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395] along with several new adherents, held meetings at his lodgings. Cf. Introduction to Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle.

11 Burrows' "Register", p. 335, April 18, 1651. Principal and fellows of Brasenose gave Petty leave of absence for two years with continuance of his stipend of thirty pounds a year.

Evelyn, ii, p. 95. "Sir William came from Oxford to be tutor to a neighbour of mine."

12 Petty's career in Ireland is hardly touched upon by Aubrey. The following account is derived from his own works, chiefly the "Down Survey." This book, unlike Petty's other works, is extremely dull, and difficult reading. Pendergast, in "The Cromwellian Settlement," has made constant use of it, and with the help of his book, I have been able to throw some light on the next few years of Petty's life.

Strafford, in following out the familiar policy of transplanting English settlers into Ireland, had brought about a rebellion among the natives. To suppress this outbreak, an army had to be sent from England. This army was raised and supported by money advanced by private individuals, subscribed on the security of 2,500,000 acres of Irish land to be confiscated at the close of the rebellion. The debt was still unsettled at the end of Cromwell's Irish campaign in 1652. As the army had not yet received its pay, the government proposed to settle both of these claims, by granting to each party confiscated