Any child of a Roman Catholic who should declare himself a Protestant was entitled to become the heir of his estate, the father merely holding it for his lifetime, and having no command over it.

Catholics were made incapable of succeeding to Protestants, and lands, passing over them, were to go to the next Protestant heir.

Catholic parents were prevented from being guardians,to their own children; no Protestant possessing property was to be permitted to marry a Catholic; and Catholics were rendered incapable of purchasing landed property or enjoying long leases.

These measures naturally rendered the Catholics discontented I subjects, and led to much turbulence.

The common people of that persuasion, being denied all access to justice, took it into their own hands, and acquired all those lawless habits for which they have since been remarkable.