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said commissioners, by vertue of the authority and trust comitted unto them in and by one Act of Parliament, entituled, "An Act for the speedy and effectuall Satisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, and of the Arreares due to the Souldiery there, and of other publique Debts," doe hereby authorize and appoint Henry Waddington, James Shane, Henry Greenoway, and Sebastian Brigham, Esqrs., or any three or more of them, to hold and keep one or more courts of survey, for inquiring and finding out of all and every the honors, baronies, castles, mannors, messuages, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, reversions, remainders, possessions, and other hereditaments whatsoever, which at any time since the twenty-third day of October, in the year 1641, did belong unto any person or persons, whose lands upon the said 23rd day of October were, or at any time since are forfeited to the Commonwealth, by vertue of an Act of Parliament, entituled, "An Act for the speedy and effectual Reducing of the Rebels in his Majestie's Kingdome of Ireland to their due Obedience to his Majestie and the Crown of England," or by any other Act or Acts of Parliament; and likewise to inquire of and find out all such honors, baronies, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, and hereditaments belonging unto the Crown in the year 1630, or at any time since; and also to inquire of and find out all honors, baronies, castles, mannors, lands, tenements, rents, or other hereditaments, lately belonging to any archbishop, bishop, dean, dean and chapter, or other officer belonging to that hierarchy in Ireland, in the right of his archbishoprick, bishoprick, deanery, or office aforesaid, within any of the baronies of Kilkeny, Rathconrath, Demifoore, Moyashell and Moghrediernan, Ffortulla or Ffartullagh, Clonlownan, Moyeashell or Moycashell, Moygoish, Corkerry, Delvin, Ffarbill, territory of Birrawny, lands of Moydrum, within the county of Westmeath, together with all houses, edifices, timber, woods, mines, and other appurtenances belonging to all and every the premisses within the county and place aforesaid; and to survey the same, and make returne thereof distinctly by themselves, that is to say, fforfeited lands, with the appurtenances, by themselves; Crown lands, with the appurtenances, by themselves; and lands belonging to the said hierarchy, by themselves. In the holding and keeping of which courts of survey, the said Henry Waddington, &c., or any three or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to send for such persons as they shall judge any way able to informe them concerning the premisses to come before them, and examine the said persons, upon oath, for the better discovery of what they know in and about the said premisses. And it is further ordered, that in making returnes of the said survey the said Henry Waddington, &c., doe observe and put in execution the instructions hereunto annexed; and that before they doe act anything by vertue of this commission, they doe take the oath ensuing, viz.: "You shall faithfully promise and swear, in the presence of the great and mighty God, that