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Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Salisbury Preserved at Hatfield House
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Salisbury Preserved at Hatfield House Author:Salisbury General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1889 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Tour Majesty is also hindered by a subtle conveyance of Jamea Viscount Buttivant and Lord Barry Jast deceased, who conveyed his land to Duvid Barry his second son, his eldest, who is alive, being deaf and dumb, and thereby your Majesty is entitled to the profits of the land during the life of the heir, worth 2,000/. by the year. Your Majesty is also greatly injured by one Barry Oge, who usurpcth from you the country of Kinalea, his ancestors and himself being but seneschals thereof, asd by long continuance in the said oHice do now claim the same country to him audio -hi?, heirs males for ever; and hath secretly enfeoil'ed Viscount Barry, he having no child of his own to be his heir, meaning by this crafty conveyance to disinherit your Majesty of a goodly country which lieth between this town and Kinsale. In like sort is another proper country called Kynalbekyne in Carbery usurped, of which the Barry Oges were seneschals as of Kinalea. Patrick Condon's, the White Knight's, and the Knight oi the Valley's countries is like to be disposed upon those traitors three, whose fathers lost them by attainder for treasons before the Earl of Desmond's rebellion, and their sons since the Earl's rebellion began have joined with him in his treasons, till now of late they were received to protections, which three countries be as trim soils as any in this Province. Your Highness is like to be also hindered by a suit that is shortly to be moved concerning your grant of liconco for I he bwing [sic] of Lord Coursey's lands, an ancient baron and barony which Lord Coursey has sold to merchants of Kinsale and others for wi...« less