Right Honourable we receiued your Lordships lettre dated the 2d of November 1595, with a note inclosed, conteininge the names of certein parcells of lande in Desmonde, and have accordinge to your honous direction caused a jurie of the best and sufficientest Gentlemen of that contrie to enquyre of the nature, condicion and value of them, and allso of the truthe of a pretendede mortegadge to the late Earle of Clancare's daughter for her advancement in mariadge, and whether they be of the landes intayled to the Crowne, all which maye appear by the presentmentes of the jurie, which herewith we send unto your Honour not signede by the chief Justice by reason of his absence. And whereas your Honours pleasure is that wee signifie our oppinions whether wee thinke fitte those landes to be graunted unto Florence Mc Cartye; and to certifie any other thinge meete for your Honours knowledge touchinge his suite for those landes, wee humblye recomende unto your Honours grave iudgment the longe and troublesome suits and imprisonement which the Gentleman hath sustayned by reasone of his matche with the Earle's daughter, which together with his good careadge, and endevors in Her Majesties service inforceth us to deme hime worthye of fauor and releefe, assurringe ourselves that if he were setteled, and some wayes inhabled, he would applye himself wholye to aduance Her Highnes service and the good of that contrye of Desmonde; which for that it is remote, barrene, and of verie litle value, and allso for that the late Earle hath lefte behinde him three base sonnes suche as are verie likelie to watche all opportunitie to disturbbe anye that shall possesse it; which Florence by reasone of his alyance is best hable to prevente, wee thinke fittere to be bestowede on him then anye other. Soe as he hould from Her Majestie at reasonable reservacion the landes onely, without the tytle of Mac Cartye More, or the signory over the rest of the Clancarties of Muskrye and Dowally, and that some litle porcion be leafte unto Donoghe Mc Cartye, and Donelle Mc Carthy, base uncle, and base sonne of beste reputacion, to the late Earle. The consideracion whereof, togethere with the grife and discontentment that it may breede in all the Clancarties to see the Earl's heire uppon occation of hir father's surrender, and his unthriftie mortgadges, utterlie disinheritted, Wee most humblie submitte to your Honors grave iudgement, and rest ever praying for the longe continuance of your Honors estate. 53
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