An abridgement of an Act of Parliament made in the tenth year of Hen. VII. in Ireland;"...

There shall be from henceforth a fraternity of arms of thirteen persons of the most honourable and faithful disposed in the counties of Kildare, Dublin, Meath, and Louth, three of every of the said counties and four of the other; viz., for the county of Kildare, Thomas Earl of Kildare, Sir Rowland Eustace, Lord of Portelester; Sir Robert Eustace, knight; for the county of Dublin, Robert Lord of Houth, the Mayor of Dublin for the time being, Sir Robert Dowdall, knight; for the county of Meath, the Lord of Gormanston, Edward Pluncket, seneschal of Meath, Alexander Pluncket, Esq., and Barnaby Barnewall; for the county of Louth, the Mayor of Drogheda, Sir Lawrence Taffe, knight, and Richard Bellewe, Esq.; the which brethren and their successors shall yearly assemble at Dublin on St. George's day, and there chose one of them for to be captain for the next year; the which captain and brethren shall be created by the name of Captain and Brethren at Arms. The captain shall have at his commandment 120 archers on horseback, 40 horsemen, and 40 pages. The archers shall have per diem 6d. for meat, drink, and wages; the horsemen per diem 5d. for him and his page, and four marks wages. The captain and brethren and their successors shall have towards their [Sic.] and finding of the said men 12d. of every pound of all merchandizes sold in Ireland, at the sale and return, which come and go out of this land (hides except, and freemen of Dublin and Drogheda except); the mayor[s] of Dublin and Drogheda to be receivers of the same poundage. They shall have authority to make laws for the good governance, to elect a new brother in the place of any deceasing; which captain shall have authority to apprehend all persons which are or shall be outlawed rebels, or that will not be justified by the law.

The said two former Acts are written at large, and remain in the Parliament Rolls of the dates above written, in [the] Master of the Rolls' Office in the Castle of Dublin.