Second Commission of Charles I

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Charles by the grace of god King of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland, Defender of the faith &c. To our welbeloved Henry Jones deane of Kilmore Roger Puttock william Hitchcock Randall Adams John Sterne william Aldrich Henry Brereton and John watson Clerkes Greeting. Whereas divers wicked and disloyall people haue lately risen in armes in seuerall partes of this kingdome, and haue robbed and spoyled many of our good subiects Brittish and protestants who haue been separated from theire setled habitacions and scattered in most lamentable manner; and many others haue been deprived of their lands Rents goods and chattells. And forasmuch as it is needfull to take due examinacion concerning the same Knowe yee that we reposing especiall trust and confidence in your fidelities care and provident circumspeccion haue nominated and appoynted you to be our Comissioners, and doe hereby give vnto you or any two or more of you full power, and authoritie from time to time to call before you and examine vpon oath (which wee hereby authorize you or any two or more of you to administer on the holy Evangelists) aswell all such persons as have been so robbed and spoyled or deprived of theire lands rents goods or chattells as all the witnesses that can give testimony therein what robberies and spoyles have been comitted on them or any of them, what lands Rents goods or Chattells any person or persons have since that tyme been deprived of by occasion of this rebellion, what the particulars were or are in landes Rents goods or Chattells whereof any person or persons were or shalbe so robbed spoyled or deprived, to what value; by whome such robberies or spoyles were committed what theire names were and where they now or last dwelt that committed those robberies or spoyles, on what day or night the said Robberies or spoyles committed or to be committed were done; what traiterous or disloyall wordes speeches or Accions were then or att any other time vttered or comitted by those robbers or any of them, and what vnfitting words or speeches concerning the present Rebellion or by occasion thereof were spoken att any tyme by any person or persons whatsoever. what violence or other lewde Accions wh were then performed by the said Robbers or any of them, and how often what numbers of persons haue been murthered by the rebells or perished afterwards in the way to Dublin or other places whither they fledd or retired for refuge either by way of defence or otherwise what person or persons Clergiemen or other protestants haue become papists since the said 22th of October last And all other Circumstances and things

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touching and concerning the said particulars and euery of them either before the 23th of October or sithence And for the better performance of the service, all Incumbents Curates & parish Clerks and Sextons of Churches in the kingdome are hereby required to give in to you our said Comissioners to the best of theire knowledge the names and numbers of the poore so spoyled who haue been buried in their respective parishes and hereafter in and about Dublin they are to give in weekely bills vnder the hands of the Ministers or Church wardens of such parishes of such of the said persons as shalbe so buried in the same parishes And you our said Commissioners or any two or more of you as aforesaid are to reduce to writing all the Examinacions which you or any two or more of you shall take as aforesaid, and the same to returne vnto our Justices and Counsell of this our Realme of Ireland vnder the hands and seales of you or any two or more of you as aforesaid Witnes our right trustie and welbeloved Counsellors Sir William Parsons knight and Baronett and Sir John Burlase knight our Justices of our Realme of Ireland at Dublin the xviijth day of January in the xvijth yeare of our Raigne.
Carleton.