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246 THE SCANDINAVIANS, AND
APPENDIX. It is more likely, however, that the opposition origin
in some jealousy respecting the Admiralty jurisdiction of
the Port, the Lord Mayor being " Admiral of Dublin," 1 over
applied to Parliament for a Ballast
Office, &c., and heads of a
Bill passed the House, but same
was stopped in England by some
persons who endeavoured to get a
grant thereof from the Admiralty
Office there for the benefit of the
Chest at Chatham. Ordered, That
leave be given to bring in Heads
of a Bill, &c., and that it be
recommended to the Lord Mayor,
Mr. Recorder of Dublin, Mr.
Connolly, and Mr. Serjeant Neave,
to prepare and bring in same.
Common's Journals, rol. ii., pp.
603, 504.
i 21st March, 1372. Upon an
inquisition ad quod damnum the
find that it would be of no
jury
damage to the king or others to
grant to the Mayor and citizens of
Dublin, the customs of all merchan-
dise brought for sale, either by land
or sea, between Skerries and Aler-
cornshed, otherwise Arclo. 46
Edward III.
of Dublin."
"White Book of City
A.D. 1582, 25 January, (24
Elizabeth) the Queen, by her
charter, granted the office of Admiralty
to the Mayor, &c., of
Dublin, wherever the sheriffs of
the said city may lawfully receive
customs, namely between Arclo
and the Nannywater. Exchequer
Mem. Roll 24th, 25th, 26th of
Elizabeth, membrane llth. [Three
years later the Corporation obtained
an amended charter ; but in
1615 the city lost this jurisdiction
by a judgment of the Court of
King's Bench. In that year Sir
John Davys, Attorney- General,
filed an information against the
city of Dublin for (amongst other
things) usurping Admiralty jurisdiction.
The city pleaded a Charter
of Edward VI. , and a grant by
Queen Elizabeth, dated at Weald
Hall [in Essex], the 1 3th of August,
in the 27th year of her reign (A.D.
1585), confirming the charter of
Edward VI., and giving the city
the office of Admiralty, with a
court of Admiralty, water bailiffs,
&c., between Arclo and Nannywater,
"in order that they may
the better apply themselves to the
defence of the city." Judgment for
the crown. King's Bench Roll,
4th to 19th Jas. I., Exchequer.
But the Corporation still claimed
anchorage fees. In 1708, Easter
Assembly That water bailiffs of
the Lord High Admiral of England
exact fees for anchorage in the
port of Dublin. Ordered that the
Lord Mayor prevent such exactions
in future by prosecuting such as
pretend to exact anchorage fees.
City Records.
15th February, 1 727-8 The Cor-
poration addressed Lord Carteret,
Lord Lieutenant, alleging that
Queen Elizabeth, by charter dated
26th of June, in the 24th year of
her reign, granted them the office
of Admiralty, which they always
exercised until the reign of King
James II., "and the government
of the city being then in the hands
of Papists, the Protestants who sue-