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the fees of several Irish High Court judges were raised to £300. The King wrote on 3 October 1662 directing that
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that Ball had not seen the King's letter of 1662, increasing
Kennedy's salary, as a just and proper reward for his labours. No doubt Ormonde had persuaded the King that the expense was justified.
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