The imposition of English property law deprived many Irish title holders of title to their land. A commission for remediation of defective titles was established in 1606. It was authorised to give new titles by way of patent. They allowed for succession of the eldest son in place of native customary rights which could favour more remote family members. In return for an annual rent tenants received a life interest which reverted on death. This allowed \u00a0the Crown to exert feudal dues at the end of the tenancy. Tenants who wished to sell were required to pay a licence. Heirs were required to pay for a symbolic re-grant.<\/p>\n
Some tenancies were held by Knight service. The wardship of the heir and lands was assumed by the Crown. While the heir was underage it was necessary to pay a charge equivalent to one year’s income suing for livery upon coming of age.<\/p>\n
King James made grants to his courtiers and others and their clients which directed authorities in Ireland to convey royal land of a specified value. There was in fact no reserve of royal land and some such were used to improve existing leasehold titles or to convert a fee farm into fee simple.<\/p>\n
Many existing landowners were challenged, almost invariably, native Irish or Catholic. There was significant corruption surrounding the process of rediscovery of crown titles, re-grants and confirmations. The process was exacerbated further by incentivising those who discovered so-called irregular titles. In practice it was the so-called new English settlers who were in a position to exploit uncertainties in \u00a0land titles to make challenges to existing owners on the basis of irregularities in title with official connivance to benefit that class over the old English and Irish classes.<\/p>\n\n
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