was granted to Bryan McHugh Oge McMahon as a chief rent in lieu of all other duties, and 7s. 6d. was reserved to the Crown; which plot was observed in every of the other baronies, so as out of every _Ballibetagh_ containing 16 _taths_ the lord had £10 and the king £6. In Monaghan, Ross Bane McMahon had likewise five _Ballibetaghs_ granted unto him, with the like estate, rendering to the queen £30 rent, and the like chief rent out of nine _Ballybetaghs_ more, and in the same barony Patrick McArt Moyle had three _Ballybetaghs_ allotted unto him with the like estate, rendering £18 rent to the queen, and the like chief rent out of the other four. ‘In Cremorne, Ever McColla McMahon had five _Ballybetaghs_ in demesne granted unto him, and the heirs-male of his body, rendering £30 rent to the Crown, and the like chief rent out of twelve other _Ballybetaghs_; and in the same barony one Patrick Duffe McColla McMahon had two _Ballybetaghs_ and a half assigned to him in demesne, rendering £15 rent, and the like chief rent out of two other _Ballybetaghs_ and a half. ‘In the _Tuough_, containing only fifteen _Ballybetaghs_, Patrick McKenna had three _Ballybetaghs_ and twelve _taths_ in demesne, given unto him, with the like estate, rendering £22 rent as aforesaid, and the like chief rent out of seven other _Ballybetaghs_; and in the same barony one Bryan Oge McMahowne, brother to Hugh Roe, had the like estate granted unto him in three _Ballybetaghs_, rendering £18 rent in like manner, and the like chief rent out of two other _Ballybetaghs_.’ These grants no doubt reflect the ancient occupation of the district, the various returns in kind and in service being commuted for a money payment, and the holdings being made direct from the Crown, part of each barony being held in demesne by the chiefs, and the rest by what Sir John calls the inferior inhabitants, who had, he says, likewise ‘their demesne and rents allotted to them, and their several portions of land granted unto them and to their heirs.’ Besides these temporal lands there were, he says, ‘the spiritual lands, which the Irish call _Termons_, which were granted to sundry servitors rendering 10s. to the Crown for every _tath_; which out of all the church lands amounted to £70 per annum or thereabouts,’ that is, to 140 _taths_, equal to about nine _Ballybetaghs_.