CHAPTER XXVIII
Reign of George I A.D. 1714 to A.D. 1727
George the first, of the House of Hanover, succeeded Anne as
sovereign of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Parliament
met at Dublin, on the 12th day of November, 1715.
MEMBERS
- County of Catherlogh. Francis Harrison, Esq.* Thomas Burdett,
Esq.
- Borough of Catherlogh. Richard Wolseley, Esq. Walter Weldon,
Esq.
- Borough of Old Leighlin. John Beauchamp, Esq. St. Leger Gilbert,
Esq.
NOTE* A banker in Dublin, and partner of Benjamin Burton, Esq
26th November, 1715. — Francis Harrison being elected a knight of the
shire for the county of Catherlogh, and also a burgess for ' the borough
of Duleck, in the county of Meath, made his election to serve for the
county of Catherlogh. ;
1st Dec. 1715. — A motion being made, that the late sheriffs of
several counties, who signed addresses to her late majesty, in
opposition to the address of the late house of commons for removing Sir
Constantino Phipps ** from his employment, may be ordered to attend this
house. (**Lord Chancellor)
Ordered, that Richard Vigors, Esq., late sheriff of the county of
Catherlogh, do attend this house this day fortnight.
15th Dec. 1715. — The order for the day being read, that the late
sheriffs of several counties who signed the said addresses, do attend
this house this day;
Ordered, that Richard Vigors, Esq., late sheriff of the county of
Catherlogh, do attend this house on Monday next.
22nd Dec. 1715.— The order for the day being read, that the late
sheriffs of several counties, who signed addresses to her late majesty,
in opposition to the address of the late house of commons, for removing
Sir Constantino Phipps from his employment, do attend this house;
And Richard Vigors, Esq., late sheriff of the county of Catherlogh
accordingly attended at the door, Was called in, and at the bar
confessed he had signed the address of the said county, that he was
heartily sorry for his fault, and humbly begged pardon of the house, and
then withdrew:
And the question being put, — that the said Mr. Richard Vigors be
taken into custody of the serjeant at arms attending this house, It
passed in the negative.
Ordered, that the said Mr. Richard Vigors be discharged from further
attendance.
20th Dec. 1721.— Mr. Rose reported from the committee of privileges
and elections, the matter as it appeared to them, touching a breach of
privilege complained of to be committed by Mr. Charles Burn against
Thomas Burdett, Esq., a member of this house, and the resolution of the
committee thereupon, which he read in big place, and afterwards
delivered in at the table, where the same was again read, and agreed
unto by the house, and is as followeth:
Resolved — That it is the opinion of this committee, that Charles
Burn is guilty of the breach of privilege complained of by Thomas
Burdett, Esq., a member of this house.
Ordered — That the said Charles Burn be, for the said breach of
privilege, taken into the custody of the serjeant at arms attending this
house.
25th Oct. 1723. A complaint being made to the house of a breach of
privilege committed by Mr. John Baggott, and by Mr. Wm. Todd,
undersheriff of the county of Catherlogh, against Sir Thomas Burdett,
Bart., a member of this house, by forcibly entering on his possession in
the lands of Kilmaglish, Bolybreen, and Rahinkillane, in the said
county, during the time of privilege.
Ordered, that the matter of the said complaint be referred to the
committee of privileges and elections, and that they do examine
and-report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the house.
28th Oct. 1723.— Ordered, that the committee of privileges and
elections do sit on Saturday next in the afternoon. Ordered, that the
complaint of Sir Thomas Burdett, Bart., a member of this house, against
Mr. John Baggott and Mr. Wm. Todd, be then heard before the said
committee. 23rd Dec. 1723.— Ordered, that John Beauchamp, Esq., a member
of this house, have, leave to go into the country for a month, upon
extraordinary occasions.
Parliament, after different prorogations, met again on the 7th of
September, 1725.
MEMBERS
- County of Catherlogh. Sir Thomas Burdett, Bart. Jeffery Paul,
Esq., in the room of Francis Harrison, Esq., deceased. Borough of
Catherlogh Walter Weldon, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq., in the room of
Richard Wolseley, Esq., deceased.
- Borough of Old Leighlin. John Beauchamp, Esq. St. Leger Gilbert,
Esq.
12th Oct. 1725. — Jeffery Paul, Esq., returned to serve in this
parliament as knight of the shire for the county of Catherlogh, in the
room of Francis Harrison, Esq., deceased, took the oaths, and made and
subscribed the declaration, and took and subscribed the oath of
abjuration, pursuant to the laws made for those purposes.
