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The Ulster Plantation in the Counties of Armagh and Cavan 1608-1641 [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunter, R. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land settlement--History--17th century--Northern Ireland.
- Land settlement.
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--History--17th century.
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland).
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--Colonization.
- Armagh (Northern Ireland : County)--History.
- Armagh (Northern Ireland : County).
- Cavan (Ireland : County)--History.
- Cavan (Ireland : County).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (944 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Published for the first time is R.J. Hunter's MLitt dissertation, a fascinating study of two counties that were an integral part of the Plantation of Ulster.
- Contents:
- The Ulster Plantation; Title page; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1 The plantation scheme; 2 Historical background; A. Armagh, 1543-1610; B. Cavan, c. 1550-1610; 2 The Beginnings of Plantation, 1610-13; 1 Allocation of land and grantees; 2 The First Year; 3 Carew's Survey; 4 Friction in Armagh between servitors and undertakers; 5 Disputes and Concealments; 6 Bodley's survey, 1613; 7 Aspects of the native Irish reaction; 3 Development of The Plantation, 1614-19; 1 Introduction; 2 Granting of concealments, surrenders and regrants; 3 Irish unrest, 1615-16
- 4 Government policy, 1615-185 Pynnar's survey; 4 Progress and Problems, 1619-25; 1 Military Aspects; 2 The inquiry of 1622; 3 The natives' inquiry, 1623-4; 5 The Colony in A Period of Emergency, 1625-32; 1 Tension and concession; 2 The regranting of estates, 1628-32; 3 Population, c. 1630; 6 The Plantation Under Wentworth's Administration, 1634-41; 1 Wentworth's policy to 1637; 2 The Commission for Defective Titles in Armagh and Cavan; 3 Ownership of British land, c. 1633-41; 4 Law and order; 5 Ulster settlers and the downfall of Wentworth; 7 The Native Irish and The Plantation
- 1 Wentworth's policy to 16372 The fortunes of the Irish grantees; 3 The position of the landless Irish; 8 Towns; 1 Introduction; 2 Corporations in counties Armagh and Cavan; A Armagh; B Charlemont; C Mountnorris and Tandragee; D Cavan; E Virginia; F Belturbet; 3 Some other towns and villages; A Lurgan; B Markethill; 4 Conclusion; 9 Rural Conditions; 1 Rents, land values, incomes, and produce; 2 Tenants; 3 The effect on the landscape; 4 Fairs and markets; 10 The Church; 1 Initial problems and reorganisation; 2 The inquiry of 1622; 3 Financial and other problems
- 4 The policy of Wentworth and Bramhall11 The Estates of Trinity College, Dublin, in Armagh; 1 Extent of lands and leasing arrangements, 1610-14; 2 Tenure and profits of lands, 1614-18; 3 Problems of the landlord, 1617-32; 4 The lands in Armagh, 1618-41; 5 The administration of the estate; 6 Conclusion; 12 The Estates of The Archbishopric in Armagh; 1 Introduction; 2 Extent of lands, and government policy to 1634; 3 Leasing policy and profits of the lands in Armagh to 1634; 4 State intervention and re-leases; 5 The administration of the estate; 6 Conclusion; 13 Conclusion; 1 Statistical
- 2 Success and failureAppendix 1. Lists of Proprietors; Appendix 2. Maps and Acreage Figures; Appendix 3. The Royal Schools in Armagh and Cavan; 1 Government policy; 2 The schools in Armagh and Cavan; Appendix 4. High Sheriffs; Appendix 5. A plantation house in 1622; Appendix 6. Two notes on administrative matters; 1 Extension of state machinery; 2 Licensing of ale-houses; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-908448-99-7
- OCLC:
- 870598773
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