Die Martis, 30° Julii 1861. THE The LORD REDESDALE in the Chair. HE Order of Reference was read. The Petition of the Right Honorable Lucius Baron of Inchiquin (otherwise Insykwyne), of that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, praying that his Right to vote at the Elections of Peers for Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom may be admitted, was read. The Counsel and Parties were ordered to be called in: And Mr. Serjeant Burke and Mr. J. H. Hodgson appearing as Counsel for the Petitioner ; Mr. Serjeant Burke was heard to open the Allegations of the Petition; Mr. Hodgson stated, That he proposed first to prove the Grant of the Dignity of a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland, by the Title of Baron of Inchiquin, to Murrough O'Brien, with a Limitation to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten. Then the Right Honorable LUCIUS LORD INCHIQUIN, having been sworn, was examined as follows: (Mr. Hodgson.) Have you found the original Letters Patent among the Muniments bequeathed to you by your Father? No, it is not amongst them. Mr. Hodgson stated, That in the Absence of the original Letters Patent, he proposed to prove the original Enrolment of the Letters Patent, dated the 1st July 1543. Then Mr. WILLIAM BASEVI SANDERS was called in; and having been sworn, was examined as follows: (Mr. Hodgson.) Do you produce the original Enrolment of the Letters Patent, dated the 1st July 1543, creating the Barony of Inchiquin, from the Patent Rolls of the Thirty-fifth of Henry the Eighth? I do (producing the same). Evidence on Ireland. Lord Inchiquin. 30th July 1861. Mr. W. B. Sanders. Where do you produce it from? From the Rolls Office, London. Will you read the Enrolment of the Patent? The same was read as follows: Mr. W.B.Sanders. P comite Tomoñ 30th July 1861. sibit hered. Rex archiepis epis ducib3 te saltm. Regalis dignitatis fastigiu felicib3 auspiciis nedum ornare sed augere confidim dum in? discretas psonas t strenuas honoz culmina dispensam credim namq ñram coronam No. 1. regiam tant plurib3 micare gemmis t preciosis corruscare lapidib3 quant̃ viris virtuosis Psertim nobilib3 consilio Ppotentib3 in partem solicitudinis regie ad fastigia honoz evocat ad discrecõem boni publici roborat cumq, itaq, Mawrus Obreen in regno ñro Hibnie natus gene t sanguinis ingenuitate nobilis nrm impiumt potestatem ut par est agnovit ac suū majozą suoz errorem pfessus a ñra clemencia veniam supplex impetravit dignu putavim9 quem claris t insignib3 honoz titulis p ñra munificencia illustrarem? ac ipm pinde Mawrum Obreen in comitem Tomon in pdco regno ñro Hibnie de gra ñra spali ac ex êta sciencia t mero motu ñris erexim? Pfecimt creavim ac p Psentes erigim Pficimt cream et ei nomen statum stilum titulum honorem t dignitatem comitis Tomon loco 't suffragio in parliamentis ñris in pdco regno ñro Hibnie tenenđ sicut t eodem modo quo alii comites ejusdem regni ñri ħent seu ħere consueverunt cum omib aliis t singulis peminenciis honoribz cetisq, quibuscumq, hujusmodi statui comitis Tomon ptinen sive spectañ dam t concedim3 p psentes ipmq, hujusmodi statu stilo titulo honore t dignitate p cincturam gladii insignim investim t reali? nobilitam hend t tenenđ nomen statum stilum titulum honorem t dignitatem comitis Tomoñ Pdci cum omib3 t singulis Peminenciis honorib3 suffragiis t cetis Pmissis quibuscumq Pfato Mawro Obreen p ?mino vite sue. Et volum9t concedim9 P nobt hereâ ñris p Psentes pdem nomen statum stilum titulum honorem t dignitatem comitis Tomoñ pdči ac cela singula Pmissa Pfato