He was voted a calumniator, and sent to the Tower, as an example to all who should be tempted to speak truth which the Commons might not like to hear.
Meanwhile the bill had been brought in, and was proceeding easily.

It provided that all the property which had belonged to the Crown at the time of the accession of James the Second, or which had been forfeited to the Crown since that time, should be vested in trustees.

These trustees were named in the bill; and among them were the four commissioners who had signed the report.

All the Irish grants of William were annulled.

The legal rights of persons other than the grantees were saved.