all
suspicion
of
Forgery
upon
any
account
whatsoever
.
To
the
third
the
Earl
of
Limerick
answers
:
That
he
was
not
a
year
old
when
the
Irish
Rebellion
broke
out
in
1641.
and
therefore
could
not
be
guilty
of
it
.
If
the
Acts
of
Settlement
in
Ireland
make
or
suppose
all
persons
Nocent
who
were
not
decreed
Innocent
,
those
Acts
must
have
a
reasonable
Interpretation
,
and
be
understood
to
extend
only
to
such
persons
as
were
capable
of
being
guilty
,
and
not
to
impotent
Children
,
who
could
not
speak
,
much
less
act
Treason
.
The
now
Earl
of
Limerick's
Title
is
by
a
Will
subsequent
to
the
Rebellion
in
1641.
and
made
by
a
Person
who
was
decreed
Innocent
,
whose
Estate
was
therefore
never
vested
in
the
Crown
,
or
at
least
wholly
devested
out
of
the
Crown
by
that
Decree
;
and
he
being
under
no
Incapacity
to
take
by
that
Will
,
there
was
no
need
of
a
Decree
for
his
Innocency
:
and
so
it
has
been
adjudg'd
in
the
Kings
Bench
in
Ireland
,
upon
a
special
Verdict
found
in
the
like
case
of
Sir
Stephen
Rice
.
31.
Since
this
Report
William
Earl
of
Limerick
is
dead
,
and
the
Honour
and
Right
to
the
Estate
are
vested
in
Thomas
now
Earl
of
Limerick
.
32.
The
now
Earl
does
not
pretend
to
justify
any
Actions
of
his
late
Brother
against
His
Majesty
K.
William
,
but
hopes
the
constant
Loyalty
of
his
Family
(
and
even
of
E.
William
himself
●efore
the
last
War
)
to
the
Crown
of
England
,
in
the
Service
whereof
many
of
'em
have
been
kill'd
,
may
atone
for
one
Offence
,
which
E.
William
under
the
unhappy
Circumstances
he
was
involv'd
in
at
the
beginning
of
the
late
Revolution
,
could
scarce
possibly
avoid
;
or
at
least
that
the
present
Earl
,
who
was
in
no
wise
accessary
to
it
,
and
has
always
been
faithful
,
and
in
some
measure
serviceable
to
this
Nation
,
shall
not
bear
the
Punishment
of
his
Brother's
Crimes
,
but
that
the
Merits
of
the
Earl
of
Athlone
may
be
rewarded
otherwise
than
at
the
price
of
the
now
Earl
of
Limerick's
Birthright
.
33.
The
now
Earl
does
as
little
delight
to
recount
his
own
Services
,
and
believes
all
he
has
done
,
or
can
do
,
to
be
his
Duty
;
but
hopes
it
will
not
be
esteem'd
any
Vanity
or
Ostentation
in
him
to
mention
upon
this
occasion
what
he
has
acted
and
suffer'd
for
the
Crown
and
Nation
of
England
.
34.
He
was
bred
a
Souldier
,
and
arriv'd
to
be
Colonel
of
the
Irish
Regiment
in
France
,
worth
to
him
above
5000
l.
per
Ann.
35.
1677
/
8.
In
pursuance
of
a
Vote
of
Parliament
for
recalling
the
English
Subjects
then
in
the
French
King's
Service
,
he
quitted
that
Honourable
and
Advantagious
Post
,
and
rejected
the
Temptation
of
greater
Preferments
then
offer'd
him
,
if
he
would
continue
there
.
For
which
reason
the
French
King
commanded
him
to
leave
France
in
48
hours
,
and
refus'd
to
pay
him
a
Debt
of
65000
Livres
then
due
to
him
for
Recruits
and
Arrears
upon
an
Account
stated
with
the
Intendant
of
Nancy
.
This
is
well
known
to
the
Earl
of
Mountague
then
Ambassador
in
France
.
