Wentworth lost no time in trying to raise money for the army， but many of the lords， both Catholic and Protestant， were so annoyed at the refusal to confirm the "Graces" and at the delay in calling the Parliament that had been promised， that Wentworth was forced to make some concession. Parliament was convoked to meet in 1634， and the Lord Deputy nominated his own supporters in the boroughs， so as to counter-balance the representation from the counties， which representation he could not in all cases control. The Catholics were strong in the Lower House particularly， but care was taken that they should be in a minority. The main question was the granting of subsidies， but several of the Protestants and all the Catholics demanded that the "Graces"should first be confirmed. Both Protestant and Catholic landowners were interested in safeguarding the titles to their property by having it enacted that sixty years' possession should be regarded as a sufficient proof of ownership. As such an enactment would have upset all Wentworth's plans for a wholesale plantation， he succeeded in resisting such a measure， and partly by threats， partly by underhand dealings with particular individuals he obtained a grant of generous subsidies without any confirmation of the "Graces." In April 1635Parliament was dissolved， and almost immediately the Lord Deputy made preparations for acting under the commission for inquiring into defective titles granted to him by the king. "All the Protestants are for plantations，" he wrote， "and all the others are against them. If the Catholic juries refuse to find a verdict in favour of the king， then recourse must be had to Parliament， where a Protestant majority is assured." Portions of Tipperary， Clare， and Kilkenny were secured without much difficulty， but nothing less than the whole of Connaught would satisfy the Deputy. Roscommon was the first county selected， and the Commissioners， including the Lord Deputy， arrived in Boyle to hold the inquiry (July 1635). The jury， having been informed by Wentworth that， whether they found in his favour or not， the king was determined to assert his claims to their county， and that their only hope of mercy was their prompt obedience， delivered the required verdict.
Sligo and Mayo also made their submission. In Galway， however， the jury found against the king. In consequence of this the sheriff was fined ā1，000 and placed under bail to appear before the Star Chamber， and the jurymen were threatened with severe punishment. They were fined ā4，000 each and ordered to be imprisoned till they should pay the full amount. In this way the whole of Connaught， with the exception of Leitrim which was planted already， together with a great part of Clare， Tipperary， and Kilkenny was confiscated to the crown.
But Wentworth postponed the plantation of Connaught to a more favourable period， and before any such period arrived he had lost both his office and his head. The danger to Charles I. from the Scotch Covenanters was already apparent， and Charles urged his Deputy to raise an army in Ireland. During the years 1639 and 1640 the work of training the army， many of the officers of which and most of the soldiers， were Catholics， was pushed forward， but the triumph of the Scots and the execution of the Earl of Strafford in April 1641 made it impossible to use it for the purpose for which it was designed. Acting on the instigation of the English Parliament， Charles sent an order that the Irish troops should be disbanded， and added that he had licensed certain officers to transport eight thousand troops to the aid of any of the sovereigns of Europe friendly to England. For one reason or another very few of the soldiers left Ireland， as both their own leaders and the king knew well that their services would be soon required at home. Parliament had met in Ireland in March 1640，[46]
and， having voted several subsidies to aid the king， it adjourned.
When it met again in 1641 the Catholics were actually in the majority， and seemed determined to hold their own. The king wrote to confirm the "Graces，" and to suggest that a bill should be introduced to confirm defective titles in Tipperary， Clare， and Connaught， but the obstructive tactics of the Earl of Ormond， and the unfavourable attitude of the Lords Justices， Sir William Parsons and Sir William Borlase， towards Catholic claims， prevented anything being done.
Parliament was adjourned till the 9th November， but before that date arrived the issues had been transferred to another and a different court.[47]
