Byrne's Dictionary of Irish Local History by Joseph Byrne

controversial within the Pale in the sixteenth century. Cesses such as purveyance (the governor’s right to purvey supplies to maintain his household and retinue) only became objectionable when the king’s price fell significantly below the market value of the goods being purveyed and when its incidence increased. Latterly cess was synonymous with tax or rates as in parish or county cess .
    cessation . In September 1643 a tactical cessation of hostilities was agreed between the marquis of Ormond, commander of royalist forces in Ireland, and the confederate Catholic rebels. The cessation enabled Ormond to transfer troops to the beleaguered Charles I in England and provided the confederates with an opportunity to regroup. Neither side benefited greatly from the ceasefire. In protest, royalist commanders such as Inchiquin and Coote defected to parliament and the confederates, by inadequately supporting Montrose (the Scottish royalist commander), failed to lure Monro’s Scottish army out of Ulster and back to Scotland. The confederates also blundered in their choice of overall commander, opting for Castlehaven and overlooking the claims of their better generals. The cessations were renewed periodically but despite two attempts to negotiate a peace (the first in 1646 was frustrated by Rinuccini, the second in 1649 came too late in the day to withstand Cromwell) the confederates and the royalists failed to construct an effective military opposition to the parliamentary forces. See Catholic Confederacy
    cestui que trust . A person who has the trust of an estate committed to him for the use (benefit) of another.
    cestui que use . The beneficiary of a trust to use .
    cestui que vie . A person for whose life an estate is granted.
    cf . (L., confer ) A footnote convention inviting the reader to compare such-and-such a view with the one expressed in the text.
    chaffe house . A term used in the books of the Civil Survey (1654–56) to denote a cottage thatched with hay or straw.
    chafing dish . A vessel or saucepan used for heating food or water.
    chain . A measuring line used in land surveying. Originally chains of varying lengths were employed but Gunter’s chain (1624) became the standard. It measures twenty-two yards or four poles (perches) and is divided into 100 links, each link of 7.92 inches. An area of ten chains long and one chain wide equals one statute acre.
    chalybeate spring . A spring containing iron.
    chamberlain . An official of the royal household who exercised control over admission to the royal chamber and therefore controlled access to the king’s person. He also administered the household and supervised the king’s private estates.
    chamfered . Carved or sculpted, specifically the creation of a diagonal surface by bevelling a square edge.
    champion ground . (Fr., champagne , open field) 1: Countryside dominated by the openfield system of agriculture and nucleated settlements 2: Level, open country.
    chancel . The eastern part of a church which contained the high altar, also known as the choir. It was reserved for the clergy and choir. The tithe-owner, whether institutional, clerical or lay, was responsible for the maintenance of the chancel, the upkeep of the nave being the responsibility of the parishioners.
    chancellor . A member of a cathedral chapter , usually third in rank behind the dean and precentor , who acted as secretary. He served as the parish priest in the parish attached to his dignity or office, was responsible for the cathedral school and keeper of the cathedral records. In the ecclesiastical province of Tuam the chancellor was styled ‘provost’. In England the chancellor and vicar-general was usually the same person but in Ireland this was not so.
    chancellor, lord . Originally the monarch’s notary or secretary, he was, after the chief governor , the senior official in the Irish administration. He was a member of the justiciar’s (later the privy )