Sentence:  The man did not care to be referred to Mr. Matthews; and to give some colour to his pretensions, produced three different notes, with the names of his grace's commissioners put to them, expressing that he was to pay only a <WSD>chiefery</WSD> out of the lands of Shragh, and directing Mr. John Bagot the receiver to suspend the rent till further order. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An Irish head tax