318 APPENDIX TO REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE, & c. Or not, above two years before the expiration of the state in possession, and that without fine or income, at the best yearly rent that bona, fide from good and solvent tenants may be had, and that no lease be made to any of the aforesaid governors, or to any other person or persons, to the use of or in trust for any the said governors : And further, of our more abundant grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, by and with the advice and consent aforesaid, and in pursuance of our said letters, We have given, granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, We do give and grant unto the said mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our city of Dublin, and their successors, that these our letters patents, or the inrollment, and every clause, article, matter and thing whatsoever herein contained, shall be, in, by and through all things, firm, good, valid, sufficient and effectual in the law, unto them the said mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens, 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 finding or not returning, or ill findingor ill returning of any office or inquisition of the parcel of ground and premises in and by these our letters patents meant, mentioned and intended to be given and granted for the ends and purposes aforesaid, whereby our title should have been found of, in and unto the said premises, and every part and parcel thereof, before the making of these presents; and notwithstanding the not naming, or not rightly naming of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof, or the parish, warde, liberty, freedom or place in which the premises, or any part or parcel thereof is, are or do lye; and notwithstanding the not naming, or not rightly naming the quantity, quality, nature, kind or sort of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof; and not- withstanding that of the true annual value, rate, survey, quantity or quality of the premises, there be no true, certain, or no mention made in these presents ; and notwithstanding the not naming or not reciting, or ill naming or ill reciting of any grant or grants, lease or leases heretofore made of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof, to any person or persons whatsoever, for term of life, lives or years, or in fee simple, or fee tayle, or otherwise howsoever, remaining of record or not of record ; and notwithstanding, that of the rents heretofore reserved upon any former demise or demises, lease or leases heretofore made of the premises, or any part or parcel thereof, there be no full, true or certain, or no mention or at all made in these presents ; and notwithstanding a certain statute made in the Parliament held at Westminster, in our said kingdom of England, in the eighteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Sixth, late King of England, our predecessor; and notwithstanding a certain statute made at the Parliament held at Limerick in our said kingdom of Ireland, in the thirtieth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, late King of England, our predecessor, the title of which Act is, An Act for Lands given by the King; and notwithstanding any other statute or act made in our said kingdom of Ireland, in any of the years of the reign of the said King Henry the Eighth; and notwithstanding a certain statute made in our said kingdom of Ireland, in the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, late Queen of Eng- land, our predecessor; and notwithstanding any other statute or act, statutes or acts made in our said kingdom of Ireland, in the said second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, or of any other year of the reign of the said Queen Elizabeth, or of any other the kings or queens of England; and notwithstanding any act, clause, provision or ordi- nance made in the Parliament began at Dublin, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our late royal father, of ever glorious memory, deceased ; and notwithstanding any other statute, act, ordinance, provision or restriction, or any other cause, matter or thing whatso- ever, to the evacuation or annihilation of these our letters patents ; and notwithstanding that a writ of ad quod dampnum hath not issued to inquire concerning the premises; and notwith- standing our further will and pleasure is, and We do by these our presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, and their successors, that they the said mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin, shall have these our letters patents under our great seal of Ireland, without fyne, great or small, to be therefore paid to our use in our hanaper, in our said kingdom of Ireland, although express mention is not made of the clear yearly value, or of the certainty of the premises, or that any gift or grant heretofore made by us or our pro- genitors to the said mayor, sheriffs, commons and citizens of our said city of Dublin of the premises; any statute, act, ordinance or provision, or any other cause or matter whatsoever, to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided always, that these our letters be inrolled in the rolls of our high court of Chancery, in our said kingdom of Ireland, within the space of six months next ensuing the date of these presents. In witness whereof, We have caused these our letters to be made patents. Witness our aforesaid lieutenant general and general governor of our said kingdom of Ireland, at Dublin, the fifth day of December, in the three- and- twentieth year of our raigne. Irrot vicesimo septimo die Januarii anno RRs. Caroli Scdi vicesimo tertio. Appendix N° 29. KING's Letter, granting Five Hundred Pounds per Annum unto the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, & c. of the City of Dublin. Charles R. RIGHT trusty and right well beloved cousin and counsellor, We greet you well. WHEREAS by the present establishment of that our kingdom of Ireland, the yearly sum of three thou- sand one hundred and thirty- five pounds, seven shillings and ninepence, as reserved, to be paid to such use or uses, or to such person or persons, without account, as We shall from time