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A45667	Remarks on the affairs and trade of England and Ireland wherein is set down 1. the antient charge of Ireland, and all the forces sent thither from 1170 until the compleat conquest thereof in 1602 ..., 2. the peculiar advantages which accrue to England by Ireland ..., 3. the state of trade, revenue, rents, manufactures, &c. of Ireland, with the causes of its poverty ..., 4. the only sure expedients for their advancement, with the necessity and utility of the repeal (as well as suspension) of the laws against dissenters, and the test, 5. how the reduction and settlement of Ireland may be improved to the advantage of England ... / by a hearty well-wisher to the Protestant religion, and the prosperity of these kingdoms.	Harris, Walter, Sir.	1691 (1691)	Wing H886; ESTC R13627	68,949	83

met with on that Subject which will at least lead towards an Answer if not satisfie your first Inquiry Know then that the English footing in Ireland did not Commence upon a publick but private undertaking For Mac-Murogh King of Leinster having been driven from his Kingdom gave his only Daughter in Marriage to Richard Strongbow Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke and with her his Kingdom after his Death on condition he should assist and restore him The Earl pursuant thereunto incouraged his Relations Fitz-Stephens and Fitz-Gerald to joyn in that undertaking who with near 400 brave Men put off from Milford and Landed near Wexford in Ireland in May Anno. 1170. They were soon followed by Legross with 130 more and in August following by Strongbow himself with 1200. Many of these Parties were Persons of good Quality great Valour and attended with wonderful success For notwithstanding the smart opposition made by the Natives Strongbow in a short time restored Mac-Murogh and inlarged his Dominions to such a Degree as rendred him suspected by Henry II. who by Prohibiting all Commerce with Ireland c. constrained the Earl to yield him all his Acquisitions in that Kingdom The King granted back to Strongbow the Principality of Leinster reserving all the Port-Towns and certain Tracts of Land about them to the Crown King Hen. himself some write with 4500 others that were amongst 'em say but with 500 Knights Landed in October 1172. near Waterford his Presence and Fame with the Terror and Success of Strongbow's Arms so intimidated the Natives in Leinster Munster and Conaught that Five of their Kings on Notice of his Arrival did him Homage and became his Tributaries The greatest part of his Charge was spent in Royal Entertainments and his time for the five Months he stayed there in endeavours so to settle matters as wholly in future to cut off from France the usual assistance afforded by the Irish when Attacqued by the Arms of England He had experimented the benefit the Crown received without Charge by Strongbow's private undertaking Therefore he wisely resolved by like Methods to make that part he had gained bear the charge of Conquering the whole To that end he distributed large Scopes of Land to the great Men that attended him As to Hugh Lacy the Kingdom of Meath finding 100 Knights for his Service for ever c. About four Years after the Irish yielded him or the King imposed a Tax of Twelve Pence on every House or Yoak of Oxen there which amounted to no small Summ in those days After the Death of Strongbow the King at Oxford made his Son John King of Ireland and as our own Writers tell us he divided the Lands of that Kingdom to his Subjects as well of England as Ireland to be held of him and his Son John he gave Miles Cogan and Robert Fitz-Stephens the Kingdom of Cork to whose Relief soon after Arrived there Richard Cogan with a Troop of Horse and a Company of Foot Anno. 1184. Philip de Breos as fore-runner of the young King went into Ireland with a small Party of Horse and Foot the next Year the young King followed with no Army yet Honourably attended and with some Treasure This young Counceller like Rechoboam's handled the Irish Princes that Congratulated his Arrival so roughly that they were provoked to Rebel Whereupon Eight Months after his Arrival he left that Kingdom in a much worse condition than he found it King Henry's Wars in France the unnatural Rebellion of his Sons and his other troubles permitted him not to relieve it yet to pursue his former Method he committed the Government of that Kingdom to the Renowned John de Courty and gave him a Grant of the whole Province of Vlster then unsubdued the Irish Princes thereof having not hitherto owned any subjection to England The Valiant Courcy with 3 or 400 of his friends and followers with the Forces then in Ireland not only reduced the Rebels