alisbury, 18 Sept., 1609.--Cal. State
Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 285-287.

M37 Report of commissioners, 28 Nov., 1609.

103 Repertory 29, fos. 137b, 138. The Chamberlain having paid over to
them. L415 9_s._, the court subsequently ordered the bridge-masters
to repay the chamberlain that amount.--_Id._, fo. 149b.

104 These directions unfortunately appear to have been neglected in both
cases, for the report does not appear either in the Journal or
Remembrancia.

105 Journal 28, fo. 16.

M38 The City's proposal to undertake the plantation and to raise the sum
of L15,000 for the purpose, 15 Dec., 1609.

106 Id., fos. 19-20b.

M39 The City's offer to raise L15,000 rejected as insufficient.

107 Id., fo. 24.

M40 The sum of L20,000 levied on livery companies according to corn
assessment.

108 Another sum of L5,000 was levied in the following March, another in
August, and the remainder in March, 1611. The Merchant Taylors,
being assessed at 936 quarters of corn, were called upon to
contribute L1,872 towards the L20,000 by instalments of L468; the
Grocers (the next highest in the corn assessment) L1,748, the
Mercers L1,640, and so on in a descending scale to the Bowyers, the
Fletchers, the Woolmen and the Musicians, each of whom subscribed
respectively L10.--Journal 28, fos. 24, 32, 32b.

109 Journal 28, fos. 53, 53b.

110 Id., fos. 103, 113-114b.

M41 The "Articles" of the plantation signed, 28 Jan., 1610.

111 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), pp. 136, 137, 359-362. An
abstract of the articles is printed in "a concise view ... of the
Irish Society" (pp. 9-13); where, however, the date of signing the
agreement is given as Jan., 1609, this date being in accordance with
the Old Style.

M42 The formation of the "Irish Society."

112 Journal 28, fos. 46-49b.

113 Lords of the council to Sir Arthur Chichester, 4 Feb., 1610.--Cal.
State Papers Ireland (1608-1610), p. 378.

M43 The City forced to surrender 2,000 acres of their Irish estate,
July, 1610.

114 Journal 28, fos. 90, 115.

M44 Difficulties experienced in raising the L20,000 for the plantation.

115 Repertory 29, fos. 219b, 235b, 250b, 253b, 254.

116 Remembrancia (Index), p. 172.

117 Chichester to Salisbury, 27 June, 1610.--Cal. State Papers Ireland
(1608-1610),