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thinke fitt and order that the said Dr Petty bee allowed, in satisfaction of the said sumrae of 614li 8s 9d, all such arreares of pay of one penny per acre as are or shall bee due uppon the accompt afforesaid; and that all persons concerned doe yeild and pay the same allowance unto the said Dr Petty, in such manner as the standing army satisfyed this present yeare, 1656, have generally done unto the Receiver-Generall. And the said Dr Petty is hereby indempnifyed for such acquittances as hee hath or shall give the souldiery for payment of the penny per acre as afforesaid; provided that, uppon receipt of this order, hee doe deliver unto the clerke of the Councill an acknowledgement under his hand and seale that hee hath received the said summe, 614li 8s 9d, and thereby fully release and discharge the Commonwealth for the same. Given att the Councill chamber, at Dublyn, the 11th of Ffebruary, 1656.
Tho. Herbert, Clerk of the Councill.
There now appeares severall mistakes uppon the afforesaid accompt, by which Sir Charles Coot had paid too much, 35li; Collonell Ingoldsby, 20li; Collonell Saunders, 22li; and Captain George Owen, 17li; itt appeared that the survey of Owneybeg was never paid for: uppon accompt of which two matters, vizt, the 94li paid backe to the souldiers, and the omission of Owneybeg, there was presented the following petition, vizt:
to his exellency the lord lieutenant and councill.
The humble Petition of Dr William Petty.
Sheweth,
That being uncertaine whether to place the barrony of Owneybeg to Tipperary or to Limericke countyes, itt was omitted out of both, uppon passing your petitioners generall accompt for the survey.
That the survey of the same amounteth to sixty-two pounds, seaven shillings, and seaven pence.
That when Mr Standish had done collecting all he could from the souldiers, towards the payment of your petitioner, that there remained due to your petitioner 614li 8s 7d, the which sume your petitioner, uppon certaine considerations, released the State of.
Now soe it is that, since the evening of that accompt, your petitioner hath paid backe to Sir Charles Coot, Sir Henry Ingoldby, Collonell Saunders, and