Mawro Obreen supius concessa immediate post decessum Pdci Mawri Obreen remanere pbatissimo viro subdito ñro Donacio Obreen henđ eidem Donacio p ?mino vite sue. Et ullius de ubiori gra ñra spali Pfatum Mawrum Obreen in baronem parliamenti t regni ñri Hibnie ordinam9 deputam cream t constituimp Psentes atq, titulum nomen t stilum baronis de Insykwyne in regno ñro Hibnie pdict et locum in singulis parliamentis infra dem regnū Hi₺nie posthac celebrand celaq jurat privilegia ñra ipius regni baronib3 ejusdem ex lege t consuetudine aliove quovis pacto ptinen eidem Mawro Obreen dam t concedim eisq ipm adeo libet ample uti t gaudere sicut unqam aliquis baro dei regni ñri Hibnie usus fuit aut debuit volum hendt gaudend Pdem nomen statu stilum t titulum baronis de Insykwyne cum omib3 honorib3 Peminenciis Progativis comoditatib t celis Pmissis eidem spectañ pfato Mawro Obreen ac herec masculis de corpore suo legittime pcreat. Et quia crescente status celsitudine ex consequente necessario crescunt sumptust ona grandiora et ut idem Mawrus Obreen p ?mino vite sue statum Pdci comitis Tomoñ ac idem Mawrus Obreen 't here sui masculi pdči statum Pdĉi baronis de Insykwyne melius decencius t honorificencius ac ona ipius incumbencia manuteneret supportare valeant de ubiori gra ñra dedim9t concessim ac p Psentes nob thered ñris Pfato Mawro Obreen omia t singula illa castra đnia mañia Pras teñ monastia suppssat omia eis spectañ redditus revsiones t vicia advocacões ecctia capellaz t cantariaz feod militūt alia hereditamenta quecumq quibuscumq, nõib3 censeant que Pfatus Mawrus Obreen jamdudu ħuit t tenuit het seu tenet in Tomon Pdca ult aquam sive rivulum de Shenon in pdco regno ñro Hibñ. Aceciam dam? t concedim9 p nob t hered ñris Pfato Mawro Obreen omes t singulas advocacõest pronatus ñra quacumq, ecctiaz rectoria vicaria cantaria t capellaz ñraz in pria t pvincia ñra de Tomon Pdca ulta Pdcam aquam sive rivulum de Shenon pdict existen exceptis tamen t reservať no₺ hereď t succ ñris omibz t singulis donacoib3 advocacoib3 t jura pronatibz archiepat t epat ac omib3 t singulis regalitatib3 t juribz regalib3 quibuscumq in Tomon Pdca hend t tenend omia pdča castra ania mañia Pras teñ monastia t cela singula Pmissa cum eoz pficuis emolumentis t comoditatib3 quibuscumq, exceptis inde Pexceptis Pfato Mawro Obreen 't hered masculis de corpore suo legittime pereat tenend de nob t here ñris Sviciu militare P absq, compoto seu aliquo alio pinde not hereď vel successorib3 ñris reddend solvenđ damt concedim ,vel vel faciend p?viciu dem et hoc absq, fine seu feodo magno vel parvo no₺ in hanapio ñro seu alibi ad usum nîm pinde quoquo modo reddendo solvend vel facienđ. Eo qd expssa mencio te hiis testibz tc. In cujus tc. T. R apud Grenewiche primo die Julii. Pipm Regem tc. Mr. Hodgson stated, That he proposed next to prove that Murrough First Earl of Thomond and Lord Inchiquin died in 1551, leaving by his Wife Eleanor (Daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, Knight of Glinn) Three elder Sons, namely, 1, Dermod (Diermitius, afterwards Second Lord Inchiquin,) his eldest Son; 2, Teige (Thadeus) his Second Son; and 3, Donough (Donatus) his Third Son, the Ancestor of the present Claimant, Lucius Lord Inchiquin. That the said Dermod succeeded his Father, and was the Second Lord Inchiquin. That he left Issue by his Wife Margaret (the Daughter of Donough, Second Earl of Thomond,) One Son only, namely, Murrough, afterwards Third Lord Inchiquin, who died in 1573, leaving by his Wife Margaret, the Daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack, Knight, Chancellor and Lord Justice of Ireland, Murrough his only Son, afterwards Fourth Lord Inchiquin (born in 1563). Mr. W.B. Sanders. 