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May it please your Lordship;
MY diligence hath not been wanting, either in treating with my Lords the Bishops when they were present, or in writing unto them when they were absent, touching the Augmentation, and the present paiment of
the Loan-monies, demanded of the Clergy in the Province of Armagh. The Augmentation with one Voice, they did deny; alledging, that your Lord∣ship, in your Letters directed unto them, did not propound any indefinite Sum to be levied according to their Discretions; but a precise one, of 395 l. and 4 s. for one months pay of the new Supplies in Ulster.
And as for the present paiment of that Sum, order hath been already taken, that (according to your Lordships special Directions) 70 l. should be delivered unto Sir William Calfield. One hundred twenty one Pounds, and a Noble, I have since received; which is ready to be delivered unto any one who shall be authorized to receive the same under your Lordship's Hand. The Bishop of Clogher, who hath already paid half of that Sum which was assigned unto Sir William Calfield, is there at Dublin, ready to give an account of that which remaineth due upon his Clergy. The Bi∣shop of Derry hath left with me his Ticket, wherein he undertakes to pay 50 l. unto any one of the Captains to whom your Lordship shall appoint. Upon the Diocess of Meath, there was 85 l. 1 s. 4 d. taxed in this Levy; which is the double twentieth part of the Clergy there; the twentieth part of the Bishoprick it self being abated, because the Bishop is yet in First-Fruits. For this I have used my utmost endeavour, both with the Bishop and with his Clergy; but could not prevail, to get from them more than 50 l. And therefore of them I must rid my self, and wholly leave them unto your Lordship.
As for the Remain of the Total Sum, betwixt this and the beginning of the Term, I will use my best endeavour to get in what may be had, and give a particular Certificate of the Names of those who will not pay; to the end your Lordship may deal with them, as in your Wisdom you shall think fit. And so expecting your Lordship's further Commands in this, or any other Service, I humbly take leave for the present, and ever-more rest,
Your Honour's faithful Servant, J. A.
Droghedah, Jan. 7. 1626.