Notes
29 10 Will. III., c. 3 (Irish).
30 77 Will. III., c. 4 (Eng.).
31 2 Anne, c. 7 (Irish).
32 2 Anne, c. 7 (Irish).
33 2 Anne, c. g (Irish).
34 Irish Commons Journal, March 17th, 1704.
35 Halliday Collection of Pamphlets.
36 Skelton, Works, V., 352.
37 King to Mr. Nicholson, Dec. 20th, 1712 (King MSS.).
38 "The poor are sunk to the lowest degree of misery and poverty, their house dunghills, their victuals the blood of their cattle or the herbs of the field."—Sheridan, Intelligencer, No. VI. (Halliday Collection of Pamphlets, Royal Irish Academy.)
39 King to Mr. Nicholson, Dec. 20, 1712 (King MSS.).
40 King to the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, Feb. 3rd, 1717 (King MSS.).
41 King to the Archbishop of Canterbury, March 23rd, 1720 (King MSS.).
42 Tithes were only levied on corn, potatoes, flax and meadow. Thus they fell chiefly on the poor, while the owners of the great grazing farms were exempt. The greatest grievance was connected with the manner in which the tithe was collected. If a cottier or farmer, "or his half-naked wife and children should inadvertently dig two or three beds of their early potatoes, without leaving the tithe or tenth spade undug, the tithe farmers immediately threatened to sue him for subtraction of tithe, to avoid which they were frequently obliged to take their tithes at his valua-
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