KINDRED LINES: TRACING PEOPLE ON THE LAND IN THE TUDOR AND JACOBEAN PLANTATIONS

By Fiona Fitzsimons Between 1556 and 1622 the English State commenced a series of plantations to colonise Ireland. What started under the Tudors as a reform option became the predominant policy under James I. We can use the published Patent Rolls to trace what land was transferred and to whom. Searching for land grants in ... Read more

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