From “Irish Pedigrees” by John O’Hart, vol 2
In Prendergast’s “Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland”, under the heading ” Scheme for a Last and Permanent Conquest of Ireland, through a Society of Adventurers, he says:
” According to the scheme of the Parliament for suppressing the Irish Rebellion (of 1641), 2.500,000 acres of Irish lands, to be forfeited, were offered as security to those who should advance moneys toward raising and paying a private army for subduing the rebels In Ireland.
The moneys, instead of being paid into the King’s exchequer, were to be paid to a committee, composed half of members of the House of Commons and half of subscribers to this joint fund, who were to nominate the general and the officers, the King having nothing to say to the force but to sign the officers’ commissions. All the Irish saw that this army of Adventurers were coming, like the first invaders under Strongbow, to conquer estates for themselves and their employers, and therefore could not but oppose them for the sake of their wives and children, who must be deprived of their homes.
They must therefore fight against England thus represented, and the King (Charles I.) be deprived of their aid. The King objected to the Act:
It took away from him the power of pardoning the Irish; and he suggested that it must only render them desperate, which in truth was the very purpose of the Parliament, but he dared not refuse his assent.
The measure was received in England as a triumph over the king and the Irish. The subscribers, or Adventurers as they were called, were to have estates and manors of one thousand acres given to them in Ireland at the following low rates: In Ulster for 200 pounds, in Connaught for 300, in Munster, for 100, and in Leinster for 600, and lands proportionately for less sums. The rates by the acre were four shillings is Ulster, six shillings in Connaught, eight shillings in
Munster, and twelve shillings in Leinster. If this plan were carried out, it was to put an end for ever, according to Sir John Bulstrode Whitelock, the Speaker off the House of Commons to that long and bloody conflict foretold (with so much truth) by Giraldus Cambrensis . . . The work of Queen Elizabeth and James the First, it was said, would now be perfected. The Irish would now be rooted out by a new and overwhelming plantation of English: another England would speedily be found in Ireland; And that prophecy (by Giraldus Cambrensis), as old as the invasion, be proved false, that Ireland will not be conquered till just before the Day of Judgment.”
As it was not until the 27th of September, 1653, that the Parliament were enabled to declare the Rebellion in Ireland subdued, and the war appeased and ended, it was only then that preparations were made for setting out lands in that country, in satisfaction of each Adventurer’s subscription. Eleven years, however, had then elapsed since the first Act of Subscription in 1642, and some of the Adventurers were no doubt dead, while others of them had sold or
assigned their Adventures; but each such Adventurer, or his or her Assignee, received lands in Ireland, equivalent in each case to the paid-up subscription.
It may be observed that some of the Adventurers were Irish, living in England, and some of them living in Ireland. The full name and address of each Adventurer is in Prendergast book;
“Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland”; 2nd edition published in
Dublin, 1922
Page 1.
Surnames of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, under the various Acts and Ordinances of Subscription; commencing with the Act of 17 Charles I. chap. 33, A.D.1642, and ending in 1646;
When all further subscription ceased:
Adams Banister Birch Brewer
Addys Banks Bird Brewster
Ailster Barber Birkenhead Brice
Ailston Barefoot Bisby Brickdell
Alcock Bareton Bishop Bridges
Alcocke Barg Bishopp Briggs
Alexander Barker Biskoe Bright
Alford Barnaby Blackborrow Brightwell
Allen Barnard Blacke Brimley
Allenson Barnardiston Blackwell Brinley
Allot Barnes Blagne Briscoe
Almery Barrett Blake Brocket
Almond Barrington Blakiston Bromwich
Allured Barton Blande Brooke
Ames Barwicke Blate Broomer
Amyos Bassett Blatt Broughton
Anderson Bate Blunsdon Brouker
Andrews Bateman Boate Browne
Anthony Bayley Boggest Brunskell
Archebold Baynton Boggeste Bruster
Arkins Bayntun Bond Bryfield
Armine Beale Bone Buckland
Arnold Beamont Bonner Buller
Arrundell Beard Bonnvyn Bunce
Ash Beardolfe Booke Burcott
Ashe Beardolph Bosfield Burgess
Ashley Beck Bosville Burgis
Ashton Bedingfeild Botterill Burlace
Ashurst Bedingfield Boughton Burroughs
Ashwell Beighton Boulton Button
Atkins Belfeild Bourcher Bye
Aunsley Bell Box Bynce
Ausley Bellers Boyce Cacott
Austin Bence Boynton Cage
Austrey Bendigo Boyse Campbell
Ayres Bendish Bradley Camphield
Ayscough Bentley Bradshaw Cannockt
Babb Bernard Braket Canting
Babington Best Branckstead Carpenter
Babbington Betsworth Brand Carrill
Baily Bewley Breakeing Carter
Bainford Biddolph Brenley Carwithen
Baker Bidle Brentley Castle
Ballam Bdolph Brereton Catlin
Ballard Bigg Brereton Caulier
Bancks Biggs Brett Chamberlain
Page 2.
