[97] Chichester's letters of January 29 and June 27, 1610, _Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica_, i. 206, 314; Lords of the Council to Chichester, September 9, 1611, January 31, and November 18, 1612; Lord Carew to Salisbury, September 6, 1611. The international importance of the pirates will be best understood from the early chapters of Mr. Julian Corbett's _England in the Mediterranean_. CHAPTER VII THE PARLIAMENT OF 1613-1615 [Sidenote: The King determines to hold a Parliament, 1611.] Since the dissolution of Perrott's Parliament in 1586 none had been held in Ireland, but James made up his mind to have one. Lord Carew was instructed to obtain information as to how it had best be done, legal sanction for the Ulster settlement and for the general establishment of English law being mentioned as principal objects. There were but four bishops and four temporal peers alive who had served on the last occasion, and no perfect list of Perrott's House of Commons existed in Ireland. The law and practice of Parliament were almost forgotten, and William Bradley, Davies' agent in Ulster, was appointed clerk of the proposed Lower House, and sent over to confer with the officials in England, where he unearthed a journal of Perrott's Parliament. Having received instruction in parliamentary forms, he brought back a commission which enabled Chichester to decide all questions of precedence. Robes and a cloth of estate for the Lord Deputy were sent over by the same messenger.[98] [Sidenote: New constituencies are created.] [Sidenote: The counties.] [Sidenote: The boroughs.] [Sidenote: Ulster.] [Sidenote: Munster.] [Sidenote: Leinster.] [Sidenote: Connaught.] [Sidenote: Character of the new boroughs] [Sidenote: University representation.] [Sidenote: A Protestant majority secured.]