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A78818	The Irish cabinet: or His Majesties secret papers, for establishing the Papall clergy in Ireland, with other matters of high concernment, taken in the carriages of the Archbishop of Tuam, who was slain in the late fight at Sliggo in that kingdom. Together with two exact and full relations of the severall victories obtained by the Parliaments forces, through Gods blessing, in the same kingdom. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that His Majesties papers taken at Sliggo, be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Cole, William,; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1646 (1646)	Wing C2353; Thomason E316_29; ESTC R200537	12,243	24

and the generall disturbance of the whole Kingdom For remedy whereof for the better setling increase and continuance of the Peace Unity and Tranquility of this Kingdom of Ireland His Majesty at the humble suit and request of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled is graciously pleased that it may be Enacted And be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty the Lords Spiritual Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by Authority of the same That from and after the first day of this Session of Parliament it shall and may be lawfull to for all the professors of the Roman Catholique religion of what degree condition or quality to have use and enjoy the free publike exercise and profession of the said Roman Catholique Religion and of their several respective functions therein without incurring any mulct or penalty whatsoever or being subject to any restraint or incapacity concerning the same Any Article or clause sentence or provision in the said last mentioned Acts of Parliament or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament Ordinances Law or usage to the contrary or in any wise notwithstanding And be it also further Enacted That neither the said Statutes or any other Statute Acts or Ordinance hereafter made in Your Majesties Raign or in the Raign of any of Your Highnesses most Noble Progenitors or Ancestors now of force in this Kingdom nor all nor any branch article clause sentence in them or any of them contained or specified shall be of force or validity in this Realm to extend to be construed or adjudged to extend in any wise to inquiet prejudice vex or molest the professors of the said Roman Catholique Religion in their Persons Lands Hereditaments or Goods for any thing matter or cause whatsoever touching and concerning the free and publike use exercise and enjoyings of their said Religion function profession And be it also further Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid That Your Majesties Roman Catholique Subjects in the said Realm of Ireland from the first day of this Session of Parliament shall be and be taken deemed and adjudged capable of all Offices of Trust and advancement places degrees and dignities preferment whatsoever within Your said realm of Ireland Any Acts Statutes Usage or Law to the contrary notwithstanding And that other Acts shal be passed in the said Parliament according to the tenour of such Agreement or Concessions as herein are expressed and that in the mean time the said Roman Catholique Subjects and every of them shall enjoy the full benefit freedom and advantage of the said Agreements and Concessions and of every of them 5. Item It is accorded granted and agreed by the said Earl for and in the behalf of His Majesty His Heirs and Successors That His Excellency the Lo Marques of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or any other or others authorized or to be authorized by His Majesty shall not disturb the professors of the Roman Catholique Religion in their present possession and continuance of the profession of their said Churches Jurisdiction or any other the matters aforesaid in these Articles agreed and condescended unto by the said Earl untill His Majesties pleasure be signified for confirming and publishing the Grants and Agreements hereby articled for and condescended unto by the said Earl 6. Item And the said Earl of Glamorgan doth hereby engage His Majesties Royall word and Publique Faith unto all and singular the professors of the said Roman Catholique Religion within the said Kingdom of Ireland for the due observance and performance of all and every the Articles Grants Clauses therein contained and the Concessions herein mentioned to be performed to them 7. Item It is accorded and agreed That the said Publike Faith of the Kingdom shall be ingaged unto the said Earle by the said Commissioners of the said Confederate Catholiques for sending ten thousand men to serue his Majestie by order and publike Declaration of the Generall assembly now sitting And that the Supreame Councell of the said Confederate Catholiques shall engage themselves to bring the said number of men armed the one halfe with Musquets and the other halfe with Pikes unto any Port within this Realme at the Election of the said Earle and at such time as he shall appoint to be by him shipped and transported to serve his Majestie in England Wales or Scotland under the Command of the said Earle of Glamorgan as Lord Generall of the said Army which Army is to be kept together in one intire body and all other the Officers and Commanders of the said Army are to be named by the Supreame