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'Men and arms' : the Ulster settlers, c. 1630 /
"Lieutenant William Graham was appointed muster-master of Ulster in 1628 and from the spring of 1629 to the spring of 1633 he traveled around the province, inspecting the tenants on each planter's estate and dutifully recording the name of each man and the type of weapon he presented or wh...
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| Language: | English |
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Belfast :
Ulster Historical Foundation,
2012.
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"Lieutenant William Graham was appointed muster-master of Ulster in 1628 and from the spring of 1629 to the spring of 1633 he traveled around the province, inspecting the tenants on each planter's estate and dutifully recording the name of each man and the type of weapon he presented or whether he was unarmed. The muster roll that Graham produced is the nearest we have to a census of the British population of Ulster before 1650. The muster roll reveals where the 8,000 or so families who settled in Ulster lived, highlights differences in social status and wealth among the settler population, and provides insights into the movement of settlers between planters' estates. The information in the muster roll bridges the gap between the reports of the Jacobean commissions and the depositions made by survivors of the 1641 uprising and allows family relationships among the settlers to be tracked across three generations"--Back cover. |
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xx, 276 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index. |
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9781908448941 1908448946 |