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 Earl Walter "of the Rosaries" had died before any effective steps had been taken towards a plantation, complaining bitterly that in spite of the eminent loyalty of his family he should be the first of the old Anglo-Norman blood marked out for spoliation.

His grandson and successor in the title, afterwards the great Duke of Ormond, was more prudent, or rather more selfish. His actual revenues from the disputed lands were small. He was promised special favours at the expense of the Irish under the plantation scheme for himself, and some two or three of his friends. Therefore he forebore to produce Henry VIII. 's grant, and in 1637 a jury at Clonmel found a title for the King.

The troubles in Great Britain put a stop to any effectual proceedings in Connaught and Ormond. Before any of the landowners in these districts had been deprived of their lands, the English Parliament had deprived Strafford of his head. And Charles was beginning to see that the loyalty of Irish Catholics might be worth cultivating as a support against the growing disloyalty of Scottish Presbyterians and English Puritans.