Chambers Crickmore Dyke Ffountain
Chandler Crispe Eames Ffountaine
Chaveney Croane Earle Ffowler
Chaveny Cromwell East Ffox
Cheney Crooke Eastwicke Ffrancis
Cheny Crossing Eaton Ffranklin
Cheswick Crow Eden Ffreeman
Chewning Crowley Edlin Ffrench
Childe Crowther Edwards Ffrere
Chillingworth Dabbe(Debbe) Elderby Ffyenns
Clapham Dacres Eldersy Fish
Clapp Daire Eldred Fisher
Clare Daniel Elie Fletcher
Clarke Darnely Elliot Foster
Clay Dashwood Ellis Francis
Claydon Davenport Elliston French
Clement Daves Elinston Galllle
Clerke Davey Emes Galton
Clercke Davis Enderbe Gardner
Clifton Davy Evans Garland
Clotworthy Dawes Evelin Garnall
Clutterbuck Dawson Evillin Garnar
Clutterbucke Day Ewelin Garner
Cobb Deards Ewer Garrard
Cocke Deathricke Eyres Garth
Coish Debbe(or Dabbe) Farrington Gastrell
Colbron Delany Ffalder Gay
Colchester Dennis Ffane Gearing
Cole Dent Ffarmer Gerrard
Coleman Deskeene Ffarrington Gethinge
Coles Diline Ffarthing Gibbs
Collect Dingley Ffarwell Giles
Collins Disney Ffawne Gill
Collyer Ditton Ffeatherton Gipps
Combe Dodd Ffielde Gitting
Cooke Dornelly Ffenton Gittings
Coomb Dover Fferris Glanvill
Coombs Dowleing Ffewster Goad
Coop Dowleingg Ffigg Goddard
Cooper Downe Ffinch Goddesden
Corbet Downing Ffisher Godfrey
Corke Dowse Fisk Godsden
Cornish Dowys Ffiske Gomesden
Cory Doyley Ffissenden Good
Coulson Drake Fflasher Goodard
Cox Draper Fflesher Goodier
Coxon Dringe Ffletcher Goodwin
Coysh Dryden Ffoard Goswell
Crandley Ducane Ffolliot Gouch
Crawley Duke Ffoote Gouge
Cressy Dun Ffoster Gouing
Crew Dupree Ffoulkes Gould
Page 3.
Gower Hazleburt Hurste Lazinley
Gowrdon Hazlerigg Hussey Leader
Graant Hearne Hutchins Leaver
Grannow Heathcocke Hutchinson Lee
Grantham Heathcott Hyland Leete
Graves Heathcotte Ingram Legatt
Greenhill Heather lrens Lenthall
Greensmith Heecocke Isaacke Levering
Greenwell Henly Ivatt Levit
Gregson Henman Ivery Lewellin
Grocer Henson Jackson Lewillin
Grove Herrage Jacques Lewin
Gulson Herring Jaques Lewis
Gunston Heveningham Jeffryes Liffkens
Guxton Hiccocke Jenkins Ligh
Guy Hickman Jenner Lincolne
Haddilove Higgens Jenny Ling
Hale Higgins Jessen Linge
Hales HIldesley Johnson Lipplate
Hall Hill Jones Lisle
Hallows Hinde Jordan Litle
Hamon Hippesley Joseph Litmaker
Hampden Hitchcocke Jurin Littleton
Hampson Hoare Keddermister Lloyd
Hampston Hobbert Kendrick, Locke
Hardening Hobson Kendricke Lockier
Harding Hodges Kentish Long
Hardy Hodgson Keynes Longe
Harlnett Hodilow Kilby Lordell
Harmon Holland King Lorrard
Harrington Holman Kingston Lorring
Harris Honnor Kinnaye Loton
Harrison Honnywood Kircombe Loughall
Harryman Hopping Kirkham Lound
Harsnett Hotchkis Kittlebutler Loupe
Hart Houghton Knapp Love
Harte House Knight Low
Hartford Howard Knightley Lucas
Harvey Howe Knowles Lumley
Harvy Howell Lacey Lunnery
Harwell Howlsted Lacy Lyon
Hastings Hoxton Lacye, Macomber
Hatt Hoyte Lake MacWorth
Hatton Hubbard Lamb Maherly
Haughton Hubbert Lambell Mallock
Haule Hublon Lambelle Maltas
Haward Hudson Lambert Malthies
Hawell Hughes Lamott Man
Hawes Hukins Lane Marlow
Hawkes Hull Langham Marriot
Hawkins Humphreys Langley Marryot
Hayden Hunt Laughall Marshall
Hayes Hunter Lazingbye Martin
Page 4.
