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Act of Settlement [1662] and Act of Explanation [1665] (Author: King Charles II)
section 13
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XIII. And whereas we understand, that by the late usurped powers, during the distempers, of these times, several Irish proprietors of the popish religion, have been dispossessed of their estates merely for being papists, and have sued out decrees, and are
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possessed of lands in the province of Connaught, and county of Clare, in compensation of their former estates, [...] we declare, that all innocent papists, being such as shall prove themselves to have been faithful and loyal unto, and never acted against our royal father or ourself since 22 October, 1641, though they have sued out decrees, and are possessed of lands in the province of Connaught, or county of Clare, in lieu of their former estates, shall notwithstanding be restored to their said estates by 2 May 1661 [...]