30th July 1861. Then EDWARD WALMISLEY Esquire was called in; and having been sworn, was E. Walmisley, examined as follows: (Mr. Hodgson.) Are you the Solicitor and Parliamentary Agent of the Claimant in this Matter? I am. Do you produce a certified Copy of an Inquisition taken at Ennis in the County of Clare in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth? I do (producing the same). Does it appear to be properly certified? It is. It is a true Copy, so far as the original Inquisition can be deciphered. It is certified by Mr. Cathrew, Principal Assistant in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, in whose Custody I saw the original Inquisition. Did you receive it yourself from the proper Officer? I received it by Post. I had had furnished to me what appeared to be a Copy of this Inquisition. On attending at the Chief Remembrancer's Office to examine it I found that the Copy in my Possession was only an Abstract of it, and I completed the Abstract in my own Possession; but there being so many Corrections and Interlineations, I thought it better to procure a certified Copy, and this certified Copy agrees with my own corrected one, I having since collated them. (Lord Chancellor.) How do we know this to be a Copy; there is no Seal of Office? No; but I know the Signature of the Gentleman filling the Office. (Mr. Hodgson.) Did you apply at Mr. Cathrew's Office to inspect the original Inquisition? 1 I did; and it was furnished to me from the Office by a Junior Clerk; it was produced to me, and I examined it with the Copy which I have before referred to. (Lord Chancellor.) Do you know Mr. Cathrew yourself? I have seen him on several Occasions. With regard to the Business of the Office? With regard to the Business of the Office, more especially the Inquisitions. Where are those Inquisitions kept according to Law in Ireland? Some in the Chief Remembrancer's Office in the Court of Exchequer, others in the Rolls or Record Office. Where is this particular Document? In the Court of Exchequer. Esq. E. Walmisley, 30th July 1861. Mr. Cathrew is an Officer of the Court? The same was read as follows: No. 2. Inquisicio capta apud Inish in comitatu Clare quarto die Junii anno regni regine Et ulterius dicunt quod postquam predictus Morcho O'Brien reversus fuit ab Anglia habens exiť legittimu de corpore suo pcreat viž Diermot O'Bryen baron de Inshyqwyn Thadeu O'Bryen de Ballyogowney et Donatu als Donogho O'Bryen de Lemeneith acquirebat sibi et here suis imperpetuum cast villas et terr subsequeñ viž casť et unam carucat terì cũ ptinen in Ahirreynagh in com Clare pred unu cast et duas carucat terr cũ ptinen in Downogan in eoẩm com unu casť et medietat unius carucat̃ terỡ cũ ptineñ in Ballyogowne in com pdič unu cast et quatuor carucat terr cum ptinen in Dyrrwyn in com predic unũ cast et quatuor carucat terî cũ ptineñ in Dromolyn in com pred unu cast et duas carucat terr cu ptinen in Cowillreoughmore in com pred unù casť et unam carucat ter cum ptinen in Clontmonagh et quod predict Morcho O'Bryen sic de omnibus et singulis pred cast terr tent et hereditament seisit existens fecit divisionem inter suos deos tres filios de hereditat sua predič modo et forma subscript viz dedit et concessit predič Diermoť baroñ de Inshyqwyn casť vill et terr de Inshyqwyn pď cũ ptinen casť villam et terr de Dyrrioyn pa cũ pertinen cast villam et terr de O'Bryens Brydg på cũ ptinen cast villam et