THE
CASE
OF
William
Spencer
of
Kilcolman
in
the
County
of
Cork
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
Esq
;
Grandson
and
Heir
to
Edmond
Spencer
the
Poet
.
THAT
Sylvanus
Spencer
Esq
;
Father
of
William
,
in
his
life
time
,
in
order
to
prefer
his
second
Brother
Peregrine
in
Marraiage
;
did
give
and
Assign
to
him
part
of
his
Estate
in
the
said
County
of
Cork
.
Peregrine
dies
,
and
that
part
of
the
Estate
that
was
settled
on
him
by
Silvanus
,
descended
and
came
to
Hugoline
Son
of
the
said
Peregrine
.
Hugoline
being
seiz'd
and
possess'd
of
the
said
Estate
,
was
Out-law'd
for
Treason
and
Rebellion
after
the
late
Revolution
.
William
Spencer
finding
Hugolines
Estate
vested
in
the
King
,
and
being
the
next
Protestant
Heir
,
as
also
Heir
at
Law
to
him
,
that
part
of
the
Estate
being
formerly
vested
in
Silvanus
,
to
whom
William
was
Eldest
Son
and
Heir
)
did
apply
himself
to
His
Majesty
for
a
grant
thereof
,
and
by
his
Petition
did
set
forth
his
Claim
to
the
said
Estate
,
and
also
his
Services
,
Sufferings
,
and
Losses
in
the
late
Rebellion
in
Ireland
,
in
behalf
of
the
Government
,
which
are
very
well
known
.
Upon
which
Petition
his
Majesty
was
Graciously
pleased
to
refer
the
same
to
the
Lords
Commissioners
of
the
Treasury
in
England
,
and
they
were
pleased
to
refer
it
further
to
the
Earls
of
Montrath
,
Drogheda
,
and
Galloway
,
then
Lords
Justices
of
Ireland
,
to
Examin
the
Matter
and
make
their
Report
.
The
Lords
Justices
Reported
it
back
to
the
Lords
of
the
Treasury
of
England
;
wherein
they
recommend
the
said
William
to
His
Majesty
for
his
great
Services
,
sufferings
,
and
Losses
in
the
late
Troubles
,
and
that
he
was
next
Protestant
Heir
to
Hugoline
,
and
to
deserve
His
Majesty's
Grace
and
Favour
.
His
Majesty
was
thereupon
Graciously
pleased
to
Grant
the
said
Hugolines
Estate
,
to
the
said
William
,
by
his
Letters
Patents
bearing
date
at
Dublin
the
Fourteenth
day
of
June
,
in
the
Ninth
year
of
His
Raign
.
That
the
said
Estate
was
then
of
the
Yearly
value
of
Sixty
seven
Pounds
seventeen
Shillings
and
Sixpence
.
That
there
is
a
Mortgage
upon
the
said
Estate
for
five
hundred
Pounds
,
which
is
yet
unpaid
.
That
it
Cost
the
said
William
above
six
hundred
Pounds
,
the
best
part
of
his
Fortune
in
improving
the
said
Estate
,
and
procuring
the
said
Grant
,
and
hath
receiv'd
little
or
no
profit
thereof
.
For
by
a
late
Act
of
Parliament
,
all
Grants
were
made
void
in
Ireland
,
and
the
Forfeited
Estates
were
vested
in
Trustees
,
to
be
sold
for
the
use
of
the
Publick
,
and
whilst
that
Act
was
in
Agitation
the
said
William
was
so
disabled
by
sickness
,
that
he
could
not
apply
himself
to
this
Honourable
House
for
a
saving
Clause
,
whereby
the
Trustees
have
dispossessed
the
said
William
of
the
said
Estate
,
without
any
manner
of
consideration
for
his
improvments
and
other
Charges
about
the
same
,
to
his
utter
ruin
and
impoverishment
.
That
this
is
conceiv'd
to
be
the
only
Case
of
this
nature
in
the
whole
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
he
being
the
next
Protestant
Heir
,
and
whose
Grand-father
Edmond
Spencer
,
by
his
Book
Entitul'd
,
a
View
of
Ireland
modled
the
settlement
of
that
Kingdom
,
and
these
Lands
were
given
him
by
Queen
Elizabeth
of
Blessed
memory
for
his
services
to
the
Crown
.
THAT
you
Petitioner
having
apply'd
himself
to
this
Honorable
House
last
Sessions
of
Parliament
for
releif
herein
.
The
Petition
was
refer'd
to
the
Trustees
then
in
England
,
who
Reported
the
same
to
this
Honorable
House
,
and
upon
further
consideration
of
that
Report
,
the
same
was
refer'd
to
the
Trustees
in
Ireland
,
who
now
have
made
there
Report
to
this
effect
.
That
the
Petitioner
was
very
serviceable
to
the
Publick
,
by
being
a
Guide
to
His
Majesty's
General
the
Earl
of
Arthlone
,
during
the
late
Wars
in
that
Kingdom
.
That
he
had
300
Head
of
black
Cattle
and
1500
Sheep
taken
from
him
,
had
several
Houses
burnt
:
That
his
Family
was
stript
,
his
House
plunder'd
,
and
his
only
son
had
above
twenty
wounds
given
him
by
the
Irish
Army
.
That
in
consideration
of
his
said
Services
and
Sufferings
,
and
of
his
being
next
Protestant
heir
to
Hugoline
Spencer
Attainted
;
His
Majesty
was
pleased
to
Grant
the
Forfeited
Estate
of
the
said
Hugoline
to
the
Petitioner
in
1697
,
now
set
at
Sixty
Pounds
per
Ann.
That
there
is
a
Claim
heard
and
allow'd
as
an
Incumbrance
of
300l
.
absolute
,
on
the
said
Estate
,
and
200
l.
more
in
case
Hugoline
who
is
very
old
and
unmarried
,
dies
without
issue
Male
.
That
the
Petitioner
has
expended
near
the
sum
mention'd
in
his
Petition
,
in
making
Jorneys
into
England
to
procure
his
Grant
,
in
passing
his
Patent
in
Ireland
,
and
in
building
a
House
and
planting
an
Orchard
on
the
premises
,
so
that
his
Grant
has
hitherto
been
a
Charge
to
him
and
not
an
Advantage
,
All
which
they
submit
to
this
Honorable
house
.
And
the
Petitioner
humbly
hopes
this
Honorable
House
will
be
pleased
to
take
his
Case
into
consideration
,
and
reestablish
him
in
his
said
Estate
,
or
otherwise
releive
him
as
to
your
great
wisdoms
shall
seem
meet
.