ABSTRACT
Chichester had not envisaged beginning the survey till the middle of the summer of 1613, but as the king wished it to be done as quickly as possible, it actually took place between 2 February and 25 April. Bodley’s survey can be considered far more reliable than Carew’s. He spent a total of seventy-nine days in the escheated counties, as opposed to the twenty-one days spent by the 1611 commission. The results of Bodley’s survey confirmed the impression gained by the king that certain undertakers had begun to expand their estates by absorbing those of their less energetic companions. The most spectacular advance in building since 1612 had been made by Sir John Home in Fermanagh. The problems which hindered the progress of many of the Scottish settlements and caused the complete demise of several more were numerous.
