Third Commission

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Charles by the grace of God of Engl{and} Scotland ffrance & Ireland king defender of the faith &c To our trustie & welbeloue{d} Henrie Jones Doctor of Divinitie Deane of Kilmore Edward Piggott William Hitchcock Randall Adams John Sterne William Aldrich Henry Brereton John Watson Clarkes greeting Whereas divers wicked & disloyall people have lately Risen in Armes in seuerall partes of this our Kingdome of Ireland and haue robbed and spoyled many of our good subjectes brittishe and Protestantes: Whoe have beene separated from their setled habitacions, and scattered in most lamentable manner, and many others have beene deprived of their landes rentes goodes and Chattells, And forasmuch as it is most needfull to take due examinacion concerning the same Wee therefore reposeing speciall trust and Confidence in your care and wisdome: Doe hereby giue vnto you or any twoe or more of you full power and authoritie from time to time to call before you or any twoe or more of you and to examyne vpon oath vpon the holie evangelist aswell all such persons as have beene soe robbed and spojled or deprived of their landes Rentes goodes & chattells, as all the wittnesses that can giv{e} testemony therein What robberies and spojles haue beene Committed on them or any other to their knowledge since the xxijth of October last or shall hereafter bee committed on them or any of them, what landes Rentes goodes or Chattells any person or persons haue since that tyme been deprived of by occasion of this rebellion: What they particulers were or are in landes Rentes goodes & chattells, whereof anie perso{n} or persons were or shalbe soe robbed spojled or deprived To what value, by whome such Robberies or spoiles we{re} Committed what theire names are and where they nowe or last dwelt that Comitted those Robberies or spojles, on what day or night the said Robberies

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or spoiles Comitted or to be Committed were done what traiterous or disloyall wordes speeches or actions were then or at any other time vttered or Comitted by those Robbers or any of them And what vnfitting wordes or speeches concerning the present Rebellion or by occasion thereof were spoken at anie time by anie person or persons whatsoever: What violence or other lewd Actions were then performed by the said Robbers or any of them, and howe often what number of persons have beene murthered by the Rebells or perished = afterwardes in the way to Dublin or other placs where they fledd or retyred for refuge either way way of defence or otherwise, what person or persons Clergy men or other protestantes have beene papistes since the xxijth daie of October last and all other circumstances touching or concerning the said particulers and every of them either before the xxiijth of October or since And for the better performance of this service all Incumbentes Curates parrish Clarkes & Sextons of Churches in this kingdome are hereby required to giue to you our said Commissioners to the best of their knowledge the names and number of the poore soe spojled whoe haue beene buried in their respective parrishes. And hereafter in & about Dublin they are to giue in weekely Bills vnder the handes of the minister or Churchwarden of such parrishes of such of the said persons as shalbe soe buried in the said parrishes: And you our said Commissioners or any twoe or more of you as aforesaid are to reduce to writing all thexaminacions which you or any twoe or more of you shall take as aforesaid: and the same to returne to our Justices & Counsell of this our Realme of Ireland vnder your handes and seales of you or any twoe or more of you as aforesaid. Witnesse our Right trusty & welbeloved Counsellors Sir William Parsons knight & Barronet
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