14th Oct. 1725.— A petition of Walter Bagnall, Esq., was presented to
the house, and read, setting forth, that a writ issued for electing a
knight to serve in this present parliament for the county of Catherlogh,
in the room of Francis Harrison, Esq., deceased; that on the 7th day of
September last, the said writ was delivered to Richard Wolseley, Esq.,
high sheriff of the said county ; that the petitioner intending to stand
candidate in the said election, application was made to the said sheriff
on behalf of the petitioner, to appoint a day for the said election
sometime in the said month, but the sheriff declared he would not, but
would appoint the first of October then next ; that the said sheriff
having afterwards appointed the 4th of this instant to proceed on the
said election at Carlow, the petitioner and Jeffery Paul, Esq., the
other candidate, came there, and the sheriff having declared the
majority of freeholders of the said county for Mr. Paul, the petitioner
demanded a poll, which was agreed to, and the said Mr. Paul and the
petitioner consented to poll ten at a time, and continued so to do by
turns till the election should be ended ; that during the whole time of
the said election the said sheriff behaved himself so much in the favour
of the said Mr. Paul, that he refused the votes of several persons for
the petitioner who were legal freeholders, and admitted several persons
to vote for the said Mr. Paul, who had not freeholds for six months
before the day of election, and others who were by law disabled and
unqualified to vote in the said election; that the poll being ended, the
sheriff was desired to signify how the same stood, who directed his
clerk to declare the same, and accordingly the clerk declared the
majority for the petitioner; and thereupon the books were closed by
consent of both parties, the said Paul not pretending to a majority, or
to demand a scrutiny, nor was there any scrutiny demanded by the said
Mr. Paul, or by any other person on his behalf ; that the sheriff then
declared that he would adjourn his court for half an hour, and take with
him his clerk only; that the court being accordingly adjourned without
the consent of the candidates, the sheriff and his clerk withdrew, and
having returned, the sheriff declared he disallowed thirty-seven of the
persons who voted for the petitioner, and had been examined by Mr.
Paul's lawyers, and sworn to their freeholds, and their names entered
and polled by the sheriff's directions ; that the petitioner and several
of the freeholders present demanded of the sheriff the reason why he
disallowed the votes of the said thirty- seven who had been so examined
and sworn to their freeholds, and were ready upon a scrutiny to make
good their freeholds, to which the sheriff made answer, he neither would
give any reason for disallowing the said thirty-seven, or give them any
opportunity to make out their freeholds ; that the said sheriff
notwithstanding that the petitioner was duly elected knight of the shire
for the said county, on the said election, by a fair majority of the
freeholders of the said county, hath indented with, and returned the
said Mr. Paul: and therefore praying the house to take the petitioner's
case into consideration, and to do therein as shall be judged proper.
Ordered, that the matter of the said petition be heard at the bar of
this house this day fortnight.
28th Oct. 1725. — The house, according to order, proceeded to the
bearing of the merits of the election for the county of Catherlogh, and
the counsel on both sides were called in; and the petition of Walter
Bagnall, Esq., complaining of the said election, was read, and the
petitioner's counsel examined several witnesses; and then the counsel
being directed to withdraw,
Resolved, that John Griffith hath prevaricated with this house on his
examination, as a witness before the house.
Ordered, that the said John Griffith be, for his prevarication, taken
into the custody of the serjeant at arms attending this house. Then the
house adjourned till four of the clock in the afternoon. The house
proceeded in further hearing the merits of the said election, and the
counsel on both sides were called in, and the petitioner's counsel
examined several witnesses, and the sitting member's counsel also
examined several witnesses, and then the counsel withdrew.
Resolved— That Jeffery Paul, Esq., is duly elected a knight of the
shire to serve in this parliament for the county of Catherlogh.
Resolved — That Richard Wolseley, Esq., high sheriff of the county of
Catherlogh, did discharge his duty with great integrity at the late
election for the said county. Then the house adjourned till to-morrow
morning at ten o'clock.
2nd November, 1725.— A petition of Sir Pierce Butler, Bart., and
Richard Butler, Esq., praying that leave may be given to bring in heads
of a bill for limiting the said Sir Pierce's estate, immediately after
the death of him and Dame Anne Butler, his wife, without issue male, to
the petitioner Richard Butler, and for raising money on the said estate
for the payment of encumbrances affecting the same, was presented to the
house, and read.
Ordered, — That Mr. Joshua Allen, Mr. Paul, &c., or any three or more
of them, be appointed a committee to meet tomorrow morning, at nine of
the clock, in the speaker's chamber, to examine the matter of the said
petition ; that they have power to adjourn from time to time, and place
to place, as they shall think fit, and report their proceedings, with
their opinion thereupon to tile house.
A complaint being made to the house of a breach of privilege
committed by Mrs. Anne Bagenal, and Mr. Francis Enraght, her attorney,
against Richard Warren, Esq., a member of this house, by serving several
of his tenants on the lands of Graiglug, in the county of Catherlogh,
the estate of the said Mr. Warren, with summons in ejectment, during the
time of privilege.