Martinere Nicholl Pettit Rayment
Mary Nicholson Peymoyer Raymoun
Masham Nobbs Pheasant Read
Massey North Phillips Reade
Mastall Northcott Pickering Redferne
Mathew Norton Piggott Reene
Matthew Nosworthy Pike Regmerter
May Nutkins Pim Reynold
Maynard O’Ffeild Pinn Reynolds
Mayne Officiall Pinner Richards
Meade Offley Pitcher Richardson
Meare Oldfield Pitches Ridges
Measy Onslow Pitt Risby
Meggot Onslowe Pitts Roach
Melhuish Orchard Player Robbins
Mercer Ottyer Plucknett Roberts
Merideth Overing Polsted Robins
Merricke Overton Polsteed Robrough
Methould Owen Poole Roch
Michell Owener Popham Rodbeard
Micketwait Owfeild Pordage Rogers
Midleton Packer Porter Role
Miles Page Pott Roswell
Mileston Paine Potter Roulston
Miller Palentine Pots Round
Mills Pallin Poulter Rovins
Minor Palmer Powell Row
Mitchell Panter Prestley Royley
Molins Pargiter Prettie Rumney
Moody Parker Priaulke Rushley
Moore Parkhurst Price Russell
Morgan Parret Prince Ruthhorne
Morley Parris Pritey Rutton
Morall Parry Procter Sadler
Morris Parsons Pryer Sallway
Mortom Partheridge Puller Salmon
Mosia Partridge Pury Sanders
Mosyer Pate Pye Sandon
Mounson Pay Quiny Sankey
Mountagne Payton Radcliff Scarlet
Mountney Peacock Radcliffe Scobell
Moyer Peacocke, Raie Scot
Mumford Peake Rainsboro Scott
Munday Pearce Rainsboro Seager
Murdocke Pearson Rand Seale
Musgrave Pecke Randall Sear
Nettle Pedder Rendal Seare
Nettleship Peers Randolph Searle
Nethuish Pennington Ratcliff Sedgewicke
Newmam Pennoyer Ratcliffe Seed
Newton Perket Rathbrand Seignejurall
Newtowne Perry Rathwell Shakespeare
Page 5.
Shakspeare Steele Tiffen Walter
Sheafe Steming Tillaslye Wardell
Sheares Stephenson Tillett Warner
Sheffeild St. Hill Tilsley Warren
Shepcott Stint Tipping Warring
Sheppard Stipe Toft Waterhouse
Sheppy St. Jobn Towne Waters
Shetbrooke Stocke Townesend Waterton
Sherlocke Stoker Townley Watkins
Shingler Stone Townsend Watson
Shortt Story Towse Watts
Shurtis Stoughton Trelawney Weale
Shute Strange Trenchard Webb
Shuttleworth Stratton Trinnlett Webster
Sibbs Strickland Trimlet Weeks
Sibley Stroud Triplett Wells
Silloby Stubber Trotman Wenman
Simpson Stubbins Tncker West
Skinner Sturdy Tuffenaile Westrow
Skippon Sturmy Tunbridge Wharton
Skrenshaw Suelling Turbington Wheatley
Skrimshawe Sumner Turgis Whitcombe
Sleigh Summpter Turlington White
Smiter Sutton Turner Whitehall
Smith Swan Tutty Whiteing
Snell Sweete Tyler Whitekett
Snelling Swinnicke Tym Whitlock
Snow Swinnocke Underwood Whitston
Soame Symons Valentine Whittaker
Solsted Syntall Vassal Whittingham
South Tabor Vaughan Wilcox
Sowden Tarlton Venner Wilde
Sparrow Tarrant Venor Wildinge
Speller Tartle Vernon Wilkin
Spenser Taylor Vickars Willett
Spring Temple Vincent Williams
Springer Tenant Viner Willington
Springett Tendring Voice Willoughby
Spurston Terrill Vye Wilson
Squire Terry Wade Winkly
Stackhouse Thewel Waggstaffe Winspeare
Staine Thomas Wagstaffe Winstone
Standish Thompson Walcott Winewood
Stane Thornburie Waldo Witham
Starkey Thoroughgood Waldoe Withern
Starky Thorould Wall Wollaston
Starr Thorpe Waller Wolley
Starrahirrs Thrale Wallin Wood
Staunton Thibbs Wallington Woodcock
Stedde Tichburne Wallis Woodcocke
Stedderman Ticknee Walmsley Woodgate
Page 6.