Councell of the said Confederate Catholiques or by such others as the Generall Assembly of the said Confederate Catholiques of this Kingdome shall intrust therewith In witnesse whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably put their hands and Seales the 25. day of August 1645. Glamorgan Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of John Somerset Jeffery Barron Robert Barry Copia vera Colata fideliter cum Originali Thomas Cashell Franc. Patricius Waterford de Lismore This is a true Copie of the Originall Copie found in the Archbishop of Tuams Carriage compared by Us Arthur Annesley Rob. King Articles of agreement made and concluded upon by and betweene the Right Honourable Edward Earle of Glamorgan and in pursuance and by vertue of his Majesties authority under his signet and Royall signature bearing date at Oxford the twelfth day of March in the twentieth yeare of his Raigne for and on the behalfe of his most Excellent Majesty of the one part and the Right Honourable Rich Lord Viscount Mountgaret Lord President of the Supreame Councell of the Confederate Catholiques of Ireland Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry Alex M. Donnell and Nicholas Plunket Esquires Sir Robert Talbott Baronet Dermot o Brien John Dillon Patrick Darcy and Jeffery Browne Esquires for and on the behalfe of his Majesties Roman Catholique Subjects and the Catholique Clergy of Ireland of the other part IMprimis The said Earle doth grant conclude and agree on the behalfe of his Majesty His Heires and Successours to and with the said Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry Alex. Mach Donnell and Nicholas Plunket Esquires Sir Robert Talbot Barronet Dermot o Brien Iohn Dillon Patrick Darcy and Ieffery Browne Esquires That the Roman Catholique Clergy of the said Kingdome shall and may from hence-forth for ever hould and enjoy all and every such Lands Tenements Tithes and Hereditaments whatsoever by them respectively enjoyed within this Kingdome or by them posessed at any time since the three and twentieth of October one thousand sixe hundred forty one And all other such Lands Tenements Tithes and Hereditaments belonging to the Clergy within this Kingdome other then such as are actually enjoyed by his Majesties Protestant Clergy Item It is granted concluded and agreed on by the said Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret Donogh

VVHereas much time hath been spent in meetings and debates betwixt His Excellency James Lord Marques of Ormond Lord Lieutenant and General Governour of His Majesties Kingdom of Ireland Commissioner to His most Excellent Majesty Charles by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. for the Treating and Concluding of a Peace in the said Kingdom with His Majesties Humble and Loyal Suhjects the Confederate and Roman Catholiques of the said Kingdom of Ireland of the one part and the Right Honorable Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry and others Commissioners Deputed and Authorised by the said Confederate Roman Catholique Subjects of the other part and thereupon many difficulties did arise by occasion whereof sundry matters of great weight and consequence necessarily requisite to be condescended unto by His Majesties said Commissioners for the safety of the said Confederate Roman Catholiques were not hitherto agreed upon which retarded and doth as yet retard the Conclusion of a firm Peace and settlement in the said Kingdom And whereas the Right Honorable Edward Earl of Glamorgan is intrusted and authorised by His most Excellent Majesty to grant and assure to the said Confederate Catholique Subjects further Grace and favours which the said Lord Lieutenant did not as yet in that Latitude as they expected grant unto them and the said Earl having seriously considered of all matters and due circumstances of the great Affairs now in agitation which is the peace and quiet of the said Kingdom and the importance thereof in order to His Majesties service and in relation to a Peace and settlement in His other Kingdoms and hereupon the place having seen the ardent desire of the said Catholiques to assist His Majesty against all that do or shall oppresse His Royal Right or Monarchick Government and having discerned the alacrity and cheerfulnesse of the said Catholiques to embrace Honorable conditions of Peace which may preserve their Religion and other just Interests In pursuance therefore of His Majesties Authority under His Highnesse Signature Royal and Signet bearing D●●e at Ox●● the 12. day of March in the twentieth Year of His Raign Granted unto the said Earl of Glamorgan the tenour wherof is as followeth Viz. Charles Rex Charles by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To Our trusty and right welbeloved Cosen Edward Earl of Glamorgan greeting We reposing great and especial trust and Confidence in Your approved wisdom and fidelity Do by these as firmly as under Our Great Seal to all intents and purposes Authorise and give you power to Treat and Conclude with the Confederate Roman Catholiques in Our Kingdom of Ireland if upon necessity any thing be to be condescended unto wherein Our Lieutenant cannot so well be seen in as not fit for Us at the present publikely to own Therefore We charge you to proceed according to this Our Warrant with all possible secrecy and for whatsoever you shall engage your