in the other three Provinces to their former subjection but also brought Vlster under the English Yoak Richard I. was so taken up with his expedition to the Holy Land the perfidy of the French King and his unhappy detention by the Emperor That he concerned not himself with the Affairs of Ireland that I find further then that he Married Isabel the Sole Heiress of Strongbow to William Maxfield Earl-Marshal of England who was also in right of his Wife made Earl of Pembroke and P. of Leinster This Earl left Issue of that Marriage five Sons who succeeded each other to their Fathers Honours and Estate yet Died Issueless and five Daughters whose Fortunes in Ireland and Wales recommended them to the greatest Pears of England As Joyce the Eldest to Earl Warren who had with her the County of Wexford of whom came the Earls of March c. Matilda the second had the County of Catherlow and Married Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk Isabel the third Daughter had the County of Kilkenny and Married the Earl of Gloucester and Hereford Sybilla the fourth had the County of Kildare and Married William Ferrars Earl of Ferrars and Darby Eva the fifth Daughter had the Mannour of Dunmas now called the Queens County and Married the Lord Bruise of Gower whereby the Revenue of those five Counties became transmittable annually into England These Ladies Cambden tells us enriched their Husbands with Children Honour and Possessions King John having received 1000 Marks from Volois Lord Justice of Ireland to discharge him without account for the Revenue he had received of that Kingdom Soon after committed the Government thereof to Walter and Hugh Lacy who abused his Authority not only to the Oppression of the Irish but to the subversion of many of the best English Families also to that degree that our Writers say their Exactions Oppressions and Tyranny Murders might be added was intolerable yet King John instead of easing those Pressures if we believe Grafton and Fabian imposed Taxes on the People of Ireland towards his Wars with France much greater than they were able to bear So that by overstretching he crackt the strings of the Irish Harp whereon for sometime after was only heard the discordant sound of Revolt Rapin and War in every Corner To quell which the 25th of May 1210. The King himself landed near Waterford with an Army their number no where given us The Irish Kings and great Lords immediately appeased him by Submissions Homage and Tributes He granted the English Subjects in Ireland the benefit of Magna Charta and the Laws of England He setled twelve Counties appointed Courts Judges Circuits and Corporations as in England he granted vast Scopes of Land to his great English Lords in Knight Service for small Rents For 2500 Marks he restored Walter Lacy and for 4000 Marks Hugh Lacy and returned into England in August the same year In the year 1213 being threatned with an Invasion from France he received from Ireland 500 men at Arms well appointed and a great

l. A Regiment of Guards containing 12 Companies each consisting of a Captain at 11 l. 4 s. each Calendar Month. A Lieutenant 5 l. 12 s. An Ensign 4 l. 4 s. Three Serjeants 2 l. 2 s. each Three Corporals two Drums 1 l. 8 s. and 90 private Foot-men at 18 s. 8 d. each which for each Company comes per Mensem to 119 l. 6 s. per Annum 1419 l. 12 s. and for the whole per Annum 17035 l. 4. For the Field Officers Chaplain Adjutant Quarter Master Chirurgion and Mate Drum-Major with a Serjeant and ten private Foot-men to four Companies per Mensem 111 l. 15 s. 4 d. per Annum 1341 l. 14. Seventy four Companies of Foot each consisting of a Captain at 11 l. 4 s. each Calendar Month. A Lieutenant 5 l. 12 s. Ensign 4 l. 4 s. Two Serjeants 2 l. 2 s. each Three Corporals and a Drummer 1 l. 8 s. each and sixty private Foot-men at 14 s. each making in all for each Company per Mensem 72 l. 16 s. per Annum 873 l. 2 s. per Annum for the whole 64646 l. 8. They were in the whole 1363 Horse and 6210 Foot the Officers c. included besides the Company of Yeomen of the Guards The Annual charge of the Horse was 46368 l. and of the Foot 83023 l. 6 s. which charge was with ease defrayed out of the Revenue of that Kingdom Although these will be sufficient to prevent or repress all Insurrections of the Papists in Ireland yet they will not be sufficient to secure the Kingdom against Invasion which is that we are to apprehend from France unless with the help of the Confederates we constrain the French King to employ his whole Force for Defence at home And here it may be considered that although the War against France should be ended yet whilst our Neighbours round about are Armed and keep considerable Forces on Foot it would be