Ordered — That the matter of the said complaint be referred to the
committee of privileges and elections, and that they do examine and
report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the house.
11th November, 1725. — Mr. Joshua Allen reported from the committee
appointed to take into consideration the petition of Sir Pierce Butler,
Bart., and Richard Butler, Esq. ; that they had come to a resolution in
the matter to them referred, which he read in his place, and after
delivered in at the table, when the same was again read, and agreed unto
by the house, and is as followeth:
Resolved — That it is the opinion of this committee, that the
petitioners have fully proved the allegations of their petition. Ordered
— That leave be given to bring in heads of a bill to enable Sir Pierce
Butler, baronet, and Richard Butler, Esq., his nephew and heir, to make
a further settlement of the estate lately belonging to Sir Thomas
Butler, deceased, for the benefit of themselves and their family,
without prejudice to the jointure of Dame Anne Butler, wife of the. said
Sir Pierce, or to the provisions made for their issue by a settlement
made on their marriage by the said Sir Thomas Butler, and for other
purposes therein mentioned, and that it be referred to the committee to
whom the said petition was referred, to prepare and bring in the same.
18th November, 1725. — Ordered — That the committee of privileges and
elections be discharged from proceeding on a breach of privilege
complained of to be committed by Mrs, Anne Bagenal and Mr. Francis
Enraght, against Richard Warren, Esq., a member of this house, they
having made the said Mr. Warren satisfaction.
29th November, 1725. Ordered — That John Beauchamp, Esq., a member of
this house, have leave to go into the country for three weeks, upon
extraordinary occasions.
17th February, 1726. A complaint being made to the house of a breach
of privilege committed by Mrs. Susanna Moore, against the honourable
William Moore, Esq., a member of this house, by serving him with notices
of trial for recovery of dower in several lands, the estate of the said
Mr. Moore, in the counties of Wicklow, Catherlogh, and Tipperary, during
the time of privilege;
Ordered- — That the matter of the said complaint be referred to the
committee of privileges and elections, and that they do examine and
report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the house.
Parliament was dissolved by the death of the king, on the 11th June,
1727. A committee was appointed by the house of commons to inquire, what
addresses were sent from several counties and towns within this kingdom,
in opposition to the addresses of the late House of Commons for removing
Sir Constantino Phipps from his employment. On the 30th November, 1715,
they presented a report, from which the following is an extract: " That
an address was sent to her late majesty, signed by the governor, high
sheriff, the justices of the peace, grand jury, and gentlemen of the
county of Catherlogh, dated the 27th day of March, 1714, containing the
following paragraph, viz.
" We cannot but with the greatest sense of gratitude acknowledge, how
much we are indebted to your majesty for the full securities provided
for the Protestant succession in the illustrious house of Hanover,
against popery and the Pretender, and likewise of your sacred majesty's
consummate wisdom in the late affair relating to that excellent and
faithful minister, your chancellor of this kingdom."
The number of men in the militia of our county in 1715, was two
hundred and sixty-eight; the number of arms allotted to the county, one
hundred and seven.
From " an abstract of the returns from the commissioners of array of
the several regiments, troops, and companies of militia in the provinces
of Leinster and Connaught," it appears that in 1719, the county of
Carlow had one regiment of dragoons, consisting of five troops, and one
independent company of foot.
The following names appear in "a list of sheriffs who had not closed
their accounts the 19th day of October, 1722, commencing at 1692, and
ending at the year 1715, exclusive.
COUNTY CATHERLOGH
A.D 1694, Edmond Jones, Esq. 1706, George Brereton, Esq. 1707, Digby
Berkeley, Esq. 1712, Maurice Warren, Esq. 1713, Benjamin Bunbury, Esq.
1714, Richard Vigors, Esq.
A list of sheriffs of County of Carlow, who from 1714 to 1723 had not
closed their accounts. A.D. 1715, Henry Percy, Esq. 1716, Charles
Nuttall, Esq. 1717, Wentworth Harman, Esq. 1718, Charles Bernard, Esq
1719, Jeffrey Paul, Esq. 1721, Richard Wolseley, Esq. 1722, William
Pendred, Esq.