self upon such valuable considerations as you in your judgement shall deem fit We promise in the word of a King and a Christian to ratifie and perform the same that shall be granted by you and under your Hand and Seal the said Confederate Catholiques having by their Supplies testified their Zeal to Our Service and this shall be in each particular to you a sufficient Warrant Given at Our Court at Oxford under Our Signet and Royal Signature the 12. day of March in the 20. Year of Our Raign 1644. To Our right trusty and right welbeloved Cosen Edward Earl of Glamorgan It is therfore granted accorded and agreed by and between the said Earl of Glamorgan for and on the behalf of His most Excellent Majesty His Heirs and Successours on the one part and the Right Honorable Richard Lord Viscount Mountgarret Lord President of the Supreme Councel of the said Confederate Catholiques the said Donnogh Lord Viscount Muskerry Alexander mac Donnel Nicholas Plunket Esq Sir Talbot Barronet Dermot O Brien John Dillon Patrick Darcy and Geffrey Brown Esq Commissioners in that behalf appointed by the said Confederate Roman Catholiques Subjects of Ireland for and in the behalf of the said Confederat Roman Catholiques Subjects of the other part in manner and form following that is to say 1. IMprimis It is granted accorded and agreed by the said Earl for and in the behalf of His most Excellent Majesty His Heirs and Successors That all and every the professors of the Roman Catholique Religion in the Kingdom of Ireland of whatever estate degree or quality soever he or they be or shall be shall for evermore hereafter have and enjoy within the said Kingdom the free and publique use and exercise of the said Roman Catholiques Religion and of the respective function therein 2. Item It is granted accorded and agreed by the said Earl for and on the behalf of His Majesty His Heirs and Successors That the said professors of the Roman Catholique Religion shall hold and enjoy all and every the Churches by them enjoyed within this Kingdom or by them possessed at any time since the 23. of October 1641. and all other Churches in the said Kingdom other then such as are now actually enjoyed by His Majesties Protestant Subjects 3. Item It is granted accorded and agreed by the said Earl for and in the behalf of His most Excellent Majesty His Heirs and Successors That all and every the Roman Catholiques Subjects of Ireland of what estate condition degree or quality soever shall be free and exempted from the Jurisdiction of the Protestant Clergie and every of them and that the Roman Catholique Clergie of this Kingdom shall not be punished troubled or molested for the exercise of their Jurisdiction over their respective Catholique flocks in matters Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall 4. Item It is further granted accorded and agreed by the said Earl for and on the behalf of His most Excellent Majesty His Heirs and Successors That an Act shall be passed in the next Parliament to be holden in this Kingdom the tenour and purport whereof shall be as followeth viz. An Act for the relief of His Majesties Catholique Subjects of His Highnesse Kingdom of Ireland Whereas by an Act made in Parliament held in Dublin the second Year of the Raign of the late Queen Eliz. Intituled An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction over the state Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall and abolishing all Forraign power repugnant to the same And by one other Statute made in the said last mentioned Parliament Intituled An Act for the Uniformity of Common-Prayer and Service in the Church and the Administration of the Sacrament Sundry Mulcts Penalties Restraints and Incapacities are and have been laid upon the professors of the Roman Catholique Religion in this Kingdom in for and concerning the use profession and exercise of their Religion and their functions therein to the great prejudice trouble and disquiet of the Roman Catholiques in their Liberties and Estates

but to bring the businesse unto far better conditions then are proposed SIR THe same Letter which We have written to the Committee of both Kingdomes We have also written to the Lords and Commons and if either give redresse to the wrongs complained of it is well What We wrote to you of the nineteenth of this moneth in Character might as well have beene done with lesse trouble For Master Galbreth that delivered to us the same under an injunction of great Secresie hath since communicated it to most of the Collonels of the Brittish Army so that it was evidently a Plot to draw this Army under the Command of the Marquesse I was jealous of it at first and wee tooke bonds of him to appeare before the Committee when the Scots Commissioners shall land but it was not thought fit to commit him till then because there be divers other Malignants whom we intend at that time to lay up together who perhaps would not appeare then if there were any very strict course taken now Wee thinke the strength of the Army stands well affected but both Armies have knowne Malignants in them who being removed there will be no danger Since my former Sir Patrick Wemys is come from Dublyn brought his whole Family with him I thinke he hath done his part exceeding well and if it be not effectually prosecuted you shall plainly know where the fault lyes We want our money and meale extreamly without them wee are as it were wind-bound We intend to visit the Major Generall shortly He saith he hath no Commission to command the Army but you may see by his warrant that wee have sent to the Committee he wants not a Commission to leavy Money Our Letters lye here for want of a Vessell to waft them over nor have we heard a word thence since our landing but I will forbeare that further trouble till there bee more cause Belfast 26. Novemb. 