By the Lord Depu●… and councel. HENRY FALKLAND. WHereas the Kings most Excellent Majesty, hath by his ●…ers directed unto Us the Lord deputy, signified his Princely pleasure, that calling to Our assistance, such of the Nobility & Counsels We should think fit, a speedy redress & reformation should be made of diverse abuses & disorders concerning Arms & Armoury in this his Majesty's Realm of Ireland, occasioned partly through the boldness of some Mechanical persons, who presume to meddle in Irmory without direction from the King of Arms of the same, being the proper Officer appointed to attend that service, And partly t●…rough the Nobility & Gentry themselves, who have of late (of which his Majest. taketh notice) wholly in a manner laid aside all Fu●…all rites & ceremonies, by means whereof (as his Majest. in his Princely & deep judgement most wisely forseeth) the Houses of the Nobility & Gentry cannot but in a short time grow into many perplexities & confused disorders in their Arms & Petegrees, for want of the use of Arms at Obsequies & Funerals, and for want of the entry of the day of the Decease, Matches, & Issues of the deceased parties. And whereas his most Excellent Majesty hath likewise been pleased to command that for direction in the premises, use shoul●… be made of an Order or Decree set forth in Print by the ●…ight Hon. the Lords Commiss. of the Earl Marshal's Office of England for the reforming of the like abuses there, Dated the 10. day of Nou. in the 16. ye●… of the Reign of King JAMES of blessed memory, authorising us thereby to lay down some such course and order for the redress of the former e●…ormities, & for the support of the Officers of Arms here as shall be thought fit and reasonable to stand with the state & condition of this Kingdom, with provision, that the said King of Arms have satisfaction for such Funerals of the Lords, Knights, and other of eminent place & quality, as of late have not made use of his Office, as by his Majesty's said Letters dated at Westminster the 7. day of April, in the third year of his reign, & enrolled in the Rolls of ●…s Majesty's high Court of Chancery here, more at large appeareth We therefore in obedience to his Majesty's said commandment, having taken a due & considerate view of the forenamed Printed Order, & maturely pondered the other circumstances enjoined by his Majesty, do order, decree & ordain, th●… aswell for the good of the said Nobility & Gentry of this Kingdom, as for the honour of the Kingdom itself, lest the most ancient & laudable use of Arms should wholly be laid aside, & so no outward token or Emblem be left to make a difference between Family, & Family, or to distinguish betw●…n the most honourable Nobleman & the poorest Artificer: That all Noblemen & Noble-women, Baronet's, Knights, Esquires, & Gentlemen 1 Being in number twenty four. contained in a schedule hereunto annexed: And all other that from henceforth shallbe either silently buried in the nighttime by torchlight, or otherwise by day or night time without either Scuchions or other achievements, or without attendance of an Officer of Arms, shall nevertheless immediately after the death and burial of every such Defunct, return a true Certificate of the Matches, Issues, and times of decease, with their Arms which of right in their life they bore; for the which they shall pay unto the said King of Arms (though by a Clause of his Letters-Patents he claim the same Fees that are paid in 2 Being double the Fees here reserved in every state and degree. England) such Fees as we have & do hereby set down and appoint, Viz. Every GENTLEMAN twenty shillings English. Every ESQVIER three pounds six shillings & ●…ight pence English. Every KNIGHT five pounds Engl. Every BARONET & BANNERET six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence English. Every BARON or BARONESS twelve pounds ten shillings English. Every BISHOP twelve pounds ten shillings English. Every VISCOUNT or VICOUNTESSE fifteen pounds English Every EARL or COUNTESS seventeen pounds ten shillings English. Every MARQVES or marchioness twenty pounds English. Every DUKE or DUCHESSES twenty two pounds ten shill. Engl. And every ARCHBISHOP twenty two pounds ten shillings English. All which said several sums of money are to be paid to the said King of Arms, or his Assigns, being orderly demanded, after the burial of every such Defunct by the Heirs, Executors, or Administrators of all & every Persons of the degrees aforesaid. The which Certificates & Fees, if they shall refuse to return & pay (the Fees being reduced so low under that which is paid in England, & so by us according to his Majesty's Caveat, thought fit & reasonable to stand with the state of the Kingdom). W●… upon complaint made by the King of Arms, or his Assigns to Us, take such further order therein, as shallbe meet & expedient for the accomplishment of his Majesty's commandment. And 〈…〉 do straightly charge the said King of Arms, who now is, or hereafter shall be, to make true & fair entries of the Certificates so returned into his Office (they paying such Fees as are before set down by these presents. 