terr de Ballykarrull på cũ ptinen nup domum religios de Killany Pdič cum ptineñ in com predič et casť villam et terr de Ballyharchan pa cu ptinen. Et ulterus dicunt quod predic Morcho O'Bryen dedit et concessit Thadeo O'Bryen secundo filio suo cast villam et terr de Ballyogowne predic cum ptinen casĩ villam et terr de Ballyveaghan Pdič cum ptinen cast villam et terř de Bonelli Pdič cũ ptinen nup monaster sive domū religios de Kyllayny pdič cũ ptineñ. Et insuper dicunt quod predic Morcho O'Bryen dedit et concessit Pfat Donat als Donogho O'Bryen tertio filio suo cast villam et terr de Lemeneith Pdič cu ptinen cast villam et terr de Dromolyn Pdič cũ ptinen in com pred cast villam et terr de Ballyconnylly Pdic cu ptinen in com predic cast villam et terr de Cowillreough predič cũ ptineñ cast villam et terr de Clonemongyh Pdič in com predic cum ptinen nup abbathiam sive domū religios de Corkamroo Pdič cũ ptinen in com pdič. Sed utrum divisio aut assignatio illa sic fac p pfat Morcho O'Bryen predic tribus filiis suis de heredit sua predic fuit pfecta de liberacõe possessionis et seisiñ aut ali? scam debit formam juris ad transferend pmissa a semetipo Dfat filiis suis jurator pred penitus ignorant. Sed dicunt eos audivisse qd Pdič Morcho O'Bryen confirmavit predic divisionem p suam ultimam voluntat Pdič filiis suis. Et dicunt quod post mortem predic Morcho O'Bryen predic Diermot Thadeus et Donatus als Donogho O'Bryen seisit fuerunt de predič cast villis terr et teñtis cum ptinen suis scdm divisionem predicť. Et preterea dicunt qd pred Diermot O'Bryen baro de Inshyqwyn seisit fuit in diñco suo ut de feod talliať viz sibi et hered mascul de corpore suo legittime pcreat de predict castello et quatuor carucat terr dĩ cum ptinen in Inshyqwyn pa que valeant p anñ ultra repris quatuor libf de uno castello et novem carucat terî cũ ptinen in O'Bryens Brydg predic que valeant P anñ ultra repris quinq libr de uno cast et medietať unius carucat terỡ cum ptinen in Ballykarrull predic que valent p an ultra repris decem solid de uno casť et una carucat terĩ cũ ptinen in Ballyharchan Pdic que valent p anñ ultra repris quadragint solid de nup domu religios de Killany predic cum ptinen que valet p an ultra repris decem libr que omnia et singula premissa predič Diermot tenuit virtute dĉarū Iraru pateñ prefat Morcho O'Bryen patri suo concess et quod tenuit premiss de dno rege in capit p servič militar et dicunt qd fuit seisit in diñco suo ut de feod de uno cast et quatuor carucat terr cu ptinen in Dyrrioyn predic que valent p ann Esq. p an ultra repris quadragine solid et qd tenuit premiss de đno rege in capit p que E. Walmisley, servič jurator pdic penitus ignorant. Et seisit existens de omnibus et singulis premiss obiit inde seisit habens exit mascul de corpore suo legittime procreat Morcho O'Bryen. 30th July 1861. Item dicunt quod predictus Morcho O'Bryen nup baro de Inshyqwyn seisit fuit in điñco suo ut de feod talliat de uno cast et quatuor carucat et di terr cum ptineñ in Inshyqwyn pdič in comitat Clare Pdic que valent p anñ ultra repris quatuor libr de uno casť et novem carucat terî cũ ptinen in O'Bryens Bridg Pdič in com predič que valent P anñ ultra repris quinq, libr de uno casť et una carucat terì cũ ptineñ in Ballyharchan predic in comitat Clare Pdic que valent p anñ ultra repris quadragint solid de uno cast et medietat unius carucat terr cu ptinen in Ballykarrull Pdict in comit Clare Pact que valent p anñ decem solid de nup domo religios de Killany Pdič cũ ptineñ in com Clare predic que valet p anñ ultra repris decem libr et qd