¹ B.M., Eg. MS 2618, ff. 161-3. The collection has been microfilmed for N.L.I. (P 758). The text may be compared with the final version of the articles as given in Curtis, and McDowell, , Irish historical documents pp. 171–5.Google Scholar

² B.M. cat. of additions to MSS, 1882–7, pp. 338–46.

³ Secretary to General Monk, secretary at war under Charles II, ob. 1666. The well-known Clarke papers are called after him.

⁴ H.M.C, Leyborne-Popham MSS, introduction, pp. 10–11. The H.M.C. report, published in 1899, relates to the MSS remaining with the family after the B.M. purchase.

⁵ See White, N.B., George Clarke’s Irish correspondence (Anal. Hib., x. 247–9).Google Scholar

⁶ H.M.C., Leyborne-Popham MSS, p. 280.

⁷ Diary of the siege and surrender of Limerick, p. 17

⁸ Ware, Writers of Ireland, ed. Harris, , 1. 213.Google Scholar

⁹ Substituted for the original ‘had’.

¹⁰ Substituted for the original ‘Christmas’

¹¹ Substituted for ‘or any Person within it, who claims any right to the Estate of any one now dead, who forfeited and was attainted further than to restore them to such Estate as they were in possession of in their own right before the said forfeiture’.

¹² Space is left for the insertion of officers’ names. This was originally styled the third article; the number was deleted when it was decided to provide for absent merchants.

¹³ The words ‘at their Majesties’ Expence are deleted.

¹⁴ The following words are deleted : ‘comprised in the foregoing Articles, and who have been officers Civil or Military, or reputed Officers Civil or Military nor any Persons acting under them.’ The words ‘protestant or papist’ in Butler’s hand are also deleted. This article was greatly expanded in the final version.

¹⁵ Substituted for ‘upon the Account or pretence of their said offices and Employments or for the use of the publick, or upon that pretence’.

¹⁶ Substituted for ‘him’.

¹⁷ The word ‘last’ is written in the margin in Clarke’s hand. The article is repeated in a modified form at the end of the document.

¹⁸ Substituted for ‘six’.

¹⁹ Substituted for ‘The said Generali Ginckell does undertake that the said Lords Justices, will signe and ratify these Articles, within the space of Fortyeight hours, and that their Majesties will ratify the same within the space of months or sooner if possible’. The period of three months was extended to eight months in the final version. The document contains nothing corresponding to the final clause relating to the debts of Colonel John Browne.