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throughout their respective districts and had subscribed with great liberality to the local charities. The complaint was that this liberality on the part of some of the
Companies has greatly diminished, that some subscriptions have been entirely withdrawn, and others considerably diminished and that some of the Livery Companies who had formerly given subscriptions to various local charities had sold their lands recently without making provision for the continuance of these subscriptions.
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During the 17th and 18th centuries four of the twelve livery companies sold their estates, the Irish
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Society had performed its duties; and, with regard to the different City Companies, it was admitted that till recently they had acted with liberality. They had built churches and schools
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Ireland" : commonly called the Honourable the Irish Society; together with memoranda of principal occurrences from 1611 to
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of Derry and
Coleraine, with right of appointment of some officials and right of veto over some classes of decision. The society also had some disputes with the corporations over ownership and development of the property. Profits from the society's commercial endeavours were redistributed to the
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Londonderry and neighbouring areas". In 2020 it had six employees and disbursed £580,000 in grants. Much of its funding derives from its remaining property, including the
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in 1607 left northwest Ulster open to colonisation. In planning the plantation of Ulster, King James I set out to defend against a future attack from within or without. In his survey, he found that the town of Derry could become either a great asset of control over the
159:, or it could become an inviting back door if the people of the area were against him. He pressured the guilds of the City of London to fund the resettlement of the area, including the building of a new walled city, and the result was the creation of the society. The
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A concise view of the origin, constitution and proceedings of the
Honourable Society of the governor and assistants of London of the New Plantation in Ulster, within the realm of Ireland, commonly called the Irish
178:, while the towns and environs of Londonderry and Coleraine were retained by the Irish Society. The society was sequestrated in 1630, fined for non-performance in 1635, and suppressed in 1637; it was revived by
98:, with a "Representative" resident in Coleraine. Its legal constitution is as a Court of "honest and discreet citizens of London" chaired by a Governor. The Governor is traditionally a former
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