36.
At
his
return
into
England
K.
Charles
II
.
nominated
him
to
be
a
General
Officer
of
the
English
Army
then
design'd
for
Flanders
,
and
settled
upon
him
a
Pension
of
500
l.
per
Ann.
for
his
Life
,
in
consideration
of
his
Losses
in
France
,
which
has
been
stopt
ever
since
the
Revolution
.
37.
1678.
He
was
appointed
Lieutenant
Governour
of
Tangier
,
and
remov'd
from
thence
in
1680.
and
in
1682
was
sent
Governour
of
New
York
in
America
.
Soon
after
his
Arrival
there
he
brought
five
Nations
of
warlike
Indians
,
who
had
been
seduc'd
by
the
French
of
Canada
,
and
us'd
to
burn
and
destroy
the
Plantations
of
Virginia
and
Maryland
,
to
make
peace
with
,
and
become
Subjects
of
the
Crown
of
England
,
by
which
means
those
Colonies
are
deliver'd
from
a
vast
charge
they
were
before
at
for
their
Defence
,
and
the
adjacent
Colonies
protected
from
other
Indians
.
38.
1686
/
7.
The
French
of
Canada
being
exasperated
at
those
five
Nations
of
Indians
for
entring
into
the
English
Interest
,
made
war
upon
'em
with
3000
French
,
and
many
other
Indians
.
The
Earl
of
Limerick
took
those
five
Nations
under
his
Protection
,
and
notwithstanding
many
haughty
Messages
from
the
French
Governour
of
Canada
,
rais'd
an
Army
of
Christians
and
Indians
,
who
by
his
directions
kill'd
many
,
took
500
Prisoners
,
and
so
totally
destroy'd
all
their
Corn
and
Provisions
,
that
they
had
nothing
left
to
subsist
on
but
what
came
from
France
,
and
must
have
quitted
the
Country
,
if
the
Earl
of
Limerick
had
been
permitted
to
continue
the
War
one
year
longer
;
but
upon
the
French
King's
complaint
against
him
,
a
Peace
was
concluded
,
and
the
Earl
of
Limerick
dismiss'd
from
that
Government
.
39.
This
War
the
Earl
of
Limerick
maintain'd
above
a
year
and
a
half
at
his
own
charge
,
by
disbursing
his
own
Money
,
mortgaging
his
Lands
,
selling
his
Plate
and
Furniture
,
and
giving
his
Bonds
for
Provisions
and
Ammunition
to
the
value
of
many
thousand
Pounds
,
whereof
he
never
receiv'd
more
than
2500
l.
in
Tallies
,
which
his
present
Majesty
order'd
him
,
to
discharge
some
Debts
that
were
most
pressing
upon
him
.
For
the
truth
of
this
he
refers
to
the
Honourable
Mr.
Blathwait
then
Secretary
and
Auditor
General
of
the
Plantations
,
and
to
Mr.
Povey
.
40.
1687
/
8.
Before
the
late
happy
Revolution
he
receiv'd
Letters
(
ready
to
be
produc'd
)
from
the
late
King
James
,
and
the
E.
of
S.
then
Secretary
of
State
,
inviting
him
home
with
Assurance
of
good
Imployment
here
;
and
from
the
E.
of
Tyrconnel
,
offering
him
the
Command
of
Major
General
of
the
Army
,
and
of
a
Regiment
of
Dragoons
in
Ireland
,
all
which
he
refus'd
;
and
after
his
dismission
from
his
Government
,
he
continu'd
at
New-York
and
New-England
,
till
the
year
1691.
when
he
came
for
this
Kingdom
,
where
he
has
liv'd
ever
since
retir'd
,
and
conformable
to
the
Government
.
The
Earl
of
Limerick
casts
himself
upon
the
Parliament
of
England
for
relief
,
and
humbly
hopes
they
will
give
him
such
as
to
their
Justice
and
Wisdom
shall
seem
meet
.