The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
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The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
At all events, the Queen gave a Warrant and Charter, some small
Crown rents on various estates in the South and West of Ireland,
and presently, upon further petition, a yearly gift of nearly £400
from the Concordatum Fund, which latter the College enjoyed till
the present century, when it was resumed by the Government. From
the Elizabethan Crown rents the College now derives about £5 per
annum. The Charter was surrendered for that of Charles I.
Thus the benevolences of Elizabeth, like the buildings of her
foundation, have dwindled away and disappeared.
The Archbishop’s sounding words have had their weight in benefiting
his own memory, as has been shown, beyond his merits in this matter.
The modest gift of the Corporation of Dublin, consisting of 28
acres of derelict land partly invaded by the sea, has become a
splendid property, in money value not less than £10,000 a-year, in
convenience and in dignity to the College perfectly inestimable.
[Illustration: THE OLDEST MAP OF THE COLLEGE (1610).]
The necessary sum for repairing the decayed Abbey of All Hallowes,
and for what new buildings the College required, was raised by
an appeal of the Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam (dated March 11, 1591)
to the owners of landed property all over Ireland. The list of
these contributions is very curious, and also very liberal, if we
consider that the following sums represent perhaps eight times as
much in modern days:--
_£ s. d._
“The Lord Deputy, 200 0 0
Archbishop Adam Loftus, 100 0 0
Sir Thomas Norreys, Vice-President
of Munster, 100 0 0
Advanced by his means in the Province
of Munster, 100 0 0
Sir Francis Shane, 100 0 0
” ” a-year for his life, 20 0 0
Sir Warham St. Leger, 50 0 0
Sir Richard Dyer, 100 0 0
Sir Henry Bagnall, 100 0 0
Sir Richard Bingham, 20 0 0
The Province of Connaught by same, 100 0 0
The County of Galway by same, 100 0 0
The town of Drogheda, 40 0 0
The city of Dublin, 27 0 0
A Concordatum from the Privy
Council, 200 0 0
Alderman John Foster (for the Iron-work), 30 0 0
Lord Chief Justice Gardiner, 20 0 0
Lord Primate of Ireland [Garvey], 76 0 0
Sir Henry Harrington, 50 0 0
Thomas Jones, Bishop of Meath, 50 0 0
The gentlemen of the Barony of
Lecale, 59 0 0
Sir Hugh M‘Ginnis, with other gentlemen
of his county [Down], 140 0 0
The clergy of Meath, 30 0 0
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