c • ON THE LOCAL TAXATION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, 319 citizens of the city of Dublin, and their successors, that these our letters patent, or the inrolment thereof, shall be in and by all things for ever firm, valid, good, sufficient and effectual in the law against us, our heirs and successors, as well in all courts as elsewhere within our said kingdom of Ireland, notwithstanding the ill naming, or ill reciting, or not reciting the premises above, by these presents granted and confirmed, or any part thereof; and notwithstanding the not finding any office or inquisition of the premises, or any of them, by which our title ought to be found before the making of these our letters patent, and notwithstanding the ill reciting or not reciting any demise or demises, grant or grants! made of the premises, or any part thereof, being of record, or not of record, and notwith- standing the ill naming, or not truly naming, or not naming any town, hamlet, parish or place in which the premises, or any part thereof lie; and notwithstanding that of the names of the tenants, fanners or occupiers of the premises, or any part thereof, a full, true and certain mention is not made ; and notwithstanding any defects in the certainty, computa- tion and omission of the true yearly value of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof, or of the yearly rent thereout reserved ; and notwithstanding that each of the franchises, liberties, customs, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and other things above granted, are not respectively expressed and mentioned in these presents, or their nature, species, quan- tity or quality; and notwithstanding the statute of not putting lands and tenements in mortmain ; and notwithstanding a statute made at Limerick in the 33d year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, for lands given by the King; and notwithstanding any other statute, law, provision, ordinance, restriction or other thing, cause or matter whatsoever; provided always, that these our letters patent be inrolled in the rolls of our court of Chan- cery, of our kingdom of Ireland, within six months after the date thereof. In witness whereof, We have caused these our letters patent. Witness our aforesaid deputy general, and general governor of our said kingdom of Ireland, at Dublin, the twenty- seventh day of October in the third year of our reign. Domville. Inrolled the 4th day of December, in the third year of the reign of King James the Second. Appendix N° 24. GRANT of Charles the Second; the Mayor of Dublin to have a Cap of Maintenance, & c. CHARLES the Second by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King, Defender of the faith, & c. To all men to whom these presents shall come, greeting: WHEREAS King Henry the Fifth did by letters patents, made the fifth day of March in the fourth year of his reign, grant and give'licence, that the mayor of the city of Dublin, which then was, and his successors, should and might have a certain sword, guilded with gould, carried before them in honour of the said king and his heirs, and of his faithful leige people of the city aforesaid, in such manner as the mayor of his city of London hath the like sword carried before him ; We being desirous to put a marke of our royal father upon the said city for the eminent services performed to us and to our late royal father of ever blessed me- mory, and by our faithful leige people of the said city; Know ye therefore, that We of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, as a marke of our royal favour to the mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, by and with the advice and consent of our right trustee and well beloved counsellor, Sir Maurice Eustace, knight, Lord Chancellor of our said kingdom of Ireland, and of our right trusty and well beloved cousins and counsellors, Roger Earl of Orrery and Charles Earl of Mountrath, our lords justices and governors of our said realme of Ireland, and according to the tenour and effect of our letters, bearing date at our court at Whitehall, the nine- and- twentieth day of September in the twelfth year of our reign, and now inrolled in the rolls of our high court of Chancery in Ireland, have granted and licensed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do grant and give licence unto the said mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, by such name or names as they are incorporated, that the mayor of the said city which now is, and his successors, mayors of the said city for the time being, shall and may have a capp of maintenance worn before him and them succes- sively, in such manner as our mayor of our said city of London hath; and also, that the said mayor of our said city of Dublin, and his successors, shall and may wear a collar of S. S. both which We have sent as a marke of our royal favour to the said mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin : And our will and pleasure is, and We do by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, that the same shall go in succession as a testimony of our good acceptance of their faithful services to us and our royal father, of ever blessed memory : And our further will and pleasure is, that these our letters patents, or the inrollm^ nt thereof, and every clause, matter and thing whatsoever herein contained, shall be good, firm, valid, sufficient and effectual in the law, unto the said mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, and their successors, against us, our heirs and successors, as well in all our courts within our said realm of Ireland as elsewhere wheresoever, notwithstanding the not naming or mis- naming, or not reciting or misreciting of the name or names, stile, title or additions by