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 112 C32. Anno prinio Ann.e Rcginaj. Stat, r, A. D. 1701. jJoPapift capable afortfaid, Tbat no Papift or Perfon profcfTmg the Popifli Rtligioji, during the Time of his continuing a toinhciiror Papift, or profeffuig the Popifh Relin,ion, fn:.!) be a Perfon c^ipable to inherit, take, or make Title unto, rn-ikeTuleby by Di-icent, Puichale, Limitation, Dcvife, or other Con vcyar.ce whatibevcr, in Poffeffion, Reverfion or tb"e'iii?d'Mancrs K.emaincler, or to have, hold or enjoy any of the faid Hoisours, Manors, Hereditaments and Premifles, l.an.'s, &c. ' Of any Truft or intereft therein, or any Rent or Profit ill'uing out of the fame, or out of any Part there- r.ipift not taking of ; and that if any Perfon profeffing the Popifh Religion, or educated in the fame, and not having fo- accruing of his or her Title, or being under the Age of eighteen Years, fliall not, within fix Months after he or Ike fliall attain the Age aforefaid, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and alfo fubfcribc the DccJaration fet down and expreffed in an A61 of Parliament mads in the thirtieth V ear of the Reign of jaCar, i.ftat.2. ^^^ ^^^^ King Charles the Second, intituled, Jn J,"? far the mere effeiiliial preferving the King's Perfon and Government, by dijabling Papi/ls from fitting in either Honfe of PuyUament, to be by him or her made, re- peated, and fubfcribed in the Courts of Chancery or King's Bench in England or Ireland, or Quarter-Sef- lions in any County of England or Ireland, where fuch Perfun flriall refide (which faid Oath and Declara- tion the faid Courts and Quarter-Seflions are hereby feverally impowered to adminifcer) and continue to • l^s a Proteftant after the taking the faid Oath and UecTaration afc>refald, every fuch Perfon fhall, in re- A^-itme •'"" '"' ^V^^ °f h™ or herfelf only, and not to or in refpeft of his or her Heirs or Polleriiy, be difabled, and is ' hereby made incapable to inherit or take by Defcent, Devife or Limitation, or Purchafe, in PoflefTion, Reverfion or Remainder, any of the faid Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments or Pre- mises aforementioned, or any Trufl or Intereft in Rent or Profit iil'uing out of the fame, or out of any ana the next of Part thereof; and that during the Life of fuch Perfon, or until hi or ihe Ihall take the faid Oaths, and Kin.bemgaPro- make, repeat and fubfcribe the faid Declaration in Manner aforefaid, the next of his or her kindred, who .iak"^&c ' ■'^■'^'^ ^ Proteflant, fliall have and enjoy the faid Premifles, without being accountable for the Profits by ' ' him or her received during fuch Enjoyment as aforefaid. Xeafes, &c to XVL And it is hereby further enadted. That all Leafes for Life or Lives, or for any Term of Years bemaJeonlyto or otherwife, which fliall at any Time hereafter be made of any the Honours, Manors, Lands, Tene- rote ants. nients. Hereditaments, and Premifles above mentioned, fhall be made to fuch Perfon s only as. are of the 6udi Leafemade pj-Qj-gfl-a^Qt; j^^jigion, and to none Other ; and if any Leafe for Life or Lives, or for Years, or otherwife, ■Truft''/ h '" ^^'^ ^'- ^"y Time after fuch Sale be made of. any the Honours, Manors, Lands Tenements, Heredita- or if any Leafe of any fuch Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments or Premifles, fliall be •made to a Proteftant, and the fame fhall afterwards be aJTigned unto, or in Truft for any Papift, or Per- fon profeffing the Popifti Religion ; every fuch Leafj fo made unto, or in Truft for any fuch Papift or -Perfon, and likewiie every fuch Alfignment fhall be void, and' the fame is and are hereby adjudged and declared to be ipfo fa^io null and void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever ; and in fuch Cafe, as well -the Perfon making any fuch Leafe or AiTignment, as the Perfon to whom or for whofe Ufe or Benefit the fame fliall be made (in cafe fuch Perfon ihall accept fuch Leafe or Aflignment, or fliall occupy any the f.jiiaVty. Lands or Teneiiients therein contained) fhall forfeit treble the full yearly Value of all the Lands fo let •aifigned or occupied, one Moiety thereof to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflors, and the other Moiety .to luch Perfon (being a Proteftant) who fliall fue for the fame in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at Du'hlin by any Biil, Plaint, or Information, wherein no EfToin, Protedfion, Wager of Law, or Impar- lance fhall be allowed. ^a Bot to void XVIL Provided always. That nothing in the laft foregoing Claufe contained fhall extend to make void -Cottage Leafe, ^^^ Leafe, that is or fhall be made, of any Cottage or Cabin under the yearly Value of thirty Shillings per Annum, to any Day Labourer whatfoever. norTrufiees XVIIL Provided, That nothing herein contained (hall extend, or be conflrued to extend, to make .t^afc for Qfle void, impeach or prejudice any Leafe of any of the faid forfeited Eftates, or other Interefls, made or to be "s.ear. made by the fid Truftees, for any Term not exceeding one Year. ' XIX. And whereas his faid late Majefty King William, in Confideration of a Fine of fix hundred ■' and eighty-five Pounds fixteen Shillings and four Pence, ftated by the Commifiioners of Accounts in ■■* Ireland, to be due from his faid Majefty to Major JValter Delaniar for Arrears of Pay for his Services in •'' the Kingdom of Ireland, did in the Month oi OSiober one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, make a Leafe '* ty-one Years the faid Eftates being fubjedl: to great Incumbrances, and a jointure for the Life of •* faid Lands, in draining a Bogg, and building and planting upon the faid Ellate, to the great Improve- ■' ment thereof: And whereas notvvithttanding there are but about fourteen Years to come in the faid ■* Kingdom, and the faid Wilna7n Palmer hath (unlefs relieved by Parliament) loft the Money fo paid and _ ' ■' laid out by him, and of which the Publick hath had and will have the Benefit ;' Be it therefore enacted wai am Palmer ^'i ^^^'^ Authority aforefaid. That the faid Truftees fliall, within twelve Months, pay to the faid William i.ioo) and in Palmer, his Executors, Adminiftralors and Affigns, the Sum of one tlioufand one hundred Pounds-; l>c',iult, &c. he and in Default of fuch Payment as aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid William Pal- tohoidDirpa- jji(y-^ hij ExccutOrs, AdiTiiniftrators ajid Afligns, to have, hold and enjoy the faid Premifles called Dirta^
 * theOaihs,&c, k-iTinly and publickly renounced it,' being of full Age, fhall not, within the Space of fix Months after the
 * fiid. ' ments, or Premifles aforefaid, unto or in Truft for any Papift, or Perfon profeffing the Popifli Religion ;
 * to the faid Major JValter Delamar, of fome forfeited Eftates in the faid Kingdom, for the Term af twen-
 * Plunkett, the Relidt oi Ignatius Plimkett : And whereas William Palmer Efquire did pui chafe from the
 * faid Major Delamar Part of the faid Eftates called Dirpatrick, in the Barony of Deece, and County of
 * Meath, for the Sum of five hundred Pounds, the faid Sum heing fy him paid to the faid Walter De-
 * lamar, for the Remainder of the faid Term of twenty-one Years, fubjeci to the faid Jointure, and
 * hath fince alfo laid out fix hundred Pounds, and upwards, in buying in the faid Jointure Eftate in the
 * Leafe, the fame is made void by the late Aft of Parliament for re-afluming the Forfeitures in that