tenuit omnia et singula Pmiss de dcta đna regina que nunc est sibi et hered mascul de corpore suo legittime procreat in capit p servič miliť virtut dčarum Iraum pateñ Avo suo Morcho O'Bryen concess. Item dicunt quod Morcho O'Bryen junior nup baro de Inshyqwyn fuit seisit in điñco suo ut de feod de uno cast et quatuor carucat terr cũ ptinen in Dyrrioyn pred in comitat Clare Pact que valent p anñ ultra repris quadragint solid et qd tenuit Pdič cast villam et terr cu ptinen de dĉa đna regina in capit p que servič jurat pdič penitus ignorant. Et sic de omnibus et singulis Pmiss seisit existens vicesimo die Aprilis ann° regni regine Elizabethe decimo quinto obiit inde seisit. Item dicunt qd Morcho O'Bryen est filius et prox heres Pfat Morcho nup baronis et est de etate undecem annoru et nō maritat. Et dicunt quod Margarita Cusak ux nup baronis est nunc maritat Christophero Cruse de Nall in com Mid aro sed utrum sit cu licentia dce dne regine vel sine sua licentia jurat predič penitus ignorant. Et preterea juratores predicti super sacrum suum predictum dicunt quod Thadeus McMorcho O'Bryen nup de Balliogowne in com Clare seisit fuit in diñco suo ut de hereditat suo de uno cast et medietat unius carucat terr cũ ptinen in Balliogowne Pa in com pa que valent p anñ ultra repris decem solid de uno cast et medietat unius pt carucat ter cum ptinen in Ballyveaghan in com pa que valent p an ultra repris quinq, solid de uno cast et tribus carucať terì cũ ptinen in [B . . . lly] in com predict que valent p anñ ultra repris quinq, solid de nup monaster sive domo religios de Kylcanny cum ptiñ in com Pdič que valet p anñ ultra repris quadragint solid de casť villa et terr cum ptinen de Tromery in com predic que valent p anñ ultra repris decem solid. Et dicunt quod tenuit õia et singula p'missa de đna regina in capiť p que servic penitus ignorant. Et sic seisit existens de õibus et singulis premiss in điñco suo ut de hereditat sua vicesimo octavo die Decembris anno regni regine ñre Elizabethe vicesimo apud Inshyqwyn predic in com predič obiit inde seisit habens exit Tyrelough O'Bryen. Item dicunt qd pdic Tyrelough est filius et prox heres Pfat Thadei O'Bryen et est de etate quindecem annoru et non maritat et quod Noare ny Bryen vid mater dei Tyrelough et nup ux dĉi Thadei adhuc non est maritat. Item predicti juratores super sacrum suum predictum dicunt quod Donatus alias Donogh M Morcho O'Bryan nup de Dromolyn in com Clare ar vicesimo octavo die Septembris anno regni regine Elizabeth que nunc est vicesimo quarto attinct fuit p indicm de alta proditione coram comissioniis ejusd dne regine in com Clare pd et quod predič Donoghe tempore attinctur sue pd seisit fuit in diñco suo ut de feod de uno cast et quatuor carucat terr in Dromolyn predic cum ptinen in com predic que valent p anñ ultra repris vigint solid de uno casť et quatuor carucat terr cum ptinen in Ballyconnyly in com predič que valent p anñ ultra repris vigint solid de uno cast et quatuor carucat terr cum ptinen in Lemeneith in com predic que valent p anñ ultra repris vigint solid de nup monaster sive dom religios de Corkamroo cum ptinen in com predic que valet p anñ ultra repris trigint solid de reddit decem solid exeunt de et ex villa de Rakyerry in com predict de uno cast et quatuor carucat terr in Ballygrif cũ ptinen in comitat Clare pact que valent p anñ ultra repris sexdecem solid que omnia et singula predic cast terr tent et hereditament cu ptinen tenuit de dna regina in capiť sed p que servic Pa jurator penitus ignorant. Item dicunt quod predič Donat als Donogho tempore |