Woodhead Woodward Wright Yeates
Woodhouse Wolfe Wyan Young
Woodley Woolnough Wymer Younge
Woodruffe Wormelayton Yard
Woods Worth Yates
From “Irish Pedigrees” by John O’Hart, vol 2
I think the Pearson name is my husbands. We have always been told that the family were sent to break up the hugely populated catholic areas. Our Pearsons settled in Limerick. Their home and farm was c Allen ‘Cooga ‘ we actually have the house name plate and the front door bell!
There are no Pearsons left there now, my husbands great grandfather left Ireland with a coupl of the Goodwin family, headed for Australia and then came to NZ.
It’s very difficult finding out information from Ireland.
The other side of my us bands family were the Heavenors, they were Palatines and lived in Rathkeale and Pallaskenry.
Much appreciated!
Ann Irwin
Page 128 of The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland – Prendergast mentions an Alexander Irwin . The list here is the primary list etc..
Martin Ryan
128 THE CROMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT Upon getting possession, the half-pay of the officers and soldiers ceased. But in addition to the original list of those to be satisfied by the Commissioners, additional lists were constantly sent down of soldiers whom they were to admit to receive their satisfaction as if they had been in the original lists.* OF THE EQUALIZING OF COUNTIES AND BARONIES. The state gave all the forfeited lands to the army at the Adventurers’ or Act Rates; but the several regiments composing each provincial lot were unwilling to cast the regimental lots, or lots to ascertain in what counties and baronies within the province the several regiments were to be satisfied their arrears, without some regard to the value of lands. They thought it too desperate a hazard for a regiment to cast a lot and find itself paid off with 10,000 acres of land in the mountains of Kerry, while the next regiment received 10,000 acres in the rich pastures of Tipperary or Limerick as of equal value, though the army received all the Munster lands from the state at ~450 per 1,000 acres. Accordingly, they equalized or set an approximate or more real value on the lands in the several counties and baronies, when casting lots for lands in discharge of their pay. Thus the regiments in the Munster lot valued the barony of Glaneroughty, containing the mountain land of * “A list of several persons of Captain Lewis Jones’s troop of horse that desire satisfaction for their arrears in the county of Sleigo:~. s d. A. R. P. Corporal John Jones,…… 43 19 0 97 3 24 Alexander Irwin……. 22 14 4 45 1 24 Christopher Jones,…….. 21 15 8 43 2 0 Richard Jones,…….. 20 8 2 40 3 8 James Hugh,…. 21 8 5 42 1 8 Quarter-Master Nicholas Goulding,. 22 14 9 465 1 24 Pence excluded, total is…. ~367 1& 0 735 1 8 “These are to certify that the arrears of the above persons are stated, and amounts to the several sums according to their names respectively annexed, for which proportions of land are required at the rate of ~500 for 1000 acres; as is likewise to their sums affixed, which amounts in the whole for the said ~867 138. Od. to the sum of 735A. 1R. 8P. 30th March, 1655. “WILLIAM DIGGES. “‘ To Major W. Shepherd, Major John King, and the other Commissioners for setting out lands in the county of Sleigo, that they be added to the list of those to be satisfied there, and be permitted to draw lots as if they had been named in the original list.” A-85, p. 220.
Just wondering if there are some names missing between H and M? I expected to find Irwins here but no sign of them!