Prudence to keep up such an Army as may secure us and our Neighbours from being surprized c Now the Body of such an Army may better be kept up in Ireland than in England For the People of England have at all times been justly jealous of a standing Army in times of Peace at home and never will be easie whilst they are among them Such Army may therefore more conveniently and with less charge be kept in Ireland where by reason of the plenty of that Kingdom they can subsist with less Pay For as you may observe the private Horsemen receive there but 2 l. 2 s. each Calendar Month whereas they receive in England 2 s. 6 d. per Diem which is upwards of 3 l. 10 s. per Month and all the Foot except the Regiment of Guards receive but 3 s. 6 d. per Week which is one fourth or 14 d. per Week less than is paid the common Souldier in England so that 20000 Men may be kept there as cheap as 15000 in England which is great odds Fifthly As the Sword is to Defend a People from violence and injury in times of War so ought the Laws in time of Peace Therefore it will be requisite to settle the Civil Justice of that Kingdom in such Hands as may duly and truly Administer it c. To place such Judges and Justices of the Peace as have not been concerned in the corrupt Administrations of that Kingdom such as may not pack Grand Juries or Menace Hector and compel them contrary to their Consciences to find Bills or raise Money against their Judgments or where the Law doth not require it or to Tax the Country with more than is necessary for the occasion to subserve the Interest of particular persons or for supply of the Greedy or Indigent c. But above all such as may duly punish Murderers for Life being the most valuable thing which we possess and the security of it being the Principal end of the Law it ought primarily to be regarded by the Judges c. The remiss Execution of the Laws against Murder in Ireland hath been as a great hindrance to the Peopling and improvement of it so also a great Reproach to it And therefore remedy ought to be provided in this particular on this Settlement I have heard some judicious persons in Holland say in derision of Ireland that the Cattle and the Mares of that Kingdom are better secured by the Laws or usual Administrations thereof than the Lives of the People It is indeed the Honour of the United Provinces and a Blessing to the People that seldom if ever any person of what quality soever that wilfully Kills the meanest person escape Death Whereas they say of Ireland that only the Money-less and Friendless are Executed for Murder whilst Sheep-Stealers or Mare-Stealers Rarely Escape Murder is by Law in Ireland made Treason and because the punishment is so great during the two last Reigns few of any Interest have been Executed for it Which if true is indeed sad for where Judges or Juries neglect to do Justice in this respect or that Princes grant Pardons to Murderers the guilt becomes National Wonderful is the care which God in his Law expresseth of the Life of Man and many and Critical are the inquisitions which he appointed to be made for the Discovery of Private Murder before the place where it was committed could be deemed acquit c. And his command is positive that whosoever taketh away the Life of another should be put to Death and none may hinder lett or stay him c. And the reason is given because that Blood is a Land-defiling Sin And that the Land cannot in any wise be cleansed from the guilt of it but by the Blood of the Murderer Therefore great care ought to be taken to prevent future abuses of this kind and to supply and rectifie the defects and abuses of the Laws in this particular It is dangerous to the Community to suffer Criminals to Escape with impunity but the worst and most intolerable Robberies and Murders are those which are committed by the Abuse of the forms of Laws when thro' the corruption of Judges the Laws made for security of Life Liberty and Property are perverted to the Destruction of any of them Sixthly What hath hitherto been proposed hath been for preventing future charge by Ireland and for the securing the advantages which comes thence to England I am now to shew that it is the Interest of their Majesties and of England to put that Kingdom into a thriving condition and how that may be done That it is the Interest of England and their Majesties is evident by what hath been already observed The Revenues of Ireland before the breaking out of the present Rebellion did surmount the charge of the Kingdom And the Surplusage was transmitted yearly into England Now if by Trade or otherwise the Revenues of that Kingdom had been augmented or doubled to what it was in 1685. Then the Annual advantage to England or to the late