p. 473.

M45 The companies to take up allotment of Irish estate, Jan., 1611.

118 Journal 28, fos. 159b, 163.

119 Id., fo. 176.

M46 A further sum of L10,000 to be raised for the plantation, July,
1611.

120 Journal 28, fos. 239b, 240.

121 Id., fo. 323.

M47 The Irish Society incorporated, 29 March, 1613.

122 Minutes of the Grocers' Company, 24 July, 1612.

M48 Another L10,000 demanded of the companies, 30 April, 1613.

123 Journal 28, fo. 344b.

124 Journal 29, fo. 49.

M49 The Londoners charged with remissness in carrying out the work of
the plantation.

125 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1611-1614), p. 310.

126 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1611-1614), pp. 228-229, 270.

M50 Two special commissioners sent to Ireland, June, 1613.

127 Journal 29, fo. 74b, 75.

M51 Their report submitted to the Common Council, 8 Nov., 1613.

128 The report was dated Dublin, 15 Oct.--Journal 29, fos. 116b-118.

M52 Allotment of the Irish estate among the companies, 17 Dec., 1613.

129 Journal 29, fos. 178b-186.

130 Skinners' Company and the Irish Society (House of Lords, p. 12).

131 17 Dec, 1613.--Journal 29, fo. 186. The money was to be forthcoming
before 1 Feb., 1614.

132 11 Jan., 1615.--Journal 29, fo. 299. L5,000 was to be raised by the
end of the month, and the residue (L2,500) before the 1st day of
May.

133 Skinners' Company and the Irish Society (Appendix to case before
House of Lords, p. 13).

M53 The right of the companies to sell their Irish estate questioned.

M54 The select Parliamentary Committee of 1890.

134 Report of Select Committee on Irish Society and the London Companies
(Irish estates), 4 May, 1891, p. iii.

135 One of the articles (No. 10) of the plantation expressly stated that
after five years the undertakers should be at liberty to alien to
all persons except the "mere Irish" and such persons as refused to
take the oath prescribed for the undertakers.--Skinners' Company and
the Irish Society (Appendix to case before House of Lords, p. 147).

M55 The plantation of Virginia, 1609.

M56 Application to the City for assistance.

136 The letter is not entered on the City's Records, but it will be
found printed in the late Mr. Clode's "Memorials of the Merchant
Taylors' Company" and in Mr. Brown's "Genesis of the United States,"
i, 252