3 Persons of everall degrees whose Certificates must be entered without Fees. And likewise to enter the like Certificates of all Gentlemen, whose estates in Land and goods exceed not five hundred Marks English. And of all Ladies & Gentlewomen under the degree of a Lady Baronesse as exactly as the rest, paying no Fees at all. (Provided that it be first duly proved before two of his Majesty's justices of the Peace or more, that the party is no more worth.) Which Certificates so entered, may in future time determine & end many questions that hereafter may arise, as by many examples of late time have been seen in England. 4 Provision for some Knights, and Esquiers. Provided always that if the Heirs, Executors, or Administrators of any Knight or Esquire shall pretend poverty or disability, and shall make the same appear by Petition unto the Lord Deputy, or other Governor or Governors' f●… the time being, order shall be taken upon due proof made, that the Heirs, Executors or Administrators shallbe eased of paying the said Fees (if so i●… shallbe thought fit) and the Certificate notwithstanding entered as above. Nevertheless if any of the degrees aforesaid their Wives and Children shall ●…quire to have their Funerals honourably solemnised with the attendance of one or both the Officers of Arms, according to their degrees, & with such other ceremonies as have in former times been used, 5 The Officers of Arms in England by the decree above specified, are left at liberty in this case to make their composition as in former time. That then they shall pay the Fees respectively with the addition of 6 It was two shillings the mile out, and two shillings the mile homeward, to the K. of Arms, and twelve pence the mile out & twelve pence homeward to the other Officer before, according to the custom of England. Twelve pe●…ce English the mile outward, and Twelve pence English the mile homeward, 7 It was before xx. Nobles for blacks, & Liveries for 4. Servants to the king of Arms & a quarter as much beside to the other Officer according to the custom of England, beside Fees in money for every degree, above double the fees within named. and forty shillings English for Blacks, with entertainment of the Of●…cer of Officers of Arms and their servants in the Funeral house, and meat for their Horses, as hath been accustomed, & with the accustomed & ancient ●…quisite of Hearses with all their furniture when any shallbe used, and the above named Fees to stand for satisfaction to both for all demands. And for remedy of the former abuses which are daily committed by Painters, Masons, Glasiers, Goldsmiths, Cutters, Carvers, and the like, We do straightly charge ●…d command them through this Realm, that they presume not to meddle with any matters of Armoury or Arms, except those Arms that are so commonly known as there is no likelihood of error. And that no Painters, or other person set forth any Funerals, or make any Scuchions, or other Funeral ●…orke, without special leave and approbation of the King of Arms, or his sufficient Deputy or Deputyes, as they will answer the contrary at their pe●… Provided that such as the said King of Arms shall appoint to make Scuchions and other Funeral work, shall not exceed the ordinary Price no●…sed in and about London, as the same shall be certified under the hands of two or more of the Kings of Arms there within a year after the Date of the presents. Which Certificate is to be entered upon Record in his Majesty's high Court of Chauncery ●…ere. Given at his Majesty's Castle of Dublin the 4. o●…●…ugust, in the third year of his Majesty's Reign. Anno Dom. 1627. Adam Loftus Canc. ja. Armachanus. Lanc. Dublin. R. Cork. Hen. Valentia. Thom. Cromwell. Dom. Kilmallocke. Thom. Baltinglasse. R. Ranelagh R. Dillon. Will Caulfield. Henr. Docwra. Fr. Aungier. Will. Parsons. Rich. Bolton. Dud. Norton. Char. Coote. Adam Loftus. The Kings of Arms of England have within the time prescribed in this Decree, certified the prices of Funeral work, as followeth, The prices ●eing all English. Prices for Funeral work. A Great Banner. xl. shillings. A Standart. xl. shillings. A Penoune. xxuj. s. viii. d. A Banneroll. xxuj. s. viii. d. A Coat of Arms. xxuj. s. viii. d. A Sword. x. shil. A Target. x. shil. A Crest carved. xiii. s. iiij. d. A Wreath. iij. s. iiij. Mantles furnished. xx. shi●… A Buckram Scuchion. ij. shi A Buckram Scuchion with Coronet. ij. s. vj. ●… A Paper Scuchion. xi●… A Paper Scuchion with a Coronet. xiii●…. A Badge. x●… A Scuchion on Taffeta. ●… Furniture for a Hearse. PEncilles a dozen. x. shill. A Water Table. vj. shil. viii. d. A water Table with supporters & Coronet. x. s. A Crest on Pastebord. xii. d. A Scroll. iij. shil. iiij. d. A Compartment. v. shil. A Coronet to compass the Hearse. xxx. shil. A Scuchion for the ceiling. xiii. s. iiij. d. A Staff for Banner or Standart, xii. d. A Conductors Staff. vj. d. Will. Seager Garter. Rich. S. George Clarenceux. Printed at Dublin by the Society of Stationers, Printer to the Kings most excellent Majesty, Anno Dom. 1634.