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vor'3 were secretly consulting with our Vise', what to do to advance the King's cause. The Anabap-
tists bore the greatest sway in the Council at Dublin, and they ordered Colonel Cooper, 1 * Governor
of Ulster (then in Carrickf") to send up our Vise', prisoner. His Lo p had some sickness and recovered
health in Dublin, where I was when the council was surprised and seized, 15 in w h his Lo p was co-
vertly active, for tho' he staid in his lodgings, he sent myself and his servants in messinges, and allowed
his horses and mine to a friend, called Geo. Wilton, 16 who mounted himself and others on them,
joining Theo". Jones, who was in the action of that surprise, in scouring the streets hindering the
Anabaptists to get to a body. I will not here relate that S r Theo 3 . Jones (my kinsman and great
friend in usurping times) and the persons who surprised the Council Chamber and Castle (both at
one time) made a rendezvous on Oxmondtown green; 1 ? declared to restore the secluded members
WELL, SON TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS, EARL OF ARD-
GLASS, AND GRANDSON TO THE SAID EDWARD, DECEASED I9TH OF
OCTOBER, 1668."
On the 7th of August, 1617, the king granted to Thomas,
lord Cromwell, the castle, lordship, manor, and town of
Dundrum, in or near the territory of Lecale, and seven
townlands adjoining the castle, the site of the
abbey of Inche, with a castle and other buildings, a
cemetery, and % car. in the island of the Inch, and all
the demesne lands of the said abbey, the site of the
house of the monks of Down, with all the lands thereto
belonging; the site of the priory of canons of St. John in
Down, with the lands of said priory ; the site of the priory
of St. John and St. Thomas of Down, and eight acres
within its precinct, together with all the other lands be-
longing to the said priory ; the site of the monastery of
Sawle, and two ruinous castles, and a garden within its
precinct, two castles and three townlands of Sawie, with
the several other landed possessions of said monastery ;
Hollingrainge, parcel of the possessions of the late dissolved
monastery of Hore Abbey, otherwise Leigh, or Jugo Dei
in the Ardes ; Corbally, parcel of the possessions of the
late monastery of Bangor in Down county ; the site of the
monastery of Friars Minors of Down, with a chamber,
hall, and other buildings, a cemetery, garden, and orchard
within the precinct, together with the several other pos-
sessions of the said monastery ; the site of the monastery
of St. Patrick of Down, with a dormitory, a close, and
other edifices, and a garden within its precinct, together
•with very extensive landed possessions belonging to the
said monastery, including the water of Loughcoyne, flow-
ing into the river or bay of Strangford, in which vessels
of ten tons can pass to the port of Strangford ; half of the
territory or country commonly called M 'Carton's country;
a. ferry from the town of Down to the Inch, and another
ferry from the castle and towne of Coyle to Fanabroge,
for which he is to be paid by passengers at the usual rates ;
the whole river and water of Loughcon or Loughcoyne, and
all other rivers and waters flowing into the river and bay of
Strangford, as far as any of them flow near lord Cromwell's
lands, with the fishings thereof. The whole is created into
a manor, called the manor of Downpatrick, with 1,000 acres
in demesne ; power to create tenures ; to hold courts leet and
baron ; to hold a Saturday market at Downpatrick, and
two fairs, one on the feast of St. Luke the evangelist,
and the other on the feast of St. Patrick; with courts of
pie-powder and the usual tolls; lord Cromwell and his
heirs to be clerks of the market, to have free warren and
chace ; and to enjoy all waifs and strays. The territory
of Killenarten to be held at the yearly rent of £2 1 3s 4d.
To hold for ever, the Killenlarten lands in capite, by the
service of one knight's fee; and all the remainder in com-
mon socage. — Calendar of Patent Rolls, James I., pp.
336> 337-
r 3 Colo. Trevor. — This was Marcus Trevor, a son of
sir Edward. See p. 132, supra.
14 Colonel Cooper. — Colonel Thomas Cooper was a
steady and trusted servant of the commonwealth, and suc-
ceeded colonel Robert Barrow as commander at Carrick-
fergus, the violent anabaptist sentiments of the latter
unfitting him, in Cromwell's opinion, for the duties of
that position. The latter, writing to his son Henry, in
November, 1656, says : — " I am alsoe thinkinge of send-
ing over to you a fitt person who may command the North
of Ireland, which I believe stands in great need of one."
Cooper soon afterwards relieved Barrow at Carrickfergus,
where he resided until the close of 1658. He died at
London in 1659, before the breaking up of the common-
wealth. — Reid's History of the Presbyterian Church in
Ireland, vol. ii. , p. 204, note.
*S Council surprised and seized. — The commissioners
who took charge of the government on the removal of
Henry Cromwell appear to have held office only for one
month, as their successors were appointed on the 7th of
June, 1659. The names of the latter were colonel John
Jones ; William Steele, serjeant-at-law ; Robert Goodwin,
esq. ; colonel Matthew Tomlinson ; and Miles Corbet,
serjeant-at-law. On the 13th of December, the castle of
Dublin was surprised by sir Charles Coote and sir Har-
dress Waller, in the interests of the parliament, and three
of the above-named commissioners, viz., Jones, Tomlin-
son, and Corbett, were seized with several others, and
sent prisoners to England.
16 Geo. Wilton. — The first viscount Montgomery's
younger daughter, Jean, married to Patrick Savage, left
two daughters. The second, named Elizabeth, married
George Wilton ; their son, also named George, an
officer in the army, was the person here mentioned by the
author.
"I Oxmondtown green. — Ludlow's account of this move-
ment, carried forward by Coote, Jones, and others,
ostensibly in the cause of a free parliament, but really
in connivance with Monk to bring about the Restora-
tion, is as follows: — "It was a matter of amazement