One of the first acts of the Irish parliament in 1715, was the
attainder of the Duke of Ormonde, for conspiring to restore the
Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie). He possessed considerable property in
our county, and, therefore, an account of the various titles then
enjoyed by him will be apposite as well as interesting. He was at that
time possessed of the following titles, viz. The most high, puissant,
and noble prince, James Butler, duke of Ormonde, earl of Brecknock, and
baron of Lanthony and Moore Park, in England; duke, marquis, and earl of
Ormonde, earl of Ossory and Carrick, viscount Thurles, baron of Dingle
and Arklow in Ireland; baron of Dingwall, in Scotland; hereditary lord
of regalities and governor of the county palatine of Tipperary, and of
the city, town, and county of Kilkenny; hereditary lord chief butler of
Ireland, lord high constable of England, lord-warden and admiral of the
cinque-ports and constable of Dover castle ; lord lieutenant of the
county of Somerset, lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county
of Norfolk; high steward of the cities of Exeter, Bristol, and
Westminster chancellor of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, colonel
of the first regiment of foot-guards, and the first regiment of
horse-guards ; captain general and commander in chief of all her
majesty's forces by sea and land throughout the British dominions, or
acting in conjunction with allied powers ; one of her majesty's most
honourable privy council in England and Ireland; knight companion of the
most noble order of the garter, and lord lieutenant, general, and
general governor of Ireland. The estates forfeited by this great
nobleman, have been valued at eighty thousand pounds sterling per annum.
An act was passed in 1721, enabling his brother, the earl of Arran, to
re-purchase the entire of the Irish property from the crown, save the
palatinate of Tipperary, which was suppressed.
Doctor Vigors, Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns died on the 3rd of
January, 1721; having enjoyed the sees thirty years. He was buried at
St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin. He purchased from Joseph Dean, Esq.,
chief baron of the exchequer, a fee-farm in the manor of Old Leighlin,
for five hundred and forty-eight pounds, and by his will desired that
his executor, by advice of the arch-bishop, of Dublin, should convey the
fee-farm to his next successor, the bishop of Leighlin, for the use of
him and his successors forever. He further bequeathed to the said
prelate, the sum of three hundred pounds; to be employed in the increase
of the revenue of the poor bishopric of Leighlin; either by the purchase
of a fee farm, or the erection of a house for the more convenient
habitation of the bishop; with the advice of the archbishop of Dublin
for the time being. He left ten pounds each to the poor of the parishes
of Ballindearig and Urglin, and the same sum to the poor of Leighlin.
Bartholomew Vigors, A.M., son of the bishop, was presented to the
deanery of Leighlin.
Josiah Hort succeeded doctor Vigors. He was born at Marshfield, in
Gloucestershire. Having attended a grammar-school in Bristol, he was
entrusted to the care of a private tutor in London, and afterwards
entered at Clare-hall, Cambridge, where his tutor was Mr. Richard
Laughton. He received deacon's orders, in 1705, from doctor John More,
bishop of Norwich; and towards the conclusion of the same year was
ordained priest by doctor Simon Patrick, bishop of Ely. He was then
appointed to the parish of Wicken, in the last-named diocese, by the
earl of Oxford; and in 1706, he was presented to the vicarage of
Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, (in the patronage of the crown), by lord
chancellor Cowper.
Mr. Hort, in 1709, attended Thomas, marquis of Wharton, lord
lieutenant of Ireland, as his domestic chaplain ; and shortly obtained a
patent for the parish of Kilskir in the diocese of Meath, vacant by the
promotion of doctor Ralph Lambert to the deanery of Down. " But the
title of the crown," says Harris, " to that advowson was litigated ; and
Moreton, bishop of Meath. admitted his own son to it, under a title
derived from a popish lord, who had forfeited by the rebellion of 1641.
Whereupon a quart impedit was brought, and a complete verdict obtained
in behalf of the crown. But the cause was removed into England by writ
of error, where it depended for many years; and at last was ended by a
judgment of the British house of lords. During this interval, Mr. Hort
was instituted to the rectory of Haversham, in Buckinghamshire, upon the
queen's presentation, by the favour of the lord chancellor Cowper.
Judgment being at length given in behalf of the title of the crown to
Kilskir, in 1717, he came over and possessed himself of the parish; but
lost upwards of seven year's profits, which could not be recovered from
the clerk defendant, by any law then In force. This vexatious delay gave
rise to an act of parliament, anno 6 George I, and since continued, for
the better securing the rights of advoweon and presentation to
ecclesiastical benefices; by which not only all essoins in writs of
quare impedit are taken away, but the intruder is upon eviction made
accountable for the mesne profits, after a sufficient allowance made for
serving the cure."
Mr. Hort was promoted, in 1718, to the Deanery of Cloyne, and rectory
of Louth, by the duke of Bolton, lord lieutenant of Ireland. In 1720, he
was transferred to the deanery of Ardagh; and thence was presented to
the bishopric of Leighlin and Ferns, by the duke of Grafton, lord
lieutenant of Ireland, by letters patent, dated the 10th February, 1721.
He was also granted the rectory of Killeban. The new prelate was
consecrated on the 26th of said month of February, in the church of
Castleknock, by the bishops of Meath, Kilmore, Ardagh, and Dromore.
George the I. died on the 11th June, 1727
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