The famous cities of Ireland . , and Newry. It was simply a military post,and in 1598 it was mentioned, along with EdendufF-carrick, now known as Shanes Castle, on LoughNeagh, as one of the castles wardable. ButChichester was determined to make a town of he was ennobled, he chose for his title BaronChichester of Belfast, and in the following year, 1613,he procured it a charter. Up till then Carrickfergushad been the only place in Ulster that sent membersto Parliament. Under the new dispensation Belfastwas given its Corporation with a chief magistrate,or Sovereign, and with the right to
The famous cities of Ireland . , and Newry. It was simply a military post,and in 1598 it was mentioned, along with EdendufF-carrick, now known as Shanes Castle, on LoughNeagh, as one of the castles wardable. ButChichester was determined to make a town of he was ennobled, he chose for his title BaronChichester of Belfast, and in the following year, 1613,he procured it a charter. Up till then Carrickfergushad been the only place in Ulster that sent membersto Parliament. Under the new dispensation Belfastwas given its Corporation with a chief magistrate,or Sovereign, and with the right to send two membersto the Irish House of Commons. Chichester, a westcountryman, brought over settlers from Devon, andas late as 1817 a special fondness for gardens andorchards was to be noted amongst the people aboutMalone. Sir Moses Hill, ancestor of the Downshirefamily, brought many from Lancashire and Cheshire;and these English colonists made an episcopalianelement. But the Scots who came with Montgomery, Iv % ^?l ?^mwkm^. t il ^?^j^.. ,^ -^ I. ?•, c;.,: ,. .Jf-Vj-rfHtJ^ t^^ 3i6 THE FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND CH. and with Hamilton, another Ayrshire laird, werePresbyterians, and in 1611 the first minister of theScots settled at Broadisland, in Upper Laud trouble came upon these of their clergy were deposed. They triedto emigrate to Newfoundland, but were driven back,and fled to Scotland. Strafford imposed a new oathof loyalty upon Dissenters, which added to theirtroubles; but he was a good friend to Belfast by hissystematic encouragement of the linen trade, and,still more notably, by buying out the privilege whichhad been granted to Carrickfergus of importing goodsat one-third of the dues elsewhere payable. Whenthe older town was deprived of this aid, Belfast roseat its expense, and the custom-house was removed tothe more important place. Chichester by this timehad at Belfast a dainty, stately palace, which is theglory and beauty of that town, w
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