1645. Your most humble and most affectionate servant Rob. King Postscript SIR You will receive herewith Copies of such Papers as were found in the Archbishop of Tuams Carriage they are of very high consequence for they shew you what His Majestie grants the Papists here and how farre the peace with the Rebels is advanced be pleased to read them I pray you The News from Sligo ON the Lords-day Octob. 17. 1645 the Rebels before the Ulster-Forces from the Laggan were come to Sligo surrounded the Town with about Two thousand Foot and Three hundred Horse The Garison seeing little hopes of the Ulster-mens advance not knowing they were then at Bundrous conceived it of absolute necessity to hazard the fighting with the Rebels with their own strength and Sir William Cole's Troop rather then to lose themselves and the out-Garisons which were in a manner all blocked up by the Rebels lying between them and Sligo Captain Richard Coot and Captain Cole commanded the Horse being neer Two hundred and after some skirmishing with the Rebels Horse fell pell-mell into their several Divisions of Foot routed them and pursued them And Lieutenant-Colonel Sanderson sallying out of the Town with his Foot and Sir Francis Hamilton coming in the nick of time with his Troop they had all execution upon the Rebels for Five miles and at the end thereof left slain the Popish Archbishop of Tuum the Rebels President of Connaught for a memorable Mark They took One hundred and fifty Horse with their Arms their Tents and all other Baggage and Ammunition and had much Spoil several Colours of Horse and Foot and many Officers of note to the number of about Twenty eight Prisoners about Two hundred killed and our losse but of one man and Six hurt Many more of the Rebels might have been killed but that our Foot left the chase and fell to plunder Their whole Army being thus defeated One thousand Foot and Three Troops of Horse that were coming to joyn with them upon the news thereof returned And our men with the Laggan-Army joyned with them have since entred the Barony of Tereragh and taken Thirteen Castles there well provided of Corn which was our chief want and like to be the losse of that whole Province if God in this miraculous manner had not supplied it The Oxen which drew the Enemy's Waggons drew our Ordnance for the taking in of the said Castles And now our men have good Quarters for this Winter about the said Castles which keep the Countrey under Contribution The Archbishop of Tuum was a principal Agent in these Wars and one of the supreme Councel of Kilkeny He attended their Army at this time to visit his Diocesse and to put in execution an Order for the Arreres of his Bishoprick granted to him from the Councel at Kilkeny which Order together with the Popes Bull and several other Letters of Correspondence between him and his Agents from Rome Paris and several parts of this Kingdom were found about him The Particulars of which Letters in order to the Irish affairs are as followeth That the Pope would not at the first engage himself in the sending of a Nuntio for Ireland till the Irish Agents had fully satisfied him that the establishment of the Catholike Religion was a thing feasible and attainable in this Kingdom whereupon he was content to sollicite their Cause with Florence and Venice c. and also to delegate Farmano his Nuntius to attend this Kingdom who the said Nuntius after some delays in France was at last expedited thence by expresse Order from the Pope and he arrived at the River of Kilmare in a Frigot of One and twenty Pieces Six and twenty Italians of his retinue Secretary Belinges and divers regular and secular Priests Octob. 22. The Irish are much encouraged with these Supplies which he hath brought the List whereof found about the Archbishop is Imprimis Two thousand Muskets Four thousand Bandeliers Two thousand Swords Five hundred Petronels and Twenty thousand pound of Powder all which arrived in another Barque by it self at Brook-haven Octob. 10. together with Five or Six Desks or small Trunks of Spanish Gold the sum uncertain These Letters likewise inform us that the Kings hopes are from the Irish Nation and if they desert him he is like to be in a hard condition very speedily Several other things they contain concerning Priuce Rupert Colonel Legg the King's Losses at Bristol and Chester Something there is also of the Treaty of Peace Ormond says one is found a Machevillian Dillon Muskerry Talbot are for Peace Conditionibus quibuscunque iniquis says another Our publike Affairs are in via non in termine says a third The Propositions high the Answers high and sly There are some mysteries of State in this businesse which I cannot commit to Paper Yet morally certain it is there will be Peace saith a fourth It seems also there were some differences amongst the Rebels themselves as between Muskerry and Brown insomuch that Brown is dispatched from Dublin to Kilkeny between Castle